Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 606 - 564: Returning 3 Mu of Land (2)

The reed field, although it stretches about a mile and is a few feet wide, is sparsely grown. Plus, it’s early spring, and new shoots haven’t grown much. Yang Runsen quickly cut most of it.

After finishing cutting the reed field, he pointed to the fields on both sides and said, "This was originally connected as one piece. It’s unclear when reeds grew here. Perhaps the Wei Family thought the other side of the reed wasn’t Mr. Pei’s field and neglected to manage it."

Li Yuwen glanced at the map and walked over to survey the field.

"Yuanxiu, come take a look. Is this field about two acres?" She nodded towards Mu Yuanxiu.

Mu Yuanxiu, having grown up in the village, was very skilled at measuring fields.

"Let me take a look." Mu Yuanxiu walked over and started measuring with his steps. After measuring, he said, "It’s definitely a bit more than two acres."

Yang Runsen smiled faintly, "That’s it then. This field must be the missing one that you forgot to account for before."

He cupped his hands towards everyone and left.

From afar, Pei Ji saw the situation over here and walked over.

"Young mistress, Yang Runsen has left. Did he figure it out?" Pei Ji asked Li Yuwen.

Li Yuwen pointed at the field in front of her, "He said this is our field, but it’s strange. It’s such a large piece of land. How could the Wei Family just forget about it?"

Li Yuzhu said, "It certainly is quite odd."

Pei Ji glanced at the field, blinking, "I remember Mr. Pei’s fields were all connected. How could one piece be separated? Moreover, hasn’t this field always belonged to the Yang Family?"

"But Yang Runsen said it’s my brother-in-law’s field, Ji Bo," Li Yuzhu said.

"What’s going on here?" Pei Ji didn’t understand.

Li Yuwen asked Mu Yuanxiu if he understood, but Mu Yuanxiu shook his head and said he didn’t get it either.

Everyone was left with questions in their minds as they returned to the Wei Family.

Li Yuwen shared the information she had gathered with Pei Shenyan.

Pei Shenyan was also surprised, "Yang Runsen spoke so straightforwardly?"

"When something unusual occurs, there’s always a reason. We simply asked him about it, and without hesitation, he pointed out the two acres, which is quite abnormal," Li Yuwen shook her head.

Mu Yuanxiu said, "No, that field is not just two acres, it’s nearly three acres."

Li Yuwen was even more surprised, "So, that field isn’t ours?"

"Did Yang Runsen give us another field? Why would he do that?" Pei Shenyan was even more perplexed.

Li Yuzhu thought for a moment, "I have an idea, let’s ask Wei San about it."

Li Yuwen agreed and said, "She’s always talking about Yang Runsen. Could it be that they all know about this field matter? We should ask her."

Everyone discussed and decided to ask Wei San.

By this time, it was already getting dark, approaching dinner time.

The Wei Family sent over dinner.

Bringing the dishes were Wei Dalang’s wife and Wei San.

Wei Dalang’s wife politely invited everyone to eat, while Wei San didn’t say a word.

The two placed the dishes, arranged the bowls and chopsticks, and then turned to leave.

Li Yuwen called out to Wei San at this moment, "Wei San, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

Wei San said to Wei Dalang’s wife, "Sister-in-law, you can go back."

Wei Dalang’s wife glanced at Li Yuwen and left first.

Li Yuwen nodded to Wei San, "Come with me."

She walked to a corner of the courtyard and looked back at Wei San.

Wei San looked at her blankly, "Mrs. Pei, is there something you want to ask?"

"Do you know this person, Yang Runsen?" Li Yuwen didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly.

Wei San’s face changed suddenly, she stammered, "Sen... he’s from the village, we’ve met."

Li Yuwen said, "I mean, are you familiar with him, do you have any dealings with him?"

Wei San’s face turned even grimmer, pale as ashes, "Mrs. Pei, why... why ask about this all of a sudden?"

"It’s not all of a sudden, it’s because of the field matter," Li Yuwen looked at Wei San, "My husband has rented fifty acres to your family for eleven years now, yet suddenly there are two acres missing, and your family has never been able to explain clearly."

"..."

"Today, your elder brother took us to the fields to inspect. He said if the field is missing, it must be the Yang Family next door who stole the land."

"..."

"In the afternoon, we went to the Yang Family. Yang Runsen, the eldest son, took us to the field and pointed out a piece of land, claiming it was land your family forgot to cultivate. Later, when we measured it, that piece of land was not just two mu; it was three mu."

