The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1679: Sold Out

Chapter 1679: Chapter 1679: Sold Out

"Eldest Young Master has misunderstood, I didn’t mean to..."

"You have two options, either leave or... we go together to the lady of the house and speak some sense. Which do you prefer?"

Lin Chushui extended two fingers, asking the steward.

"This..."

The steward didn’t dare say another word and could only slink away.

"Cousin, wait for me, I’ll go outside and get you a change of clothes..."

"No need, Cousin, I brought my own clothes. Wait here for a moment, I’ll come out after I change," said Lin Chushui as he entered his room to change clothes.

Meanwhile, Luo Tianying, standing in the courtyard, frowned deeply.

Initially, she thought that once Cousin returned, Second Aunt would definitely take good care of him, given all the hardships Cousin had endured outside.

But now...

From the moment he returned to the Yue Clan, Second Aunt was nowhere to be seen, nor was the uncle, leaving Cousin alone in this courtyard. And this steward was clearly disrespectful to Cousin due to the attitudes of the uncle and Second Aunt.

Now, that steward was probably off to complain to the matron of the Yue Clan, wasn’t he?

Was Cousin really unaware of this?

Or had Cousin anticipated it but chose to ignore it, only wishing for a peaceful life?

"Ah, it seems I was too naive, not as cunning and shrewd as Grandmother," she sighed.

Indeed, Grandmother had probably foreseen that Cousin would receive a cold reception upon returning to the Yue Clan. That’s why she sent her here and gave her part of Eldest Aunt’s dowry to use for Cousin in advance.

...

"Old Madam, this Eldest Young Master is really too harsh. I had not even spoken when he drove me out," the steward sobbed in front of an elegantly dressed woman who appeared aged.

"Also, he threw all the things you arranged for him in the courtyard. All the maids and servants were chased out by him too. Isn’t that showing contempt for you as his grandmother? You must stand up for me, Old Madam," he continued complaining about Lin Chushui’s behavior.

As it turned out, the head matron of the Yue Family wasn’t Yue Chong’s wife but his mother, Old Madam Yue.

"If Chushui doesn’t want you anymore, you may go to the Laundry Courtyard. They should still be short-handed there," Old Madam said coolly, looking at the steward with a deep gaze.

"What?!"

The steward was shocked by her words.

The Laundry Courtyard was the worst place in the Yue Clan. Everyone there was tasked with washing clothes for the Yue Family’s servants.

He used to be a steward in charge of a courtyard; how could he end up in such a place?

"Old Madam..."

"Old Madam, are you sending him to the Laundry Courtyard to be in charge?" the nanny beside Old Madam Yue asked softly.

"The Laundry Courtyard... short of a steward?" Old Madam Yue asked back.

The nanny secretly twitched her mouth, quickly cleared her throat, and answered earnestly.

"To reply to the Old Madam, the Laundry Courtyard is not short of a steward."

"That settles it then."

Old Madam Yue nodded, no longer paying any attention to the steward.

"Since Chushui has sent all those people away, there’s no use keeping them anymore. Just sell them off," she ordered again.

"Hiss!"

Only then did the steward grasp the implicit meaning in the Old Madam’s words.

This was like killing a chicken to warn the monkeys, blaming them for neglecting the Eldest Young Master, and punishing them by proxy.