Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 439 - 240: The Tables Turned_1

Chapter 439: Chapter 240: The Tables Turned_1

The Qian Sangui and a few others discussed, and Old Man Qian immediately went to find several elders from Huaxi Village and said, then together they went to find Wang Lizheng. They had Li Jinhu go to the Wan family to explain the situation and asked Wan Erniu to find Wan Lizheng from Darong Village. Then, the village chiefs from these two villages would take two respected elders to visit the chiefs of a few other villages before heading to Shili Town together to clearly explain the stakes to Landlord Ma and the influential elders of the town.

They also had Old Man Cai represent Qian Sangui and join them. Nowadays, Landlord Qian was considered a notable figure within a hundred miles, and everyone owed him a certain degree of respect.

This matter had to be handled immediately, resolved overnight.

Tomorrow was the day for sacrifices, and if Shili Town struggled to find offerings at short notice, the Qian family would provide chickens, fish, and pigs.

The Qian family would return thirty taels of silver to Landlord Ma, and the two children would be taken back to the Qian family first. If their family regretted the decision and returned the silver, they could then take the children back.

Qian Dagui, Qian Ergui, supporting Old Man Qian and Old Man Cai, and Li Jinhu hurried to the village because the three men of the Qian family had not yet eaten, Qian Sangui had someone bring them two buns each.

Once those people left, Qian Manhe knelt down before Qian Sangui and said, "Thank you, Third Uncle, for saving Ah Cao. I know that you’ve helped us out a lot, and our family is indebted to you for our good life. But my mother and sister have been foolish and have wronged your family. Especially my mother, I am too ashamed to even speak of the things she has done... Rest assured, Third Uncle, I have already taken control of my mother so she won’t stir up any more trouble. However, with the hardship my sister is facing, I have to ask you to lend a hand once again."

Upon hearing this, Li Ahcai also hurriedly knelt down and cried, "Third Grandfather, I beg you to save my mother."

Qian Sangui didn’t want to get too involved with the business of the second wife’s family and said, "I’ve already helped as much as I could, what else do you need my help with?"

Qian Manhe said, "I want to use this chance to blow this matter up, to get my sister and her children out and set up separately. The Li family has lost all humanity; my sister’s husband had only been gone a short while when they committed all these atrocities..."

He then told the story of Li Laoer’s harassment of Qian Mandua and showed Li Ahcai’s injuries to Qian Sangui. Li Ahcai’s body was covered in wounds, both old and new, which shocked the members of the Qian family.

Qian Sangui got so angry that he slapped the table and cursed, "They’re animals!"

Qian Yixiu’s impression of Li Ahcai also improved. Although the boy had many bad habits, he was devoted to protecting his mother and sister, and he hadn’t gone completely bad to the core.

Qian Manhe continued, "I want to borrow some strong young men from Third Uncle to settle the score with the Li family and to find a way to get my sister’s family out. If things don’t go smoothly, I also, I also want to borrow Third Uncle’s name to pressure them."

It was easy to lend men, and as for borrowing his own influence, Qian Sangui trusted Qian Manhe to be sensible and nodded his head. He said to Su Siwu, "Go, have Huang Tie bring ten strong servants and workers here." Thinking of Qian Mandua as a woman, he added, "Also, have Su Ming’s wife (Lady He) and Li Jinhu’s wife come along."

Once the twelve people were assembled, Qian Manhe and Li Ahcai led them to Green Willow Village. On their way, they also called for Madam Hua from Huaxi Village.

As the impressive group arrived in Green Willow Village, dusk was settling in. Usually, this time was the perfect moment for farmers to chat idly after dinner. Many people could be found chatting at their courtyard gates or along the alleyways, their laughter mingling with the barking of dogs and the distant croaking of frogs.

Today, however, the place lacked its usual lively atmosphere. Only a few people were quietly discussing something, and they gave Li Ahcai mocking or disdainful looks when they saw him.

Li Ahcai’s heart fluttered, and he began to run towards his home. Before he reached his doorstep, he saw his house surrounded by a crowd, impassable, with the heart-wrenching cries of Qian Mandua and the angry curses of Grandma Li and others coming from inside.

Inside the crowd, some were saying, "That third daughter-in-law of the Li family obviously looks like a vixen, didn’t think she was really that licentious. Her man just left, and she couldn’t keep it in, even seduced her own brother-in-law."

Another said, "Not one of them in the Li family is good for anything—greedy, lazy, gamblers, and now this, getting involved in adultery, with their own brother’s wife no less. They really have it all: drinking, gambling, whoring, and now incest."

"Look, Li Ahcai is back, and he’s brought his uncle..."

When they spotted the formidable crowd following the two, the onlookers no longer dared to make a peep, opening up a path for them.

The villagers all loathed the Li family, otherwise, seeing such a group come to settle the Li family’s bad luck, the whole village would have come to aid. These people didn’t help, nor did they leave; they just stood and watched the drama unfold.