Chapter 252: Addicted to Scolding

Wang Guang’s wife couldn’t help but stop and try to persuade her with a few words.

Another three or four people came from either side, unable to help asking the others what was going on. The first group spoke a few words quickly so that soon everyone knew Madam Qiao was going a little overboard, especially when they saw Li Er and Li San’s panicked and pitiful expressions.

“Sister-in-law Qiao, forget it! Look how you’re frightening them, how can they work?”

“That’s right, they just said something to explain, why are you so angry? Ah!”

“Why don’t you just say her fate is good? If I had someone to work for me, I would be very polite and treat them so well! There is no justice!”

With everyone rushing to persuade her, Madam Qiao was even more annoyed: Was this the second branch turning people against her? How could these two slaves make her uncomfortable?

How could that damn girl dare to talk back, let alone these two?

No matter who tried to persuade her, Madam Qiao would flush and curse them with a thick neck.

When everyone saw that she wasn’t willing to give them face, they felt bored and stopped persuading her, just watching quietly from the side.

In the open field, only Madam Qiao’s cursing could be heard.

Gradually, Madam Qiao also noticed this.

Feeling like needles were poking her back, her scolding slowly became quieter. Finally, she turned to glare at Li Er and Li San and cursed: “What are you doing still standing here? Hurry up and get back to work! How can you be so lazy!?”

“I, we haven’t eaten lunch…” Li San started to say but his voice trailed off weakly under Madam Qiao’s stare.

Li Er pulled his sleeve gently and hurriedly said with a smile: “Don’t be angry, let’s just go back to work, let’s just go back to work…”

Then he pulled Li San to the field.

When everyone saw this, they silently shook their heads and sighed. Then they all dispersed.

Madam Qiao let out a long sigh of relief and stood on the walkway with her head held high, sneering. This is what those two bastard slaves deserved for daring to fight with this old lady!

She picked up the bowl from the ground and wiped it with her hands before putting it back in the basket. She glanced at the bowl of porridge in the basket that Li Er hadn’t eaten. Madam Qiao didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. She muttered and cursed twice before leaving with the basket.

As for whether Li Er and Li San were working hungry, she didn’t even think about it. On the contrary, she felt that they deserved it and deserved a lesson!

But she didn’t expect that when she arrived home, she would run into her husband, who was glaring at her.

Madam Qiao’s heart was guilty and she didn’t dare to look at him. However, she changed her mind when she realized that what had happened in the field could not have been passed back so quickly.

Relieved, she straightened her back and said: “Old man, what’s the matter with you? Why is your face so ugly? Don’t tell me you really got sick?”

Because of her guilty conscience, her voice seemed extraordinarily loud.

As soon as her words fell, Lian Li’s face became even more ugly and he grunted hard. Gritting his teeth, he said coldly: “If that was really it, it would be fine…”

“Huh?” Madam Qiao’s eyes widened in surprise, thinking that something must be wrong with her ears.

Lian Li twitched the corners of this mouth twice and said bitterly: “What else, Lian Fang Zhou, that little bitch, she actually sent a doctor to see me!”

“Oh, the sun is coming out from the west! When had she ever been so kind—ah! That, that’s not…” After Madam Qiao acrimonious sentence, she suddenly realized what was wrong and her face was white. Eyes wide, she stared at him in stunned silence.

Lian Li’s face was already gloomy and he didn’t say a word.

“That dam girl, she is really too kind!” Madam Qiao couldn’t help but grit her teeth.

If Lian Li had really been sick, she certainly would not have asked a doctor to see him but now she had invited one! This showed that she clearly suspected that Lian Li was not ill.

Madam Qiao couldn’t help but curse: “That bitch girl’s mind is so narrow and she is so rude to her elders! Can this kind of thing be speculated?”

If her eldest aunt said that her eldest uncle was sick, then she should just agree. If she didn’t believe them, what did this say?

“Then, what did the doctor say? What did the little bitch say?” Madam Qiao hurriedly asked.

Lian Li snorted: “That bitch didn’t say anything!”

Madam Qiao was taken aback for a moment and then felt relieved. She cast her lips in disapproval, saying bluntly: “It’s fine if she didn’t say anything! That’s right, even if you pretend to be sick, what can she say? Just ask her slaves to leave? This is her eldest uncle, she doesn’t have the face!”

Lian Li’s face was cold. He suddenly stared at her and asked abruptly: “How was the work in the fields? Those two slaves were working properly, right?”

“Honestly! Those two small slaves, how could they dare to turn the sky upside down?” Madam Qiao’s raised her eyebrow, speaking exuberantly.

Lian Li’s face sank and he said calmly: “What about you? You didn’t mind them, right?”

Madam Qiao’s heart shuddered. She forced herself to smile and said: “What are you talking about? What can I do to others? This is true!” She got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Lian Li glanced at her back. Though he felt uneasy in his heart, he didn’t think about it any further.

What the couple did not expect was that Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian, and Lian Ze would come to find them that evening.

Lian Fang Zhou spoke to the two in a straightforward manner: in the future, don’t come asking for their subordinates to help with work! If they really were too overworked, they could hire them according to the market price. She could even offer her best servants with a 20% discount.

Usually, as soon as Madam Qiao laid eyes on them, she could start to yell but for some reason, she couldn’t speak when she met Lian Fang Zhou’s cold eyes.

Lian Ze snorted disdainfully and explained everything that had happened today. First Lian Li had pretended to be sick and took his family’s slaves. Then he had treated them badly, not even giving them lunch after they worked in the fields for such a long time. And even when the neighbors had tried to persuade, the more they persuaded, the more they were scolded!

If you didn’t treat people as human beings, others could see the viciousness in your heart. Could you stop them from spreading your reputation of abusing people? In short, the siblings would never accept this kind of thing! They would have little luck without their parents, they would not stand for something like this to spread.

“If uncle and aunt think we are being unfair, we can ask Uncle Li Zheng and the village elders to judge! If there is no objection, we will go back first!” Lian Fang Zhou spoke in a cool tone.

Before she could finish speaking, Madam Qiao screamed: “Lian Fang Zhou! It’s you! Is this your trap!? It must be you! You dare attack me again!”

Lian Fang Zhou sneered: “I attacked you? Do you think I’m as idle as you? Why am I attacking you all the time? You think too much of me! You tell me, how did I attack you? What did you do today? You know it in your own heart!” Saying this, she snorted lightly and took Lian Ze and Ah Jian away.