The Chief Minister’s Ferocious Wife - Chapter 339
Chapter 339: Chuchu Is Better Than Me
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Some people are just lazy and greedy. They would be leeching off the business if he really hired them to work at the workshop.
But some of these people were closely related to Niu Tongsheng, making it difficult for him to reject them directly. Now that Xie Heng and Zhao Chuchu were back, he could tell them who could and shouldn’t be hired. Once Xie Heng and Zhao Chuchu decided, no one would dare to say anything.
Niu Tongsheng truly wished that the workshop would operate well because it would uplift the lives of everyone.
Everyone in the village was scared of living in poverty, where they didn’t have enough food and clothes. Now that they had the chance to escape poverty, Niu Tongsheng didn’t want those people to ruin their hope.
Most importantly, some of these people had bad characters. If they stole the recipe for the tofu skins and sold it to outsiders, the workshop might have to close down!
“Tell me about these people.” Xie Heng understood what Niu Tongsheng meant, so he told Niu Tongsheng to explain the name list.
Niu Tongsheng didn’t say who wasn’t trustworthy outright. Instead, he told Xie Heng about each of their strengths and weaknesses, which gave Xie Heng a good idea of who should be hired.
Zhao Chuchu heard the conversation from inside the room. She felt that Niu Tongsheng was managing the workshop quite well.
They had been out of town for a month, yet the workshop operated normally.
Xie Heng told Niu Tongsheng who could stay, finally allowing Niu Tongsheng to solve the issue. After that, he asked Xie Heng about what was going on out there.
Xie Heng picked some things and talked about them. Niu Tongsheng didn’t ask too much. He told Xie Heng that someone who claimed to be from the Xia clan of the Guangqing Province came looking for Zhao Chuchu.
“They said they were from Chuchu’s maternal family and came to fetch Chuchu back to the capital city. But Chuchu had already left back then. They didn’t believe me and even tried to search the village.” Niu Tongsheng frowned as he thought about what had happened that day. He asked, “Da Lang, is Chuchu’s maternal family really so wealthy? Could it be that they came to try and scam her because they saw how good of a doctor she was?”
“What do you think?” Xie Heng asked.
“I feel like they’re scammers. Miss Xia lived such a tough life back then, yet they never came to help her. Now that Chuchu became famous, this ‘maternal family’ suddenly popped out of nowhere. I don’t believe in coincidences like this. ”
“Chuchu’s mother was an orphan. She didn’t have a maternal family.”
“They even went to look for Old Man Zhao.”
“What did Madam Yang do?”
“She wanted to recognize them as Zhao Chuchu’s relative, but she didn’t dare!”
“Didn’t dare?”
“Yup, I think she got scared.”
Madam Yang had been extremely well-behaved recently. She didn’t dare to stir up any trouble in the village. Even though she was practically drooling over those people’s wealth, she didn’t dare to recognize them as relatives in place of Zhao Chuchu.
While those people kept calling her “in-law” as though they were good friends, Madam Yang didn’t dare to answer them.
The other people from the Zhao clan tried to get close to them and get something out of those people.
But scammers only wanted money. Why would they treat the others from the Zhao clan nicely?
“I’m not sure why but they never returned after a while.”
“They realized they couldn’t scam you, so they had no choice but to leave.”
“I told everyone in the village not to believe them. As for the Zhao clan, I guess whatever they want to do is their own problem. We won’t help them in any way when they get into trouble. But as long as Old Man Zhao and Madam Yang don’t recognize those people, no one else from the Zhao clan would be able to do anything. ”
Old Man Zhao was Zhao Chuchu’s real grandfather.
Even her grandfather didn’t say anything. The other people in the family had no right to make any claims.
“Next time you see them, just chase them out. We don’t want anyone in the village to get scammed,” Xie Heng said impassively, “There’s no need to treat scammers nicely.”
“Understood,” Niu Tongsheng nodded and said, “Oh, by the way, Meilan and Hu Yiming’s wedding has been finalized. We’ve also decided on a date. It’s going to happen at the end of the year. I think it’s 20th December…”
Niu Tongsheng told Xie Heng about everything that had happened in the village.
