Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 34 Murder Case
Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu came down from the mountains, Zhou Wangshu carrying a rabbit. The two discussed how to deal with it. Su Yaoguang thought braised rabbit was better, and Zhou Wangshu wanted Su Yaoguang to try his own roasted rabbit. In the end, both were tempted by each other and decided to eat half braised and half roasted.

As soon as I returned to the gate of the courtyard, I saw a woman in patched clothes standing there pacing anxiously, muttering "What should I do, what should I do?"

"Second Aunt?" Su Yaoguang looked at the figure and called out tentatively.

The woman turned around, revealing a face very similar to Zhang Zhaodi's, except that she was more haggard and thinner than Zhang Zhaodi.

Zhang Zhaodi's younger sister is Zhang Pandyi, the second child of the Zhang family.

When Zhang Pandi saw Su Yaoguang coming back, she cried, "You're finally back, Yaoguang girl. Something happened to your mother. Find a solution quickly!"

"What's wrong with my mother?" Su Yaoguang's face changed drastically.

"Your mother was the midwife of the Feng family's daughter-in-law. She almost died from heavy bleeding, but thankfully your mother had experience and was able to save her. However, the child was found dead the next morning. They said your mother's improper delivery was the cause, and they're holding you responsible. They're holding your mother captive and won't let her leave."

"Where is the Feng family?" Su Yaoguang asked.

"It's in my husband's village. They're the richest family in the village. Yaoguang, if this matter isn't handled properly, your mother will be charged with murder!" Zhang Pandi said anxiously. "If they send your mother to the government, the charge will be serious. She could face several years in prison."

"Second Aunt, I'll go rent an ox cart first, and we'll go over there to take a look." Su Yaoguang said, "Wangshu, you wait here with Second Aunt."

Zhou Wangshu said, "Don't worry, let's go and see first. There will always be a solution."

Su Yaoguang spoke calmly, but her hands were actually trembling. She was only fifteen years old, and the worst people she had seen were the village scoundrels and shrews. It was normal for her to be afraid when faced with even the slightest bit of trouble. If she wasn't afraid, if she wasn't nervous, she was either heartless or had seen too much bloodshed.

These things didn’t happen in her previous life, it must be because she changed her original choice and took a different path, which led to different obstacles and difficulties.

Su Yaoguang quickly rented an oxcart. Zhou Wangshu had already put the things they had carried back and was waiting for her outside the courtyard gate with Zhang Pandi. As soon as she stopped the oxcart, Zhou Wangshu helped Zhang Pandi to the seat next to Su Yaoguang and jumped into the cart behind.

A quarter of an hour later, the ox cart arrived at the village of Zhang Pandi's husband.

Zhang Pandi pointed to the best courtyard in the village and said to Su Yaoguang, "That's it."

"Hey, Chunni's mother, where did you find this handsome young man? Are you looking for your Chunni?" The women in the village joked with a smile.

Zhang Pandi explained weakly, "No, this is my eldest sister's daughter, and this is her young husband."

"Second Aunt, thank you for letting me know. You can go back first. Wangshu and I will go talk to the Feng family." Su Yaoguang said, "My mother went to so much trouble to rescue Madam Feng. Since both the adults and the children are safe, it doesn't make sense to blame her for someone's death after a nap."

If the child had a difficult birth, they would be weak at birth, and a doctor would be called in at this time. The Feng family was wealthy and could afford a doctor, so why would they blame the midwife, who could have retired after her successful career?
Zhang Pandi was worried about her sister, but she had a lot of mess to deal with and was unable to take care of herself, so she had to go back home first.

In fact, if she rushed back at this time, she would inevitably get a beating. Usually, she would have prepared the meal by this time, but today she had not started yet.

Su Yaoguang knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" An old lady opened the door and saw the unfamiliar Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu. She raised her sparse eyebrows and asked, "Who are you two?"

"I'm the daughter of the midwife Zhang." Su Yaoguang said, "My mother hasn't been home for a long time. I heard that she delivered the baby at your house, so we came to see how it went."

The woman opened the door and said tartly, "Even if you hadn't come, we would have been looking for you. It's a good thing you came, so we didn't have to make a trip. Come in!" "Where's my mother?"

"Your mother?" Yu sneered. "Your mother killed my granddaughter. We are sending her to the authorities. She is in the woodshed now. Does she still want to be our honored guest and have us provide for her?"

"How could my mother kill your granddaughter? I don't believe you, I want to see my mother. If you can't hold my mother captive, we'll report you to the authorities and say you're trafficking in human beings. Once someone enters your house, they can't leave. We'll have the authorities investigate your family thoroughly."

"This is the first time I've seen someone who isn't afraid of death. Your mother killed someone, and you still dare to report it to the police?" Yu put her hands on her hips.

A sturdy man came out, and when he saw Su Yaoguang, his eyes were fierce: "Are you the daughter of the midwife? Now that you are here, tell me what to do! If you don't want us to report to the authorities, then you have to pay a compensation of one hundred taels of silver. It is true that my wife was bleeding profusely, and she did save her life. However, she saved my wife's life and killed my precious daughter, so this account must be settled. If it weren't for her saving my wife, we would have sent her directly to the authorities."

"One hundred taels? Funny."

"You won't give it to me? If you don't, don't even think about walking out of this door."

"If you want the money, fine, but let us meet the person first." Zhou Wangshu stood in front of Su Yaoguang.

The burly man looked so ferocious and it was obvious that he was not a good person.

Boss Feng waved his hand and asked Yu to take the man to the woodshed.

When Yu pushed open the door of the woodshed, Su Yaoguang pushed her away and ran in.

Zhou Wangshu was guarding outside.

He didn't go into the woodshed. This family was not a good family, and he had to be her escape route, not be trapped in the small woodshed with her.

"Mother... Mother..." Su Yaoguang shook the tied-up Zhang Zhaodi.

Zhang Zhaodi opened her eyes weakly, and when she saw Su Yaoguang, she whispered, "I must have been starving, otherwise how could I have seen my daughter?"

Su Yaoguang took out a pancake from her bosom, tore it open and put it next to her mouth, and shouted outside: "Wangshu, do you have any water?"

Zhou Wangshu said, "I brought it."

He handed in the bamboo bucket.

Yu stood outside the woodshed and said to Zhou Wangshu, "What are you doing here? Why don't you go in and take a look?"

"I'm thinking of you too. If someone locked me up in the woodshed, I have a tinderbox with me, and I could burn the place down with one fire." Zhou Wangshu said, "You haven't thought of locking us all up, have you?"

A guilty look flashed in Yu's eyes.

Of course I have thought about it.

But fortunately it didn't happen, otherwise if this kid set the woodshed on fire, wouldn't the whole house be burned down?

(End of this chapter)