Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 491: Tangled

“We won’t care! Who cares, who cares, who cares!” Madam Qiao was afraid that Lian Li wouldn’t refuse immediately and firmly told him, dissatisfied: “I have to say it, don’t stare at me! Don’t you know our family’s situation? We can’t take care of it, how could we have the spare money to support a married daughter?”

Looking at Third Aunt, she mocked: “I see that your face really is big enough! Always thinking of yourself and never for the sake of your maternal family, you—”

“Eldest Aunt, what do you know? I only need one word from you, care or not care.
As long as you make it clear! As for the rest, you should save it!” Lian Fang Zhou interrupted coldly, looking at Third Aunt’s pale face.

With Madam Qiao’s stinky mouth, sooner or later she would smash Third Aunt’s patience to pieces.
She was especially good at sprinkling salt in other people’s wounds!

“We won’t care about her!” Madam Qiao declared firmly, “Don’t argue, I have the final say in this!” She raised her chin with a rare stubbornness.

“Since this is the case, it’s better for Eldest Uncle to not have a relationship with Third Aunt in the future.” Lian Fang Zhou smiled at Lian Li.

Lian Li glanced at her and said nothing.

Lian Fang Zhou hadn’t expected him to be so vague! Urging him, she said: “Uncle, how can you be less decisive than Third Aunt? Is it difficult to speak clearly?”

Her uncle choked and his hand shook with anger.

“Fang Zhou!” Lian Hai cried sharply, unable to listen anymore.

She smiled at him and said: “Cousin, am I wrong again? Isn’t this obvious? Eldest Aunt as already made her feelings clear, why hasn’t Eldest Uncle said anything? I don’t care what his answer is but I don’t understand, why isn’t Eldest Uncle making his heart clear?”

Lian Li wasn’t sure why, but for some reason he felt extremely aggrieved! Unspeakably frustrated! But he couldn’t tell if the feeling was caused by Lian Fang Zhou or Madam Qiao.

“Why does it matter, why does it matter?” Lian Li muttered, gritting his teeth.

It wasn’t that he wouldn’t happily share his thoughts but he was not as stupid as his wife.
Lian Fang Zhou was too cunning, he couldn’t risk being fooled by her again!

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “Isn’t it simple? It’s just some money, rice, and grain sent over every month! Of course, you’ll need to set up a widow’s household for Third Aunt and build her a separate house.
Buy her furniture, utensils—”

Before Lian Fang Zhou could finish speaking, Madam Qiao, who felt every word like a knife cutting her flesh, exclaimed angrily: “Have you no shame? How much money would that cost, why should we pay it! Didn’t you go make a fortune?”

Lian Fang Zhou sighed and said: “Eldest Aunt is really confused! If you don’t want to care for Third Aunt, then it will fall to me but after that, it will be none of your business.
But how could I do this all alone, you have to be reasonable, right?”

“We won’t care for her! We won’t care! Madam Qiao shouted, angry and anxious.
She glared at Lian Li and said: “Don’t you dare accept this for us!”

Lian Li felt pained and frowned at Lian Fang Zhou: “There are other married daughters who return to their maternal families like her but they aren’t as troublesome as you say.”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “Since this is Eldest Uncle’s thoughts, then we should do it like this.
How about Third Aunt lives at your house for half a year and stays with us for the other half?”

Lian Fang Zhou and her siblings were of the younger generation but Lian Li and Madam Qiao was Third Aunt’s brother and sister-in-law.
Even the most critical person wouldn’t be able to fault Lian Fang Zhou’s words.

“No! No!” Madam Qiao shrieked again, glaring at first at Third Aunt with disgust and then at Lian Li: “I will never agree!”

Expecting her to see Third Aunt every single day for half a year? Letting her live in her house and eat at the same table with her family? Madam Qiao couldn’t stand it!

She’d go mad!

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said: “Uncle, are you a man after all? Will you care for her or not?”

Lian Li’s chest froze and his eyes went dizzy with anger and frustration.

Why was she so provoking! What the hell was wrong with her? Was this dead girl really the daughter of a respectable family? How could she be so rude?

It was so— out of order!

It was a pity that even this comment, he was too embarrassed to say out loud.
He knew that even if he said it, no one would agree and he would be ridiculed instead!

Lian Hai couldn’t listen anymore: one was his father and one was his mother.
In all honesty, he did not want a vulgar woman like Third Aunt to live at his house but because of his reputation, he couldn’t refuse her.

Thinking this, Lian Hai stood up and said indifferently: “You guys should discuss it slowly.
I will go back to the house and continue studying.”

As her son turned to leave, Madam Qiao seized the opportunity and immediately said to Lian Li: “You see! Even your son doesn’t want her to live here!” She glared at Lian Fang Zhou: “She’s a rich woman now and has plenty of money! We are just a small family, why are you robbing others.
This kind of thing, how can we let them do it?”

Lian Li hesitated.
His son’s attitude of avoidance showed that he truly did not agree…

Should he really disturb his own house for his sister?

Although Lian Li still believed that Lian Fang Zhou was up to some kind of trick and was worried about falling into a trap, his son has made his feelings clear.
It shouldn’t be… it shouldn’t be a big problem, right?

Lian Li thought for a moment and then sighed: “What your eldest aunt said is true, our family is poor and Third Aunt is used to living with you.
She wouldn’t be accustomed to living our poor, miserable lifestyle.
You take care of her! We will focus on your cousin in the future.”

Saying this, he subconsciously straightened and the sullenness in his chest was swept away.
This time, she couldn’t say he wasn’t a man, could she?

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “No matter then, you won’t need to worry about Third Aunt in the future.
It is good to focus on Cousin’s future! It’s not like we can interfere.
Eldest Uncle knows that I have always believed in having things written in black and white.
I’m worried that you may covet a few taels in the future and use your position as her brother to force Third Aunt to remarry.
Since you won’t care for her, you should not interfere in Third Aunt’s affairs in the future!”

“No way! We won’t sign any letters!” Lian Li exclaimed.
He still regretted the letter of separation he had signed with Lian Fang Zhou, otherwise how much benefits would he have now?

Every time he thought about it, his intestines turned green!

He was now very sensitive to the word ‘letter’.
Hearing Lian Fang Zhou’s words, he instinctively objected and became vigilant.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled.
“Isn’t Eldest Uncle’s reaction too much? Who knows what you might do in the future? If you dare to calculate your nieces and nephews, would you leave your widowed sister alone? It’s just to clarify who has responsibility, not to cut off the relationship, why are you so nervous?”

You are someone with a criminal record, who could trust you?