Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

"Father! Please put me down! I'll never do it again!"

"Ouch, ouch, Dad, are you going to beat me to death! If you kill me, you won't have a son anymore!"

"Waaah, Dad! Didn't you say you'd have Yuansheng treat us to dinner? Why is it all my fault now?"

Upon hearing this, Butcher Wang became even angrier and lashed out even harder!

"How dare you say that? I asked Yuansheng to treat you to dinner, not you to treat those scoundrels of yours. Are you an idiot? Can't you even understand this!"

"May my ancestral graves be emitting black smoke for having such an idiot son like you!"

"If you didn't act like a big shot like Young Master Wang, would you let me order food and pay the bill?"

"You're the one who's stupid, why are you blaming your father? I'll beat you to death today."

"I worked like an old donkey for six or seven years, getting up early and working late, and you used it all up in one go. Tell me, don't you deserve to die?!"

"Twenty-six taels! How dare you!"

"Young Master Wang? You're such a pretentious bastard, you're quite the actor."

"You got laughed at today, didn't you! I'll teach you to be a show-off! I'll teach you to be an idiot."

In rural areas, children are often beaten with these small tree branches. They hurt a lot, but they don't cause internal injuries; at most, they cause superficial wounds.

Before hitting a child, you have to make sure they take off their clothes, mainly because you're afraid of damaging their clothes and having to buy replacements.

Wang Damao's voice became hoarse from shouting, but Butcher Wang didn't stop.

"Father, I'll never do it again! I'll never do it again!"

"Dad, please, please, I was wrong, I'll never pretend to be cool again."

In the end, it was only after Wang Damao's frail and sickly grandmother pleaded for him that he was released.

Wang Daomao's body was covered in red welts from being whipped.

He doesn't dare to wear clothes, because he winces in pain whenever he does.

Tears streaming down his face and snot bubbles forming on his nose, he was filled with remorse. If he could go back to the day before, he would never have been so foolish as to suggest getting together with Yuan Sheng.

Yuan Sheng ate boiled edamame while listening to Wang Damao's wails. Butcher Wang was pretty tough; he had a lot of strength in his hands, no wonder he was a pig butcher. Yuan Sheng had to give him a thumbs up!

After listening for an hour, Wang Damao's howling stopped, and Yuan Sheng was a little unsatisfied.

Fortunately, things calmed down on Wang Damao's side, but then someone on the west side of the village started wailing again.

Chen Changshou and Li Dacheng begged and pleaded, borrowing from all sides, and finally managed to scrape together six taels of silver to redeem the child.

As soon as they entered the village, they heard Wang Damao's wailing. The two men exchanged a glance and decided to go to Wang the butcher's house the next day to settle accounts with them.

Today we went to find Butcher Wang, but he was busy dealing with them and didn't have time to beat up Wang Damao.

Wang Damao's beating wasn't thorough enough to quell their hatred.

Besides, they have important things to do today.

Hit the child!

That brat B cost them six taels of silver!

They work like old donkeys for two years, but they might not even save up six taels of silver.

That brat ate and drank to his heart's content today, leaving them in debt! They need a good beating to vent their anger!

oooooooo!

Ooooooooooo!

The cries of Chen Tong and Li Yong rose and fell, creating a strange rhythm.

Yuan Sheng ate edamame while listening to the incessant barking of dogs, accompanied by the strange music howling from Chen Tong and Li Yong.

Yuan Sheng thought to himself, "Wang Damao, Li Yong, Chen Tong, I hope you all behave yourselves for the rest of your lives and don't run into my hands."

……

Just as the rooster crowed three times, Li Changshun brought meat, pig's head, and pig's ears to Yuansheng.

Yuansheng took the meat and started making braised meat.

Zhu Chenxi also got out of bed.

"You can sleep a little longer, I can do it myself." Yuan Sheng could handle it by himself, and he wanted Zhu Chenxi to sleep in.

He was incredibly wicked in his past life, treating his wife like a donkey. In this life, he'll make sure she enjoys a good life.

"My lord, I want to do it with you." Zhu Chenxi's beautiful almond-shaped eyes seemed to speak volumes. Yuan Sheng looked into her eyes and couldn't help but agree.

"Then you can just sit and tend the fire."

The flickering firelight reflected on the faces of the boy and girl. The boy had a handsome face, and the girl's face was half-hidden with stunning beauty. The scene was warm and sweet.

Yuansheng quickly finished making the braised meat before waking his father up.

Yuan Laifu was having a wonderful dream. He had become a big landowner, and his son and daughter-in-law had given birth to eight beautiful grandchildren. He was sitting in his big brick house, playing with his little granddaughter.

He was about to get angry when his son woke him from his sweet dream, but then he realized that real life was just as good as his dream!

