The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 174 Jokes

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(Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. This year has gone by so fast. It's over in the blink of an eye... Brothers and sisters, please vote for me with your monthly tickets. Thank you all... I was thinking of sending New Year's greetings, but then I thought, each time I send a greeting, I get a year older. It's okay for the brothers; getting older makes them look more mature, more profound, and more charming. But for the sisters, they should be getting impatient with me...)

"Hmph, I'm right..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Yes, yes, you're right, alright? You've made a fool of yourself in front of Aunt Fatty..." Yang Ming said.

Wei Qingqing then remembered that there was another person in the room. She turned to look at Aunt Pang and saw that Aunt Pang was sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), peeling chestnuts and eating them while watching the play with great interest.

When the plump aunt saw the two looking at her, she said, "Why are you looking at me? I was so busy eating that I didn't hear a word you were saying. You two continue, continue..."

"Auntie Pang, you can't be like this... When you see us arguing, you don't even try to stop us, you even encourage us..." Wei Qingqing said coquettishly, rolling her eyes at Auntie Pang.

"Hehehe..." Auntie Pang chuckled. "You guys are playing tricks, and it's not appropriate for Auntie Pang to get involved, is it?"

Aunt Pang's words made both Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing blush. Wei Qingqing glanced at Yang Ming and retorted stubbornly, "Who's being cheeky? He bullied me first, okay? Who told him to say I'm forgetful? Even my mother-in-law wouldn't say anything to me..."

"Yes, yes, I was the one who bullied you first. I was wrong. Please forgive me this time..." Yang Ming quickly admitted his mistake. He understood that if he said another word, Wei Qingqing would use his mother to pressure him.

"Did you hear that???" Wei Qingqing said smugly to Aunt Pang.

"Mmm... I heard you..." Auntie Fatty laughed until tears streamed down her face, nodding repeatedly as she laughed.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Yang Ming called Sun Fangfang to tell her that her parents had arrived in Liujia Village. Sun Fangfang was quite excited, as she hadn't seen her parents for several months and missed them terribly.

"Hey, do you know? Nan Nan left last night..." Wei Qingqing suddenly remembered this and kicked Yang Ming's butt with her slender foot.

"Gone? Where did they go???" Yang Ming asked.

"She went to school. Her school wants to test how much her level has declined and make her take the final exam..." Wei Qingqing said.

"That girl drinks goat milk all the time, so passing a final exam is a piece of cake for her. If she took the college entrance exam now, she could get into Peking University without any problem..." Yang Ming said.

He actually had a lot of confidence in Liu Nannan.

"I agree. With all that effort, Nan Nan would be better off working here and earning a few more months' wages..." Wei Qingqing was quite unaccustomed to Liu Nan Nan's departure. Last night, Aunt Liu didn't come over, and Xiao Bao'er couldn't be without his mother without his sister. In addition, there were guests staying at the house, and it would be too impolite not to have a host to entertain them.

"Hehe, you shouldn't think that way. Nan Nan has her own path to walk. Can she play with you all the time?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

"I was just saying..." Wei Qingqing pouted and said.

"We're suddenly short one person here, how about we hire another one?" Yang Ming said.

"Yes! If one person is missing, all the work will fall on other people's shoulders. If we don't raise everyone's wages, everyone will definitely have complaints..." Wei Qingqing nodded.

"Hmm! The salary should be raised too, how about a thousand a month?" Yang Ming said.

"I'll listen to you..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Alright, it's Chinese New Year! Consider this a treat for everyone..." Yang Ming said.

"Who do you think we should provoke???" Wei Qingqing's tone suddenly became mysterious.

"You're asking this because you already have someone in mind?" Yang Ming glanced at Wei Qingqing and said.

"What do you think of Yuting?" Wei Qingqing asked mysteriously.

"Li Tinggui's daughter???" Yang Ming was quite surprised.

"Yes..." Wei Qingqing laughed, with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"Why? Do her parents agree? This is farm work. I heard that Yuting is a college student..." Yang Ming said.

