Chapter 280: Rebirth in the Nineties: The Tyrant Flower, Chapter 281: So, Congratulations on Your Mom's Death?

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Actually, even Chai Mi herself hadn't expected today's business to be so good. The last market day could be considered a starting point, and setting up a stall in the industrial district today could be considered officially getting on track.

In her previous life, suffering from a life too bitter, plus various factors, Chai Mi's path in life was just working for others.

She had never thought of doing anything on her own.

Now trying for the first time, she earned quite a lot of money, which truly moved her heart.

After Chai Mi and Song Qiushui returned home, it was just past nine o'clock. The family vegetable garden had already been stripped bare by Chai Mi over these past two days.

After all, making so many dumplings, whether it was green onions or the family's small Chinese cabbage, simply wasn't enough.

Chai Mi's own family hadn't planted many vegetables; the only option was to go to nearby farmer households to buy some fresh green onions and other vegetables.

Chai Mi strolled around the village and happened to see that the green onions in the vegetable garden of Chai Youren, a clansman of Old Chai's family, were not bad, so she went in to discuss it with him.

Coincidentally, Chai Youren wasn't home; his wife Sun Baihe was at home.

By seniority, Chai Mi had to call her Second Aunt.

After all, Chai Youren was Lao Liutou's second son, and by relationship, they were considered very close relatives.

Chai Mi usually just called her Old Sun.

Sun Baihe was capable, spoke bluntly, and wasn't very upright in her dealings, not exactly a good sort, but she was still decent to Chai Mi.

After all, she could be considered half a niece.

"What are you buying? If you want to eat, just pull some yourself—why pay?" Sun Baihe complained that Chai Mi was being too distant: "We're all family; you eat a few green onions, should Second Aunt charge you? Is that reasonable?"

Chai Mi said with a smile: "I'm using them, not eating them myself. I'm using them to make dumplings..."

"Then you treat me to a meal of dumplings, and all the green onions at the door are yours. Pull as much as you want..."

Chai Mi laughed: "Second Aunt, don't brag; in a moment I'll pull them all clean, so don't cry then..."

"It's fine, anyway I don't like eating them. If they're all pulled, so be it. I'll help you pull them."

So the two ran to the small vegetable garden at the courtyard gate to pull green onions.

Chai Mi liked her green onions because they grew taller and were fresher.

People who often stay in the countryside know that once summer comes, the green onions planted in spring will have problems. Because the green onion leaves grow wildly, at a certain point they will get worms.

And there's no way to deal with it.

Spraying pesticide can't solve this problem either.

The green onion leaves will also become especially tough.

In later generations, this problem also exists.

But in later generations there are greenhouses, allowing planting at different times, which solved this problem. Sell them before the green onions get old.

But in this era, this problem is very serious.

Chai Mi liked Sun Baihe's few green onions because her family's green onions had no worms and the leaves were fresh.

The two talked while pulling green onions...

Coincidentally, someone walked over from the street...

"Chai Mi?" The person who came was somewhat surprised.

Chai Mi looked up... only to see a young woman, dressed extremely plainly, wearing a mourning cap.

Sun Shengyue.

That is, the eldest daughter of Chai Mi's Old Aunt Chai Chunfang, nineteen years old this year, one year older than Chai Mi.

Originally, Chai Mi's father Chai Youqing was the eldest in the family, but he married later than Chai Chunfang, so Chai Chunfang had children first.

Chai Mi thought for a moment, glanced, and felt somewhat baffled.

What was Sun Shengyue doing wearing a mourning cap? Sun Yuguang died...

"Uh... what are you doing? My dear cousin sister..."

She was indeed a cousin sister.

Although Chai Mi wasn't very close with this cousin sister.

Although essentially, Chai Mi and Sun Shengyue were relatives, and pure relatives, and classmates in elementary and middle school, they should have had a decent relationship.

But actually, the two were limited to...

Limited to knowing each other.

Their relationship couldn't be called harmonious at all.

Not far behind Sun Shengyue, a boy was following... not far, not near, who knew what he was up to.

Chai Mi glanced and later remembered that the boy seemed to be Sun Shengyue's boyfriend... a city person.

Cough cough...

He probably shouldn't count as a city person; that man seemed to be the match introduced to Sun Shengyue by Chai Mi's Old Aunt Chai Chunwei last year.

The problem was, they hadn't reached the stage of discussing marriage, so what was that guy doing in the village?

Hadn't they already met for a match?

Coming so impatiently?

The problem was Chai Chunfang hadn't been dead for long.

With Sun Shengyue currently dressed like this in a mourning cap, was she suitable for talking about love?

Wouldn't that be offensive to public morals?

Sun Shengyue glanced at Chai Mi, her gaze unfriendly: "I came to have my maternal grandfather pay money. Along the way, I'll have my three uncles go to my house these few days; my mother is about to be buried."

