The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 975 - 220: Putting on an Act_2

Chapter 975: Chapter 220: Putting on an Act_2

Pei Qian left a parting shot, "Fang Liuming’s position was lost due to Fang Li’s stupidity."

Old Scholar Fang had always feared that Fang Li and Yang Yulan would cause trouble for Fang Liuming in Baoning County, but in the end, they had even managed to lose Fang Liuming’s black gauze cap. Old Scholar Fang picked up a stick, ready to beat him, "You beast! I’ll beat you to death, you scourge!"

"It’s not my fault at all! Dalang resigned by himself! He quit his job on his own, and that wretched bitch Pei Qian blames me, accuses me!? You all believe her, and not a single one of you believes me!" Fang Li hopped around to dodge the beating, still shouting.

Yang Yulan pretended to wipe away tears, feeling quite disdainful inside. Fang Liuming posed as incorruptibly upright, yet he and Pei Qian dressed and ate well, claiming they had not accepted any bribes. Fang Li and she didn’t have a single Silver Coin in hand. That little bitch Pei Qian was spiteful towards them, almost making them eat chaff. It’s just a matter of accepting some silver, and Fang Liuming ostentatiously resigned his post, shifting the blame onto them! There are officials who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at thirty thousand taels, let alone three thousand!

Old Scholar Fang couldn’t bear to scold her, but Grandma Fang and Lady Yu would not let her off the hook. If not for this wretch’s collusion with Fang Zhi, conspiring and scheming with Fang Li, they would not have managed to lose Dalang’s good position!

Grandma Fang rushed up to hit her, slapping her face, "You home-wrecking wench! I’ll beat you to death, you wretch!"

"Ahh...," Yang Yulan screamed as she grabbed Grandma Fang to stop her from hitting, dodging and pulling at the same time.

Lady Yu stepped in to pull Grandma Fang away. At her age, it wasn’t worth getting into a fight with a concubine, risking harm to herself. As long as she was alive and not divorced, she was the legitimate wife and had many rightful ways to deal with her!

Yang Yulan mistook Lady Yu’s intervention as another attack and reached out to scratch Lady Yu’s face.

Lady Yu cried out in pain.

"You wretch dare to hit your own lawful wife!?" Seeing Lady Yu get hit, Grandma Fang cursed through clenched teeth and pounced to join the fight.

"Fang Liuming himself resigned, it has nothing to do with me! You dare take your anger out on me, assault me because you think my family has no one to defend me!?" Yang Yulan would not back down. The two of them against her alone, and now that she had no hopes of conceiving, she was getting older. If they disfigured her or worse in the beating, that damned Fang Li would surely abandon her instantly.

Fang Li had also been losing interest in Yang Yulan for a while. However, since he had taken trouble to bring her into the household and she was devoted to him, he called out to stop the beating when he saw Grandma Fang and Lady Yu joining forces against her. While dodging Old Scholar Fang, he cursed Lady Yu, wanting to divorce her and kill her, and even moved to join the beating.

Fang Fu was also preparing for this year’s imperial examination. He planned to try one last time and was not at home.

Lady Ruan, seeing she couldn’t stop the fight, quickly had someone call Fang Liuming.

The servant ran over to inform them that a fight had broken out at home.

Anticipating that it was Old Scholar Fang disciplining Fang Li and Grandma Fang intending to beat Yang Yulan, Pei Qian sat up, but was pulled back down by Pei Qin, "Let those two wretches get beaten! What’s wrong with them getting a beating?"

"Big sister, there’s no need for you to go out. I’ll go back and take a look!" said Fang Liuming with a sigh as he stood up.

"I’ll go too," said Pei Wendong as he also got up to follow him.

Xiao Yong’s eyes shifted, "Sister Qin! I’ll go have a look too! You chat with sister Pei Qian first!"

The three of them rushed to the Fang family’s residence. Outsiders had already gathered, hoping to catch a glimpse of the commotion. As they saw them coming, they pointed and whispered.

They called for the door to be opened, and the three of them entered the yard.

Old Scholar Fang was aware of Xiao Yong’s status and, realizing what Fang Li had done, was even more infuriated. He struck Fang Li on the head with his stick, wishing he could kill him then and there.

However, this blow was a bit too harsh, Fang Li failed to dodge, and it landed solidly on his head, causing blood to flow like a fountain.

"Ah—Li Ge!" Yang Yulan let go of Grandma Fang and Lady Yu and rushed over with a shriek.

Fang Li touched the back of his head, and seeing the thick blood, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

Old Scholar Fang was also scared pale, thinking he had actually beaten his son to death.

"Quick, call the doctor!" Pei Wendong immediately ordered a servant behind him.

The servant ran out swiftly to fetch the doctor.

Xiao Yong quickly stepped forward and after checking, said, "He’s not dead! He can be treated."

A collective sigh of relief was heard as everyone hurriedly carried Fang Li back to his room.

After the doctor arrived, he managed to stop Fang Li’s bleeding, applied medicine, and after much bustle declared that as long as Fang Li woke up without becoming demented or idiotic, he’d be fine.

Lady Yu, however, wished he would wake up a fool, which would spare them further family disruptions!

After scolding Pei Qian who was truly hungry, she drank a bowl of meat soup and ate two steamed breads. "The soup is not bad, did the new maid you bought make this?"

Pei Qin, suffering from her injuries, was reluctant to eat much. It was Mo Heng who had brought a cook from Capital Jingcheng especially to prepare meals for Pei Qin. The cook could make dishes to suit both southern and northern tastes, and this soup was also prepared for Pei Qin. She did not want it, and it had been simmering for a while.

"We’ve hired a cook, not a new maid," Pei Qin said, puzzled. "Did you mistake Xie Yi for a maid?"

"If she’s not a maid, what is she?" Pei Qian looked up and asked.

"Wendong saved her..." Pei Qin began to explain briefly how Pei Wendong saved the siblings Xie Yi and Xie Ze.

Pei Qian’s brow furrowed before the explanation was even finished, "What a suspicious person, not staying with her maternal family but living in our house. I suspect she’s up to no good! Wendong even wants to marry her; has he lost his mind? When he passes his exams, he could marry a lady from an aristocratic family, a renowned maiden of noble birth. So why marry someone like her, with no parents, nothing to offer!? Now we have to support her and even her brother; if this goes on, won’t they be too bold!?"

She was someone who couldn’t bear to be at a disadvantage, even if she suffered a loss, she’d find a way to recover it. Grown from childhood habits of maliciously conjecturing others’ intentions, she could only ever assume the worst about Xie Yi and Xie Ze.

Pei Qin had no intention of supporting Xie Yi and Xie Ze indefinitely either. Given that her health hadn’t fully recovered, and she couldn’t leave home, she planned to settle some affairs and entrust some responsibilities to Xie Yi. Moreover, she was only fourteen; if they let her do nothing, they might spoil her abilities.

However, just hearing this made Pei Qian upset. She called out to Xue Dong, "Go summon that Xie Yi here! Tell her I want to see her!"

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