"What's there to disagree with? Yu Ting's mother secretly told me this. That Zheng Dayong is such a useless piece of trash. It's been so long and he still hasn't managed to win her over. Am I just creating an opportunity for them?" Wei Qingqing was furious whenever Zheng Dayong was mentioned. This Zheng Dayong is such a good-for-nothing. He usually cares about Li Yu Ting quite a bit, but he just doesn't dare to make his feelings clear. He's made Li Yu Ting angry, and she's already said that she'll be leaving in three days to go home.

"Are you two dating?" Auntie Pang suddenly interrupted. "Let me tell you, there's a saying: 'Men and women working together makes the work easier.' That's absolutely true. Back then, my husband was the most beautiful woman in our workplace. Just think about it, how rare was a cultured man back then? All the female employees in the company were eyeing him. Auntie Pang was quite overweight back then, but in the end, it was Auntie Pang who brought him home. Why? Because Auntie Pang worked at the school cafeteria, and we were in the same unit. I often saw him, and every time, I would give him an extra piece of meat. And then..." Auntie Pang's eyes lit up when she mentioned her husband. Thinking back to those days when all the women were vying for attention, she had stood out, which had made her proud for most of her life.

"Hehehe..." Wei Qingqing laughed, her big eyes narrowing into crescent moons. "I bet Uncle chose you because he thought you were chubby and your family would never have to worry about food and drink, right???"

"Yes, yes, I feel the same way..." Yang Ming nodded repeatedly.

"Are you two trying to make me angry??? Fine, fine, go ahead and make me angry. I'm having a heart attack. From now on, I'm staying at your house..." Aunt Pang said, lying down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and refusing to get up.

"..." Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing exchanged a glance, speechless. This chubby auntie looked a bit like a stunner... Wasn't she a bit too much?

"Daddy, Daddy, you're back..." Just then, Xiao Bao'er's clear voice came, and then a gust of wind appeared, and a little girl in a red sweater ran into the house and jumped into Yang Ming's arms.

"Oh, I've missed Daddy so much..." Yang Ming quickly picked up the little guy.

"Bao'er misses Daddy too..." Little Bao'er hugged Yang Ming's neck and showered him with kisses on the face.

"Ouch..." Yang Ming was almost overwhelmed by his daughter's affection, drooling all over his face. "Baby, look around the house, who else is there?"

Little Bao turned his head and saw Auntie Pang. He immediately exclaimed with delight, "Oh, Grandma Pang..."

Auntie Pang stopped pretending and sat up abruptly on the kang (a heated brick bed), saying happily, "Little Bao'er, it's rare that you still remember Grandma Pang. Come here, let Grandma Pang give you a hug..."

Yang Ming quickly picked up the little baby.

"Oh my, our little Bao'er is getting more and more beautiful..." Aunt Pang hugged the little Bao'er in her arms, admiring her all the time.

"Hehehe..." Little Bao'er giggled, wriggled in Aunt Pang's arms, and sat up comfortably.

Little girls love it when people compliment them on their looks, and Xiao Bao'er is no exception.

"Hahaha, see? Our little Bao'er loves me the most..." Aunt Pang was very proud to see how much Bao'er liked to be with her.

Wei Qingqing pouted and said, "Baby, tell Grandma Fatty why you like being held by her???"

"Hehehe... Soft and warm..." Xiao Bao'er said with a grin.

"Hahahaha..." Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing both burst into laughter.

"So that's why you like Grandma Fatty so much??? Then Grandma Fatty doesn't like you anymore, hurry up and go find your dad..." Aunt Fatty deliberately put on a stern face, trying to shoo the little guy away, but she didn't let go of the little guy's arm at all.

"Hehehe, Bao'er likes Fat Grandma..." Little Bao'er quickly tried to please Fat Aunt.

"That's more like it..." Auntie Pang said, pinching the little guy's nose.

"Hehe, it's getting late, time to cook. Qingqing, you stay inside and keep Aunt Pang company, I'll go cook for you..." Yang Ming said, taking off his coat and hanging it on the clothesline, then putting on an apron.

"No need, I'll help you. Today, let Auntie Pang show you her skills and let you taste the flavors of Northeastern cuisine." Auntie Pang rolled up her sleeves.

"What? You've come to challenge us? Your Northeastern cuisine is good, but our North China cuisine isn't made of clay either..." Wei Qingqing said with a smile.