Actually, Xie Heng had known about these things a long time ago, yet he still patiently listened to Niu Tongsheng speak.
Zhao Chuchu felt happy for Zhao Meilan.
This engagement was supposed to be between Zhao Meijuan and Hu Yiming. However, Zhao Meijuan was an idiot and looked down on Hu Yiming for being intellectually disabled. Instead, she decided to get together with a scumbag. Now, she had lost her man and the money that was supposed to come with the marriage.
She was probably drooling over the engagement with the Hu Clan.
Niu Tongsheng stayed for another hour at the Xie clan before leaving.
Zhao Chuchu only came out of the room after he left.
“Did we disturb your sleep?” Xie Heng asked gently, “Would you like to sleep for a while more?”
“No, I was tidying up the room. I wasn’t sleeping,” Zhao Chuchu said as she walked to Xie Heng’s side and sat down. “I feel like the village chief is treating you as the backbone of the village. He’s asking you about everything.”
“Actually, he was asking you. He wasn’t looking for me. Oh, by the way, what do you think of the people that the village chief suggested?”
“Nothing, I think your picks are great, and the chief has chosen a good way to deal with the situation as well.”
Life in villages like Lengshui villages was all about relationships and favors.
Niu Tongsheng couldn’t entirely reject those people, but Xie Heng and Zhao Chuchu were different!
These people are relatives in the village. They had nothing to do with Zhao Chuchu and Xie Heng. Regardless of the final verdict, they couldn’t blame Niu Tongsheng for it.
“Did you send the stuff over?” Zhao Chuchu asked, “If you haven’t, I can take a walk and do it. I haven’t come back for quite a while. Everything feels so endearing. ”
She liked this place quite a lot. The mountains were beautiful, and the waters were clear. The air was also superb, making it a great retirement place.
Although a retired life was getting further and further away from her, she still wanted to treasure her few hours of spare time!
“Junjun is delivering it. I’m going to tidy up the study room. Wanna come to help me?” Xie Heng looked at Zhao Chuchu and asked.
He used the word “help,” but he actually just wanted Zhao Chuchu to stand there and accompany him.
“Sure,” Zhao Chuchu answered.
Xie Heng happily carried a bucket of water into the study room.
Because the room was vacant for a very long time, everything was covered in dust. Xie Heng opened up all of the winders and told Zhao Chuchu to stand at the door and watch him clean up the room.
There were a lot of books in his study room.
Books were extremely valuable in ancient times. Xie Heng’s collection was probably worth more than the net worth of many wealthy clans.
Xie Heng could recite all of these books. Whichever book Zhao Chuchu pointed at, he could tell her its content.
“Where I came from, we sometimes describe well-read people with the phrase ‘knowledge that could fill five carriages.’ I feel like this phrase was created for you,” Zhao Chuchu said.
“Well, I wouldn’t say I have enough knowledge to fill up five carriages, haha. I just read a few books. I’m still far behind you, Chuchu,” Xie Heng said humbly.
Zhao Chuchu rolled her eyes.
If his level of knowledge was considered “a few, ” no one in this world could be regarded as knowledgeable.
Xie Heng couldn’t help but smile when he saw Zhao Chuchu’s expression.
“Da Lang, being overly humble makes it fake,” Zhao Chuchu said, “You should know that there aren’t many people in this world who is more well-read than you.”
“There will always be someone out there who is better than me. You once told me that among any three people, one of them would be able to teach me something. Many people are more capable than me, and you are one of them.”
Xie Heng wasn’t being fake. In his opinion, Zhao Chuchu was an extremely impressive person.
“Nevermind, let’s not talk about that. I want to eat something good tonight.” Zhao Chuchu didn’t want to discuss this topic, so she started thinking about food. She needed to fill her stomach to think about other things.
“What would you like to eat?” Xie Heng was happy to cook what Zhao Chuchu liked to eat.
Zhao Chuchu listed several home-style dishes.
These dishes were extremely easy for Xie Heng.
“Oh yeah, Da Lang, let’s leave your room empty,” Zhao Chuchu suddenly changed the topic and said, “So Junjun doesn’t have to worry about us every day.”
Xie Heng froze upon hearing that, and his face instantly turned red..
