The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 146 Sympathy?

She actually had more grim and realistic analyses that she hadn’t yet blurted out.

For instance, why had Wang Yongan managed to pressure the Li Family Patriarch, who originally intended to favor Li Dagui’s family, into personally declaring a severe punishment for them, causing the patriarch—who initially harbored thoughts of protecting the Li family—to swiftly expel Li Dagui’s family from the clan?

For example, Li Zhuye’s biological father and grandfather would probably never have imagined that the scheme to repay debts with the Li family’s land would succeed; the Li Family Patriarch must have had a share in it too. Not just the Li Family Patriarch, but other clan members would also pounce on the opportunity to take a bite out of Li Dagui’s family at this time.

If Li Zhuye’s grandfather truly had the heart, considering their relationship, to save Li Dagui’s family, he should have spent more time working on the Li Family Patriarch to negotiate a fair price to buy Li Dagui’s house and land. That would be far better than bearing grudges against the Wang family members here.

But looking at the two young girls, scared out of their wits, alas, let them be!

Li Zhuye could no longer care about her little sister Jinhua; she ran towards her own home, entered the yard, slammed the door shut, and even bolted it, then finally relaxed and sat down on the ground, sobbing woefully.

Poor Jinhua, with legs turned to jelly, had to put on a brave face, "Old... Old Granny... I was wrong! I won’t sympathize with them anymore! I’d rather die than sympathize! They are the bad people who are ruining our family. We should hate them, Old... Old Granny... can we go home now—"

Wang Yongzhu’s face remained impassive, but inside, she was quite satisfied.

Hmph, young girls are just too easily deceived by appearances. A few cries and they soften their hearts? Forgive them? If wrongdoing could be so easily forgiven, who is responsible for the sufferings of the victims?

Especially Li Zhuye’s grandfather and father; they were also meant to hear this. With such things happening, yet still harboring resentment towards the Wang family? Why don’t they consider that their own family is the victim, the ones who truly deserve sympathy!

Now, the Li family is only being driven to bankruptcy and forced away from their homeland. They are fortunate that they didn’t demand Li Jinlong’s life. Do they really expect to settle everything with just some silver?

As for the maid Jinhua, she’s still deeply influenced by Lady Jiang. She seems stubborn enough on regular days, but she turns soft-hearted at critical moments. No wonder her family branch is so oppressed.

Girls really should have stronger characters and harder hearts; otherwise, they are doomed to be bullied in the future.

Today’s event should, at the very least, prevent Jinhua from acting against her family’s interests for the next few years due to unfounded sympathy or soft-heartedness.

Thus, she magnanimously waved her hand, "You go home first and tell your grandma that everything has been settled and that she can rest assured. I will be back soon."

Jinhua, feeling like she had received a great pardon, nodded and ran off without looking back.

Wang Yongzhu snorted with derision. Little maid, still too faint-hearted, are you?

She completely forgot the terrifying impact of the kick she delivered yesterday.

Following behind Jinhua at a leisurely pace, Wang Yongzhu’s mind was still busy.

Seeing the deeds in her father’s hands earlier, as well as Wang Daxiu’s tearful plea, the Li family’s house and land were beyond saving. It was likely that both the Li Family Patriarch and the Wang Family Patriarch were involved, and it was unclear how much they had gained from the situation.

But that didn’t matter. What was important was what her own family could gain from it.

Moreover, what exactly did Fourth Brother want to discuss with her? Giving her such suggestive looks in front of everyone, could it be that it concerned her as well?

Just as she was intending to head home, she remembered that her father and the Clan Leader had gone towards Li Family Patriarch’s house. She turned accordingly and headed in that direction.

After a few steps, she saw Song Chongjin coming from the opposite direction, and the two met face to face.

Everyone was taken aback.

Wang Yongzhu was first surprised to encounter Song Chongjin, then she thought that today she was going door to door to express her gratitude to the families, but the very person who had shown the greatest kindness to the Wang Family, Song Chongjin, was the one she felt awkward about visiting.

Although she had heard Wang Laozhu and Old Granny Zhang discussing that there would be a generous gift for Song Chongjin, which would absolutely repay his kindness this time, she still felt a bit awkward upon meeting him.

Song Chongjin felt uncomfortable all over as soon as he saw Wang Yongzhu. He nodded and tried to say something, opened his mouth, but did not know what would be appropriate.

It was Wang Yongzhu who recovered her wits first, politely nodding to Song Chongjin, "Brother Song!" Then she stepped aside, indicating for Song Chongjin to pass first.

Song Chongjin nodded aimlessly, walked a few steps, then stopped, "Are you looking for your Fourth Brother?"

Wang Yongzhu did not understand why Song Chongjin, who had always seemed to avoid her, was initiating a conversation today. But how did he know she was going to find Wang Yongping?

She nodded but did not want to elaborate, just waiting for Song Chongjin to go on so she could leave.

Yet Song Chongjin also did not know why, but his legs seemed to be glued to the ground, and he couldn’t move them.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "The Li Family Patriarch has decided, the two mu of paddy fields from Li Dagui’s House and the three mu of dry land cultivated on the mountain side are appraised at twenty taels of silver, to be compensated to your family. The documents should be getting processed at the Lizheng’s now, and then they will be taken to the Government Office to be recorded, after which the land will belong to your family."

Qilidun is close to the mountain; good quality paddy fields are scarce. The three mu of paddy fields belonging to Li Dagui’s House are well-located with a decent annual yield. Along with the dry land cultivated by brothers Li Jinhu and Li Jingou, a family could scrape by with just enough to feed themselves and barely afford Li Jinlong’s education.

Even the Wang Family had only six mu of paddy fields, of which two mu were bought when Wang Yongan passed the Scholar examination.

Wang Yongzhu nodded her head, not asking about the remainder of the Li Family’s paddy and dry fields. She thanked him politely but saw Song Chongjin seemed to linger as if he had more to say, yet seemed reluctant to speak.

Looking around, she noticed curious women in the neighborhood peeking and pointing in their direction. If the conversation was delayed further, there might soon be a flurry of gossip.

Wang Yongzhu guessed that perhaps he had seen that her family had sent gifts and thanks to everyone but him, and he might be misunderstanding that her family had some issue with him, which was why he might want to ask but felt embarrassed to bring it up?

So, she forthrightly asked, "Brother Song, is there something else you want to ask?"

Song Chongjin’s body tensed, and he hastily said, "No!" Then he left at a quick pace, almost fleeing the scene.

Wang Yongzhu watched Song Chongjin’s flustered retreat, feeling completely baffled.

Could it be that Song Chongjin wanted to ask but was too embarrassed?

Indeed, if it were her, she would probably feel awkward too. Wouldn’t it be too shameful to ask: "Why did you thank everyone but exclude me? Do you have a problem with me?"

It’s a question too embarrassing to ask.

She decided to go home and ask her parents about the arrangements. After all, they could not afford to be ungrateful.

Prior incidents were a muddled account, and after the engagement was broken off, the two families were completely disassociated.

But Song Chongjin had helped her family so much, they could not just play dumb and let it slide. freewebnøvel_com

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