A master of metaphysics is farming.

"Your home faces the lotus!"

When his name was revealed, everyone gasped.

Xiang He's fist stopped abruptly in front of his nose, and when he looked up, a sinister glint appeared in his eyes. "Very good."

"P-Please let me go..."

"hehe."

Xiang He stood up abruptly, and Er Gou sat up abruptly, only to have his disheveled hair grabbed. Startled, he clutched his hair with both hands, "W-what are you going to do!"

"You have no proof. We need to go and confront Lotus properly to avoid wrongly accusing an innocent person, right?"

Xiang He took a deep breath, and when she opened her eyes again, she turned around with a bright smile, "Father and Mother are watching over us, I'll be right back."

Xiang Dayong was very worried, but Su stopped him, saying, "Don't worry, at worst we can cut off all contact in the future."

Madam Su wished she could sever all ties. She was constantly causing trouble, and now she had someone ruin her maid's reputation. How could she tolerate this?

"it is good."

Xiang Dayong originally wanted to go along, hoping to help his daughter if she was bullied, but when he saw that he needed someone to help him, he gave up the idea so as not to be a burden.

All they could do now was watch as Xiang He dragged Er Gou by the hair and walked downhill.

Er Gou was being pulled by the hair and couldn't get up. He was being dragged along like that, his buttocks bouncing up and down on the steps, making him grimace in pain.

"You, you let go, I can walk by myself."

"Don't make any noise."

The voice was somewhat low, and Er Gou immediately dared not speak again. If he offended this girl, he would inevitably get another beating.

That woman clearly said that this girl He was easy to bully, but I didn't expect her to be such a tough nut to crack!

Once this matter is settled, he will definitely go find that woman to demand an explanation and get something in return!

Xiang He dragged him toward Xiang Lao Si's house, followed by a group of women. Zhang Shi hurriedly followed, about to run a few steps faster, but Xiang He stopped her.

"Second Aunt, are you in such a hurry to go back and tell on us?"

Zhang stopped in her tracks, cursing Xiang He under her breath, but she didn't show it on her face. She smiled and turned around, "How could I? This is a matter between your family and the eldest son's family. Why should I get involved? I just remembered that I have something to do, so I'm going back first."

"Let's go together, or I can just run with you."

"No! It hurts so much!"

Xiang He smiled at her, and Zhang Shi casually flicked her sleeves, "Then let's walk a little faster, I'm worried that if we don't catch up, Mother will scold us."

"Okay," Xiang He tightened her grip on Er Gou's hair, "Er Gouzi, get ready to bounce your butt around!"

"No!~~~"

His wails echoed from one end of the rice paddy to the other, and the villagers came out to see what was wrong.

They were surprised to see He Yatou standing in front of Xiang Lao Si's house. Their curiosity was piqued, and they all carried their small stools to the big tree not far away, only missing a bag of melon seeds to add to the fun.

"Hey! He's about to discipline someone again. Want some peanuts?"

An elderly woman reached out and took the peanuts offered by the passerby, then quickly pulled over a small stool and patted it, saying, "Little Si's family, do you know what's going on?"

The person who came was Fourth Aunt. She had heard the commotion earlier and guessed that it must be Xiang He. She hurriedly prepared kowtows at home. Coincidentally, Third Aunt was also there. She was Xiang Huiying's third grandmother.

"I didn't know, I was just at home, let's see what's going on."

"This mistress's family has so much trouble, it's all caused by those people, they never give us a moment's peace."

"That's not the case!"

The two chatted as they watched Xiang He stand in front of Xiang Lao Si's house. "Xiang Lianhua, Er Gou has something to discuss with you. Come out and meet him."

The gate was tightly shut without any sound, and Zhang didn't go up to open it, but just stood aside and watched.

Xiang He wasn't in a hurry, but Er Gou was. He grabbed her hand and patted it several times, saying, "We're here now, girl, let go of my hand first."

He had barely finished speaking when the door was pulled open from the inside. Before Er Gou could even rejoice, his body suddenly flew up—

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the eldest brother smashed the door open, and Er Gou's body broke through half of it, his head spinning from the impact. "You...you little rascal..."

"Excellent."

Xiang Kaixi, who opened the door, was startled by the person who suddenly flew in. He stared blankly for a few moments, and Zhang quickly stepped forward to pull him aside and stand him down.

