Chapter 41 Gathering Supplies and Taking Leave to Chase Relatives

That has never happened.

Mrs. Zhou also shook her head.

Thinking of the real gold and silver she had gotten from this person, and looking at the ten taels in front of her, Mrs. Zhou stamped her feet, called her little daughter who was peeking out and gave her some instructions. Fang Jie'er reached out and took two taels of silver from her mother who was cursing at her, and ran in the dark to the courtyard where the third young master was.

After watching her daughter run away, Mrs. Zhou smiled and brought out a stool from the side room near the corner door.

"Please sit down for a moment, my cousin. It's still early now, and the Third Young Master must not have left the keys yet. Please wait for a moment, my sister Fang will be able to bring back the news you want soon."

She was not bragging, her eldest maid was very smart. Even though she was a maid in the room of the illegitimate Third Master, the Third Master was the illegitimate son of the Marquis and was not comparable to the Sixth Master Su. She was just trying to find out the news about the Sixth Master Su, not doing anything else important. She believed her daughter had this ability.

Sure enough, within half an hour, footsteps were heard. When they got closer, who else could it be but Sister Fang who had returned?

Li Yaoguang excitedly went up to the person when he saw her, "How is it? Sister Fang, what did your sister say?"

Fang Jie came and went in a hurry, without even having time to catch her breath. Thinking about the two taels of silver she had obtained from her mother, Fang Jie knew very well who had given her the benefit, so she naturally did not hide it from the generous customer Li Yaoguang.

"In reply to my cousin, my elder sister said..."

It turned out that when her younger sister went to inquire, Sister Fang remembered what the sisters talked about in the yard today, as well as the words that the Third Master said to her proudly when he hugged her at night. So this person really knew what Li Yaoguang wanted to know.

"My eldest sister said that at first it was just the Second Madam who got angry and said that Lu Yuan was restless and broke the rules of the Marquis's mansion. Later, when the Marquis's wife heard that Lu Yuan had entered a man from outside the mansion at night, she was also furious. It happened that the Marquis came back from the court with a gloomy face. She took the Second Madam to the front study and talked for a while. The Second Madam went to Lu Yuan with a whip in her hand and said that it was Master Su Liu who broke the rules and offended people he shouldn't have offended. Afterwards, he sent people to find fault with him. Today, the Marquis was blocked on the road and was killed. He was ridiculed for not managing the family well. After being scolded by the Marquis, the Second Madam wanted to beat Master Su Liu to death. If it weren't for the Sixth Madam threatening to die, saying that if she died, my cousin, you would definitely redress their grievances and sue them. I'm afraid Master Su Liu would..."

"This is too much!" Li Yaoguang was furious and wanted to go to his aunt's house to seek justice. However, he also knew that the most important thing at the moment was the whereabouts of his relatives. He tried his best to suppress his anger and asked patiently, "What happened later? Where are my aunt and her family? Why are all the people in Green Garden gone?"

"Yes, the Second Master saw that Sixth Madam had thrown a tantrum but didn't resort to violence, but he didn't want to just stand there and watch. He said that in order to prevent Sixth Master from bringing disgrace to the family and for Sixth Master's own good, he wanted him to stay away for a while, so he sent Sixth Master and his family to a farm outside the capital for temporary settlement."

"Fuck it!" Li Yaoguang couldn't help but swear.

What's the meaning of bringing disgrace to the family? What's the meaning of keeping her uncle and aunt away? Isn't it because she is afraid of being implicated by the Duke of Han's Mansion, so she sent her aunt and her family away and out of the way? I think it's that damn Zhou Gai Shi who is causing trouble again? But he obviously beat them up and made a scene, and the matter has already passed. Why would he go to the Zhenwei Marquis Mansion to make trouble again? How much hatred and resentment do they have?
At this moment, Li Yaoguang didn't know that the cause of all this was because someone wanted to hear more chapters on his own initiative, but didn't want to be as petty as Zhou Gaishi and make a big deal out of it.

But now, Li Yaoguang suppressed his worries and promised Zhou Pozi a favor, asking her eldest daughter to help find out which farm his uncle and his family were sent to. The next morning, just after dawn, he got the exact news that his family was sent to a farm called Lao Wo Shan in the east near Tongzhou Wharf. Li Yaoguang immediately counted the things in his home, locked the door, and prepared to go to Yaxian Pavilion and Weimeilou to ask for leave.

It is said that when Yang Hongfa and Manager Qian heard that Li Yaoguang wanted to ask for leave, they refused to agree no matter what.

Li Yaoguang was still resolute and promised that he would only be away for a few days and would return after settling his relatives. Shopkeeper Qian was soft-hearted and agreed first. However, Yang Hongfa was not as smart as Shopkeeper Qian and was unwilling to go no matter how Li Yaoguang persuaded him.

Li Yaoguang was also a bachelor, so he simply threatened Yang Gou that if he didn't give her leave, she would be worried about him even if she was here, and she wouldn't be able to write a good book. If she said something wrong, she would offend the customers and lose their business. Only then did Yang Gou reluctantly agree.

Knowing that she was going to leave Kyoto, just in case, this petty man even took out the charcoal she had ordered earlier as an excuse, saying that it was needed as the weather was cold, and insisted that Erqiao drive the car to take her there. Li Yaoguang was more than happy about it, so she agreed.

Seeing that Yang Gou had sent someone to deliver the food, Shopkeeper Qian wanted to show off and not be outdone by Yang Gou, so he also sent Fusheng to load the food that Li Yaoguang had ordered. He then laughed and said that the farm below might need everything, so he threw half a pig, a few fat chickens and ducks, and even two jars of wine, and two kilograms of salt for food, and loaded a whole car with all the odds and ends together with the food for Li Yaoguang, leaving almost enough room for her to stay.

Looking at the car full of supplies, Li Yaoguang was grateful to Manager Qian. After agreeing on a date to return, Li Yaoguang got on the carriage and led two carriages to Wa Lane to pick up the expedited wheelchair she had ordered earlier. Then she went back to the market town and went to Jishidiang to find the old doctor. She took the pills that she and the old doctor had ordered earlier and consulted the old doctor whether her uncle's injury would have any impact. The old doctor carefully gave her two more prescriptions.

When carrying these out of the city to the east, Li Yaoguang passed by a cloth shop and satin shop in the outer city. After thinking for a while, Li Yaoguang went down to pick up a few pieces of cloth and bought some embroidery tools, etc. Then he got on the Weimeilou car and led Erqiao behind him, driving a car full of supplies, and continued to go east out of the city.

Lao Wo Mountain is close to Tongzhou Wharf. It is a small mountain villa located in the northeast, far away from the official road. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. It covers a small area and has more than 100 acres of farmland. Due to the many mountains and few good fields, the annual output is not much. It is the dowry villa of the second wife of Zhenwei Marquis.

If it weren't for what happened to Cheng Su, the Second Madam would probably not even have remembered that she had such a shabby farm.

Now the useless illegitimate son has brought himself into great trouble, and the men in charge of the family no longer care about their affairs. The old ancestor is like a blind man, wishing that there had never been such a descendant in the family. The second wife is happy and at ease, and on the surface she gives generous advice, but secretly sends the person away.

What Li Yaoguang, who had traveled all the way here, didn't know was that in order to control her aunt and her family of three, the Second Lady was even so cruel as to send Lvliu and Fangcao out of the house to marry. In the end, only her aunt and her family of three were left to live in Laowo Mountain. One can imagine their miserable situation.

(End of this chapter)