Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

"That's terrifying, sis. So, if I were to run into someone like that, should I save them or not?" Shang Guokang asked, hugging his arm.

"Slap." Shang's mother slapped her son.

"You're still asking if we need to save her? Can't you go and call for help?" Shang's mother said, exasperated.

"Yes, Mother."

"From now on, if there's anything you can't decide on your own, you should come and ask your sister." Mrs. Shang was truly impressed with her youngest son.

"Okay, Mother. Is there anything else? If not, I'll go back and rest." Shang Guokang felt he should escape as soon as possible; if he stayed any longer, he'd probably get beaten again.

"The captain just came over and said we should go to his place for dinner tonight, remember to come!" Shang Yanfang said, glancing at her younger brother.

"Okay, I got it." Shang Guokang replied and then fled as if he were running away.

"Mother, let's rest for a while too!" Shang Yanfang and her mother also went back to their room to rest.

As dusk falls and the sun sets, the sunlight on the horizon is no longer so dazzling.

"Xiaokang, let's go!" Shang Yanfang, having prepared gifts, arrived at the boys' dormitory with her mother and called out to her younger brother.

"You're here, sister." Shang Guokang came out of the house.

The three walked along the path in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Come on, come on. I heard that the eldest Lu family and the third Lu family got into a fight." Two aunties passed by the three of them.

"Auntie, what happened? What happened?" Shang Yanfang pulled her aunt over and stuffed some fruit candies into her hand, asking.

The aunt's face, which had looked unpleasant because someone had pulled her back, instantly broke into a smile.

Shang Guokang shuddered in fright.

"Oh, it's Shang Zhiqing. I heard the Lu family got into a fight over the issue of his mother's care," the old woman said gossipy.

"The Lu family, is that the brigade leader's family?" Shang Yanfang asked uncertainly. Because the surname Lu was quite common in Kaoshan Brigade.

"It's the brigade leader's house. I'm not talking to you anymore, I have to go see it." After saying that, the aunt ran off in a flash.

"My dear, how about we don't go today?" Shang's mother felt it was better not to go now, in case something happened.

"Mom, we have to go. What if there's something we can do to help?" Shang Yanfang loved joining in the fun, so she pulled her mother and squeezed into the crowd.

Shang Yanfang squeezed to the front with her petite figure and agile movements.

At the brigade leader's house, the brigade leader's wife and several daughters-in-law were arguing with the wives of Lu Laosan.

An elderly woman was sitting on the ground. An old man was sitting next to her.

War was imminent. Captain Lu threw his cigarette on the ground, grabbed his third brother by the collar, and punched him.

"Someone's been hit! Someone's been hit! The brigade leader's been hitting someone!" Lu Laosan shouted loudly.

On the other side, the women also started fighting.

Before Shang Yanfang could even understand what was happening, the group started fighting.

She nudged Aunt Guihua, who was eating peanuts and watching the play beside her, and asked, "Auntie, what's going on?"

Aunt Guihua was known as a gossip in their brigade; there was nothing she didn't know.

Even the fact that she was with Gao Jianguo was spread by this aunt.

“Shang Zhiqing, you’ve come to the right person to ask me about this. Let me tell you, the one sitting on the ground is Aunt Lu, who is also Captain Lu’s mother.”

That old woman is completely biased. When she was young, she harassed the brigade leader and his wife. Later, when the brigade leader went to join the army, she felt that his eldest son would never come back, so she kicked your Aunt Lu out.

"Hasn't that brigade leader come back to check?" Shang Yanfang asked, puzzled.

“He came back, and at first he did come back, but then he didn’t come back for three years, and he didn’t send his allowance back either. Old Mrs. Lu thought her eldest son had died, so she kicked you, Aunt Lu, and the others out.”

Now she can't work at the third son's house anymore, and the couple there think she's just eating and not doing anything, so they want to kick her out.

Aunt Guihua explained.

"What's wrong with the old man?" Shang Yanfang asked, pointing to Mr. Lu sitting to the side.

"That old man Lu, he married into the Lu family back then. When the family divided the property, he was separated from them as well, and he's been living with the eldest son's family ever since." Aunt Guihua truly lived up to her reputation as the village's gossip queen; she knew everything.

"Stop! All of you, stop!" It's unclear which kind soul simply brought the old village chief over.

The men of the Lu family were quickly separated, but Lu Laosan was beaten quite badly.

At Lu's house, the women were still pulling hair and scratching people.

Several aunties rushed over and separated the group.

"What's going on?" the old village chief asked, his eyes cold as he looked at Lu Laosan.

“Old village chief, it’s not our fault. My elder brother and his family invited outsiders to eat meat, but they didn’t even think to send a bowl to my mother,” Lu Laosan stepped forward and said first.

Shang Yanfang, how come they have anything to do with this?

His youngest son saw and heard his older brother go to the educated youth settlement to invite those people to dinner. When they arrived, they even saw his brother kill a chicken.

"You got your eighty-year-old mother killed over a bowl of meat?" the old village chief said, looking at the old woman sitting on the ground.

"Well, we've raised my mother for so many years, it's time for the eldest son to take care of her," Lu Laosan stammered.

"Brother Lu, do you have anything to say?" the old village chief asked, looking at Captain Lu.

“Uncle, you know what happened before. Now I give my mother ten yuan a month for her old age. I can take care of her, but…” Captain Lu said slowly, staring at his younger brother who only knew how to take advantage of others.

Lu Laosan felt his hair stand on end.

"But shouldn't the third child also receive ten yuan a month for retirement?"

"Why should I give it to you..." Lu Laosan was about to retort when his wife grabbed his arm.

The two whispered something to each other somewhere, and when Lu Laosan spoke again, it was: "Here, I'll give it to you."

"Then give it to him now!" the old village chief said, glancing at Lu Laosan.

Lu Laosan thought, "Why not just give it to him? His mother will still be under his control anyway."

So, in front of everyone, he took out a ten-yuan note from the sole of his shoe and handed it to his mother.

Aunt Lu quickly took the ten yuan and said, "Third brother, then I won't be polite. Don't worry about Mom, I'll make sure she eats and drinks well."

"Sister-in-law, you... Brother, aren't you going to do something about this?" Lu Laosan stared intently at the ten yuan that his sister-in-law had taken.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, give me the money," said Old Lady Lu at this moment.

"Mom, don't worry, the money won't get lost with me. It might not be the same with you." Aunt Lu showed no intention of giving her the money.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, are you trying to rebel?" Old Mrs. Lu looked at Aunt Lu with a chilling gaze.

"Mom, isn't it good that I keep it for you? Just tell me what you want to eat, and I'll make it for you," Aunt Lu said generously.