"Ah? Is that okay?" Land Officer’s wife asked.
"What could possibly be wrong with this, Grandmother?" Yang Chuxia replied, "Are we supposed to eat our losses silently? They’ve committed such an atrocious deed, should we still keep our manners with them?"
Then she turned to Land Officer Yang, "Grandfather, what do you say about this matter?"
Even though she asked him, she honestly didn’t know what Land Officer Yang thought. He was, after all, close friends with the family in question. And ultimately, it was up to Land Officer Yang, not her, to decide how to handle the situation. This was not her own family matter, and she couldn’t assert herself.
As expected, Land Officer Yang fell silent when he heard the suggestion of asking for betrothal money. As a man, he would rather suffer humiliation than lose face.
"Xiaxia, let’s drop this issue. We can afford the loss, let’s at least take it as a lesson." Land Officer Yang suggested.
Yang Chuxia was left speechless by Land Officer Yang’s response. Ms. Wang, too, didn’t know what to say. Old Yang had the same mindset as Land Officer Yang.
However, Land Officer’s wife was fuming. She couldn’t swallow this injustice.
"You old fool, what rubbish are you speaking? We don’t need the betrothal money? Are we as wealthy as a landlord, throwing around bags of gold? Do you think my Dayong earns money easily or that being a carpenter isn’t exhausting?"
With both hands akimbo, Land Officer’s wife began to scold angrily, "If Xiaxia wasn’t supporting Uncle Dayong, would he have all this money? Was the money you earned? It was earned by my Dayong! What are you acting so high and mighty for? Shut your mouth! I won’t stop until justice is served for my Dayong, regardless of your uselessness as a father."
After scolding Land Officer’s wife looked at Yang Chuxia, "Xiaxia , go, call all the guys and maids from your house. Let’s borrow from your grandmother, I’m going to tear the face off that little wretch."
"Ah, Grandmother, you’re going now? It’s almost noon!" Yang Chuxia had thought they would go tomorrow if they agreed, but she didn’t expect her grandmother to be so anxious.
"So what if it’s almost noon! I want to go now!" Land officer’s wife retorted, "You don’t need to listen to your grandfather, we women will handle this today, his words don’t count!"
Yang Chuxia glanced at Land Officer Yang’s livid face, and the furious Land Officer’s wife, before finally going to call for help.
Setting aside Land Officer Yang, she didn’t want to see Uncle Dayong wronged either. Uncle Dayong was a great man who shouldn’t be disrespected .
After a short while, all the manservants and maids from Yang Chuxia’s house gathered. She didn’t call the young maids as they were timid, those old maids would be a better match for this situation.
She also had the manservants bring out the family’s carriages and carts. When the carriages weren’t enough, Land Officer’s wife fetched her own bullock cart, borrowed Yang Xiaochuan’s bullock cart, and even managed to borrow Mu Shaoling’s carriage.
They then set off, a massive group, for Daqian Village.
Others accompanying them included Ms. Wang, Ms. Liu, Ms. Luo, and Old Aunt-in-law Gen.
Apart from internal conflicts, the villagers of Yangshu Village were close-knit; even Ms. Luo couldn’t just stand by in this situation and insisted on stirring up a ruckus.
"Are all the people from Daqian Village idiots? " Ms. Luo said on the way.
On hearing this, Yang Chuxia looked at her.
Ms. Luo immediately replied, "Don’t look at me like that, I’m not wrong, wasn’t Ruoqiu’s problem also with someone from Daqian Village last time?"