âThird Aunt?â Lian Fang Zhou froze, mentally cried out in misery.
Itâs not that she doesnât care about the original soulâs things, but actually she didnât even know about the existence of Third Aunt, and she doesnât even know what kind of character is Third Aunt. After stirring trouble at Uncle and Auntâs place, would she come over to her home for a turn?
Aunt Zhang let out a sound of amazement, hurriedly asked Li Juan: âXiao Man is back? Why did she come back at this time?â
Aunt Zhang saw that the sky is already dark and misty.
âI also donât know.â Li Juan thought about it, said: âAnyway, this time she is making a very big stir! Second Uncle Lian and Aunt Qiao, they wonât allow Xiao Man to enter the house door. So Xiao Man sat at the entrance crying and yelling, insulting them too! A lot of people are watchingâŚ(ie. viewing and gossiping/commenting) Oh yeah, Aunt Qiao also wonât let Xiao Man in and to go to Fang Zhouâs house, saying their house will definitely not take her in!â
Hearing this, Lian Fang Zhouâs heart sank, seems like whatever this Third Aunt is, she isnât someone to be trifled with. Mrs Qiao that guy, no good things come out of her mouth! What if Third Aunt really went to her home, then what should she do!â
Lian Fang Zhou was a bit agitated and couldnât stay standing, she better rush back and see! She hastily said a few words and hurried back home.
Aunt Zhang asked Li Juan a bit more, however Li Juan didnât know a lot, so she couldnât get much information.
Aunt Zhang sighed âXiao Man is also difficult to deal with, it could be said that she is fifty to eighty percent like the Lian Familyâs couple! Oh, if she really did go to Fang Zhouâs houseâ,oh really pitiful children!â
At the side, Mrs Zhao couldnât help curling her lips, grinning âMother, you worry too much! The current Fang Zhou isnât easy to bully! Think about time with that Hua Familyâs daughter-in-law. Without Fang Zhouâs agreement, I bet, no matter how Xiao Man was forceful, she wouldnât be able to enter their (Fang Zhouâs) home door! However I feel that the Fang Zhou now is a lot better then before, hehe!â
âWhat do you know!â Aunt Zhang glared at Mrs Zhao, mentally saying âyou say and feel that the Fang Zhou now is good because now she give you gifts? You ahâŚare just so short-sighted!â
How could you understand? Lian Xiao Man isnât Hua Familyâs daughter-in-law, sheâs the Fang Zhouâs and her siblingsâ legitimate-related Third Aunt, (Basically she is the legitimate related third aunt of Lian Fang Zhou and her siblings generationâŚMust be their fatherâs third oldest in family sister with same mother and father so she is called legitimate) which makes her (TA) an elder!⌠Even if she (TA) is in the wrong (TLN: canât find the right word for the phrase but this is the closest), sheâs still the elder!
<Could be because sheâs an elder she wonât be punished even though sheâs wrong>
Driving an elder out the door, suffering peopleâs denouncement is unavoidable! In this village, perhaps thereâll be some people saying crude words! Especially the Hua Family, so how could they let go of this opportunity?
If like this, Fang Zhouâs name will definitely be damaged, not only her, the four siblings reputation will suffer. In future it will affect their marriage! (TLN: not exactly the marriage but the getting married part)
But, that Lian Xiao Man isnât someone good, if the siblings let her in the house, being bullied by her is unavoidable? Thereâs a possibility of those hard earned money to be scammed away by her.
Ah, this matter really is-
âThat canât do, I better go have a look!â the more Aunt Zhang thought about, the more she worries. She finally couldnât endure it and stopped whatever she was working on and went out.
Even though this matter is hard to deal with, if she is by the side watching, at the right time she could help say a few words. Not letting the siblings suffer.
Aunt Zhang hastily rushed to Lian Fang Zhouâs house. With a look, she only finds Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che at home. Lian Che was at the kitchen watching the fire for dinner.
She couldnât help stare blankly, quickly she asked Lian Fang Qing in the central room âGirl, whereâs your sister and brother?â
Lian Fang Qing was giggling and called out âAunt Zhangâ. Hearing Aunt Zhang ask her, she replied: âMy sister and second brother went to auntâs place, let me and third brother stay at home!â
âWhat!â Aunt Zhang was surprised, her face changed.
Lian Fang Qing was a bit puzzled ,saying âThey just went over ah!â
âOh no!â Aunt Zhang stomp her feet, not want to talk to her (LFQ) anymore and hurriedly headed over to where Lian Fang Zhou was.
Her heart couldnât help secretly be anxious and complained âthis girl, what is she actually planning! At this time she should wait to avoid trouble, why did it become like this? Reversed and sending herself up?! Is this for real?!â
Aunt Zhang didnât know that Lian Fang Zhou have her own plan.
