Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 757 - 0710: Great Harvest (1)

In the past, although Young Master Yu Wen wasn’t an ideal match, at least he was normal.

But now, he’s practically a dying man. How could she marry into such a situation?

Second Madam Wei was furious.

The couple chased each other around the room, fighting.

The maids and old women outside heard the sounds of fighting in the room but didn’t dare step inside to look.

Li Yuwen watched their commotion with a cold expression, saying nothing.

Li Yuzhu walked over and separated the two, "Alright, will fighting solve the problem?"

Second Master Wei seized the opportunity to run away and stood behind Li Yuwen, "Yuwen, look at your second aunt, she’s truly unreasonable."

Li Yuwen glanced at him but said nothing.

Second Madam Wei became even angrier. That old man had actually hidden behind Li Yuwen? How was she supposed to beat him now?

She huffed and sat back down in her chair.

"Stop arguing, let’s talk about the real issue," Li Yuwen looked at the two of them, "It seems the Yu Wen Family intends to deceive us into marriage. However, with Second Uncle having lost the money, this marriage can’t be avoided."

"What should we do? She can’t marry, Seventh Lady can’t marry into the Yu Wen Family!" Second Madam Wei became anxious.

Second Master Wei walked up to Li Yuwen, smiling ingratiatingly, "Yuwen, do you have five thousand silver on hand? Could you lend it to us to help in this emergency? And perhaps ask Mr. Pei to help us call off the marriage?"

Li Yuwen sneered coldly, "Second Uncle, do you think I have five thousand silver on hand? My family is farming in the countryside. My elder brother might be weeding in the fields right now. If we had five thousand silver, why would my brother toil in the fields? Why would my father take on teaching students himself?"

Second Madam Wei came over, pushing Second Master Wei aside, also smiling ingratiatingly, "Yuwen, if you don’t have money on hand, does Mr. Pei?"

"He’s just an illegitimate son of the Pei Family. Right now, the Pei Family is dealing with a dispute over dividing the inheritance, and he has no share in it. Where would he get all this silver?" Li Yuwen waved a hand.

Li Yuzhu sat to the side, glanced at Li Yuwen, pressed her lips into a slight smile, and said nothing.

Second Master Wei and Second Madam Wei exchanged glances and then both turned to ask Li Yuzhu.

"She has even less than that, living in a wooden house. Asking her is useless." Li Yuwen shook her head.

"So... what do we do now?" Second Master Wei was so anxious he slapped his leg.

"I told you to stop gambling, to stop gambling! You’ve ruined the household!" Second Madam Wei reached out and pinched Second Master Wei again.

The couple started fighting again.

This time, neither Li Yuwen nor Li Yuzhu intervened.

Regardless of whether Second Master Wei went to gamble on his own or was coaxed into it, he went and gambled. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

There’s no sympathy for gamblers who get beaten.

The two tore at each other, their hair ending up in a mess.

It wasn’t until they were tired that they stopped.

Second Madam Wei twisted her body and sat down again in a chair. She glared at Second Master Wei, "I’m done with this. You go borrow from somewhere else. You lost all the silver; you find a way to fix it. Don’t come to me anymore."

Second Master Wei was on the verge of crying, "Where am I supposed to borrow from now? Oh, are you trying to force me to death?"

"I just sent someone to quietly follow Hu De’an," Li Yuwen suddenly said, "Since the Yu Wen Family intends to deceive in marriage, Hu De’an leading Second Uncle into gambling must also be a trap. I want to find out if it’s true. I’m gathering evidence."

Second Master Wei and Second Madam Wei both looked at Li Yuwen.

"It has to be a trap, definitely a trap. I am not a person who gambles, yet somehow, muddleheaded, I followed Hu De’an that day." Second Master Wei was nearly kneeling to Li Yuwen, "Yuwen, if you help Second Uncle this time, you can come to me for anything in the future."

Second Madam Wei rolled her eyes at Second Master Wei and turned her head away.

"By the way, where is Seventh Lady now? Has she been in contact with you?" Li Yuwen asked again.

Second Madam Wei sighed, "No, the child has always had a stubborn temper. She never tells us what she’s thinking. She just left a letter and disappeared. By the way, all the jewelry and silver in her room disappeared as well, and her closest maid is also missing. The two of them must have fled to another place; they weren’t found in the city."

Li Yuzhu had no impression of Miss Wei Qi.

Li Yuwen remembered her, though. She was a bold but quiet girl. "I hope Seventh Lady is safe."

Having discussed almost everything, Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen stood up to bid farewell. At this moment, a maid came to report that Pei Shenyan and Mu Yuanxiu had arrived.

Second Master Wei laughed, "Those two gentlemen are good, caring for their wives and rushing over to pick them up."

Li Yuwen pursed her lips with a smile, "It’s not as if I don’t know the way."

