Farm Tough Girl-Chapter 203 - 204 Mrs. Chuis Calculations_1

Chapter 203 -204 Mrs. Chui’s Calculations_1

Chapter 203 -204 Mrs. Chui’s Calculations_1

Muniang was still afraid that Mrs. Lin might hold a grudge in her heart, who would want their own daughter to be cursed every day.

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Mrs. Lin scolded in anger, “You silly child, a girl’s reputation is so important, yet you don’t care, it’s only because Silver Coin is willing to treat you sincerely. Otherwise, when your mother has to contemplate your marriage, she would worry herself grey.”

Muniang giggled, “Yes, yes, yes, it’s good that I’m getting married, otherwise, if I stayed with mother for a lifetime, she would probably get annoyed with me.”

Seeing Muniang’s carefree demeanor, Mrs. Lin also felt relieved, mainly because she knew that Silver Coin would come back, so she understood that those rumors outside would eventually be debunked, and she smiled and said, “When Silver Coin comes back, you should live a good life together, and that will put my mind at ease.”

Mrs. Lin chatted with Muniang for a while and then her body could not bear it anymore, as she was not very energetic to begin with, and had just lost her temper with Mrs. Chui, feeling extremely exhausted, she left.

After Mrs. Lin left, Qingya came in carrying tea to serve.

Muniang asked, “Those two didn’t swipe anything from us when they left, did they?”

“No, Hong Luo kept a close watch. Mrs. Chui indeed wanted to take something, but she couldn’t find the chance, so she had to give up. Hong Luo said that after Lady left, she kept speaking ill of you in front of the elder lady, saying everything awful, angering the elder lady enough to tear into her. But afterward, she acted as if nothing had happened, and before leaving, she even went to cozy up to the elder lady again, saying to take care of your health and that she would visit again.”

Muniang snorted coldly, “This is her trying to incite my mother to discipline me.”

Qingya said indignantly, “Lucky that the elder lady is reasonable, otherwise someone else would already be giving you a good lesson following Mrs. Chui’s wishes!”

“Anyway, she sure changes faces quickly, tearing apart one moment and cozying up the next. Asking about health is just a pretense, the real objective is to secure the next visit. She knows my mother is easy to talk to, so she tried to smooth things over with her in the end.”

Qingya sighed, “That’s right. The elder lady is inherently kind-hearted, and since Mrs. Chui has a grasp on Mr. Lin to use him as a pawn, how could the elder lady possibly refuse them another visit? With the elder lady’s protection, they’re bound to come over to freeload meals and snatch some advantages.”

At this point, Qingya suddenly remembered something and said, “When the elder lady was seeing them off just now, she chatted with Mr. Lin for a bit and secretly slipped him a packet of silver.”

Muniang shook her head helplessly, her mother didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable, so she said she wouldn’t let that couple take advantage, but Lin Yang was her own brother after all, how could she truly not care? Moreover, Lin Yang had said before that their household was a little short on money, so no matter what Mrs. Lin was going to support them, which meant she certainly gave her own silver to Lin Yang in secret.

“Forget it, forget it, mother has her difficulties too. Pretend you didn’t see anything, and I won’t know about it either,” Muniang still felt sorry for Mrs. Lin after all.

Qingya said, “But when the elder lady gave the silver to Mr. Lin, she did it behind Mrs. Chui’s back, and Mrs. Chui doesn’t know about it, so the silver naturally won’t end up in her hands. Lady, you can rest assured about this.”

Muniang laughed, “Silly, would someone as shrewd as Mrs. Chui really not know? My uncle is someone she has totally under her thumb; it would be strange if the silver didn’t end up in her hands.”

Qingya was taken aback; she hadn’t considered this before.

Lin Yang, driving the oxcart and dragging Mrs. Chui along, was on the way home. As they gradually moved away from Muniang’s family estate, Mrs. Chui then directly stretched out her hand in front of Lin Yang, “Where’s the silver?”

Lin Yang felt somewhat guilty and hemmed and hawed before he said, “What silver?” When Mrs. Lin had given him the silver earlier, she specifically instructed him to use it for himself and to not let his wife get her hands on it.

Mrs. Chui slapped Lin Yang on the forehead and directly reached into his bosom, rummaging about.

Lin Yang’s ears turned red, “It’s broad daylight and we’re outside, aren’t you afraid of being seen by others!”

Mrs. Chui pulled out the pouch of silver that Mrs. Lin had given to Lin Yang and snorted coldly, “What am I afraid of? I’m only afraid that some people would do things that can’t be seen by others and are afraid of being discovered by me!”

Seeing the silver being pulled out by Mrs. Chui, Lin Yang immediately felt apprehensive, “I, I, I—”

Mrs. Chui grabbed Lin Yang’s ear and said, “Well done, you’ve grown quite bold, haven’t you? Hiding silver behind my back, as if I don’t know the little games you and your sister are playing? I’ve walked more roads than the salt you’ve eaten! It really is a family affair; now that siblings are so close, you treat me as an outsider, don’t you? Trying to deceive me, you really are asking for a beating, aren’t you?”

Lin Yang was so much in pain that he was close to tears, and quickly said, “Wife, wife, I was wrong, I didn’t mean to hide it from you, it was my sister who told me to keep it for emergencies, I was wrong, I truly was, I won’t dare to do it again next time.”

Mrs. Chui then released him, speaking harshly, “If there’s a next time, I will twist off your ear!”

She then opened up the purse and carefully counted the silver inside, her eyes gleaming, “Your sister is really generous. Just like that she gives fifty taels; it seems the family fortune of Qiao Muniang is not too shabby.” Her eyes flashed with an even more intense greed.

Not daring to speak, Lin Yang simply answered with nods, driving the carriage obediently.

Mrs. Chui touched each of the silver coins in turn, finally putting them into her bosom with satisfaction, and said with triumphant laughter, “I really hadn’t noticed, but that Qiao Muniang really knows some tricks. I’ve heard they have a mountain and a thousand mu of good farmland. When all that falls into our hands, oh my, that will be a lifetime of glory and wealth.”

Puzzled, Lin Yang said, “Why would Muniang give us those properties? Just today she didn’t even agree to my little request, she’s not a fool.”

Mrs. Chui snorted with pride, “Still worried I have no way to deal with her? She’s just a woman who’s been dumped by a man, mother and daughter both the same kind, one brings misfortune on her husband, the other scares away her own husband, I can’t handle them?”

Lin Yang actually disliked hearing her speak of Mrs. Lin and Muniang that way; after all, they were his flesh and blood. But he was afraid of Mrs. Chui and didn’t dare to speak out, rather awkwardly asking, “What do you mean by that?”

Mrs. Chui glanced at him and then whispered a few words into his ear.

Lin Yang’s face suddenly turned quite unsightly, “Is that really okay?”

Mrs. Chui glared at him, “What’s okay or not okay?! I’m doing this for their own good as well. Don’t you know how to think of the consequences? Dare to talk back to me again, and see if I don’t twist off your ear!”

Intimidated by Mrs. Chui’s threats, Lin Yang really didn’t dare to say another word. Although he was unwilling, he endured it and simply kept his mouth shut.

In a great mood, Mrs. Chui sat in the ox cart and started humming a tune, mulling over her own schemes.