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

Such a big spectacle shouldn't be missed, so the enthusiastic young man Sun Qiao said excitedly, "Everyone wait, I'll go ask the Sun and Zhang families right away."

Several teenagers also ran off with Sun Qiao.

Zhang Wen said angrily, "Yuan Laifu, don't you dare leave! Wait for Sun Qiao and the others to come back."

Yuan Laifu laughed, "Of course I, Yuan Laifu, have guts, otherwise how would I have so many children! I'm waiting! If they come back and say I've paid back the money, Zhang Wen, what are you going to do about it?"

"How about that? I'll bow down and apologize to you, Brother Yuan. From now on, I'll avoid you whenever I see you, Yuan Laifu!"

“Okay, then we’ll wait.” Yuan Laifu said with a relaxed expression.

The others under the big locust tree watched the spectacle with excitement, thinking that Zhang Wen had a better chance of winning, after all, Yuan Laifu had been starving just a few days ago.

But some people think Yuan Laifu will win, judging from his calm and unhurried demeanor, he seems to know what he's doing.

Soon, Sun Qiao returned with several children. "My Uncle Sun told Grandma Zhang that the Yuan family has already returned the money!"

The children chattered excitedly, saying, "Grandpa Yuan has already paid back the money." One of them was Zhang Wen's granddaughter, Zhang Chunhua, the daughter of Zhang Qingshan and Liu Chunhua.

Zhang Wen looked on in disbelief. How could this be?!

Damn it, how could this happen?! That bastard Wang the butcher swore that the Yuan family owed money and wouldn't pay it back, and he said it as if he had seen it with his own eyes, but it turned out to be all bullshit!

They really messed him up, making him lose face in front of so many people!

He used to be a big shot in the village, someone everyone looked up to. Now he's actually losing face in front of Yuan Laifu, whom he looked down on, and his good-for-nothing son?!

Zhang Wen was so angry he felt like vomiting blood.

His face was flushed red. "I was also fooled by that bastard Wang the butcher. Not just me, who in our village wasn't fooled? Before you guys came, everyone was talking big, it wasn't just me!"

Everyone else looked at the sky and the ground but not at Zhang Wen.

This Zhang Wen is really something. Why is he arguing with them? They believed what Butcher Wang said and were just chatting idly, but they didn't say anything bad about Yuan Laifu to his face or cause him any trouble.

Yuan Sheng smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, stop with the nonsense and bow to my father to apologize."

Zhang Wen, his face flushed red with embarrassment, bowed deeply to Yuan Laifu at a ninety-degree angle! "Brother Yuan, I'm so sorry!"

Yuan Laifu waved his hand, "It's alright, just avoid me from now on."

Zhang Wen snorted and turned to leave. "Chunhua, come on, come home with me."

Seeing her grandfather's gloomy face, the little granddaughter quickly followed. Zhang Wen turned the corner and slapped Zhang Chunhua across the face. "I told you to shut up! You think you're all that?!" Zhang Chunhua was stunned, tears welling in her eyes. She didn't know what she had done wrong.

After watching the spectacle, the others realized that the Yuan family had become rich! Not only had they paid off their debts to the village, but they had also bought an oxcart worth over twenty taels of silver.

How did the Yuan family suddenly become rich?

They were all eager to find out the secrets of the Yuan family.

Chen Changshou said intimately, "Brother Yuan, you've struck it rich! How come you suddenly have money to buy an oxcart?"

People under the big locust tree craned their necks, waiting to hear the answer. Yuan Laifu and Yuan Sheng knew that if they didn't get the answer, they would keep asking around.

Yuan Sheng said with a smile, "Yesterday, my wife and I went back to visit my father-in-law. When he found out that Chenxi had been sold by her stepmother, he was furious. My father-in-law is a scholar, a man of great standing. How could he possibly agree to Chenxi's stepmother selling her daughter? He immediately gave us several tens of taels of silver as Chenxi's dowry."

What? !

Whoops!

The Yuan family really got incredibly lucky!

No wonder the Yuan family suddenly became rich! They've been paying off debts and buying an oxcart.

Zhao Zhihua asked, "Uncle Laifu, how many taels did you give him?"

Yuan Sheng called to his father, "Dad, we should go home." Yuan Laifu understood and followed his son without answering Zhao Zhihua.

The sum of several dozen taels of silver gave everyone plenty of room for imagination.

Ninety taels is still several tens of taels, and ninety-nine taels is also in the range of several tens of taels!

Judging from how the Yuan family bought a car without even blinking, they must have a lot of money!

Erniu said, "I estimate it would cost at least sixty or seventy taels, otherwise they wouldn't have bought the oxcart so readily; they would have used the money to purchase land first."

"The Yuan family not only got money, but their father-in-law is a scholar, a learned man. Yuan Sheng, that scoundrel, really got lucky!"

"He's already a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination). I heard that if he passes the Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examination), he can become an official. Yuansheng is really lucky." Erniu pouted. "Zhang Qingshu passed the Tongsheng (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination), and the Zhang family is all the rage."

"I bet Sheng Guihua already knew about it beforehand. No wonder she's so satisfied with this ugly wife! I thought she was just putting on a brave face!"

"Exactly! Even if it's just a dowry of thirty taels of silver, let alone sixty or seventy taels, I'd still be willing to marry such an ugly wife!"

"Being ugly won't stop me from having children or working, and the dowry is several dozen taels of silver! Plus a scholar father-in-law!"

"It might be ninety taels of silver! I could never save ninety taels of silver in my entire life!"

"Yuan Sheng, that scoundrel, really hit the jackpot! Sigh, why don't I have such good luck to marry such a rich wife!"

Zhao Zhihua's mother-in-law, Li Yingchun, thought to herself, "That woman Sheng Guihua is probably getting cocky again! She thinks she can get her revenge by marrying an ugly daughter-in-law at a high price! How infuriating!"

Chen Changshou pondered, "That Butcher Wang is truly a bastard, spouting nonsense and slandering Yuan Laifu and Yuansheng. I'll give him one more day to raise the money, otherwise I'll tell the whole village about Wang Damao's affair and see how the Wang family will ever face anyone in Shanhou Village again!"

Yuan Sheng and Yuan Laifu took Zhou Qingchun home. Yuan Sheng introduced Zhou Qingchun to his mother and Chenxi, and the two were very polite to Zhou Qingchun.

Zhou Qingchun was even more polite. Although the Yuan family only had four thatched huts and the courtyard was surrounded by a wooden fence, he respected the Yuan family very much.

He knew that Manager Cao valued Yuan Sheng highly, and he also knew Yuan Sheng's abilities; it was only a matter of time before the Yuan family rose to prominence.

Yuan Sheng wanted Zhou Qingchun to see the refrigerator's performance clearly, so he moved it into direct sunlight.

"Uncle Yuan, Brother Yuan, neither of you should lift a finger. I'm strong, I can carry it myself."

A large water vat, a large earthenware pot, and some heavy sand—Yuan Sheng couldn't let Zhou Qingchun do it himself. "Dad, you rest, Qingchun and I will move them."

"Okay." Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua entered the house.

He had long wanted to go inside and talk to Sheng Guihua so he could share with his wife his heroic feat of confronting Zhang Wen.

Sheng Guihua was also very happy. Although her son had been saying he wanted to buy a cow, she was somewhat prepared, but she hadn't actually seen the cow yet!

Now we finally see the oxcart! The ox looks young and strong, and the cart is brand new, it must be newly made.

She was satisfied with both the ox and the oxcart.