Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 483: Dealing with it

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

 

Putting away her discomfort, Second Madam Tian stared at Steward Qin and asked loudly: “Who are you? This is a matter of our household and its not your turn to mind it!”

Then she scolded Third Aunt: “Where did this man come from? This wild man is here to support you, you have no shame!”

Furious, Third Aunt rushed forward and ruthlessly slapped Second Madam across the face, scolding: “Shameless? You want shameless? Your throat is full of puss and your tongue is hanging out! What nonsense are you talking, you dead, diseased whore!”

“You dare hit me!” Second Madam Tian screamed, holding her face.

Madam Ruan and Madam Song were also furious.
After everything that had happened, they were no longer ordinary women who could only sit at home and manage the household.
As soon as Third Aunt stepped forward, the two exchanged glances and, before Second Madam Tian could fight back, they stepped forward to each grab one of her arms.

 

Seeing this, Third Aunt slapped Second Madam Tian again, this time so hard that the other woman’s eyes started to spin and her ears rang.
Dazed, she couldn’t barely move and was angry, she nearly vomited blood.

“What are you doing? How dare you bully people!” Tian Da Lang roared, wanting to use his position as the eldest son to scold Third Aunt, but how would they let him? Before he could step forward to help, Wang Da, Zhang Xiao Jun, and the others jumped to stop him.

Struggling furiously, Second Madam Tian howled and scolded and Third Aunt was not polite, slapping her for a third time.

“If you scold again, believe it or not, I will pull out your tongue!” Madam Ruan said with a cold look, after Second Madam Tian began to also scold her and Madam Song.

Madam Song sneered: “It would be letting you off lightly to break your mouth!”

Compared to Second Madam Tian, the two of them were from a higher background and had lived in the capital.
Their aura was naturally higher and though Second Madam Tian was angry, she was too intimidated to talk back.
Gritting her teeth, she glared at them but didn’t dare to yell.

More importantly, if she scolded again, Third Aunt would definitely slap her again.
Her face was already burning with pain.

Only then did Madam Ruan and Madam Song let go of her.

Madam Ruan relaxed and pointed at Steward Qin, saying to Second Madam Tian: “This is my husband, the steward of the Lian family.
You insulted him just now and were slapped, you were not wronged.”

Second Madam Tian jumped.
How could she have imagined that this was the case? Sitting on the ground, she snorted: “The Lian housekeeper? Bah! What poor family can afford a housekeeper? Who knows if you guys are colluding!”

Eldest Madam Tian was more sober that Second Madam Tian, who was still dazed after being slapped, said: “The housekeeper? So what! We are the in-laws of the Lian family and you are just a servant, how dare you be so arrogant!”

“Yes!” Second Madam Tian cried, straightening her waist to glare at Madam Ruan and Madam Song fiercely, “How dare you hit me!”

Lian Che said indifferently: “You wronged Third Aunt and ruined her reputation, splashing dirty water on her in front of us, in our own home.
Did we hit your wrongly?”

“Yes! You are the one who deserved to be beaten!” Third Aunt agreed, “What do you think you are doing? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will beat you!”

Eldest Madam Tian had not expected Lian Che to speak up and though she gave Third Aunt a stern look, she didn’t dare to scold them again.

 

The Tian family was outnumbered, there were more people on their side.
She knew that even if she was rude, it was useless, they couldn’t take any advantage.
This little girl and hairy child were not easy to deal with.

Cursing inwardly, Eldest Madam Tian glared at Third Aunt with a ‘wait and see’ expression and said confidently: “Lian Xiao Man is the daughter-in-law of our Tian family and Mother asked us to pick her up.
We can’t let her spend New Years outside with others.
If this spreads out, how will our Tian family be able to look people in the eyes? Third Aunt, let’s go! You have to come back with us.”

Anyone could hear the maliciousness in Eldest Madam Tian’s tone.
You didn’t need to think about it to know what kind of abuse Third Aunt would suffer if she really did go back with her.

Lian Fang Qing could hear it too.
Jumping up to hug Third Aunt tightly, she cried: “Third Aunt, don’t go!”

“Good, good.” Hugging Lian Fang Qing, Third Aunt’s heart was pounding nervously and her palms were cold.

She was afraid.

She had every reason to be afraid.
After all, she was still the daughter-in-law of the Tian family.
As a member of the family, now that her mother-in-law had spoken, it would be difficult for he to refuse.

Even if Lian Fang Zhou and the others wanted to keep her, what reason could they give?

Eldest Madam Tian and Second Madam Tian exchanged looks and both became arrogant.
They could see that the Lian family cared about Lian Xiao Man very much!

Humph, it was good that they cared!

“Ha, so you don’t want to go back yet! I think you’ve forgotten who you are.” Eldest Madam Tian smiled coldly.
“You forgot, but we didn’t! The Tian family can’t afford to lose face.” Her spirits rose with every word.

Second Madam Tian also helped: “Don’t worry, Third Sister-in-law, come back with us.
Even if you want to remarry, you are member of the Tian family!”

She swept Lian Che and Steward Qin with an arrogant, disgusting smile and said: “You won’t stop this, right?”

Steward Qin’s brow wrinkled.
Indeed, he was troubled.

As a servant, it was inconvenient for him to meddle in this kind of thing and unfortunately their words were reasonable.

If Miss was here, she would definitely have a solution! He couldn’t help but think of Lian Fang Zhou.

It didn’t make sense, that was what he thought.

He signed silently, it was likely not a coincidence that they were here when Lian Fang Zhou was gone!

However, he had no position to say anything more about this matter and it was impossible for them to listen to him based on the attitude of the Tian family.
The more he spoke, the worse it would be.

Steward Qin looked at Lian Che and motioned for him to speak.

Although Lian Che was young, he was a genuine Lian family member.
And looking at his words from before, it was not unlikely that he would have some surprises.

Lian Che thought for a moment and then said: “What you said is true and Third Aunt is from your Tian family.
However, now my older brother and sister are not at home and my fourth sister and I can’t control family affairs.
You go first and when my brother and sister come back, they will send Third Aunt over.”

Lian Che did not have any solutions but he, like Steward Qin, believed that Lian Fang Zhou would have some ideas.

All he could do is leave some room for Third Aunt and wait for his sister to come back.

As soon as Lian Che said this, Lian Fang Qing and Third Aunt couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief and Steward Qin gave Lian Che a look of admiration.

 

This third young master had been studying hard and he rarely saw him but today it was clear that he was very intelligent.
The Lian family would shine in the future and he would be bright.

But how could Eldest Madam Tian and Second Madam Tian agree to his proposal?

Especially Second Madam Tian, she had been slapped by Third Aunt three times and scratched more than a dozen times.
Her face was still in severe pain! If she didn’t get Third Aunt back today, where could she vent her anger?

TN: Third Aunt is probably only in her early 30s at this point, remarrying would be really good for her if she could find a good man.
Maybe Lian Fang Zhou can flex her muscles and find a nice widower looking for love?