Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12121

Of course, this reconciliation is only superficial; their friendship is even more plastic than plastic, and it can't withstand any scrutiny.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the two of them briefly before looking away. She had seen too many of these kinds of breakups and reconciliations between women.

"Qing'er is finally here! Come on, Qing'er, sit down and let's continue!"

When Old Yang saw Yang Ruoqing coming over, it was as if he had seen his pillar of support; the gloom on his face vanished instantly.

Yang Ruoqing nodded and sat down.

Old Yang said to Yang Ruoqing, "Qing'er, Tang Yazi told us everything that happened last night. It's thanks to your carefulness and thoroughness that you sent someone to Li Wei's house and found out the inside story!"

Yang Yongjin had a dark expression throughout, his palms pressed on the table, indicating that he had already slammed his fist on the table, his palms red and sore from the slamming.

"Beast, a whole family of beasts! I wish I could beat myself to death right now. How could I have been so blind as to agree to Li Wei's marriage proposal and marry my Xiu Xiu off to that kind of beast!"

Yang Yongjin was in a great emotional state. As he spoke, his fists clenched tightly together, and his knuckles cracked.

Cao Bamei, sitting on the bench behind him, also had tears in her eyes when she heard this. She gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "If he can act it out, what a beast! He's not even married yet and he's already taken advantage of those poor women in Shanyuan. May he be struck by lightning!"

Liu slapped her thigh and cursed, "I've heard countless messy and disgraceful things from the surrounding villages over the years, but I can't believe my ears when I hear this! That family will be punished and their line will be wiped out!"

The phrase "extinction of the family line" was originally the best curse for Li Wei's family, but when Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei heard it, their expressions were complicated.

Everyone else also looked at Liu.

Yang Huaming coughed twice forcefully and warned Liu with his eyes, "Just shut up and listen!"

Liu looked completely bewildered, clearly unaware of which of her words had touched a nerve.

Old Sun bluntly pointed out: "The family line can't be completely cut off, have you forgotten about Yongxiao?"

Liu's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg; her mind finally began to work.

Then, she quickly slapped her thigh and laughed, making light of the situation: "Haha, of course I remember Yongxiao! I never considered Yongxiao a descendant of the Li family, okay? Yongxiao is a descendant of our Yang family!"

Yang Huaming was satisfied now, thinking to himself that this woman's mind worked quite quickly. He immediately followed up: "Yongxiao used to be surnamed Yang, now he's surnamed Wang, and he'll never have anything to do with the surname Li!"

Old Yang nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Yongxiao will always be a child of our Yang family. Now that Xiuxiu has married into the Wang family and taken Wang Wei's surname, he has also been included in the Wang family's genealogy. Yongxiao has absolutely no connection with the Li Wei family!"

Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei exchanged a glance. Cao Bamei wiped away her tears and said, "Yes, from the time Yongxiao was in Xiuxiu's belly until he was born and raised to adulthood, not a single person from the Li family has shown up!"

"Even if Yongxiao has half of Li Wei's blood in him, so what? Li Wei doesn't deserve to be the child's father. Even a random pig from the Sun family's pigsty would be more worthy of being a father than Li Wei!"

All eyes turned to Cao Bamei again, and everyone stared in disbelief.

Even Liu couldn't help but give Cao Bamei a thumbs up, "You're too awesome! What you said is really something!"

Yang Ruoqing had just taken a sip of the tea that Luo Fengtang had quietly handed her when she heard Cao Bamei's bold words, and she almost choked on the tea.

"Second sister-in-law, we've all felt your attitude. Cough cough, let's not rush to talk about Yongxiao. Wait for me to come over. Shouldn't we talk about Li Wei's visit last night?"

"Right, right, we've gone off on a tangent. Let's get back to business and not waste everyone's time." Old Yang tapped the table with his pipe, forcefully bringing the topic back on track.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Cao Bamei awkwardly tugged at the corners of her mouth. At that moment, Xiaohua walked over at just the right time to refill Cao Bamei's tea to ease her embarrassment.

"Hua'er, you're pregnant, so sit down and rest. Don't bother serving me tea and water." Cao Bamei was a little flattered and hurriedly instructed Xiao Hua.

Xiaohua smiled gently and whispered, "...It's not that precious."

Feeling sorry for Xiaohua, Mrs. Sun quickly went over and helped Xiaohua to sit down.

