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Chapter 90: Chapter 87 Unexpected Joy (5th Update)
"Yunfang, how have you become like this?" Qian Xinxue’s face was filled with distress, "I know, it must be those bastards from the old Shen Family who have said something to you again, haven’t they? Yunfang, you can’t be confused, who has been good to you and who has been bad to you—do you even need to ask? Think back to when your father had just passed away, out of the whole Shen Family, who cared for you and your widowed mother? It was your uncle.
Back then you were only this tall, you definitely don’t remember. At that time, your mother was clueless and only knew how to cry, and it was me and your uncle who ran back and forth to help with your father’s affairs in Gaijiatun. Later on, it was also me and your uncle who snatched this house back from the Shen Family’s hands for you and your mother, otherwise you two wouldn’t have had a place to stay all these years. Do you still remember all this? Now that you’re grown up, the old Shen Family is starting to scheme again, trying to drive a wedge between us. Yunfang, you must not be fooled."
"Yunfang, you’re living on your own now, you should know the difficulties of life, right? Your uncle is a man with no real skills, at home there are the old and the young, all with their mouths open waiting to be fed. Your aunt here is really out of options, that’s why I came to see you. I know you’re a good kid, even for your uncle’s sake, you can’t stand by and watch your brothers go hungry..."
Shen Yunfang let Qian Xinxue ramble on without saying a word. If you can talk, then go ahead and talk enough, but think about coming into the house? No way. As for whether things were really like what her aunt said, she didn’t care, those days were over, and all that mattered was that she was living her own life now, and from now on, as long as no one came to bother her, it was all good.
The two of them had been in a stalemate at the door for not even a few minutes when from the road, two figures could be vaguely seen approaching. Upon closer inspection, it was Shen Yeqing and his wife.
As for Shen Yeqing, he had just gotten out of bed in the morning and hadn’t had breakfast yet when Ergouzi started shouting outside the door. When he heard that Yunfang’s aunt had come again, he couldn’t care about anything else and scurried out with his shoes half on, fearing that his niece would be fooled again and foolishly give away her grain.
Seeing the old man run off, Shen Da Niang (Mrs. Shen) inquired about what was going on, pulled off her apron, and chased after him.
"Uncle, Auntie, you’re here! My aunt was just talking about you," Shen Yunfang waved to the approaching pair.
As soon as Shen Yeqing saw Shen Yunfang’s house, he steadied his stance and walked over with his hands clasped behind his back.
"What about us? Just in time, I’ll listen too. Didn’t I tell you before, if other relatives come over, what can a young girl like you host? Just bring them all over to my place to sit down." His last sentence was a reprimand for Shen Yunfang.
Shen Yunfang was not at all upset by the admonishment; instead, she said with a hint of grievance on her face, "I wanted to bring my aunt over just now, but she flat out refused to go."
Qian Xinxue turned her head and saw Shen Yeqing and his wife, and suddenly she found herself unable to speak her earlier words, "Oh, Yunfang, your uncle is here to see you, there must be something important, I won’t keep you. I’ll come to see you another day when I have time, I’m heading home for now." Qian Xinxue felt uneasy inside and, of course, did not want to go to her niece’s great-uncle’s house.
"Don’t go, aunt, continue telling us about what you were just saying, especially since my great-uncle has arrived," Shen Yunfang said coolly.
"No, no..."
"What’s the matter, does this wicked woman want to cheat you out of your grain again? When will this ever end? Do they think our Shen Family has no one left, and come over every day to bully us?" Shen Da Niang arrived, without a word of politeness, ready to start a fight.
At this moment, Shen Da Niang and Shen Yunfang felt a common animosity against Qian Xinxue. That old woman had come last year and swindled Shen Yunfang’s grain, laughing all the way home, bringing nothing but trouble to their side of the Shen Family. Shen Da Niang was the most affected—how could she not be angry?
Thinking that if Shen Yunfang’s grain was swindled away this year too, she would have to provide for her at her own family’s dining table every day, Shen Da Niang felt fire in her eyes.
"Heh, in-laws, I came to see you, why aren’t you welcoming me?" Qian Xinxue instantly changed her expression as she faced them.
"Welcome? How could we not welcome you? You’re here to return the grain to my niece, right? The corn is just harvested; you can’t say you don’t have any grain," Shen Da Niang pulled Shen Da Ye (Mr. Shen) to her back and charged to the forefront.
Qian Xinxue’s expression stiffened and then, pretending to brush her hair, she lifted her head and feigned distress, "Words cannot express how hard my life has been, you have no idea."
