Chapter 226 What Exactly Happened?
Once Yao Chengxuan hung up the phone, many gossip-loving people gathered around, and someone asked, "Chengxuan, what in the world happened?"
Yao Chengxuan hadn’t expected that the father and son hadn’t told the truth at all; they had glossed over the main issue—their daughter harming someone out of jealousy—almost tricking him with their lies.
So he recounted what he had just learned to everyone and added, "This father and son might come back, and when they do, I’ll need everyone’s help to watch out for Pei Ling. I’m worried she’ll be taken advantage of."
Everyone nodded in agreement but since they had to work in the afternoon, they soon dispersed.
Yao Chengxuan went home to get organized and said to Wu Peiling, "Let’s wait a bit longer; Luo Qiao might have something to take care of in the city and come over later. If she hasn’t come by the time I finish work tonight, we’ll discuss what to do next. I’m off to work now."
Wu Peiling replied, "Alright, you go ahead; I won’t go anywhere this afternoon and will just wait for her at home."
Luo Qiao went back to her home in the city at noon, aired out the bedding in the yard, and taking advantage of the midday rest when everyone was napping, she moved a ginkgo tree out of her space and planted it in the yard.
She thought to herself that once the tree grew big, she’d have a carpenter make a rocking chair. It would be so pleasant to sit under the tree and read a book! While she was indulging in these future prospects, she was unaware that Zhang Dezheng and his son had been sent packing by Yao Chengxuan, utterly humiliated.
Currently, she was eating the leftover food from her space, planning to visit the Yao family in the afternoon. She intended to head south tomorrow; time was really tight.
She had already counted her money earlier; originally, she had over six hundred yuan, plus the two thousand one hundred yuan left after selling ginseng and buying the house, along with the money from the awards from the city, county, and commune, she now had about three thousand three hundred yuan in total.
Tonight, after selling this month’s fish, she’d have about three thousand five hundred yuan. It was a substantial sum in this era, but for Luo Qiao, it was far from enough.