Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 481: Best of the Tian Family

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

Another woman with a slightly shorter stature, a pointed face, and a pair of triangular eyes that darted around, tugged at the first woman’s arm and smirked: “Oh sister-in-law, how can you say that, this is Third Sister-in-law’s maternal family, they’re our relatives!”

She smiled at Third Aunt, “Isn’t that right?”

Third Aunt did not have a good expression.
Spitting, she said: “What kind of person are you? Who doesn’t know what kind of bird you are? Why pretend in front of this old lady? You may not be tired but this old woman is disgusted!”

“Second brother, Second Sister-in-law, did you hear that?” Eldest Madam Tian snorted coldly.
“It seems it’s true that if you are born poor, you can’t say good words.
If you speak politely to them, it’s like feeding a dog!”

When she heard this, Third Aunt was furious! “Are you done speaking? Hurry up and leave when you’re done!”

“Do you not understand the rules? Where is your dignity of a married daughter-in-law?” One of the men who had been standing quietly to the same, suddenly glared at Third Aunt.
This was Tian Da Lang, the husband of Eldest Madam Tian.

Tian Da Lang had a face like a Chinese character and his skin was deeply wrinkled.
His dark complexion and needle-like beard made him look very fierce and his character was vicious.
Third Aunt had been the most afraid of him when she lived at the Tian family’s house.

That’s right.
These four people were the eldest and second sons of the Tian family and their wives, Eldest Madam Tian and Second Madam Tian!

Who knew why, after a year since Third Aunt left their home, the Tian family had come to her door instead of ignoring her like they usually did.

And so aggressively.

Seeing her eldest brother-in-law, Third Aunt’s expression instantly became timid.
She opened her mouth but could not speak.
Seeing this, Second Madam Tian smiled again: “I say, Third Sister-in-law, you won’t even invite us in to sit? Didn’t your family teach you the rules?”

Eldest Madam Tian sneered: “If the Lian family understood rules, they would have sent her back long ago instead of troubling us to come pick her up! What kind of rules can you expect from such a family, Second Sister-in-law?”

As she said this, her eyes darted around and there was a look of jealousy on her face.
They had heard that the Lian family was rich now and it looked like the rumor was true.
Not to mention the house, even just the yard was not something that an ordinary farming family could afford.
How many valuable things must be inside! Living in such a big, decent house, it really was too cheap for this bitch…

The more Eldest Madam Tian thought about it, the more envious her heart became.

“What are you doing? Stop right now!” Third Aunt cried, hurrying to step forward to stop them but her arm was immediately grabbed by Second Madam Tian, who smirked.

“Oh, Third Sister-in-law, what do you mean? We are your brothers and sister-in-laws, not robbers! What kind of attitude is this? Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”

Tian Da Lang and Tian Er Lang followed Eldest Madam Tian inside, the three of them quickly passing the front hall and into the backyard.

Third Aunt was angry and anxious: “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re about!” She shouted after them, “You’re worse than robbers! My nieces and nephews are not easy to mess with, don’t blame me for not warning you! You better stop!”

She threw off Second Madam Tian’s hand and hurried to catch up.

Second Madam Tian sneered disdainfully and brushed her sleeves, walking quickly to follow them.
Her own husband was dull and honest, he couldn’t compare with his eldest brother.
She couldn’t fall behind and let the eldest couple reap all the benefits…

As for the Lian brothers and sisters, she had heard they were capable but the Tian family did not take them seriously, which was why they dared to come.

How great could a couple of children be? Lian Xiao Man was her Third Brother-in-law’s wife, it was only natural for them to take her back to her husband’s family.
If the Lian family didn’t want to let her go, they could only pay up!

“Who are you?” Lian Fang Qing had vaguely heard the quarreling outside and was about to get up and look outside when she suddenly saw three strangers running towards her house and was startled.

“Get out of the way, little girl!” Eldest Madam Tian glanced at Lian Fang Qing scornfully, where would she care about her? With a rude push, she shoved Lian Fang Qing to the ground and marched past her.

How strong could Lian Fang Qing be? Caught off guard, she slammed to the ground with a bang.
If it hadn’t been for her winter clothing, she would have likely skinned her palms and knees on the ground.

Lian Fang Qing groaned painfully, getting up from the ground.
Resentfully, she thought: Who the hell is this woman? How could there be someone even more unreasonable than Eldest Aunt?

Taking advantage of this distraction, Second Madam Tian also squeezed inside.

“Qing’er!” Distressed, Third Aunt rushed to support Lian Fang Qing: “Are you alright?”

Lian Fang Qing shook her head, aggrieved.
Skipping over the question of who the people were, she hurriedly cried: “Third Aunt, what are they doing in our house? Hurry and drive them out!”

“Yes, yes! They have to be chased away!” Third Aunt cried in distress, “Those bastards! Shameless, every one of them!” Panicking, she and Lian Fang Qing rushed inside.

In the main room, Eldest Madam Tian and Second Madam Tian were busy looking around at the furnishings and their eyes couldn’t help but show some disdain.

After all, this was still the countryside and even a nice house would focus more on being comfortable, neat, and clean.
There were no precious or valuable decorations just sitting around.

When the new house was finished, Su Jing He and Fang Qing had sent over several excellent jade and porcelain vases.
Many of the official and merchant families interested in Lian Fang Zhou’s cotton seeds also sent valuable gifts, so the total amount of decorations Lian Fang Zhou received was not low.

But Lian Fang Zhou had put all of these gifts into the warehouse.
Other than a few ordinary decorations that had unique or interesting designs, the rest of the house decorations were all common and only worth a few coins if they were sold outside.

Eldest Madam Tian and Second Madam Tian shared a glance.
Didn’t the rumors say that the Lian family made a fortune? Could the rumors have been wrong? There wasn’t a single gold or silver decoration in the house, what kind of fortune could they have made?

However, something was still better than nothing… even if they didn’t have at least some wealth, could they have been able to build such a big and grand house? Look at that window, it was glazed!

Lian Fang Qing and Third Aunt rushed into the room.
Seeing the expression on the Tian madam’s faces, it was clear that they were just like Madam Qiao… No! They were even more shameless! Who knew what they would do?

Third Aunt immediately jumped in front of Eldest Madam Tian and blocked her view, glaring: “What are you looking at with your eyes jumping all over the place?”

Eldest Madam Tian snorted: “I am your eldest sister-in-law! Tell me, how much money did you give to your maternal family? You good-fo-nothing!”

Third Aunt’s eyes went wide, staring at her sister-in-law in disbelief: “What? What are you talking about?!”

Give her family money? What money! Third Aunt was so shocked that her lips trembled without making a sound.

Didn’t they remember that when she left her husband’s house, her two sister-in-laws had searched her clothes and bag and didn’t find a single coin?

 She actually dared to accuse her of subsidizing her maternal family!