Grass and mustard reign supreme

Chapter 31 You are my timely rain, I will be your long sunny day

Cheng Dakuan lay on the couch, his face ashen.

He lived in the right wing of the first courtyard of the eldest son's house, in a separate apartment consisting of a main room and a side room.

His family doesn't live in the resort; now, to take care of him, his wife has brought the children up the mountain with her.

Leopard Head has two sons and a daughter. His eldest son is seven years old, his second son is five years old, and his youngest daughter is not yet one year old.

The wife had to take care of her husband, so the eldest son very sensibly took on the responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings.

He held his baby sister in his arms and played with his younger brother in the yard, acting like a little adult.

Suddenly, four or five burly men dressed as guards walked in.

Seeing their unfriendly expressions, the eldest brother quickly put his sister on the stone table, ran over and pulled his younger brother back, looking at them timidly.

The burly men walked to the front of Cheng Dakuan's room, paused slightly, and looked somewhat hesitant.

After a few whispered words, one of them coughed and called out loudly, "Is Sister-in-law Cheng here?"

Sister-in-law Cheng was sitting by the bed, looking at her sleeping husband with a worried expression.

In this day and age, a cold or high fever can really be fatal.

When she heard that her husband had committed a crime and was seriously ill, Sister-in-law Cheng felt as if the sky was falling.

She disregarded the fact that spring plowing was imminent, quickly packed a bundle, and took her three children up the mountain.

She has been crying every day for the past few days, and she has thought countless times about how she will raise her three children in the face of her husband's death.

Nowadays, apart from taking medicine, drinking porridge, and getting up to use the restroom, the husband remains in a coma.

Fortunately, his high fever was subsiding, which put Sister-in-law Cheng at ease.

Suddenly hearing someone calling outside, Sister-in-law Cheng wiped away her tears and went out.

Sister-in-law Cheng was in her early thirties, and her appearance was quite good, with a certain charm.

However, her husband worked at home, and she raised her children alone in the countryside, inevitably showing signs of hardship.

"Brothers, what's going on here...?"

Sister-in-law Cheng was somewhat surprised to see that the group didn't seem to be there to visit Da Kuan.

The leading guard looked slightly embarrassed: "Sister-in-law Cheng, this house was allocated to Brother Cheng because he is the commander of the guards, and now..."

He rubbed his hands together and chuckled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, look at this..."

Sister-in-law Cheng immediately realized that they were trying to kick people out.

Sister-in-law Cheng's anger flared up instantly, and her voice became shrill:

"Brothers, my man isn't dead yet, and you're already in a hurry to tell us to vacate the room?"
Are you afraid he'll die in this house and ruin your good feng shui?

Not all of these guards were thick-skinned; two of them immediately blushed.

The leading guard was also quite embarrassed, but when he thought that this was a pledge of allegiance to Commander Liu Yu, he steeled himself and his face darkened.

"Sister-in-law Cheng, your husband failed to protect the young master properly, which is why he was punished by the clan leader."

The fact that the lord didn't kill him is already a huge favor; we can't afford to take advantage of that.

Now, Commander Liu is kind enough to have us clean up that corner room in the west corner.

If you move there yourselves, you can at least maintain some semblance of dignity; otherwise…

The newly appointed commander, Liu Yu, lives next door, separated from this side by only one wall.

In fact, Liu Yu's residence and Cheng Dakuan's residence were originally a complete courtyard, with a wall built in the middle to divide it into two rooms.

Sister-in-law Cheng was furious. The friendship they had built over the years was no match for her greed to monopolize a small courtyard.
My Da Kuan isn't dead yet, but the tea's already gone cold before he's even gone?
Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, Sister-in-law Cheng's tears streamed down her face, and she cried out in despair:
“You guys are really good brothers of Da Kuan. My man hasn’t even breathed his last yet, and you’re already rushing to kick him out.”

She knelt down on the ground with a thud: "I beg you, please let us go, even if it means my man's coffin lid is nailed shut."