After she (LFZ) hastily returned from Aunt Zhangâs house, she couldnât bother with the other problem, and first ask Lian Ze about this Third Aunt person.
Lian Ze blanked for a second then told her in detail and was puzzled that out of nowhere she(LFZ) asked about her(TA)?
The more she hear about Third Aunt the more Lian Fang Zhouâs brow frowned, never thought that this Third Aunt is also troublesome and a difficult character.
Selfish, petty, harsh mouthâŚ
Especially hearing that her husband is no longer in this world and her relationship with her (TA) mother-in-law and sister-in-law isnât very good, made Lian Fang Zhouâs brow creased even tighterâŚâŚ
So to speak, if Mrs Qiao set on the idea of not letting her in, 7-8 out of 10 she will come to her home.
To her own family, she (TA) is an elder ah! If she (LFZ) shut her out the door, that would be unfilial ah! In this era, no one dare carry the unfilial hat. Even Lian Fang Zhou, who isnât afraid of heaven or earth, wouldnât dare.
Once the unfilial hat is fasten on, then âthatâs the real end!â
Not only her, her siblings would also be affected. If by chance offended a vile person, then Lian Cheâs school matters may possibly fall apart.
But, rather than being made to wait for Third Aunt to come knocking on the door, wouldnât taking the initiative to find her Third Aunt, be a better value? At least her family will gain a good reputation, and also Third Aunt would owe her debt of gratitude.
This way, she could more or less control the situation a bit, otherwise wouldnât it be that, what she(TA) says would be what it is?
Lian Fang Zhou would never let any other person come to her home and put an appearance of an elder, wanting to be the head of house making decisions.
This houseâs master is her,only she could protect the siblings. In midst of thinking, without hesitation she pulled Lian Ze out of the door, straight over to Lian Liâs house.
Aunt Zhang rushed to nothing at Lian Fang Zhouâs house, turned around to anxiously rush over to Lian Liâs house. Sheâs afraid that the two siblings would be at a disadvantage ah!
When Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze arrived, the Qiao couple and Lian Xiao Man was in midst of a terrible row (fighting).
They could only see Mrs Qiao both hands on hips blocking the yardâs entrance, Lian Li standing behind Mrs Qiao acting as back up, and Lian Xiao Man fallen down sitting on the ground lamenting to heaven and knock her head on earth(means wailing her woe). Dozen to twenty villagers stood around pointing.
Only to hear Mrs Qiao loudly say âOnce a girl married off, it is like pouring water out of a basin, your man is dead, then you should guard him, serve your father-in-law and mother-in-law well, thatâs what you should be doing! Whatâs with running back to maternal home? If we take you in, then we are harming you! And also, our Ah Hai is still at the County Town Academy studying, heâs studying for scholar, in future will study for Juren(those who pass imperial exams)! You shamelessly running back, will implicate our family principles, how could we be worthy of and not let down Ah Hai? Hmph! Today no matter what you say, this old lady wonât let you in, so kill off that desire!â
Lian Xiao Man didnât even bother with her (MQ) and just powerfully slapped the ground, crying about deceased parents,crying about her life is bitter, crying about how elder brother treated her in the past when she was little, pressuring Lian Li âElder Brother, right or wrong, you should say something! Iâm your blood-related sister! How could you be so heartless! After my man passed away, left or right, mother-in-law isnât pleased with me, brother-in-law and sister-in-law bully me! I didnât say Iâll stay and wouldnât leave, just staying over a few days and ask brother to help me say a few fair words. Or is this not possible for elder brother? Even heartlessly not bothering with your own blood-related sister, you still dare say family principles or not! This is a crooked, evil wind! Thoroughly crooked!â(TLN- family principles= é¨éŁ(door wind), crooked wind=ćŞéŁ, a little play on word. Lian Xiao Man is swapping door for crooked)
Everyone around started to whisper and point, some said Lian Li is in the wrong, also some said Lian Xiao Man is in the wrong.
Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze silently stood at the outer edge listening.
From the words within the speech, Lian Fang Zhou could hear a lot of information, like at the start how arrogant Lian Xiao Man was when her husband was alive. She looked down on brother and sister-in-law and now suffering hardship because she canât do anything and canât resent them for not helping her and the likes of her.
Lian Fang Zhou couldnât stop her smile from sprouting, this really is men said man have reason and women said woman have reason( means there is much to be said on both sides)!
Lian Li copied Lian Xiao Man, also pretend didnât hear anything.
Mrs Qiao became incoherent with rage after hearing her, couldnât endure turning into an old almanac (guess sheâs going through the memory lane) and start giving out. Lian Xiao Man couldnât accept and argue back.
The more both side row, the more each otherâs rage grew, Lian Xiao Man was really angry, pointedly yelling âYou hussy purposely stirring up trouble, Iâll fight it out with you!â She then suddenly stood up and ram into Mrs Qiao with her head.