"..."

"We only ask to retrieve the lost two mu of land, yet he pointed out a piece of three mu land to us. Wei San, do you know why he’s doing this?"

Wei San’s eyes darted around as she murmured to herself, "Why is he doing this?"

"Yes, why is he doing this?" Li Yuwen looked at her. "By the way, that piece of land is here."

Li Yuwen took out the copied map of the land contract from her sleeve and pointed out the piece of land given by Yang Runsen.

Wei San blinked, "It’s this piece of land..."

"You know this piece of land? Is it truly that your family forgot to cultivate it, or does it belong to the Yang Family?" Li Yuwen pressed her further.

Wei San bit her lip, "I... I don’t know."

Li Yuwen stuffed the map back into her sleeve, smirking as she said, "You don’t know? Your family has been cultivating my husband’s land for eleven years, and you claim you don’t know about this piece of land?"

Wei San anxiously twisted her sleeves, "Mrs. Pei, I spend most of my time at home and truly don’t know about the land affairs. However, I can inquire about it and get back to you later."

"Fine, I’m waiting for your news. Our two families have cooperated for many years, and it wouldn’t look good to strain the relationship, right?" Li Yuwen said, looking at her.

Wei San nodded and left.

Li Yuwen returned inside the house. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Pei Shenyan asked, "Yuwen, did you find out anything?"

"Her eyes were dodging, she must know something. But I don’t care what the intrigue in this is. I just want the two mu of land. The Yang Family, however, gave us three mu of land. Obviously, that’s not our land. If we take it and something happens in the future, won’t it be trouble on us?" Li Yuwen replied.

Pei Shenyan smiled slightly, "Yuwen, you are right. We shouldn’t take what’s not ours. This is land, not small items."

Praised by Pei Shenyan, Li Yuwen was very happy, a smile constantly on her face.

Li Yuzhu observed Li Yuwen and Pei Shenyan, noticing that the atmosphere between the two when speaking was much better than before. In the past, Li Yuwen used to be indifferent towards Pei Shenyan, what had happened to change her attitude towards him?

After dinner, Li Yuzhu checked Pei Shenyan’s foot injury again and then left the Wei Family with Mu Yuanxiu by mule cart.

By this time, it was completely dark. Mu Yuanxiu hung a Bright Tile lamp on the eaves of the cart to light the way.

On an early spring night, without cold winds, Li Yuzhu did not sit inside the cart but sat side by side with Mu Yuanxiu in the driver’s seat.

The two chatted intermittently about Pei Shenyan’s piece of land, discussing where the problem might be.

As their mule cart reached a large pond, they heard a commotion ahead, with someone loudly cursing, "If you want to die, go die! Shameful thing!"

In the quiet of night, without other noises, the sudden cursing was incredibly clear.

After the curses, there was the distinct sound of a splash.

Tension rose as a woman shouted, "San Ni? San Ni? Help! Save someone, someone’s fallen into the water!"

"Yuanxiu, someone jumped into the water. The woman’s voice, it sounds like Wei San’s mother’s voice. The ’San Ni’ she’s calling, could it be Wei San?" Li Yuzhu pointed ahead.

"Let’s check it out!" Mu Yuanxiu hastened the mule cart quickly forward.

They soon reached the woman.

In the light of the Bright Tile lamp, Li Yuzhu saw that the now jumping, agitated woman was indeed Wei San’s mother, while someone had already jumped into the pond to save the person.

The Wei Family woman was obviously terrified, sitting on the ground patting her thigh, both crying and cursing.

The noise from there was quite loud, alarming nearby villagers, and many ran over to see.

Some carried lanterns, some held torches, lighting the pond’s edge brightly.

"Isn’t this Aunt Wei? You’re calling San Ni, could it be San Ni who jumped into the water?" someone asked the Wei Family woman.

The Wei Family woman just cried, staring at the water without answering.

"It’s San Ni who jumped into the water. Oh dear, what happened? Why did she jump into the water?"

"Hey, it’s Runsen saving her!"

"Runsen has great swimming skills, saved San Ni again."

Yang Runsen had already pulled Wei San ashore.

Wei San sat on the ground, covering her face and crying.

Yang Runsen stood next to her, frowning at her.

The Wei Family woman suddenly stopped crying, got up from the ground, rushed to the pond’s edge, and pointed at Yang Runsen, cursing, "You jinx, plague! Stay away from my daughter! Whenever you’re near her, she’s unlucky! Get lost!"