Farmer’s Stepmother’s Skillful Farming

Chapter 33: Measurement

“Harm, after all, we misunderstood you before we understood it clearly. It’s not our fault...”

"Uncle Li Zheng, don't say that. This fault is not your fault." Su Mulan said, "Uncle Li Zheng also wanted to stand up for these children because Li Xia came to you, so Uncle Li Zheng Don’t ever say anything you’re sorry for.”

Su Mulan's eyes flashed slightly, and then said, "But coming back to this matter, Li Xia and the others are honest children. They couldn't think of this matter for no reason. Someone must have said something in front of them to make them anxious. Hurry up and find Uncle Li Zheng's."

"Then I have to find out the person who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes, and ask him why he talks nonsense in front of Lixia and the others, sowing discord between our mother and daughter, and why he wants us in such a different way. It’s hard to live at home.”

When this was mentioned, someone who was originally embarrassed because he had misunderstood Su Mulan suddenly had his eyes lit up and squeezed to the front. He said as if he was offering a treasure, "Shitang family, when I came back from working in the fields, I saw Er. The Niu family talked to Li Xia and the others, and then I saw Li Xia and the others going to Uncle Zheng's house. I guessed that it was the Zhang family who was stirring up trouble."

Su Mulan lowered his head, wiped away the tears on Bai Lixia's face, and asked softly, "Is it Zhang who told you that I was going to sell Shuiliu?"

"Yes." Bai Lixia cried and choked, and replied with choked sobs, "I took the bamboo leaves and rice beans to the stick field to gather grass. On the way back, I met Zhang Auntie. Zhang Auntie opened her mouth and said that she was lazy and couldn't hide in the ground. When we were working, we were so angry that we started arguing, saying that my mother had gone to town to sell dried sweet potatoes, and she would come back with the money to buy meat for us..."

"But Uncle Zhang opened her mouth and said that it was a lie that Mom was going to sell dried sweet potatoes. In fact, she was going to the town to sell eldest sister, so she had money to buy meat. She also said that Mom was just pretending to be nice to us these days, just to get money. The eldest sister didn’t run away when she went to sell it. When the three of us heard this, we were frightened and hurriedly went to find Uncle Li Zheng..."

Hearing what Bai Lixia said, not only Su Mulan but also the faces of the people around him changed.

Bai Lixia and the others were treated harshly by Su Mulan in the past, and they were originally afraid of these things. Mrs. Zhang chose to talk about this matter, and they were just like troublemakers.

"This Mrs. Zhang is really hateful." Bai Kangyuan couldn't help but shouted, "Someone, go and call Mrs. Zhang back and talk about this matter properly."

"Uncle Li Zheng." Su Mulan stopped him, "Sister-in-law Zhang made it clear that she didn't want to make my family feel better when she did this. We can't just talk about it and end it."

 “Then what do you mean…”

"Since Sister-in-law Zhang is here for my house, I have to discuss this matter with Sister-in-law Zhang in person." Su Mulan asked Bai Lixia and the others to help Bai Shuiliu and rolled up her sleeves, " Uncle Li Zheng, you don’t have to intervene later, just watch from the side, but don’t worry, Uncle Li Zheng, I will act in a measured manner.”

Looking at Su Mulan's posture, Bai Kangyuan guessed what she was going to do.

After thinking for a while, Bai Kangyuan nodded, "Sure, this is a big deal, so she has to teach her a long lesson. Otherwise, others will follow her example and there will be more trouble in this village." If things get serious, then the whole village will never stop."

 “Let’s go, I’ll go with you.”

As expected, there is no autumn in Hebei. I just took off my short sleeves and put on a down jacket today...

What kind of weather is it like for you?

 (End of this chapter)