Chai Mi only then remembered.

Chai Chunfang had indeed been dead for a long time, and that matter had long passed.

It was nothing more than Chai Chunfang hanging herself to commit suicide, Sun Shengyue's whole family trying to blackmail money, then they fought, Sun Shengyue secretly hit Chai You De with a brick, Chai You De suffered various fractures, and finally neither side compensated the other, Chai You De subsequently blackmailed ten thousand yuan from the village...

After that Chai Mi came up with a bad idea, Sun Yuguang went to the newspaper office to make trouble, now Chai Zhongxiao's reputation was not only ruined, his family would also be left fatherless and motherless...

The Chai family was indeed now down and out. Down and out to the point of almost letting Chai Mi's "ruin" lead to family destruction and death.

Chai Zhongxiao was crippled, Chai You De had injuries on his body, Chai Chunfang was dead, Chai You Fu and his wife fought again, after that Chai You Fu was beaten again... Except for Chai Chunwei in the city who was temporarily fine, only Chai Mi's second aunt Chai Chunhua was fine because she didn't return home.

Others were basically all on the edge of being crippled or about to be crippled.

Chai Chunfang had been dead for nearly two months, still not buried...

Doesn't she stink?

In this hot weather...

A person dies, left for two months...

Thinking about it, it's truly suffering.

"That's definitely necessary to go." Chai Mi said.

Sun Baihe beside her also said she would go, after all they were all clan relatives.

At least a person died, needs to be buried, one must go take a look anyway.

"Chai Mi heard you've been doing business recently? Became a rich woman in the village? I came here all the way, heard people say you're capable." Sun Shengyue said in a strange tone: "You've been capable since childhood..."

So capable, why not go take the university entrance exam?

And damn it run to this big rural village at home, digging for food in the dirt?

It's really damn funny.

Sun Shengyue was hostile toward Chai Mi, after all Sun Shengyue felt her mother Chai Chunfang's death was inseparable from Chai Mi.

Chai Chunfang was essentially beaten by Chai Zhongxiao and Chai You De until she didn't want to live, then committed suicide... But, tracing cause and effect, it was still because Chai Chunfang went to Chai Mi's house twice, trying to stop a fight that led to it.

Sun Shengyue recognized this reasoning.

Although, from a legal perspective, Chai Mi was completely without fault.

And from a moral perspective, Chai Mi was even clearer.

But Sun Shengyue just thought so, what could others do?

People, can't they say the fault is their own?

They always feel the mistake is someone else's, only then can they live with a clear conscience.

This is human nature.

"Chai Mi, it's not Cousin Sister saying this about you, you're a young lady, you should just marry properly into a decent family. What's the point of doing business? No matter how much money you earn, in the end won't it still be taken to the other side's man, why suffer that tiredness? Better to just be honest, find a husband's family..."

Women, aren't they just supposed to marry, then support the husband and teach the children?

What's the use of working hard to earn money?

If a woman earns money, then why still need a husband, why still marry?

And, Sun Shengyue looked at Chai Mi pulling green onions, making her hands dirty, and said these few green onions, plus some white flour oil and meat, made into dumplings, earn a few broken coins?

And damn it go to very far places to sell.

Is it enough for gas money?

It seems outsiders are just boasting about Chai Mi.

Sun Shengyue thought Chai Mi was just bluffing.

These days, there are many selling vegetables at the market, many doing small business, but how many earn money?

Nothing more than turning money into small change, finally suffering tiredness for nothing. And, dealing with people is the most exhausting, all kinds of troublesome.

Where is there anything as worry-free as raising a few sheep, a few cows at home?

Chai Mi frowned tightly, feeling resentful inside. After all Chai Mi and Sun Shengyue originally didn't have a very harmonious relationship. Unexpectedly, this Sun Shengyue loved to chatter just like her dead old mother Chai Chunfang... truly like mother like daughter.

Besides, wasn't she Sun Shengyue coming to call a few uncles to attend her mother's funeral? Why drag in so much useless stuff.

However Chai Mi temporarily couldn't be bothered to deal with Sun Shengyue, just hummed and hawed in agreement.

Sun Shengyue continued to start chattering: "Chai Mi, my mother is gone. This matter also concerns you, no matter what, Cousin Sister I am magnanimous, didn't come to cause you trouble. But you must know, you owe our family, you owe me..."

Sun Shengyue still brought up this topic.

The few people of Old Chai's family all feared Chai Mi, but she Sun Shengyue didn't fear.

Both are girls of eighteen or nineteen, who fears whom?

Chai Mi was nothing more than being a little more delicate than Sun Shengyue, skin a little whiter, speaking voice a little nicer.

But, what use is that?

Sun Shengyue considered herself much fiercer than Chai Mi!

Sun Shengyue directly cracked open Chai You De's head with one brick... speaking of this glorious achievement, in all of Sanjiacun, no one has ever done such a thing.

