Crossing Over to Yamada Love

“My dear grandson, don’t be afraid, Grandma is here.” Madam Feng quickly stood beside her son.

“This little fatso isn’t worth twenty taels. The two girls behind him are quite pretty, so they’d be worth twenty taels. Let’s say ten taels for this little fatso. Old Mo, you still owe me ten taels. Also, you’re in charge of the medicine and consultation fees for me and Big Water Buffalo after we were beaten like this.” Ma Liu glanced at Da Lang, then looked at Mo Mei and Mo Ju behind him, and said.

"This, this, Master Ma, this won't do. I only have these two children, I can't let you take them away." Mo Changsheng felt sorry for him when he saw that Master Ma had set his sights on his own children.

Mo Jin then stood in front of his grandson, shovel in hand.

Ma Liu glared at Mo Changsheng and shouted, "What! You can't take him? Then bring me the silver. It's sixty taels in total, including my medicine fee. Give it to me and I won't take anyone else."

Mo Changsheng was stunned when he heard the number: sixty taels. He couldn't even sell himself for that much.

"We didn't hit you, so why are you asking us for money? If you're so capable, go ask them for it! Why do all these heartless people bully us?" Cui started wailing again.

"If you don't have money, hand over the kids. If it weren't for you, Mo Laosan, for forcing someone else's child onto us, would I have been beaten up? Who else would we ask for money from if not you? Enough nonsense, Big Water Buffalo, get ready to bring your men." Ma Liu started acting arrogantly again.

Mo Jin could stop Ma Liu, but he couldn't stop the water buffalo. He was alone and couldn't be in two places at once. When he saw the water buffalo rushing towards his granddaughter, he hurriedly shouted at Mo Changsheng, "What are you still standing there for? He's going to take your daughter. Why aren't you going over there?"

Mo Changsheng was somewhat stunned. Madam Feng and Madam Cui only knew how to cry and wail, and they couldn't help him at all. What should he do?

The eldest son's side didn't make a move, letting them experience what it's like to have their child taken away.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mo Ju rushed out and knelt down in front of Wang Shi and Mo Quan with a thud.

She began kowtowing repeatedly, pleading, "Grandma, please save me and my brother! I beg you, my father was wrong. He shouldn't have taken Erlang and Lanlan away. I'll kowtow to you on his behalf to apologize. Please have pity on me and my brother and give us the money to save us."

Her forehead was red from kowtowing in no time, and tears streamed down her face silently, making her look incredibly endearing.

"It's so pitiful. It's heartbreaking to see such a young child. I say, Aunt Wang, you should just take out some money to help the child." Someone in the courtyard whispered. "That's right, how can you be so heartless? Look how pitiful Ju'er is." Someone else chimed in.

“You guys are something else too. That’s fifty taels of silver. How could Granny Wang possibly come up with that? If you feel sorry for her, why don’t you take out some silver to help her? Don’t you even think about who’s responsible for this?” Some people also spoke up for Granny Wang.

Mo Lan listened to the whispers in the courtyard. She wasn't surprised. That's how people are. They can be very sympathetic when it doesn't happen to them, but once it happens to them, you'll see if they still have the heart to sympathize!

"Ju-jie, why are you begging Grandma? Where is Grandma going to get so much money? You should beg your mother. Your mother has a lot of dowry, and your maternal family is so rich. Just have your mother go back and ask for some." Mo Lan looked at Mo Ju, who was kowtowing repeatedly, and offered her some advice.

Mo Ju was stunned by Mo Lan's words, but she quickly recovered. She turned around and kowtowed to Mo Lan, saying, "Sister Lanlan, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said you were possessed by a ghost. I was wrong. I know you hate me. I'm kowtowing to you, so please don't be angry with me. I know that Madam has money. Please have pity on me and my brother."

Mo Lan narrowed her eyes. This Mo Ju was not to be underestimated. How did she know that her grandmother had money? No, she couldn't admit it. She couldn't waste her hard-earned money on that heartless family.

"What are you saying, sister? I don't understand. Grandma has money." Mo Lan frowned and pretended to be confused.

Seeing that Ma Liu and the water buffalo hadn't made a move yet, Mo Jin turned around, put down his shovel, and knelt down in front of Mo Quan, tears streaming down his face. He said tremblingly, "Brother, I don't have the face to beg you. Chang Sheng is a beast who did something heinous. I'm ashamed of myself, but these two children are innocent. Please save them, brother."

Looking at the Second Master's appearance, Mo Lan sighed. The Second Master was a reasonable person, but unfortunately none of the Second Branch understood his good intentions. If the Second Branch could all be like Mo Jin, they wouldn't have ended up in this mess.

Mo Quan looked at Mo Jin kneeling, his heart aching, but even more so, he felt a chill in his heart. He reached out and pulled Mo Jin up, slowly saying, "Jin, you know our family's situation. Even if I smashed this old man's bones, we still couldn't come up with that much silver. Do you not know what your sister-in-law is like? She's incredibly frugal, splitting every penny in two. How hard it is for her to manage this household, all because we have no money. These days, the eldest son's wife has taken on some embroidery work and earned some silver, but she used it all to buy food and bring it back to us. What silver is left?"

