Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 242: Difficult decision

After everyone was gone, the furious Old Madam Yang complained bitterly about her in-laws and her daughter-in-law and only stopped after being scolded a few times by Old Man Yang.
Finally, she listened to her in-laws explain what had happened.

The old man of the Hua family sighed: “We have been paid with such a big wolf and the Lian family has given us a dozen silver taels for medical expenses.
Yang Huai Shan has also gained a good reputation! I don’t care about this matter.
What do my in-laws think..?”

Old Madam Yang was always striving to win and took everything personally.
Seeing that Old Man Hua only asked her husband’s opinion, not his daughter’s mother-in-law’s opinion, she immediately became unhappy in her heart and cursed with a solemn face: “Bah! How could it be so? What a cheap thing! My son saved this little bitch’s life and only got a dozen silver taels?”

Old Man Hua’s face had a complicated expression and he said coldly: “Last night, the wolves struck.
If it wasn’t for the Lian family, who know how long the beasts would have terrorized us! I can barely think about it now.
Twelve wolves! Just the howling makes people’s legs tremble.
Now the Lian family is the benefactor of the whole village.
You have heard what Zhang Li Zheng said just now.
What more do you want to say?”

The third son of the Hua family couldn’t help but also interrupt: “That’s right! The Lian family saved the entire village last night! Why shouldn’t brother-in-law help save their eldest sister today? Besides, if it wasn’t for Ah Jian arriving in time, I’m afraid brother-in-law would be dead! I don’t think our family has suffered!”

Before he finished speaking, his mother and sister, Hua Xiao Hua spit at him.

Old Madam Yang said angrily: “Why are you so naïve, cursing your brother-in-law!”

“I’m telling the  truth, can’t you think of this yourself?” The third son of the Hua family found this conversation boring and hummed: “Your Yang family is not from Dafang village, how can you speak here?” He angrily got up and walked away.

Old Man Hua hurriedly said something nice to his in-laws and laughed, sighing: “Although my son is not good at speaking, there is some truth in what he said! After all, son-in-law’s life was also saved by others.
Shouldn’t he give Zhang Li Zheng a positive face? You bring back this silver and the wolf carcass and that will be the end of the matter! What do you say?”

Old Madam Yang did not want to forgive and Old Madam Hua definitely did not want to drop the matter.

And also! Shouldn’t this wolf belong to the Hua family? Even if they didn’t keep all of it, surely at least half of it should be left with them, right? Divide the carcass equally?

As a result, Old Madam Hua’s face was suddenly very ugly and she angrily accused Yang Huai Shan, saying that if he had not been troublesome, he wouldn’t have ended up like this! This was entirely his own fault.
He tried to sacrifice his life in front of his wife to save his ex-fiancee! Does he even have his own wife in his heart? What do you think of the Hua family!

This was exactly what was in Hua Xiao Hua’s heart.
All her dissatisfaction after marriage, the lack of her husband’s heart, her difficult mother-in-law… she couldn’t help start to cry.

The faces of the Hua family became very unsightly, including Old Man Hua.

Where was Old Madam Yang willing to give in? Not to be outdone, she hurried to retort and blamed Hua Xiao Hua for her lack of ability to hold her husband’s heart.
She was her mother-in-law and very busy, she didn’t have time to teach her things she should have learned in her maternal family!

This could be regarded as stabbing the hornet’s nest! Old Madam Hua was so angry, her face was blue and white.
She shouted at Old Madam Yang and rushed to tear her mouth…

Eventually, the farce ended in a reconciliation between the two parties.

No one mentioned it again when looking for Lian Fang Zhou to settle the account.

As for the disposition of the wolf, the two eventually came to a decision.

Old Madam Yang was deeply regretful.
At the beginning, didn’t her in-law say that the entire wolf carcass would belong to their family? Now it was only half!

However, under the stern eye of her husband, he didn’t say anything.

Speaking of it, her own son’s behavior was tantamount to beating his wife’s family’s face and was indeed wrong.
She couldn’t be arrogant in front of the Hua family.

But even at home, things were not as she wished!

Yang Huai Shan’s injury could not be jostled so the two families discussed letting him rest at the Hua residence for a few days and going home when his wound healed.

Old Madam Yang was eager for her son to take care of the injury at the Hua family before returning.
As she left, she carefully instructed her daughter-in-law: “Daughter-in-law, take care of your husband! Remember to ask the doctor to change the dressing on time! This is an important matter, don’t be sloppy.
Do more! Make him delicious food and bring him whatever he asks for.
This is your husband, don’t be stingy.”

She also bitterly said to Hua Xiao Hua in private: “If the money is used up, go ask the cheap girl from the Lian family! Huai Shan suffered to save her, I don’t believe she would dare not give it!”

Hua Xiao Hua’s face turned pale and her chest felt stuffy with panic.
The words ‘Huai Shan suffered to save her’ were very annoying to hear.

Old Madam Yang saw the change on her face and that she wasn’t speaking, so she snorted and left.

After walking for a while, Old Madam Yang subconsciously glanced in the direction of Lian Fang Zhou’s house and muttered in a low voice: “I didn’t expect that that cheap girl would be so capable and have such a wealthy relative! Her family is pretty good and you didn’t have to deal with her parents…”

Old Man Yang frowned, looking at her and then looking away, deciding to pretend he didn’t know her.

When Lian Fang Zhou returned home, her mood was slightly better but she still felt a sense of inexplicability in her heart.
After all, Yang Huai Shan had stood between her and certain death! If Ah Jian had arrived a few second later, he would be dead…

This sacrifice, even Lian Fang Zhou could not easily let go of it.

Seeing her like this, Ah Jian felt a little uncomfortable.
He couldn’t help but raise his eyes and look at her several times.
Seeing her in a daze, he couldn’t help but whisper: “Yang Huai Shan’s wound is deep but fortunately there is little damage to the bone.
It’s also not likely to become infected in this type of weather.
Don’t worry, he will get better after resting.”

Lian Fang Zhou turned to him and nodded with a smile and said softly: “Ah Jian, the person I’m most grateful to is you! Fortunately… fortunately, you came today.
If you had arrived a little later, what would have happened to my life?!”

Ah Jian felt his heart loosen and nodded, his eyes brighter and his smile two points more relaxed.
He smiled and said: “Fang Zhou, it’s over now! He saved you, I saved him, we don’t owe him anything.
You don’t have to feel guilty! Who could guarantee that the wolves last night would not have hurt the Hua family if we hadn’t gotten rid of them? So, in general, their family owes us!”

Lian Fang Zhou let out a puff of laughter and her mood relaxed a lot.

She smiled at Ah Jian again: “It’s not convenient for me to go to the Hua residence anymore and its inconvenient for Ah Ze and the others to go.
I should focus on myself and just make more money!”

Ah Jian agreed.

Lian Fang Zhou rubbed her temples and couldn’t help but sighing: “It’s strange, there are no deep mountains near Dafang village, how could we attract wolves? If the wolves were so hungry, why wouldn’t they go for the pigs and cattle? The people in the village should have been fine, so why did they focus on the Wang family?”