Chapter 362

Chapter 362

What to do?

What else can we do?

He doesn’t know anyone in the provincial city, and he’s not about to grovel and beg just because of her and Old Fifth’s mess.

Wang Shoucheng had been tasting the sweetness of black market deals these past two days. With money slowly flowing into his hands, he was so happy he was practically lost. If she hadn’t asked him something that ruined his mood, he would have been on cloud nine.

He’d only been making money for a few days.

And now Old Fifth and his wife were trying to get money from him?

The money they borrowed from outside hadn’t even been paid back yet.

It was obvious that the eldest brother and his wife would come back asking for money again. Fifth Brother's Wife really doesn’t know better.

Thinking of this, Wang Shoucheng’s face turned cold, and even the food didn’t taste good anymore. "I’m telling you, Fifth Brother’s Wife, our family has only just stabilized. The money hasn’t come back yet. If you and Old Fifth go to the provincial city, we’ll need to find connections.

Our family isn’t well-known or wealthy, and going to the provincial city is going to be difficult.

How much money would it take?

I think you should wait a couple of years."

Wait two years?

Zhou Jiaojiao was losing her patience. "Dad, are you trying to tell me to wait until I’m dead? Qingqi and I must go to the provincial city. By keeping us here, you’re ruining our future.

Don’t forget, if it weren’t for me, Hu Tian would have already caused trouble for the family.

We intercepted a deal that Hu Tian wanted.

If by the new year, you still can’t let Qingqi and me go to the provincial city, I’ll go straight to Hu Tian and tell him that you and your family disown me and Qingqi."

Zhou Jiaojiao wasn’t going to indulge Wang Shoucheng.

This old man only cared about his own benefits!

Moreover, he still harbored resentment because she and Qingqi had forced him to spend money.

He hadn’t really spoken to them for the past two days.

In any case, she had to go to the provincial city.

Wang Shoucheng suddenly felt that the food had completely lost its taste, and in his anger, he threw his chopsticks down. "What? Are you threatening me? Old Fifth, look what a good wife you’ve married?

Ever since you married her, there hasn’t been a single good day for this family.

If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have been so helpless with your elder brother’s situation.

And your mother, if we hadn’t married her into this family, would she have done something so foolish?

You’ve brought home a real troublemaker!"

The new year was just a month away. What could be done in a month?

This was just setting him up for trouble!

Wang Qingqi kept his head down, afraid to upset either his father or his wife.

Zhou Jiaojiao let out a cold laugh, clearly frustrated that he wasn’t backing her up. "What’s going on? Didn’t we already agree on this before? Now that Dad’s against it, you’re just going to play dead?

This is all for the two of us. I’m putting my foot down. If you keep trying to smooth things over like this, we might as well call it quits!

I can find someone else to live with in the future, can’t I?"

Zhou Jiaojiao’s words left Wang Qingqi stunned.

For so long, no matter how much she complained, his wife had never said anything like this before.

"Dad, you promised me and Jiaojiao before too. We really do want to develop in the provincial capital. Why can’t we go if Big Brother can? Even if he has parents in the provincial capital, we shouldn’t be worse than him.

We’ve always been overshadowed by him growing up.

Besides, my wife is lucky. If she goes to the provincial capital, she’ll definitely perform even better.

Who knows? In a couple of years, maybe the whole family could move to the provincial capital.

By then, our family would really make a name for itself."

Wang Qingqi started painting a rosy picture for Wang Shoucheng, and Wang Shoucheng’s eyebrows twitched.

He was somewhat tempted by the idea.

If the whole family could really move to the provincial capital, they wouldn’t have to worry about the people in the village.

Lately, they’ve been too scared to go back to the village because of all the nasty rumors.

With the whole family working in the county, those people were jealous, and they could no longer stay in the village.

He was worried that over time, the rumors might even spread to the county.

The work in the county was highly stressful, and they had only just managed to secure these jobs. If there were any issues because of the rumors, it would be a real loss.

Wang Shoucheng pondered for a moment and didn’t mention waiting for two years again like before.

"I want you both to succeed, but your wife’s pushing too hard. Come on, can we really pull off something this big in just a month? Where would we even get the money?

At least give the family half a year.

Look at the family. Right now, only your second and fourth brothers can help with the business.

Your second brother isn’t someone who can do hard labor. He’s smart, but he’s not very strong.

Only you and your fourth brother can do the heavy work. The business obviously can’t be the same as when the third brother’s family was here.

You need to give everyone in the family some time to recover, right?"

Wang Shoucheng advised the couple.

Wang Qingqi looked at his wife and discussed it, "Jiaojiao, Dad does make some sense."

"What can I say? Anyway, I must go to the provincial capital within half a year. Only by going to the provincial capital can our lives truly get better.

What’s the point of staying here? This place is nothing compared to what we could have in the provincial capital."

Zhou Jiaojiao was dismissive of everything in front of her. She didn’t marry Wang Qingqi just to settle for this mediocre life.

She wants the life of luxury and success that Wang Qingqi promised her in those prophetic dreams.

She wasn't sure which year it was, but in the dream, she still looked young. She wanted that life from the dream, not the cramped, run-down reality they were living now.

Zhou Jiaojiao's attitude caught Wang Qingfu off guard.

From what Fifth Brother's Wife said, it sounded like life would be better in the provincial city.

And honestly, she didn’t seem to think much of their current life. What did she have up her sleeve to make money?

Why did it have to be the provincial city instead of staying in the county?

Was she planning to leave them behind? The thought made Wang Qingfu uncomfortable.

Old Fifth got lucky with a wife who could really help him out.

No way, he couldn’t let this happen without getting involved.

But he’d bring it up with Dad in private.

After Old Wang’s family finished their meal, Chen Fang and Lao Si were about to leave together.

"Where are you two going? It's a rare holiday, and you're not helping Second Sister-in-Law tidy up the other room? Lao Si, Fourth Brother's Wife, you two are really going too far."

Wang Shoucheng asked them, clearly unhappy.

Lao Si looked a little sheepish. "Dad, my wife and I are going to get some medicine. We've been trying for a long time but still haven't had a child."

"Wasting money," Wang Shoucheng muttered, but didn't say anything more.

The money was distributed to each branch of the family, so he couldn't control it.

Chen Fang left, slamming the door with a cold face.

Lao Si hurriedly followed her out.

Zhou Jiaojiao and Wang Qingqi went back to their room; it seemed they still had something to discuss.

After everyone left, Wang Qingfu brought up his own thoughts to Wang Shoucheng. "Dad, why does Fifth Brother's Wife insist on going to the provincial city? Does she have some secret way to make money?

Are they planning to use it secretly after Old Fifth and she leave home?

I’m not trying to take anything from my brother, but we’re all part of the same family, and you and Mom are still here. We can’t let the family split up because of their little schemes, can we?"