Chapter 80.2

Translated by Aviana

This while, the situation in Yang jia became much more chaotic. A while ago, when the work in the fields was at its peak, Yang Xuezhang still didn’t go to work. Naturally, Fang-shi also didn’t go.

Consequently, Wang-shi and her man, Yang Tieshuan, were exhausted to death all day long, making them agitated from pent-up stress.

In the past, it was only Wang-shi who used to make a fuss, which, to He-shi, was but a trivial affair, not worth her attention. However, this time, contrarily, even Yang Tieshuan followed her to make a scene, making it no longer a small-scale trivial affair.

With an extremely ugly facial expression, Yang Tieshuan directly pulled his wife and went on strike, declaring he would no longer go to work.

He-shi’s thrashes and curses were also of no use this time. Not to mention, they also further happened to have a reasonable and valid point: When others were comfortable sitting at home and spending their days leisurely, why did their family have to work themselves to death? Even if they were partial to them, they can’t be biased to this extent.

As for who that ‘others’ was in his tirade, it goes without saying.

Yang layezi was also rendered speechless, and thus had no other choice but let Yang Xuezhang also follow them to work.

Don’t know how to? Then just learn slowly, anyway sitting idly all day at home was not an option.

Yang Xuezhang initially had plans to make a few more trips to his father-in-law’s place and have him guide him in learning. But now he could only put his plans on hold. Setting his book aside, he picked up a hoe and went to work.

Putting aside the tremendous amount of hardship he had to bear, in this short while the tender skin on his hands has become tattered, shedding at least a layer of his skin.

Taking in her son’s plight, He-shi’s heart was beset by distress. But no matter how distressed she was, in front of her fuming eldest son and her old man’s orders, she was completely helpless.

Thus her distress transformed into fury towards her second and third children with no other choice. However, now that both of them had separated from the family, she couldn’t find anyone who she could vent her feelings. Thus, resigned, she could only apply ointment on her son’s wounds, while feeling as if a knife were being twisted in her heart.

The first branch’s husband and wife were immensely pleased by the turn of events. Furthermore, taking advantage of the situation, Wang-shi put another one of her demands in front of He-shi: Letting her go to work was fine, but then Feng-shi also had to tag along with her. In case Feng-shi doesn’t go, she also won’t go.

Utterly helpless, without any other option, He-shi was forced to have Feng-shi also go to work in the fields. Besides, all this while she had been shielding Feng-shi only for the sake of her son. Now that her son himself had to go and work like a cow and horse, Feng-shi certainly can’t escape from the work.

Nonetheless, with such small manpower, and with Yang laoyezi being only the nimble one among them, Yang jia’s work progress was worryingly slow yet each and everyone was tired to death.

Subsequently, Yang Ermei and He-shi also had to step in to help them from time to time. Consequently, this group of people was so busy and tired that they had no energy to pay attention to the movements in the second and third branches as the two scuttled in and out of the residence all day long.

Yang laoyezi, who happened to be paying attention, wanted to open his mouth and inquire, but in the end, didn’t ask anything after hesitating several times. The two of them making a fuss to break off from the main family and being loggerheads against them was still fresh in his mind.

Neither Yang Tiezhu nor Yang Tiegen took the initiative to talk to him. Yang Tiezhu was disinclined to initiate a conversation with him and Yang Tiegen was too busy to pay heed to him while Yang layezi didn’t want to lose his face by being the first one to talk.

Thus the relationship between father and son became even more awkward and worse than that of the strangers.

On the other side, Tian Cuilan was dying from anxiety this while.

It has already been quite a long time since she last saw them.

Unbeknownst to her, recently Yang Tiezhu was run off his feet with house construction and delivering goods. Seeing that her man was busy as a bee, Lin Qingwan also didn’t unreasonably insist on accompanying her on her walk.

When he was busy, she did a short walk inside the room or in the courtyard. She just walked a few steps ahead outside the yard.

Recently, Tian Cuilan rekindled her friendship with her former good friend. She was well acquainted with this maiden before marriage. Currently, this young maiden was already a young xifu .

This young xifu was called Meifang. Before her marriage, Tian Cuilan was on friendly terms with her. Later, she got married to a family named Chen in the village. Formerly, Tian Cuilan used to have multiple good friends, however, most of them got married out in different villages. Meifang was the only one to have married into a family in the same village. She was Chen jia’s third daughter-in-law. As a woman of few hobbies, the only thing that she was fond of was gossiping with a few other young xifus in the village.

True to Tian Shenzi's thoughts, the majority of the villagers sympathised with Tian Cuilan’s situation. Meifang also didn’t shun Tian Cuilan for being divorced and was cordial with her, just like in the past.

Once Tian Cuilan and Meifang rekindled their past friendship, she got to know a lot about Yang Tiezhu and his wife’s matters from the latter.

Tian Cuilan also didn’t know what had happened to her recently. In the first few days after she returned, she never found herself thinking or asking about anything or anyone. But ever since she ran into Yang Tiezhu and his wife at that time, and later again met his young xifu at the Yang jia’s wedding banquet, particular feelings in her heart seemed to have been awakened.

Perceiving that she still harboured some feelings for Yang Tiezhu from her behavior at Yang jia’s wedding, her mother implicitly mentioned a word or two to her. She knew that that young xifu was bought back by Yang Tiezhu as a wife and had married her quite recently. Tian Shenzi’s few words of warning were flung to the back of her mind long back.

From Meifang she later heard how blessed that young xifu was. Allegedly, many people were aware of the conjugal love of the two, and the woman was held in the cusp of his hand by Yang Tiezhu. And, she was even pregnant now…

Tian Cuilan thought she was truly blessed, giving birth to envy within her.

Why can she be so blessed and happy? Tian Cuilan was acutely aware that a woman’s happiness lay upon her husband’s care…it was all because of Elder brother Tiezhu….

Her brother Tie Zhu was just that good…

It’s just that it has been quite a while since she last saw Elder Brother Tiezhu and couldn’t help but scoop out relevant information about the two from Meifang to put her restless heart at ease.

These days Tian Shenzi was also quite elated, for her daughter finally began to go out and walk around to relax to relieve her boredom.

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