Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

In the front hall, the second young master was laughing and chatting with the village chief. When he mentioned his intention to buy land near Taohua Village, the villagers became a little reserved.

Except for a small amount of land reserved for each family in Taohua Village, the rest is in the hands of large landlords. For example, the land in Shihe Town is mostly concentrated in the family of Minister Ding who has retired and returned to his hometown.

If this wealthy Wang exchanged or purchased land from other families, the villagers in Taohua Village who cultivated these lands would automatically become his tenants. Now that they have offended their employer, what will they do when the poor land is allocated to them?

Thinking of this, the villagers felt much calmer. The second young master lowered his head to drink tea, covering the upturned corners of his mouth.

The hall, which was filled with people, was unusually quiet.

At this moment, Du Wenxiu came over, supporting the distraught Yulan.

Lu Fanghai stood up suddenly and looked at Du Wenxiu, who silently shook his head at him.

Walking up to him, Du Wenxiu whispered, "I didn't see it, but Sister Yulan was so scared when she saw it."

Yulan looked panic-stricken and frightened. The village chief asked her, "Did you see clearly? Was your sister's stomach cut open?"

Yulan kept shaking her head.

"No, or didn't you see it?" The village chief was impatient. Everyone gathered here for her family's affairs, but she was frightened as soon as she entered. Now she had to ask again and again.

Yulan raised her head, like a frightened deer, her pale face completely devoid of blood.

She shook her head and huddled in Du Wenxiu's arms. "I saw... a dead child on my sister's body..." After saying this, she leaned on Du Wenxiu's shoulder and burst into tears.

Du Wenxiu held her tightly, thinking to herself, no wonder Yulan stopped her from looking, it was scary just thinking about it, if she really saw it, she would probably have nightmares at night.

She hugged Yulan's shoulders and coaxed her gently, then turned around and glared at the second young master fiercely. This family was so mean.

The village chief also looked at him in dissatisfaction: "Second Master Wang, what do you mean by this? We agreed to let her see if my sister's belly is intact. Why are you putting a dead baby on someone to scare them?"

The second young master chuckled and said disapprovingly, "You can't blame me for this. The child must be left with the mother. Maybe the maids didn't expect anyone to go to see the belly, or maybe they thought it was proper to let the aunt, whom they had never met, see the child born by her sister."

"You..." The village chief felt his blood rushing up. This man was so eloquent and tried so hard to cover it up. He was afraid that Sulan's stomach was indeed opened.

"Carry out Sulan's body. We want to take her away." The village chief didn't want to say more to them and simply made the request.

The second young master sneered and said bluntly, "Impossible. This Wan Yimiao is my father's aunt, and she is indentured to him. Now you have broken into a private house and are trying to take away the body of my father's concubine. Even if we take the case to court, we are still in the right."

The village chief was speechless. This was on the Wang family's territory. Although many people from his village had come, there were also many tenants of the Wang family. Not only would he not be able to take Sulan away, but he might even have to take the case to court, and he wouldn't get any advantage.

You have to be careful not to use the wrong weapon, and you are really in a dilemma at this moment.

"In this case, we have to take a closer look. If Sulan was indeed not dissected, this is a matter of your Wang family's inner house, and has nothing to do with our Taohua Village. If Sulan lost her life because of your dissection, you must give us, her family, an explanation!"

Seeing that the village chief remained silent, Du Wenxiu felt that if the stalemate continued he would have to go home directly. If he found out something happened then he would have no reason to come back.

Regardless of the fact that he was new to Taohua Village, he supported Yulan, took a step forward and made a proposal.

"Hey, young lady, I wonder which one of Aunt Wan's family you are?" The second young master said in a frivolous tone, raised his chin slightly, and looked at Du Wenxiu.

At this time, Lu Fanghai stepped forward and said, "She is my wife. We are Sulan's neighbors. It is said that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. If her family is bullied, we can also help."

"Haha, I'm afraid your words don't count." The second young master's mouth curled up slightly, but his eyes were quite cold. "Before you wanted to see it, I already let you in. You are so stupid that you got so scared when you saw a dead child. Now you still want to go in. Do you think my backyard is the Hui'an Building at the entrance of the street? Everyone comes and goes and wants to go in and take a look. It's outrageous."

Lu Fanghai looked cold, his dark eyes staring at the second young master, full of oppression. "If you don't let me in to see, then carry the person out. If we can't see it today, we won't leave."

The second young master chuckled twice, sat sideways on the armchair, his eyes rolling around, but he didn't answer.

After waiting for a few moments, Lu Fanghai was about to speak again, but he only heard a commotion outside and faintly heard a villager whispering, "Aunt Lu is here."

Lu Fanghai turned his head to look at the open door. Who else could that woman with disheveled hair and half body covered in mud be but Aunt Lu?

Aunt Lu strode into the room with great momentum, and Lu Fanghai selected a position that could block the Second Young Master's retreat route to prevent him from taking the opportunity to escape.

"Pah!" Aunt Lu spat on the second son's brocade shoes and pointed at him and cursed: "My good daughter died in your house, and my old man was also killed at the door. You want to get rid of me with just fifty taels of silver? Dream on!"

After that, she lifted her skirt and spitted again. This time, the second young master dodged quickly, saying, "Auntie, calm down. The dead cannot be resurrected. You still have to think about your kid, right? If you are not satisfied with the compensation, let's sit down and discuss it properly."

Aunt Lu stepped forward, picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. She took a breath and then said, "What are you going to say? If you don't come up with a satisfactory condition for me, we will meet at the government office. I am the one who is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. I just don't know if your Wang family can afford to take the responsibility for these three lives."

What she did when she entered the room shocked everyone from Taohua Village.

Weren't we here to talk about Sulan's death after having her stomach cut open? Why are we talking about compensation now?

Even if we want to talk, we should first clarify the matter and talk when we are sure we are in the right!

What's the situation now?

Including the village chief, everyone looked confused.

Aunt Lu and the second young master went back and forth for several rounds, and finally agreed on a compensation price of two hundred taels of silver.

Aunt Lu looked gloomy, but with a hint of satisfaction, she turned around and hastily bowed to the village chief and the villagers, wiped the tears that didn't seem to exist from the corners of her eyes, and sobbed, "Thank you all for running all the way for my family's affairs. Now the old man is gone, Sulan is gone, and Xiaohu is still young. We don't know how we are going to live in the future."

"Now that I have these two hundred taels of silver, I can wait until Xiaohu grows up, gets married and starts a family. His father and sister's deaths will not be in vain..." After saying this, he covered his eyes with a dirty handkerchief and cried.

The village chief turned around slowly with a hunched back, waved to the villagers, and led them out of the Wang family's house.