Farm Tough Girl-Chapter 252 - 253 Noise_1

Chapter 252: Chapter 253: Noise_1

Chapter 252 -253: Noise_1

Qiao Dalang really couldn’t take it anymore, “Can you ever stop? We’ve been talking about this for days, what can we do now? The marriage is settled, can’t you just give it a rest?”

Mrs. Ji glared at him and cursed, “No! You little bastard, are you completely disregarding me now? You think you have the right after doing such a thing? Now that they’re blackmailing us, we still have to swallow our pride!”

Qiao Dalang said impatiently, “Didn’t you also want her as a daughter-in-law at first? Now that it’s happening, why aren’t you pleased?”

Mrs. Ji grabbed a shoe sole and flung it at Qiao Dalang, “Is this the same thing? You little bugger, I’ll beat you to death if I have to!”

Qiao Dalang immediately dodged, and Qiao Yuanshan, who had just walked in, was hit by the shoe sole and scolded, “What are you doing? Starting a war? It would look bad if others saw this.”

“Ha! It seems to me that all of you are quite pleased with this, as if it doesn’t matter to you if the Qiao family ends up with no descendants to carry on the lineage, am I right?”

“What nonsense about having no descendants? It’s not like Dalang can’t get married again in the future, and besides, marrying Xia Bing now has earned us a good reputation, hasn’t it? Everyone in the village is praising our family for being kind and loyal. With our family somewhat basking in the fourth brother’s light and calling ourselves a Farming Scholar Family, we must maintain a good reputation, right? Our family’s decline has been a source of contempt for many, but now that we’ve married Xia Bing, many in the village have changed their view of us, and our reputation has improved a lot.”

Qiao Dalang hid behind Qiao Yuanshan and said, “Exactly, mom, we have to look on the bright side. Since we had to marry Xia Bing now, if we want children later, we can just marry another, right? After all, Xia Bing is practically a gift to our family, we virtually didn’t give any betrothal gifts for her, we can’t refuse such a bargain!”

Mrs. Ji angrily said, “Where does our family have the money to get you another wife? You seem to think it’s so easy, almost as if you’re already thinking about taking a concubine.”

Qiao Dalang said nonchalantly, “In a while, uncle is going to participate in the triennial Autumn Examination, and if he becomes a Scholar and then a high official by some chance, our family will surely rise in status as a result, and taking a concubine definitely won’t be a problem!”

Upon hearing Qiao Dalang say this, Qiao Yuanshan was actually quite tempted. He had been fed up with the old tigress at home for a long time. If he could marry a younger wife, the rest of his life would be quite comfortable. However, he only dared think about it to himself and didn’t dare show any sign of it on his face, for if Mrs. Ji found out, she would surely make a scene.

Mrs. Ji snorted coldly before asking, “Have the wedding invitations been sent out?”

“They’ve all been sent, don’t worry, not one missing! During Dalang’s wedding, we might even collect a substantial amount of gift money,” Qiao Yuanshan was ecstatic, looking forward to this very thing.

Qiao Dalang said irritably, “This is my wedding, the collected money should naturally be mine to keep. What are you getting excited about?”

Mrs. Ji glared and said, “You heartless little bastard, I raised you, and now you’re squabbling with me over Silver Coin? We live together, so naturally, the money should be managed by us. Do you think you would manage it properly?!”

“How is it wasted if I keep it? When you have it, do you do anything useful with it? Don’t you also buy clothes and jewelry for yourself?!”

“Haven’t I bought things for you too? You heartless thing, you dare to argue with your mother, and I haven’t even settled the score with you over this matter with Xia Bing!”

Mrs. Ji was avaricious, and now with silver in front of her, nothing else mattered. Considering that marrying this daughter-in-law was inevitable, she at least wanted to make some profit from it!

Qiao Dalang found himself at a loss for words and could only leave the room in a huff, while Mrs. Ji didn’t seem to care; she was preoccupied with her own calculations, pondering how much money this marriage could bring in.

Since this was Xia Bing’s second marriage and she was essentially marrying down by joining the Qiao family, there were naturally no betrothal gifts involved. One could even say that it was like the Qiao family had got a wife on the cheap. Mrs. Ji snorted as she thought, “That little wench dares to blackmail me? Just wait until she’s married into our family; I’ll make sure she regrets it!”

As for this marriage, Muniang hadn’t planned to attend at all. If she were to be intimidated by Qiao Yuanshan’s words, it would truly mean she had lived her years in vain.

However, Mrs. Lin was somewhat worried, “Muniang, are you really not going? If they start spreading nasty rumors again, it’ll cause trouble. You’ve just managed to get out of the spotlight of gossip these past few days. It might be easier just to give them some hush money, make an appearance to keep the peace, and prevent them from gossiping again.”

Influenced by Muniang, Mrs. Lin had toughened up quite a bit. She originally didn’t care about the Qiao family’s threats to give money, but after seeing how viciously Muniang was slandered by the villagers recently, she genuinely felt that reputation was of utmost importance. She didn’t want her daughter to suffer the slightest injustice anymore, so she thought it might be better to keep the peace.

Muniang said, “Don’t keep giving them hope. If we indulge them this time by giving them hush money, they’ll truly believe our family is easily bullied. In the future, they will only escalate their demands. People like them, you give them an inch, and they take a mile. Why should we bother with them?”

“But your mother doesn’t want people to gossip about you; it’ll still hurt you on the inside.”

“What’s there for me to feel hurt about? Feeling hurt because of such people would be foolish!”

“I’d say, just endure it this time. It’s not easy for you to get off the hook, and if bad rumors start circulating again, it really won’t look good—”

Seeing Qinghe coming out, Muniang stood up, “There’s nothing bad about it if I don’t think it is. Mother, I have to go now. Qinghe is still waiting to take the meal to Chengzi and Wanwan.”

Mrs. Lin gave a light rebuke, “This child!”

Muniang went over to help Qinghe, taking the food container from Qingya’s hands, “Let’s go.”

Ever since the incident of Shitou intentionally bumping into Qinghe, Muniang didn’t feel assured about Qinghe going out alone, fearing she might be retaliated against by Mrs. Liang’s family. But since Qinghe couldn’t bear to leave the fields where Chengzi and Wanwan were working without meals, and taking servants out would attract too much attention, Muniang decided to accompany her herself.

Qinghe felt somewhat embarrassed, “It’s really my own affair, I feel bad troubling you every day.”

Muniang scolded fondly, “You still know it’s troublesome, huh? I already told you, you don’t have to go; I can deliver it. You’re pregnant and every time you move, I’m worried sick!”

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Qinghe cooed, “Dear Muniang, I’d suffocate staying at home all the time. Besides, delivering meals is my duty. Now that it’s ended up with you doing it, if I don’t go with you and someone sees, what would that look like?”

“Always overthinking,” Muniang chided.