The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1047: Didn’t I Go Easy on Him?

Chapter 1047: Chapter 1047: Didn’t I Go Easy on Him?

Who would have thought that all these years, a wolf had been raised by my side!

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In Qianlin County, the Zhou family.

Having failed to get their hands on Ya Molian, on the contrary, the family had lost a considerable sum of money due to Zhou Yan’s elopement.

In recent days, Elder Mr. Zhou had been angered to unconsciousness several times already, constantly berating his granddaughter for being senseless and blaming all the mistakes on his daughter-in-law.

Believing it was his daughter-in-law’s poor upbringing that made Zhou Yan so bold as to steal from the family and run away behind everyone’s back.

However, faced with such a huge blame, Madam Zhou was certainly not going to let her father-in-law dump it on her without a fight. She had argued vehemently with Elder Mr. Zhou several times, each time leaving him so furious that he practically passed out.

"Enough, enough, what’s the point of arguing with dad? Don’t forget that he holds all the keys to the house in his hands," said Old Master Zhou, seeing the two quarrel again. He quickly pulled his wife away and back to their own room, trying to calm her down.

"Hmph!"

Madam Zhou let out a cold snort.

"That old coot, always nitpicking at my faults, if it weren’t for the keys he holds in his hand, I would..."

"Shh, shh, quiet down a bit."

Hearing her words, Old Master Zhou’s face turned pale, and he hastily motioned for her to be silent.

If his father were to hear her speaking like this, he would surely cast them out, and even his son would suffer the consequences!

"Talk less, how does it benefit you to argue with dad like this?"

"You think I want to argue with him? It’s all because he..."

Madam Zhou was so angry she could burst into flames, glaring at her husband with a look that could kill.

"Look, it’s clearly his fault that the trouble started. If he hadn’t pushed Yan’er to Ya Molian, would such a thing have happened? She was a well-bred young lady from a respectable family. How could she...

But no, he doesn’t think he’s to blame and wants to pin all the responsibility on me, as if he has the right!"

"Dad was just confused with anger, can’t you give him a bit of a break?" Old Master Zhou tried to reason.

"Haven’t I given him a break?" Madam Zhou retorted.

Hadn’t she been humiliated enough these past few days? Being pointed at and scolded by that senile old man every day, was she just supposed to take it?

"Hmph, it’s all Yan’er’s fault. With no good studies or manners, she had to elope with someone, following a mere servant. We were planning to find her a good family to marry into. How could she... She really is incorrigible!"

As she spoke, she began to curse her own daughter. That worthless girl—if Madam Zhou ever got her hands on her, she would beat her half to death!

"Let’s not talk about Yan’er right now; think about Liang’er instead," Old Master Zhou reminded her.

"Liang’er, what about him?" Madam Zhou frowned.

Neither of her children was making life easy for her. The younger one had eloped with a servant, leaving her unable to lift her head in front of the family, and the elder one...

Who knows what kind of spell Lin Caisang had cast on him; ever since coming back from the autumn imperial examination, he’s been obsessed with her!

"What could it be but the marriage with the Prefecture Governor’s family? Are we just supposed to forget about it?" Old Master Zhou asked.

It was such a favorable match, and he couldn’t bear to let it end unresolved, especially now when the Zhou family was in troubled times. His daughter had eloped, and his son had failed the autumn imperial examination.

At his father’s place, their family was not favored at the moment. If his siblings were to speak ill of him in front of his father, what then would become of him?