I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 229: Fear of Comparison (Additional - with 100+ Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Fear of Comparison (Additional Chapter with 100+ Monthly Tickets)

Suizi and Yu Jingting’s intention of delivering popcorn was a ruse, their real plan was to set a trap.

Suizi first inquired about who had become the boss now that Yu Jingting had gone to the city.

With Yu Jingting around, the loafers in each village dared not show off.

Once he entered the city, the balance was destined to be disturbed.

Certainly, someone would strive for a shot at this "boss of the loafers" position.

Currently, there were two leading contenders.

Yu Jingting’s former followers, the Yang brothers.

Yuan San from Yuanjia Village.

These two groups were often at odds and would fight now and then.

This time when Yu Jingting returned, at Suizi’s request, he first took the Yang brothers and beat up Yuan San’s gang, fueling their mutual animosity.

Then he went to his uncle’s house, making everyone aware of his strong relationship with his uncle.

Tomorrow, he would have the Yang brothers pick a fight with his uncle.

When Yuan San saw this, he would interpret it as if his uncle was left isolated and unsupported.

All Yu Jingting needed to do was to strike at Yuan San a few times, and Yuan San would naturally take out his anger on his uncle’s family.

This strategy, of attacking indirectly, using Yuan San’s hands to bring his uncle’s family under control, could not be deemed anything but shrewd.

As long as his uncle didn’t move homes, he would always live under the shadow of Yuan San.

Apart from seeking Yu Jingting’s protection, he had no other choice.

Sooner or later, he’d have to come begging to Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting managed to maintain a good reputation, keeping his uncle’s family in check from causing trouble.

He was also able to maintain his position in Yang Village.

Although he had moved to the city, the prestige he should have still remained – after all, when spring came and it was time to gather mountain goods, he had to return to the village to make a fortune as a middleman... leading everyone in the village to prosperity.

Suizi had already displayed her ability to control others multiple times now and she used various tactics effectively.

"Let’s bet on how long it would take for him to beg you."

"Have you forgotten how you lost to me last time?" Yu Jingting reminisced quite fondly on the bet he had with his wife - a bet was not exciting enough without stakes after all.

"You were just shameless last time. For fairness this time, we should both write our guesses on a piece of paper, and only reveal them when he comes knocking."

Suizi had learned her lesson from last time and had now become more cautious.

While Yu Jingting happily agreed out loud, he was chuckling inside.

This young woman, she seriously underestimated his thick skin! Couldn’t he just steal the paper and change it?

The aunt came over three days later, bringing a large basket of goose eggs.

She, who had been so arrogant during her last visit, was now utterly humble.

The uncle was too embarrassed to come himself, so his aunt came with her daughter-in-law, carrying the goose eggs and heaping praises onto Wang Cuihua.

Throughout their conversation, they emphasized how good the relationship between their two families was, any more and they would’ve started praising the two geese in the courtyard as well.

Wang Cuihua was so stunned by this sudden display of "affection" that she was at a loss for words, stretching her neck to look outside.

"What are you looking at, Fourth Auntie?" the aunt asked, her face breaking into a huge grin.

"I’m looking to see if it’s raining red or not because with the way you’re acting, something major must have happened."

The aunt and her daughter-in-law, not knowing how to react, could only force a laugh.

Suizi and Yu Jingting returned for lunch.

As soon as Suizi saw the aunt, her eyes lit up with excitement.

She looked at Yu Jingting smugly, her eyes clearly saying: I won!

What Suizi had written on her paper was ’within a week.’

Yu Jingting raised an eyebrow, so happy?

Watching the pregnant woman in his family running towards the mother-daughter-in-law duo like a little butterfly.

"Respected elder, why bring anything as you come over?"

Suizi uttered the most insincere pleasantries usually exchanged during a family meeting, bringing cheerful laughs and goosebumps all over the mother-daughter-in-law duo.

The respected elder, having interacted with Suizi many times, never saw her laughing so brightly before.

At this moment, what Suizi was thinking about was how she would "enslave" Yu Jingting.

Facing such a rare opportunity of victory, what should she make him do?

Doing push-ups, maybe. He has muscles, it would definitely be nice seeing him take off his shirt and do push-ups.

Otherwise, making him recite the "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" would also work, thinking of his troubled expression when reciting the poem could make Suizi happy for the whole day.

Thinking about her thoughts on "turning over a new leaf", her expression became even more ecstatic.

The lines that the respected elder had thought of on her way here, were all forgotten due to Suizi’s overly excited expression.

Some people, laughing, appear more terrifying than when they are not, and Suizi was precisely that type.

"My niece, our family is going through some difficulties now. Yuan’s third son is causing troubles on our lands, isn’t this a slap in Tiegen’s face? Can you ask Tiegen to go back and seek justice for our Yu Family."

"’Our lands’?" Suizi raised an eyebrow and turned to ask Yu Jingting, "Someone dares to mess with our land?"

Though they moved to the city, they still kept their lands untouched.

Yu Jingting had arranged for people to take care of it, and he would go back to tend it during the planting season.

"Ah, my lands."

"Oh, respected elder, when his father passed away, I took Tiegen and his siblings to your house to ask for your help, do you remember what you said?"

Wang Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the words she has been holding back for so long finally have a chance to be spoken.

"You said, blood is thicker than water, your family is your family, my family is my family, not to mention my man is not present, even if he was, we had already gone separate ways, you wouldn’t involve yourself with our affairs, this was your original wording, right?"

The respected elder was speechless facing the accusations.

Such a relationship between relatives is indeed rare.

Back then, who would have thought that Wang Cuihua, a widow leading two children with hands full, would end up with the best life among all?

Upon entering the door, the elder’s daughter-in-law’s eyes never left the cassette player on the cabinet.

Wang Cuihua, dressed in newly tailored clothes and well-groomed, appeared even more spirited than she did in the village, showing clearly that she was living a higher quality life compared to her own.

Looking at Yu Jingting couple’s dress and appearance, they were indistinguishable from city dwellers, making the elder’s daughter-in-law inevitably envious.

While Wang Cuihua was exchanging words with the respected elder, the daughter-in-law was staring at Suizi.

Suizi’s facial features had not changed much, but she seemed to be glowing all over, and was radiating happiness by her brows and eyes.

Whether a woman’s life is good or not can be seen from her demeanor, and Suizi was seemingly living a comfortable life in her husband’s family.

"Tiegen, you dumb hare, why don’t you help your wife sit down!" Besides arguing with the elder, Wang Cuihua did not forget to remind her son to take good care of his wife.

"She didn’t want to sit because it makes her feel bloated, why blame me!" Yu Jingting mumbled, and at the same time complained, "She knocked over your facial cream bottle, the bottle broke, why don’t you whip her with the feather duster?"

Suizi knocked over Wang Cuihua’s facial cream while dusting the cabinet. Wang Cuihua was not at home at the time, and Suizi was in a rush for work, so she did not have time to mention it.

Smacking her forehead, Wang Cuihua had forgotten about it.

She picked up the feather duster and hit Yu Jingting with it.

Yu Jingting: ???

"She knocked it over, but you hit me?"

"Who told you to buy such a big glass bottle? What if it hit Suizi’s foot? What’s more, being a grown man, why gossiping and snitching? It’s fortunate that you weren’t born during war time, or else you would definitely defect to Yueben Country!"

After lambasting her son, Wang Cuihua stretched her hand towards the smiling Suizi.

"Cook one less egg for this traitor at lunch, you eat more."

This unique interaction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had stunned the elder and made the elder’s daughter-in-law feel a bit envious.