"I just realized that you're such a bad girl. It's a shame you gave me such a good first impression..." Aunt Pang squinted her eyes and scolded Wei Qingqing.

"Hehe, she fooled you, didn't she??? But you two do have something in common..." Yang Ming tied the knot at the back of his apron and said with a smile.

"Oh? How are they the same???" Auntie Fatty asked curiously.

"Love, marriage..." Yang Ming uttered two words.

"Yang Ming, what nonsense are you spouting?" Wei Qingqing's face turned bright red, and her beautiful eyes were filled with burning anger.

"Huh??? I...I didn't say anything..." Seeing that things were going badly, Yang Ming immediately slipped away and hurried to the outer room to cook.

"Qingqing, I never imagined you'd be chasing after Yang Ming so eagerly..." Aunt Pang looked Wei Qingqing up and down with disbelief, but then she remembered what the female police officer on the train had said, "Wait a minute, I heard you used to be really ugly, with pimples all over your face. It seems like it's probably true..."

"Who told you that? Was it Yang Ming? Don't listen to his nonsense..." Wei Qingqing was already embarrassed and angry, and now that she heard that even Aunt Pang knew that she used to be very ugly, she felt even more ashamed.

"I didn't..." Yang Ming, who could hear the people inside talking, quickly denied it.

"Do you think I believe that??" Wei Qingqing gritted her teeth, making a grinding sound.

"You've really wronged Yang Ming about this. It wasn't Yang Ming who said it. I heard it from a female train police officer on the train when I came here. She said she was a classmate of your cousin Tong Yu and had seen you before..." Aunt Pang sensed that Wei Qingqing was really anxious, so she quickly said.

"Tong Yu's classmate???" Wei Qingqing's face turned ashen. She felt a deep resentment towards her cousin, a resentment that she felt she couldn't quell even if she chewed his bones to pieces. Although she knew she shouldn't hold him responsible.

Coincidentally, just as Wei Qingqing was wondering how to vent her anger and whether she would have to wrong her husband again, her phone rang. When she picked it up and saw the caller ID, it was her good cousin Tong Yu.

"Feed???" Wei Qingqing answered the phone quickly. Although her face turned green, she still controlled her voice and tried to make it as gentle as possible.

"Oh, sis, is my brother-in-law home yet?" Tong Yu asked with concern.

"We're here, we've just arrived home. Thank you so much for your concern..." Wei Qingqing's tone was quite friendly, but her livid face scared Xiao Bao'er so much that he hid his face in Aunt Pang's arms.

"Hehe, speaking of which, I'm the one who caused all this trouble. I'm relieved that you don't blame me," Tong Yu said.

"Yes! You and Xiaodie need to get along well, you know..." Wei Qingqing said.

"I know, I know, thank you for your concern, sister..." Tong Yu said repeatedly.

"Alright, is there anything else?" Wei Qingqing said softly.

"Ah... this... right..." Tong Yu suddenly became hesitant and awkward.

"Hey! Why are you being so polite with me?" Wei Qingqing encouraged.

"Here's the thing, I have a classmate who wants to get two dogs, so she asked me to ask you..." Tong Yu said.

"Oh? Alumni?? You've got two dogs? Why did you think of me..." Wei Qingqing asked.

"Well, she heard that you have a lot of Dalmatian dogs, so... she wants me to ask you for a pair..." Tong Yu said.

"Who told her that?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"She listened to...she listened to what I said, she listened to what I said..." Tong Yu said.

"What does she do?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Look at what you're saying. My classmate is a police officer, working as a train police officer. She wants to get a pair of Dalmatian dogs to be her police dogs..." Tong Yu said.

"A train police officer? Is she a woman?" Wei Qingqing's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"Ah, yes, it's on the Shenyang-Guangzhou line..." Tong Yu said.

"Tell her it's impossible..." Wei Qingqing said through gritted teeth, her voice filled with resentment.

"Sis, what's wrong with you???" Tong Yu was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. Her cousin was just a gentle angel, but suddenly she turned into a sinister demon. Such a change would scare anyone.

