The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 197 An Accidental Strike

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Aunt Liu chased after him, and Yang Ming also put on his winter coat, picked up a string of fish, and followed.

Wei Qingqing was truly wronged. This person was trying so hard to please her, and she actually took it out on them. She thought about how she had even generously shared half of her husband with her, even if it wasn't a substantial thing, but what woman could do that for her? As she thought about it, tears streamed down her face.

"Oh dear??? Qingqing, what's wrong??? Why are you crying??? Did Yang Ming bully you??? Tell me, I'll go beat him up for you..." Wei Qingqing had just come out of the back garden when she ran into Zhu Yun, who was idle but had a chivalrous heart. Seeing Wei Qingqing's pitiful appearance, Zhu Yun was immediately filled with a sense of justice and wanted to meddle in other people's family affairs.

"Sister Zhu..." Wei Qingqing wiped away her tears, smiled slightly at Zhu Yun, "It's alright, I have trachoma, my eyes water easily in the wind..."

"It doesn't look like it at all, it looks like she's been crying..." Zhu Yun could still distinguish between trachoma and crying.

"It's nothing..." Wei Qingqing didn't say much, picked up the fish and went into the house. When Dahei and the others saw their mistress return, they wagged their tails and came to greet her, jumping up and down affectionately.

"Big Black and the others are the best, they have a conscience..." Seeing how affectionate Big Black and the others were towards her, Wei Qingqing's tears flowed even more. However, there were still people in the house, so it wasn't appropriate to cry there. She could only carry the fish into the house, take out a large basin, pour in water, and sit on a small stool to start cleaning the fish.

"Oh, is Qingqing back??? This fish is really big..." The people in the east room heard the noise outside and knew that someone had entered the house. Little Sweetie came out to see who it was.

"Yes, they're raised in our own pond..." Wei Qingqing glanced at Xiaotian and smiled, revealing her teeth.

"Ah..." Little Sweetie stared blankly at Wei Qingqing, whose face was streaked with tears. Just as she was about to say something, someone tugged at her collar. When she turned around, she saw Zhu Yun.

Zhu Yun followed Wei Qingqing into the room. When she saw Wei Qingqing's appearance, she knew that she had been wronged. When she saw that Xiaotian was about to say something, she couldn't help but tug at her.

"Hehe..." Little Sweetie smiled at Wei Qingqing, then got up and walked to the side with Zhu Yun, whispering, "What happened? Did the couple fight???"

"I don't know, don't upset her. Talk to her for a while, I'll go ask Yang Ming..." Zhu Yun whispered.

"Okay..." Little Sweetie nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Yun went out to find Yang Ming, but Xiao Tiantian squatted down next to Wei Qingqing, watching her kill fish and chatting with her casually. Wei Qingqing responded with a smile. If it weren't for the tear stains on her face, you would never have guessed from her smile that she had just been crying.

Aunt Liu chased after Wei Qingqing, and when she reached the gate of the back garden, she ran into Zhu Yun. The two knew each other, but they didn't talk much, unlike Zhang Fenghuang and Liu Lili, who had stayed at Aunt Liu's house for quite some time.

"Is that Zhu Yun? Have you seen Qingqing?" Aunt Liu asked with a smile.

"Oh, cleaning fish at home..." Zhu Yun replied.

"Oh, thank you..." Aunt Liu said, and then ran off in a hurry.

"This person is so enthusiastic. He's even taking it so seriously when the couple is fighting..." Zhu Yun nodded in admiration.

"Enthusiastic my foot! It's her who upset Qingqing. I have to go and see..." Zhu Yun had barely finished speaking when Yang Ming emerged from the back garden and followed her without stopping.

"Huh???" Yang Ming suddenly jumped out, startling Zhu Yun. Looking at the two figures from behind, she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Did Aunt Liu offend Qingqing? How did she offend her? Was she a third party in their relationship? That doesn't seem likely. If she really was a third party, would Yang Ming be so self-righteous?

A series of big question marks floated into Chu Yun's mind, until finally her head ached from thinking: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, I'll go soak in their hot spring..."

As she spoke, she turned and disappeared into the back garden. Upon entering, Zhu Yun broke out in a cold sweat, her heart filled with horrified horror… Why was it so hot here…?

