Chapter 186 (1/2)

Chapter 186

Chapter 186 - Refusing to Give Up Her Malicious Intents

w.a.n.g Ergou didn’t believe her at all, “Pa.s.sing by? All of our village’s farmland are outside the village . What were you doing outside the village in the middle of the night? Moreover, pa.s.s by Brother Dahai’s watermelon fields?”

This w.a.n.g Ergou was quite good! During these past two days, he had experienced the benefit of selling watermelons . His net income for two days was a total of one hundred taels, which was something that he would have never expected in the past! Looking at his wife’s slightly protruding tummy, w.a.n.g Ergou’s eyes became gentle, and he was filled with the radiance of a loving father .

This was the money that he had earned through honest labor, and the family property that he had acc.u.mulated for his unborn son . In the future, his son wouldn’t be the same as he was as a child . In his youth, he was dressed in rags, didn’t have enough food to eat, and always thought about stealing something…

After doing a few more days of honest labor, he would be able to hire someone to build a five-room brick house and buy some more farmland . If his family couldn’t manage all the fields, he could rent them out to others! In this way, he could leave some family properties for his son . If his son was willing, he would also send his son to study at an academy so that he could take the government examinations . If his son was unwilling, then he could live off of collecting farmland rents . In the future, he, w.a.n.g Ergou, would no longer be a loafer that even the dogs and cats of the village despised . He could stick out his chest and be a dignified and upright man!!

In w.a.n.g Ergou’s opinion, the Yu Family’s watermelon fields were the key to building up his family’s fortunes . He must take good care of them . Hence, when he returned from selling watermelons and saw that Brother Hai still had to watch over the melons after working the whole day, he volunteered to take over the task of guarding the melon fields . Unexpectedly, as soon as it got dark, he had caught someone with malicious intents . Ha! Moreover, it was Brother Hai’s troublesome relative!

But w.a.n.g Ergou didn’t care whether they were relatives or not . He regarded the person stealing watermelons as someone who was blocking his road to earning money . Brother Hai only planted three mu of watermelons, so the number of watermelons would decrease as they got pluck one by one . If one got stolen, then that meant he would earn less money . How could he let that happen!!

Madam Li, who had been caught, cursed repeated within her heart . Had Yu Hai been the one guarding the melon fields, she could just apologize, and this matter wouldn’t be spread out . After all, in the simple Dongshan Village, the villagers would spurn and isolate sticky-fingered people . However, the person guarding the watermelons today just happened to be the ignorant w.a.n.g Ergou, who was a total blabbermouth . If he spread this out, would she still have face to stay in Dongshan Village?

“Brother Ergou, the watermelons belong to my second brother-in-law’s family . There’s nothing wrong with eating one of my younger brother-in-law’s watermelons, right?” Madam Li knew that she couldn’t argue with a fearless person like w.a.n.g Ergou, so she softened her tone .

w.a.n.g Ergou knitted his brows . It was common for the villagers to pick a handful of spring beans and take a few eggplants from their relatives’ fields . So her words seemed quite reasonable, but…

Yu Xiaocao let go of her G.o.dmother’s hand, walked two steps forward, and said with a faint smile on her face, “Eldest Aunt, if you want to eat a watermelon, you can just tell Brother Heizi to come tell us! Why do you have to come pluck it in the middle of the night without telling us? Fortunately, our family didn’t raise a dog to guard the watermelons . What should we do if it took you as a thief and bit you ah?! You see, Uncle Ergou isn’t a violent person . Had it been someone else, they would have beaten you up without giving you a chance to explain yourself . Wouldn’t you have to suffer then?”

Since the imposing General Fang had warned her with a grim face, Madam Li had become somewhat scared of Xiaocao . When facing Xiaocao’s gaze, which seemed to be able to see through everything, she couldn’t help s.h.i.+fting her eyes away . She stammered, “That… I…”

“Eldest Aunt, you have always had a lot of ideas, but other people aren’t stupid! In the future, it’s better to do less of these things—G.o.dmother, I have shown you something embarra.s.sing…” Yu Xiaocao had a short stature and a young face, but her words were forceful and carried a lot of weight . Thus, Madam Li was not only unable to defend herself, but she also didn’t dare to refute her .

Another reason why she was so obedient was that she had heard Xiaocao call the n.o.ble madam beside her ‘G.o.dmother’ . Didn’t that mean that she was Lord Fang’s wife? Commoners were most afraid of dealing with officials . Madam Li naturally acted much more honestly in front of Lady Fang . She didn’t dare to have those little ideas anymore .

Seeing that she was acknowledging her mistakes with a good att.i.tude, Yu Xiaocao decided to save some trouble and just sent Madam Li home .

Madam Li left the old residence dejectedly . She didn’t get anything from them but made a fool out of herself instead . She went home feeling extremely aggrieved . Seeing that the lights in the main room was still lit, she s.h.i.+fted her rat-like eyes and knocked on the door of the main room . At this time, Madam Zhang was worrying about matters related to her younger son! The in-laws whispered privately for a long time . When Madam Li left, the worried expression on Madam Zhang’s face had suddenly disappeared and she had a calculating look on her face…

The next day, Lady Fang woke up to the merry singing of birds . Outside the window, the breeze made a light rustling sound as if it was gently brus.h.i.+ng against leaves . A bird with bright feathers in front of window looked inside curiously as it chirped melodious tunes from time to time .

Linglong helped her madam put on her clothes and wash up . She looked at the beautiful bird outside the window and said with a smile, “I didn’t think that someone would install gla.s.s windows in this remote village . ”

Lady Fang took the handkerchief in her hands, wiped the water on her face, and said in a soft voice, “Patriarch Zhao was a general of the previous dynasty and he was born in a famous n.o.ble family . Although he has been a refugee for many years, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse . Thus, he still has some resources . If it weren’t for fear of attracting too much attention in this small village, he was certainly capable of building an exquisite rural estate in the mountains . Did you not notice? The furniture might look simple, but they are made of red mahogany and red sandalwood, which is worth a lot of money!”