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Chapter 649: Chapter 654: Mouth sores_1
Hmph, she just knew that fake things don’t last!
Little Wang Clan’s face turned a shade of greenish white, she now hated it most when people referred to her as the Scholar’s older sister.
After Wang Xiaofeng became a Scholar, she even sold two acres of land to fund his studies, but he turned into a hopeless case just days after obtaining the title. All the silver she gave him had gone to waste!
That she hadn’t died of anger was already quite generous of her.
The woman continued to mock, "Back then you instigated the expulsion of the Fourth Boss’s family, and now how do you have the face to come here?"
"Ah, what a pity, you say. If you weren’t so cheap, wouldn’t your days be much more comfortable now?"
"But this is what they call the wheel of fortune turning. You’ve enjoyed your prosperity for too long, and now it’s time to pay it back."
Her thinking was simple, if she could drive Little Wang Clan away, she would have one less competitor.
After all, Little Wang Clan had some connection to the Tan Family, which definitely gave her an edge over the others.
"This is our family’s matter, what does it have to do with you? Mind your own business!"
Little Wang Clan rolled her eyes, wishing she could strangle the woman to death.
This year was her benming year, truly an ill-fated one!
As if losing money wasn’t enough, she even ran into a gossipy woman while looking for Qiao Duo.
There was quite a crowd gathered at the entrance of the Embroidery Room, all women hoping to find work there.
Seeing that there was a commotion here, they all came over to join in on the excitement.
It was freezing now, and few people were out and about; they were all just bored.
"How disgraceful for you to be working here, doesn’t it shame the Scholar? If my brother were a Scholar, he would certainly provide for me."
"People say ’a poor Scholar, a gold Advanced Scholar, silver Master,’ if he can’t even support himself after becoming a Scholar, what will he use to provide for you?"
"Ah? Isn’t our village’s Master Zhou a Scholar?
"That’s different, Master Zhou is learned. If it weren’t for the fact that he had to care for his young siblings, he could definitely become an Advanced Scholar."
"Master Zhou became a Teacher after he was named a Scholar; the Owner really values him. He didn’t go out to drink and gamble."
"I even heard that the Wang Family kid only became a Scholar because he had connections on high."
Little Wang Clan said angrily, "All you do is spout nonsense, aren’t you afraid of getting sores on your mouth?"
"Oh wow, how scary! The last time I visited my maternal home, I heard that your brother saved an official, who promised that your brother could at least become a Scholar, right? That’s what your mother said with her own mouth."
"If anyone’s going to get sores, it’ll be your mother!"
Inside, Little Wang Clan was roaring. How could her mother not keep her mouth shut?
She had been clearly instructed not to let it slip when she was told about it.
Yet her mother had let practically every village around know!
Just as Little Wang Clan was preparing to leave the scene in dismay, the door to the Embroidery Room opened.
"Look, the Fourth Boss’s wife is coming out!"
Everyone pushed Little Wang Clan to the back of their minds and quickly blocked Qiao Duo’er’s path.
Qiao Duo’er was generous with people, and the treatment at the Embroidery Room was surely not bad.
"Duo’er, is the Embroidery Room still hiring?"
Qiao Duo explained, "Fat Aunt is in charge of hiring people from our village, everyone can go to her to sign up."
"I have a feud with Fat Aunt, with her there I won’t be able to enter the Embroidery Room in this lifetime, but look at what I’ve embroidered. Although it’s not much, it still ranks well in the village!"
Qiao Duo glanced at it, impatience flashing across her eyes.
Did this woman think the whole world was made up of fools?
The handkerchief was clearly marked with the logo of the Ji Xiang Cloth Shop; this meant it was embroidered by an embroiderer from the Ji Xiang Cloth Shop!
However, Qiao Duo quickly realized what was wrong, and it was all due to illiteracy.
It seemed her insistence on Tan Zhenghong’s studying was an absolutely correct decision, as at least he wouldn’t make such a stupid mistake.
