Chapter 333: Chapter 320: Persuade People to be Good

Translator: 549690339

Hu Da was self-conscious about that, fearing that if it really ran out, he would come off as quite uncouth. So he could only try his hardest to snuff it back in.

A man completely covered in stubble, a muscular and broad figure, was now painstakingly working his cheek to try and get any snot back into his nose. It was quite a comical sight.

“I have some affairs to attend to, I must be leaving. You all…” Zhuang Qingning really couldn’t bear to watch anymore. She raised her foot, ready to leave, “please… make yourselves at home.”

“Yes, yes, yes…” Hu Da kept nodding, together with Hu Er and Hu San, they formed a line and respectfully saw Zhuang Qingning out of the alley.

“What our eldest brother said is really right, we were able to get our silver back.” Hu Er grinned, showing his teeth.

“Yeah, not only did we get it back, we even got a little extra. We can afford to have a good drink tonight.” Hu San’s eyes were filled with mirth, “How about we start drinking at noon?”

Once they had money in hand, it was a race to get it spent. Who knows where the silver might end up in the future.

As soon as Hu Er and Hu San started discussing the matter of drinking and eating, they became undeniably excited. They were discussing which shop to buy alcohol from at noon, whether to go to Ruyi Pavilion and order a few dishes to take back and enjoy.

However, when these two turned to look at Hu Da, they found his brows furrowed, looking rather distressed. They were taken aback.

“Eldest brother, what’s wrong? How come you’re not happy about getting the silver?” Hu Er asked.

“Indeed,” chimed in Hu San, “Not having silver is indeed unhappy. But now that we have silver, why is our eldest brother still unhappy? Wouldn’t the eldest brother normally rejoice and get some sauce-flavored meat to eat? What happened this time?”

“What happened, what happened. Are you two really so clueless?”

Hu Da, being nagged by the two, was growing impatient and started to scold them, “Did you not listen to what Manager Zhuang was saying earlier?”

“What did Manager Zhuang say earlier…” Hu Er scratched his head.

At first, when they met Zhuang Qingning, they were so scared of being hit on the head by the weighing pole that they could only protect their heads. And once they saw the silver, they were just happy to have gotten the silver and didn’t pay attention to anything else.

Hu San was no different; hearing Hu Er ask, he hesitated a moment before shaking his head.

“What can I say about you two, you really have no brains.” Hu Da rolled his eyes and said unhappily, “Earlier when manager Zhuang said to make yourselves at home, do you know what that means?”

“Isn’t it just to do as we please? I may not be a scholar but I understand this.” Hu Er puffed out his chest.

“That’s only half of it!”

Hu Da shouted, “But when people speak, they often imply more. So you can’t just look at the surface meaning, you need to think about what they really mean. This is how you can figure out a person’s intentions and do the right thing.”

“Earlier, when manager Zhuang said to make ourselves at home, at face value it means to do as we please. But if you think about it, doesn’t it really mean we should weigh our actions in the future, do less harm to others for someone else’s gain, the kind of thing that can’t be mentioned publicly otherwise we will be taken care of?”

“So, I am considering whether we should stop doing this in the future. Otherwise, I’m afraid we won’t see any more good days.”

The last word was dragged out by Hu Da, full of bitterness and helplessness, leaving Hu Er and Hu San feeling uncomfortable.

“That… isn’t it a bit too much? We didn’t get in the way of Manager Zhuang, can her arm really reach this far?” Hu San asked, doubtful.

“Little three, you’re not thinking this through. I think our eldest brother is absolutely correct. We really can’t do these things in the future. We need to carefully consider what we’re doing and do something legitimate.”

Hu Er continued, sighing, “After all, we’re all not young anymore, nobody is coming to marry us. Isn’t it because we’re infamous in our day-to-day lives? Why don’t we take this opportunity to clean our hands of this and do something decent from here on out? Then we can get married properly, right?”

You don’t really think our eldest brother is right, you’re just eager to get married yourself.

Hu San twisted his mouth, not really agreeing with Hu Er’s words.

But if you think about it carefully, if both his elder brothers walk on the right path and both can get married, leaving him alone, won’t he be very embarrassed?

So after giving it some thought, Hu San also nodded in agreement, “Eldest brother, second brother, you’re right.”

Seeing his two younger brothers agreeing with him, Hu Da couldn’t help but smile, “So, let’s make some plans about what to do.”

[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task of persuading others to be good. The host has received the beginner’s recipe for glass noodles*l, a random plant.]

Persuade others to be good?

When did she ever do something like that…

Zhuang Qingning stopped in her tracks, thinking back and forth for a long time. She really couldn’t figure out what she had done recently to persuade others to be good. In the end, she could only attribute it to the three brothers.

Could it be that the three of them decided to turn over a new leaf, change their past wrongs, and no longer engage in the trade of bullying others for money?

But even so, it seemed like she hadn’t actually persuaded anyone back there…

No matter, thinking too much would only waste brain cells. She stopped.

Persuading others to do good is better than forcing them to do evil. Besides, the rewards are also quite generous?

Zhuang Qingning looked at the recipe for the glass noodles, feeling quite satisfied.

She had originally been worried because she had been kidnapped by Jiang Yu and others and had spent a large amount of hardworking points in the emergency. She feared not having enough points to exchange for the recipes related to glass noodles and having to haggle and owe some hardworking points to a certain system. Unexpectedly, she got what she wanted just by strolling around today.

It’s really not bad.

[It is pretty good. The amount of hardworking points you owe the system also looks quite impressive.]

[The reward for this mission was specially applied for you by me, so as to help you expand your business more and accumulate hardworking points quickly to repay your debt…]

I knew it, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

As Zhuang Qingning saw the large, red number in the system, amounting to five digits, she couldn’t help but feel terrible.

She didn’t exchange much that day, just the antidote, a dagger, a whip with small saw teeth, caltrops, and ask a certain System to provide an online map. However, after all the hardworking points were spent, she ended up owing so much more.

Zhuang Qingning suspected at one point that the system was taking advantage of the crisis or committing fraud. This was in order to retaliate against her for asking for a discount on that night. However, the price was clearly marked, leaving her only to suspect, with no actual evidence..