The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 728 Shameless to Death (1)_1

Chapter 728: Chapter 728 Shameless to Death (1)_1

After the surprise attack, Pei Qin still went ahead and taught them how to make kimchi. To demand now that they be given a business to run was simply too much. Lady Yu could no longer stand it, "It’s one thing to speak those words here, but you better not mention them in front of Qinqin and her siblings. If you push too far, in the end, you won’t even have relatives to count on!"

"Do they even consider us relatives now? Outsiders are doing better than us!" Fang Hui sobbed, her heart burning with resentment.

"All you see is outsiders doing better than your family. Haven’t you seen how well outsiders treat them?" Old Scholar Fang said with a darkened face, "If it were really to be outsiders, do you think you could have had the kimchi recipe? It wasn’t out of pity that you got it! Do you think she would have given it to you because you demanded it? You really want to turn relatives into enemies, don’t you?"

"Is it just others that treat them well? Haven’t I treated them well too? Have I ever withheld anything good from them at home? When have they ever thought of us?" Fang Hui said, unable to suppress the resentment in her heart,

Old Scholar Fang stood up agitatedly, "You haven’t earned less over these past few years, you’ve always had money saved. If you really want to start a workshop or shop, you might as well go home and buy some mountain land to plant sunflowers. Even if the yield is smaller, it’s still an honest income! If you really want to turn relatives into enemies, then go ahead, but stop causing a scene in front of me!" With that, he angrily shook off his sleeves and strode out the door.

All Fang Hui could do was sit in the house and cry poor, talking about how marrying off her son had spent all their money, and how they had only just scraped some together when it was all spent on having a grandson. Now that they had just gotten a little back, her youngest son also needed to get married, and the house simply had no money. The two closest relatives to her were both unwilling to lend a hand.

Grandma Fang was so angry her chest was heaving and her face turned ugly; she did not want to speak any further with her.

Lady Ruan was even less likely to console her and just sat aside, watching her crying poor. It was just a reluctance to cause trouble in front of Pei Qin, so she came to cause trouble in her parents’ house, hoping her family would help her find advantages. There had been one incident with the kimchi, but there wouldn’t be a second time.

"If you no longer want to make kimchi, then go and talk to Qinqin yourself!" Lady Yu didn’t want to say too much.

Lady Ruan looked over at Fang Hui. She thought she wouldn’t dare. Pei Qin might seem easy to talk to, but she also had her own convictions and didn’t care about anyone’s face. Otherwise, when her nephew tried to propose to Pei Yuan, she had outright refused, not giving them any chance at all.

Fang Hui was crying here because she wanted Old Scholar Fang and Grandma Fang to intervene. If only they were willing to help, Pei Qin would listen to them.

Having already asked for the kimchi recipe once, Grandma Fang wouldn’t dare to ask a second time.

Seeing no one willing to help or even to care, Fang Hui cried and complained for a long time and then went back home.

After she finally left, Grandma Fang sighed heavily. "I really don’t know what wrong I did to deserve this."

"Sister-in-law will see reason soon, Mother, don’t be upset," Lady Ruan consoled her.

Fang Hui indeed came to a realization—her family was now completely unreliable! If there was anything good, they’d want it for themselves! As for the Sweet Potato Flour Workshop, she didn’t believe they hadn’t asked for a share, to just work for them for nothing. Since she couldn’t rely on her family, she had to rely on herself!

When she came home and explained the situation, Grandma Feng and Old Man Feng were also quite disappointed. Why conduct big business without letting their family buy a share? They kept everything to themselves, not giving them even a small piece.

When Feng Shouxing came home and heard the situation, he persuaded Fang Hui, "Why don’t we follow Father-in-law’s suggestion and buy some mountain land to plant sunflowers? We can earn a bit every year."

"What’s that small earning good for? A whole year of hard work isn’t even worth what they make from selling a cartload of preserved eggs!" Fang Hui didn’t want to plant sunflowers; it wouldn’t make much money.

"You want to make preserved eggs?" Feng Shouxing was somewhat shocked and looked at her wide-eyed, "That business makes big bucks, they will never teach us that!"

Of course, Fang Hui knew that the preserved eggs would never be taught to them, but what about the kimchi? Even if they didn’t teach them anything else, they should at least stop making kimchi and let her family make it! And as for Dalang, he couldn’t always just be working in someone else’s shop, could he?