Chapter 56: You Dare to Come at Me

Fang Eldest Brother’s words made Second Tiger and Third Tiger both breathe a sigh of relief, and the matter was settled like this, which was pretty good.

What identity did their brothers have in the village, why should they get involved with their brother-in-law, and why should their brothers split a share.

This matter had never truly been resolved from the root.

Fang Dalen was not very happy on his side, what did the eldest mean, not worried about anything? So they were really going to go their separate ways?

Wasn’t it going fine, making money, why were they breaking up the team?

He wanted to speak, but his wife glared at him, and Fang Dalen said nothing.

Behind them, the couple sighed continuously. Having money was worse than not having money. It actually made the brothers feel distant.

Wang Cuixiang said, “Think of it more openly. Breaking up early is better than breaking up late.”

Now that things were being calculated in their minds, if it dragged on longer, they might even start fighting, and that would truly be embarrassing.

Fang Dalen said, “They are all brothers and sisters, how can they all be like this.”

Wang Cuixiang said, “Up to you.”

Fang Dalen did not dare to say another word.

Over on Fang Yuan and Lu Chuan’s side, they returned home, and everything inside the house was neat and orderly, even the courtyard was cleaned up properly.

Seeing how tidy the house was, Fang Yuan felt better, “Mom must have cleaned this up.”

Lu Chuan lowered his brows and eyes, “I will go over to mom’s place and say hello, you go rest in the room first.”

Fang Yuan did not object. She anyway did not want to go to the new courtyard, seeing those two shameless, improper people made her disgusted. “Bring the things we bought for mom.”

Hearing Fang Yuan’s words, Lu Chuan felt much brighter inside.

He frowned slightly, reflecting on himself, why did he suddenly not want Fang Yuan to interact with Lu Eldest Brother?

Fang Yuan opened the door. The room was not as clean as outside, it needed to be wiped before it was livable.

Mother Lu came over with Lu Chuan. Seeing Fang Yuan, she was as enthusiastic as always, “Fang Yuan is back. Mom did not know you were coming back today, otherwise I would have prepared the meal earlier.”

Fang Yuan said, “Mom, no need to trouble yourself. We already ate at home. These past few days you have been looking after things here, I will give you the key later.”

Mother Lu smiled so widely her eyes nearly narrowed into slits. This was trust. She wanted to say no need, but she could not enter the house, and could not help her daughter in law heat the kang or tidy up, so she might as well take the key.

Fang Yuan split the meat into two halves, giving one half to Mother Lu, “Take this back for Dad and Little Third to eat.” She made it very clear, there was no share for Lu Eldest Brother.

Mother Lu said, “No need, our family is not short of a bite of meat.”

Fang Yuan said happily, “Eat it. Your son earned it, he is quite capable, making us look good.”

Lu Chuan on the side was slightly shy. Fang Yuan actually thought he was making them look good, his face felt a little hot. He thought to himself, was Fang Yuan proud of him? Did that mean he was a decent man, at least better than Lu Eldest Brother.

With just a sentence, Lu Chuan could already spin a whole story in his mind.

Mother Lu, like a fangirl, stared at Fang Yuan eagerly, “Really?” Her eyes were full of light.

Fang Yuan said, “Of course.”

Mother Lu slapped her thigh, “As long as we are making money, that is good, that is good. Having money in hand means not panicking. Right, mom is not unhappy, it is just that we should not go showing off everywhere. Second daughter in law, what do you think?”

Fang Yuan had never planned to show off anyway. It was not like she would run to the street shouting about money. “Mm, but what happened?”

The light on Mother Lu’s face faded. She said gloomily, “Your eldest sister in law, no, that shameless one, came to the house and caused trouble. Luckily we had already made things clear in the village, otherwise who knows how much trouble there would have been.”

Then she said angrily, “It is just that our family has no money, otherwise I think she would not be an easy one to deal with.”

Fang Yuan laughed coldly, “Afraid of her? Her family is not any good either. Let them come make trouble, we will see who is tougher.”

Then she added, “My big brother and I may fight like dogs with each other, but against outsiders, he is still on my side.”

Lu Chuan could not help laughing on the side. This woman was not completely without sense. She even knew that things were probably not peaceful with her maternal brothers.

And she was truly straightforward, afraid others would know there was conflict in her family.

Mother Lu did not dare let her daughter in law stir things up like this, “Mom is just afraid you will get annoyed. It is better for you to live peacefully.”

Fang Yuan nodded. This mother in law did have her in mind. “You also do not need to get worked up. If this spreads, it will be their family who loses face more than ours. Selling daughters, and selling them twice, how shameless.”

Mother Lu could not say that those were still her sons. She still felt sorry that her eldest son’s life was not going well.

The eldest son was now so troubled that he only went out to the fields when no one was around, afraid of being laughed at.

Last time when Lu Eldest Brother brought Li Meng back from her parents’ home, her clothes were even held back by her family, and her face and neck were scratched up.

If not for the fact that Li Meng did not look much better herself, the eldest son would have said it was thanks to her protection, otherwise Mother Lu would have scolded Li Meng for sure.

Mother Lu said, “Mom is just afraid they will find out you are making money and come here to cause trouble.”

Fang Yuan was not afraid at all, “Then that is perfect. I will let them know clearly that my money is my money, no one else should think about it.”

Lu Chuan did not say a word on the side, meaning Fang Yuan had the final say. He also had no intention of using his money to fill Lu Eldest Brother’s hole.

Mother Lu understood too. There was no way Fang Yuan and Second Brother would pay for Eldest Brother.

But she did not mean that. “Second daughter in law, Mom will definitely stand on your side on this, but Mom is a bit scared.”

Fang Yuan was still easy to talk to, “Do not be afraid, just stand on the side and watch the show. Just do not stand on the side of those shameless people.”

Mother Lu patted her chest to guarantee, “Definitely not.”

The remaining meat was taken by Fang Yuan to the kitchen to cook. “Mom, we have not been home for a while, everything inside and outside has been taken care of by you and Dad. Let Lu Chuan call Dad and Little Third over, we will eat here tonight.”

Mother Lu said, “You young couple are not easy, we will go home and eat.”

Fang Yuan said, “It is not a big deal. We should have gotten familiar and eaten together earlier.”

Mother Lu thought about it and agreed, “I will cook here, everyone eat here, why are we even taking meat back and forth.”

She went into the kitchen to start working. The only thing was that whenever she used grain, she would tell Fang Yuan first. She was still very careful in how she got along with her daughter in law, very polite.

Fang Yuan thought it was fine. In the countryside, everyone had little money, and grain was life itself.

Lu Chuan went to call his father and Little Third over for dinner. He directly left Lu Eldest Brother’s family out. To be honest, Fang Yuan and Lu Chuan both disliked those two.

If Lu Eldest Brother sat opposite them at the table, Lu Chuan felt he would not even enjoy his meal.

He once again realized his tolerance was not very big.

During the meal, Father Lu felt much more relaxed knowing his second son had made money. “Good to earn money, good to earn money. I feel much more at ease.”

Little Third tried to please, “Dad has been thinking these days about selling off the family’s stored grain, worried second brother would not have enough money for school.”

Fang Yuan said very seriously to Little Third, “Your second brother is not going to school. In this season, stored grain should be sold anyway, otherwise it will get eaten by worms.”

Little Third’s face turned red. People said this second sister in law was blunt and stubborn, but she was not stupid at all. She did not tolerate nonsense, and it was not easy to gain favor from her.