While this might be the truth, ChengXiao Xiao still felt unjust. The words came only from An Hung niang, but judging from the looks of theother da niang and aunties, they allhad the same idea!
It was after a long while before ChengXiao Xiao finally calmed down and said to them, âFellow da niang and aunties. Maybe we should be upfront about how thingswill be handled. As each family might have different thoughts, I will treateach case differently. Why donât we do this? Why donât you all go home and discusswith your family members how long will your kids be staying at the Chengâs.Once we have that settled, we will provide each of you different benefits!
âFor example, we can divide them intolong-term and short-term. Long-term and short-term naturally will not have thesame benefit, and they will learn different things at the Chengâs. I will bringthese items up in front of the patriarch in a couple of days so get it allcleared out. What do you think?â
âWellâŠ.â
The few village women exchanged their looks.They knew full well that what Cheng Xiao Xiao said was the truth. Except for AnHung niang, who straight up said,âWhy in the next couple of days? Why canât we get it all settled right now? Youwant me to feed her for two more days? Seriously!â
âAn daniang, if you donât like this arrangement, feel free to go talk to thepatriarch!â
After saying that, Cheng Xiao Xiaoignored her and went back into the field to pick her vegetables.
âYou!!â An Hung niang was so angry that her face was beet red and said to the onesnext to her, âShi di niang, look atthat attitude of hers! Thatâs no way to treat oneâs elders! This isoutrageous!â
âAlright, alright, An Hung niang, why donât you stop shouting forthe time being and follow Xiao Xiaoâs arrangement. Letâs go home first today!â\nâHrm! I should never have came. Now I ameven more pissed that I was before!â
The village women took their daughtersand left.
After dinner she brought this up to herparents briefly before entering into the dimension.
After entering the dimension, Cheng XiaoXiao did not resume the position and start cultivating right away. Since shewas already a martial apprentice, she could spare a few moments.
âYoung mistress, you are in a foul moodeh?â
Smiling, little Yuteng flew down fromthe crystal fruit tree and sat on her shoulder.
Cheng Xiao Xiao glanced at her quicklyand said, âYou saw everything that happened today! How can I be in a goodmood!â
âHehe, itâs your fault for being toonice. Someone like An Hung niang, youshould just kick her out straight away. Why did you bother to engage with her?â
âKick her out! She will shout till yourears fall off!â Cheng Xiao Xiao shook her head, âWhat we need to do now isfigure out what to do with these âdinersâ under the false pretense as âmaidsâ!â
âYoung mistress. Thatâs your business, Iam not sure what to do with them. If you ask me, itâs simple. Everybody willcome here everyday and help out with household chores and be fed till they turn14. Once they turn 14, they can go home if they so choose. We will take in theloyal ones who want to stay. And that will be that!â
âYeah, but then we will definitely bethe morons!â
âYeah, but so what? Itâs not like wecanât afford to feed them. Besides, it will give you a good opportunity to learnabout them. Itâs better than taking them all in at once then finding out thatonly a handful of them are reliable. Wouldnât that be worse?â
âOkay, I guess you made a good pointthere!â
âHehe, young mistress. You really shouldcultivate. It take you three months to go from the preparatory stage to becomea martial apprentice. Even though thatâs like a genius in the eyes of acommoner. But itâs laughable to just be a martial apprentice at your age!â\n___
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