The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 88 - 85: If You Lack Benevolence, I Lack Righteousness

Chapter 88: Chapter 85: If You Lack Benevolence, I Lack Righteousness

At the foot of the mountain, Madam Zhao sprawled her entire body on top of Zhen Yi, grabbing her hair and fiercely assaulting her with punches and pinches!

"You wench, dreaming of marrying Ruo He? In your dreams! Ruo He is mine, if you dare covet him again, I’ll tear you apart! Don’t think I don’t know what your family is plotting, just because you see the Ruo Family turning their fortunes around, you want to latch onto them again, don’t you? Leeches like your family, with me around, don’t even think about it!"

Madam Zhao’s weight exceeded two hundred Jin, and with her pressing down, Zhen Yi could only grab Madam Zhao’s hair and was unable to push her off; she was in so much pain tears welled up, "I haven’t, what are you going crazy for? Even if I wanted to marry Ruo He, what business is it of yours? You’ve already been divorced by Ruo He! Let go of me, or don’t blame me for being impolite!"

"I knew you were still pining for Ruo He..."

Ruo Xuan was dumbstruck!

The Shopkeeper was about to step forward to stop the two, but at that moment, Ruo He was struggling to push a handcart loaded with large logs down the mountain; seeing Zhen Yi being attacked by Madam Zhao, he yelled, "What is Madam Zhao doing? Let go of Zhen Yi now!"

He put down the handcart and hurried over.

Only when Madam Zhao heard Ruo He’s voice did she let go of Zhen Yi, her chubby face showing a flash of guilt.

Ruo He ran over to help Zhen Yi up, seeing her swollen face and disheveled hair, feeling both guilty and heartbroken, "Are you alright?"

"I’m fine!" Zhen Yi replied coldly, avoiding Ruo He’s hand and getting up by herself, then she immediately ran off.

Ruo He glared angrily at Madam Zhao, "What madness is this?"

This Madam Zhao, previously when he and Zhen Yi would greet each other on the road, and she found out, she would find an excuse to beat Zhen Yi.

Now that he had already divorced her, she still clung to Zhen Yi?

Madam Zhao had already regained her righteous indignation and said angrily, "Ruo He, the Zhen Family is shameless, seeing that our family has silver now, they want to marry off their daughter to you! They are trying to entangle with our family, and this is a warning to them. You better not be fooled too! One tiger and one white fox for a dowry, what a joke, Zhen Yi should look in the mirror, is she worthy?"

"Shut up! My family is not your family, you’ve been divorced and are no longer a member of the Ruo Family, so please stop saying ’our family’! And who I marry has nothing to do with you. I warn you, don’t hit Zhen Yi again, or I won’t be polite to you!"

At those words, tears reddened Madam Zhao’s eyes, and she knelt down, crying out, "Ruo He, I know I was wrong, please don’t divorce me! Let me return to the Ruo Family, I won’t gamble anymore, and I won’t bully Xuanbao, I’ll love her as my own daughter!" freewebnøvel.com

"Xuanbao, Aunt was wrong before, Aunt apologizes to you, and from now on if Aunt gets any silver, she’ll buy you tasty treats, could you ask your Uncle and Grandma not to divorce Aunt? Everyone loves you, you just have to say let Aunt return to continue being your Aunt, and they will agree!"

Ruo Xuan looked at Madam Zhao’s face and felt slightly astonished, why couldn’t she see Madam Zhao’s fortune anymore?

She shook her little head, "No good."

Madam Zhao: "..."

That wretched girl, she regretted caring for her!

Once she returned to the Ruo Family, she would see how to teach her a lesson!

Ruo He said with a cold face, "Impossible, move aside! Don’t drag Xuanbao into this, if you dare to scheme against Xuanbao, our family will never forgive you! You want to return to the Ruo Family, it’s impossible in this lifetime!"

This time Madam Zhao had thrown all caution to the wind, her father wouldn’t help her repay the silver, and the gambling den had given her two more days. If she couldn’t return the silver, she would be sold by the people of the gambling den to be a maid and repay the debts.

The Ruo Family was now wealthy, and it was said that they had even established a connection with the Lord County Magistrate. She must return to the Ruo Family and see if the people from the gambling den would still dare to press her for debts, "If you don’t agree, I will kneel here indefinitely!"

