TFWYH – Chapter 147 Teaching A Lesson

Madam Jiang smiled and said:
“Didn’t Yue’er rent a place to roast beef jerky? That place needs someone to keep an eye on it. I was thinking—Wu-ge’s injury has pretty much healed. He may not be able to hunt anymore, but Wan-niang said as long as he avoids strenuous activity, it won’t be a problem. So I was wondering if you could help me ask him if he’d like to take on this job. If he agrees… it would be eight hundred cash a month. What do you think? At that time, you could both stay there too, no need to run back and forth.”

Aunt Yang was stunned by this “meat pie” falling from the sky:
“You… you mean we could live there?”

“Yes, exactly. Would that be convenient for you?”

“Convenient, so convenient! Don’t worry, my husband and I will definitely watch over it well for you.”

Just for watching over a house, it was eight hundred cash a month. Added to the one tael of silver she already earned each month, that was nearly two taels altogether.

Besides, she’d already been there once. There were two rooms—she and Li Wu could easily stay in one.

As for their son, he could make do in the roasting shed outside. With the oven built, it would be nice and warm in the winter!

Aunt Yang was grinning ear to ear, the gloom she’d felt earlier long gone.

And as for keeping bees? Forget it!

With this, she and Li Wu would earn far more than before. Added to their son’s earnings from selling beef jerky, within a year they might even be able to buy two houses in town.

Aunt Yang was truly happy, feeling that the future finally had hope.

Widow Hong thought the same.

The two of them immediately toasted Madam Jiang with a cup.

Everyone was in high spirits—except one person.

Madam An sat watching, her heart burning with jealousy.

Normally, she would have already lashed out.

But since Tang Hongba was here, she still feared this father-in-law of hers. So she could only whisper to Tang Tiansheng:
“Getting rich, yet she doesn’t think to help her own family, and instead gives benefits to outsiders. Don’t you think Third Sister has gone too far?”

Tang Tiansheng’s face instantly darkened. He turned his head and gave her a cold look.

“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m only thinking for the good of the Tang family. That beef jerky is sold under the name ‘Tang’s Beef Jerky’—it carries the Tang surname. Tang Wan, she—”

“Is there really so much food here and still your mouth can’t be stopped?” Tang Tiansheng impatiently cut her off. “If you’re full, then go back. Don’t stay here stirring up trouble for nothing.”

“Tang Tiansheng, what do you mean by that?” Madam An exploded, furious. “Am I wrong? Why are you scolding me?”

Tang Tiansheng sneered:
“Since you insist on arguing, then let’s argue properly. Before Wan-niang’s family prospered, you accused her of draining her mother’s family. Now that she’s prosperous, you say she doesn’t care for her mother’s kin. An-shi, a person shouldn’t be so selfish, wanting the whole world to revolve around you. Do you even realize what kind of person you are? Are you even worthy?”

Madam An never expected Tang Tiansheng to speak so harshly. She stared at him in disbelief:
“You… you…”

Seeing that she stammered without a reply for a long time, Tang Tiansheng added:
“And another thing. ‘Tang’s Beef Jerky’ may bear the Tang surname, but we all know better than anyone whose business it really is. Even if it were Wan-niang’s—which it isn’t—once a daughter marries, she’s water poured out. The family she builds after marriage has nothing to do with her natal family. And even if it did, our family has Father, me, and Second Brother. Since when is it your place as a daughter-in-law to point fingers? Don’t you know any shame?”

“Tang Tiansheng, you’ve gone too far!” Madam An shot up from her seat, trembling with anger.

Everyone was startled by the sudden commotion, and all turned their heads toward them.