Chapter 924: Chapter 924: Let’s See Who Gave You the Courage to Take Advantage of Me Chapter 924: Chapter 924: Let’s See Who Gave You the Courage to Take Advantage of Me Previously, the family’s savings were greatly depleted on her husband’s medical treatment and funeral, leaving very little behind. Luo Qiao felt pity for the child and thought it better to teach someone to fish than to simply hand them a fish.
So she suggested, “Sister-in-law, your cooking is good, and your house is at the entrance to the alley. Why not open a door to the street on the outermost room and sell some simple food? That could support the two of you.”
Hu Mingfang looked at Luo Qiao somewhat nervously, “Me, can I really do it?”
Rong Daniang also smiled, “There are many people doing business on the street these days, and the house is your own. There’s no need to pay rent. As long as the food is tasty, the business should be fine.”
Upon hearing this, Hu Mingfang’s eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again as she said hesitantly, “I don’t know anything about running a business and I don’t have the capital right now. I’m afraid it won’t work.”
Luo Qiao encouraged her, “You know what happened to your daughter today. Do you really want to see her bullied like this?”
Hu Mingfang, looking at her daughter who had lost a lot of weight, gritted her teeth, “You’re right. Now that the head of the family is gone, if I don’t hold up this household, I shudder to think… For the sake of my daughter’s well-being, I have to give it my all.”
That day, Luo Qiao lent her a hundred yuan and even let her take vegetables from her home. Worrying about her self-esteem, Luo Qiao sold them to her at market prices, which saved her time and, since they couldn’t finish all the vegetables from the backyard themselves, it didn’t make a difference.
With these vegetables, her business should do well. After the winter passed, she should be able to establish her shop. Fresh vegetables would then be available on the street, and initially, she wouldn’t need much each day.
Lv Rongrong saw Hu’s family often coming to pick up vegetables, so she also thought to ask for some. Today, she finally found an excuse, even claiming she was borrowing them, which was laughable. When was she planning to return them, in the summer?
Lv Rongrong, feeling uncomfortable under Luo Qiao’s gaze, “Luo Qiao, why are you staring at me like that?”
Luo Qiao turned and walked away, “Just seeing who gave you the nerve to take advantage of me.”
Lv Rongrong quickly followed, “Hey, come on, I’ve only come to borrow vegetables this once. You’re making it sound like I do it all the time.”
Luo Qiao left the yard and went straight into the Cheng family’s yard, “Grandpa Cheng, Auntie Cheng, are you home?”
People from the Cheng family came out. Lv Rongrong didn’t expect Luo Qiao to complain on impulse and hurriedly pulled at her, “I won’t borrow anymore; that’s fine, right? There’s no need to tell my family about it.”
Auntie Cheng came out and saw Luo Qiao. Noticing that her second daughter-in-law was following behind, she wondered if the second son’s family had caused some trouble and walked over smiling, “We’ve been neighbors for so long, yet you seldom come over. What brings you here today?”
Luo Qiao glanced around the yard, “Didn’t I hear you were going to try growing greenhouse vegetables this winter? Why don’t I see any greenhouses?”
The faces of the Cheng family turned sour at the mention of the greenhouse. Without having anticipated Luo Qiao’s visit would be about this, Auntie Cheng glared at her second daughter-in-law before replying, “Our yard is too small. If we put a greenhouse up, there wouldn’t be any space for their bicycles.”
Luo Qiao nodded, then turned to Lv Rongrong, “So, second sister-in-law of the Cheng family, if you borrowed the vegetables today, when were you planning to return them? You weren’t hoping to wait until fresh vegetables are available in the summer, were you?”
The Cheng family looked bewildered, and Auntie Cheng pointed to her second daughter-in-law, then looked at Luo Qiao, “She went to borrow vegetables from your place?”
Luo Qiao turned to the Cheng family, “Didn’t you know?”
Now Lv Rongrong got angry, “Luo Qiao, if you didn’t want to lend, it’s fine. Why make such a big deal?”
Luo Qiao chuckled softly, “What, you want me to suffer in silence and think I’m easy to bully?”
Lv Rongrong saw the strange looks from her family, hurriedly trying to defend herself, “We’re all neighbors, do you really have to be so petty?”
By then quite a few people had gathered outside the Cheng household. Luo Qiao said, “Just because we’re neighbors, you think you have the right? Just because we’re neighbors, you think you can keep finding ways to take advantage of us? Every few days you’re over asking for this and that, and if we refuse, then Rong Daniang is considered stingy.
Today you even said your nephew’s birthday was coming up and you wanted to borrow our vegetables to show your care as an aunt, claiming that our vegetables would go uneaten anyway. You really have some nerve. From now on, our family does not welcome you.”