Mo Jin was stunned by Mo Quan's words. Yes, he knew the family's situation, but in desperation, he heard from Mo Ju that his sister-in-law had money, so he swallowed his pride and begged her. But his sister-in-law wasn't some magician conjuring up money for him. He stood up in despair, mechanically picking up the shovel again. No matter what, he couldn't let them take the child away. Mo Quan stood in front of Da Lang again.

"If you don't have money, you have land. Just give them the land," Mo Changsheng said coldly.

"You beast, it's all your fault, how dare you speak?" Mo Jin slapped him across the face.

Mo Changsheng staggered from the blow. Looking at her husband, now a mangled mess, and her daughter kowtowing incessantly, Cui let out a howl and cried out, "I can't live anymore! I'd rather die!" She then ran towards the wall, seemingly intending to bang her head against it. However, she was pulled back after only a few steps by onlookers. It seems she only threatened suicide because of the large crowd.

They were making a fuss over there again, demanding to take someone away. Seeing that Madam Wang remained silent with a gloomy face, and that her two aunts were also silent, Mo Ju hardened her heart and turned to Cheng Xiao, kowtowing: "Young Master Cheng, please save us, I beg you, please save us for Lanlan's sake."

Mo Lan was speechless. What did he mean by "for her sake"? What was their relationship? Mo Ju was just trying to ruin her reputation. With so many people here, the things people said about her would probably be very unpleasant.

Looking at the girl kneeling before him, kowtowing repeatedly, Cheng Xiao felt a mix of helplessness and pity. Her father's actions had filled him with resentment, but none of it concerned her. Now, she was apologizing on behalf of her father, pleading with him for her and her brother's sake. Moreover, she was Mo Lan's older sister. His heart softened.

"Get up quickly, get up and talk," Cheng Xiao urged the girl to stand up.

"Young Master Cheng, please, please!" Mo Ju knelt down and stepped forward to hug Cheng Xiao's legs.

Cheng Xiao quickly took two steps back, his face flushed slightly. There were so many people here; if this girl grabbed his leg, how could he possibly explain himself?

"Sister, get up quickly. Young Master Cheng isn't familiar with us. He just happened to come by showing us the way. Why make things difficult for him?" Mo Lan watched Mo Ju's performance and admired her somewhat. If it were her, she couldn't have done it.

Mo Ju ignored Mo Lan and just kept kowtowing. Cui Shi ran over and hugged her daughter, crying loudly, while Feng Shi also wailed incessantly. They looked so miserable, but Mo Lan couldn't soften her heart and felt sorry for them.

"Brother," Mo Jin called out and knelt down again. He refused Mo Quan's help and said, "As your brother, I'm asking you for one thing. Divide the family property. I don't want the good land. Give me some of the medium-sized land to give to them. I really can't bear to watch the two kids go into a fire pit."

It seems that Mo Jin has no other choice but to propose splitting up the family business.

“The old man’s family can’t be divided. The debts are all owed together. Why should we be the only ones paying them back? If we’re going to divide the family property, we have to wait until we’ve paid off these fifty taels of silver. Why shouldn’t we get the good land?” Upon hearing Mo Jin’s words, Madam Feng became agitated and ran over to shake him repeatedly.

With a "slap," Mo Jin slapped her. Looking at Feng Shi's stunned and incredulous expression, he slapped himself a few more times, saying as he hit himself, "It's all my fault. I always thought about being peaceful and didn't manage my wife and children well, which made them so cold-blooded. I deserve to die. I deserve to die."

Mo Quan reached out and pulled Mo Jin back. Looking at his brother, who was in tears, he didn't know how to comfort him.

Mo Lan hadn't expected things to escalate so much in the beginning and middle, but end somewhat peacefully. Cheng Xiao took the IOU written by Mo Jin, went home and asked his parents for thirty taels of silver. In addition, Cui Shi gave Ma Liu ten taels. Ma Liu initially objected, wanting to add ten taels for the medicine, but seeing that they really wouldn't give it to him, he coldly refused, secretly thinking that he would bring more people next time to take revenge.

The time for Mo Jin to write the IOU has already been agreed upon. Tomorrow, he will invite the local headman, the village chief, and the clan head to discuss the division of the family property. The fifty taels will belong entirely to the second branch of the family and have nothing to do with the first branch. He will repay the debt by selling land after the division is completed. In addition, he has also sent someone to inform the two old aunts and Feng's two daughters.

Mo Lan saw Ma Liu about to leave with a sinister expression, so she hurriedly called out, "Wait!" Ma Liu turned around to look at the little girl who had spoken.

Mo Lan threw down the broom in her hand and said to Ma Liu, "Come here, I have something to ask you."

Ma Liu initially didn't want to pay attention, but he was curious what this young girl would have to say to him. However, he glanced at the weapon in her hand and hesitated.

"You've already taken the money, why would we beat you up? Come here, we have some questions for you." Mo Lan found it amusing; even bad guys are afraid of being beaten.

“Who said I’m afraid? I’m not afraid at all.” Ma Liu straightened his neck and strode towards Mo Lan.

"Brother Ma Liu, be careful, those women are ruthless!" Big Water Buffalo hurriedly warned Ma Liu as he approached.