Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 221: Madam Qiao is scolded

The wild beasts in the mountain had higher quality meat compared to captive animals.
When Lian Fang Zhou saw the sheep, she seemed to smell the scent of the wild mutton.
Whether it was stewed, braised, dried or grilled, the taste would be first class!

Ah Jian huffed with a smile and said: “It sounds like you like it very much, so its not waste of time to come here!”

“That’s right! How could anyone not like it?” Lian Fang Zhou smiled at him, saying: “Go ahead, Ah Ze and I will go and carry one.”

Ah Jian knew her tempter, pointed the way, and told them to be careful, letting them go.

It took the three of them a while to finish and afterwards the five of them sat by the fire and finished cooking the pheasant.
The children asked many questions about the hunting the wild sheep, listening to the story with relish.

Lian Fang Zhou put the roasted pheasants on the fire and then let Ah Jian and Lian Ze eat them.
When they were finished, she smiled and said: “Let’s go back.
These three wild sheep should be taken care of quickly!”

Ah Jian agreed.

The pheasants and hares were packed into sacks and draped over the back of the donkey.
One wild sheep was also mounted sideways while Ah Jian carried the other two.
Satisfied, the five people went home.

The wild sheep were sent directly to the compound, where they could be processed by the servants and was also close to the river, which made it more convenient to deal with.

These sheep were rare and wonderful find so everyone was very excited, chatting enthusiastically.

Lian Fang Zhou had always been generous.
Needless to say, the servants would definitely be able to eat some.
Not just tonight, they would likely be able to eat several meals!

With a lot of manpower, the wild sheep were quickly opened up and cleaned, the internal organs placed separately to be cleaned.
Lian Fang Zhou ordered two of the sheep to be kept whole, one for themselves, and another to be send to her cousin in Shuangliu County the next day.

In any case, her cousin had helped her so much this year, it was good to give her a New Year’s gift before the end of the year.
A wild sheep was very good!

Although it was not expensive, this kind of game was not often available.
She thought that the Su family would definitely like it.

Of the two left, she would use half of one sheep and the internal organs for gifts.
Zhang Li Zheng and the Zhang family would get a lamb leg each.
Cousin Hai had run to their house several times since he had returned and the villagers likely knew that he had come to apologize and show good intentions.
She also had to give him a good gift, or otherwise the villagers would criticize the siblings as not being sensible.

There were also a few village elders that Lian Fang Zhou had received help from.
Towards older people, just ordinary filial piety was important so they’d give two or three catties.

Lastly, they needed to express goodwill to the neighbors around their house.
After such a large number of distributions, there was really not much left for the family.

However, Lian Fang Zhou and her family did not care much about this.
Seeing everyone happy, they were in a good mood.

Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze personally when to Zhang Li Zheng’s house to offer their gift.
Zhang Li Zheng were naturally very happy and smiled as they thanked them.
They were embarrassed for her to be so thoughtful.

However, Madam Qiao was very dissatisfied when she learned that their family had brought back three wild sheep and only sent a leg to her family.

Looking at the leg, which weighed seven or eight catties, she sneered: “That girl is such a thief! What superficial skills, humph! Just sending us this little bit but still expecting others to praise her for her ‘filial piety’! There is no one in the world more calculating than her!”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt unwilling and dissatisfied, repeatedly cursing Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze.

Lian Li didn’t say a word.
In any case, he didn’t like Lian Fang Zhou so if his wife wanted to scold, he didn’t care!

Lian Hai had shut the door immediately after Madam Qiao’s first curse.
At first, he tried to endure it but finally couldn’t bear it.
He tried to persuade her: “Mother, why are you speaking this way? Don’t you feel uncomfortable when you scold them like that? It depends on you! After how you have treated them, isn’t it nice that she sent this?”

“Bah!” Madam Qiao said: “Are you still my son? You actually help them and talk back to your mother? Do you really think that bitch has us in her heart? Huh, isn’t this just to save her face? Otherwise, I’m afraid others would be poking her spine! Why else would she send so little? And what did we do to her?”

Madam Qiao’s plausible words became more arrogant as she continued: “We are their elders, their parents are gone, shouldn’t we be the masters of all matters and arrange things for them? But look, where is that bitch’s eyes? Are they on us? Depending against us like they’re defending against thieves, where are we considered to be their elders? Slyly climbing in through the side door, those distant relatives are stepping on this uncle and aunt into the mud!

Oh, what good and fancy things! Aha, your father and mother and good people and don’t have the guts.
They are clearly calculated by others and were told to say that what it theirs is not ours! On the contrary, in front of others, she puts on an act of grievance.
Complaining about being a concubine? So what! The concubine of a rich family is more noble than the relatives of a poor one! If you don’t say anything else, look at the flowers in our village and see how many beautiful people there are.
I was just giving that bitch a chance to enjoy a good blessing.
It was praising her! But she didn’t appreciate it and even made a fuss in front of Li Zheng, coaxing him with sweet words…”

The more Madam Qiao spoke, the more reasonable she felt she was and the more she felt that Lian Fang Zhou was unreasonable.

After venting, she was so angry that her chest was about to explode and she took Lian Hai’s hand, saying bitterly: “Aha, mother’s hope is all on you! You must avenge your mother! You have to let out this breath for us! Asking that hairy girl to step on the bottom of my feet makes me want to die!”

“Mother! What nonsense are you saying?!” Lian Hai frowned, saying hurriedly: “This is the New Year and look what you are saying! It is unlucky, stop talking!”

Madam Qiao said in a hateful voice: “I’m so mad at her, I forgot to be afraid of being auspicious or unlucky! Ah, you must promise me!”

Lian Hai sighed helplessly: “Mother, I am saying this as your son.
You’ve been wrong since they beginning.
You shouldn’t be rude to them and take action so carelessly.
It is logical, what else can you do if you are inferior?”

Madam Qiao snorted: “That bitch has always been an honest person.
Who knows what kind of evil she caught, suddenly changing her personality.”

“Does she have to stay the same?” Lian Hai said after a while.
In fact, he didn’t know much about how his cousins were like before.
After all, he had never played with them, he had always been with his parents and looked down on them.
He had never rolled his eyes or cursed like his mother, but in his heart, he did not like them.