Chapter 722: 493 Money Path Cannot Be Interrupted_2
“Yes, Sister-in-law Wu, your house has guests, let them come out and meet us, so we can see who this master is and how they are so impressive.”
Uncle Gou was also curious, not knowing who had arrived at Sister-in-law Wu’s house.
“No, I was just bluffing.” The soothsayer realized she had misspoken, and it was too late to take it back, “I dreamt it last night. In my dream someone told me that a big boss was coming today, and I must stop this boss because she has a dark aura. If the villagers get close to her, it will bring them bad luck. So, when she arrived today, in order to be responsible for the villagers, I naturally stopped her.”
“Sister-in-law Wu, one moment you talk of receiving high guidance, and the next it’s about a prophetic dream, what’s really going on? If you want money just say so, there’s no need for all this pretense. Look, no matter what you say today, she is my noble benefactor, and I believe in her.” Zhao Youqian was angered by Sister-in-law Wu’s words.
What a messy, unbelievable story, it just sounded too fake.
“Sister-in-law Wu, you can’t jeopardize our chance to make money just because you want to make some yourself. You know, your antics today could have delayed a big deal for our village. You usually play your tricks in the village because people are poor and seek comfort through you. Now, when someone is ready to lead us to wealth, you stand in the way; what are your intentions really?”
“Yes, if you intend to block our fellow villagers’ path to wealth, the villagers will not stand for it.”
“Of course, I won’t harm everyone.” The soothsayer said with a stern face, “I am doing it for everyone’s good. I’ve said what needed to be said, and also what shouldn’t have been said, as for how you all take it, that’s your business now, it has nothing to do with me.”
“So, you mean to say you have no basis for claiming I have filth on me, and someone paid you to say this. With this revelation, I understand the situation now. It’s probably someone who doesn’t want to see our village prosper, hence this tactic.” She had been kidnapped before, and the mastermind behind it had not been caught; now this was the tactic being used against her, and she could only scoff.
“Sister-in-law Wu, how much money did you take from them?” Uncle Gou was concerned about this.
“Right, how much did you take, blocking our villagers from prospering, does your conscience not hurt?”
“I know.” The soothsayer’s grandson came out holding a red cloth pouch, “Grandma told me yesterday that we could have meat now.”
Zhao Youqian took the money pouch from the child’s hand, all notes bearing the old man’s portrait, he counted them, a total of ten, each very new.
Seeing her money pouch, the soothsayer snatched it back, “What nonsense, this is my own money, I earned it fairly.”
She glanced at her grandson with a look of disappointment; she had hidden it well, how had he found it?
Seeing the soothsayer’s flustered behavior, everyone else understood everything.
“Sister-in-law Wu, I didn’t expect this from you.”
“For your own gain, you let everyone else miss out on the chance to earn money. Why are you so selfish?”
“She must have been trying to trick some money out of the big boss.” A forty-something-year-old woman sneered, “She’s only thinking about her own profit, not caring about us at all. She nearly cut off our village’s fortune.”
“What you’ve done is utterly immoral, so selfish.”
“Thinking she’s the most capable person in the world, wanting to earn everyone’s money, not considering whether she’s capable or not.”
Now that the villagers knew the soothsayer had received money, they didn’t believe a word she said.
“We almost missed out on a chance to become wealthy.”
“Despicable creature.” Someone who always had issues with the soothsayer even threw a few rotten eggs at her house.
Hearing the harsh words of the villagers and the rotten eggs thrown her way, her facial expression could not have looked grimmer.
“Everyone go back, those who’ve reported numbers, quickly go dig them up. Our big vehicle will arrive this afternoon, so hurry up. As always, those who believe, come along, those who don’t, come to me to note your grievances.” Zhao Youqian took out a notebook, pretending to take notes.
“Youqian, with what you just said, we believe her. If she reached out to help you, she definitely can’t be a bad person.”
“Right, I need to hurry to the field now.”
With the rumors of Xiaofeng having filth on her dispelled, one by one, the villagers, with their families and tools in tow, headed to the fields.