The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 389 Are You Sure?

Chapter 389: Chapter 389 Are You Sure?

Song Chongjin hurriedly pulled back, and Mother Song immediately burst into tears, hugging Song Chongjin and howling.

Eldest Brother Song was still being blocked by the Wang Family outside, stomping his feet in frustration, "Chongjin, we can’t just let the Wang Family off the hook! We must demand compensation!"

"Right! Compensation!"

"Chongjin, if you side with that Vixen Spirit from the Wang Family again, we, the Song Family, will disown you as our grandson!"

"Right! We’ll drive you out!"

...

Wang Yongzhu was listening to the Song Family’s commotion, momentarily unsure whether to sympathize with Song Chongjin or feel sorry for him.

The expression on her face became somewhat twisted with indecision.

Song Chongjin certainly heard these words too, something flickered in his eyes but was quickly hidden. He abruptly turned his head to look this way, just in time to catch Wang Yongzhu’s indescribably conflicted expression. He paused for a moment, then withdrew his gaze.

Wang Yongzhu was taken aback. Over there, Song Chongjin bowed his head and whispered something into Mother Song’s ear. With Wang Yongzhu’s current senses, she only vaguely heard: "... Silver ... compensation ... a clean break ... no further involvement ... fulfilling mother’s wish ..." an unclear string of words.

Mother Song had been wailing, but after listening to Song Chongjin’s words, her cries gradually subsided. Eventually, there were no tears left, and she listened intently to Song Chongjin.

While the Song Family continued their uproar on the other side, Mother Song had completely calmed down.

After a moment, Mother Song looked up, merely grasping Song Chongjin’s hand and asking, "Is what you said true? You’re not lying to me?"

Song Chongjin’s face showed no expression, "You’re my own mother, why would I deceive you?"

Mother Song’s expression stiffened for a moment, and after a silent pause, she spoke again, "If you say so, will the Wang Family agree?"

Wang Yongzhu, upon hearing this, looked over.

Song Chongjin appeared to give a bitter laugh, "Does it make any difference whether they agree or not? Mother is an elder, and as a son, shouldn’t I try to fulfill her requests? If Mother thinks this solution won’t work, then just pretend I never said anything—"

"I didn’t say it wouldn’t work!" Mother Song hastily interjected.

Song Chongjin’s body stiffened, and a keen sadness flashed through his eyes.

Wang Yongzhu did not fully understand what they were discussing, but she instinctively felt that Song Chongjin’s mood was very troubled at the moment.

After Mother Song spoke, she seemed somewhat embarrassed and tried to explain, "Chongjin, Mother didn’t mean it that way. You also heard, if we don’t handle today’s matter well, your grandfather and the others will kick us out. Mother has no other choice... In this situation, at least we still have someone to rely on, Mother has no other skills and cannot help you. If you have a place to stay, a home, then I would have fulfilled my duty as your mother! Don’t resent me, Mother didn’t wish for this..."

As she spoke, she covered her face and ran towards the throng of the Song Family.

Song Chongjin watched Mother Song run away, his eyes carrying an indescribable irony.

He slowly walked over to Wang Yongzhu, hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Later, no matter what conditions the Song Family proposes, could you just agree first..."

Old Granny Zhang heard this and immediately objected, thinking it was outrageous. The Song Family was like insatiable wolves—if they were allowed to make demands, wouldn’t they take everything? And why should they? Even if Song Chongjin had been gracious to the Wang Family, that was to Eldest Brother alone. If Eldest Brother wanted to become a beast of burden for Song Chongjin, that would be no problem, but dreaming of dragging her own daughter into this was out of the question!

She jumped up, ready to disagree.

Wang Yongzhu stopped Old Granny Zhang and looked at Song Chongjin, "Are you sure?"

Song Chongjin’s eyebrows furrowed together, seemingly hesitant, but after a long while, he closed his eyes and nodded slightly, "I’m sure!"

"No regrets?"

"No regrets!"

"Good!" Wang Yongzhu nodded and then stopped looking at Song Chongjin.

Old Granny Zhang glared fiercely at Song Chongjin and hurried over to embrace her daughter, "My girl, you can’t be foolish! You can’t just agree to such an unreliable matter just because of a few words from that Song Family boy. That bunch from the Song Family are bloodsucking leeches, always alert to the sound of water. If they knew they could swindle our Wang Family, their hearts would devour our Wang Family whole!"

"That Song Family youngster does owe our family a favor, but that was for Eldest Brother. At worst, we could simply separate Eldest Brother’s family, and let them repay the Song Family’s kindness!"

Wang Yongfu’s family, who had overheard everything directly, each displayed an indescribable expression.

Is this their own mother/grandmother?

Even if Wang Yongzhu was full of discomfort, seeing Old Granny Zhang become like this, she couldn’t help but laugh.

She consoled Old Granny Zhang, "Mother, don’t worry, if the terms proposed by the Song Family aren’t too outrageous, we’ll just treat it as repaying a debt of gratitude. But if they’re too excessive, I’m not an idiot; why would I just give away our Wang Family’s foundation to the Song Family? Worst comes to worst, we’ll just send Eldest Brother to repay the debt of gratitude to the Song Family!" The last sentence was said in jest.

But Wang Yongfu took it to heart.

He gritted his teeth: "Mother, sister, if we really are in a dilemma and the Song Family is too demanding, let’s not agree to it! Separate Xinghua and me from the family, and we will go repay the Song Family’s kindness!"

Let alone others, Song Chongjin, upon hearing this, could not help but his eyebrows twitch a few times, wanting to say something but still held back.

Meanwhile, Mother Song ran to her family’s side, pulling her father Song Tiedan, her mother, Song Chunye, and several brothers together, whispering something that no one else could hear, bringing smiles to their faces.

"Really?"

Mother Song nodded.

"Isn’t this letting the Wang Family off too lightly?" Eldest Brother Song couldn’t help but get greedy.

"Eldest Brother, this is already quite good," Mother Song cautiously advised. "Chongjin said he’s already inquired about it; the Wang Family only has so much ready silver now, no more. If we push them too hard, they might back out, and we would end up with nothing."

"What Chunye is saying makes sense. We shouldn’t delay this matter. It’s best to finalize it quickly! Only when the money is in our hands is it real. If we don’t take this opportunity to get the money now, and later, after things have settled, if the Wang Family denies everything, that silver might as well have flown away."

"Father, you agree?"

"I agree!" Song Tiedan finally decided.

Then, with some effort to maintain his dignity, he coughed twice before saying, "Today’s matter can be easily resolved. Bring a hundred taels of silver—"

"What? Why don’t you just go rob someone?" Wang Yonggui, upon hearing this, jumped three feet high in rage, almost wanting to give the old Song Family head a good beating on the spot—how shameless! To extort a hundred taels from the Wang Family just like that?

The onlookers were also dumbfounded. Good heavens! Had the Song Family gone mad for money?

Your daughter drank a couple of sips of water and now she’s worth a hundred taels? Does your daughter have a golden mouth?

Wang Yongzhu, upon hearing this, looked once again at Song Chongjin, who was silently watching her.

But Old Granny Zhang was becoming frantic.

They had only so much in savings, and with what was collected from Lady Sun yesterday, it totaled barely two hundred taels; losing half of that at once was like asking for her life!

Why did the Song Family want so much silver? How did they know the Wang Family had that much? Old Granny Zhang’s mind whirred, and she quickly guessed it was Song Chongjin who had spilled the information in front of Mother Song.