Chapter 294 Harm

The Zeng family's mule cart entered the village and stopped in front of Yang Ming's house.

Yang Ming and his son Yang Xiaoan have hired villagers to open up wasteland for Xu Zhichun and are not at home. Only Zeng Xiaojuan and Qiao'er are there.

It was early winter, a slack season for farmers, and Zeng Xiaojuan had nothing else to do, so she was sewing winter clothes. Qiao'er was playing with the two cloth tigers Xu Zhichun had given her, and tea was warming on the kitchen stove. The sun was shining brightly in the yard, and a few chickens were clucking as they walked past the door.

Zeng Xiaojuan looked up and rubbed the back of her neck which was a little sore. Qiao'er called her "Mom" in a sweet and innocent voice. She gently rubbed her daughter's little head. The mother and daughter smiled at each other, and the years were peaceful.

Zeng Xiaojuan likes her current life very much. It is lively, warm, down-to-earth and reassuring.

However, when she heard the noise outside the fenced yard and saw Cuixiang, who was dressed in fine clothes, and a middle-aged maid walking in, Zeng Xiaojuan's face changed immediately.

Why don't you let her go!

"Second Miss."

The name "Second Miss" made Zeng Xiaojuan's heart sink again.

Qiao'er also felt her mother's panic. She snuggled up to her mother and glared at Cuixiang and the maid, Nanny Zhu, with some hostility.

Cuixiang said with a half-smile: "Madam is ill, and asked the servant to take the second young lady back to visit her. Please come in quickly, second young lady."

When her stepmother fell ill, her mother's mule cart arrived at the door. As a daughter, Zeng Xiaojuan had no excuse to refuse.

She had no choice but to decline, "You came too suddenly. I'm not prepared at all. You guys go first. I'll take care of things at home and I'll go by myself later."

It would be fine if she went alone, but she definitely wouldn't take Qiao'er with her.

What if I can’t take care of her and something happens to Qiao’er?

Xiaoyan is pregnant now and can't help take care of the baby, so she has to shamelessly trouble Zhichun.

Cuixiang smiled and said, "Second Miss, please don't make things difficult for me. Madam told me to take you back, so how can I go first? The Zeng family has everything, so you don't need to prepare anything. Take your niece and go with me."

As she spoke, she reached out to pull Qiaoer.

The fierce eyes that suddenly raised their eyelids glared at Qiao'er, scaring her so much that she screamed, threw away her hands, and hid behind her mother.

Zeng Xiaojuan was furious and shouted, "What do you want to do?"

Cuixiang smiled indifferently: "Second Miss, why are you so nervous? What can a servant do? Second Miss, you are overthinking it."

"Qiao'er won't go, I'll go with you,"

"That won't do. Madam said that my niece should go too."

"I won't let Qiaoer go."

Zeng Xiaojuan flatly refused.

She couldn't even imagine what would happen to the Zeng family since they were so malicious towards her daughter right in front of her.

Nanny Zhu was getting impatient. "How dare the Second Miss disobey Madam's words? Is the Second Miss trying to be unfilial? Why bother nagging her? Just take her away."

"What Madam Zhu said is true."

Cuixiang and Nanny Zhu both went up to try to pull Qiaoer away.

Zeng Xiaojuan hurriedly protected her daughter, "Get out! Get out! What do you want to do?"

Qiao Er was so scared that she started crying, "Bad guy, bad guy! Don't come to my house!"

Zeng Xiaoyan rushed in hurriedly, "Stop!"

As soon as she heard that a mule cart was coming to her second sister's house, she thought that it was probably the Zeng family causing trouble again. She was afraid that her second sister would suffer, so she came quickly.

Zeng Xiaojuan was startled to see her coming alone, and immediately grabbed her hand and scolded her: "What are you doing here? You—ah!"

