flstandardbreds Chapter 178 Knock on the door
Chapter 178 Knock on the door
Clearly I was paid and the job was done, but in the end such rumors spread.
Could it be that in the eyes of others, Lan Xin is stingy and makes others work for nothing?
Wow, this guy is eating and taking things at the same time, holding the bowl and staring at the pot, wanting to have it all in one go.
Stimulated by this, Lan Xin's brain started to work. She angrily waved her hands and began to explain.
"What kind of work and what kind of partner are you talking about? Do you think your family will find a partner and spend one dollar a day to hire someone?"
"Ah?" The fat lady was stumped by Lan Xing's question. Who would pay someone to find a date? Isn't this just giving away money?
She was unwilling to marry if the betrothal gift was not enough.
But the other two reacted, "Lan Xin, do you mean that you paid He Yaohui to do the work?"
Although everyone in the village was busy, gossip still had its way of circulating, and most people in the village knew about it. Lan Xin became arrogant after having a little money, and even didn't harvest his own land, but paid his cousin to help harvest it.
I heard that the price is not cheap, otherwise how could those cousins be willing to let such a laborer leave his own work and go to help Lan Xin.
When talking about this matter, the family members were not angry, but smiled and said that Lan Xin was taking care of their family.
No one was angry, and both families were happy about it. Besides, they hadn't finished their farm work yet, so they didn't gossip any more, but they did have some thoughts in their minds.
Although he said that Lan Xin was a spendthrift, he was envious of those who were paid to harvest rice. It was just a pity that Lan Xin only invited her own family and not them.
But I didn't expect that they would hire an outsider, and the price was not cheap. My God, it was only one dollar a day.
Suddenly they became unhappy.
"Lan Xin, did you spend one dollar to hire He Yaohui to do the job?" They hurried to find Lan Xin to confirm.
"Yes! One dollar a day, paid now." Lan Xin said very straightforwardly.
Now it was the turn of the aunts to get angry. "Why did He Yaohui's sister-in-law say that you two were dating?"
"Yes, they said it with all their details. I thought you two were going to get married soon."
Speaking of these aunts, they were furious and felt they had been cheated.
"This is not fair. You took someone's money and still want to take their life?"
"Then it's definitely not just these one or two pieces that they want to be greedy for." Someone said meaningfully.
After this was said, everyone understood.
Before the autumn harvest, a meeting was held in the ancestral hall. Uncle Lan talked about Sanqing Mountain. Everyone in the village was considering it, and Lan Xin bought 200 acres of land in one go.
What kind of operation is this? !
The whole village was stunned.
If it weren't for the busy autumn harvest and everyone falling asleep, Lan Xin's matter would have been talked about in the village for at least ten days or half a month.
You have to know that now a person with an annual income of ten thousand yuan is a very prominent figure in the village, and Lan Xin spent the annual income of four ten thousand yuan at once to buy a piece of land in a corner of the mountains.
How is this not shocking?
Some people even thought that since Lan Xin dared to spend so much money at once, did she have more money?
Even if she has no money, she still has these 200 acres of land in her hands. Whether she cultivates it herself or rents it out to others, it will be a considerable income.
Especially divorced women like Lan Xin.
At that time, countless people were tempted to marry Lan Xin and then get their hands on his 200 acres of land.
She was just busy with her family's autumn harvest and things were delayed. Who would have thought that someone would be so brave to come up and help Lan Xin with the work.
It’s just that He Yaohui is not kind.
He wants to live off others and yet he asks for their wages.
These people were still thinking about whether they should keep up with the times and start to list any suitable relatives in their family to introduce to Lan Xin. However, Lan Xin noticed one thing.
"Are you saying that the rumor that He Yaohui and I are dating came from his family?" Lan Xin asked, pulling Aunt Fat.
Aunt Fat nodded repeatedly, and Lan Xin immediately guessed what He Yaohui was thinking. What a guy, he took the money and even tried to use public opinion to force Lan Xin to marry him.
Thinking of this, Lan Xin didn't waste time here. She picked up the basket and went home first, and then went to the Lan family's old house to discuss countermeasures.
By 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky had become completely dark, and even the busiest people would return home from the fields to prepare for dinner and rest.
Just at this moment, the "bang bang bang" knocking sounds on the door of Old He's house were particularly attractive.
The neighbors who lived nearby came out of the yard one by one, stretched their necks to look, and saw He Jia.
When he saw a dense group of people in front of the He family's door, he immediately became excited.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know. If there's something interesting to watch, go and see it quickly."
Amid the sound of neighbors eating melons, the door of Old He's house opened and people with curious and puzzled faces walked out.
When He Yaohui saw the old man Lan who was in the lead, his eyes widened, and a sense of fear that he had been dominated by old man Lan for so many days surged in his heart.
He Yaohui immediately regretted walking out. He wanted to go back into the room, but the sharp-eyed Old Man Lan recognized him and started yelling at him.
"He Yaohui, come here, kid."
"You and others were the ones who told everyone that you worked for free in my house, right? You didn't even mention the one yuan I was paid that day. What's the matter? Do you want everyone in the village to think that I, Lan Dayong, am a shameless person?"
"Bah, He Yaohui, you are an ungrateful traitor. I am as kind as my nephew and I offer you one dollar a day, but look at what you do and what others do."
"They get paid 1 yuan a day, bending over and cutting rice all day. You just stand there threshing rice, getting the same pay as them, but working less than half as much. And you even go around saying you're working for me for free. Do you have any shame?"
Old Man Lan's words scared away all the tiredness of everyone. How come it wasn't their turn to do such a good job of harvesting rice and earning one dollar a day?
"They earn 1 yuan a day, bending over and cutting rice all day. You stand there threshing rice, earning the same salary as them, but working less than half as much. And you go around saying you work for free for my family, do you have any shame?"
Old Man Lan's words scared away all the tiredness of everyone. How come it wasn't their turn to do such a good job of harvesting rice and earning one dollar a day?
"They earn 1 yuan a day, bending over and cutting rice all day. You stand there threshing rice, earning the same salary as them, but working less than half as much. And you go around saying you work for free for my family, do you have any shame?"
Old Man Lan's words scared away all the tiredness of everyone. How come it wasn't their turn to do such a good job of harvesting rice and earning one dollar a day?