Chapter 1043: Greed is not enough (4)
In the side hall of the front courtyard, Zhao Dafu was still interrogating the man whose mind wasn’t very clear, but the man knew nothing when questioned and would burst into tears like a child when pushed too far, clamoring and crying to go home, to find his mother.
Zhao Dafu was at a loss and worried his incompetence would displease the Family Head and get him removed from his position. That wouldn’t be the end of it, though; it would be a disaster if his whole family got sold into servitude. Thinking of this possibility, he felt an endless irritation towards the fool before him.
Next to him, Zhao Laoda was also concerned. Seeing his father had no solution, he couldn’t help but speak up about what he knew, "Father, a few days ago I heard that a woman from Chen Family Village brought her simpleton son to seek refuge with her family. It seems this idiot must be him."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Dafu glared at his eldest son, "Why didn’t you say so earlier? You’ve wasted your father’s efforts."
Zhao Laoda shrunk his neck and muttered hesitantly, "I just remembered it now as we were looking for fault, and besides, we couldn’t be sure it was him!"
Zhao Dafu glared again and scolded, "There’s only one Chen Family Village nearby, obviously, he’s from there. You’re almost of age to take a wife, and yet your head is still as thick as before."
Zhao Laoda became unhappy and muttered softly, "You’re older than your son, yet you didn’t know either, did you?"
Zhao Dafu smacked his son on the head but had no words to refute. He had been at this estate for many years, and from the eighty-year-old elders to the three-year-old children in Chen Family Village, there was no one he did not recognize. Recently he hadn’t had the chance to visit Chen Family Village, so he was unaware that these two people had arrived.