Chapter 51.2

Translated by Aviana

Yang-shi marched to her second younger brother’s house. Although the Second Yang laoyezi seldomly interacted with Yang laoyezi and only shared superficial affection with his elder brother, he, nevertheless, greatly valued his eldest sister.

Their mother had passed away prematurely, leaving behind the three children. At that time, Yang-shi was eleven years old, and Yang laoyezi was eight years old, while Second Yang laoyezi was only six years old. It could be said that the Second Yang laoyezi was single-handedly raised by Yang-shi.

The same was also the case with Yang laoyezi. But he had a wife, He-shi, whom he was deeply afraid of. His wife and eldest sister had too many conflicting views among them. A such, Yang-shi seldomly stepped into Yang jia’s gates for the past few years.

This time, if it weren’t for Lin Qingwan inviting her, Yang-shi would never have gone three.

Second Yang laoyezi was just about to have lunch along with his entire family. Seeing his elder sister’s dashing in, he quickly gave his seat to Yang-shi and asked her to have lunch first, as a discussion could be put off for later.

Scampering from one place to another all around, Yang-shi was also tired. As this just happened to be lunchtime, Yang-shi realized the intense hunger she was feeling; thus, she dug in without further ado.

While eating, she briefed the situation to Second Yang laoyezi. The second laoyezi knew that his eldest sister had fostered for eldest brother’s second son and was also well aware of the feelings the two shared.

His eldest sister had a bitter fate. After the birth of a son, with great difficulty, she was able to give birth to a daughter but, unfortunately, was unable to keep the baby for long. As such, she began to treat Yang Tiezhu, who was just a month younger than the baby girl, as her own child….He was acutely aware of the troublesome disputes happening in his eldest brother’s place. But back then, both the families had a lot of conflicting views and disputes; thus, they never stepped into one another’s houses. The only exception is when there is a big occasion in either of the houses. In such cases, they send juniors to take part in celebrations….

After listening to everything, Second Yang laoyezi, without any further utterances, finished the meal along with Yang-shi and headed to seek Yang jia’s Clan Elder and the Village Chief.

(In chapters 42 and 45, I have transliterated Village Chief as Lizheng and have kept it the same as the pinyin because I wasn’t what it actually meant.)

Although Yang jia was a minor clan in Luoxia village, they nevertheless had a clan elder. It’s just that this clan elder hardly involved himself with the affairs happening in different branches. Only when the dispute escalated into a big matter would he personally appear to mediate.

En route, Yang-shi narrated the incident to the elders.

Clan Elder Yang and Village Chief were well aware of the rumors wildly circulating in the villages for the past few days.

And now, upon directly hearing the He-shi’s doings from Yang-shi, Clan Elder Yang couldn’t help but repeatedly shake his head with a sigh. This woman, He-shi, was well-known all around Luoxia village as a shrew. When she was young, she used to engage in disputes with fellow female villagers frequently. Now that she had grown older, she seldom stepped out of her house. These days, the people only get to hear her temperament is eccentric and biased. He had thought that she had learned to mend her ways for better, but who knew there was this much going inside the four walls of the house!

At the Yang jia, none of the people in the Yang jia had lunch. Because of the huge strife in the morning, all of them remained in their respective rooms.

Glancing at the arrival of Clan Elder and Village Chief followed by the Second Yang loayezi and Yang-shi, who rarely tread into Yang jia’s gates, Yang laoyezi quickly came back to himself from the daze and hastily invited them in.

Once everyone stepped into the main room, Yang laoyezi instructed Wang-shi to get tea. Then he requested Village Chief, Clan Elder, Second Yang laoyezi, and Yang-shi to take seats on the kang. At the same time, he pulled a seat for himself by the kang and sat beside them.

Initially, when He-shi saw many visitors stepping into the room, she intended to room at the back. But after glancing at Yang-shi among the visitors, she promptly halted and remained standing at the side.

After Clan Elder Yang seated down on the kang, he took the lead to exchange the pleasantries with Village Chief. After all, he was Yang clan’s affair, and as a Clan Elder, he had the most right to speak at the moment.

“Yang Shuan, oh Yang Shuan, what good can I say about you? If such loud noises and disputes are coming from a family, perhaps by now, the entire village must be aware of it!”

Clan Elder Yang was much older than Yang laoyezi, and was a higher generation than him. That’s why he directly addressed Yang laoyezi with his name.

Yang laoyezi sat below with his face flushed red.

In fact, he had already begun regretting not stopping He-shi from going to the second branch’s room. But at that time, his mind was in too much chaos, rendering him from reacting. By the time he regained his senses, He-shi had already made a huge racket, attracting all the villagers to gather around and spectate.

Seeing such an appearance of Yang laoyezi, Clan Elder Yang didn’t know what to say. He beckoned Yang Tieshuan standing at the side, and asked him to summon everyone here.

The two of them from the eldest branch were already here in the main room; thus, he went to the second branch and third branch’s rooms to call them over to the main room. He then walked to the west room to call Yang Xuezhang, who had been locking himself in the room these days without going out. But contrary to expectations, Yang Xuezhang was least bothered by the situation outside and refused to come.

Soon, everyone gathered into the main room and silently stood with their heads drooped. Yang-shi explained the situation to Yang-shi and gave two stools for Yang Tiezhu and Lin Qingwan to sit down.

Clan Elder glanced around before asking He-shi to take the seat as well. Wang-shi swiftly placed a stool right behind Hei-shi with servility. He-shi calmly took her seat.

After everyone was seated, Clan Elder Yang scrutinized He-shi for a good while before shaking his head in lament.

But as an elder demeaning a woman would be unpleasant. Thus, he simply spoke about the matter he was aware of regarding the incident before directing spearhead at Yang laoyezi as he condemningly questioned him if he really wanted to throw Yang Tiezhu and his wife out of the family.

Upon hearing this, Yang laoyezi’s face flushed with anger and embarrassment, “I, I didn’t mean this, this was entirely my family’s vile wife’s intention….”

Speaking till here, he didn’t have any face to utter a word after.

After all, he didn’t stop her either, did he?

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