Farm Tough Girl
Chapter 338 - 338 339 Unnoticed by Gods and Ghosts_1

Chapter 338: Chapter 339: Unnoticed by Gods and Ghosts_1 Chapter 338: Chapter 339: Unnoticed by Gods and Ghosts_1 “How could that be? Your mother is too cruel, selling her own daughter to a brothel? Isn’t that a disgrace to herself? A woman from the Wang family ending up in a brothel, what a mess,” said Muniang.

Qingmei’s eyes were dull, clearly still very afraid.

Muniang gently stroked her hair, “Don’t worry, Qingmei. Your sister won’t let anything happen to you. You just rest here and heal. We’ll see about the rest later, okay?”

Only after Qingmei nodded in agreement did Muniang coax her to sleep. Once outside, she immediately questioned Qingya, “What’s the deal with the Chen family shop? Wasn’t it doing well in Jinyang Town? How come it suddenly disappeared? Have you figured out what happened?”

Qingya quickly said, “The Chen family shop was originally set up by the lord as a hidden asset, not really for doing business. Its sudden closure probably has something to do with the situation at the frontier.”

Muniang’s eyes narrowed slightly, suddenly remembering Nangong Qian’s previous visit to Chatu Town. This incident probably had something to do with him. It’s said he has already returned to the Qilian Kingdom. Yu Ze had just left, yet Nangong Qian followed and cleared out Yu Ze’s hidden assets. But did he only clear out that one, or did he take out all of those around Chatu Town as well?

Muniang’s expression suddenly became serious, and her heart started beating fiercely. If it weren’t for Qingmei’s incident, she wouldn’t have thought of this at all. Although Nangong Qian was indeed an enemy of Yu Ze, even if he were being serious, he would only clear out Yu Ze’s hidden assets within the Qilian Kingdom. Why would he go to such lengths to root out even those near Chatu Town?

Seeing Muniang’s changing emotions, Qingya thought something was wrong and hurriedly asked, “My lady, have you thought of some bad situation? Shall we send a pigeon to inform the lord right away?”

But Muniang shook her head, “There’s no need. It’s just my speculation; I might be overthinking it. The situation at the frontier isn’t optimistic right now; he must be struggling. Given that he was delayed in getting there, he is probably overwhelmed by now. If I tell him this now, it would only cause him unnecessary worry. On the battlefield, one cannot afford to be distracted.”

Qingya nodded, not quite understanding, “I got it.”

The Wang family was in an uproar. They had all pinned their hopes of wealth on Qingmei, and now that the Chen family shop had disappeared without a trace, who would marry her?

“I always said that wretched girl wasn’t that lucky. I’ve been blinded, fattening her up for a year, and not daring to make her do any hard work, fearing the gentleman wouldn’t like her if she’s rough around the edges. And now? It was all in vain. She’s indeed a jinx and a loss maker. I knew from the day she was born that she was meant to make my life difficult!” Mrs. Liang cursed, her anger still not subsided.

Indeed, although she had indulged Qingmei with food and drink this past year, she hadn’t stopped bragging about her daughter marrying into a wealthy family as a concubine. Now that the whole village knew Qingmei had no chance of marrying in, how could she show her face? Just like today, as soon as they heard about it, people laughed at her as if it was a joke. Wasn’t this just slapping her own face?

Wang He was also very annoyed, “So what do we do now? This girl is an ungrateful wolf, not caring about her own parents and seeking favor with Qiao Muniang. How did I raise a daughter like this! It really was a waste!”

Wang Shitou, with his legs crossed, spat out, “Thought we’d have a lady of rank to help us out in the future. Now look, she’s turned out to be a loss. Since she wants to follow Qiao Muniang, we might as well forget about her and just toss her aside.”

Wang Shitou had been unhappy with Wang Qingmei all year because, with her status as Mr. Chen’s future concubine, her position in the family had been raised to be equal to his. If he dared to bully her, he would be reprimanded – like a servant who was suddenly told to sit at the same table. It must be uncomfortable, right? Now was the time to drive her out, so he wouldn’t have to compete for his parents’ affection anymore.

Mrs. Liang’s eyes flashed, “After all, I raised her for more than ten years. Am I going to just waste that? You little rascal, you don’t care about the silver, do you?”

Wang Shitou hummed, “What money have you spent to raise her?”

Mrs. Liang slapped Wang Shitou’s forehead, “You heartless little rabbit, where is your loyalty going? All the money I scraped together eventually went to you, didn’t it? Just because you don’t run the household doesn’t mean you don’t know the cost of living. Even if that girl ate nothing but cornbread every day, it would still add up over more than ten years.”

“So what do you propose we do? Might as well sell her to the brothel, she’s of no use anyway,” Wang Shitou grumbled reluctantly.

Wang He cursed, “Do you think we feed the Wang family’s reputation to the dogs? Selling your own daughter to a brothel, if word gets out, our family’s spine will be poked to death with ridicule. And to think you’re educated, how can you not consider your own reputation at all?”

Wang Shitou didn’t like being scolded and muttered, “It’s not as though I can pass the exams for an official title anyway.”

Wang He raised his hand to slap him, but Wang Shitou quickly interjected, “Hey, hey, I was just talking nonsense. I’m studying, and I will definitely try for an official title.”

But Mrs. Liang suddenly thought of something and her eyes lit up, “That’s not a bad idea.”

“Don’t be rash, the people in the village will certainly look down on us, and it could affect Shitou’s reputation,” replied Wang He.

Mrs. Liang snorted, “We can just do it sneakily without anyone noticing, you idiot.”

Wang He was taken aback, “How? If we’re suddenly missing a girl, people will ask questions.”

Mrs. Liang leaned close to him and whispered a few sentences.

“Mu, Mu, look how nice the characters I’ve written are!” Before even entering, Tianniu’s voice could already be heard from afar, running in with a lively trot.

Muniang smiled, “You’re already so big, how do you still have no grace like a girl should?”

Tianniu pouted, “Why does Mu speak the same as my mother? I can be very demure too.”

“Look at that pout, you’re still offended,” giggled Muniang.

“I would never be mad at Mu,” Tianniu immediately flashed a broad smile and proudly showed her writing to Muniang, “Does it look good, Mu? Even Lord Lu praised me today!”

Muniang looked and, to tell the truth, the girl’s calligraphy had indeed made significant progress. Having studied for only a year, to reach such a level was indeed remarkable.