Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 518: Spitting blood

After the workers left, Madam Qiao hurried to untie the ropes one by one.

As soon as she was free, Old Madam Qiao cursed in embarrassment and anger.

Being tied up like a dumpling and carried back to be thrown on the ground, she had lost face for several lifetimes!

This was an insult, a deadly insult!

“Shameless girl! I’ll settle the score with her!” Old Madam Qiao yelled, jumping up and down.
She turned to rush out and find Lian Fang Zhou.

“Mother!” Madam Qiao hurriedly grabbed her, persuading: “Mother, calm down first! Lian Fang Zhou said just now that if you go again, she will just tie you up again.
Isn’t this, isn’t this…”

Not only was it embarrassing, it had become a joke to the entire village.
They would never be able to hold their heads up again!

“I’m not afraid of her!” Old Madam Qiao said angrily, “Could it be that there is no one in my Qiao family?” Though she said this, her tone had softened a lot.

No matter how stupid she was, she still understood that the Qiao family was not strong right now.
As for friends and relatives, who would be willing to help them cause trouble?

“Who is her distant cousin?” Old Madam Qiao suddenly barked at Madam Qiao, her tone vicious: “Go and call him! Tell him clearly that Lian Fang Zhou belonged to my grandson a long time ago.
I don’t believe he will marry her! There are all kinds of men in the world but there would never be one rushing to have a green hat!”

Madam Qiao’s face went pale.
She moved her lips silently.

She just stared at her mother silently.

“Hurry up!” Eldest Madam Qiao said sharply, “What? You can’t even do such a thing? Are you from this village or not?”

Seeing that Eldest Madam Qiao had the nerve to speak, Madam Qiao couldn’t help but be furious.
She started coldly at her and said: “Go? Go where! What do you want me to say? It’s not like you didn’t see the situation back then.
Have you explained it clearly to mother? Who would believe me! You and I were not the only ones present back then!”

Madam Qiao turned to the old madam: “When we heard the commotion and went to look, my nephew was already on the floor and Lian Fang Zhou was across the room, in the arms of her cousin.
As for what happened before that, what can we say? The sisters in the village were also present and Lian Fang Zhou told them nothing happened.
You can make me go to her cousin to say something but will he believe me?”

Angrily, she added: “If he didn’t believe her alright, would he have become engaged to her?”

“There was such a thing!” Old Madam Qiao’s complexion changed.
Even angrier, she shouted: “That dead girl dared to lean into the arms of another man after being with my grandson? Does she think our Qiao family is dead! No, I must ask her for an explanation!”

“Go on your own!” Madam Qiao said coldly.
“If you are not afraid to be tied up again, go! Anyways, I won’t go.”

“Yo, Sister-in-law!” Second Madam Qiao snorted.
“Who are you targeting? Everything you say is to help outsiders ruin your family! Oh, I was wrong.
We are the outsiders, they are your relatives!”

Madam Qiao’s hands and feet were cold again and her body trembled.

Old Man Qiao and the old madam paused, starting at her with a clear expression of ‘so that is how it is’.

“Second Sister-in-law!” Madam Qiao said angrily: “When did I stop treating you as relatives? Do you have a conscience!” Saying this, she nearly vomited blood.

Did it have to be said how much she hated Lian Fang Zhou and wished for her misfortune? They even thought she was closer to her than them!

Madam Qiao was not only angry but also aggrieved, depressed, and extremely outraged! But she couldn’t explain herself.

There was nothing more infuriating than that.

Not to be outdone, Second Madam Qiao shouted even louder: “I have no conscience!? Thank you for speaking so bravely! Then let me ask you, why did that damn girl tie us all up but not you? Hmph! I know you’re in her group! Mother, father! We’ve been deceived by her! She didn’t even try to help us!”

The Qiao family’s eyes lit up and the dissatisfaction in their expressions became even stronger.
Obviously, they all agreed with Second Madam’s words.

Madam Qiao trembled harder.
She was almost overwhelmed with anger!

This time, the situation was impossible to explain, Madam Qiao couldn’t say a word in her defense.

“If you really treated us as relatives, you wouldn’t throw cold water on us again and again.
Saying so many depressing things, I say, Third Sister, how can you be so cruel?” Eldest Master Qiao said, looking aggrieved.
“Even if you don’t want to help me, you have to look at our father and mother! Tomorrow is the third day, if we don’t get the 700 taels of silver, our whole family will be ruined! Are you really so cruel?”

Eldest Master Qiao’s words made everyone’s hearts tremble.
In just a blink, it would be the third day tomorrow…

The harsh worlds of the gang boss echoed in their ears, none of them could forget it!

Old Man Qiao sighed heavily and said slowly: Since Lian Fang Zhou is not willing to marry our family, it’s fine.
We don’t force others! Anyways, we have done our best and if people don’t appreciate it, that’s their business! Our hearts have no shame!”

“Father!” Eldest Madam Qiao quickly cried.
That family property was worth tens of thousands of taels! How could they give up?

“Shut up!” Old Man Qiao snarled.
Coldly, he said: “Otherwise we’ll wait while you go and give it a try?”

Tongue-tied, Eldest Madam Qiao lowered her head and remained silent.

Go and try? That would mean being bundled up into a rice dumpling and sent back in shame! Without even thinking about it, she knew Lian Fang Zhou would keep her promise.

So, even if she was unwilling to give up in her heart, she still had to give up.

Old Man Qiao looked at Madam Qiao and said, “Let her give us one thousand taels of silver and this matter will be over.
You go and talk to her! One thousand taels shouldn’t be a big deal for her, right? She has made a lot of money growing cotton.”

Pale, Madam Qiao shook her head in a daze and whispered: “She won’t give it!”

“She dares!” Old Madam Qiao shouted.
“Tell her, if she doesn’t give it, don’t blame us for spreading this matter everywhere! What do women can most about? Isn’t it their reputation? I don’t believe her distant cousin will still want her after her reputation is ruined! Even if he does, I don’t believe he won’t have doubts in his heart.
Your second sister-in-law is right, you take her for your relative! Why did I have the misfortune of giving birth to a daughter like you!”

Unable to bear this, Madam Qiao shook and spat out a mouthful of blood with a cry before falling to the ground.

Everyone was startled.
Screaming, Eldest Madam Qiao and Second Madam Qiao both dodged.

It was Old Man Qiao who was the first to react.
“Help her up! You two, help her up!”