Second Master Wei personally escorted the sisters to the front courtyard.

He took the opportunity to ask Pei Shenyan for help and talked about Miss Wei Qi’s situation.

Pei Shenyan comforted him, saying he would do his best to help and wouldn’t let the Wei Family be troubled.

Second Madam Wei, who came along, loudly said, "If Yu Wen’s parents hadn’t gotten into trouble, how would we have been bullied?"

Li Yuwen turned her head, gazing at her with a ponderous expression.

"Where do you get all these words? If you have any thoughts, deal with them with Yu Wen’s parents in the future. Why speak of them in front of the children? How old were they at that time? What did they know?" Second Master Wei waved his hand at Second Madam Wei in annoyance, worried she might talk too much, and hurriedly sent Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen onto the carriage.

Pei Shenyan and Mu Yuanxiu, noticing the argument between Second Master Wei and his wife, didn’t linger either and left together in the carriage.

Back at the Wei Family, Second Madam Wei was still complaining, saying the Li Family had brought trouble upon the Wei Family, leading to a stern reprimand from Second Master Wei, who threatened to beat her if she continued.

Second Madam Wei, enraged, ran back to her courtyard, shutting her bedroom door to keep Second Master Wei out.

"Crazy woman!" grumbled Second Master Wei as he went to the study to sleep.

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On the carriage, Pei Shenyan looked at Li Yuwen disapprovingly and said, "You’re coming back so late, and you didn’t even send someone to inform us?"

"I got busy and forgot, wasn’t my third sister with me? We wouldn’t get lost." Li Yuwen replied with a cheerful smile.

"Did you come to the Wei Mansion because of Miss Wei Qi’s situation?" Mu Yuanxiu looked at Li Yuzhu.

"The matter regarding cousin Qi is not simple. My elder sister and I suspect it’s a conspiracy of the Yu Wen Family," Li Yuzhu said.

Mu Yuanxiu’s gaze turned slightly cold, "A conspiracy?"

"What’s going on?" Pei Shenyan’s demeanor also grew serious.

Li Yuzhu then shared what happened today when she encountered Eldest Young Madam Pei on the road with Pei Shenyan and Mu Yuanxiu.

"Young Master Yu Wen is gravely ill and barely hanging on, yet insists on marrying a second wife. My uncle received a bride price of five thousand, but was dragged into gambling on the same day and lost it all. What’s puzzling is that my uncle has never gambled before; this was his first time."

Pei Shenyan looked at everyone, "I’ll find a way to have someone investigate Young Master Yu Wen’s situation."

"No need to investigate, our sister-in-law wouldn’t dare lie to me. I believe what she said is true," Li Yuwen replied.

Li Yuzhu said, "Regardless of whether it’s true or false, the urgent priority is to prevent the Yu Wen Family from succeeding. The Wei Family should either return the bride price or give them five thousand taels of silver. Giving people is impossible, so let’s give the silver. The reason why my uncle lost the silver is difficult to ascertain at the moment. The day after tomorrow, the Yu Wen Family will go to the Wei Family to discuss marriage. Let’s help my uncle cover this amount for now."

"That’s quite generous," Li Yuwen glanced at Li Yuzhu.

"No matter what, our family really did bring trouble upon our uncle’s family," Li Yuzhu sighed.

Li Yuwen opened her mouth but said nothing.

"I’ll provide the silver," Mu Yuanxiu said, "I happen to have five thousand taels."

"Is five thousand all you have? Save it to build your house; we’re not short of silver. We’ll pay," Li Yuwen waved her hand generously, "You two paupers, if my uncle’s silver can’t be recovered, won’t you starve?"

Pei Shenyan smiled, "Yu Wen is right, Yuanxiu, we’ll pay the silver. I at least have the old lady to support us, but Yuanxiu, you don’t have anyone helping you."

The couple generously offered to pay the silver, so Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu didn’t argue further.

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In the evening of the next day, Da Chuan returned after staking out Hu De’an’s house.

Li Yuwen and Li Yuzhu immediately asked him about the findings.

Da Chuan chuckled, rubbing his hands with pride, "Big harvest!"

"Quickly tell us, don’t leave us hanging!" Li Yuwen urged him with a stern face.

Da Chuan said, "Young mistress, third miss, you wouldn’t believe it, but Hu De’an and the Yu Wen Family’s Second Steward are cousins."

Li Yuzhu narrowed her eyes, "You mean, these two together plotted against Uncle?"

Da Chuan nodded, "Exactly, now they’re both locked in Hu De’an’s house, drinking and discussing how to split those five thousand taels of silver. I tied them up together."

Li Yuwen sneered, "Just as I guessed, one deceived for silver, and the other pushed for marriage. They plotted together to ruin Wei Seventh Lady and bring down the Wei Family."