C139 Elementary Scholar's Difficulties

The Elementary Scholar sat on top of a luxurious horse carriage, dressed in brand-new clothes, with the river crab carriage pulled up in front of him in a proud and cautious manner. The driver was one of the two who had come to take Mian Niang away to redeem previously, sitting in front of the horse carriage with a whip in his hands, looking ready to run away at any time.

He had no choice but to drive this master over. He didn't expect the Song Family to have so many people.

Moreover, these people looked at them with unfriendly eyes. It was as if they wanted to come up and give them a good beating.

He regretted it. If he had known about this earlier, even if he had to take the punishment, he would not have come with this person. If something had happened to him, it would not have been worth it.

It was a pity that a servant was forced to do this.

This was the first time an Elementary Scholar came to Tian Jia Wan, and he did not know any of the people in front of him. He did not know what relationship they had with the Song Family.

In his heart, he only disdainfully scolded these country bumpkins.

What did he do? Why were all of them looking at him like that?

Under such gazes, the Elementary Scholar suddenly had the urge to leave.

Especially when Madame Song was supported into the crowd by someone else, the Elementary Scholar could not help but look at the resentful gaze of his mother-in-law and wished that she could leave immediately.

However, thinking about why he had come here today, he had no choice but to face these people.

"What are you doing here?"

Madame Song did not expect such a day to come where she would see the Elementary Scholar appear at the door of her house. Looking at the well-dressed young scholar, she immediately thought of her husband, her son who had left home, and Mian Niang who had been abandoned by them for a day.

The anger in his heart was like a sudden flash flood, he brandished his walking stick without a second thought.

The Elementary Scholar did not have the chance to speak, so he quickly put down the curtain and hid inside the carriage. The servant even hurriedly hid to the side.

The Elementary Scholar then shouted out from within the carriage, "Old Pious, if you dare hit me today, you won't be able to take the consequences!"

The crutches did not really smash down, but on the way, they were stopped by the village elders.

The elder didn't say a word. He looked around the carriage, hinting that the Elementary Scholar Song Li was not the same person as before. The Song Clan couldn't find any trouble for him.

Whether it was following their families to make a marriage or making a feud, the Song Family had already paid a heavy price. Right now, the most important thing for these three women was to survive.

Even if it was for the Song Zhien who had not grown up, or the Song Zhixiao who was far away at the border, the Song Family could not afford to let anything happen to them.

Madame Song Li's walking stick slowly fell to the ground. She slowly closed her eyes, and her tears fell onto the hand holding the walking stick.

He turned around and walked back to the yard.

As the Elementary Scholar sat in the car, he trembled in fear. Madame Song's appearance immediately made him think of Mian Niang. Back then when Mian Niang had hit him, she had also had such a vicious look in her eyes.

He suddenly felt regret. He shouldn't have come here today. In reality, he had regretted coming here all the way, but he had never felt this strong before.

It was only when a voice came from outside the carriage that it sounded like it had not been there for a long time.

"What are you doing here?"

As expected of a mother and daughter, the Elementary Scholar hesitated for a long time before opening the carriage curtain and meeting Mian Niang's eyes. He looked at the young and frail female mother who was wrapped in her clothes, which was obviously her own clothes, but now, when she wore it, it gave her an empty feeling, as if a gust of wind would blow her away.

It was as if Lady Song Li's walking stick had given him an illusion. He felt that in the next moment, Mian Niang would throw the brush in her hand at his face, or use it like how she used to at home, and throw it at him.

Strangely, he was no longer that weak medicine pot. On the contrary, Mian Niang was so weak that it seemed like as long as he breathed, he could fall down.

He even brought people over to watch Mian Niang being tied to a chair and beaten to death.

But he was still afraid.

It was the first time in his life that he had been beaten.

The feeling of the carrying pole hitting him was not pleasant.

"I …"

He still arrogantly raised his head, using his nose to look at Mian Niang who stood in the middle of the crowd.

"Get in the car, let's go!"

He called for the servant of his family, and in the end, decided to leave. Although there were a lot of people here, he could easily talk about it with Mian Niang alone, but compared to having more people, he was even less afraid of being alone with Mian Niang.

All this time, the servant had been holding onto the whip, hiding far away. Now that he heard the servant's call, he slowly approached in a probing manner.

The Elementary Scholar suddenly understood that even if something were to happen, the person he had brought would not be able to help.

The servant turned the carriage around in front of everyone and was about to drive away.

However, Mian Niang stopped him at the back.

She still had a brush in her hand as she walked to the front of the carriage, blocking the way.