When Aunt Liu arrived at Yang Ming's house, she saw Wei Qingqing sitting on a stool cleaning fish, with Xiao Tiantian next to her talking to her. She couldn't help but go over, take a knife, and help her scale the fish.

"I don't need you..." Wei Qingqing didn't even raise her head, but just by looking at those hands, she knew it was Aunt Liu, and couldn't help but say in a huff.

"Are you still angry with your sister-in-law??? You just said she was getting angry, and I think you're the same way, always getting angry, always getting angry, how boring???" Aunt Liu said softly while scaling the fish.

"Um, you guys chat, I'll go inside and check..." Little Sweetie stood up a little awkwardly and said.

"What are you looking at??? You eat our food, live in our house, and you still want to slack off??? Hurry up and call all those things out of the house to kill the fish, we have guests coming later..." Yang Ming carried a large string of fish and strode in, stopping Little Sweetie who wanted to 'slack off'.

"My goodness, what's wrong with your house??? What kind of feed did you use to raise the fish??? They're all so big..." Little Sweetie covered her mouth as she looked at the string of fish Yang Ming was carrying.

"Where is it? Where is it???" The three things inside had actually heard the commotion outside a long time ago, but they sensed that something was wrong, so they stayed inside. But when they heard Yang Ming's voice, they all rushed out.

The three of them looked utterly astonished at the large fish Yang Ming was carrying, focusing all their attention on it and not even glancing at Wei Qingqing. They even neglected Yang Ming.

Yang Ming was secretly grateful. He handed the fish to them and ran to Wei Qingqing's side to help them kill the fish.

"Hehe, let's go outside. There are so many fish. The four of us will split up. The third brother and I will each have one, and the rest are yours. Consider it a celebration of your reconciliation..." Zhao Dongge said, picking off a big fish, finding a basin, and going outside to clean it.

"Second brother, I sincerely wish you all the best..." Zhang Jianhui also picked a fish, put it in a basin, and took it outside to clean the fish.

"I..." Zheng Dongfang's lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just stared at the backs of the eldest and third brothers, gritting his teeth.

"This is so unfair, they're such bastards..." Little Sweetie muttered, and could only join Zheng Dongfang in carrying the fish to a large basin outside to clean it.

"How about that??? My buddies have good taste, right???" Yang Ming nudged Wei Qingqing next to him with his elbow and said smugly.

"They're nowhere near as good as my sisters. All three of them combined can't even compare to Fangfang..." Hearing Yang Ming's voice, Wei Qingqing's grievances vanished instantly.

"What about me??? Can they match me???" Aunt Liu asked quietly.

"You??? They're all better than you, at least they're more loyal..." Wei Qingqing pouted, glanced at Aunt Liu, and said.

"You're the one who's not loyal enough, you're so short-tempered..." Aunt Liu pouted and reached out to wipe Wei Qingqing's face, leaving pieces of fish scales stuck to Wei Qingqing's pretty face.

"You..." Wei Qingqing was furious and retaliated without backing down, smearing a handful of fish scales on Liu Sao's face.

"You dare to fight back? Don't you know I'm the village chief???" Of course, Aunt Liu wouldn't back down, and she grabbed a fish scale to retaliate against Wei Qingqing.

"What's wrong with the village chief??? This is my home, my territory, my rules..." Wei Qingqing retorted.

"My God, you two... you fight everywhere you go, and there are quite a few people watching outside..." Yang Ming had a headache watching the two women start fighting again.

The two women glanced at each other and saw four people staring at them in disbelief. They blushed, lowered their heads, and continued cleaning the fish.

"Mommy, Mommy, it's terrible! Teacher Wang is leaving..." At this moment, Xiao Bao'er's anxious voice came from outside. Then, a red cloud appeared, and Xiao Bao'er ran into the house panting, grabbing Liu Sao, almost crying.

"What's wrong??? Tell your mother, why is Teacher Wang leaving???" Aunt Liu was also shocked. Teacher Wang Li was the only teacher of cultural subjects in the village. If she left, the children in the village would have to stop going to school.

"I don't know. I asked Grandpa Li to go see Teacher Wang, but Teacher Wang wouldn't let Grandpa Li into the house. Grandpa Li thought Teacher Wang was about to die, so he finally broke down the door and went in. Then, Uncle Dazhuang ran out of Teacher Wang's house without wearing pants..." Xiao Bao'er said softly.

