The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 126 Fighting for It Yourself
Aunt Luo and her colleagues were surprised and speechless when their tools for digging yams were confiscated.

Both were wealthy households, but the Zhang family allowed the villagers to cut down all the bamboo on their mountain, and their rent was ten percent less than that of the Xiao family. Although the Zhang family's wealth was not as great as that of the Xiao clan, they were not as greedy.

"Which mountain did you go to dig for yams?" Chunnuan asked after thinking for a moment.

"It's that mountain with lots of magnolia flowers; that mountain has the most medicinal herbs."

Chunnuan nodded. "That's right. It's the property left by my great-grandfather. After my great-grandfather brought his wife, children and elderly parents to the capital, he entrusted all the houses and properties of the family to the clan for help. Over time, no one took care of them, and they eventually became the public property of the clan. Now it seems that they have become the private property of the clan leader's family. Otherwise, how could Xiao Chunlan be so arrogant and domineering?"

"Then let's not go dig there anymore." Chun Nuan didn't say anything more, after all, with her current abilities, she really couldn't compete with the Xiao family.

"We have no choice but to stop digging. Xiao Chunlan even said she'd send us to the yamen." Aunt Luo was furious. "What kind of young lady is so sharp-tongued? You said we shouldn't have gone digging, but we could have just left the yams for her. Instead, she confiscated our sickles and hoes. She just doesn't want to leave us any way to survive. Isn't that being rich and heartless?" Aunt Luo was even more furious. "She's so wicked, even God can't stand it. She'll never get married."

"Aunt Luo is joking. She is the eldest granddaughter of the Xiao family patriarch. There are many people who want to marry into the Xiao family. The line of men who want to marry her would stretch all the way to the town."

"No way. Nine out of ten people who want to marry her aren't after her, they're after her family's wealth. Besides, the person she wants to marry is definitely not going to be with her."

"Who does she want to marry?" Chunnuan asked, a little gossipy.

"She wanted to marry the third young master of the Zhao family. I heard that she cried, made a scene, and even threatened to hang herself and go on a hunger strike to threaten Madam Xiao into proposing to the Zhao family. But Madam Zhao was clear-headed and unmoved by power. She simply refused to marry into the Zhao family." Aunt Luo said this with great pride: "Compared to you, she is nothing. It's no use just watching her get angry to death."

"Hehe, Aunt Luo is joking."

Sure enough, secrets can't stay hidden forever; there are no secrets that stay hidden forever. Xiao Chunlan's work at home was eventually revealed by someone with ulterior motives.

What truly good family would want to marry a girl who has someone else on her mind? The whole family would be ruined.

Therefore, it's really harder than climbing to heaven for Xiao Chunlan to marry into a good family.

how to say?

Chunnuan never competed with others, but she was pleased to cause some trouble for the Xiao clan.

Unexpectedly, as spring warmed up, disaster struck while I was sitting at home.

The rumors that the aunts were talking about that day would cause such a huge uproar if Xiao Chunlan heard them.

The Xiao family was a large clan, and Xiao Chunlan cried uncontrollably.

“Grandmother, Mother, I am better than that poor woman every day. Why would Brother Minghua choose her over me?”

"The Zhao family is trampling our family underfoot."

"That Xiao Chunnuan stole my husband, I'll make them pay!"

Seeing her daughter do this, Mrs. Xiao sighed.

"I've told you many times, you can't force a relationship. There are plenty of good men in Changzhou. The ones I found for you are all good men, much better than that Zhao Mingyuan. Some of them even have official titles. Why won't you listen to my advice? Why are you so fixated on one person?"

"I don't care. If Brother Minghua had married someone else, it would have been fine, but it had to be Xiao Chunnuan. Isn't this just something they did on purpose to show you? This is a silent contest, and we can't afford to lose. If we lose, it means our Xiao clan is no match for the Poluo family."

"you……"

“Chunlan is right, she’s better than anyone else, but her family is weaker.” Xiao Changfa walked in: “This matter can’t be left like this. Go to Shuikou Village…”

Mrs. Xiao felt that she still had some sense of shame. They were already engaged, and even though there had been scandals like Xiao Chunyu being divorced and filing a lawsuit against the emperor, Mrs. Zhao seemed to still not care.

"You still don't understand what I mean. This marriage doesn't have to be with Chunlan, but it definitely can't be with Xiao Chunnuan either. No matter who the Zhao family marries, they can't marry Xiao Chunnuan."

This is a covert struggle between the two families. "What should we do?"

"Go directly to Xiao Chunnuan's home and make her break off the engagement, otherwise we'll make it impossible for them to live in Changzhou."

"You can go if you want, I'm not going."

Mrs. Wen finally understood why her daughter was so stubborn; it turned out she inherited it from her own father.

Xiao Changfa's method is wrong.

“What’s the point of me, a grown man, getting involved in this?” Xiao Changfa frowned. “This is a matter for the women of the inner quarters, and they should handle it.”

"Father, if Mother won't go, I'll go myself!" Xiao Chunlan scolded, "I want to see what that country bumpkin looks like!"

"What are you doing, a young lady, making such a scene? Do you even want to get married?" Madam Xiao exclaimed in shock. "Sir, Chunlan can't go. Her reputation will be ruined if she goes."

This family is so muddle-headed, and Mrs. Xiao's headache is even worse.

"Chunlan, you can go if you want, but you have to use your brain and choose the right way. The smart thing to do is to let others take all the blame and not get a drop of it on yourself."

"Father, I understand."

Look, this is her father, completely on her side.

"you……"

“My daughter is all grown up now, and she has to fight for her own happiness.” Xiao Changfa was very pleased: “Sometimes you have to use strategy to achieve what you want.”

Xiao Changfa was vying for the position of clan leader, and he did a lot of things in secret, but not with his brains or tricks. Otherwise, the old man would have favored them long ago.

Mrs. Xiao was also unable to explain what the man was saying.

After all, infighting is inevitable in such a grand mansion.

“Chunlan has grown up and should start learning so that she can be the head of the household and handle all kinds of things in the future,” Xiao Changfa said with satisfaction. “She can go by herself, which shows that she has courage. My daughter should have this kind of ability.”

Having no other option, Madam Xiao had to ask Granny Chen to help keep an eye on things.

"Be careful not to let her ruin her reputation."

"Yes, ma'am."

However, even Granny Chen had no idea that the young lady would use such dirty methods.

“Young Miss, this isn’t appropriate. What if something really happens, and they report it to the authorities and find out it was you…”

"Granny Chen, I didn't do anything." Xiao Chunlan sneered, "Sew your mouth shut. Get on with what I asked you to do right now, and I want to see results within three days."

"Well... alright, this old servant will do his best."

"What do you mean by 'try your best'? Mother asked you to help me, and you don't even have this much ability. What use are you?" Xiao Chunlan suddenly roared at Chen Mama as if she had gone mad.

"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."

Granny Chen gritted her teeth in hatred. She had served the First Madam for twenty years, how dare she be so rude to her?

(End of this chapter)