They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 175 Accompanying
Xu Zhichun: "But Xiaoyan, it's true that you can't escape your fate forever."

Zeng Xiaoyan: "."

Zeng Xiaoyan immediately wilted. Yes, her stepmother was very difficult to deal with, and it was indeed impossible for her not to go.

Liang Mingliang was troubled and conflicted, but he still bravely stepped forward and said, "Honey, don't be afraid, I'll go with you tomorrow."

Zeng Xiaoyan glanced at him, but was not comforted.

Even if he went, could he possibly fight with her stepmother?

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "I'll go to your house tonight and we'll discuss it with the village head and your wife. Maybe your wife can come with you tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Zeng Xiaoyan's eyes lit up, and she felt relieved.

Her mother-in-law will definitely be on her side.

If the mother-in-law is with her, what can the legal mother do?

"Let's hurry back, we need to dig a lot of konjac today."

"Well, let's go!"

That evening, when I told Liang Lizheng and Aunt Liang San, Aunt Liang San was furious and immediately agreed.

"This Madam Zeng is really strange. Instead of properly disciplining her own brother and son, she keeps causing trouble for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan married into our family, so if anyone should be in charge, it should be our family. How can her family interfere every other day?"

It's unacceptable for the wife's family to call her back from her husband's house every few days to lecture her.

Knowing that Madam Zeng looked down on her, Aunt Liang San never called Madam Zeng "in-law" when she spoke of her.

The next day, in addition to providing ice jelly to Manager Tang, tomatoes were also served.

Xu Zhichun also told Aunt Zhu'er. Aunt Zhu'er went to the vegetable garden and came back happily, saying that her family could pick about ten catties.

So this morning, of the eighty catties of tomatoes delivered, ten catties were for Aunt Zhu'er.

With 250 coins in hand, Aunt Pearl decided to fertilize Tomato properly when she had time.

After entering the city, Xu Zhichun and Liang Mingliang went to deliver goods to the Lotus Restaurant.

Manager Tang hurriedly arranged for people to sort the ice jelly and tomatoes and quickly send them to restaurants and teahouses in Qingyang County.

"By the way, Madam Xu, I've also heard about the ice jelly incident. Fang Zhengduan is truly shameless. Fortunately, Madam Xu is capable, which shows that Heaven still has eyes. If Madam Xu needs any help, just let me know."

Xu Zhichun thanked him gratefully: "If anything really happens, I will have to trouble Manager Tang."

"I heard that Fang Zhengduan's most trusted henchman, Lai Sheng, had to take the blame for Fang Zhengduan because of this incident and has already been fired. That guy is ruthless; Fang Zhengduan might secretly instigate him to confess something. Madam Xu had better be careful."

It's easy to hide from an open gun but hard to defend against a hidden arrow.

Xu Zhichun felt a chill run down her spine. "Thank you, Manager Tang."

"Of course," Manager Tang smiled and waved his hand. "There's another funny story, which I'll tell Madam Xu for a laugh. Those ten hooligans got a beating, didn't they? After leaving the yamen, they went to Fang Zhengduan to demand money. The ten of them extorted two hundred taels from Fang Zhengduan, which made him furious."

"Don't worry, Madam Xu. Those people are bullies who prey on the weak and know what's good for them. They would never dare to cause you any more trouble, nor would they dare to retaliate in secret. They are shrewd; they know what they can and cannot do."

"That's good. I was a little worried at first, but I feel relieved after hearing what Manager Tang said." Xu Zhichun felt quite relieved. He had been a bit worried before, but since Manager Tang was from the city, he must have his reasons for speaking so confidently.

Shopkeeper Tang laughed heartily, rubbing his hands together, then began to stammer, "Madam Xu, there's something else I need to discuss. Our boss's younger sister, the Qin family's aunt, asked me for the recipe for ice jelly, saying she wanted to take it back to her husband's shop in Changshui County to sell. I made an excuse to refuse. This matter has become quite a hot topic, and she'll probably find out soon. This aunt has a bit of a temper, and our boss has spoiled her; she's never suffered much hardship. If she sends someone to Madam Xu, please have someone tell me. Our boss is reasonable, so don't worry, Madam Xu."

Xu Zhichun sighed inwardly. He never expected that a simple recipe for ice jelly would cause so much trouble. Fortunately, it was all by accident and was still under control.

Xu Zhichun nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Manager Tang. I will pay attention. To be honest, I have to keep this ice jelly recipe for my family. There is no way I can sell it. Please understand, Manager Tang."

"I understand, of course I understand. No family would easily sell their children, right?"

The money for ice jelly, konjac tofu, and konjac noodles is still settled daily, while the tomato is all accounted for and settled monthly.

Today, Aunt Liang and Chunfen also went to the city with them. Liang Mingliang escorted Xu Zhichun to the Lotus Restaurant and then went back first.

He was worried and wanted to accompany Aunt Liang and Zeng Xiaoyan to the Zeng family home.

During the Spring Equinox, she accompanied her aunt, Pearl, to set up a stall.

After leaving the Lotus Restaurant, Xu Zhichun became even more determined to bring Chunfen into the city every day to set up a stall together.

When Xu Zhichun returned to the stall, Aunt Liang had already taken Zeng Xiaoyan and Liang Mingliang to the Zeng family home.

Madam Zeng had just finished breakfast when she heard that her mother-in-law had arrived. She paused for a moment, then sneered at Granny Fang, "Third Miss is quite clever. I'd like to see what her mother-in-law can do! I'll just say I'm busy and take them to the small flower hall. I'll tell them to wait for an hour before we talk."

Granny Fang hesitated for a moment: "This—Madam, she is, after all, the Third Miss's mother-in-law."

Madam Zeng sneered, "So what? Our Zeng family's son-in-law is the eldest son of the Qi family of Qingyang. What is Liangjia Village compared to him?"

"Yes, ma'am."

Zeng Xiaoyan was well aware of this tactic, so she immediately stood up and said, "Mother, since my mother is busy, let's go to the shop to find my father and ask him what's wrong."

Granny Fang's expression changed slightly: "Third Miss, what do you mean by this?"

Aunt Liang was also disgusted and defended Zeng Xiaoyan: "You don't need to ask our third son's family. Since your wife is busy, I'm not so rude as to insist on seeing her. We only came because she said she had something to do, but she's been ignoring us. Even in our village, we don't treat relatives this badly. Your Zeng family is quite different."

Aunt Liang was practically pointing her finger at him and scolding him for not knowing any manners or etiquette.

Fang Mama was a little embarrassed: "Our lady happens to be really busy right now, how could she neglect her in-laws? Why don't you wait a little longer, my lady, and I'll go and report to the lady again."

"Humph."

Granny Fang hurriedly went to tell her, and Madam Zeng was furious.

"She even dares to accuse our Zeng family of being impolite? That's outrageous!"

"Madam, why don't we invite them over?"

Madam Zeng gritted her teeth: "Call them here!"

Granny Fang said some nice things, basically saying that the lady had finally managed to get rid of the servants who came to report and postponed many matters, and that she had specially come to see them.

Aunt Liang didn't expose her.

However, this peace did not last long. Upon seeing Zeng Xiaoyan, Madam Zeng was reminded of her younger brother's humiliation and suffering the previous day. Enraged, she immediately ordered Zeng Xiaoyan to kneel down.

(End of this chapter)