It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Because of their poor fighting ability, Jiang Yan and Jiang Nian were not allowed to participate in the confrontation at the village entrance, so as to avoid becoming their weak points in the conflict.

Seeing everyone relaxed and heading home, the two of them went up to ask about the situation.

"He said he's the manager of the Zhang Mansion in the county and wants to stay in our village for ten days to learn how to build houses." Jiang Ying just picked up a hoe and stood in the team protecting the village.

"Zhang Mansion? Coming to our village to learn how to build houses?" Jiang Yan found it unbelievable.

"Yeah, either he's mentally ill or he has bad intentions." Jiang Ying continued to complain, "He's treating us like fools.

Our village is remote and not well-informed, but we still know if there are any local rich men named Zhang in the county. It's better to make up a good story when you want to deceive people."

Jiang Yan agreed, "Then did you find out where they came from?"

"The adults didn't ask. Maybe they were afraid that exposing them would anger them and cause them to stay in the village."

Sun Yun was also talking to Gao Ni. Thinking of the glares he'd received, he couldn't help but raise his voice: "...I'm sure those three are definitely not from the same family. They don't look alike at all."

"Especially that young man, with his dead eyes, who looked at us fiercely and rudely... That old woman also raised her chin high when she spoke to us, with a mean look on her face, looking down on us..."

Jiang Yan and Jiang Ying couldn't help laughing at each other when they heard how energetic Grandma Sun Yun was.

……

Mrs. Yang, who was being discussed by the people of Dongshan Village, was now heading towards the county town with a sullen face.

She hadn't walked such a long distance in many years, and she wasn't even given a chance to sit down and rest or drink water.

She felt more and more tired as she walked, and couldn't help thinking about how she had said so many nice things to the people of Dongshan Village the whole afternoon, but they remained unmoved.

Plus those faces that look like they're on guard against thieves...

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was being humiliated. She stopped and looked around to see that there was no one else around except them. She pointed at the middle-aged man and cursed:

"Zhang Cai, Zhang Cai, if you ask me, you are just a waste and a fool."

"What's the point of calling an old man "father-in-law" and trying to put on a smile for these mountain people? It's useless. They won't even pay attention to you."

"You said you weren't pretending enough, and you dragged me and Zhou Li into this. Who are your wife and son? Do you have any shame in taking advantage of others?"

Zhang Cai was completely baffled by Mrs. Yang's sudden outburst. She had been living it up for days, and this was only her first day out on business, and she had only spoken a few words, no effort at all. Why was she so resentful?

Considering that she was a personal maid brought by the master's distinguished guest, it was difficult to scold her back, so she could only explain softly:

"I'm not trying to say anything nice to them. You saw it too. Before we even got close, the Dongshan villagers were all carrying hoes and shovels. They were on guard against us."

"There are only three of us. If we don't show any good attitude and go up to them, it's like we're looking for trouble. If they come at us one by one, do you think we can make it back to the city alive?"

Mrs. Yang looked down on Zhang Cai's cowardly and fearful look, and said disdainfully, "What is there to be afraid of? Zhou Li is still with us. Those unruly people are no match for us."

Zhang Cai didn't know how good Zhou Li was at fighting, but he had seen the plight of people whose heads had been split open by hoes. He was just a servant and didn't want to risk his life just to run errands.

She could only look to Zhou Li for help. He came here with Mrs. Yang, so he should have a way to deal with her.

While the two were bickering, Zhou Li had been waiting beside them with a stern face. After receiving Zhang Cai's distress signal, he didn't say much, only saying, "Let's go, come back tomorrow."

Then he strode straight forward.

Zhang Cai followed silently.

Mrs. Yang was furious: "Listen to me tomorrow."

……