Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 757 - 755: The Eccentric Family
"I need to go to Doctor Li’s house."
"Going to Doctor Li’s house, huh?" Granny Hua chuckled, "How coincidental, I need to go there too. Let’s go together."
Shen Qinglan nodded with a smile.
Before leaving, Granny Hua peeked into the courtyard, and after walking a good distance, she spat and said, "They have no skills themselves yet blame others; no wonder they’re doomed to be poor for life."
Shen Qinglan’s eyes twitched slightly, but she maintained a faint smile.
"Don’t mind them, Third Miss. That Zheng family’s just like that. When they lack skills, they always blame others. Last year, his old mother planted a whole garden of vegetables, and as soon as the leaves sprouted, his wife pulled them all out. The old lady was so furious she was bedridden for three days."
"Why were they pulled out?" Shen Qinglan asked in confusion, "Did they have a quarrel?"
"They weren’t pulled out to be thrown away; they were pulled out to be cooked." Granny Hua extended her pinky and said, "They were just this tiny, yet she pulled them all." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Shen Qinglan chuckled; she thought they were thrown away, but they were actually eaten.
"You see, the whole family—the son, daughter-in-law, and grandson—are all lazy. The old folks rely on the youngest son for food, planting vegetables earnestly, but after leaving for a short while, they come back to find it all gone. Wouldn’t that be infuriating?"
Granny Hua shook her head and sighed, "Even Zheng Da is biased toward his wife. If his mother says anything, he threatens violence, really scary."
Shen Qinglan wasn’t too interested in listening to other families’ affairs, but seeing that Granny Hua wanted to keep talking, she asked wearily, "Since they’re so lazy, what do they usually eat?"
"What else can they eat?" Granny Hua said, "Naturally, they go over to the second brother’s place to mooch food and drink, bully the second brother and sister-in-law because they’re honest people."
"Every spring sowing, it’s always the Zheng family’s elderly and Zheng Er couple who run around. At most, the Zheng Da family just steps on a little mud and complains about exhaustion."
Shen Qinglan was taken aback, "Don’t the Zheng family people say anything?"
If such people were from her family, she’d cure their laziness in a minute.
"What can they say?" Granny Hua sighed gently, "The Zheng family’s elders have said it many times, and they don’t listen. This time, they went to your second cousin’s house wanting to work as long-term laborers. Everyone in the village knows them well; who would want to hire people like that? Aren’t they just asking for trouble?"
"After your second cousin refused them, he and his wife went around the village saying that the Shen family looks down on poor folks like them.
Moreover, they spread it to nearby villages too, adding fuel to the fire. Our village knows what kind of people they are, but outsiders don’t, so they all think your Shen family has no conscience."
Granny Hua went on and on, while Shen Qinglan’s frown grew deeper with every word.
This damage to reputation is truly disgusting.
Fearing she’d get angry, Granny Hua quickly reassured her, "Don’t worry, Third Miss. Forget about other villages; we can’t hear them anyway. As long as our village people understand, that’s what matters."
Shen Qinglan nodded, "Don’t worry, Granny Hua. As long as they don’t come to my door, I won’t mind."
"Exactly!" Granny Hua cheerfully said, "Don’t fuss over those people, and don’t bother reasoning with them. They won’t understand. You might end up with more trouble than it’s worth."
Shen Qinglan smiled and nodded slightly, "You’re right."
"Ah!" Granny Hua sighed again, thinking of the Zheng family’s elders, "The Zheng family sure is unlucky, having a character like Zheng Da, and even more unlucky to marry such an unreasonable daughter-in-law."