"Look what you've done..." Aunt Liu glared at Wei Qingqing through gritted teeth, then quickly got up, not even having time to wipe the fish scales off her face, and led her daughter out quickly.

"What exactly happened???" Yang Ming turned to look at Wei Qingqing and asked.

"Um..." Wei Qingqing was at a loss, looking quite embarrassed. After all, she was the one who had encouraged Xiao Bao'er to call a doctor for Teacher Wang. It was originally a prank, but who would have thought that Doctor Li would be so wise and skillful, catching a couple cheating on each other right there and then.

"You don't need to say anything, your business is already clear, isn't it?" Yang Ming basically understood what was going on. The matter wasn't complicated; anyone with a brain could guess it.

"Well, I was just joking. I didn't expect these two to be so audacious, engaging in lewd acts in broad daylight..." Wei Qingqing said with an awkward laugh.

"You, you..." Yang Ming shook his head, "Don't tell anyone that you gave Bao'er the idea, otherwise, Teacher Wang will hate you to death..."

"I won't say, I won't say, I definitely won't say..." Wei Qingqing waved her hands frantically.

"Look at your pathetic self..." Yang Ming said, reaching out to pinch Wei Qingqing's little cheek.

"Hmph, I have my husband now, don't I? As long as my husband is successful..." Wei Qingqing chuckled and said.

"What do you mean??? Caught in the act???" Little Sweetie burst into the room, her eyes sparkling, and asked Yang Ming.

"You're still so gossipy. Hurry up and go kill some fish. I'm warning you, don't meddle in village affairs..." Yang Ming glanced at Xiao Tiantian and said irritably.

"Tch, as if you're so serious..." Little Sweetie curled her lip in disdain and ran off to the yard to kill fish.

"Oh my god, I just realized that when I gently poked the sky with a bamboo pole, I actually made a hole in it..." Wei Qingqing groaned, then buried her head and continued cleaning the fish. So what if the sky is leaking? Anyway, her husband will take care of it.

"Alright, let Aunt Liu handle this. We won't get involved..." Yang Ming said, taking out a knife and gutting the fish.

"Oh..." Wei Qingqing responded obediently.

"Hmm..." Yang Ming had just taken out the fish intestines and was about to clean them when he suddenly seemed to remember something and frowned. "This matter can't be blown out of proportion yet. You stay home and clean the fish, I'll go find Uncle Da Bao..." As he spoke, he rinsed the fish blood and scales off his hands in a basin, poured in a basin of clean water, washed his hands, and dried them with a towel.

"What do you want with Uncle Da Bao?" Wei Qingqing straightened up.

"Teacher Wang is leaving. Uncle Dabao will definitely try to stop him when he finds out. I have to stop him. We can't let the men know about what happened between Teacher Wang and the others, at least not now," Yang Ming said.

"If you go and stop them, won't they know???" Wei Qingqing pouted.

"As long as Teacher Wang doesn't know that Uncle Da Bao already knows, that's fine..." Yang Ming said, quickly leaving the yard and heading towards Zheng Da Bao's house.

"Teacher Wang, what's wrong with you?" When Aunt Liu arrived at the school, Teacher Wang Li had already packed her things and was about to leave. Aunt Liu quickly stopped her when she saw this.

"Village Chief Liu, I feel that it's no longer appropriate for me to stay in the village..." Teacher Wang Li's face was filled with shame and indignation.

"What kind of talk is that? You just abandon a bunch of kids because you think it's inappropriate? That's so irresponsible of you!" Aunt Liu could only pretend she didn't know anything about Teacher Wang Li.

"I..." Teacher Wang Li pursed her lips, "In short, I'm not suited to stay in the village anymore..."

"Tell me the reason, you have to give me a reason for leaving..." Aunt Liu said with a gloomy face as she looked at Teacher Wang Li.

"Village Chief Liu doesn't need to play dumb..." Wang Li said with a sad smile.

"Pretending to be confused??? What do you mean by that??? Explain yourself clearly..." Of course, Aunt Liu wouldn't admit that she knew the reason, so she could only pretend to be confused.

"..." Wang Li lowered her head and whispered, "Didn't Bao'er tell you???"

