I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 82: To See Who Is More Foolish

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: To See Who Is More Foolish

"Stop crying! If you cry again, I’ll go out!"

Yu Jingting’s words rendered the room in silence.

To add more charm to his threat, he added another sentence.

"I’ll go out without a coat and stand all night!"

Wang Cuihua looked at her son, did he lose his mind climbing trees?

Isn’t he the one going to freeze without a coat?

"You wouldn’t dare!" Suizi paused in her cries, staring at him tearfully.

Wang Cuihua looked at her daughter-in-law, did she believe this nonsense?

"If you keep crying, I’ll go out shirtless!"

Hearing her brother’s shameless and nonthreatening words, Jiaojiao couldn’t help but exclaim:

"Brother, have you no shame?"

"If you dare to step out of this door, I’ll drink cold water!" Suizi counterattacked.

Jiaojiao and Wang Cuihua collectively gasped. Oh my, is stupidity contagious?

"I’ll go stand in the courtyard shirtless and take a cold shower!" Yu Jingting escalated.

"After I drink cold water, I’ll eat a chili pepper!"

"Ai Ma, Mother, bring your drum and dance a shaman dance? My sister-in-law and brother must be possessed."

Jiaojiao felt this style of arguing was even more immature than her school bickering with Little Fatty.

When kids argue, at least they threat each other, like ’I’ll rip your book, give back my baked potato you stole’ and stuff.

Her brother and sister-in-law argue by threatening each other with self-harm, isn’t that stupid?

"Go, go, go, children go in the house and stop looking!"

Wang Cuihua pushed her daughter inside, momentarily rubbing her arms as the two lovey-dovey brats gave her goosebumps.

"But—"

Jiaojiao was still not assured, looking back seeing her sister-in-law and brother still glaring at each other like fighting roosters.

"What are you looking at! They’re ganging up against you without any infighting, child, go do your homework!"

"!!!" Jiaojiao was hurt.

Aren’t her brother and sister-in-law the ones arguing? How did this end up being about her homework?

Jiaojiao, not giving in, looked back, catching a glimpse of her brother pulling her sister-in-law into his arms, about to bite her —

"Mother! Why are you blocking my vision?!"

"Is this something you should see?"

Wang Cuihua pulled Jiaojiao into the house and quickly shut the door.

Suizi is too wrapped up in Yu Jingting’s breath to listen to her mother-in-law’s commentary.

When the two separated, the tungsten light bulb in the house flickered twice and went out.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Yu Jingting groped around and whispered in her ear.

"Wife, I haven’t eaten yet and I’m hungry... Can we stop crying now?"

"You two have played so extravagantly that you broke the bulb; Tiegen, stop biting and quickly change the bulb!"

Wang Cuihua’s strong voice came through the door panel.

The darkness concealed the rosy redness on Suizi’s face.

While Yu Jingting was nattering in her ear, he was begging in all sorts of pitiful ways.

Then, he rose to his feet, cleared his throat and began to act tough:

"This little woman needs a good beating every day!"

"Hmph." Wang Cuihua expressed her disdain for her son’s timid but indirect behavior with a single snort.

Yu Jingting efficiently changed the light bulb while standing on a stool.

Suizi took the still-warm food out of the pot and watched him wolf it down.

Holly grows on tall trees, and climbing them does consume a lot of energy. You could tell by his two-bowl-of-rice-and-couple-of-steamed-bun appetite.

Only after confirming that the annoying couple outside had finally finished did Wang Cuihua and Jiaojiao come out. Li Youcai’s wife strained to listen as Yu Jingting recounted his money-making exploits.

"When I was gathering information at the entrance of the village—"

"Bro, just say you were standing at the village entrance smoking and bragging."

Yu Jingting glared and threatened to hit her with his chopsticks, causing Jiaojiao to quickly hide behind her sister-in-law.

She realized that hiding behind her sister-in-law was even safer than hiding behind her mother.

Firstly, because her brother wouldn’t dare hit his wife. Also, her sister-in-law was much larger and provided better protection...

"Some people from the south came and offered three cents per pound for holly."

Wang Cuihua gasped.

That was a high price.

In previous years, people had only offered a few cents. If one could get a penny, that would already be considered a high price.

"Why so high?"

"They said they’re from a medicine factory and they’re in a hurry. Hence, they offered a higher price."

Yu Jingting felt entitled to a salted duck egg after a hard day’s work.

But before he could even touch it, Suizi took it away and scooped out the yolk right in front of him.

"???" Eating a salted duck egg without the yolk was really too much!

He vented his dissatisfaction through his eyes.

Suizi held the bowl containing the yolk of the duck egg in one hand and said in a stern voice:

"You didn’t tell the whole truth. The southern traders offered a high price and were in a hurry, that’s one side. On the other side, it’s because the weather forecast predicted snow and not everyone dares to risk going up the mountain in bad weather."

Wang Cuihua and Jiaojiao didn’t dare to make a sound.

When the gentle Suizi was stern, her aura was overwhelming. Yu Jingting visibly wilted under her words.

"Didn’t I come back? Besides, fortune favors the bold. Because others are afraid, we can negotiate for a higher price."

"Is that your excuse for concealing the truth and taking risks?"

Wang Cuihua silently took out a handful of melon seeds, cracking them as she enjoyed the unfolding drama.

"You—!" Yu Jingting wanted to say, you shouldn’t betray my trust after taking advantage of me!

He saw from the corner of his eye that his mother and sister were sitting there, clearly waiting to see what would happen.

"We can make money anytime, but you only have one life. How much money would it take to replace you?"

Yu Jingting’s ears reddened with her nagging, he quickly reached over and grabbed the bowl from her, defiantly putting the egg yolk in his mouth all at once.

His domineering expression seemed to say that he was still the unstoppable street glider who once struck fear into the villagers’ hearts.

"You’re not debating with my sister-in-law, you’re venting your frustration by eating, right?"

Jiaojiao hit the nail on the head and managed to hide behind Suizi again before Yu Jingting could retaliate.

"My brother isn’t admitting defeat, he’s just showing respect to me by not arguing, right?"

After achieving her objective, Suizi stopped pressing the issue and brought the conversation back on track.

"Ahem!" Yu Jingting choked.

Wang Cuihua nodded in agreement, her daughter-in-law had won this round.

If their foolish son didn’t listen, they’d just have to sacrifice him to the gods, tsk!

Yu Jingting had earned over fifty taels from this trip. After buying some cloth, there wasn’t much left. Although Wang Cuihua regretted parting with the money, thinking about how it was almost New Year and how the new clothes would be for the family, she didn’t say anything more.

After dinner, Wang Cuihua volunteered to wash dishes, driving Suizi back to the West Room to talk with Yu Jingting.

Once the door was closed, Yu Jingting was on high alert.

He was worried that this sly woman would burst into tears and start nagging him again.

Even in bed, he was on high alert.

He even had a plan: if she dared to act all weepy, he would pin her down. Those two plump, white legs of hers seemed promising...

"Jingting, Li Youcai came to see me today."

"What?!" Yu Jingting sat up abruptly, all the sensual images in his head disappearing in an instant.

He had just been up the mountain for one day and Li Youcai was already causing trouble?!

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