[Marriage first, love later] She is happy after marrying a widower

"Madam Hu Yong, what's wrong with you? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Song Yanzhi was driving a carriage. When she heard someone calling her, she stopped the carriage.

"Madam, my husband and his tenants are fighting with the Wang family's tenants."

Mrs. Hu Yong was sweating from running, and she wiped her sweat with her sleeves.

"A fight broke out? Why?"

The Wang family’s land is in Lishu Village, which has nothing to do with their land in Lizao Village.

"For the ditch, our village and Lishu Village use a large ditch that can accommodate one person. When the ditch is filled with water, it is divided into two, with one person on each side. On normal days, no one is next to each other.

But today, someone came to irrigate our land and the Wang family's land, and the Wang family blocked our ditch and wanted to divert all the water to their side. Now we need to irrigate the land and plant the seedlings. Who wouldn't be anxious? How can we let them irrigate their land alone?

Mrs. Hu Yong became more and more indignant as she spoke.

When the Wang family was mentioned, Song Yanzhi understood. She heard a few days ago that the landlord Wang came to her house to cause trouble and died three days after returning. As a tenant of their family, he was taking revenge for the landlord.

"Are there any casualties?"

Fighting is one thing, but if someone gets injured or killed, it's a big deal.

"When I arrived, the two sides were still in a standoff. I came to see my wife because I was afraid something might happen."

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Asking here won't reveal anything, so they should go and see if they can separate the two parties. However, if they are two women, they may not be able to separate the group of men.

Song Yanzhi took Hu Yong's wife to the village chief's house first and asked the village chief to find the young and middle-aged men in the village to mediate. Song Yanzhi promised to give twenty big coins to each person who went to mediate.

When Song Yanzhi arrived, the two sides had already started fighting. The men were fighting, punching and kicking each other, and the fight was very fierce.

"Stop, stop."

Song Yanzhi shouted, but no one listened. Fortunately, she brought people with her, and soon the villagers separated her tenants from the Wang family's tenants.

"Who are you to control us? Are you from Lizao Village going to go against our Lishu Village?"

The head tenant of the Wang family looked at the people who pulled them apart with disdain on his face. His master had saved his life, but he fell into the hands of this Han family member.

If the Han family can cultivate this land this year, he will not be Su Laowu.

After he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "Puh" sound.

"You're occupying the canal and not letting our villagers use it. Who's going against who?"

Song Yanzhi would not allow anyone to confuse right and wrong here.

"Who are you? Get out of the way. I don't want to talk to a woman."

Su Laowu didn't even look at Song Yanzhi, and his face was full of disdain.

"Hey, what kind of noble breed are you? Did you jump out from a crack in the rock?"

When it comes to quarreling, Song Yanzhi has never been afraid of anyone.

"You stinky bitch, how can you talk like that? I'll beat you up."

Su Laowu was so angry at what Song Yanzhi said that he started yelling at her.

Song Yanzhi took out a small knife and slapped Su Laowu on the face.

"Hit me? Can I break your legs right now? Your master won't dare to say anything. Don't whine to me here. Go back and tell your master that the ditch is used by the Han family. After we use it, your family can use it."

"You stinky bitch..."

Su Laowu tried to break free from the people holding him and hit Song Yanzhi. Song Yanzhi raised her hand and slapped Su Laowu in the face, then kicked Su Laowu's knee. Su Laowu's legs suddenly went weak and he fell to his knees.

Song Yanzhi picked up the knife, made a few cuts, and then stabbed the knife into Su Laowu's thigh.

"Be obedient. I don't mind making an example of someone to scare the monkeys."

When Su Laowu saw Song Yanzhi, a delicate and weak little girl, he felt a little scared.

When they fight with others, they use physical force, but why did this woman start with a knife?

He didn't dare say anything else. The blood flowing from his thigh made him grimace in pain and lower his head.

"Let him go."

Song Yanzhi pointed at the people who were holding Jiang family's Wang Dian, and they all let go obediently.

Seeing that their boss was injured, the tenants dared not shout anymore and carried Su Laowu away.

"Don't worry about irrigating the fields here. If someone from the Wang family is coming, just come find me. Also, everyone has done a great job protecting the canal today, so each of you will be rewarded with 100 yuan. Those who are injured should go see Doctor Liu and he will prescribe medicine. It will all be charged to our Han family account."

As soon as Song Yanzhi finished speaking, the tenants were stunned. They thought that they had caused trouble for the master, and the master would at least scold them if not punish them. Why would the master reward them?

"You still haven't thanked the master yet."

Hu Yong reacted quickly and immediately knelt down and bowed his head.

"You don't have to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank yourselves. It's because you protected the canal and prevented anyone from bullying my Han family. As long as you know how to protect the main family, I will not treat you unfairly."

The tenants all kowtowed to thank Song Yanzhi, and then they started shouting with excitement.

The host gave them one hundred coins, which is more than their family saves in a year. How could they not be happy?

The people in Lizao Village were very happy today. The tenants received one hundred coins, and the villagers received twenty coins.

Although twenty taels of silver is not a lot, buying two fish is enough to give the family some meat.

Su Laowu was carried back to Lishu Village by the tenants, and someone went to inform Madam Wang and Butler Wang.

Mrs. Wang has lived a very happy life since Master Wang passed away.

She had no parents-in-law to serve, no children to take care of, and all the family property was in her hands.

She dismissed all of Mr. Wang's concubines, compensated their dowries with silver, and gained an excellent reputation.

I play cards and listen to opera every day, and my life is so carefree.

When she heard that her tenants were arguing with the Han family's tenants, she felt annoyed and called the housekeeper Wang to scold him.

"Butler, how do you manage those tenants? I've said before, our master is gone, and now is the time to live a low-key life. If you can't manage our Wang family well, there are plenty of people who can take the position of butler."

Mrs. Wang was certainly not afraid of trouble. She just didn't want her peaceful life to be disturbed by the trouble caused by that concubine's son.

She is so old, and she has never had a good life for most of her life. When she finally has a few good days, anyone who comes to cause trouble for her will make her unhappy.

"Yes, madam, you are right. But the Han family is too much. They want to use the ditch that we all use first. What should we do, madam?"

The tenants dared to cause trouble to the Han family because of the chief steward's instigation. That day at the Han family, he was burned into a pockmarked state by Mrs. Han. How could he not hate her for this?

As the dignified butler of the Wang family, he had suffered such injustice in his life, so of course he wanted to get back at her. But who would have thought that the lady who seemed so powerful before would...

Since the master passed away, he has become a soft persimmon and he has to add fuel to the fire.