The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 46 - This is a big deal!
46: Chapter 46 This is a big deal!
(Revised)
46: Chapter 46 This is a big deal!
(Revised)
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“Wang Yongping, have you ever looked at yourself closely?
What are you worth, apart from some brute strength?
What have you given me in all these years we’ve been engaged?
Nothing but wild fruits from the mountains and wildflowers from the fields—not a single penny spent on me.
Why should I marry you?
Not to mention, your family is poor and stingy, your mother favors your sister over you, and your marriage has been delayed for years.
You don’t even dare to let out a peep!
What kind of good life could I have with you?
I’m so beautiful and attractive, why should I give up the chance to be a shopkeeper’s wife and marry you to become a peasant’s daughter-in-law?
Do I look like I’ve lost my mind?”
“If you’re a real man, have your mother come to my house tomorrow and call the engagement off.
Stop sulking in the corner, ugh, as if anyone would look up to you!”
Li Jinzhi was also not one to mince her words, and her rapid tirade made Wang Yongping dizzy and disoriented.
Wang Yongzhu was really angry.
He had never seen such shamelessness—she had an affair and still had the audacity to look righteous!
With a snort, Wang Yongzhu sized up Li Jinzhi, “I’ve never seen anyone brazen enough to be pregnant by another man before marriage and still act so self-righteous.
You’ve shown your true colors, seeking wealth over poverty, being promiscuous, and not following the virtue of a woman.
Now you dare to blame others?
What’s the use of being beautiful?
You have no sense of propriety, integrity, or shame.
You’re pregnant before marriage and still have the face to strut around?
How thick is your skin?
Why don’t you take a good look at yourself?
Relying on your looks, whom are you trying to bully?
Are you bullying our Wang Family because you think we have no one to stand up for us…”
While cursing, Wang Yongzhu felt a full-blown contempt for herself brewing inside.
She hadn’t been here long, and she was already corrupt, influenced too much by Old Granny Zhang! frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
“Enough!” Wang Yongping roared, startling Wang Yongzhu.
Turning his head, Wang Yongping’s eyes were bloodshot, his gaze fierce and threatening as if the glint in his eyes could devour someone, “Tell me, whose bastard is in your belly?”
Li Jinzhi had never seen Wang Yongping like this; he was always amiable and submissive in front of her, but seeing his murderous look now, her legs went weak, and she stuttered, “Wang Yongping, what…
what are you trying to do…
I’m warning you…
don’t mess around…”
“Who is it?
Whose is it?” Wang Yongping grabbed Li Jinzhi by the throat and pushed her against the wall, questioning her fiercely.
“…Help…me…” Li Jinzhi struggled wildly, unable to speak, pain coming in waves.
Wang Yongzhu was terrified—this could lead to a death!
She rushed forward to pry Wang Yongping’s hands off, “Fourth Brother, calm down!
Fourth Brother!
It’s not worth it to take on a murder charge for such a loose woman!
Fourth Brother, let go!
Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother—”
“Who is it?” Wang Yongping at that moment had only one thought in his mind, to find out who had cuckolded him.
“It’s He Dawei, He Dawei of the He Family, the one you broke the leg of!” Wang Yongzhu was so scared that her legs gave way; she hadn’t seen anything like this in her life.
“He Dawei, He—Dawei—” Wang Yongping gritted his teeth as he repeated the name, and with one fierce motion, he flung Li Jinzhi aside and took off running.
Wang Yongzhu, with shaky legs, mustered all her strength, “Brother, stay calm!
Let’s go back to our parents and let them decide for you, shall we?
We can make the Li Family and the He Family pay for this disgrace, can’t we?
Don’t be impulsive, killing someone is a capital offense!
Think about our parents, think about our family, Brother, I beg you—”
In desperation, Wang Yongzhu summoned all the strength she could, damn it, Wang Yongping was on the brink of exploding.
She had seen him break someone’s leg just for harassing Li Jinzhi before, and now that he knew about the cuckoldry, it could end in a fatality!
No matter what, she couldn’t let Wang Yongping risk his life just because of Li Jinzhi—it wasn’t worth it!
Wang Yongping was consumed with anger and humiliation and couldn’t hear her plea.
Barely holding onto a shred of rationality, knowing this was the younger sister who had just defended him, he managed to calm down a bit.
He pushed Wang Yongzhu away without saying a word and ran off.
Wang Yongzhu took a tumble, but thankfully Wang Yongping had restrained his strength, so she wasn’t seriously hurt.
Watching Wang Yongping’s retreating figure, Wang Yongzhu scrambled to her feet, glared fiercely at Li Jinzhi who had collapsed to the ground in fright, wetting her pants and leaving a puddle on the floor, and then stomped her foot and ran toward her home.
After running a few steps, she remembered the rabbit and ran back, picked up the rabbit along with the embroidered flower, and then dashed home.
She had to go back and tell Old Granny Zhang about this, for it was a big deal!
Panting heavily, she arrived home to find Old Granny Zhang already there, talking about something with Lady Jiang in the kitchen.
Jinhua was discussing where to plant flowers and grass with a few other Little Beans in the courtyard.
Several thick pieces of timber lay in the yard, around which Wang Laozhu and Wang Yongfu were discussing, while Lady Lin looked on enviously at the wood.
Leaning against the doorframe, Wang Yongzhu was nearly out of breath.
“Old Miss, what’s wrong with you?
Where did you get the rabbit?” The children crowded around her.
Wang Laozhu and Wang Yongfu looked over as well, noticing Wang Yongzhu’s sweat-soaked hair and her anxious expression, they both stood up to look at her.
Old Granny Zhang, hearing the commotion, came out and was heartbroken to see her state: “Oh my, my dear girl, what’s happened to you?
Why are you holding a rabbit?
Did you go catching rabbits, my precious girl?
Oh dear, look at how sweaty and tired you are—”
While moving to help her daughter, she ordered, “Are you all dead or what?
Hurry up and bring a chair for your Old Miss to rest and fetch a bowl of sugared water!”
Lady Jiang went to prepare sugared water, Jindou went to move a chair, and Jinhua took the rabbit from her.
Lady Lin pursed her lips, but at least she didn’t make a sound, considering it was about the rabbit.
However, Wang Laozhu looked at the rabbit and found it looked familiar, eerily similar to the one their Fourth Brother had caught.
Wasn’t it meant to be given to Li Jinzhi?
Why did his dear daughter bring it back?
Could it be that his dear daughter had seen it and taken it back?
Wang Yongzhu, having caught her breath, grabbed Old Granny Zhang’s hand and said urgently, “No, Mother, it’s not good!
Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother—he—”
“What about your Fourth Brother?
Catch your breath first, don’t rush!” Old Granny Zhang soothed Wang Yongzhu.
“Mother, I was at the Li Family’s house digging up flowers, and I overheard Li Jinzhi and her mother say that Li Jinzhi was involved with He Dawei, and she’s pregnant with He Dawei’s child.
They want to call off the engagement with our family and she won’t marry Fourth Brother.
On the way back, I bumped into Fourth Brother carrying a rabbit to Li Jinzhi’s house.
Li Jinzhi rejected the rabbit and looked down on Fourth Brother, I couldn’t help but argue with Li Jinzhi and let slip that she was pregnant with He Dawei’s child.
Fourth Brother went crazy with rage and almost strangled Li Jinzhi, but luckily I stopped him.
Now that Fourth Brother knows it’s He Dawei, he pushed me away and ran off!
Mother, is Fourth Brother going to kill He Dawei?
What should we do?”