"What's wrong??? Tell that alumnus he doesn't want my dog, no way..." Wei Qingqing shouted into the phone, then slammed it down.

"Qingqing, are you feeling down... Why are you getting so worked up?" Auntie Pang whispered.

Little Bao was terrified and huddled pitifully in Aunt Pang's arms, too scared to move.

"Look at yourself, how can you talk like that?" Yang Ming walked into the room, looking at Wei Qingqing with some reproach.

"That's it..." Wei Qingqing sat on the edge of the kang in a huff, her little face sullen.

"You scared the child..." Yang Ming patted Xiao Bao'er's forehead.

This time, Wei Qingqing didn't say anything, but her expression was still not good. Those days as an ugly woman were the biggest wound in her life. Time and time again, she thought she had let go and didn't care anymore, but as soon as someone brought it up, she still couldn't help but get angry.

"Okay! You two chat inside, Bao'er and I will go out to cook..." Aunt Pang knew that she should give them some space to talk properly, so she tactfully picked up Bao'er and went to the outer room.

"Grandma Fatty, let's go to the west room. There's lots of good food there..." Little Bao whispered.

"Alright, alright, let's go to the west room..." Aunt Fatty carried Little Bao'er and went into the west room.

Only Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing remained in the room.

"What's wrong with you now? What's gotten into you?" Yang Ming sat down next to Wei Qingqing.

"It's none of your business..." Wei Qingqing said defiantly.

"Hmph... This is a new society, where men and women are equal. If this were the old society, if you dared to talk to me like that, I would have pinned you down and spanked you, believe it or not???" Yang Ming said.

"You hit me..." Wei Qingqing was quite decisive, kneeling directly on the edge of the kang and sticking her butt out.

Yang Ming was dumbfounded. If it were before, the couple would just joke around and he could just slap her, but now, Wei Qingqing was pregnant. If he dared to touch her, it wouldn't be a joke. Not to mention whether Wei Qingqing would get angry with him, if his mother found out, she would skin him alive.

"I said, are you ever going to stop???" Yang Ming reached out and gently put his arm around her waist, pulling her into his embrace. Wei Qingqing fell into his arms.

"Let me go..." Wei Qingqing said angrily.

"Is this ever going to end??? So what if I have a face full of disgusting bumps? Is it something I can never mention for the rest of my life???" Yang Ming was getting annoyed; this really was never going to end.

"Go ahead and bring it up... I didn't say you couldn't bring it up..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Look at you..." Yang Ming hugged her, looking into her eyes, "You've gone crazy again, can't you be normal for once??? Am I really that bad in your eyes?"

"Stop changing the subject! Why are you bringing yourself into this???" Wei Qingqing pouted.

"You have nothing to do with me? You're my wife. What have I ever said to you before? I thank you for having a face full of pimples. If it weren't for these pimples, you'd probably be someone else's wife by now! Your kids would probably be old enough to run errands by now..." Yang Ming said.

"That's completely irrelevant..." Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes. "Why do you say you're so bad in my eyes? I want to know the reason. What you just said doesn't apply..."

"You need to know that your husband is not a coward. Gu Pan tempted me, and I was able to resist because I have you in my heart. Do you think that I can resist Gu Pan now, but I couldn't resist that ugly Wei Qingqing back then??? How many times do I have to tell you? You can imagine me as a pervert with special hobbies, but there is one thing I can't deny: you forced me to get the marriage certificate, and I was indeed quite happy inside..." Yang Ming said.

"You're just trying to coax me..." Wei Qingqing's eyes were stinging, her nose was sore, and her little mouth was pouting.

"Hehe, that ugly Wei Qingqing, in your eyes she's a devil, a nightmare, but in my eyes she's an angel, a fairy..." Yang Ming said in a rather cheesy way.

"Angels? Fairies? Are angels that ugly? Are fairies that scary?" Wei Qingqing scoffed, but her tone was much better. Every time she lost her temper, as long as Yang Ming said something nice, her anger would dissipate faster than it came.

"We're not familiar with angels, but fairies, there are definitely ugly ones among them. Have you heard of Zhong Kui? He's a super-powerful person who's ugly enough to ward off evil spirits..." Yang Ming said.

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