"Mother...this is..."

"Do not talk!"

Xiang Kaixi looked bewildered, his gaze falling on Xiang He. Although it had been half a year since they last met, He seemed to sense something was off.

Just as his mother said, He'er has changed...

Xiang He stood at the door without going in. A figure inside opened the door; it was Xiang Fusheng.

"Hey girl, who is this person?"

“Brother, could you please call your sister Lianhua out?” She gestured with her chin toward Er Gou. “This brother has something to ask her, and I also have some questions to ask you.”

Xiang Fusheng frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure in his eyes. "This person is dressed in such shabby clothes, how could Lianhua possibly know him? He'er, you've misjudged him, haven't you?"

He was a scholar, and his younger sister was a virgin; how could they possibly know such local thugs? It was an insult to their status.

Xiang He could tell what he was thinking from his disdainful look. He had an arrogant sense of superiority. She glanced at Xiang Kaixi and thought he was not as good as her second brother, who had passed the preliminary examination.

The fourth son's family supported two scholars, one proud and arrogant, the other calm and reserved.

Xiang He was too lazy to argue with him, so she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Xiang Lianhua, I know you're in there, come out right now."

Seeing that he ignored him, Xiang Fusheng's face darkened slightly. "What kind of behavior is this, making such a scene!"

Xiang He didn't even bother to glance at him. "Er Gouzi, go and call Lianhua out, or I'll beat you up again!"

"..."

Feeling dizzy and seeing stars, Er Gou had no choice but to get up. He pounded on the door and yelled, "Lotus, I'm here! Don't turn your back on me! Come out and explain yourself!"

As he spoke, he got up and started to walk inside. Xiang Fusheng turned to stop him, but a sharp shout came from behind him, "What's all the noise about! Lianhua, get out!"

It was Li's voice. It seems that Xiang Lao Si and Xiang Da Qiang are not at home again. They must really want to eat meat, running to the back mountain every day, but they just don't want to spend money to buy meat.

Perhaps Li's words had an effect, because a door opened from the inside, but it was not Xiang Lianhua who came out.

Madam Yu looked haggard, with dark circles under her eyes and a cold expression. "He'er, we didn't even cause trouble at your house, yet you still came to ours?"

"I'm here to demand an explanation. Aunt, you'd better let Lianhua come out, otherwise I'll make a scene until Grandpa comes back, and then this matter will be even more difficult to resolve, don't you think?"

That makes sense, but Yu gritted her teeth and glared at her. "Impossible! I, Lianhua, did nothing wrong, why should I come out to see you!"

Yu clearly knew something. Xiang He raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Er Gou, go inside and find someone."

This was no different from letting the dogs out of the house. Sure enough, Er Gou limped forward, and Xiang Fusheng immediately rushed forward to block him, saying, "How can a man like you enter my sister's room!"

"My boudoir, my foot! Hurry up and call her out, or it'll be embarrassing if I go in."

Er Gou had little patience and shoved Xiang Fusheng. Yu Shi was furious and tried to shove him back, but she was no match for Er Gou's strength.

Xiang Kaixi was worried that something might happen to them, and hurriedly tried to step forward to stop them, but Zhang held him back tightly, saying, "Don't go over there!"

Xiang Kaixi was very puzzled, "Mother, this..."

“Kaixi, don’t say anything,” Madam Yu stepped forward and pulled Xiang Fusheng aside. “In short, this matter has nothing to do with us, so please don’t get involved.”

Since even his own mother said so, he couldn't very well push Zhang away, so he could only stand aside anxiously.

Xiang He wasn't in a hurry. She stood quietly outside watching them make a fuss. After about half a day, a figure in blue finally emerged from the room where Madam Yu had come out.

Xiang Lianhua walked out with a gloomy face. "I'm out. What do you want?"

"Ergou, come back."

As expected, Er Gou walked out the door and stood by the door thinking of sneaking away, but Xiang He glared at him and raised his fist, making him afraid to move again.

"Hehehe, little girl, didn't I just call it out for you?"

Xiang He stepped forward, grabbed his collar, and pulled him in front of Xiang Lianhua. "Alright, now you can tell me what disgusting things you've done."