Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1231 - 1233: A Pack of Ingrates
The next day
More and more people were heading up the mountain, but due to Yang Family’s intention to buy the mountain, they knew to avoid confrontation by leaving early and returning late, trying their best not to encounter anyone from Yang Family.
This situation lasted only a few days before the Yang Family discovered it; the first to find out was Yang Sanzhu’s wife.
Yang Sanzhu’s family needed to wake up early every day to make tofu, and his wife noticed that recently, groups of three or five from the village were passing by their doorstep.
"Yang Wei, follow them and see what they’re up to."
"Mom, wouldn’t that be inappropriate?"
"What do you know? Mom feels like they’re heading to the back mountain. That back mountain is about to be bought by your second uncle’s family, so just follow them."
Yang Wei put down his work and was about to follow them when he was stopped again by Yang Sanzhu’s wife. "Alright, don’t go; I’ll go instead. If they are really up to something on the mountain, it’ll be easier for Mom to make a fuss."
Hearing this, Yang Wei quickly said, "Mom, we should go together. What if you end up getting bullied?"
Yang Sanzhu’s wife thought for a moment and agreed, and so the two of them went up the back mountain together.
Upon reaching the mountain, they found many people enthusiastically picking something from the trees and overheard their conversation.
"Hurry up and pick! Village Chief’s wife said that the Yang Family will buy this mountain in the next couple of days, and it’ll be difficult for us to get anything from here later."
"Exactly, but why do you think their family wants to buy the mountain? That’s twelve hundred silver, there must be something valuable here. Otherwise, wouldn’t they lose money?"
"Now that you mention it, that might be true. Previously, when they bought that wetland, everyone laughed at them for buying a rotten piece of land. But look at them now, they’ve turned it into a fish pond."
"So according to you, have they found something edible or sellable here that led them to buy the mountain? But wasn’t it Lan Hua who discovered it?"
"Do you really think it was Lan Hua who discovered it? What would she be doing on the mountain for no reason? Besides, does she even have the brains for it? I bet she overheard it from Yang Family."
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Hearing this, Yang Sanzhu’s wife’s face darkened. Ever since Yang Ming’s wife came, she had helped the villagers earn quite a lot of silver, yet these ingrates were here trying to take advantage. She shouted towards the people picking hazelnuts, "Stop right there!"
The shout startled everyone, and the chattering ceased immediately. They turned around to see Yang Sanzhu’s wife standing there with Yang Wei.
"Ah, isn’t this Yang Family’s third aunt? What brings you up the mountain too?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Yang Sanzhu’s wife was already angry, and hearing the villagers dismissively make light of the situation, she became even angrier. She started cursing, "How shameless you all are! My niece-in-law helped you earn so much silver, and now you ingrates come here to steal from the mountain knowing they’re going to buy it. You are simply not human."
After hearing this, some people felt a bit guilty and hung their heads, feeling somewhat ashamed.
However, despite feeling their actions might have crossed the line, some were not willing to accept the scolding publicly. "Third aunt, you’re exaggerating with these insults. They haven’t bought the mountain yet, have they? This mountain still belongs to everyone, so anyone can come do what they want here. After they finalize the purchase, we will definitely not come."
