What. The. h.e.l.l?
While this might be the truth, ChengXiao Xiao still felt unjust. The words came only from An Hung niang, but judging from the looks of theother da niang and aunties, they allhad the same idea!
It was after a long while before ChengXiao Xiao finally calmed down and said to them, “Fellow da niang and aunties. Maybe we should be upfront about how thingswill be handled. As each family might have different thoughts, I will treateach case differently. Why don’t we do this? Why don’t you all go home and discusswith your family members how long will your kids be staying at the Cheng’s.Once we have that settled, we will provide each of you different benefits!
“For example, we can divide them intolong-term and short-term. Long-term and short-term naturally will not have thesame benefit, and they will learn different things at the Cheng’s. I will bringthese items up in front of the patriarch in a couple of days so get it allcleared out. What do you think?”
“Well….”
The few village women exchanged their looks.They knew full well that what Cheng Xiao Xiao said was the truth. Except for AnHung niang, who straight up said,“Why in the next couple of days? Why can’t we get it all settled right now? Youwant me to feed her for two more days? Seriously!”
“An daniang, if you don’t like this arrangement, feel free to go talk to thepatriarch!”
After saying that, Cheng Xiao Xiaoignored her and went back into the field to pick her vegetables.
“You!!” An Hung niang was so angry that her face was beet red and said to the onesnext to her, “Shi di niang, look atthat att.i.tude of hers! That’s no way to treat one’s elders! This isoutrageous!”
“Alright, alright, An Hung niang, why don’t you stop shouting forthe time being and follow Xiao Xiao’s arrangement. Let’s go home first today!”
“Hrm! I should never have came. Now I ameven more p.i.s.sed that I was before!”
The village women took their daughtersand left.
After dinner she brought this up to herparents briefly before entering into the dimension.
After entering the dimension, Cheng XiaoXiao did not resume the position and start cultivating right away. Since shewas already a martial apprentice, she could spare a few moments.
“Young mistress, you are in a foul moodeh?”
Smiling, little Yuteng flew down fromthe crystal fruit tree and sat on her shoulder.
Cheng Xiao Xiao glanced at her quicklyand said, “You saw everything that happened today! How can I be in a goodmood!”
“Hehe, it’s your fault for being toonice. Someone like An Hung niang, youshould just kick her out straight away. Why did you bother to engage with her?”
“Kick her out! She will shout till yourears fall off!” Cheng Xiao Xiao shook her head, “What we need to do now isfigure out what to do with these ‘diners’ under the false pretense as ‘maids’!”
“Young mistress. That’s your business, Iam not sure what to do with them. If you ask me, it’s simple. Everybody willcome here everyday and help out with household ch.o.r.es and be fed till they turn14. Once they turn 14, they can go home if they so choose. We will take in theloyal ones who want to stay. And that will be that!”
“Yeah, but then we will definitely bethe morons!”
“Yeah, but so what? It’s not like wecan’t afford to feed them. Besides, it will give you a good opportunity to learnabout them. It’s better than taking them all in at once then finding out thatonly a handful of them are reliable. Wouldn’t that be worse?”
“Okay, I guess you made a good pointthere!”
“Hehe, young mistress. You really shouldcultivate. It take you three months to go from the preparatory stage to becomea martial apprentice. Even though that’s like a genius in the eyes of acommoner. But it’s laughable to just be a martial apprentice at your age!”
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