Chapter 839 - 180
Fang Li asked him, "Do you have any money? Lend me some first."
Fang Zhi’s eyes darted quickly, "I do! I wouldn’t dare lend to others, but for Brother Fang, not just a few taels, I would even dare to find dozens of taels of silver for you!"
Fang Li didn’t believe he had dozens of taels of silver, "Just lend me two taels for now!"
Fang Zhi hurried back home, got him the two taels of silver, and a chicken leg, "Brother Fang! You look like you haven’t eaten, this chicken leg is still warm, have it to fill your stomach! I’ll accompany Brother Fang to get some food! You’ve got a head wound and lost blood, you need to eat something nutritious to recover!"
Fang Li looked at the steaming chicken leg and suddenly felt Fang Zhi wasn’t so bad after all. He pocketed the silver and sat down at the base of the hill to gnaw on the chicken leg.
Fang Zhi sighed, looking at the scratches on his face, "Brother Fang has raised a son who has become an officer and is now in Capital Jingcheng, yet he still can’t avoid being crossed by women! My wife thinks herself capable, never pays me any mind, and criticizes everything I do as not good enough. When she tries and fails, she blames me for being useless. The whole village says I’m living off a woman, yet as a man of ambition, I have no place to stretch my capabilities!"
Fang Li suddenly thought of himself. Before, the Pickled Bamboo Workshop was managed by Lady Yu and his mother, with Lady Yu hovering over every time they received an order. The Sweet Potato Flour Workshop, besides being headed by his father, was also under Lady Yu’s control. She was everywhere, always saying he was no good, bound to bankrupt the family. He gritted his teeth, veins throbbing with rage.
The two of them felt a bond of shared misfortune in their conversation, but deep down, Fang Li still looked down on Fang Zhi. What was he compared to himself? His son was an officer! Nevertheless, he complained about Fang Liuming being sent away, "...Dalang is now in a pit, and no one really has his best interests at heart, only I, his father, am worried, and no one trusts me!"