I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 397: The Older, The Stronger (Thanks to Shu Yue Er for the update)

Chapter 397: Chapter 397: The Older, The Stronger (Thanks to Shu Yue Er for the update)

If Suizi had to find a word to describe her suddenly appeared father-in-law, she believed the term "outlaw" was the most appropriate.

If an prefix were to be added to this designation, she thought it should be "nouveau riche".

Yu Shuisheng had been on the Border for many years and was unfamiliar with the local social conditions. Fueled by the fervor of a newly rich man, he wanted to make his home glittering with wealth.

Suizi would never agree to this kind of trouble-causing behavior.

In the end, after much persuasion and indirect suggestions, she convinced Yu Shuisheng to temporarily give up his impulse to flaunt his wealth.

Despite this, Yu Shuisheng was still unsatisfied. He handed Suizi 5,000 yuan as household expenses, then, along with Wang Cuihua, marched back to the Wang Family compound grandly.

He claimed that he was going to pay respects to his ancestors, but it was clear, even without much thought, this was surely a door-to-door knocking spree.

Suizi spent a long time deliberating whether or not to stop him.

It seemed like her father-in-law had been holding a grudge since the moment he saw Yu Shuigou and his wife.

Wang Cuihua didn’t intentionally mention how much she had been wronged, but the behavior of Yu Shuigou and his wife had made it quite clear to Yu Shuisheng.

In his words, if he didn’t stand up for his daughter-in-law, then he was just taking up space.

Allowing such a warmonger to return, even without much thought, it was clear that he would not stop until he made a mess of the Yu Family households.

After much thought, Suizi decided to let her father-in-law go, but she contacted the village chief separately requesting him to stop it at a critical moment, as long as it wouldn’t lead to loss of life, everything else...

She would just let it be.

Her father-in-law had just stepped down from his position as a local boss, full of unused energy. If he couldn’t return to avenge his wife, he might start considering renovating the house or hanging the two radishes at home like a Cornucopia.

The kids were already grimacing at the sight of jade, they seemed to have been traumatized by these hefty things.

As for how Yu Shuisheng wreaked havoc on families, Suizi only heard a few gleeful descriptions from Yu Jingting. Anyhow, after scaring the hell out of the households in the Yu Family, the two uncles started bringing in bricks, preparing to rebuild their houses.

Old Mrs. Yu was scared to the point that her heart disease acted up, and she was sent to the hospital. Nevertheless, she was constantly nervous in the hospital, afraid that Yu Shuisheng might come to settle the score with her.

Yu Shuisheng punished every family in the Yu Clan when he felt like it. He wreaked havoc wherever he wanted.

According to eyewitness accounts from the village chief, it was said that Wang Cuihua stood by the sidelines adding fuel to the fire. She openly told Yu Shuisheng not to be overtly violent, but in private, she "accidentally" spilled the beans about the disgraceful deeds of these households.

In conclusion, it caused chaos in the Wang Family enclosure.

That definitely brought joy to Yu Jingting.

With his parents causing a scene back in their homeland, he stayed home, striving to make his presence felt by Suizi.

"Wife, you see, I’m a good man, right?"

Suizi, who was preparing for her classes, glanced at him helplessly.

"Compared to my dad, I’m truly an angel. I only set fire to stacks of wood, broke a few pieces of glass, and shoved a few people into dung pits. Look at what our old man has done, all those shameless things."

Only he could utter such shameless words.

"You’re not much different. With so much money in your father’s pockets, you can be even more extravagant than him."

By looking at her outlaw of a father-in-law, she could tell where Yu Jingting had inherited his personality.

They were exactly the same.

Relying on the money he had, Yu Shuisheng returned home and went on a rampage. After beating someone into the hospital, he would toss a few bills at them — no more, no less — just fifty cents.

It was for them to buy iodine to apply on their wounds. Once they were healed, he would continue beating them. He had so much money, and this was his way of doing things, exuding such willfulness.

He would not give them a penny more.

The injuries were not severe, but the insults were extreme.

The families knew they were at fault and also acknowledged that their behaviors over these years were too excessive. As they were ignorant of the law, they didn’t dare report to the police and could only watch as Yu Shuisheng ran wild.

"The village chief mentioned that they’ve set up underground betting games in our village, betting on when these households will move away, and..." Suizi sighed, "...on when our father is going to demolish the ancestral tomb."

Yu Shuisheng’s return caused quite a stir, but the surprise didn’t last long as people were soon engrossed in this captivating drama of revenge.

Everyone was now betting on when the other branches of the Yu Family would move away. According to some, the day Yu Shuisheng set fire to the granary of the eldest uncle, Chen Kaide fled overnight with Wang Fenfang.

They didn’t even want their dilapidated house for fear that the madman Yu Shuisheng might spread his flames of revenge to their home.

"It’s all your fault, woman. You stopped me. It would have been great if I had gone back with my father."

"...Could you spare the villagers?"

Suizi knew that he was just being careless with his words. If she allowed him to go back, he wouldn’t actually go.

During his last visit to the village, Suizi was almost kidnapped by his enemies. This incident had left a mark on Yu Jingting and now he wanted to protect her and the kids incessantly.

As for his father, his personality was all about causing trouble, he would return once he had had enough. He wouldn’t create any real problems, which was an unspoken secret between father and son.

"You don’t need to worry about dad. I think you should focus on your brewery. I’ve noticed several workers gathering at the factory gate these past few days. Continued like this, it would not be good."

Suizi steered the conversation towards work.

The brewery hadn’t paid wages in a long time, and the workers had been home on long vacations. As the time grew longer, they couldn’t bear the pressure and went to the factory to seek fairness spontaneously.

In the beginning, it was just a few people. But now, the crowd is growing, and the protests evolved from random small-scale incidents into organized and premeditated actions.

According to the information on Suizi’s end, these people were reportedly planning to kick up a fuss, seeking the leaders to deal with their wage issues.

"The factory director has been playing sick for the past few days and wants to throw this mess at me. I’ll also play sick. After all, the unpaid wages are not from my tenure, so they can’t come to me."

"That is one way to look at it, but we still need to handle matters carefully. The New Year is coming fast, and if this continues, it’s going to affect everyone’s holiday. Wouldn’t it be better if we fixed this issue now?"

Suizi knew that he had long-term plans, but right now the workers were truly in a tough spot and it was difficult to just idly watch them.

"That old fox of a director wants to pass the buck to me. Let’s just accept it. Even if the problem was solved, he would claim all the credits for it."

Suizi thought for a while; his words did make sense.

Asking him for help and forcing him to help are two different things.

From the current stalemate situation, the factory director probably thought that Yu Jingting was useless after having muddled through for so long. Thus, he wanted to push Yu Jingting forward as a shield.

"Well, how about this; we don’t solve the problem in the name of the factory, we solve it under our personal names, just to let everyone earn a little New Year’s money. That’s not too much, right?"

Suizi believes that living people shouldn’t be choked to death by piss.

"What made you suddenly so kind-hearted today?" Yu Jingting sat up straight, finding Suizi’s attitude a bit suspicious.

Suizi avoided his gaze, well, she indeed had a little scheme with this matter.

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