At the octagonal table, Old Yang, the head of the family, spoke up again.

"Qing'er, we're here for this meeting because there are two things we need to resolve. We've discussed how to resolve them before, and we'd like to hear your and Tang Ya's opinions before making a final decision."

"Hmm, sir, tell me what you think."

"The first thing is about Li Wei and his son's despicable idea of ​​trying to cling to the second wife's family by exploiting the bond of Yongxiao, and making the second wife their inexhaustible source of funds for the Li family!"

"Sir, our second branch of the family will never agree to this. We won't give the Li family a single penny. Even threatening them with the Emperor himself won't work!" Yang Yongjin reiterated his firm stance.

Old Yang nodded.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Everyone present nodded, because it was impossible; there was no logic to it.

Yang Ruoqing said, "Second Brother, don't get excited. Let Master finish what he has to say first."

"Sir, let's move on to the second matter."

“Okay, the second thing is, regarding the heinous crime Li Wei committed at Shanyuan back then, and Li Yi taking the blame for him... We previously had two opposing views on this matter.”

"Oh? Which two groups?" Yang Ruoqing took a sip of tea and pressed for details. Could it be that one group was determined to report the matter to the authorities, believing that the real culprit, Li Wei, should not be allowed to escape justice? And the other group, presumably, were conservatives hesitant to act, fearing repercussions (for the reputation of the Mo family), so they wanted to let it go?
Old Yang sighed, his gaze sweeping over Yang Huaming, Yang Yongjin, and Yang Yongzhi, and said, "They advocate reporting this to the authorities and throwing Li Wei in jail, but your father, your mother, and your grandfather think that if this matter is brought up again, it might implicate your sister-in-law. She's recovered from her madness and is clear-headed now. She and your brother are running a successful restaurant in town, raising two children and living a peaceful life. If we drag them into this, we'll be in deep trouble..." Yang Ruoqing remained silent. In fact, she had thought about this idea last night; it was a case of being afraid to act for fear of harming the innocent.

Punishing the Li family father and son openly and fairly is a piece of cake; the main issue is that Xiao Mo is involved.

“Master, let me also share my and Tang Ya’s thoughts!” Yang Ruoqing said.

Her ideas represented Luo Fengtang's ideas, and Luo Fengtang often supported them. So, she could act as the spokesperson for the Luo family, and everyone thought it was only natural, including Luo Fengtang himself. He liked seeing Yang Ruoqing like this.

This feeling gave him a strong sense of belonging, and this sense of belonging brought him a continuous stream of happiness.

"Qing'er, you speak." With Old Yang's signal, everyone else in the main room stopped their whispering. Even Liu, who loved to talk, kept quiet and looked up at Yang Ruoqing, her eyes sparkling with gossip.

Cao Bamei and Yang Yongjin looked at Yang Ruoqing as if she were their pillar of support, afraid of missing a single word she said.

"Personally, I think that whether we handle it discreetly or overturn the case and report it to the authorities, it doesn't affect the first thing. We have plenty of ways to prevent the Li family from using Yongxiao's half of his bloodline to extort money from the second wife!"

Cao Bamei and Yang Yongjin both breathed a sigh of relief. What they wanted most was not to be haunted by that kind of evil spirit!
Now that Qing'er has personally reassured everyone, it means that Qing'er will not stand idly by in this matter.

In fact, Qing'er did not stand idly by. The real inside story of last night could not be found out by the others through interrogation, and it was Qing'er's secret guards who finally found out.

Since Qing'er can get her secret guards to overhear inside information, she can naturally also get them to do things that others don't know about, right?
At that moment, Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei looked at Yang Ruoqing with the same adoration they would give a savior.

Yang Ruoqing continued, "As for the second matter that caused the disagreement, I personally think we should inform my cousin and sister-in-law, since they are the parties involved."

"Let the parties involved decide whether to handle this matter discreetly or to overturn the verdict in a high-profile manner! We cannot make that decision for them!"

As Yang Ruoqing finished speaking, Luo Fengtang nodded: "That's right, they have the right to know and the ultimate decision-making power. After they make their decision, we will assist them in punishing the Li family father and son!"

“Qing’er and Tang Yazi are right,” Yang Huazhong also spoke up. “After all, this matter doesn’t fall on us. We need to consider Qing’er and Tang Yazi’s feelings, as well as the subsequent impact of this matter on the two children.”

