The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 892 - 196: So Indecent_3

Chapter 892: Chapter 196: So Indecent_3

"Mother! Your ear..." Fang Liuming held her hand. The family had kept it a secret and had not told him; if it weren’t for Qianqian, he wouldn’t even have known.

Seeing that he knew, Lady Yu’s eyes brimmed with tears, but she hurriedly smiled and said, "It’s fine! It’s fine! I can still hear!"

"I’ve taken leave and won’t be going back until after the New Year. After we get through these next few days, I’ll take you to see the doctor again!" Fang Liuming insisted.

Looking at her tall and steady son, Lady Yu’s heart warmed, "Okay!"

Her left ear had gone deaf from a blow by Fang Li, and seeing Fang Liuming return and immediately speak of it, Fang Li’s face turned sour. His parents were cold towards him, and even his father hadn’t asked after him. Fang Li felt even more that he had no status in this family.

Watching this, Fang Fu couldn’t help but laugh and urged everyone to eat, "You must be frozen after traveling such a long way. Let’s eat first! We can talk after we’ve eaten!"

Grandma Fang got busy dishing out rice and pouring soup, and they started eating.

The villagers came one after another to pay their respects, and it wasn’t until past noon that things finally quieted down.

Fang Liuming directly asked Old Scholar Fang, "What’s all this about the kimchi affair?"

Mentioning this, the smile on Old Scholar Fang’s face faded, and he looked annoyed.

Sensing that there was indeed an issue, Fang Liuming looked towards Fang Fu.

Fang Fu had also only learned about it upon return and with a sigh, he briefly explained, "Your auntie sold the kimchi to Boss Wu. He outbid Qianqian for her supply sources before finding out. Your auntie denied it and made a scene on the street, and Qinqin directly made the kimchi recipe public."

He didn’t give a detailed account.

Fang Li couldn’t believe it, "They were doing well selling kimchi, so how could they have sold the recipe?!"

Seeing his disbelief, Lady Yu simply ignored him.

Grandma Fang also mentioned it with anger, "Hui Niang went too far this time; she’ll have to sever ties with Qinqin and the others from now on!" It would have been okay without that scene, but she even went to make a scene.

Fang Liuming knew he wouldn’t find out the details at home but he wasn’t in a hurry. He knew he could find out by asking around. He had his servants deliver the local products he brought back to Taiping Town, and without delving into the matter further, he brought up the topic of Fang Fang’s son’s one-month celebration the next day.

Pei Qian received the goods and knew Fang Liuming had arrived home. Seeing that he had also sent a letter and knowing that the servant who delivered the goods was one of his trusted men, her eyes flickered, and she quickly wrote a note for him to take back.

The servant pocketed the note and took some pastries and game the kitchen had prepared at Pei Qin’s request. After making a round in the town and inquiring about the sale of the kimchi recipe, he returned to Fang Family Village with the goods. The pastries and game were given to Grandma Fang and Lady Yu, and the note was handed to Fang Liuming.

Upon reading it, Fang Liuming’s face suddenly turned ashen.

The note contained only one sentence: I am disfigured, and I want to break off the engagement!

It wasn’t until evening that he found a chance. Fang Liuming said he had some business, led his horse out, and left.

"Dalang, where are you going!?" As soon as Fang Li saw this, he was livid, and immediately followed him out.

Fang Liuming had told Old Scholar Fang, then cracked his whip and rode off, leaving a trail of dust.

"Going out to secretly meet with someone late at night, such impropriety, and shamelessness, how is she fit to be an officer’s wife?!" Fang Li said bitterly, grinding his teeth in frustration.

"You scoundrel! Will you keep babbling such nonsense?!" Old Scholar Fang yelled angrily.

"Am I babbling? All of you have been drugged by a love potion! No maternal guidance is truly no maternal guidance! Even if they have money and a bit of power now, they still lack upbringing! Pei Qin, dragging her feet about marriage, flirts with this one and that one! Pei Qian, that little wretch is even more..."

Fang Li hadn’t finished speaking when Old Scholar Fang approached and slapped him hard across the face, "Beast!"

Fang Li felt a numb pain on his cheek and glared resentfully, "Everyone says you shouldn’t marry a girl who’s lost her mother; yet you insisted on marrying her to Dalang to be the officer’s wife. Sooner or later, she’ll harm Dalang, harm the Fang family! None of you listen to me!"

"Fang Li! Hold your tongue! How dare you spout such nonsense!?" Grandma Fang scolded him angrily, pointing her finger at him.

Fang Fu hurried over to mediate, "Big brother! You’ve been out and about for so long, how can you be so unmeasured in your actions? Look how upset you’ve made mom and dad. Quickly apologize!"

Fang Li was seething with anger when he felt his arm being squeezed tightly. He turned his head and glared at Fang Fu, "Fang Fu, you too..."

"Big brother! You’re already a grandfather, soon to be a great grandfather, yet you’re still so impulsive!" Fang Fu looked at him with eyes that held a warning. He had been keeping his brother’s visits to the brothel a secret!

Fang Li saw the implication, "Fine! Fine! No one takes me seriously in this family anymore! I’m the one who’s invisible in this house! I’ll lay down the law here—if I live another day, that kind of person, Pei Qian, will never enter this door!" Having said that, he stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

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