/
After hearing this, Lian Fang Zhou knew that a lot of seeds must have been collected, so she smiled and asked about it.
“Yes!” Zhang Li Zheng nodded and said with a smile: “The neighbors in eight villages are afraid that they will be pushed by the government and won’t be able to sell it, so they’ve been coming to our house all day and night! I sorted the accounts last night and don’t you know, even I was surprised! I’ve already collected more than 4,300 catties!”
Lian Fang Zhou hadn’t expected it to go so quickly. She was a little surprised but hurriedly smiled. “Then I am glad I came! If you can, Uncle Li Zheng, let me take them now. You don’t need to collect the other 1,500 catties!”
Zhang Li Zheng nodded and agreed with a smile.
Naturally, so many seeds couldn’t be piled up in Zhang Li Zheng’s home. Lian Fang Zhou, Lian Ze and Ah Jian spent the whole afternoon driving their donkey carts to carry these seeds back to their attic.
The next day coincided with the market. After Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian and Lian Ze arranged the workers on the ground at San Chakou, they went into the city to buy cattle.
This was a major event and was related to the manure needs for next year’s farming.
When managing land, one part of the job was to burn away the wasteland while the other was to build roads. It was also important to burn the area around the foot of the mountain as well.
The cattle would be taken to the land tomorrow and Lian Fang Zhou planned to not only plow the wasteland but also the other land, connecting it all into one large area.
After they were satisfied, the three drove the donkey cart to the city.
Because they had bought a donkey last time, she intended to have Ah Jian buy an ox this time. Lian Fang Zhou was not a critical person, so she quickly became optimistic when she saw the options. Two sturdy cows cost a total of thirty-two taels of silver.
With the addition of the oxen, they moved a lot slower and it was already afternoon by the time they arrived home.
Third Aunt, Lian Fang Qing, and Lian Che were very happy to see the two big oxen. They walked around and touched them, and drove the bulls into the cowshed together, and shut them inside.
They had brought back straw from the fields a few days ago and had already piled it inside the shed. Before they had left, they had taken a knife to cut the straw into smaller pieces to spread out over the floor.
As soon as the oxen entered the shed, they flicked their tails and started to eat. Everyone was even more happy to watch them!
“Don’t forget to give them water too!” Lian Fang Zhou reminded them, saying: “You will need to take them to the river to drink, the well here is too dry!”
Lian Che and Lian Fang Qing happily volunteered when they heard this.
Lian Ze smiled and said, “You two! Don’t be so hurried, you will be in charge of this in the future! If the oxen are still alive after the next few days, I will take you to the fields with us!”
Lian Che and Lian Fang Qing naturally agreed with big smiles.
The family was chatting and laughing when suddenly the voice of an old woman shouted from the front yard: “Is anyone there? Is anyone home?”
“Why is this voice familiar?” Lian Fang Zhou asked in a daze as the family looked around.
Lian Ze’s face was very ugly and he hummed. “Sister, have you forgotten? This is the old Madam Yang!”
“What is she doing at our house?” Lian Fang Zhou murmured. She looked over and said: “Third Aunt, you take Qing’er and the others inside, I will go take a look!”
Old Madam Yang was the mother of Yang Huai Shan. Lian Fang Zhou had met her twice but she hadn’t bothered to remember her in her heart, so she only had a vague impression when she heard the voice and couldn’t immediately recognize her.
“Sister, I will go with you!” Lian Ze hurriedly followed.
When Ah Jian heard ‘Yang Family’, he guessed what was likely to happen and couldn’t help but shake his head. He gave Lian Fang Zhou a sympathetic look.
It was not appropriate for him to be involved with this kind of thing so he didn’t follow them out and instead stayed to chop firewood in the backyard.
“It’s Aunt Yang! Is there anything going on?” Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze brothers and sisters stepped forward and asked with a generous smile.
By her side, Old Madam Yang also followed her new daughter-in-law, Hua Xiao Hua.
Hua Xiao Hua saw Lian Fang Zhou and slightly raised her face. She snorted coldly, giving her a freezing look.
Lian Ze couldn’t help but curled his lips and looked down upon the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law.
It didn’t need to be said that this was Old Madam Yang deliberately bringing flowers to pierce Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes but even Lian Ze could see clearly that Lian Fang Zhou wasn’t bothered by them. The Yang family was really so self-righteous, it looked ridiculous!
Seeing Lian Fang Zhou’s leisurely attitude, Old Madam Yang didn’t show any unnaturalness. She kept her disappointment in her heart and snorted softly, saying to herself: Just pretend! Put on a good face! Aren’t you just someone rejected by our Yang family? I wonder how sad she must feel!
However, thinking of the reason for her visit, Old Madam Yang felt extremely upset in her heart.
At the beginning, the reason for severing the relationship was that Lian Fang Zhou’s family would be a burden and she had been confident that Lian Fang Zhou would not recover from the blow. Lian Fang Zhou’s misfortune would prove that she had done the right thing for her son!
It was good to show her son how miserable the days of the Lian family were so he knew that if it hadn’t been for the separation, he would be the one struggling!
She had never expected Lian Fang Zhou would be able to turn around her family’s situation. Their days were not getting worse but apparently had found some wealthy relatives and were now enjoying thousands of acres of land

Didn’t this mean she had been wrong? This was absolutely unacceptable!
“Hmph,” Old Madam Yang did not try to enter the house and she and Hua Xiao Hua stood in the yard. She said coldly to Lian Fang Zhou, “You bought land in San Chakou?”
The young lady’s tone was not only blunt but extremely condescending. Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze were both very upset to hear it. Lian Ze didn’t want his sister to have to bear this lady’s anger, so you said with a sullen face: “Yes.”
Madam Hua stared at Lian Fang Zhou with her muddy eyes, her face tense as she waited for her to answer.
Lian Ze had already spoken, however, so Lian Fang Zhou didn’t say anything. She just stood there idly, her mouth hooked.
“My mother-in-law is asking you something! Are you dumb?” Hua Xiao Hua said sternly, her heart bursting with old and new hatred.
Thinking of the loss her mother and sister-in-law had suffered at the door of the Lian house that day, Hua Xiao Hua could help by writhe and stare at Lian Fang Zhou resentfully.
“Don’t you have long ears? Didn’t I already answer?” Lian Ze spit out without showing any weakness.
So there really was this kind of person in the world, running wild at other people’s houses and expecting others to respect her!
Lian Fang Zhou was a little speechless. She really didn’t know where Old Madam Yang and her good daughter-in-law had come from.
Did some deity make an appointment with Yang Huai Shan so Old Madam Yang felt that she could do what she liked in front of her? What logic was this?