Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1265 - 1267: Public Opinion Pressure
The next day
The people in the Yang Family carried on as usual, each doing their own thing, and Yang Ming couldn’t just stay home either, so he went to the fish pond as well. He needed to learn some things about the family’s fish pond business.
Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiangxiang planned to go to the workshop. Since Wang Xiangxiang was pregnant, Chu Lian accompanied her, worried something might go wrong if she went out alone.
On the way to the workshop, they encountered villagers from the village. One of them curiously asked, "Yang Ming’s wife, I heard your family isn’t buying that mountain at the back anymore?"
Xiaoxiao nodded, "Yes, we’re not buying it. The produce wouldn’t sell for much, so we decided not to spend the Silver."
The villager was surprised and asked, "Ah, so your family wanted to buy the mountain because of the produce they were selling."
"Yes, that’s right. I thought the produce could sell for a good price, but it turned out to be so cheap. Spending all that Silver to buy the mountain, it would take years to earn it back, so we decided not to buy it," Xiaoxiao said with a smile.
They were worried that no one would spread the news about why their family didn’t buy the mountain, but now someone had come, "Auntie, we have to go to the workshop now, can’t chat any longer."
"Okay, then you all go along quickly," the villager said as she watched Xiaoxiao and the others walk away, then turned around to tell the others about this.
Soon, the news that the Yang Family wasn’t buying the mountain because of the few families selling produce spread around.
"I just heard Yang Ming’s wife say that they aren’t buying that mountain at the back."
"Oh, I also heard from the Village Chief’s wife. She said the Yang Family fancied the produce on that mountain and wanted to buy it, but those families harvested everything, and it couldn’t sell for much. Now, they can’t buy it, and buying it wouldn’t be profitable. They’re not fools."
"Right, right, Yang Ming’s wife said the same. This way, the Yang Family saved money; otherwise, buying the mountain would have been a waste of Silver."
"Saved what? If it weren’t for those families causing trouble, the Yang Family might have sold the produce at a great price. Now they can’t sell it for that, and I heard from the Village Chief’s wife that the Yang Family often brings business opportunities to the villagers when they do something. Maybe this time would have been the same, but it got ruined."
"That’s true, isn’t it? The Yang Family made sauerkraut, spicy cabbage, then set up that lingerie workshop, dug a fish pond; all of these needed people. So, if the Yang Family had bought the mountain, they might have hired us for work again. Oh, those families really messed things up."
"Indeed, knowing the Yang Family wanted to buy the mountain and pulling such a stunt, it’s like opposing them deliberately. How could the Yang Family find them for anything after that? If anyone did that to my family, I’d avoid them for any good opportunities."
"Exactly."
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As the gossip spread further and wider, it reached the ears of those few families. Everyone blamed them for ruining the Yang Family’s plans and thereby missing out on earning Silver for the villagers. Most importantly, they feared losing potential money-making opportunities.
This kind of pressure through public opinion was precisely what Xiaoxiao wanted. Although she usually appeared kind and easygoing, she wouldn’t let others bully them. They knew they wanted to buy the mountain and still messed with it, blatantly disregarding their family.
She insisted on standing her ground, especially since there were no other relatives of the Yang Family involved in this matter.
