Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 536: Do you sympathize with her?

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

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Lian Hai would be a official in the future and would also have three wives and four concubines, he took this for granted.
With such recognition in his heart, although he was slightly dissatisfied with his father, he really couldn’t blame him!

On the contrary, he felt that his mother was making a big fuss and overacting.

When Lian Li saw his son, he felt a little timid in his heart.
His son had a promising future and he didn’t want to make him unhappy.

So Lian Li stood there without speaking.
How he reacted would depend on how his son reacted.

Madam Qiao had been married to Lian Li for most of her life, she knew him much better than Lian Li.
Seeing him like this, she knew that he was afraid.
Her spirits revived, she eagerly said to Lian Hai: Ah Hai! Tell your father to drive away this vixen quickly! Drive her away!”

“…” Lian Hai felt powerless.

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Secretly, he thought: “Mother, before you speak and act, could you put yourself in your son’s shoes and think about it first?”

Could he say this to his father? If it got out, people would give him the reputation of being disobedient and unfilial, and even he would have to agree!

Filled with bitterness, he took a deep look at Madam Qiao and persuaded: “Mother, it’s just a concubine! You are the first wife of my father and your son is the eldest son.
I am already this old, what else do you have to worry about? Why bother stooping to her level? No matter what, can she threaten your status? Father, I believe you would not do that kind of thing.
You would never spoil your concubine and abandon your wife, right?”

Both Lian Li and Madam Qiao were stunned.

Madam Qiao shrieked: “What are you saying!”

But Lian Li smiled, his brows stretching as he nodded and laughed repeatedly: “That’s right! No matter how foolish your father is, I would never be that foolish! Your mother is my wife and your father understands this.
No one can surpass her!”

It was good to have a filial son! Pious and sensible! Lian Li was relieved.

Xiao Ya also hurriedly nodded, submissive and modest: “This little wife also understands! Madam is my mistress, I must obey Madam in everything and never dare to offend her!”

Lian Hai frowned.
‘Little wife’? How could a concubine call herself a little wife? At most, she should use ‘this servant’ or ‘this concubine’, that was all!

But since this was his father’s concubine and they were in the country, no one would be able to tell that this was a mistake, so he didn’t bother to point it out.

“Mother, Father has promised so don’t be angry!” Lian Hai smiled at Madam Qiao but the smile froze when he saw her extremely ugly face!

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Madam Qiao’s whole body was cold and her chest felt empty, as if her heart had been dug out.

First her maternal family didn’t understand her and didn’t stand by her side, and now this.
It was as if she was totally alone.

No, she really was all alone!

Madam Qiao didn’t hear Lian Hai’s words at all.
She stared at Xiao Ya with wide eyes and said aggressively: “You’ll obey me? You’ll really obey me? Then die! Go die! I order you to die!”

“Madam…” Xiao Ya burst into tears, looking at Madam Qiao with a timid look of fear on her face.
Her expression looked as if she was crying helplessly, how pitiful she was!

“Go! Why don’t you go die! Didn’t you say you’ll obey me? I told you to die!” Madam Qiao screamed, out of control, her voice sobbing.

“Madam, you, you—” Xiao Ya’s tears rolled down her cheeks and her slender body trembled slightly as she weeped.

Seeing this, even Lian Hai felt that his mother was a bit too much.

He subconsciously thought that when he married back a wife in the future, he must marry a virtuous, magnanimous, and tolerant young lady from a good family.
He must never marry someone like his mother— ah, bad, bad! A son should not speak of his mother’s faults, a son should not speak of his mother’s faults…

“Enough!” Lian Hai hesitated but Lian Li did not.
Furious, he stood up and stared at Madam Qiao coldly: “You shrew! If you want to mess around, then get lost! See if I beg you! We could live a good life but you insisted on disturbing the peace! Where is your dignity!”

“Where is my dignity?” Madam Qiao whispered, weeping.
Sad and hurt, she cursed Lian Li for being heartless as she cried.

Lian Hai couldn’t bear to see her like this, so he went to comfort her.

But how could Madam Qiao bear this? Her crying became even more miserable and loud.

Lian Hai was not a person who could comfort others and after a few minutes, he became bored from saying the same words over and over.
He looked at his father helplessly.

His father snorted coldly.
Sullenly, he told Lian Hai: “This is the business of your elders, you don’t need to worry about it.
Go study! When the times comes, bring back a good result in the exams and hold your head high!”

Thinking about it, Lian Hai agreed.
He couldn’t help so it was better to let things be.
Anyways, it wasn’t his place to manage his parents’ affairs, right?

Nodding, he agreed and left.

Immediately, Lian Li took Xiao Ya’s hand and walked into the house, ordering Cui’er to follow without even looking at Madam Qiao.

Xiao Ya tired to say a few nice things for Madam Qiao but this only made Lian Li even more angry.

Madam Qiao didn’t expect them to abandon her one by one.
Thrown away like this, she sobbed heartbreakingly and felt that her life was meaningless.

Everyone was gone, no one cared about her, no one loved her, so what was the use of crying.

Madam Qiao finally stopped crying slowly.
Wiping away the tears on her face, her expression became stern.

Needless to say, the life of the first Lian family was very lively since then…

Third Aunt explained the entire thing to Lian Fang Zhou.

In fact, Third Aunt didn’t need to say anything, Lian Fang Zhou could guess who would suffer.

Madam Qiao had a quick, reckless temper and could only win by standing upright and pointing at people’s backs, how could she be Xiao Ya’s opponenet?

In addition, Lian Li was completely focused on Xiao Ya’s body.
After Madam Qiao’s family stole a lot of Lian Li’s money and she needed to think of Lian Hai’s face, how could Madam Qiao compete with Xiao Ya?

She was destined to suffer!

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Lian Fang Zhou felt a sense of joy in her heart.
Didn’t Madam Qiao love to calculate and harm others? Those previous tricks had crossed Lian Fang Zhou’s line! Let her see if Lian Fang Zhou dared to get back at her!

Let her taste what it felt like to be tricked!

 It’s just that she may not have such good luck and have someone save her.

“I went to Aunt Zhang’s house the day before yesterday and saw her from a distance.
Ah, her expression is really ugly! She has lost weight and is very listless, so pitiful!” Third Aunt shook her head a signed.
There was a mixture of sympathy and distaste in her expression.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled.
“What? Do you feel bad for her?”