Chapter 484: Chapter 484: In Good Conscience Chapter 484: Chapter 484: In Good Conscience As soon as he entered the yard, he saw two men handing money to the third brother’s wife, “What are you doing?”
They didn’t look like good people at first glance.
Seeing Wang Yan, they quickly hid the money behind their backs.
Hmph, good people, hiding and skulking even when buying pigs?
The moment the third brother’s wife saw her eldest brother-in-law return, she quickly stood up, still holding two-year-old Jin Bao in her arms, her face showing the relief of having unloaded a burden.
“Big brother, these two men say they buy pigs. They said it��s a pity that our pigs have died, and although the price is a bit low, it’s still better than a total loss. They’re offering twenty yuan per pig. I figured losing all forty pigs for nothing would be too wasteful, and at least we’d get eight hundred yuan. So I agreed to sell and have them take away the pigs overnight.”
Although the old man didn’t recognize Wang Yan, she knew very well that the eldest brother-in-law in the household was highly esteemed by the old master. As soon as Wang Yan came home, he would have the final say in the Wang Family matters. She didn’t oppose the eldest brother’s return to take charge of the household, which had been in chaos for days, a burden she couldn’t bear alone as a woman.
This sister-in-law and her own brother matched well, both utterly unreliable.
If you talk about having ill intentions, Wang Yan did believe there were none, yet that made it even more infuriating.
“What do you two mean?” Wang Yan said coldly.
The swine fever had struck their farm, and not only their village knew about it—these pig buyers had already gotten wind of it and were clearly looking to make a quick, unscrupulous profit.
“Big brother, it’s nothing! Just buying pigs. Look, it would be a shame if your pigs just died and were thrown away. Not only would all your efforts for the past half-year be in vain, but you wouldn’t even recover your costs. We’re pained to see this too, and by selling the pigs to us, you can relieve some pressure, right? It’s a win-win,” one of the men argued with shameless gall that could indeed bamboozle the average villager.
“These pigs died of swine fever!” Wang Yan emphasized fiercely.
The two men glanced at Wang Yan as if he were a fool. Could he really say that?
Didn’t want to sell the pigs anymore?
“Those pigs didn’t die from swine fever; they just caught a cold or flu, no big deal!” the two men hinted with their eyes.
“Fuck off, are you blind? It’s clear these pigs died of swine fever. Anyone with eyes can see that. You buy these pigs and if people die, who would be responsible? Huh? You think we’re so greedy that we’d ignore our conscience and do such immoral things? I tell you, dream on! Go and ask around if our Wang family has ever engaged in such unscrupulous acts. Heaven watches what we do; beware that doing too much evil doesn’t lead to thunder striking you down.”
The two men were infuriated by Wang Yan’s words, posing as if they had integrity. If they really had any integrity, they wouldn’t have had his sister-in-law negotiate with him, trying to raise the price.
“Look, big brother, the price can be negotiated. Don’t be so firm—we don’t like to hear that. Being stubborn won’t bring your pigs back to life. Be more practical. We’ll offer two yuan more per pig, twenty-two per head. No more than that; we have to make a living too. Don’t be too excessive! That should be enough!”
Wang Yan picked up a broom and swung it at them, scaring the men so much that they jumped back, narrowly avoiding the broom, and retreated several steps back to the entrance of the Wang family’s gate.
“What are you doing? We were just having a business talk, why are you chasing us out?”
The two men were also furious.
Just when a deal had almost been finalized, out of nowhere a Cheng Yaojin had appeared.