Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 608 - 566 The Truth of the Grudge Between the Two Families (2)
Mrs. Wei looked displeased and couldn’t speak.
Wei San picked up the brown sugar water that Li Yuzhu had placed on the table and drank it. She said to Li Yuzhu, "Li San Niang, thank you today. It’s getting late, you should go back."
Li Yuzhu looked at her, "I can’t always be by your side. You have to figure things out yourself."
Wei San looked at her feet and gently nodded.
Li Yuzhu squeezed her hand briefly and left with Mu Yuanxiu.
Wei San turned around and walked back into the room.
Mrs. Wei went to the door and scolded her, "How many times have I told you, don’t go looking for that Yang boy! Our family will never agree to you marrying into his family!"
After sending off Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu, Wei Dalang returned to Wei San’s room. Hearing his mother scold his sister, he chimed in, "There’s not a good person in that Yang family. He even cursed three of his fiancées to death. If you associate with him, you’ll be cursed to death too."
Wei San sat on the chair, head down, silent, ignoring her mother’s and brother’s scolding.
Mrs. Wei was so angry that she rushed forward and slapped her, "Are you trying to drive me to death?"
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Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu left Wei San’s room, came to the courtyard gate, and prepared to ride the mule cart away, when Li Yuwen arrived.
She glanced toward the Wei Family’s East Courtyard, pulled Li Yuzhu aside and whispered, "Has something happened with the Wei Family? It’s been noisy and quarrelsome."
Li Yuzhu said, "Wei San apparently went to meet Yang Runsen for some reason, was seen by her mother, and scolded. She got so angry she jumped into the pond. But Yang Runsen saved her. Yuanxiu and I happened to pass by and returned Wei San."
"Jumped into the pond?" Li Yuwen was surprised, "This Wei San, she has quite a fiery temper."
Li Yuzhu said, "When we left, Wei San’s mother and brother were still scolding her."
"No wonder the East Courtyard is always noisy." Li Yuwen shook her head, puzzled, "What could have happened to make Wei San so angry she wanted to end her life?"
Li Yuzhu looked toward the Wei Family’s East Courtyard and said, "I have a hunch the Wei Family and the Yang Family will have a major dispute about land."
Li Yuwen snorted, "I don’t care how they fight. I just want my fifty mu of land, not one mu less. And if they keep it up, I won’t rent their land anymore."
It was getting late, Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen chatted softly for a while, then she and Mu Yuanxiu left the Wei Family on the mule cart.
Pei Shenyan’s land hasn’t been thoroughly investigated, he and Li Yuwen still reside in the Wei Family’s West Courtyard.
Pei Shenyan’s foot injury isn’t completely healed either, Li Yuzhu will come to the Wei Family again tomorrow morning.
Therefore, Li Yuwen and Li Yuzhu didn’t chat much.
After seeing Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu off, Li Yuwen and the maid Cui Xi returned to the West Courtyard.
In the main room of the West Courtyard, Wei Dalang was there again, talking with Pei Shenyan.
Li Yuwen and Cui Xi went over and sat aside to listen.
Pei Shenyan glanced at her, then continued speaking with Wei Dalang.
"If Mr. Pei has decided, I’ll invite the village chief tomorrow morning. We must investigate this matter thoroughly." Wei Dalang said.
Pei Shenyan didn’t immediately reply and instead pondered.
"It’s about two mu of land, Mr. Pei. You’ve always been too generous and haven’t investigated, allowing the Yang Family to take advantage for so many years." Wei Dalang said indignantly.
"Tomorrow afternoon, we have other matters in the morning." Li Yuwen glanced at Pei Shenyan and said.
Pei Shenyan glanced back at her, then looked at Wei Dalang, "Invite the village chief here tomorrow afternoon, and also invite the Yang Family over."
Wei Dalang nodded, "Alright, I’ll definitely bring them over tomorrow."
Once Wei Dalang returned to the East Courtyard and his footsteps could no longer be heard, Li Yuwen told Pei Shenyan about Wei San jumping into the pond.
Pei Shenyan was also very surprised, "The girl has quite a fiery temperament."
"My husband sympathizes with her." Li Yuwen teased.
Cui Xi glanced at Li Yuwen and smiled, pursing her lips.
Pei Shenyan awkwardly coughed, "Yu Wen is teasing me again, I’m just stating a fact."
"Hmph." Li Yuwen turned her head away.
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That night, Wei San was scolded by her mother until midnight.
She thought of Yang Runsen, who saved her, and remembered Li Yuzhu’s words when she returned home, and only cried in her heart, no longer running out to jump into the pond.
Wei San’s mother, tired of scolding, went back.
Yang Runsen saving Wei San was discovered by Yang’s mother and resulted in another round of scolding.
However, Yang’s mother didn’t scold Yang Runsen but cursed Wei San as a vixen, accusing her of stealing her son’s soul and causing his previous fiancée to have died years ago without him seeking another match.
Yang Runsen was good-tempered, enduring his mother’s accusations of being bewitched without speaking a word.
He only rebutted a few times when Yang’s mother scolded Wei San.
Yang’s mother tired of scolding, also went back.