"Suit yourself! Even if you kneel to death, it’s none of my business!" Ruo He sneered.

"Ruo He, they say a couple owes a debt of gratitude for a night spent together, are you this heartless?"

"Sorry, you and I were never husband and wife, not even for a moment! If you dare to bother me, I’ll report you to the authorities!"

Madam Zhao: "... Anyway, if you don’t agree not to divorce me, I’ll just kneel here!"

Ruo He would soften his heart; surely he wouldn’t just leave her be!

Ruo He no longer paid her any attention, turning his head to the Shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, sorry to make you witness such a farce!"

The Shopkeeper smiled, "Young Master, you jest. A woman’s fight is unrelated to you; you were merely righteously intervening in a dispute you came across."

As he spoke, he glanced back at the cart full of timber, shifting the topic, "Third Uncle is truly impressive, cutting down so much timber all by himself. Let me help you push the cart back home."

Shopkeeper Gu knew that Ruo He had gone up the mountain to chop wood, because the old lady had seen him heading up the mountain this morning and had asked him to visit the manor, where she had a word with him.

Shopkeeper Gu just hadn’t expected that Ruo He alone could chop down so much timber and carry it down the mountain.

The strength of the Ruo Family truly lived up to its reputation.

Ruo He smiled, "I just have a bit of strength, nothing impressive. Besides, the timber isn’t too thick; it’s quite light. There’s no need to trouble Shopkeeper Gu; I can carry it down the mountain."

These dozen or so fir logs were planned to be used for making roof beams.

Ruo He was in charge of building the house. In addition to the blue bricks for the house, it was also necessary to order blue tiles. Early today, after he went to the neighboring village to order the blue tiles, he headed directly up the mountain to cut the timber for the roof beams, doors, windows, and furniture, which would save a lot of silver,

The timber needed to be prepared in advance to dry out. The straight ones would be used for roof beams, the tougher ones for doors and windows, and the rest for furniture.

Fortunately, constructing a house involved breaking ground, for which an auspicious day must be found. The day was set a month later, and after starting the construction, laying the foundation and building the walls would take at least another two weeks. He had nearly two months to prepare the timber.

If it wasn’t enough by then, he could always buy more.

"These fir logs are uniform in size and perfectly straight. Third Uncle, are you planning to use them for the roof beams?"

"Exactly, does Shopkeeper Gu plan to escort Xuanbao down the mountain? I can take her home."

Ruo Xuan also said, "Thank you, Grandpa Gu, I can go home with Third Uncle."

Shopkeeper Gu did not insist and left with a smile after saying goodbye to the two.

"Third Uncle, let me help you push the cart!" Ruo Xuan dropped these words and obediently ran to the back to push the timber.

Ruo He laughed, "Then you’ll have to push hard, Third Uncle has no strength left!"

"Okay!" Ruo Xuan put both hands on a long piece of wood and pushed upwards; the end of the wood that was propped against the ground lifted entirely, and the cart moved, heading straight toward the Zhao family member due to momentum.

This scared Zhao so much that she scrambled to get up and dodge out of the way.

Ruo He quickly went forward to steady the cart.

The two of them went down the mountain cheerfully, heading home.

Zhao watched the niece and uncle with a sinister look in her eyes. That wretched girl actually tried to run her over?

Zhao thought for a bit, deciding to give the Ruo Family one more chance.

Following behind the two, she came to the gate of the Ruo family and knelt down: "Ruo He, I really realize my mistake, please..."

The courtyard gate "bang" shut!

Zhao: "..."

Zhao kept kneeling there, and after half an hour her knees hurt too much to bear. Looking at the closed courtyard gate and hearing the laughter inside, the longer she knelt, the more furious she became!

She was kneeling outside, how could the people of the Ruo Family still laugh?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Zhao couldn’t kneel any longer; struggling to her feet, she thought: If you are heartless, I owe you nothing!

It’s you who are driving me to this!

Since Xuanbao, that wretched girl, was so ruthless at such a young age, even intending to kill her, she could blame Zhao for being cruel as well.

She decided to go find that person!

Zhao rubbed her knees and staggered away from the Ruo family; she didn’t go home, but took to the main road, heading straight for the county town.