Nanny Zhu pushed Zeng Xiaojuan hard towards Zeng Xiaoyan. Zeng Xiaojuan couldn't help but bump into Zeng Xiaoyan. Cuixiang took the opportunity to kick Zeng Xiaoyan, and the two sisters fell to the ground screaming.

Cuixiang screamed: "Second Miss, why did you bump into Third Miss!"

Aunt Zhu: "Oh, how could you be so careless!"

Qiao'er burst into tears and rushed over to help them: "Mother, mother! Auntie, sob, sob"

Zeng Xiaoyan sat on the ground, her face pale, holding her stomach and groaning in pain.

Zeng Xiaojuan was almost going crazy, hugging her and crying, "Xiaoyan! Xiaoyan!"

Cuixiang curled her lips and sneered, "Second Miss, why are you still standing there? Go and call someone."

Zeng Xiaojuan shuddered and looked up at Cuixiang angrily.

Cuixiang looked innocent: "Why are you looking at me like that, Second Miss? It was you who knocked Third Miss down."

Zeng Xiaoyan was at home taking care of her pregnancy. Liang Mingliang, apart from driving a mule cart to the city to deliver goods early every morning, was basically the one who did all the work of herding cattle and mules. Sometimes he would go to visit Yang Ming and Yang Xiaoan, but he did not follow Zeng Xiaoyan all day long.

Zeng Xiaoyan disliked his clinginess, and it would not be nice if his parents-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, and younger generations saw it, so she didn't want him to follow her.

When she heard that someone was coming to her second sister's place and Liang Mingliang was not at home, she hurried over alone.

Who could have imagined that Cuixiang and Nanny Zhu would be so cruel, plotting against them the moment they first met?

Aunt Liang was originally doing some housework in the kitchen. Her daughter-in-law hurriedly gave her some instructions and went out in a hurry. Aunt Liang was worried, so she quickly finished the work at hand and followed her.

How could she not know about the grievances between the Zeng family and the younger daughter-in-law? The younger daughter-in-law also said that there was an 80% chance that someone from the Zeng family would come to cause trouble for her sister, and if they saw her, nothing good would happen.

My daughter-in-law has that temper again. Although I know to take good care of her now that she is pregnant, what if she makes a fuss again if she sees someone from the Zeng family?

Aunt Liang rushed over, but she didn't expect that her prediction would come true.

Seeing her daughter-in-law pale and in pain, she collapsed on the ground. Aunt Liang felt her vision go dark. "Xiaoyan! Xiaoyan! Don't scare me!"

Zeng Xiaojuan burst into tears, "I'm the one who hurt Xiaoyan. It's my fault. I'm sorry, auntie!"

Zeng Xiaoyan shook her head and held her sister's hand tightly, "Go and invite Sister Zhichun, invite her quickly."

Aunt Liang: "Hurry up and ask someone to call a doctor!"

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Aunt Liang and Zeng Xiaojuan helped Zeng Xiaoyan up and helped her sit down on the recliner. Zeng Xiaojuan hurried out.

When helping Zeng Xiaoyan up, Cuixiang and Nanny Zhu tried to come forward to help. Neither of them had good words to say, and all they said was instigation.

"Aunt Liang is finally here. Our Second Miss didn't mean to push Third Miss. Aunt Liang, please don't blame Second Miss."

"Yes, the Second Miss is already very sorry. If you blame her again, she won't know what will happen to her."

Zeng Xiaojuan was so angry and anxious that she didn't know what to say.

Zeng Xiaoyan was also furious. She glared at Cuixiang and Nanny Zhu. She was extremely anxious and had a lot to say, but her stomach hurt and she couldn't say anything.

Fortunately, Aunt Liang San was a sensible person. Seeing this, she quickly patted Zeng Xiaoyan's hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, don't worry, calm down and be at ease. Don't I know who Xiaojuan is? Don't worry about what you want to say later. Don't worry. You two,

Aunt Liang glanced coldly at Cuixiang and the others and said, "Stop instigating this. If anything happens to my Xiaoyan, you can see if our Liang family will let you go."