The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1191 - 1170: An Interruption (Extra update for the reward from "The Landlord is Out")

Chapter 1191: Chapter 1170: An Interruption (Extra update for the reward from "The Landlord is Out")

Manbao and Bai Shan both squinted their eyes with a smile and stood on the steps, watching.

Nanny Fu was startled and hurried to intervene, "Young Master—"

The steward Xu was also stunned for a moment, then started crying and shouting, "Young Master—"

But he accidentally grabbed Yue Dalang’s hand that was fighting back...

The servants of the Yue family rushed out to intervene. Seeing so many people pulling at her young master, Nanny Fu worried they’d pull him apart. Unwilling to see this, she let go and began to push those servants away...

Fu Wenhua clung to Yue Dalang as if glued to him, throwing punches, heedless of who tried to stop him...

Old Madam Yue, who had been hiding in the backyard, could no longer bear the commotion and hurried out with the help of her maid. Seeing her son getting beaten so badly, she immediately cried out, "What are you all doing, not pulling them apart quickly..."

Fu Wenhua’s upper body was finally pulled away, but his lower body refused to surrender. As he was being pulled back, he kept kicking forward, and one kick landed on Yue Dalang’s face, causing him to fall to the ground, clutching his face.

Old Madam Yue, seeing this, was heartbroken and rushed to embrace Yue Dalang. Seeing his bruised face, she cried and scolded, "My son, what has happened to you..."

Of course, she wouldn’t scold Fu Wenhua, but scolded the servants in the yard instead, "What are you good for? Even if the masters have a verbal disagreement, you should at least try to mediate. How could you let it come to blows?"

"Let me go, let me go!" Fu Wenhua struggled fiercely. The Yue family’s servants hurriedly stood in front of him, fearing he would lash out again.

Fu Wenhua was so angry that his eyes turned red. He pointed at Old Madam Yue and was about to curse when Bai Shan pressed down his finger. He stepped aside to block Old Madam Yue’s view and whispered to him, "You can hit and scold Yue Dalang, but if you turn on Old Madam Yue, that’s disrespectful of you."

Steward Xu also hugged him and, having heard Bai Shan’s words, nodded in gratitude. Then, still hugging his young master, he continued to wail, "Young Master, don’t be angry. The priority now is to take care of your sister Wenyun and the young master. Wenyun has suffered a great injustice. If you hadn’t come this time, our household might never have known the hardships she’s endured..."

Fu Wenhua also felt his sister had suffered greatly, and his heart ached so much that he couldn’t help but shed tears. Wiping his eyes, he pushed away Steward Xu and roared, "Then what are you waiting for? Go and get the carriage ready. We’re taking my sister back home! Yue Lan, do you think our Fu Family is easy to bully? My father will be here in no more than three days. Let’s see how you’ll explain to him then!"

Having said that, he wanted to go to the backyard to fetch the people, but how could Old Madam Yue let him take them? She immediately called for someone to stop him, then forced a smile and said, "Young Master Fu, our two families are in-laws, as close as can be. Don’t listen to the gossip of the servants. You also visited your sister just now, didn’t you? Is she not well? Did she say our Yue family has mistreated her?"

Fu Wenhua bit his teeth and kept silent.

"No, right?" Old Madam Yue wiped her tears and said, "I have only this daughter-in-law, and I’ve treated her as my own daughter since she arrived. We’ve only been in the capital for a short while, and we’re still unfamiliar with everything, but as soon as we settled down, I inquired about the best midwife nearby and had the midwife on standby early. I don’t know where Steward Xu heard those rumors, but I..."

Seeing Steward Xu bowing his head and Fu Wenhua still furious but unable to retort, Manbao lightly coughed and stepped forward, exclaiming, "Oh dear, it looks like Eldest Master Yue’s nose is bleeding. Old Madam Yue, would you like me to take a look at him first?"

Old Madam Yue, who was eagerly trying to continue her defense, was immediately distracted and hurriedly said, "Quickly, quickly, Doctor Zhou Junior, can you check where my son has been injured?"

Manbao immediately stepped aside and said, "Let’s first help the person into the main hall, I’ll take a serious look."

The estate manager Xu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, tugged at Fu Wenhua a bit, and then slightly shook his head.

The servants of the Yue family hastily carried Yue Dalang into the front hall.

Old Madam Yue, wiping her tears, followed with equal quickness.

Bai Shan stood with his hands behind his back on the steps, watching, while the estate manager Xu quietly lifted his eyes to scan the people in the courtyard, and immediately noticed Bai Shan.

He felt that he looked familiar but couldn’t remember when he had seen him. Upon seeing Fu Wenhua sitting grumpily on the steps, he walked over to Nanny Fu and asked in a low voice, "That’s Miss Man, but who is that young gentleman?"

Nanny Fu was also worried that Fu Wenhua had caused serious harm to Yue Dalang and was craning her neck to look inside the hall. Hearing the question, she glanced at Bai Shan and whispered, "That’s Young Master Bai, don’t you remember? The young gentleman who is often around Miss Man, the esteemed son from Old Master Bai’s family."

With that explanation, the estate manager Xu remembered.

Speaking of which, he was quite familiar with Old Master Bai; he would always represent his master to pay visits during holidays and festivals.

Lowering his voice, estate manager Xu asked, "When did they arrive in the capital?"

"They came three or two months before us. Miss Man is currently sitting hall at the Jishi Hall, and Young Master Bai is studying at the Imperial Academy. They know quite a number of people," Nanny Fu explained without hesitation, highlighting the key points in a few words, "Thanks to Miss Man, our young mistress was saved yesterday; even the wet nurse for the young master was found through her connections."

Now understanding the situation, the estate manager Xu nodded to Nanny Fu and immediately went forward to greet Bai Shan.

After examining the injury, Manbao discovered that although Yue Dalang’s nose was bleeding profusely, the bridge was not broken; although he kept crying out in pain, it was just a contusion, with no damage to bone or tendon. A bit of medicine and around ten days to half a month should see him recovered.

Thus, Manbao turned to Shao, who had slipped over at some point, and said, "Clean him up, it’s not a serious injury. I’ll just prescribe some medicine to disperse the bruising. Oh, and do you want an ointment? That would heal him up faster."

Old Madam Yue immediately nodded and said, "We want it, we want it."

Manbao then took a new piece of paper to write down the prescription, and together with the one previously given to Fu Wenyun, handed it to Old Madam Yue, smiling, "Someone from your family can accompany Shao back to Jishi Hall to get the medicine in a while. Oh, and including the medicine used yesterday, the total is 112 taels and seven mace."

Old Madam Yue’s hand holding the prescription stiffened, and she pulled at the corner of her mouth and said, "The medicine from your Jishi Hall is just too expensive, isn’t it?"

Without a word from Manbao, Shao immediately said, "Old Madam, our medicine from Jishi Hall is renowned not only in the capital but across the entire Great Jin for being good quality and reasonably priced. However, yesterday, the lady of the house was in difficult labor and used the only life-saving pill from our pharmacy, a pill made from centuries-old wild ginseng and a blend of various valuable medicinal herbs, a rarity that is sought after by many who our manager wouldn’t even sell to."