CHAPTER 238: CHAPTER 238: IT CAN’T GO WRONG

Sun Manyu kneeled fearfully before Sun Fourth Lord, and when Sun Fourth Lord raised his cane to hit her, she closed her eyes tightly.

Sun Fourth Lord struck Sun Manyu’s back with the cane several times in anger, and asked furiously, "Why did you throw the steamed bun? You’ve had full meals for a few days, do you not even remember your own surname?

I’ll teach you a lesson for wasting food, I should beat you to death.

From today on, you can only have one meal a day, just a bowl of porridge, let’s see if you dare waste food again!"

Sun Manyu let Sun Fourth Lord’s cane hit her hard on her back, daring not to make a sound from start to finish.

She was scared of her grandfather, very scared.

Because with just a word from her grandfather, her father could sell her off, and her mother wouldn’t be able to stop it even if she wanted to.

If it hadn’t been for her Fifth Uncle pleading on her behalf last time, she would probably have become a concubine for that wealthy old master in Bohai City.

The reason she’s not engaged at fifteen is definitely not because she’s undesirable; there are plenty of people coming to propose at her house, she just doesn’t like any of them.

She is pretty, prettier than any granddaughter of the Sun family, so if she marries, she must marry someone wealthy.

Of course, it must be as a first wife; she won’t accept being a concubine.

Though Sun Manyu was hit by Sun Fourth Lord, deep down she felt indignant; though indignant, she could only grit her teeth and endure it.

Getting beaten wasn’t enough, Sun Fourth Lord finally ordered her to apologize to Yu Xiaolian, so Sun Manyu reluctantly gritted her teeth and uttered to Yu Xiaolian, "Sorry..."

Yu Xiaolian felt it necessary to use this opportunity to make things clear to everyone, so she spoke loudly, "The world is in chaos now, both South and North are in turmoil, war in the South, disaster in the North, everyone is fleeing to the central region.

If you have relatives in the central region to rely on, that’s good, at least there’s a place to settle down when you get there.

But I want to make one thing clear, our family is helping you because you’re my mother’s maternal relatives; while we don’t seek repayment, we’re only providing temporary assistance, offering you a place to stay.

When you reach Luocheng, whether you carry loads or work as laborers, or engage in embroidery or laundry, you all have to be self-sufficient. Our family will certainly not continue to provide food and shelter as we did on the road, we are not a charity and cannot afford to support so many people.

As for the expenses incurred on the road, we don’t demand repayment, just hope you have a sense of fairness and in the future don’t repay kindness with betrayal; our family will be grateful for that."

"Oh, child. Don’t say that, what do you think of us? We can’t betray kindness, we won’t forget your goodness to us.

If it weren’t for Scholar Su’s help, we couldn’t even have entered Bohai City, and why would Scholar Su help us? Isn’t it because he knows you? We all remember that, we are grateful to you, we’ll remember it for a lifetime." Sun Daji’s wife said as she approached and held Yu Xiaolian’s hand.

But in her heart, she resented Sun Fourth Lord’s family, no, Sun Dalin’s family, this family took and took, and still caused trouble, terribly difficult to deal with.

Look at what impression they have left in Yu Xiaolian’s heart? You all have bad character, don’t lead our family astray, our family doesn’t think like you.

We are grateful in our hearts.

To say it clearly, Yu Changhe is just a son-in-law of the Sun family, why should he spend so much money to have his daughter receive them?

What does Sun Chunfang want? This Fifth Uncle is only a paternal uncle, not direct kin, what does he gain?

What do you have? What can one gain from you?

The truth is, they are kind-hearted and mindful of old ties.

Even though they have money, they don’t forget to help these poor relatives.

Speaking of which, does she have any direct sister-in-laws? Yes, she has two.

Those two sister-in-laws are also good people, at crucial times they fled with their husbands, alas, which son-in-law would willingly help his wife’s maternal family?

Yu Changhe is such a good person, they’d be grateful not to mention repaying kindness with betrayal?

"If I speak about someone, they know in their heart.

If you have issues with me, don’t force yourself to stay, pack your things and leave, Zicheng is neither too big nor too small, if you have the skills, you can survive anywhere.

I won’t say much more, think it over yourselves.

Two steamed buns per person, eat your meals!"

Yu Xiaolian returned to her room, the more she thought about it the angrier she got, not for any other reason, just because of Sun Manyu’s unreasonable behavior.

Is it not allowed for her to spend her own money? Why is this person’s thinking so bizarre?

It’s true the bigger the forest, the more kinds of birds exist!

Yu Xiaolian already mentally gave Sun Manyu, no, Sun Dalin’s family the lowest score, once they reach Luocheng, they shouldn’t think about eating and drinking for free at their house.

She’d send them all to Taohua Village to farm, no work, no food, humph!

Yu Xiaolian calmed herself down for a while in her heart, then went to the room next door to give Silver to Su Jingchen, instructing him to buy some polished rice in addition to a cow cart at the cattle market tomorrow morning.

Though Yu Xiaolian doesn’t feel distressed over money, she holds grudges.

White bread buns, she wouldn’t offer even once.

If they want to eat white bread buns, they’ll have to wait until she’s in a good mood.

Su Jingchen took five ten-tael silver ingots and placed them on the table, asking, "I heard a commotion over there earlier, what happened?"

When Su Jingchen returned to the inn, Sun Daji’s wife picked up the steamed buns, and he went back to his room, so he had no idea what happened in the common room.

Yu Xiaolian had just calmed down a bit, but suddenly her anger flared up again as she recounted the events.

Su Jingchen frowned; he was already unimpressed with Sun Manyu, and after hearing Yu Xiaolian’s account, he disliked Sun Manyu even more.

Truly unreasonable.

Su Jingchen consoled, "Don’t be angry, it’s not worth feeling angry over such people.

You can’t communicate with someone like her, nor reason with her, it’s best to avoid her in the future."

"How to avoid? Impossible! They’re likely to live in my house in the future!"

Yu Xiaolian sighed, "What kind of people have I brought back?"

Su Jingchen replied, "The Northern Land probably won’t be able to resume farming anytime soon, bringing them to live at your house is indeed a troublesome matter."

Yu Xiaolian felt overwhelmed, "Forget it, let’s not talk about it. When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten."

Anyway, when the time comes, she’ll send these people to Taohua Village and let her parents deal with it; out of sight, out of mind.

It was her mother who wanted to bring them; they’re all her relatives, let her manage them herself.

Yu Xiaolian didn’t avoid Sus Jingchen, she directly took out a watermelon from her space, sliced it open with a watermelon knife, and they ate half each using small spoons.

Yu Xiaolian took out a plastic bag, "Don’t throw the watermelon seeds, put them here!"

At this time, watermelons didn’t exist, so every time Yu Xiaolian ate one, she kept the watermelon seeds.

Whether these seeds can produce watermelons, she wasn’t sure yet.

However, she thought it shouldn’t be difficult, because when she casually spat watermelon seeds into the ground in the backyard of her family’s supermarket before, watermelon vines grew and even bore fruit.

What does this prove? Watermelon vines survive well, they can live even if not planted carefully.

If planted with care, they certainly should do well.