The Lucky Farmgirl-Chapter 2104 - 2079: True Nature

Fights can easily get out of hand, especially when so many people are trying to break it up. Suddenly, someone slapped a lady who was trying to help, making the situation even more chaotic.

By the time Gong San and Yang Heshu arrived at the backyard, the number of fighting ladies had increased to six or seven, and the maids and old women could not hold them back.

Ms. Cui was standing beside Manbao, watching the scene with great interest. When she saw Yang Heshu coming in, her face immediately changed. Her entire demeanor shifted; she dropped Manbao, grabbed her handkerchief, and stepped forward three or four steps, directing the maids and old women with a worried look, "Don’t let Third Mrs.Gong get hurt, quickly protect Madam Chen, oh dear, quickly separate them..."

Yang Heshu frowned and turned to Wantian, instructing him, "Go to the front and call some more servants."

The servants in the front were not from the Yang Family; they were hired by the County Governmental Office and usually did rough work, like sweeping and kitchen chores. They were strong and hefty, so when they came, each grabbed a lady by the hand and dragged them outside, quickly separating everyone.

Ms. Cui let out a sigh of relief, couldn’t help but dab her tears with the handkerchief, tears truly falling one by one. She looked at Yang Heshu and Gong San with a face full of guilt and said, "Master, I have let down your trust. Third Master Gong, I am truly sorry for frightening Third Madam today."

She then immediately went to apologize to the ladies and madams present. It’s not just Third Master Gong; even the ladies present couldn’t blame her.

The situation happened too suddenly; if they wanted to fight, how could Ms. Cui stop them alone?

Ms. Cui thoughtfully arranged for the maids to escort the affected ladies to the backyard to freshen up. Those injured could apply some medicine, and those uninjured could have a good cry.

Because Yang Heshu had deployed servants to separate people from the front, many male guests, worried about an incident, came in to take a look.

They witnessed how the ladies were fighting with their own eyes but silently withdrew after the servants separated them to save the ladies’ reputations.

However, some ladies saw it and knew their disgraceful behavior had been witnessed, feeling ashamed and indignant.

Ms. Cui, without a change in expression, led everyone to the backyard to freshen up, stopping Manbao from examining their wounds. She smiled and said, "You are both a hero and an honored guest tonight, how could we tire you out? Anyway, there aren’t any serious injuries, I’ll just have someone find some balm for them."

Manbao dumbfoundedly nodded, and Gong San, already used to it, said a few words to his wife before hurriedly returning to the front banquet hall, fearing Madam Chen would come to hold him accountable.

Reaching the front, he contemplated for a moment and eventually brought a cup of wine to apologize to Lord Chen.

Lord Chen hadn’t gone to the backyard at that time; he only heard that a fight broke out. Seeing Gong San coming to apologize, he didn’t take it to heart, only thinking it was an accidental squabble among the household womenfolk. So, as soon as Gong San came, he jovially conversed with him like brothers.

If it were before, Lord Chen wouldn’t have thought much of Gong San. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Although the Gong Family had control over the Xiazhou garrison, and Xiazhou was indeed a strategic location, there was no war now. The Huihe had been integrated into Guannei Dao, and as long as the Huihe and Turks didn’t rebel, Xiazhou wouldn’t have wars for decades. The Gong Family was only a garrison.

They had so many sons who, upon reaching adulthood, joined the army, but there weren’t many good positions. By comparison, the Chen Family, taking the civil service path, had a much broader horizon than the Gong Family.

However, in this epidemic, Yang Heshu bore all the faults, and the Gong Family had at least half the credit. If transferred outside, they might really rise.

As a result, Lord Chen was much more courteous to Gong San.

Seeing Lord Chen accept his wine, Gong San cheerfully offered another cup, a slight smile curling his lips, thinking to himself that, indeed, his elder brother was right. If the Gong Family did nothing, they would just eternally guard Xiazhou.

But the lands and shops in Xiazhou and the business of crossing the borders were largely run by the Chen and Song Families, leaving the Gong Family, though crucial to its defense, rather poor.

Let alone money, they had no power, and their descendants saw their fate from birth. Their family wasn’t good at studying, and it would take at least thirty years to produce a scholar who could enter office.

In thirty years, they would all be dust.

Honestly, after comparing himself, Gong San didn’t feel his son and future grandsons would be scholarly types, so they might as well pursue the military path.

But for a military career to have prospects, they couldn’t remain in Xiazhou forever; they needed other pathways.

Seeing how Lord Chen was, it seemed their family had chosen the right path this time?

Indeed, as Lord Yang said, to gain great benefits, one must take great risks.

Ms. Cui went to soothe the ladies, while Yang Heshu went to apologize to the male guests. Manbao silently returned to her seat, picked up her chopsticks, and took a bite of the stewed lamb, which was meltingly tender.

Imperial Doctor Lu glanced at her and asked, "What happened at the back?"

Manbao shook her head and said, "Nothing, just a fight."

Imperial Doctor Lu and others: ... Even though there was a fight, nothing happened?

Indeed, the fight naturally wasn’t a problem; the issue was that nobody knew Ms. Cui was like this?

Yang Heshu was also surprised and somewhat shaken; he had a lot of faith in his wife’s abilities and didn’t think she couldn’t manage the situation, so it must be... because she wanted them to fight.

Therefore, after sending off the guests, Yang Heshu curiously went to see his wife.

Ms. Cui knew she couldn’t hide it from him, so she spoke before he asked, "None of them took me seriously. Tonight, I was the host, and the maids and women outside were arranged by me. But the Gong Family could bypass me and have the maids go to the front hall to fetch men, and the Chen Family was no different; after all, they sent that set of Little Clothes to the backyard."

She smiled slightly and said, "I thought, since they didn’t treat the County Governmental Office as an outsider, they might as well treat it as their own home, do as they please, and let off some steam."

She looked up at Yang Heshu and softly asked, "Husband, did I mess up your affairs?"

Yang Heshu thought for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "No, today’s events weren’t bad."

On the contrary, the Chen and Gong Families causing a scene actually benefited him somewhat.

Yang Heshu contemplated briefly, then smiled and said to her, "But I saw Manbao was quite scared; tomorrow, send someone to bring her some things. She’s still young and shouldn’t be frightened."

Ms. Cui chuckled, "I saw she was watching with great interest; she didn’t seem scared at all."

Manbao was truly frightened at first, but now she was vividly recounting the backyard brawl to Bai Shan and the others, exclaiming, "Scholarly Sister-in-law Yang is so different from what I used to know. I always thought she was gentle and weak, but after coming to Xiazhou, she has become as valiant as Scholarly Sister-in-law Tang."

Bai Shan laughed and said, "Scholarly Senior Brother Yang is quite popular, didn’t Scholarly Sister-in-law Tang once say that noble women in the capital almost fought to their death over him? Her standing out and marrying Scholarly Senior Brother Yang was partly because of her being a member of the Cui clan, but let’s not forget, her mother died early, and it’s her stepmother who’s in charge now."