Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 168: Planning Retribution on the Strange New House’s Rafter (2)_1

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Planning Retribution on the Strange New House’s Rafter (2)_1

"Tch, representing the villagers to demand an explanation from the Mo Family?" Aunt Cai, having heard the news, came and upon hearing Wang Dali’s shameless words, immediately opened her mouth in sarcasm, "What a great face you have, you clearly want to swindle the Mo Family, yet you describe the matter so grandly. As a woman of the house, I’m embarrassed for you."

Wang Dali might fear Lin Yong, but he sure didn’t fear a woman of the house like Aunt Cai. He stiffened his neck and cursed, "What does this have to do with you, you shrew? Go home and nurse your child!"

Aunt Cai laughed scornfully, holding Wang Dali’s behavior in low regard. She couldn’t be bothered to deal with this rogue any longer and raised her voice to the villagers who were watching the excitement, "Everyone here has a clear head. I’ll explain the situation so we can all judge this together."

Following that, Aunt Cai revealed the reasons why Wang Dali and others had come to make trouble at the Mo Family.

The story goes back a few months, when the Mo Family’s vegetable business had not yet ended. Some villagers were getting ideas, wanting to follow in growing greenhouse vegetables, including Aunt Cai’s family.

Later, Aunt Cai heeded Mo Yan’s advice and convinced her father-in-law not to grow them. She explained the risks to other villagers who were thinking of growing vegetables, and most of them took the advice, planting soy on their fallow land instead.

Only a few stubborn people refused to believe it wouldn’t work, thinking that the vegetables grown in the Mo Family’s greenhouse tasted better than ordinary ones, and that they could do the same. They believed they could sell these better-tasting vegetables exclusively to wealthy families and make a profit in Silver.

So, these people drained their savings and borrowed Silver from others, scraping together enough to finally build their greenhouses.

Early in spring, the temperature was still a bit low, and indeed, vegetables in the greenhouse grew faster and looked better than those outside. Thus, they firmly believed that their greenhouse vegetables would earn them Silver and they tended to them diligently.

That wasn’t wrong in itself, but the mistake lay in caring for them too well. Even as the temperature gradually rose, they refused to uncover the greenhouse to let the vegetables soak up some sun and air. The old farmers helping the Mo Family had advised them, but they wouldn’t listen.

In time, the vegetables slowly turned yellow and developed an indistinct musty smell. Only then did they realize something was wrong. They started to follow the Mo Family’s past practices, uncovering the greenhouses during the day and covering them at night.

Although the vegetables turned green again, their taste and texture had considerably deteriorated. These vegetables couldn’t compare to the Mo Family’s, nor could they surpass those grown in ordinary family yards, let alone be sold at a high price to wealthy families.

Here we are, they’ve been shouting their wares in the city streets and alleys for many days with little to show for it. Eventually, having no choice, they set up stalls in the market. But with produce looking and tasting poor, where was the business to be had?

In the end, they had to slash the prices to rock bottom, managing to sell only a little to the poor. As fresh vegetables came onto the market, nobody wanted theirs anymore.

The Silver they had invested in the greenhouses had emptied the last of their savings. If they couldn’t even recoup their costs, their families would face a year of hardship.

Seeing the Mo Family building a big house, who could feel balanced in their hearts? Stirred by Wang Dali, they came here to make trouble, claiming the Mo Family had cheated them and owed them an explanation.

"Look here," Aunt Cai glared at Wang Dali with disdain, "Let’s hear it from everyone, it’s not like the Mo Family held a knife to his throat and forced him to grow these crops. How can he accuse the Mo Family of cheating him? He insisted on setting up the greenhouse against advice, and now that he’s at a loss, why should the Mo Family have to explain anything to him?"

"Wang Dali, that’s where you are wrong, just like Aunt Cai said. You decided to grow vegetables yourself, not forced by the Mo Family. If you didn’t make Silver Coin, how can you say the Mo Family cheated you?"