“Alright, I already had Lao Si go and talk to Kang. Kang should be able to pass on the matter to Yongqing and the others today. If nothing unexpected happens, Yongqing might come back in the next couple of days…”

"Master, I'm back!"

In this world, there really is such a thing as "speak of the devil and he appears." Sure enough, no sooner had Old Yang finished speaking than Yang Yongqing's figure, carrying a chilling aura that could kill, swept into the main room of the third house.

Fortunately, He Lian'er had already received Yang Ruoqing's instructions, and together with her maid and Shaoyao, she took all the children of the Luo family and the third branch, including Xiao Sanzi, to play in the Luo family's courtyard next door.

If the children were around, they would probably be frightened to tears by Yang Yongqing's appearance.

"Yongqing, how come you came back so quickly?" Old Yang asked, his face full of surprise.

The others were also momentarily stunned when they saw Yang Yongqing, unsure how to continue the conversation.

"Young man, sit down, have some tea, and then we can talk." Yang Ruoqing pointed to a stool next to her, indicating that Yang Yongqing should calm down first.

Yang Yongqing glanced at Yang Ruoqing, gritted his teeth, and said, "On the way back, I managed to control my emotions. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here first; I would have gone straight to the Li family and stabbed that beastly bastard Li Wei!"

Yang Ruoqing lowered her eyes. Although she fully understood Yang Yongqing's feelings at this moment, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

These days, Xiao Ge really treats Xiao Mo's affairs with utmost care, almost obeying her every word. Even though he is nominally the acting manager of the town and deals with customers, the real backbone is Xiao Mo, who is literate.

But what about before?
During the years when Xiao Mo suffered from mental illness and was unable to take care of herself, how did Yang Yongqing treat her?

He ignored her completely, leaving everything to Jin Shi's care. He himself was irresponsible and never came home. In the end, he even tried to abandon Xiao Mo Shi outside like a burden to be dumped.

It was Yang Ruoqing who used the Luo family's money to open a charity in Lijia Village, taking in homeless and pitiful people from the surrounding villages.

Because they couldn't bear to see Xiao Mo being tossed around by Yang Yongqing, the Yang family found Yang Ruoqing and arranged for Xiao Mo to live in Shanyuan as well.

During the days when Xiao Mo entered Shanyuan, Yang Yongqing was happy to have some peace and quiet. If he had even a little bit of affection for her back then, he wouldn't have let Li Wei bully her.

Although Li Wei tried several times but failed to actually succeed, everyone understood that the failure was simply because he didn't take the final, substantial step. He probably took advantage of everything else he could.

So now, as Yang Yongqing replays those details of the groping over and over again, her husband's sense of responsibility immediately surges, and he suddenly seems unable to tolerate anything, not even for a moment.

Don't you think it's a bit funny? That's how Yang Ruoqing feels, anyway.

Yang Ruoqing thought so, and she believed that there must be others in the main room who thought the same thing, after all, people's eyes are sharp, and none of them had lost their memories.

After sitting down, Yang Yongqing continued through gritted teeth, "This morning, Kang went straight to the restaurant as soon as he got to town and told me about this. I was so angry I almost smashed two holes in the wall! That damned Li Wei! He bullied my wife, it's too humiliating!"

Upon hearing Yang Yongqing's words, everyone's gazes instinctively turned to his fist, where there were indeed several cuts and bruises on the back of his left hand.

"Why did you do this? You've damaged the wall, so you'll have to spend money to repair it. Besides, where were you in the first place?" Liu scoffed, sitting there with her legs crossed and rolling her eyes.

"Fourth Aunt, which side are you on? Are you laughing at our Fourth Branch?" Yang Yongqing suddenly turned his head and roared at Liu.

Because of Liu's words, he was directly hit where it hurt.

This is the source of his shame, anger, frustration, guilt, and self-blame, but he lacked the courage to admit and face it. Now, Liu's words have ripped through the facade.

And in front of so many people, wouldn't that be embarrassing and infuriating!
"Yongqing, who are you yelling at? I'm still sitting here!" Yang Huaming slammed his hand on the table, glaring at Yang Yongqing with a fierce expression. He was completely unlike his usual carefree self, his face full of anger, displaying the authority of an elder.