Farm Tough Girl

Chapter 92 - 92 093 Why are there so many perverts_1

?Chapter 92: Chapter 093 Why are there so many perverts?_1 Chapter 92: Chapter 093 Why are there so many perverts?_1 Muniang’s confusion deepened. This man seemed to have no regard for everything the Wu family stood for. He had squandered the family fortune and tolerated their name being dragged through the mud. Now, he even allowed the family’s most important asset—their reputation—to be trampled upon at will. Such behavior did not resemble that of the young master of the Wu family, but rather that of their nemesis.

Noticing something amiss, Liu’er immediately fell silent, watching Wu Haoli walk straight into the mansion before heaving a light sigh.

Mrs. Ji was baffled. Could there truly be someone who cared so little for their reputation?

Turning around, Liu’er addressed the servants, “Never mind, let’s go inside. Close the gate!”

With that, she led the servants back inside, shutting the heavy, imposing doors behind them, leaving Yuqin out in the cold.

Mrs. Ji, gnashing her teeth, continued to wail outside the doors. Yuqin, not willing to be dismissed so easily, pleaded desperately. The commotion was loud but elicited no response from the Wu family.

The onlookers chattered among themselves, but they didn’t care enough to linger. After watching the spectacle for a while, they dispersed.

Muniang couldn’t be bothered to watch Mrs. Ji lose face any longer and decided to leave as well.

Xiangcai, who was walking with Muniang, started gossiping, “My goodness, why has Mr. Wu fallen so far? I’d heard he was always irresponsible and unconcerned with proper affairs, but to think he wouldn’t even care about the Wu family’s face, letting Mrs. Ji make a scene like this. If word gets out, the Wu family’s reputation will be completely ruined, won’t it?”

Remembering Wu Haoli’s mocking smile, a chill ran down Muniang’s spine. She pursed her lips and said, “Who knows?”

The Wu family.

“Master, Mr. Chen, who lost a fortune at the gambling den last time, swore he’d make you pay. He might cause trouble,” a servant warned.

“Let him be,” Wu Haoli replied, walking much faster than usual, clearly showing his impatience.

Qingping, his attendant, wiped his sweat and continued, “The accounts for the household’s expenses have been sorted by Liu’er. Would you like to review them…”

“If she sorted them out, what need have I to look at them?” Wu Haoli’s pace quickened, his tone growing even more impatient.

“Well, next month is the deceased Lady’s anniversary. You…”

Qingping didn’t finish his sentence when Wu Haoli suddenly stopped, startling Qingping so much he nearly ran into him. Luckily, he reacted quickly and stopped in time.

The previously indolent gaze sharpened in a flash, and after a moment Wu Haoli said, “Write a letter to Assistant Minister Liu in the capital. I won’t attend his birthday celebration.”

Qingping seemed troubled, “But Master, Assistant Minister Liu has been very supportive of Dongxing Building. He also extended his invitation to you early. If you don’t go this time, I fear it may not be proper.”

“Just do as I say,” he replied with a firm tone.

Qingping let out a sigh. In front of the old lady’s death anniversary, everything else had to take a step back.

Upon arriving at Zhi Xuan Pavilion, Liu’er promptly brought the tea over to Wu Haoli, not daring to say too much. Wu Haoli took the tea and gestured with a wave of his hand for her to leave.

A touch of unwillingness flashed through Liu’er’s eyes as she glared at Qingping with a hint of irritation before turning around and leaving.

Qingping chuckled and scratched his head, “My lord, Liu’er is truly smitten with you. She even resents me, a big man, for taking up your favor.”

However, Wu Haoli indifferently inquired, “How’s the recent income for Dongxing Building?” He clearly did not want to engage in such topics.

Qingping was someone familiar with his master’s temperament, and he knew not to impose himself upon matters his master couldn’t be bothered to mention, as they were of no interest to him.

“Shopkeeper Zhang has recently introduced a new series of braised dishes that have been exceptionally well-received. The daily income has doubled, and I have already sent people to deliver the recipes posthaste to the other Dongxing Buildings across the country. I believe it will soon spark a strong nationwide craze,” reported Qingping as he also handed over the accounting books of Dongxing Building to Wu Haoli.

Wu Haoli flipped through a few pages before nodding and saying, “Well done.”

Qingping added, “But it is quite curious. According to Shopkeeper Zhang, the provider of these new dishes is just a simple village woman. How could she know so much about these novel dishes?”

Wu Haoli thought of that unique woman and curled his lips into a smile. “A simple village woman? Hardly.”

Qingping was startled deep down. Could it be another formidable person hiding her strength, just like his young master? To outsiders, everyone regarded him as a wastrel, but who knew that the man behind the country’s biggest restaurant chain, Dongxing Building, was him? What was squandering the small fortune of the Wu Family compared to that? His wealth was nothing compared to so much as a little finger of his young master’s total assets. With the true extent of his assets, his young master could be called the wealthiest man in the country without exaggeration.

If the village girl providing the dish ideas was as extraordinary as his young master had implied, who could she be? Why were there so many anomalies in this world?

“Achoo!” Muniang sneezed. Who was cursing her?

The matter with Mrs. Ji stirred up such a commotion in the village that the Qiao family could not avoid their share of the turmoil. Living in a secluded part of the village, Muniang enjoyed some peace without joining the chaos.

It was only when Madam Liu came to speak to Muniang about the Embroidery House business that she mentioned the incident, with a look of schadenfreude, indicating that she felt vindicated.

“You have no idea, my sister-in-law caused a scene at the Wu Family’s doorstep all day, and no one could pull her away. In the end, my brother deemed her a disgrace and left on his own. Mrs. Ji stubbornly held out alone, cursing with every foul word she knew. But the Wu Family just ignored her. When it got dark, she became frightened, slinking off by herself, and once she returned home, it stirred up another frenzy. The couple fought from their home to their parents’ doorstep until our father became furious and whacked them with a stick a few times to quiet them down.”

Muniang blinked, “All that commotion? It must’ve been hard for anyone in the village to get any sleep that night.”

“Indeed! With all that noise, it was impossible to sleep! Mrs. Ji even wanted our parents to take her side and stand up for her, but as soon as mother stepped in, she slapped Mrs. Ji a few times, scolding her for not maintaining women’s virtues and not valuing the family’s reputation, making the entire village aware and shaming the Qiao family. She also said, ‘What does it matter if a man strays a bit?’ and criticized her for being narrow-minded and causing trouble. You should have seen how frustrated Mrs. Ji’s face was.”

Muniang laughed out loud, finding the logic quite typical of the Qiao family matriarch. Still, she couldn’t help feeling a bit melancholic. Women really had no status in this era.

“Enough of that, let’s not talk about it anymore,” Madam Liu finally changed the subject to discuss serious matters. “I’ve been recruiting embroiderers from the village these past days. We have almost seventy or eighty ladies from the village – sisters, daughters-in-law, and skilled young women awaiting marriage. I specifically had them sign confidentiality agreements, given our unique patterns. If someone with ulterior motives were to steal them, it would be much harder for us to make money.”