Chapter 311: Fate

"Brother, brother! Did you hear that? Aye, Aye got promoted!" Su Chenyan ran over shouting.

"I heard about it!" Su Shiyan smiled and pretended to be calm.

Not only were the Su family pardoned, but his father was also promoted and was in charge of the construction of the Lingnan Road.

Tongxian and Wuxian built official roads simultaneously, paving the road with cement developed by my father, which was better than the mortar road in Huanggou Village!

When the people in the county government learned that they were the sons of Mr. Su, they all came to congratulate them.

I even tried to find out if they were ready for engagement and wanted to act as a matchmaker, but they rejected me on the grounds that it was arranged by their parents.

"That's great!" Su Chenyan tried his best to suppress his joy.

"Brother, when are we going to Nangou Village? Now that we are no longer exiles, and neither is our mother, we can bring her here so she doesn't have to suffer the Feng family's torture anymore!"

"Well, what my second brother said is very true! Let's rent a small courtyard in the county first. When I have a day off, I will ask Lord Lin for leave and bring A Niang and A He here!" It was exactly what Su Shiyan wanted.

On their day off, the two brothers specially hired a carriage and went to Nangou Village to pick up their mother and sister in a grand manner!

In order to prevent Feng Dazhuang from acting arrogantly, he also brought two burly yamen runners with him.

If Feng Dazhuang is reasonable, he will give some money to settle the matter. If he is unreasonable, he will use force and must take his mother and sister away.

There was a mountain road in Nangou Village. The carriage stopped at Heifeng Township, and the two brothers walked with the yamen runners.

Without asking for directions, the two brothers went straight to Feng Dazhuang's house.

There are broken walls and traces of burning, and the yard that was once full of vegetables is now overgrown with weeds.

The two brothers were confused, "A Niang, A He, where are you?"

I searched nearby but couldn't find anyone.

Walking back, I found the house closest to Feng’s and knocked on the door. It was an elderly lady.

"Feng Dazhuang? Oh, what a sin! You are so heartless and will be punished by God!" When the old lady heard this, she slapped her thigh and cursed.

"Grandma, what exactly happened to the Feng family? Can you tell me something?" Su Shiyan asked anxiously.

"Well, it's a long story! Feng Dazhuang had a bad temper and beat two women to death. No one around him was willing to marry him as his second wife.

At the end of last year, Feng Dazhuang got a woman from somewhere. It was said that she was the wife of a criminal official. She had fair skin and tender flesh and did not look like a poor person.

Feng Dazhuang was kind to her for a while, but later his true nature was revealed and the woman suffered.

During the wheat harvest, the officials notified people to go to the town to pay taxes. The woman came to hear the news with her big belly. After she returned, she was knocked down by Feng Dazhuang for some reason.

There was heavy bleeding, blood all over the floor. In less than half an hour, there was one corpse and two lives! Alas! The old woman shook her head and sighed.

"Dead?" Su Shiyan couldn't believe it and staggered back two steps. He felt like the sky was falling and his ears were buzzing.

"Yes, that Feng Dazhuang is really a piece of shit. The coroner dug out the body and said that he was buried before he even died!" said the old lady.

"Grandma, why did the Feng family's house burn down? Where did Feng Dazhuang go?" Su Shiyan gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat that guy's flesh.

"God cannot bear to see this! This heartless Feng Dazhuang killed my wife, and now he has his eyes on the girl he brought with him, and is trying to open the secret door!

That night, a ferocious beast came and devoured Feng Dazhuang and his mother, as well as the pigs that came to play. The woman also set fire to the Feng family's house and perished in the flames!

"What a sin, what a sin! How could such a thing happen in Nangou Village!" the old woman kept babbling.

"No, no!" Su Shiyan felt heartbroken. His mother and sister were gone, and he had no idea about it.

"Grandma, do you know where they are buried?" Su Chenyan supported his brother and asked while suppressing his grief.

"I don't know. The government took the body away!" The old lady sighed after saying this.

Looking at the two brothers, he asked, "Who are these two young men from the Feng family? I've been neighbors with the Feng family for many years, how come I've never seen them before? Could they be relatives of that woman?"

"Alas, if you had come earlier, that woman wouldn't have ended up like this! How pitiful, how pitiful!"

"Mother! Ah He!" Su Shiyan couldn't help but feel grief and burst into tears.

"Brother, calm down. Let's go to the county government office and find out where A Niang and A He are buried." Su Chenyan advised.

"No need!" Su Shiyan pushed his brother away with hatred.

"What do you mean, brother?" Su Chenyan was puzzled.

"Bo Yan is in the county government office. We haven't received any news for so long. Second brother, don't you understand?"

Su Shiyan was filled with resentment towards the eldest wife.

"Brother, do you mean that our family knows about it but has only hidden it from us?" Su Chenyan's pupils dilated, and his heart was filled with grief beyond words.

"Brother, how could they? My mother and sister died tragically, and they kept it a secret!"

"My condolences to you two gentlemen!" The two yamen runners who followed him originally thought it was a good job, but they didn't expect to encounter bad luck.

After leaving Heifeng Township, walk to the official road, one end of which leads to the county town and the other end leads to Jinfengzhai and Huanggou Village.

Su Shiyan hesitated for a while, and finally turned back to Huanggou Village. He wanted to ask the eldest wife why she had concealed the truth and didn't let them see each other for the last time.

Passing by the Jinfengzhai fork in the road, I saw busy villagers driving ox carts in and out.

"Shi Yan, Chen Yan! Congratulations, congratulations!" Yang Erlang greeted them warmly.

Su Shiyan and Su Chenyan had sad faces and red and swollen eyes. They glanced at Yang Erlang indifferently without responding and lowered the curtain.

Yang Erlang's warm welcome was met with a cold shoulder, his smile froze on his face, and he watched the carriage leave in confusion.

What does that mean? Yang Erlang recalled Su Shiyan's eyes, which were filled with resentment, sadness, indifference, and alienation.

I drove the ox cart for a while, but I always had a bad feeling in my heart.

Could it be that they knew about the affairs of Xiao Qin and her daughter?

"Sanlang, take care of this. I'm going home!" Yang Erlang handed the ox cart to Wang Sanlang and hurried to the village.

When passing by the cemetery, the carriage stopped by the roadside and two yamen runners sat on the shaft bored.

Yang Erlang turned in and walked a mile or two. In front of the newly built tomb, the two brothers knelt there and cried bitterly.

"Mother, I'm a useless son. I couldn't take you away in time! You died tragically, and I was completely unaware of it! I couldn't get justice for you!

"Mother, my son is useless and I am unworthy of being a son! My son deserves to die, my son deserves to die!"

Su Shiyan said this as he slapped himself, as if this could ease the pain.

"Brother!" Su Chenyan held his brother's hand, tears streaming down his face, "We don't have mother anymore! Woo woo..."

Yang Erlang felt uncomfortable seeing this. He wanted to comfort them but didn't know what to say. These two kids were stubborn and if he didn't persuade them well it would backfire and add fuel to the fire.

After thinking about it, I quietly exited and didn't disturb him.

It’s fate that plays tricks on us, we can’t blame God!

If you hadn't been so noisy, had been more patient, and had gotten through the most difficult days, wouldn't it be great if your family was living a happy life now?

Yang Erlang, the once carefree playboy, never expected that a woman could be so noisy and ruin his good fortune.

These two are coming back with resentment. I'm afraid there will be trouble at the Su family tonight! I have to take my sister away quickly to avoid any harm.

Thinking of this, Yang Erlang quickened his pace and returned to the village.