Jiang Yan retorted again.
Her fierce demeanor made Jun Shen find her increasingly charming.
Jun Shen wasn’t the least bit angry, “I don’t live by the sea, but I am quite broad-minded. If you don’t believe me, you’ll see when you come over.”
Fine.
Jiang Yan was about to say something nice.
Jun Shen said, “Let me guess what you were doing in town. You were looking for Ouyang Siyun, weren’t you?”
“How did you know?”
Jiang Yan blurted out.
Realizing what she had said, Jiang Yan coughed and continued, “Yes, I was going to town to find him. I have so many dealings with him; of course, I need to communicate with him often.”
“No, you’re not there for those reasons; you’re there to deal with the Liang family.” Jun Shen spoke with certainty.
Could he read minds?
Jun Shen guessed what Jiang Yan was thinking and said, “I was with Ouyang Siyun earlier. Qingfeng and the others came back and told us what the Liang family did.”
So that was it.
Could his trip here be to help her?
Jiang Yan’s feelings were mixed.
Jun Shen asked, “He can help you, and so can I. What do you want to do? Tell me!”
“I don’t want to trouble you.”
Jiang Yan still didn’t want to ask for his help.
Jun Shen immediately said, “I don’t see it as trouble. Besides, you just got the short end of the stick. Don’t you want to get it back with my help?”
Hearing it put that way.
Jiang Yan suddenly thought it made sense: “Alright then, I’ll count on you.”
She told Jun Shen her plans.
After she finished.
Jiang Yan asked him to tell Qingyi and the others to stop the carriage and let her off.
“You go back; I’ll take care of this for you.”
Jun Shen watched Jiang Yan walk away, then returned to town with Qingyi and the others.
That night.
Not long after the Liang family went to sleep.
Qingyi and several others stealthily entered their house, immobilizing each member with acupuncture points.
They ransacked their money.
Following Jun Shen’s instructions, they dismantled their roof and threw all the bedding into the deep mountains.
The Liang family was completely unaware.
Later, they were woken by the cold, feeling raindrops on their bodies, and they all jumped in fright.
They hurriedly lit the oil lamps.
Only Liang Yushu’s lamp in the Liang family lit up, thanks to its sheltered placement; otherwise, it wouldn’t have lit either.
Seeing their roof gone, their bedding gone, and their money also gone.
Liang Yushu grabbed the oil lamp and ran out.
Chapter 84: Buying People at the Tooth Market
“Dad, Mom, wake up, something’s happened at our house!”
Liang Yushu shouted as soon as he came out.
As soon as he spoke, Liang Nian’s voice came, “Yushu, the oil lamp in our room was extinguished by the rain, and it won’t light…”
“Mine too.”
Liang Yulin and Liang Yuxin also spoke up.
Liang Yushu rushed to help his father light the oil lamp, trying for a long time without success, finally having to pour out the old oil and relight it.
After a while.
He finally managed to light Liang Nian’s lamp, “Dad, check if the money is still there?”
“Yeah!”
Only then did Liang Nian notice that their house had been thoroughly searched. His heart skipped a beat as he quickly retrieved the jar from under the bed.
Feeling inside.
Not a single copper coin remained.
Liang Nian, emotionally charged, roared, “It’s gone, it’s all gone! Who did this!”
“Dad, are you sure you put it there?”
Liang Yushu asked.
Yu Shi opened her mouth, “How could your dad remember wrong? He always put it there.”
Liang Yushu dashed back to his room to check, and his hidden money was gone too. Hearing Liang Yuxin and the others calling for him, Liang Yushu went over to help them light the oil lamp, and casually asked if their money was still there.
The money hidden by Liang Yuxin and Liang Yulin was also gone.
Not only was the money gone, but the quilts and the roof were gone too.
Liang Yuxin felt that someone was messing with them. She got dressed and called Liang Yushu and the others to go to their parents’ room to talk.
“Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, this must be Jiang Daya’s doing. We sold the formula just a short while ago, and now look at us.”
“How could she know? Did she see us? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it. What should we do now?”
Liang Nian regretted selling the formula.
Liang Yushu couldn’t help but blame them, “Now you regret it! What were you doing before? You didn’t even consult us!”
“Exactly.”
Liang Yulin also chimed in.
Liang Nian retorted, “Wasn’t I just following your little sister’s advice?”
He shouldn’t have said that.
Once he did, Liang Yushu started on him again.
“Dad, our little sister doesn’t think things through, but don’t you think? You go around selling the formula, how could Jiang Daya not know? Besides, we earn a lot of money every month at her workshop. What’s wrong with that? If she kicks us out, don’t blame us for turning against you.”
“That’s right.”
Liang Yulin was also fed up with them, always causing trouble.
Liang Nian couldn’t let his son speak to him like that. With a stern face, he shouted, “Are you done? If you’re so capable, why don’t you go out and earn money to marry yourselves?”
Liang Yushu stormed out in anger.
Liang Yulin also left.
Yu Shi sighed, “How did it come to this!”
Liang Nian grew angrier the more he thought about it and started scolding Liang Yuxin again.
“You foolish girl, I shouldn’t have listened to you. If I hadn’t listened to you, our family would probably be making money outside by now! Jiang Daya won’t let this go easily. We need to leave tomorrow!”
Liang Yushu and Liang Yulin didn’t want to leave. They got up the next morning and went back to Jiang Yan’s workshop to work.
Their work contracts hadn’t expired.
They hadn’t violated any workshop rules.
Even if Jiang Yan wanted to stop them from working, she couldn’t.
Seeing them still in the mood to work, Jiang Yan glanced around, noticed everyone was working diligently, and then went home to wait for breakfast.
Today’s breakfast was made by Jiang Wan.
Jiang Ling was looking after Jiang Ran.
Thinking about how much money they had now, Jiang Yan discussed with them during breakfast, “Second Sister, Third Sister, I’m planning to buy a few people. Do you have any objections?”
The house was fine during the day.
But it was too quiet at night.
Jiang Ling had long wanted to liven things up, so naturally, she had no objections.
“Sister, I agree to buy people.”
“Sister, I’ll follow your lead.”
Jiang Wan, without doubt, also didn’t oppose.
Jiang Ling decided, “Alright, let’s do that. You both stay home today, I’ll go buy people and bring them back. Then we’ll have someone to cook in the morning, wash clothes, and help look after our little sister.”
“Yes!”
Jiang Ling and Jiang Wan nodded in unison.
Suddenly, they thought of their father.
Jiang Wan hesitated before saying, “Sister, it’s not long until the New Year, and Dad’s leg has improved a lot, though he can’t walk far, he can manage a few steps. Should we bring him back for the New Year?”
If Jiang Wan hadn’t mentioned Jiang Dahai.
Jiang Yan had almost forgotten about him, as it had been some time since she last visited.
“Ling’er, what do you think?”
Jiang Yan asked Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling opened her mouth, then softly said, “Sister, I, I miss Dad too.”
“Dad.”
Jiang Ran, now about eleven months old, could not only say ‘sister’ but also ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom’. Hearing Jiang Ling mention ‘Dad’, she called out in a soft, sweet voice.
Jiang Yan pinched her little cheek and said, “You little girl, you miss Dad too?”
Jiang Ran’s face lit up with a smile, even laughing out loud.
Fine.
