Farm Tough Girl

Chapter 90 - 90 091 Drama Caused by an Illicit Affair_1

?Chapter 90: Chapter 091 Drama Caused by an Illicit Affair_1 Chapter 90: Chapter 091 Drama Caused by an Illicit Affair_1 It was Mrs. Ji’s voice!

Muniang was startled at first, thinking the first half of the sentence was directed at her, but upon hearing the whole sentence, she realized what it was about—it seemed that the affair between Qiao Yuanshan and Yuqin had finally been exposed.

Muniang smiled and curled her lip. She had known a few days earlier when she heard that Mrs. Ji’s new house was completed that this secret wouldn’t last much longer. She had foreseen that once Mrs. Ji’s house was finished, she would start arranging a marriage for her son. And where could Qiao Yuanshan find the silver for that?

“My dear, should we go have a look?” Erliang had clearly recognized Mrs. Ji’s voice.

Muniang laughed softly, “Let’s go. Why not? Only a fool would miss such an entertaining show.”

Saying this, she took Erliang by the hand and crossed over the ridges, heading straight to the Wu Mansion.

By the time Muniang and Erliang arrived, the crowd was already three layers deep inside and out, all from Tupo Village. Given the turnout, it must have been Mrs. Ji who had caused a scene all the way from her house. She really wasn’t embarrassed about it at all.

Mrs. Ji stood at the gate of the Wu Mansion with her hands on her plump waist, her hair a wild mess and her clothes tattered from the fray. Glancing at Qiao Yuanshan, he didn’t look much better. The two of them seemed to have had a fierce fight, with Mrs. Ji shouting like a fishwife, “Let that little slut come out! Today I want to see just what kind of shameless wretch dares to disregard the three obediences and four virtues, who doesn’t care for decency, and seduces someone else’s husband!”

By now, everyone was probably aware of the ins and outs of this matter, sharing gossip and pointing fingers at each other.

Qiao Yuanshan felt he had lost all face, desperately trying to pull Mrs. Ji away, “If you want to make a scene, do it back at home, not at someone else’s mansion gate. How do you expect our fellow villagers to look at the Qiao family?”

“Ha!” Mrs. Ji scorned as if she had heard the world’s biggest joke, snorting coldly with a raised voice, “Now you’re worried about face? When you were fooling around with that shameless hussy, why didn’t you think about face then? When you stole the family’s life-saving silver to please that little bitch, why didn’t you think about face?”

She looked hysterically stricken, pushing Qiao Yuanshan away like a madwoman, cursing even more vigorously as she pointed at the gate of the Wu Mansion.

Muniang slightly frowned, clearly feeling a sense of disgust deep down.

“Muniang, how come you’re here too? Your house is so far away, yet you could hear the commotion? It seems Mrs. Ji really has a loud voice,” Xiangcai caught sight of Muniang and came over to greet her.

Muniang smiled, “I happened to be looking at the land nearby and came over when I heard the noise.”

Only then did Xiangcai understand, her eyes showing envy, “Oh~ I almost forgot you bought a thousand mu of good land here.”

Mrs. Ji’s scolding was piercing to the ears. Xiangcai glanced at her, then furrowed her brow and said, “This woman really has no shame, dragging Qiao Yuanshan from the village all this way, crossing through half of it as if afraid the others would not know her man had been unfaithful. Doesn’t everyone try to hide such matters if they can? She, on the other hand, seems to have lost all regard in her frenzy.”

Muniang actually felt somewhat admiring of Mrs. Ji; having skin that thick was not easy.

Xiangcai couldn’t help but click her tongue and say, “Today is their warmhouse celebration, and Mrs. Ji is really showing off that room of hers, because they’ve got roof tiles—there really aren’t many in our Tupo Village who live in tiled houses. I heard that Mrs. Ji has even picked out a future daughter-in-law, just waiting to spend silver to arrange the wedding. Who would have known that Mrs. Ji would suddenly start arguing with Qiao Yuanshan in the room? Everyone tried to stop them, but couldn’t. I thought it was over something else, but it turns out Qiao Yuanshan was keeping a mistress outside with his private silver, and he even stole and sold Mrs. Ji’s precious bracelet. I heard it was worth a total of twenty taels of silver!”

Muniang was aware of all this. Twenty taels of silver—for a peasant family of seven or eight people, that’s enough for a year’s food and clothing. Qiao Yuanshan really went all out to please that woman, practically emptying his family coffers.

Mrs. Ji was still cursing when suddenly the tightly shut gates flew open, and a woman in an emerald green skirt strode out, her delicate features startling the villagers present.

Especially that scoundrel Qiao Yuanshan, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. As soon as Mrs. Ji saw Qiao Yuanshan like this, she guessed that the woman must be the bitch, and charged at her. The woman clearly didn’t expect Mrs. Ji to be so brusque and was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, the family retainers stepped in just in time to restrain Mrs. Ji.

Upon closer inspection, Muniang realized that the girl was Liu’er, the Wu Mansion’s head maid. Mrs. Ji had made a big mistake with such reckless offense and surely wouldn’t have an easy time of it now.

Liu’er’s face suddenly darkened, and she shouted sharply, “You’ve got some nerve! You think you can make a scene here? Our Wu Family is not to be trifled with by the likes of you, a low-class village hussy!”

Mrs. Ji was taken aback for a second, then came back with even more ferocious insults, “Your Wu Family? Talking as if you’re so noble. At the end of the day, you’re nothing but a dog raised by the Wu Family, wagging your tail on a man’s bed. What’s the difference between you and the cheap sluts in the brothel?! I’m telling you, if you don’t give back my silver today, I would rather die here than let it go!”

“You!” Liu’er was so enraged she was fuming, clearly encountering such insolence for the first time. With no mistress in the Wu Family, she, as the stewardess, often posed as the lady of the house. Over time, no one dared to treat her as a servant. Now, being scolded like this by Mrs. Ji, her status was undeniably diminished.

Qiao Yuanshan hurriedly said, “Stop making a scene! She’s not Yuqin!”

Mrs. Ji’s eyes bulged, “Oh, so that little wench’s name is Yuqin, huh? Hurry up and call that bitch out! I won’t let her off easily!”

That’s when Qiao Yuanshan realized he had misspoken, but it was already too late.

Muniang was gleefully watching the drama unfold when Erliang joined her, dumbfoundedly saying, “My lady, would you ever become as scary as Auntie Ji one day?”

Muniang glanced sideways at Erliang, a mysterious smile playing on her lips, “What do you think?”

Erliang shivered, “I will definitely not make my lady sad!”

Muniang then happily turned her attention back to Mrs. Ji.

Clearly outraged, Liu’er couldn’t consult the young master since he wasn’t at home. With a wave of her hand and gritted teeth, she ordered, “Bind Yuqin and bring her out! Let her deal with the sordid mess she created. We can’t let the Wu Family’s face be lost in vain!”

Yuqin naturally didn’t want to come out, but how could the Wu Family allow their reputation to be tarnished for a lowly maid like her? In the end, a few young servants had to drag her out, kicking and screaming.

As soon as Mrs. Ji saw Yuqin, she pounced like a madwoman—one hand gripping her hair, the other tearing at her clothes, causing Yuqin to stumble. All the while, Mrs. Ji kept yelling, “I’ll beat you to death, you shameless little ****! Daring to seduce my man, and even stealing my silver, you faceless, lowlife trash!”