Chapter 558 - 339: Scaring Yang Cheng (Part 2)
In the past, I would only go back home two or three times a year, each time in a hurry, not knowing how hard life was for my sister-in-law and my nieces and nephews at home.
Now that I know, I can’t pretend not to know.
I have a wife and children too, and couldn’t stand my brother-in-law’s behavior. Even if I can’t do anything else, at least I can try to stop him from creating more trouble.
Moreover, it was me who actively sought Jiang Hu to come up with a solution. Speaking of which, I haven’t told my brother-in-law about this yet.
When I came yesterday, I planned to wait until we got to the place and then find an opportunity for my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to seek advice from Liu Bo.
Who knew Jiang Hu would separate my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and then my sister-in-law went to Liu Bo by herself.
Zhang Yuan guessed at the time that there must be another reason behind it, or perhaps Jiang Hu and the others knew everything from the start.
But that doesn’t matter; the only thing I have to do is to scare my brother-in-law, so they don’t bother Jiang’s family or Liu Bo.
Oh, and also the sister-in-law.
If Liu Bo had already instructed the sister-in-law ahead of time, then the two nephews are surely taken care of, so there’s no need to worry too much.
However, if the sister-in-law is taken back just like that, she won’t have good days ahead. It’s best to let them drop the idea and keep her at Jiang’s house to work; that would be the best outcome.
For this reason, Zhang Yuan exaggerated a bit, telling Yang Cheng about how the Jiang family has connections and that Liu Bo’s son is a big shot.
With this, the relatives from the wife’s side would hardly dare to cause trouble in Xiangmu Village.
These things, Yang Xiuyun’s mother probably couldn’t have thought of. What she was worried about, even making preparations in advance, was unexpectedly squashed by just a few words from her brother-in-law!
After a rest, it was time to work. Jiang Hu called two people over to set up a small kitchen in the front yard and a simple shed for shade and rain protection.
Yang Xiuyun’s mother was about to go back and wake up Da Ni when she saw her come out already.
Both the mother and daughter are experienced in raising pigs. The young one and the older sister were not much different, starting to work without anyone reminding them.
However, the second wife originally wanted to find two aunts to help with work, but now with Da Ni, there was no hurry.
In the afternoon, Xiaocao and her mother also came by specially to ask about the sister-in-law and niece.
It was mainly because, unfortunately, their sow was giving birth these two days, Xiaocao’s mother was busy, and they lived quite far away.
By the time she heard the news, the sister-in-law had already taken the two nephews to the city. They ate lunch and hurried over, leaving the eldest daughter to watch the piglets.
She also heard from others about the events of the morning, including the sister-in-law’s complaints against the brother.
Although she was the younger sister, she had been married to Zhang Yuan for more than ten years and rarely went back. She thought that her sister-in-law and nephews were being bullied at home, not knowing there was much more to it.
Just putting herself in that situation, if she encountered what her sister-in-law did?
She would have been furious, eager to beat her brother up, and thinking about how she used to always tell her sister-in-law that her brother was honest and upright, she wished she could turn back time!
So now, when looking for her sister-in-law, even if she saw her brother, she just pretended not to see him, turned her head with a snort, and went to find her sister-in-law.
At this time, Yang Xiuyun’s mother was cleaning the chicken coop, and upon seeing the sister-in-law coming, she quickly put down the broom.
"Little sister, what brings you here?"
Xiaocao’s mother immediately teared up: "I’m sorry, sister-in-law, I really didn’t know there was so much happening, and I always spoke well of my brother."
Yang Xiuyun’s mother shook her head: "It’s fine, it’s all in the past. Master Liu helped us with the solution, and now the children and I are doing well."
She also wanted to curse her husband a bit, but facing Yang Cheng’s biological sister, she reconsidered and refrained.
After all, with everything now, she was very satisfied.
Xiaocao called to her aunt and went to find Da Ni. Seeing this, Yang Xiuyun’s mother looked around again.
Seeing that the place was behind the pigsty, she pulled Xiaocao’s mother to a corner.
"Xiuyun," Yang Xiuyun, Xiaocao’s mother’s name.
"I never asked you for anything before, but today I have something very important to ask of you."
Yang Xiuyun had never seen her sister-in-law like this before, especially today, so she immediately understood it was very important and nodded vigorously.
"Sister-in-law, speak; we didn’t know before and couldn’t help much, but for the sake of your nephews, whatever it is today, I’ll help you."
Yang Xiuyun’s mother smiled with relief, thinking, no matter how her in-laws are, this sister-in-law is good. As long as she isn’t trying to ruin her in-laws, it should be okay.
Thinking about it, she carefully took out half a liang of broken silver from her bosom and stuffed it into Yang Xiuyun’s hand.
Yang Xiuyun was shocked and was about to return it when she heard her sister-in-law whispering in her ear, saying some things softly.
Yang Xiuyun was left dumbfounded for a long time, then looked at Yang Xiuyun’s mother in surprise: "Sister-in-law, will my parents really do that?"
Yang Xiuyun’s mother gave a bitter smile: "Now that Da Ni has been sold off and the money has been used to pay Stone Lei Zi’s tuition, there’s only this bit of broken silver left."
"If the family finds out about these things, not to mention the parents, your third sister-in-law will certainly instigate the elders. To be honest, years ago, while they didn’t like Da Ni, they wouldn’t mistreat her."
"But ever since the third sister-in-law came, she has been brainwashing the elders, and now they almost listen to her every word."
As a younger member of the family, she can’t openly criticize her in-laws, especially in front of their biological daughter.
Even knowing the parents are wrong, hearing them belittled wouldn’t be pleasing.
So Yang Xiuyun’s mother followed Master Liu’s advice, only mentioning the third sister-in-law, not anything else.
Sure enough, Yang Xiuyun’s somewhat unbelieving expression immediately turned serious.
