The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 600 - 598 Get Lost Early

Chapter 600: Chapter 598 Get Lost Early

"Fine words you speak, but do you think old mother can’t see through you? It was just because there was nothing worthy for you to come back to before, so you retracted your turtle neck, pretending as if your family had all died off, that you had no father, no mother, no brothers, no sisters! Now you probably want to climb up the social ladder again, since silver isn’t working for you, and you suddenly remember your family!"

"Wang Yongan, let me tell you, old mother knows exactly what kind of person you are! If there truly were a good official family, would you even remember your sister? Wouldn’t you save it for your own daughter? You’ve spoiled your daughter rotten, raising her with grand schemes in mind; you think old mother doesn’t know?"

"Old mother used to hold back out of consideration that you crawled out of my own guts, sparing you some dignity and not tearing off that fake skin of yours! Now you actually treat old mother and everyone else in the family like fools, dreaming on!"

After the scolding, she swung the knife in a fury, chopping wildly: "Giving birth to a brute like you has not only brought disaster upon the whole family but now you even want to harm your sister! It would be better if old mother puts an end to you first!"

Wang Yongan felt both shame and fear, realizing from Old Granny Zhang’s demeanor that she truly intended to cripple him.

Wanting to escape, but Old Granny Zhang stood by the door blocking the way out.

Wanting to resist, but Old Granny Zhang held a knife in her hand, and his own room was empty, void of anything to defend himself with.

Lady Qian and Jinchai were so frightened by Old Granny Zhang they shrank into a corner, trembling and not even daring to breathe loudly.

Wang Yongan, struggling to maintain his composure, said, "Mother, mother, I’m your own son, how can you not believe me? I truly mean no harm! Mother, let’s talk this over, could you please put down the knife first?"

"I don’t have a son like you! Trust you? Trust you and I might end up without even a bone left after being sold! Save your breath, today old mother will cripple you, at the worst, it’ll be your life! Let’s see who you can harm after that!" Saying this, she slashed with the knife.

In the past six months, Wang Yongan, having been pampered with fine foods and luxuries, truly wasn’t as fit as before.

Watching the knife come down, his legs went weak, and he barely dodged the first stroke, his entire back drenched with sweat.

Old Granny Zhang’s knife missed and ended up slashing a hole into Wang Yongan’s clothes that were laying on the kang.

With the first strike missing, she swung again, chopping through a chest on the kang, spilling its contents, which Old Granny Zhang flung onto the floor where they scattered and cracked under her stomping feet.

Watching this broke Lady Qian’s heart so much that tears fell, for everything she had brought was the finery and jewelry she’d been too sparing to flaunt normally.

Just like that, tossed onto the ground, being trampled back and forth, as though it was trampling on her own heart.

Wang Yongan pleaded for mercy while ducking and dodging, and before long the room was a mess as if it had been raided by bandits, with nothing left intact except for the people.

Just when Wang Yongan thought he couldn’t hold out any longer and was really going to be struck by the knife, Wang Yongzhu arrived: "Mother—"

To Wang Yongan’s ears, it sounded like a heavenly melody.

In the yard, Wang Laozhu, Wang Yongfu, and Wang Yongping had arrived first, but seeing Old Granny Zhang’s stance, none dared to approach, only able to watch helplessly from outside.

Wang Laozhu actually wanted to go in, but Wang Yongfu and Wang Yongping firmly held him back: "Dad, knives don’t have eyes, what if you get hurt?"

"But Yongan—he—" Wang Laozhu was anxious.

"Dad, don’t worry, look, Yongan is quite nimble, mother hasn’t managed to hit him all this time!" Even the honest Wang Yongfu was learning to lie through his teeth.

It wasn’t that Wang Yongan was agile, it was for his life, whatever it took—crawling under tables, rolling on the floor, any disgraceful act was fair game.

Any semblance of grace he had maintained for decades was now completely abandoned.

Hearing Wang Yongzhu’s voice, Old Granny Zhang finally stopped her hand.

Turning her head to the doorway, Wang Yongzhu stood there, looking quite displeased.

Old Granny Zhang didn’t know why, but she felt a bit guilty as she hid the knife behind her back, feigning composure, "Zhuzhu, what brings you here! This has nothing to do with you, you go back first, Mom will be back soon!"

Wang Yongzhu gave her a quick look-over and, seeing nothing amiss, finally let out a sigh of relief, "Mom, you didn’t chop anyone, did you?"

Turning to look at Wang Yongan, though he was rolling around in a mess, it seemed he wasn’t bleeding?

Um, that’s a relief!

"Not yet, but just wait a bit longer, and I’ll be able to chop someone!" Old Granny Zhang was confident.

The family of three, Wang Yongan included, couldn’t help but shiver again.

"Mom, if you actually did chop someone, once the knife is stained with blood, it can’t be used to cut vegetables anymore! Where can we buy a knife on such short notice? It’s good that you didn’t chop anyone; the knife isn’t wasted—"

Wang Yongzhu smoothly took the knife from Old Granny Zhang’s hand, examined it, and was quite satisfied.

Old Granny Zhang was startled for a moment, but seeing her daughter wink at her, she immediately understood.

With a fierce look and hands on her hips, she said to the Wang Yongan family, "I’m laying it out here today, tuck away your scheming and scram from here! Don’t take everyone for fools!"

After speaking, she gestured with her hand, "Let’s go home!" Majestically, she led her daughter, son-in-law, and sons back to the new house.

It was only after they left that Wang Laozhu dared to enter the house, looking at his most valued son sitting in disarray on the ground, his clothes covered in dust, exuding a down-and-out appearance.

Lady Qian, seeing that Old Granny Zhang had left, crawled over to Wang Yongan, "Official! Official, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Wang Yongan pushed Lady Qian away and stood up dejectedly, looking around at the chaotic mess in the room, struggling for breath.

Lady Qian wiped her tears and sobbed, "Official! Let’s go back! We can’t stay here any longer—"

It was too frightening. If they stayed a few more days, they might not only lose their money but possibly their lives!

Jinchai also threw herself into Lady Qian’s arms, "Mom, I’m scared! I want to go home! I want to go home—"

Wang Yongan’s head was bowed, his face was twisted in anger, and his fists were clenched tightly.

Today, his humiliating appearance was witnessed by the entire family. How would he be able to hold his head up in the future?

Not to mention, Old Granny Zhang’s words pierced his innermost secrets. It was as if he had been stripped of his clothes and left on the street, utterly humiliated.

Humiliation! The greatest humiliation of his life!

But he clenched his teeth and swallowed this bitter pill.

Turning his head, his face was a mix of misery and helplessness.

He managed a wry smile at Wang Laozhu, "Dad, your son has been unfilial, we’ll leave tomorrow. Mom now finds us unsightly, doubting our every move! I am full of good intentions, willing to bare my heart for Mom to see!"

"Unfortunately, Mom’s prejudice against me runs too deep! And my brothers harbor dissatisfaction towards me as well. I originally came back to make amends, thinking of taking you, Mom, and my sister to the county town, but now it seems impossible!"

Wang Laozhu looked at Wang Yongan’s injured appearance and found it difficult to speak, "Second son, your mom, she—"

"Dad, please don’t say any more, I understand it all! It’s just that, I don’t know when I’ll be able to return once I leave. The thought of not being able to serve you and Mom leaves me deeply uneasy—" Wang Yongan said with a look of reluctance and difficulty.