With a capable son and a smart and competent daughter-in-law, the Yuan family's life was thriving! Yuan Laifu smiled contentedly.

Yuansheng and Yuanlaifu each carried a basket weighing over 60 jin (approximately 30 kg) on ​​their backs as they walked towards the town. Looking at his father's hunched back, Yuansheng became even more determined to buy a car as soon as possible.

After settling the bill first thing tomorrow morning, I'll have enough money to buy the car. I'll buy the car tomorrow.

Dad has worked hard all his life, it's time for him to enjoy his retirement!

The two arrived at the back gate of Donglaishun, where Manager Cao was already waiting to greet them warmly.

"Uncle, Brother Yuan, you're here early today. Let me tell you, the pig's head meat is selling very well. Tomorrow I need thirty catties of pork belly, one hundred catties of hind leg meat, and five pig's heads."

"Can it be sold?" Yuan Sheng asked with some doubt.

"It's sold out! We've even limited the quantity! A lot of customers from Mei Shan Ge were attracted by our braised pork! Those who didn't get to try the braised pork ordered our other signature dishes."

"Okay, Brother Cao, I'll make a lot more tomorrow and bring it to you earlier."

"If only we had something to keep things fresh! Several neighboring counties have our Donglaishun restaurants. If we could sell this braised meat to them, Donglaishun would definitely reach new heights!" Of course, the best solution would be for Yuansheng to sell the recipe to Donglaishun, but Manager Cao dared not say such unpleasant things.

Yuan Sheng holding this prescription was like holding a golden hen that could lay eggs.

An ancient refrigerator? With some preservation function? It's not impossible to make one. "Let me see if there's a way to make one."

Manager Cao clapped his hands, "Brother Yuan, if you can make this, it will be a great help to us!"

This is a win-win situation. If he can manufacture ancient refrigerators, his braised meat output can increase several times, and his income can naturally increase several times as well.

There are many places where you need to spend money.

For example, renovating his dilapidated thatched house.

The promise to buy my father a thousand acres of land.

The money for my older sister's three children's schooling.

To improve the lives of the other older sisters.

He got right to work and made this ancient refrigerator today!

Manager Cao had his trusted waiter weigh the item and calculate the bill, which came to a total of twelve taels and four hundred cash.

Yuan Sheng took the money and went shopping with Yuan Laifu.

Yuan Laifu's face was beaming with joy.

Good heavens! From what my nephew Cao said, he's going to buy even more braised meat tomorrow—eight big pig heads! How much will that cost?!

Today it's twelve taels, tomorrow it won't be fifteen or sixteen taels!

This is the money his son earns in a day!

My childhood friend Sun Qingyou was the highest earner in Shanhou Village. On good days, he could earn several hundred coins, which made the whole village extremely envious!

If the villagers knew that Yuan Sheng, Yuan Laifu's son, could earn more than ten taels of silver a day, they would be incredibly envious!

Yuan Laifu curled the corners of his mouth, unconsciously put his hands behind his back, and began to walk with the gait of an official.

He needs to keep a low profile!

Money and silk touch people's hearts!

He needs to be even more discreet than usual!

Yuan Laifu covered his mouth, which was agape with his hand, and stopped laughing.

He can't help his son, but at least he can't cause trouble for his son.

Yuan Sheng, thinking about the jujube paste cake that Zhu Chenxi had mentioned, decided to buy some delicious snacks for his family and went to Daoxiang Village with his father.

Daoxiangcun is a shop specializing in pastries, and it is very famous in Laiyuan County.

Before entering, Yuan Laifu brushed the dirt off his clothes and stepped into a shop he never dared to imagine before.

Daoxiangcun! This is Daoxiangcun! The most famous Daoxiangcun in the entire Laiyuan County!

It's said that the pastries inside are delicious, very sweet and tasty, but unfortunately he never got to try them.

Now that he's old, thanks to his son, he can also enjoy Daoxiangcun pastries.

The waiters at Daoxiangcun were very polite and did not neglect Yuansheng and Yuanlaifu because they were not dressed very well.

"Give me a serving of red bean paste pastry, and a pound of donkey roll."

The waiter's eyes lit up when he heard that!

He thought it would be good enough if these two could buy half a pound of cheap snacks, but he didn't expect there to be an unexpected surprise.

In this era, sugar production was low and extraction was difficult, so the price of pastries was quite high.

"Sir, it's all packed for you. One serving of red bean paste pastry is eighty coins, and one pound of donkey roll is sixty coins, for a total of one hundred and forty coins."

Yuan Sheng counted out 140 coins and handed them to the waiter.

"Slow down, guest."

Yuansheng and Yuanlaifu went out and saw an old lady selling loose jujube paste cakes on a shoulder pole. Yuansheng spent fifteen coins to buy a serving.

The two returned home.