They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 245 The Qin Family's Business

Aunt Liang was taken aback, then angrily scolded, "Who is spreading this nonsense? I'll tear their mouth apart! Our Xiaoman is perfectly fine, don't be so pathetic. Quickly wipe away your tears, don't make the child sad if she sees this."

"Yes, yes, me, me!"

Liu hurriedly wiped away her tears, saying, "I... I can't let Xiaoman be sad."

When she saw her son, who was all smiles and full of energy, Liu was stunned. Just like Aunt Liang had earlier, her eyes welled up with tears—her son was so considerate. Even with such serious injuries and bandaged up like that, he still forced a smile to comfort them and not want them to worry.
Liang Xiaoman was both amused and exasperated.

After finally comforting Grandpa and Grandma, it's now Dad and Mom's turn.

Liang Xiaoman quickly reported the good news first, then the bad news, which completely stunned Liang Minghai and Liu Shi.

"This this--"

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Zhichun really put you in charge? Can you manage it well? Several hundred acres of fertile land and more than a dozen servants are all entrusted to you?"

"Oh, how's your injury? Are you really alright?"

"I think you shouldn't be so happy yet. You need to take good care of your injury first."

"Yes, the injury is real, it's heartbreaking to see."

"He looks pretty good, he'll get better, he definitely will, let's not worry too much."

"Um"

The good news brought by Xu Zhichun greatly diminished the sadness and pain that had originally been the case, and the Liang family was overjoyed.

Full of confidence, Liang Xiaoman rested peacefully at home to recover from her injury.

I wish things would get better tomorrow.

That night, Liang Xiaoman did develop a fever. Fortunately, Xu Zhichun had given him anti-inflammatory medicine beforehand without warning, so the fever was not severe and he remained fully conscious.

Even so, it terrified Liang Lizheng and his family. Liu and Liang Sanshen, mother and daughter-in-law, barely slept a wink all night, refusing to listen to anyone's advice and stubbornly keeping watch all night.

The next morning, thankfully, Liang Xiaoman's fever finally subsided. The whole family breathed a sigh of relief.

Liang Lizheng knew very well that once that night was over, all that was left was to let him recover slowly.

While feeling sorry for their child, the whole family was filled with hatred.

Early in the morning, Liang Lizheng went to Xu Zhichun's house.

"Village head."

"Zhichun, thank you so much for yesterday."

Yesterday, the Liang family was so preoccupied that they couldn't think of anything else. Liang Lizheng made a special trip to thank them in person.

The more I think about it, the more frightened I become. If Xiaoman hadn't been so lucky to run into Xu Zhichun, she would have been completely helpless and who knows what would have happened to her.

These days, who wants to cause trouble for themselves? Who would take Xiaoman to the clinic? If this is delayed any longer, who knows what will happen to her injury?

Xu Zhichun offered some polite words of comfort to Liang Lizheng and confirmed with him that she truly intended to hire Liang Xiaoman as the manager of the farm in Loujia Village.

Even though it had been confirmed beforehand, Liang Lizheng was still overjoyed and thanked him profusely.

He hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "Zhichun, Xiaoman has suffered so much and been wronged. Although our family isn't very capable, we're not spineless. I will definitely seek justice for him. Do you know which business Xiaoman is apprenticing with? It's the Qin family's business in the county town. I know your family has a good relationship with the Qin family. I hope this won't put you in a difficult position."

Xu Zhichun was quite surprised: "The Qin family's business?" "Yes."

Xu Zhichun thought for a moment, "Village head, I don't think Master Qin is the kind of person who is domineering and unreasonable. I'm afraid it's the people below who are not good. How about this, I'll go with you. Let's go find Master Qin first."

"Wouldn't this be too much trouble for you?"

"No, Xiaoman has been wronged, I can't just stand by and do nothing."

Liang Lizheng was extremely grateful. "Zhichun, I won't say much more in thanks. If you ever need anything in the future, just come to me and your aunt. We'll do whatever we can for you."

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Then I'll thank you in advance, Uncle."

Without further ado, the two decided to go today.

After breakfast, Xu Zhichun called Chunfen and instructed the newly bought maid, renamed Muxiang, to look after the house. Then he went into town with Liang Lizheng, Liang Minghai, Liang Mingliang, and Zeng Xiaoyan.

I didn't have time to make konjac tofu and konjac noodles yesterday, so Aunt Zhu'er will be resting at home today and won't be setting up her stall.

Xu Zhichun pondered that one incense stick was too small and not enough; he needed to buy a few more people so that his business wouldn't be delayed in the future.

This source of income is very stable. In the future, when there are more raw materials, she can dry them to make konjac noodles, grind them into powder, dry them, and sell the konjac powder. All of these can make money. She doesn't want to give it up.

The group went straight to the Qin family after entering the county town.

Manager Zhang happened to be coming out of the Qin family's house and they bumped into each other.

Xu Zhichun's attention was focused on Liang Xiaoman yesterday, and she didn't notice Manager Zhang. Unexpectedly, Manager Zhang had a deep impression of her. At first glance, she looked familiar, and after taking a closer look, her expression changed.

He remembered.

Manager Zhang blocked the group who wanted to knock on the door, and sneered at Xu Zhichun: "What are you doing here? Is this a place for you to come?"

Zhang Cong thought to himself, "Pah! Pah!" with disdain and anger: These people are quite capable, actually coming to the master's house. Luckily, I came to report to my aunt today, otherwise I would have missed the opportunity.

Zhang Cong felt even more disgusted, and his face turned fierce: "Get out of here now!"

Liang Lizheng and the others looked completely bewildered. Xu Zhichun also remembered, "Lizheng, this is the person who bullied and wronged Xiaoman yesterday."

"It's him?"

Enraged, the Liang family members glared at Zhang Cong with eyes blazing with fury.

Liang Minghai clenched his fists: "Did you bully my son yesterday?"

Liang Mingliang sneered: "You snobbish bastard, bullying my nephew, this isn't over."

Zhang Cong felt a chill run down his spine under the angry glares of the Liang family. He barked a fierce but weak rebuke: "So it's you! You're all Liang Xiaoman's family? Perfect! Liang Xiaoman damaged our goods, and I kindly let him off yesterday without making him pay. And you dare come here? You dare say I bullied him? He's just a nobody shop assistant, why would I bully him? Do you have any evidence for your nonsense? If you don't, that's slander, and I'm not letting this go. Truly, poverty breeds wickedness! Have you gone mad with poverty?"

"Since you don't know what's good for you, you probably don't appreciate my kindness. Give me ten taels of silver to make up for it."

"Give it to me right now, or I'll send you to see the authorities, get a beating, and go to jail!"

Zhang Cong used this same old trick of improvisation and quick thinking to intimidate and scare away countless people.

After all, there's really no evidence for this kind of thing.

There are countless witnesses, but who is willing to stand up and testify for Liang Xiaoman?

Zhang Cong's smile was sinister, but he was determined to make a scene: Since we're already here, he won't let them off without paying!