When the servant saw her, he remembered that night when she almost lost her life to save his brother. He subconsciously nodded at her.

Mian Niang was suspicious, last time when she came, this person was not so polite to her, but she extended her hand to stop her from smiling, furthermore she had no enmity with her, all she did was follow orders to do the river crab thing.

She nodded her head in return and said to the people in the car:

"Mehanlin, no matter what you came here for, don't come before our family in the future and don't try to harm us again. At most, we can just fight to the death and see who will have a more precious life. You know who I am! "

After a long silence, the Elementary Scholar spoke again and asked his family servant to drive the carriage away.

The surrounding people understood, compared to the Song Family, the lives of the people from Mei Family were much more precious.

If the fishes died and the net broke, the Mei Family would be even more afraid.

However, just because Mian Niang said that, the Elementary Scholar actually believed him.

Everyone's eyes landed on Mian Niang, they still could not understand, what could Mian Niang, who had such a soft and gentle personality, possibly have to be afraid of, that Elementary Scholar was even able to do this.

However, it was good that he left, so it wasn't a big deal for him to stay here any longer.

Soon, the group returned to the courtyard as though nothing had happened, doing whatever they needed to do.

A Yun walked to Mian Niang's side and patted her shoulder. Just as she was about to speak, she realized that her hands were shaking really badly.

"Mian Niang!"

A Yun held her hand and asked: "Are you angry or afraid?"

"I don't know!" Mian Niang shook his head in a daze.

She seemed angry and frightened.

The Mei Family did not know if he had lost his sense of shame, but he actually came looking for him. He did not know what she was planning, and even though she said it bravely, unless it was a last resort, would he really fight until the fish died and the net broke?

The Mei Family was leaning on the Prince Rong, could she really not care about the safety of his mother and brother?

What's more, his brother was at the border and was sending him off.

Just a single word from the other party was enough to turn the world upside down in their home.

A Yun brought her into the courtyard. When she passed by Madame Song, Madame Song gave her a hard look and suppressed her anger: "If you really have that capability, then don't let Yours send his troops!"

Mian Niang wanted to explain herself, but Madame Song had already turned around, and was unwilling to look at her again.

A Yun felt sad and pulled Mian Niang into the kitchen. The Aunt Chen and the filigree in the kitchen were busy cooking.

As soon as his ice cold hand touched the warm water, it immediately awakened the wound that had not healed yet. Mian Niang removed his hand, and then slowly put it back in.

Little by little, with a probing movement.

Little by little, the red spread out in the water. The color became lighter and lighter, and the color of the water gradually darkened.

A Yun turned his head, he did not have the heart to look, and the others too.

When Mian Niang had finished washing his hands and was shaking off the water on his hands, the filigree finally came over and asked Mian Niang if she knew why the Elementary Scholar had suddenly come to her door.

Mian Niang shook her head, indicating that she did not know either.

"What can happen? A weasel wishing a chicken a new year, there must be something bad going on."

Aunt Chen concluded on the side.

The filigree nodded his head, expressing his agreement: "That's true, but Mian Niang, don't look at him leaving, I think he might return. From his appearance, it doesn't seem like a small matter."

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't take it on yourself. Everyone else can't help, so how could they come up with any ideas?"

Aunt Chen said as she washed the cabbage.

Mian Niang nodded her head and bit her lips, completely different from when she had stood in front of the carriage and threatened the Elementary Scholar.

The bashful, delicate, and weak ones made people's hearts ache for them. When they saw the aunts in the room, their hearts softened.

She felt that this child was too pitiful. How could such a fine girl be involved in so many things?

In less than a year, his entire life had been turned upside down.

When bean curd finished packing, the Minister of Police had rushed back with everything that needed to be taken care of.

In just a day's time, the bean curd was built. After dinner, everyone left with their tools.

Only Mian Niang stood inside the established bean curd, and looked at everything that was in front of him. She had a feeling that she couldn't explain it in her heart.

Just like what Lady Song Li said, relying on what she had learnt in Mei Family to earn money to live was very uncomfortable, it had a kind of hateful awkwardness, but, there was no other way, if they wanted to live, if they wanted to survive, they couldn't care less about the means to survive.

Fortunately, he was relying on his own two hands to earn money, and if he were to really get tangled up, then he would have to suffer more than that.

Soak the beans first and then carry the bucket to the well to draw water.

At home, there used to be only a small water jar. This time, Li Chang specifically bought a large water jar to make tofu for filling water.

It was even bigger than the huge vat that used to be in tofu hyacinth's house.

Mian Niang went back and forth five or six times before she filled the tank to the brim.