Shrewd wife of Lin brothers

Lin Jing and Lin Chen did not like being morally kidnapped like this, the two of them exchanged a glance with one another before Lin Jing turned to look at the Farm keeper. He said to him, "You were given a roof over your head, along with three meals a day which consists of meat and vegetables. And there is no way anyone will give you a salary on top of all that.

If you were to step out of the farm you would see that no one would treat you as well as our family. Do you still think that we do not treat you with respect?"

Today the Lin brothers and the Qi siblings understood one thing.

Sometimes being too generous and kind was also wrong. If they continued to treat someone well, they would end up getting pampered and arrogant. They would start thinking that they deserve to be treated like this and forget the grace that they were shown to them.

They have treated the workers of this farm rather well, from providing polished rice to meat. They have given the workers everything and now these people thought that they could play them around by their noses just because they have been kind to them.

No sooner he finished speaking the Farm keeper immediately bowed his head and then said to him, "I understand, lord Jing. We know that raising so many workers is hard for you. And we are grateful for that but we did not ask for much. We only asked for food and clothing and shelter from wind and rain. These are the basic necessities. We didn't ask for anything else did we, Master Jing?"

Lin Jing was stunned and so was Lin Chen even Qi Shuyan frowned. The only person who looked amused was Su Wan who laughed lightly. Basic necessities?

Su Wan looked at the cotton jacket that was made from fine fabric on the body of the Farm keeper along with the well-made shoes on his feet and airy pants that were sold for more than three hundred copper coins in the town.

How difficult was it for the ordinary farmers to even earn three hundred copper coins? And even if they did earn such a sum they would keep that sum as their savings instead of using the sum on clothes.

They also wore straw sandals on their feet while the workers on this farm wore shoes made out of leather that made their feet not only warm in winter but also made sure that they wouldn't get injured.

Was leather shoes something that could be picked up from the shops just because they wanted to?

Not to mention when it was winter they wore mink jackets to keep their bodies warm.

No matter whether it was the adults or the children of these families, they were all hungry and skinny when they came here. Su Wan took pity on them and made a rule that a pig would be slaughtered every day for the workers to eat well and grow healthy.

Slaughtering a pig that could be sold for more than ten to twenty taels was not something everyone would be willing to do.

Haha. To think that they ate the salt grains of her family and were now stabbing her in the back.

However, Su Wan was not a good person. If she could sympathize with them, she could also throw them out of her heart.

Anyway, these people were just workers.

Lin Jing was also upset, even though he was a big-hearted person. It did not mean that he would let them bully them like this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the Farm keeper before saying, "The last say belongs to my wife, there is no point in saying so many things to me."

Just because he was the oldest of the Lin brothers and even looked terribly big and strong, everyone thought that Lin Jing was the head of the family but they were completely wrong. The one who was in charge of the family despite her small stature was still Su Wan!

"You are joking, you are the husband and the oldest son of the Lin family. How can it be? Your wife has to listen to whatever you say, Master Jing."

What the Farm keeper was saying was not wrong. Indeed a woman has to listen to her husband. But the Lin family was different, Su Wan was the head and heart of the Lin family.

What was more, Lin Jing was not capable of handling such people.

Su Wan was too lazy to care about the Farm keeper, it was normal for people to get greedy and want more. But the crux of the matter was that they did it by relying on themselves, Su Wan did not care if they wanted to head out and earn more. But it was different if they wanted to steal from her treasury and treat it as if it was what they deserved.

Not only was he stealing behind her back but he was also acting as if he deserved it.

The Farm keeper wanted to continue leeching on to the blood of her family but he needed to see if Su Wan agreed or not.

The reason Su Wan hired this man was because he was talented and experienced. He could work alongside Han Fu who wanted an assistant to take care of the crops along with the rest of the farmers.

However, since this Farm keeper's heart has gone corrupted then there was no point in letting him stay.

"Qi Shuyan, make sure that you find everyone who is related to him and fire them. They are not my ancestors, I do not need to respect them. They were hired for work but if they want to become my boss, throw them all out."

"Yes, sister-in-law," Qi Shuyan's face was rather heavy. He did not think that these people who looked so honest were hiding such thoughts. He looked at the Farm keeper and said, "It will be better for you to leave with your team for now, I will only send them away. In case there is someone else connected to you in some way, they will be fired as well. There is no need for us to tear faces right?"

However, the Farm keeper was now accustomed to living a comfortable life and eating meat and vegetables every day without doing much. How could he be willing to leave? He immediately tried to guilt trip Su Wan, "You are such a mean woman! How can you be the magistrate of this city? No how can you even be a good wife and mother? You don't even follow the three obediences and four virtues.

A woman is supposed to stay in her house, or else it will bring shame to one's family. It's not like you are not an embarrassment already given that you sleep with five men!"

He paused and then added, "And what does a woman like you know? This farm is flourishing because of us and our skills, if you throw us out then don't blame us when your farm turns into nothing but a plot of barren land."

The Farm keeper and the rest of the workers were indeed really grateful in the past but then they got accustomed to this treatment. They started to believe that they were treated this well because no one was as skilled as them and Su Wan wouldn't get another team of workers as them.

They relaxed and the ones who came to look for them every now and then were Shen Junxi and Lin Jing who were rather calm and knew how to talk.

They were also kind.

Su Wan was too busy with her county Magistrate's duties and did not have the time to worry about the farm. She did not pay attention to the farm and it was Han Fu who arranged for the tasks.

Thus even though the Farm keeper and the rest knew that Su Wan was the owner of this farm, they did not take her seriously. In the end, they held her in contempt for being a shared wife and a woman.

Lin Chen was furious. What kind of nonsense was this old man spouting? He raised his hand and picked the Farm keeper off the ground before snarling in his face, "What did you say? If my wife did not pity all of you, you would be starving in your house and die a sorry life, you dare to show contempt to her?"

"That's right," Lin Jing coldly stated from behind. "My wife was the one who chose you. How dare you bite the hands that fed you, and what did you say? It's your skills? The one who turned this land fertile was my wife, what does that have to do with you?"

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