Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 125 - 124 The Sky is Falling (Parts One and Two Combined)_2

Chapter 125: Chapter 124 The Sky is Falling (Parts One and Two Combined)_2

Wong Ping could only follow them to the county town after hearing this.

As they passed the entrance to Darong Village, Boss Xu and Xu Fuzi were standing in front of the butcher shop, happily watching the bustle.

Suddenly, a government official clutched his stomach and said, "Oh no, I need to relieve myself. You go ahead, I’ll catch up after a while."

After finishing his words, he led his horse into a small grove not far from the butcher shop. Once those people were out of sight, he came out of the grove to the front of the butcher shop, whispered a few words to Boss Xu, took the silver that was passed over, and rode off on his horse.

Boss Xu returned to his courtyard with a smile. A tall horse was still tethered in his yard, and his distant nephew Xu Ershi was sitting in the main hall; Yama Raja Xu was drinking and eating meat with him.

The moment Boss Xu entered the room, he smiled at Xu Ershi and said, "Just now Master Li mentioned that the little widow... oh, no," he suddenly remembered that if the widow became Sir Jin’s woman, she could no longer be called ’little widow,’ and quickly corrected himself, "Madam Cheng is staying in the left wing room of the main house..."

Xu Ershi, gnawing on a piece of meat, said, "All right, we’ll definitely snatch that little beauty out tonight. Sir Jin has often taken care of those hooligans; now that we need them, they will surely do the job well."

Boss Xu added, "Second Master Wong from the Song family also went to the county town. Could Qian Sangui be released again?"

Xu Ershi scoffed, "Qian Sangui thinks he’ll live to come back? With that frail body, no need for interrogation or torture, just throw him in jail, let the other prisoners mess with him a bit, and he’ll be dead. Even if by some miracle he comes back alive, that little beauty will have been abducted by bandits, no one seen alive, no corpse found; where can he even start looking?"

Yama Raja Xu laughed heartily, "No wonder Sir Jin can hold such a high office, he is indeed full of schemes. This way, not to mention Qian Sangui who is just a Commoner, even someone with all the connections in the world wouldn’t know Sir Jin and our Xu family are involved."

Boss Xu laughed, "Now there are only a few women and children left in that house. It’s as easy as squeezing ants for those lords. Why not let Fuzi go as well tonight, hang a sign at Sir Jin’s place, and in the future, our big nephew will have extra support, which will make our family’s backbone even stronger." He went on, "Their family is easy to handle, but they have a very fierce dog, said to be unbeatable by two grown men. It’s just that this dog often isn’t at home, I don’t know about tonight..."

Xu Ershi waved his hand with a grin, "No matter how fierce a dog is, it’s just a beast. It’s better if it’s not at home. If it is, just a couple of axe blows will kill it."

...

The women of the Qian family were crying uncontrollably as they watched their men being taken away. With the men gone, the sky had fallen on the Qian family.

Lady Tang, while crying, pointed at the slumped-over Lady Wu and cursed, "It’s all your family’s fault, making those stupid pastries and landing everyone in jail. Give me back my man..." As she spoke, she lunged forward to tear at Lady Wu.

Scared and breathless, Lady Wu had no strength left and got her hair pulled and face scratched by Lady Tang. Lady Wei, Qian Manxia, Qian Mandie, and Lady Xu hurried to separate the fight while Lady Wong, embracing Lady Tang, cried out, "Mother-in-law, it’s not Third Aunt’s fault. The pastries were made by the three of us. It was Uncle and my husband who went to sell them. We didn’t put arsenic in them; we are wronged..."

Enraged, Lady Tang hit Lady Wong a few more times, scolding, "What a foolish woman you are, messing up like this..."

Doctor Lin was brought over by Qian Xiaoyu and went in to examine Old Woman Qian, diagnosing her with a qi-induced heart attack resulting in phlegm sickness.

During this time, Qian Yixiu couldn’t care about the commotion outside; she was holding Cheng Yue, consoling her. Cheng Yue trembled all over, continuously shedding tears and repeating, "Afraid, afraid, I’m afraid... What to do, father-in-law was taken away by the bad guys; what if he dies... He is so kind..."

Qian Yeejin, who was in the private school, also heard that there was trouble at home and rushed back. He first consoled his mother, glanced at Lady Wu who had been helped back to her bedroom, then went to see Old Woman Qian. Old woman Qian didn’t seem well, her face was ashen, and even after Doctor Lin’s acupuncture, she didn’t regain consciousness; her medicine had to be administered by prying her mouth open.

Qian Manhe was called back from the town as well. When he arrived, he saw Lady Tang still sitting on the ground in the courtyard, cursing Qian Sangui and his wife, furious.

He bellowed, "Mother, at a time like this, we should be working together to find a solution. Why are you making such a fuss?" Then he went into the house to check on Old Woman Qian.

Lady Tang was a bit afraid of her son; seeing his face purple with rage, she finally stopped talking.