Chapter 195 She is not favored

Li Gou Wa is Li Jiaojiao's loyal bootlicker. How can he tolerate others saying bad things about Li Jiaojiao's family?

"I'm not lazy. How can a scholar like me work in the fields? Brother Zimo is also a scholar!"

Mrs. Zhao sneered and said, "Did Mr. Li and his son take a rest these days?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? It's none of your business!"

Mrs. Zhao was waiting here: "Ye Xuan from our village has gone to the fields. He is also a scholar. People say that the reason why the county school is closed during these few days is to let those scholars and scholars go home to work in the fields, not to let them go home and play. Hahaha!"

Li Gou Wa's face turned pale and blue.

The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment: "Is that so? The academy is closed so that students can go home and work in the fields?"

"Of course, if we can't harvest in time, won't the food be wasted?"

As the villagers listened, they were speechless about Li Zhiyuan's family.

The academy asked them to take a day off and go home to work in the fields, but they said that scholars don't work in the fields.

It would be fine if they were a wealthy family, but the Li family...even though they are a family of scholars, they also have more than ten acres of land, but they just sit there and do nothing to work.

He has to go to his wife's parents' home to do the work. He's really unique.

Then, the whole village was saying that Li Zhiyuan was a cunning, lazy and greedy person.

After discrediting Li Zhiyuan, Mrs. Zhao left in high spirits.

Li Gou Wa couldn't win the argument, so he ran to Li Zhiyuan's house and cried angrily.

Li Zhiyuan's eyes went dark and he almost vomited blood.

Originally, if he let Mrs. Zhao in, he would just be humiliated by her in person.

But he didn't let her in! She actually ran under the big locust tree and told him! The whole village knows about it!

The most infuriating thing was that He Ma and Daxing, who were sent by the Zhang family, were not motivated to work. After several days of harvesting, they only managed to harvest one acre of grain.

When Li Zhiyuan questioned her, He Ma rolled her eyes and said, "Son-in-law, haven't you seen your fields? They are all weeds. You should be thankful that we can harvest so much food!"

Because of the slow progress, only seven or eight acres of land were harvested. The crops that were not harvested in time later either fell off and rotted or became moldy and sprouted, and were all wasted.

Mrs. Zhao, Li Zhiyuan and others were furious when they saw that the grain supply was only 20% of that of previous years.

Zhang Shui Niang secretly hated her family's servants for not giving her face, and said angrily:

"That's all you got? How did you work? It's because you were lazy and didn't work hard that the crops behind you are all rotting in the fields!"

The tanned He Ma had been patient for a long time and sneered, "Come on, Miss, count the number of people. One, two! That's it! Just two people. How many do you expect us to get back?"

"How come you harvested the land at home so quickly?"

"Miss, please stop asking questions that you already know the answer to! Of course, the family has hired a farmhand! If you want to be quick, why don't you hire a farmhand?"

Zhang Shuiniang covered her chest and said, "Dad asked you to help me..."

"Yes, the master only sent two of us. What's the matter, young lady, you still expect the master to hire a long-term worker for you? Are you so tactless? If you see that there are not enough people, you won't hire one yourself."

After that, he said unhappily: “Okay, we’ve already collected it for you, let’s go back first.”

After saying this, Mother He turned around and left with Daxing.

Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale and blue, and she was shaking with anger.

Li Zhiyuan had already been annoyed these past few days, and now seeing that He Ma had the audacity to look at Zhang Shuiniang in such a displeased manner, an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

As a servant, she dared to treat Zhang Shuiniang like this, which only shows that Shuiniang has no face in front of the rich man Zhang.

Only then did Li Zhiyuan vaguely realize that Zhang Shuiniang might not be so favored in her mother's family.

He couldn't help but look at Zhang Shuiniang. The lady who used to be so high and mighty didn't seem so high and mighty anymore...

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After 10 o'clock in the evening, the villagers went to bed early to save lamp oil.

"Why are you looking for me at this time..." Behind an abandoned thatched hut, Jinhua's face flushed.

"How are your parents? They've been waiting for several days, and I've been anxious." Zhou Ziyang said.

Jinhua smiled and said, "Why rush? Don't worry. They have been asking around for so long but have not found any results. This proves that there is no problem."

"I'm naturally a good one."

"Hmph, you're so talkative! You... came to me so late just to ask this?"

"No... There's a fireworks display in the city tonight. I'll take you to see it." Zhou Ziyang said.

Under the moonlight, her pretty rosy face was so charming and beautiful that Zhou Ziyang's heart was moved.

He couldn't help but hold her hand.

Jinhua's face flushed, and she felt sweet in her heart: "It's too late..."

"Don't worry, I'll take you back after we're done. I'm using a horse-drawn carriage, which is much faster than an ox-drawn cart."

"Hmm... let me think about it..." Jinhua also wanted to go, but she also knew that it was inappropriate to go out with a man late at night.

But if she didn't go, he would have to go back.

She also wanted to see him more and stay together for a long time.

Seeing her hesitation, Zhou Ziyang said anxiously, "I want to spend more time with you. These past few days... I've missed you so much."

Jinhua's heart trembled, and she nodded: "Then... you have to send me back before the fifth watch... otherwise..."

Zhou Ziyang was delighted, but before he could answer, a cold voice rang out: "Who's there?"

The two men's expressions changed.

Jinhua was afraid that Zhou Ziyang would be discovered, and it would be bad if his parents knew he came to see her so late, so she hurried out and saw Ye Bajin standing not far away holding a lantern.

"Is it... Jinhua? What are you doing here late at night?" Ye Bajin walked closer.

"I... couldn't sleep, so I came out to look at the moonlight..."

Ye Bajin scratched his head, a little confused: "If I want to see the moon, I can see it at home. Do I need to go out?"

"I just want to go for a walk..."

"No, why did I hear someone talking?"

"I'm making a wish to the moon. Hey, Uncle Bajin, please don't ask me. By the way, why did Uncle Bajin come out so late?"

"Fubao has caught a cold. I'm asking Doctor Zhao to prescribe medicine. Go home quickly. It's dangerous for a girl to run around in the middle of the night. Come, I'll take you home."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Bajin."

Jinhua looked embarrassed, and finally, she had to follow Ye Bajin.

After walking a distance, I looked back and there was no movement behind the thatched hut. I don't know whether he left or not.

Jinhua wanted Ye Bajin not to tell his parents what happened tonight, but she was afraid that the more she said so, the more suspicious she would appear.

After thinking about it, I decided to forget it.

The next day, Ye Bajin told Mrs. Du about this.

Mrs. Du's face darkened. What about looking at the moon? She didn't believe it at all!

Mrs. Du did not ask Ye Jinhua any questions, because asking was useless and would only exacerbate the conflict between mother and daughter.

Since Mrs. Du didn't look for Jinhua, Jinhua became anxious first.

After lunch, Mrs. Du was mending clothes. Jinhua came up to her and said, "Mother, it's been a few days. Have you found out anything?"

Mrs. Du was annoyed: "No."

These days, she went to the town to secretly inquire, but whenever she met someone who talked about Zhou Ziyang, everyone praised him.

Not to mention Mrs. Du, even Ye Daquan had nothing to say.