Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 503: Yang Family’s Best

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

 

“Exactly!” Yang Huai Wan grumbled.
“Father, you are the head of the family.
You picked it clean just now, if you hadn’t nodded your head would old third still have been able to separate? You are the head of the family—”

“You! You two—” Old Man Yang was so angry, his lips trembled and he started cursing.

The shock and anger in his heart was beyond words.

All of this was his fault, was it? If it wasn’t for these four who were so angry and aggressive every step of the way, insisting that the family separated, would he have sent off his youngest son?

When it came time to separate, it was these four people who stared at him with wide eyes, as if they were afraid that he would give more money to the third branch.

Unable to resist, he was forced to divide up the family assets according to their requirements.
When his third daughter-in-law had tried to say a few words while crying, she had instantly been beaten down by her two sister-in-laws.
Shan’er had been very angry but didn’t say a word, only leaving with his wife.

But now it was all his fault! And only now did they remember that he was the head of the family!

Old Madam Yang suddenly broken in loudly: “Father is getting old, it’s inevitable that he would be confused.
As his children, you should be considerate of your father and not talk so much! Didn’t Father say that since he is old, he is confused? Don’t come here to tell us why we should bring back your third brother and third sister-in-law, just go! Besides, father is the elder, it’s not appropriate for him to invite back the younger generation.
If it got out, people would say that your third brother is not filial!”

Old Man Yang was dumbfounded, staring at his wife.
“What did you say? When did I say that?”

Old Madam Yang smiled and said: “Father is so confused, did you forget what you just said now? Didn’t you say ‘you can go on your own’?”

Old Man Yang choked, so angry that he couldn’t breathe!

Before he could open his mouth, Yang Huai Shu slapped his thigh with joy while Yang Huai Wan and their wives cried happily.
They chirped: “Yes, yes, yes! That is what Father meant! Let’s go, let’s go now! What Father said, Third Brother will not dare to refuse!”

They rushed out like a gust of wind.

Old Man Yang stared at their disappearing backs and coughed for a while before catching his breath.

He seemed to have aged several years all at once.
Trembling, he said to his wife: “You, you didn’t stop them? Do you not care?”

On the side, Old Madam Yang was calmly sewing with her head down.
Hearing him, she suddenly scolded to herself: “Nothing good, not a single good thing.”

Raising her head, she looked at her husband indifferently and said: “Old man, save your energy.
Do you think you can control them? They love to make trouble, so let them make trouble! You don’t have the ability, so why care about it? You only know how to get angry and being angry is useless.”

Why didn’t she stop them? There were no good options.
Her youngest son and daughter made a deal with outsiders, and this outsider was Lian Fang Zhou.
That girl coming to slap her family in the face, it was not a good thing!

Let the dogs bite dogs, she won’t bother with them!

Anyways, their food and drink was covered.
The third branch wouldn’t dare miss a bowl of rice for her.
As for everything else, she wouldn’t bother worrying.

And as for that third couple, what was wrong with giving them some trouble? Did they think they were untouchable now that they had flattered the Lian family?

Thinking about the Lian family and Lian Fang Zhou, Old Madam Yang became even more annoyed.

Lian Fang Zhou was definitely the shame of her life! How could a prospective daughter-in-law that had been discarded by her return to live a better life than her family?

Wasn’t this a slap in the face!

These days, she hardly ever left her house.
It wasn’t because she was too old to walk or was too lazy, it was because as soon as she went out, she would run into neighbors who only knew how to talk about Lian Fang Zhou!

They were always saying things like: “It’s a pity your family canceled the marriage, otherwise how prosperous you would be!” and “Hehe, sister-in-law, you’re so unlucky! Who would imagine that the Lian family would flourish all of a sudden!”

These words and so on made Old Madam Yang’s expression extremely ugly!

This time was even better, Lian Fang Zhou actually reached out towards her own family! How dare she become brothers and sisters with different surnames! Bah!

Not long after the older brothers happily left, the four of them came back dejected.

Old Madam Yang raised her eyes, glanced at them, and snorted coldly.
What a bunch of useless things!

“Father, Mother! How can you not care about this matter?” Yang Huai Shu shouted angrily, “Third Brother won’t even listen to Father, he is not filial!”

“Bastard! Just relying on a woman, what’s so good?”

“He’s really shameless! We kindly asked him to move back but he didn’t appreciate it! Hmph, so what about the separation? Are we not still his brothers and sister-in-law? They want to live a good life without us, there is now way!”

The two brothers and their wives were full of righteous indignation but Old Madam Yang only continued to do her sewing without looking at them.

Old Man Yang couldn’t be as calm as her.
Furious, his chest was gasping like a bellow! But even though his wife’s words were unpleasant, he understood her meaning to some extent.
Though he was very angry, he didn’t say a word.

“Mother!” Second Madam Yang smiled, taking away her mother-in-law’s sewing basket, “Third Brother listens to you the most, why don’t you go and say a few words? Just go talk to him!”

Old Madam Yang raised her head and sighed, but her eyes were sharp as she stared at her second daughter-in-law with a cold expression.

The smile on Second Madam Yang’s face froze.
The sharp, sword-like gaze made her feel terrified for no reason and she quickly pushed the sewing basket back into Old Madam Yang’s hands, not daring to say anything else.

Old Madam Yang scratched her scalp with the end of the needle and continued to work calmly.

The four younger generation quarreled among themselves for a while before finally stopping when their mouths were dry.

They looked at each other, the same resentment in their hearts as they silently complained about Old Man Yang and Old Madam Yang.
These two old people were too partial…

Lian Fang Zhou did not know about any of this.

With the support of the Yang patriarch and the clan elders, she was not worried about what the Yang family would do.

If they really tried to entangle them, Hua Xiao Hua and Yang Huai Shan could just settle in a different village.
Anyways, their property in the Yang family village was not much.

With this matter out of the way, Lian Fang Zhou, Lian Ze, and Ah Jian turned to the construction of the Lianji Cotton Factory, which was just about to start.
Lian Ze was responsible for the follow up on this matter.

The blueprints had long been finished and they were made with Lian Fang Zhou’s own design, which was created after consulting Fang Qing and Su Jing He on silk and satin workshops in Shuangliu county.

Lian Ze only needed to supervise the construction team and strictly follow the drawings.

If there was anything he didn’t understand, Steward Qin and Steward Su were both available at home and if he was too far, he could ask Fang Qing and the others for advice.