Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 919: Chapter 920 Worse Than Her

”Road construction costs a fortune, and you want to do it yourself? The money we make ourselves probably wouldn’t even cover the cost of building a road,” Ge Dejun thought she was joking; it all seemed rather naive to him.

But Xu Linjiang didn’t think Chiang Xiao was joking. Before, they hadn’t even imagined they could make so much money. Not only was their life already much better, but they had also saved some money to contract the hillside.

They even had plans to build a house at the foot of the mountain when the time came, which would not only make it convenient to guard their chestnut forest, but also save them from having to rent a house. Moreover, having their own house would mean they could have a large courtyard to dry the chestnuts in.

If someone had told them before that they could live such a life, they too would have thought it was a joke.

So, it was still entirely possible to hope.

If the business got bigger and they found a market, then funding their own road was highly possible.

When they arrived at Siyang Village, Chiang Xiao noticed a change: Old Li’s grocery store that used to be there had closed down.

”Old Li got himself into some trouble,” Ge Dejun said to her, ”Then the people from your village didn’t want to shop at his store, now Aunt Juan has opened one, and it’s doing quite well.”

Ge Dejun had also gotten familiar with many of the villagers in Siyang Village, and some who were on good terms with him would give discounts or extra chestnuts when they bought from him in town.

Knowing he was Chiang Xiao’s great uncle, those from the village who had a good relationship with the Chiang Family would often stop to chat with him when they went to town.

Chiang Xiao curled her lips, feeling not a shred of sympathy for Old Li.

On her way to Secretary Yao’s house, she saw Aunt Juan’s grocery store.

Aunt Juan was incredibly surprised to see her back, running out of the shop and asking incessantly about her current life and also inquiring about Ge Liutao, ”Is your grandma looking a lot younger these days? I’m really envious of her; she seems so happy now.”

”Thanks, Aunt Juan. You look a lot younger than before too, must be because business is good, huh?”

”Oh, Chiang Xiao, you’re getting better at speaking! Do you want some candy? I’ll tell you, I just got in some candy that’s really delicious!” Aunt Juan said as she turned around, reached into the shop, and stuffed a handful of candies into Chiang Xiao’s hand. ”Try some, try them!”

Chiang Xiao couldn’t refuse, so she thanked her.

Aunt Juan then pulled her aside and whispered, ”Chiang Xiao, what do you think about this? You’ve all been gone for so long, but that pretty widow still takes every chance to bad-mouth you.”

Chiang Xiao, thinking of the beating she had given Liu Caiyun back in the day, a flicker of sharpness crossed her eyes, ”What did she say about me?”

”She called you a ’female demon’, said you were cruel and vicious even when you were young, and that your in-laws would surely despise you in the future! Has she lost her mind or what? You’ve got Captain Meng now; you’re not eyeing her son, so why does she keep nagging at you?”

Aunt Juan asked this surely because Liu Caiyun had not disclosed the real reason, and had also not spread the guesses she had made about Chiang Qingzhu back then.

In the end, Liu Caiyun was probably scared by the threat Chiang Xiao had made back then.

And as for how Liu Caiyun talked about her and how viciously she spread rumors, did she care? No.

After all, Tyrant Meng was even worse than her; would he be scared of her being bad?

A certain man who was currently leading soldiers in training felt an itch in his nose but couldn’t sneeze.

His health was excellent now.