The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

Madam Zhou was hell-bent on adding a concubine to her family; how could she not respond in kind?

"Humph, if Brother An hadn’t become an official by now, she would have already given those two a beating. Why bother with such tactics? Such underhanded tricks are truly unsatisfying!"

However, upon thinking about it, she suddenly had another idea: if not bluntly, then subversively.

She then summoned Ming Liu, "If Ye Liu has some spare time, have him keep an eye on when Madam Zhou goes out! When she does, make sure to teach her a lesson, and then let her know that it was Cao Lingling who ordered it."

Upon hearing this, Ming Liu’s eyes shone brightly, "If Madam Zhou finds out that Cao Lingling had someone teach her a lesson, given her temper, Cao Lingling will likely have a miserable time."

"She would deserve it!" Yang Chuxia said, "Give Madam Zhou a good thrashing and let them fight it out like dogs. It will save us the trouble of them constantly trying to push concubines into our residence."

As she spoke, Yang Chuxia noticed that it was already high noon.

"Where are Lele and Yangyang?" she wondered, having not seen the two boys all morning.

"Mother..."

"Mother..."

No sooner had her words fallen than the two children entered hand in hand from outside.

"Have you had lunch?"

Both children nodded in unison.

"Then after mother has eaten, shall we go out this afternoon?" She had not yet had a chance to properly explore Mianyang County Town. Thankfully, it wasn’t raining today, so it was a good opportunity to go out and have a look.

"Yes, yes!" Yangyang was the happiest at the thought of going out.

Naturally, Lele was also very willing; such is the nature of children.

So after Yang Chuxia finished her meal, the mother and her two children got into the carriage and went out.

It had to be said that Mianyang indeed lacked funds; even the county town bore signs of poverty, seemingly even poorer than Quanya County.

"Mother, look at that!"

Following Lele’s line of sight, it was a beggar kowtowing for money, with a paper full of text laid out in front of him, undoubtedly describing some kind of hardship.

Perhaps it was because she had seen too many such scenes in her previous life, Yang Chuxia didn’t have a good impression of them, as most were faked back then.

Yet considering this was the ancient times and common folks were still generally honest, she had someone inquire further.

To her surprise, no sooner had the investigator spoken to the beggar than the man glanced in the direction of her carriage, quickly collected his paper, and scurried off.

Yang Chuxia was somewhat taken aback.

"What happened?"

"Your humble servant isn’t sure what happened. He claimed his parents were sick at home and that their land had been taken by the landlord. Without money for medicine or food, he came to the county town to beg. Just when I was about to ask more, he suddenly ran off."

The guard who went to inquire also found it strange; just now, it seemed like he had glanced at the lady’s carriage twice. Under normal circumstances, beggars who see a carriage should be inclined to make their stories more pitiable, trying to get more money.

Yang Chuxia assumed the beggar was just a swindler, just a minor incident, and didn’t take the matter to heart.

Afterward, they visited some other places with her two little buns and came across some street performers. The two youngsters were so captivated they couldn’t move on, so she had no choice but to stop and watch with them for a while.

It wasn’t until the evening that they hurried back toward the Ye Residence in the carriage, but for some reason, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off during the ride, as if a sense of impending danger was making her skin crawl. She couldn’t help but wonder if there was trouble brewing at Brother An’s.

However, by the time they reached the entrance of the residence, she finally understood where that unsettling feeling was coming from.