Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1277 - 1279: Yang Ming Plays the Bad Guy
With a look of not wanting to accept, Xiaoxiao continued, "Thank you all for your kindness, but our family isn’t going to buy that mountain anymore. You sent these foods to our house, but we have no way of dealing with these things."
"How could there be no way to handle them? Yang Ming’s wife, didn’t you originally intend to buy the mountain for these foods? Now the foods have been sent to you, you can handle them however you like."
Xiaoxiao generously smiled and teased, "Aunt Li, these foods can’t fetch a price from you, it’d be the same in my hands. I can’t magically turn them into Silver."
"Yang Ming’s wife, I’m sure you have a way. You managed to sell cabbage at a high price, these foods being handled by you won’t be much different." Aunt Li wanted Xiaoxiao to accept these foods entirely for the sake of their family’s future, not wanting to sacrifice the greater good for the small.
At this moment, Yang Ming spoke up, starting to play the bad guy, "Aunt Li, don’t overestimate my wife. She doesn’t have that kind of ability. Besides, even if my wife really had that ability, and worked hard day and night to come up with a way to sell these things, if you come back envious wanting Silver, you tell me, should we give you the Silver or not?"
Upon hearing Yang Ming’s words, everyone seemed stunned.
Seeing the crowd’s expression, Yang Ming appeared smug, "See, you don’t know either. We’re all neighbors, let’s not ruin our relationship because of this. I don’t want my wife doing thankless tasks, she’s working so hard, and it pains me. So for this, let’s just forget about it. I disagree."
Upon hearing that even Yang Ming, the head of the family, disagreed, everyone panicked, worrying he might still be angry about them ruining the plan to buy the mountain. Will they still be able to sell cabbage in the future? Will they still find opportunities to make Silver?
Everyone considered, knowing they definitely couldn’t make Silver from these foods on their own. If they gave them to Yang Ming’s family and could appease them, then any future lucrative opportunities might include them. This seemed worth the several days of hard work collecting the foods.
Eventually, steeling herself as if making a significant decision, Aunt Li spoke first, "Yang Ming, listen to what you’re saying, as if we’re those kinds of money-grubbing people. Rest assured, I’ll make a pledge first. These things can’t fetch Silver while in my house; if you can sell them, it’s entirely due to your own ability, and I definitely won’t be envious."
"Neither will I be envious. We’re all neighbors, there will be more opportunities to deal with each other in the future. We can’t just turn against each other for this. We indeed didn’t consider this properly this time; Yang Ming, don’t hold a grudge."
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Several families expressed their stance, that even if they sold these foods for a sky-high price, they wouldn’t come looking for it.
In fact, the reason Yang Ming spoke like this was to prevent such a situation. It’s better to clarify things beforehand, but he continued playing the bad guy, "I appreciate everyone’s good intentions, and I trust that you won’t trouble my wife later. But I still don’t want her to be so tired."
Seeing Yang Ming still hadn’t relented, Aunt Li looked at Xiaoxiao and said, "Yang Ming’s wife, persuade him."
Seeing Yang Ming playing the bad guy, Xiaoxiao suddenly felt like laughing, but held it in.
She looked at Yang Ming, then at everyone, pretended to be very troubled and somewhat moved by their words, finally feigning reluctance as she pulled Yang Ming’s arm, "How about... we just accept it."
