bookcurios Chapter 118 I shouldn’t have fallen out with Xia Xiaorou, otherwise I would be enjoying my life now.
Chapter 118 I shouldn’t have fallen out with Xia Xiaorou, otherwise I would be enjoying my life now.
Zhou Maoxun sat in the yard, weaving a basket, without even looking up, "I won't go, and mother won't let me go either."
Zhou Xia jumped up and pointed at her son, scolding, "Why are you such a loser? If there's money to be made, why don't you go? We have five rooms at home, and I can cook for them. Doesn't this meet Xia Xiaorou's requirements?"
Zhou Maoxun frowned, "Mom, there are only five rooms in our house, how can there be enough for them to live in?"
"Your father is not at home, so I will live in your aunt's house. You can find a place to live for two months. Wouldn't that free up five rooms?" Zhou Xia said while counting on her fingers.
But Zhou Maoxun still refused to go, "Mom, you scolded Xiaorou so much last time, and you are still looking for Xiaorou now, aren't you afraid that she will laugh at you?"
"Hmph, so what? No matter what, I am her aunt. As the old saying goes, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected! Chen has been divorced, and she only has an old father in her family. What help can he give her? In the future, she will have to rely on me, her aunt, won't she?" Zhou Xia said confidently.
Zhou Maoxun couldn't convince his mother, so he could only say, "I'm not going anyway. If you want to go, go by yourself."
Zhou Xia patted her sleeves and rolled her eyes, "I don't want you to go, what good words can you say?"
After saying that, she turned and left.
Zhou Maoxun was worried, so after thinking about it, he closed the door and quietly followed his mother.
Zhou Xia did not go directly to find Xia Xiaorou, but went back to her parents' home first to find Xia Dequan.
After Xia Dequan divorced Chen and drove away several stepchildren, he lived alone on a few acres of land.
When Zhou Xia walked into Xia Dequan's house, Xia Dequan was cooking.
Because there was only one person, he only cooked a bowl of porridge.
Zhou Xia entered the kitchen and saw the simple meal in the pot. She said angrily, "Why are you eating this now? It's the same as what pigs eat. Why don't Xiaorou and her sister come to see you?"
Xia Dequan waved his hands and said, "They are having a hard time too. I don't want to disturb them."
Xia Zhou said angrily, "How is their life difficult? Xiaorou bought 800 acres of land and hired 20 people to help with the work. Now she has to hire someone to cook for those 20 people and find five rooms for them to live in. She is asking for three taels of silver for two months. This is called poverty, this is called hardship, all of us are beggars."
Xia Dequan's family lived not far from Xia Xiaorou. Xia Dequan had heard that Xia Xiaorou had bought a piece of land and hired someone to look for a house.
The neighbors were just laughing at him, saying that he shouldn't have fallen out with his two daughters, otherwise he would be enjoying his life now.
But there are some things that I cannot tell my neighbors, let alone my sister.
"They are married and have their own lives to live. I shouldn't disturb them," said Xia Dequan.
"Even if she gets married, she's still your daughter, big brother!" Xia Zhou stamped her feet, "Ever since you lost your job with a wealthy family in the capital, you've become a different person since you returned to the village. You've become timid and cowardly. I remember you weren't like that when you were young."
"Sister, if you have nothing to do, just go back. I have to go hunting after dinner." Xia Dequan scooped up the porridge in the pot, took the chopsticks and sat at the table to eat alone.
Zhou Xia looked at the indifferent Xia Dequan and stamped her feet in anger, "No wonder you are getting poorer and poorer, you are so useless!"
Since she couldn't rely on her brother, Zhou Xia had to go to Xia Xiaorou's house alone.
What surprised her was that many villagers were crowded at Xia Xiaorou's door, and they were all talking about something.
Someone saw Zhou Xia coming and laughed, "Oh, isn't this Xiaorou's aunt? She used to scold Xiaorou for being shameless for pestering your son and scolded her for being unwanted. Why are you looking for Xiaorou again now?"
Zhou Xia's face was ugly. "I am Xiaorou's aunt. What's wrong with me saying a few words to my niece? Xiaorou is very generous and won't hold grudges over trivial matters like you."
After she finished cursing, she rolled her eyes, squeezed into the crowd, and came to Xia Xiaorou's yard.
The twenty people who were invited to help were sitting in the yard, and there were also a few people in the main room talking to Xia Xiaorou.
Zhou Xia tried to put on a smile and strode into the main house. "Xiao Rou, I heard that you were looking for a house to rent. How about renting my house to you? I'm your aunt, and you know exactly what my house is like. Don't rent someone else's house. Someone might have just died in their house."
When someone in the room heard what Zhou Xia said, he immediately sneered, "Someone just died in your house, but my house was just built, so it's very auspicious."
Zhou Xia recognized that the person speaking was an old man in the village, and that he had indeed just built a house.
She looked embarrassed and did not respond to the old man's words. Instead, she walked towards Xia Xiaorou and said, "Xiaorou, why don't you rent my house? My house is spacious and bright. I guarantee that your people will live comfortably."
When Xia Xiaoying saw her, she looked cold and quietly pulled Xia Xiaorou's sleeve, "Xiaorou?"
She used her eyes to remind Xia Xiaorou not to pay attention to Zhou Xia.
How could Xia Xiaorou care about Zhou Xia?
She looked at Zhou Xia and said coldly, "Zhou Xia, I remember when my mother just died, I was so hungry. I saw you just bought some steamed buns and wanted to ask for half a steamed bun, but you refused to give it to me and pushed me to the ground, calling me a greedy bitch and my mother a bitch. You told me to stay away from you. If I get close to you, you will break my legs. So sorry, I don't want to get close to you now, I'm afraid you will break my legs."
There were several people sitting in the room, including the village head and the elders of the Xia family. When they heard Xia Xiaorou talking about the past, they also accused Zhou Xia of treating Xia Xiaorou badly in the past.
"You treated your niece badly before, but now that you see she's successful, you come to take advantage of her. You're really shameless."
"That's right, I've never seen such a shameless person."
Zhou Xia was embarrassed, "At that time... at that time Xiaorou was naughty, and I said that in anger."
"My mother and your eldest brother came back to the village from other places. You asked my mother for a lot of money, right? I remember that when they didn't come back to the village, your family lived in a mud house, but they have only been back for a month, and your family has built five large brick houses. Zhou Xia, do you dare to say that you earned this money yourself?" Xia Xiaorou said with squinted eyes.
Zhou Xia's heart skipped a beat. How did Xia Xiaorou know what happened back then?
"No... no, ah, yes, of course it was earned by me and Maoxun's father together."
"You are a farming woman, and you can't do other work. Your husband is just a straw sandal seller. Can you earn five big brick houses and thirty acres of land in a short time? If you really know how to make money, why don't you make it when my mother comes back to the village?" Xia Xiaorou sneered, "Do you want me to ask the county magistrate to help you calculate your income?"
Zhou Xia was shocked. If this was calculated, she had borrowed 100 taels of silver from Wei and had never paid it back, which would have been known to Xia Xiaorou.
Xia Xiaorou is now Yan Langjun's fiancée, so it would be easy to invite the county magistrate.
How could she dare to talk to Xia Xiaorou about renting a house?