Sun Shengyue: I damn well dare to crack open Chai You De's head, does Chai Mi dare? Chai Mi at most scared Chai You De into falling off the roof...

So, Sun Shengyue felt Chai Mi was nothing special, nothing at all... Chai family feared Chai Mi, that's because they hadn't seen her Sun Shengyue's mighty and overbearing and ruthless nature.

By the way...

Sun Shengyue also has a boyfriend, and he's a city person.

This point makes Sun Shengyue very proud.

Although Sun Shengyue doesn't have a mother anymore, she still has a boyfriend... Sun Shengyue this time came to call a few uncles, and when seeing Chai Zhongxiao brought her boyfriend, was to show off... she Sun Shengyue also has a man to protect her, if the Chai family still looks down on her Sun Shengyue, then she won't be polite.

Of course, Sun Shengyue's boyfriend Zhao Yingqiao doesn't know Sun Shengyue's little schemes...

Chai Mi gave Sun Shengyue a white-eye glance, she really didn't want to listen to Sun Shengyue chattering anymore: "Cousin Sister... cough cough... my Old Aunt is gone, going to the funeral, my father and I will definitely go. Scheduled for which day? When the day comes, I will definitely go. Rest assured, I as a niece will definitely let my Old Aunt's funeral be grand. I'm not buying an inverted donkey, right? At that time I'll bring a load of paper money for the inverted donkey, to send to my Old Aunt, so she won't lack money on the road..."

Chai Mi only talked business, not wanting to say anything else: "The rest of the matters, we'll talk about later. I'm still busy. If you have nothing to do, then go be busy with yours. You should be going to call my Second Uncle, right……"

Looking at the direction of the road, Sun Shengyue should be heading to Chai You Fu's house.

"You don't need to go. I'll tell my Second Uncle when I get back. Just tell me a definite day. After all, they're real sisters; for such a sad matter, everyone will go. Rest assured about this…… our Mother's Family people won't let my Old Aunt go simply. This mourning wailing job, although I haven't done it before, my voice is loud…… if it doesn't work, Second Aunt, you can also wail a few times for my Old Aunt then."

Sun Baihe immediately said upon hearing this: "Rest assured, I'll go too. That mourning wailing, I'm great at it. Last time my great-grandfather passed, I wailed from the foot all the way to the mountain peak, wailed a full eight li……"

Sun Shengyue's face color was somewhat awkward. She never in a million years expected that Chai Mi would actually not refuse, but instead say she wanted to go wail for Chai Chunfang……

This made Sun Shengyue very awkward.

She was fully thinking that if Chai Mi refused or said something else, she could take the chance to have a fight with Chai Mi. Let Chai Mi see her Sun Shengyue's mighty domineering aura……

However, Chai Mi simply didn't give her the chance.

This was just too dry.

Especially dry.

Once Chai Mi's words were spoken, Sun Shengyue didn't know what to say.

The awkward atmosphere lasted for a while, until her boyfriend came over to urge Sun Shengyue that she should go to Chai You Fu's house.

Chai Mi scratched her head, asked with a mouthful: "Cousin Sister, I don't have anything to give right now. How about I give you a few green onions to eat? These green onions are quite delicious, and can also be used……"

Chai Mi's face color was very calm, but her words were very cold: "These green onions, when the time comes, we can also use them for my Old Aunt's funeral procession. Just right, no need to buy…… anyway your family doesn't have a vegetable garden, just right to take a few, use in a few days."

Sun Shengyue's face color immediately didn't look good. Her face color was somewhat ferocious, wanting to flare up at Chai Mi, but was pulled back by her boyfriend.

Sun Baihe also spoke inappropriately: "Chai Mi is right. When the time comes to send the Five Grains Pair, they'll be useful."

During the funeral procession here, the Five Grains Pair will be used.

That is corn, sorghum, millet, mi zi, and rice.

Correspondingly, red beans, adzuki beans, cowpeas, mung beans, and black beans are used.

Also green onions stuck on a corn cake are used……

Used to hit dogs……

Of course, this is just a custom.

With Sun Baihe saying this, Sun Shengyue's face color only reluctantly got a bit better. After all, Sun Baihe is also surnamed Sun……

Although there's no real relation, she still counts as an elder. Sun Shengyue didn't dare act too recklessly.

"Then many thanks to Second Aunt. Still Second Aunt thinks…… thoroughly."

Sun Shengyue subsequently introduced her boyfriend with a somewhat strange look in her eyes: "Second Aunt, this is my boyfriend…… called Zhao Yingqiao, a city person. He treats me really well, knowing my mother's funeral procession is coming, he specially made time to come help……"

Chai Mi asked with a half-smile: "Come to help Cousin Sister with what? Could it be he came to celebrate Cousin Sister's mother passing away in her prime?"