That night, Yang Runsen didn’t sleep well either, staying up until the latter half of the night before falling asleep.
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The next morning, Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu came to the Wei Family again.
They first went to the West Courtyard to visit Pei Shenyan.
Pei Shenyan’s injured foot wasn’t actually serious, but he was happy to walk with a crutch, and Li Yuwen was also happy to care for him like a seriously wounded patient.
The two complemented each other, enjoying it tirelessly.
It left Li Yuzhu feeling confused.
However, she didn’t expose them, thinking perhaps it was a couple’s pleasure?
While applying ointment to Pei Shenyan’s foot, Li Yuwen told Li Yuzhu about Wei Dalang visiting Pei Shenyan last night, "The Wei Family said they want to invite the village chief to settle the matter of the land."
Once the matter is clarified, it indeed must be explained to the village chief, because issues concerning the number of fields in the village need to be reported to him.
After checking Pei Shenyan’s injured foot, Li Yuzhu went to the East Courtyard to see Wei San.
Wei San was washing clothes in the backyard.
Presumably washing clothes for the whole family, an old bamboo basket was filled with a pile of colorful clothes, both men’s and women’s, including adult and children’s.
"So many clothes." Li Yuzhu squatted down beside her, "Did you sleep well last night? Still having insomnia?"
Wei San looked more worn-out than yesterday, it wasn’t clear if she caught a cold last night or had insomnia again.
"After taking your medicine, I slept really well." Wei San tried hard to show a smile. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
This girl was heavy-hearted and unwilling to share her inner thoughts. Besides, Wei San wasn’t familiar with her, so it was understandable not to say anything. Li Yuzhu didn’t ask further and returned to the West Courtyard.
According to the prior arrangement, the village chief would bring the Yang Family to the Wei Family in the afternoon to address the issue of Pei Shenyan’s field.
But before the time came, it was just mid-morning when the Yang Family arrived first.
Yang’s mother and Yang’s father, along with Yang Erlang, burst into the Wei Family.
The three of them held poles, brooms, and Yang’s mother had a stick. After kicking open the Wei Family’s main gate, they cursed as they rushed towards the main house of the Wei Family.
"Wei Family, come out!"
"Shameless family! Your daughter seduced my son and cheated our land. Bah! Today, let’s show the village who actually took over Mr. Pei’s land!"
"Come out, Wei Family?"
Wei Dalang and his parents rushed out.
The short-tempered Wei Erlang even grabbed a kitchen knife and ran from the backyard to the front yard.
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with anger.
Both parties shouted insults at each other, unwilling to back down.
The commotion was loud enough to alert Pei Shenyan and the others in the West Courtyard.
With a crutch, Pei Shenyan joined everyone to see what was happening.
"This isn’t good, they’re going to fight. Go get the village chief from their village." Pei Shenyan instructed Pei Ji, who had come along, "Ji Bo, go find their village chief."
Pei Ji ran along the courtyard wall, out of the house gate, and borrowed a mule cart to find someone.
In fact, when the three from the Yang Family charged towards the Wei Family with their weapons, it already attracted the attention of the villagers.
Someone had already sent word to the village chief.
Pei Ji barely made it halfway when he met up with the village chief, who had brought other villagers along.
The crowd accompanied the village chief into the Wei Family.
In the Wei Family courtyard, a fight had already broken out.
The Yang Family accused the Wei Family of encouraging Wei San to seduce Yang Runsen, causing the good-tempered Yang Runsen to give their three acres of land to the Wei Family.
The Wei Family claimed that the Yang Family had encroached on Pei Shenyan’s land, and fearing a lawsuit, proactively relinquished it, which had nothing to do with the Wei Family.
The Yang Family was not convinced, accusing the Wei Family of making false accusations, saying the Yang Family didn’t lack fields and wouldn’t have taken over Pei Shenyan’s two acres.
Yang Erlang accused the Wei Family of shouting thief while being the thief, claiming those two missing acres were not the Yang Family’s doing but indeed the Wei Family’s deception and hiding.
He said the jujube grove on the west side of the Wei Family had significantly widened, and more trees had been planted, surely occupying those two acres.
The Wei Family accused the Yang Family of making baseless accusations, stating that the jujube grove had been there for more than ten years and had not occupied any land.
In short, each family claimed to have a point, accusing each other of taking Pei Shenyan’s land.
Listening to their bickering, Pei Shenyan said to Li Yuwen, "Yu Wen, take out the map and have a look."
Li Yuwen was already searching for the map. She took it out from her sleeve and unfolded it for Pei Shenyan to see.
Pei Shenyan looked at the jujube grove near the field on the map, his eyes narrowed, "Indeed, this is a case of a thief crying ’stop thief’. The map shows only two rows of trees in the jujube grove, yet I remember seeing four rows when visiting a few days ago. There is a ditch on the other side of the jujube grove, so the additional part could only have been planted on the occupied field."
"Why would the Wei Family do such a thing?" Li Yuwen asked, puzzled.
Li Yuzhu understood what was happening, "The Wei Family wants to frame others."
Li Yuwen and Pei Shenyan looked at her in surprise.
