activa-t Chapter 389 He'd rather freeze or starve to death outside than come back.
Chapter 389 He'd rather freeze or starve to death outside than come back.
Lin Chang'er was taken aback. "What are you doing? Get to the point. You can't kneel!"
He gave Liu Zi a look, and Liu Zi quickly pulled him up, saying, "Alright, the sky hasn't fallen yet, why are you being such a coward!"
Cai Shitou lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
"Huh?" Lin Chang'er was confused. He said he wanted to talk to her about something, and this was all he wanted to say?
Looking at Liu Zi with confusion, Liu Zi shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
Lin Chang'er then said, "You have already paid the price for your mistake. Once you have paid off the debt on the IOU, this matter will be over."
"As for whether you can learn from this lesson..." That depends on your own fate.
Cai Shitou hummed in agreement, then looked at Lin Chang'er with a hint of embarrassment on his face. "I will definitely try my best to pay off the debt. I made a special trip back to ask Master Lin if you could return my mother and wife's dowry to me first, and I will write you a new IOU..."
He spoke softer and softer, probably realizing that his request was unreasonable.
Lin Chang'er simply smiled and said calmly, "If you are a smart person, you should be able to see that the reason I am willing to take this matter so seriously and then let it go so easily is largely because of your mother and wife."
"I saw in them the sacrifices women make for their families, for their sons, and for their husbands."
"As a woman myself, I didn't want to see them in a difficult position, which is why I handled it this way. Feelings are feelings, losses are losses, and compensation is compensation. I accepted the items in front of everyone, so there's no reason for me to return them to you privately."
Cai Shitou hung his head, clearly somewhat dejected, but in fact, he had prepared himself for rejection on his way back.
Seeing that he wasn't hopelessly stupid, Lin Chang'er kindly reminded him, "If you feel that you've let your mother and wife down, I have a suggestion for you."
"Why not start today, show them more care, work hard for this family, and remember what they have done for you today?"
"I'll buy them a new set of jewelry someday."
Although Cai Shitou was disappointed, he knew that what she said made sense. He nodded and tried to raise the corners of his mouth, "What the boss said is right. Those things are old too. After I pay back the money I owe the boss, I will earn money to buy them a set of gold ones."
Seeing his appearance, Lin Chang'er knew that he was probably alright.
He nodded and looked at Liu Zi, who was about to see the guest off.
Cai Shitou rubbed his hands together awkwardly and said, "Boss, I heard that you have a lot of workers here, and the jobs are stable..."
Lin Chang'er's eyes flickered. What was this?
She nodded. "I have a lot of work here, but not much of it is easy."
“I, I can do anything. I’m not afraid of hardship. I’m strong and I don’t slack off. I don’t eat much either. Do you see if there’s any work I can do? Can I pay off my debt with the work?” Cai Shitou looked at her, his eyes shining.
He owes Lin Dadong several taels of silver!
If I take odd jobs here and there, I don't know when I'll be able to pay it back.
It would be better to work for Lin Dadong's family to pay off their debts.
Lin Chang'er patted the raindrops and thought for a moment, "The other jobs are all scheduled in shifts. Right now, we only need people to do composting. It's four hours a day, the pay is 30 wen, and it includes three meals a day. Breakfast is porridge and steamed buns, lunch is at the small canteen as usual, and you can take a meal home for dinner. Do you want to do it?"
"Compost?" Cai Shitou asked.
"It's just carrying manure," Liu Zi said bluntly.
Cai Shitou was stunned, as if he couldn't believe it.
When Lin Chang'er saw his expression, her heart skipped a beat. Could this guy be all talk and no action?
"If you think this job is beneath you..."
"No, no, no..." Cai Shitou waved his hand. It's just composting; which farmer hasn't carried manure before? It's not shameful at all. He scratched his head, "I just feel that this job, this job is perfect for me. I don't have any other skills, this job is just right..." Who would have thought that carrying manure could earn 30 coins, plus food and drink...
Fearing that Lin Chang'er might change her mind, he said, "Boss Lin, it's settled then. What time should I come to work tomorrow?"
Lin Chang'er said, "Our small canteen serves lunch at 1:45 PM, and we start work 2:45 PM thereafter. We finish work at 1:45 PM, and have a break of about half an hour in between for lunch. We start work at 1:30 PM in the afternoon and finish at 1:45 PM. You can bring a food box, get your food and go home to eat, so you won't be late for getting home."
"Okay, okay!" Cai Shitou nodded hurriedly.
Lin Chang'er thought for a moment and then said, "If you have any honest and reliable brothers who are willing to do this, you can find one or two to go with you, so you'll have company on the way there and back."
Cai Shitou's eyes widened in surprise. "I understand, I understand. Thank you, Boss Lin! Thank you, Boss Lin!"
Lin Chang'er waved her hand, "I'm going out tomorrow. After you arrive, find Ah Da and ask him to make arrangements for you."
"Okay, okay!" Cai Shitou bowed to her sincerely before running out. As he left, he turned back and bowed again.
Lin Chang'er nodded slightly, and then he jogged away.
Liu Zi asked, puzzled, "Girl, why are you still working for him?"
Lin Chang'er nodded to Yu Dian'er, who had been quietly listening to the adults talk for so long, and said, "This person is impulsive, or to put it more nicely, you could say he's passionate. Our coastal defense team needs people like him."
"But he's not very bright, and his ability to make independent judgments is somewhat lacking. But at least he's not a bad person; he was hit by a child, but he didn't hit the child back, right?"
"He still knows to redeem his mother's and wife's dowry first, which shows that he still has room for improvement."
After a pause, he said, "We just wanted to teach him a lesson, not to drive him to his death. Otherwise, how are we any different from those corrupt officials?"
"Besides, since he's already spoken up, why not give him a chance?"
Liu Zi nodded. He didn't understand many profound principles, but whatever his girl thought was right, he believed it to be right.
After spending so much time with Lin Chang'er, Yudian'er was finally going to find her mother, so Lin Chang'er sent the little guy to Gu Ersao's place.
Just as the little guy was handed over to his mother, Cai Tu's family arrived.
Soon, the village heads from both sides, the old clan chief, several old men from Linshui Village, and Cai Tu's family sat down in the ancestral hall to talk.
She's just a moneybag; she doesn't even have the seniority to count. Besides, with an elder willing to step in, why would she want to cause trouble?
Given the current situation of the Guo family, it's unrealistic for her to ask for compensation for her sister-in-law, so she should take a break!
That night, Aunt Zhou came to find her.
"It's agreed that after Guo Zi's funeral, Guo Cai's wife will take Guo Dabao back to Caijia Village. The village's fields and houses have all been sold." As she said this, a look of relief was clearly on her face.
With the two troublemakers gone, Lin Chang'er naturally breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked, "What did Uncle say?"
Aunt Zhou pursed her lips. "Of course you disagree. You said that if Guo Caishi remarries in the future, Guo Dabao will have a way out. Do you know what Guo Dabao said?"
"How so?" Lin Chang'er asked curiously.
Aunt Zhou chuckled and said, "He told my husband not to pretend to be a good person now, but why didn't he help them when they were being bullied before?"
"They say there's not a single good person in our village. Even if someone freezes or starves to death outside, they'd never come back..."