"Baby? Tell me, Dazhuang fetched water for you, what happened??? Isn't Dazhuang always the one fetching water for you???" Aunt Liu looked puzzled, then as if she had just realized something, her face turned angry, her eyes wide: "Did that little brat Zheng Dazhuang bully you???"

"No...no..." Teacher Wang Li thought about it carefully and realized that her decision was a bit hasty. After all, Xiao Bao'er is just a child. Even if she really saw it, she might not be able to figure out the details. The only thing to pay attention to now is that Doctor Li.

"Teacher Wang, how about this? You stay with the children until the end of the year. If you still want to leave at the end of the year, I won't stop you, okay?" Aunt Liu compromised, using a roundabout tactic to get Teacher Wang to stay first...

"I really can't stay any longer..." Teacher Wang said with difficulty.

"Teacher Wang, I'll say it again, I won't force you to stay. You can stay until the end of this year, until the children's final exams are over, then you can leave, how about that??? At least wait until the next teacher arrives before you leave???" Aunt Liu made a 'big' concession and said.

"This..." Teacher Wang hesitated, but she was also somewhat unwilling. The main reason she was in such a hurry to leave was that she had been caught red-handed with Zheng Dazhuang. Overwhelmed with shame and indignation, she could only think of escaping. However, the people who caught her were an old man and a child. Moreover, strictly speaking, the two of them hadn't even entered her dormitory. After Dr. Li broke down the door, before she could even enter her own dormitory, Zheng Dazhuang ran out in a disheveled state. Seeing Zheng Dazhuang's appearance, Dr. Li didn't bother to go any further. As for Xiao Bao'er, even if the little thing had seen her, she might not know what she was doing. Besides, the little girl had been hiding behind Dr. Li the whole time. It was her own hurried escape that made her seem a bit guilty.

"It's settled then, how about it??? A person should finish what they start. Teacher Wang should at least teach them until the winter vacation, so that we have time to hire another teacher..." Aunt Liu said.

"Well, okay..." Teacher Wang Li finally nodded.

"That's good..." Aunt Liu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she didn't leave now, there was always a way to keep her there. In crucial moments, Zheng Dazhuang would step in. "Yang Ming's family caught some big fish today. Teacher Wang, would you like to go eat with us?"

"Hehe, no need..." Wang Li refused with a smile. She had just been caught cheating and then went to someone else's house for dinner as if nothing had happened. Wang Li didn't have that kind of thick skin.

"What do you mean no need??? You're just being too polite. We live in the same village, we're all neighbors, it's not good to be too polite..." Aunt Liu smiled and held Teacher Wang's small hand, with a hint of insistence.

"No need, really no need..." Teacher Wang forced a smile and tried to pull her hand back, but Aunt Liu held it very tightly. With her strength, she couldn't pull it back at all. What surprised her even more was that she couldn't feel any pressure on her hand that was being held.

"Why are you being so polite? Yang Ming is such a spendthrift. He only entertained a few guests, and he prepared seven or eight fish..." Aunt Liu complained with a smile about Yang Ming's extravagance.

"Huh??? Seven or eight fish, that's not many, is it???" Teacher Wang Li was a little confused. Only seven or eight fish, that doesn't seem like many, does it?

"Not much??? But each fish weighs about seven or eight pounds, and the biggest one weighs more than ten pounds. You do the math, even if you bought meat for the New Year, you wouldn't be able to buy this much, right???" said Aunt Liu.

"Hmm...it really is..." Teacher Wang Li's attention had been successfully diverted by Aunt Liu, which was actually what Teacher Wang Li wanted to see.

"How about we go eat together? You don't have class today anyway, so come help us out. There are seven or eight big fish, and we can't handle it all by ourselves..." Aunt Liu urged.

"This..." Wang Li hesitated. She didn't know whether she should go or not. If she went, she would feel uneasy. If she didn't go, she was afraid people would think she had a guilty conscience. For a moment, she was caught in a dilemma.

"Teacher Wang hasn't said what illness she has. Could you tell me secretly? Was she frightened in the middle of the night? I know how to treat this kind of illness..." Aunt Liu suddenly leaned close to Teacher Wang and whispered.

"Huh???" Teacher Wang Li's face turned pale. Seeing Liu Sao's mysterious appearance and the profound meaning in her words, her first thought was that Liu Sao knew about what happened last night.

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