Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 173: A Lesson

"Eh, you think the Gu Family is opening a workshop, are they looking to hire for work?" He Tieshu suddenly blurted out this sentence.

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and rushed towards the Gu Family’s place.

He Tieshu was right; if the Gu Family was opening a workshop, they would definitely need manpower. They had to hurry to the Gu Family to ask for work, lest they be late and someone else takes the opportunity.

Watching the twenty-something people run towards the old houses at the end of the village, He Tieshu was dumbfounded.

What, why did everyone run off?

"Come back! The village chief said we can’t pressure the Gu Family. If we provoke them, our He Family won’t be able to get tofu and spices in the future, we won’t be able to run our business, and we’ll be poor for a lifetime!" He Tieshu shouted at them, but nobody listened. Everyone was running to the Gu Family’s like it was a race.

Someone turned back and yelled at He Tieshu: "Tieshu, don’t be a fool. Waiting for the village chief to help us, when will that be? We might as well go to the Gu Family ourselves to ask for work and tofu!"

He Tieshu couldn’t stop them, and he was worried that so many people going to ask for work from the Gu Family would anger them, so he quickly ran to Village Chief He’s house to look for the village chief.

But Village Chief He wasn’t home.

Mrs. He Liu told him that Village Chief He went to plow the fields with He Dagu and He Dasu.

Village Chief He’s house had paddy fields, and a thunderstorm a few days ago had supplied enough water, so he took He Dagu and He Dasu to plow the fields.

He Dagu and He Dasu were Village Chief He’s own nephews; every busy farming season, the two families would work together; it made the work a bit easier.

In past years, He Dacang would also go to plow, but this year He Dacang was selling tofu and spices, earning several hundred copper coins for the family each day, and Village Chief He did not want to interrupt his work and let him continue selling tofu, while he took the two nephews to plow the fields.

When He Tieshu found Village Chief He, he was carrying a basket on his back, following He Dagu, scattering manure on the field. Many other people were also busy in their fields.

He Tieshu stood on the ridge and shouted to Village Chief He: "Uncle Chief, you better go see the Gu Family. He Guangcai and the others heard that the Gu Family is opening a workshop, and more than twenty people ran to the Gu Family, saying they’re going to ask for work."

"What? They ran to the Gu Family to ask for work?" Hearing this, Village Chief He was furious and after a quick word to He Dagu, immediately lifted the basket and got onto the ridge, asking He Tieshu, "When did they go?"

"A quarter of an hour ago," said He Tieshu.

"A quarter of an hour ago!" Village Chief He was extremely anxious, it had been such a long time, by the time he got to the Gu Family, the commotion would have already started.

"These thoughtless people, can’t they wait patiently? I had already agreed with the Gu Family, if they were to hire, they would hire He Family people first. With them making such a scene, if the Gu Family gets annoyed, how will they still give the work to our He Family?"

"Uncle, I’ll go with you," He Dagu handed the harrow to He Dasu and ran to the ridge, saying to Village Chief He: "Having one more person can help keep them in check."

It was said by the uncle, after the Gu Family’s tofu reached five hundred jin for the He Family, two more He family households would be chosen to do the tofu business, and his family was one of them.

Seeing that their family was about to start the tofu business, if He Guangcai and the others offended the Gu Family today, his family’s tofu business could be ruined.

"Alright, let’s hurry." Village Chief He said, not bothering to wash the mud off his feet, hurrying off to the Gu Family with He Tieshu and He Dagu.

He Guangcai and a group of around twenty people had already gathered outside the Gu Family’s gate, tightly encircling it, and yelled into the courtyard, "Brother Gu, we know that your family is starting a workshop, and we’re all capable workers. Hire us for the job, and you surely won’t be at a loss."

"What do you mean ’please’? Who the hell do you think you are? Scram right now, don’t loiter around my Dong Family’s yard. If you don’t leave, I’ll chop you to pieces!" He Sanlai, holding a notched firewood axe in one hand and a mud-coated shovel in the other, bellowed at He Guangcai and his gang.

He Sanlai was well-informed; as soon as He Guangcai’s group reached the Gu Family, even before they entered, he had run over to protect the Gu Family.

He Guangcai and his group were shocked to hear what He Sanlai said, "The Gu Family hired you to work? How much do they pay you a month?"

"Three hundred copper coins!" He Sanlai boasted proudly, "Both my daughter-in-law and I get three hundred copper coins each; that’s six hundred copper coins income for my family a month."

"Six hundred copper coins!" This statement agitated He Guangcai and his group profoundly.

Why on earth?

He Sanlai was nothing but a good-for-nothing. They were more diligent than He Sanlai, more honest and dependable. Why would the Gu Family hire He Sanlai and not them?

Seeing the frustrated and resentful looks on He Guangcai and his group, He Sanlai felt even more triumphant, "Who gets hired and who doesn’t is up to my Dong Family; it’s not for you to decide. Beat it now! If you don’t leave, I’ll have Brother Qin come out and dislocate each of your arms to give you a taste of what a dislocated arm feels like!"

The Qin family lived close to the Gu Family, and as soon as Qin San Lang saw that He Guangcai and his group had come over, he immediately climbed over the fence into the Gu Family’s courtyard, ready to drive them away, but Gu Jinli didn’t allow it, saying that it was not yet time to act and that they needed to observe further.

"Sanlai is right!" The village chief, He, ran over panting and stood next to He Sanlai. Facing He Guangcai and his group, he pointed and cursed, "Look at you all! Are you here to plead for work or to rob us? Get out of here, or I’ll kick you out of the village if you pester the Gu Family again." freewёbnoνel.com

Hadn’t he made it clear enough before in the ancestral hall?

He told them not to rush, as he would find them jobs, find them a livelihood. Now, just as he was negotiating something positive with the Gu Family, they came to pester the Gu Family, obviously intent on cutting off the He Family’s path to work, weren’t they?

The He Family People were still afraid of the village chief, and after a fierce scolding from the village chief, He, followed by being chased away with a shovel by He Sanlai, they left before long.

After they had gone, the Gu Family’s courtyard gate finally opened.

The village chief rushed into the courtyard with He Tieshu and He Dagu, apologizing to Gu Dashan and Gu Jinli, "Young Master Dashan, Xiao Yu, I hope you weren’t frightened. Be at ease; I’ve already scolded them, and they won’t dare come to your door again."

He added, "Regarding hiring workers, your family is free to hire whomever you want. If any He family member dares to force themselves on you, this old man will punish them severely."

The village chief spoke earnestly, but Gu Dashan still said, "Village Chief, none of those who came to our door just now will be hired. We will only hire those who haven’t gathered in a mob at our door. Also, after you receive tofu, don’t divide it among them."

Xiao Yu had asked him to say this.

Xiao Yu said the people of Da Feng Village had some bad habits that shouldn’t be indulged, that they must be disciplined! Cut them down until they are afraid, so they wouldn’t dare pester their family again in the future.

The village chief was greatly startled; the Gu Family intended to make an example of He Guangcai and his group to deter those in the village who still thought of troubling the Gu Family for benefits.

The village chief was helpless but had no choice but to agree; after all, it was He Guangcai’s group who had pestered the family first, "Okay, I’ll remember this. You have my word."

After apologizing to the Gu Family, the village chief left with He Tieshu and He Dagu.

He Sanlai quickly came over to seek praise, "Dong Family, how did I do just now?"

He had single-handedly managed to stop He Guangcai and his group with just a firewood axe and shovel.