I'm afraid that when he wakes up and finds out how his best friends treated him, he'll die of anger. I'm begging you..."

As Sister-in-law Cheng spoke, she began to kowtow repeatedly, startling several guards who hurriedly jumped aside and dodged to the left and right.

Pressed by Sister-in-law Cheng, the leading guard blushed and looked embarrassed.

He said awkwardly, "Sister-in-law Cheng, we're just following orders, please don't make things difficult for us juniors..."

Liu Yu was listening intently from the other side of the wall. When he heard this scoundrel confess to him, he felt a flush of embarrassment and became somewhat angry.

When Cheng's two sons saw that their mother was being bullied, they rushed over to help her up.

Sister-in-law Cheng kowtowed frantically, her forehead already bleeding. The two children were terrified and burst into tears.

Hearing her mother and two brothers crying, the little girl in swaddling clothes on the stone table also burst into tears.

At this, even the burly men who had been fearless in killing with knives suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

This is inhuman work!

But... we've already come all this way, if we just leave like this, won't Commander Liu make things difficult for us in the future?

The leading guard steeled himself and said sternly, "Sister-in-law Cheng, no matter how much you cry and make a scene today, it's useless."

"Hurry up and vacate the room to save face. Otherwise, the brothers will have to help you save face!"

On the other side of the courtyard wall, a smug, cold smile crept across Liu Yu's lips.

He sent these people over today not because he was eager to monopolize the entire courtyard, but to infuriate Cheng Dakuan.

He knew all too well how formidable Cheng Dakuan's skills were. For a full twenty years, he had lived in Cheng Dakuan's shadow.

Liu Yu was unwilling to live in Cheng Dakuan's shadow for the rest of his life, especially since no one knew whether the eldest branch of the family would continue to exist.

Once the eldest son's branch of the family falls apart, the higher he climbs and the more useful he becomes in the eyes of the clan leader, the better his future will be.

Therefore, he needs to remove Cheng Dakuan, this "stumbling block," as soon as possible.

These past two days, seeing that Cheng Dakuan's condition has improved, he has been extremely anxious, unable to eat or drink.

For more than twenty years, he had followed Cheng Dakuan, guarding the border in wind and snow, and accompanying the lord on his long journeys. He knew Cheng Dakuan's personality and temperament better than anyone.

He knew that when Cheng Da Kuan woke up and found his wife crying and his children making a fuss, and the whole family crammed into a corner room filled with junk, with a window so small that even a head couldn't fit through, Cheng Da Kuan would be furious.

The extreme cold and heat damaged his internal organs, and when he was weak, his qi and blood attacked his heart. Even if Cheng Dakuan didn't die, he would be left with an incurable illness, which would pose no threat to him anymore.

In the room, Cheng Dakuan lay on his back, and in his drowsy state, he vaguely heard a cry, which became clearer and clearer.

Cheng Dakuan thought in a daze, "Could it be that I'm already dead?"
Is this my wife and children mourning?

Gradually, he regained consciousness and could hear the cries and shouts outside.

Cheng Dakuan was instantly filled with anger, his thirty years of unyielding spirit shattered into dust.

As he swallowed, a mouthful of phlegm and blood sprayed onto the bed, blooming into a dazzling red plum blossom.

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and two guards walked in. These were soldiers he had personally trained.

The two guards had barely stepped in when they saw two sharp, piercing gazes, like those of trapped beasts.

The two guards were immediately startled and found themselves in a dilemma.

Didn't Commander Liu say that his time was almost up?

How……

In this situation, if we let them in and take Leopard Head to the storage room, they really can't bring themselves to do it.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in the courtyard: "What are you all doing? What happened to Commander Cheng?"

After leaving Mr. Li's office, Yang Can realized he had nothing else to do, so he headed towards Cheng Dakuan's residence.

He was busy these past few days. After taking Cheng Dakuan out of the water dungeon and sending him back to his residence, and arranging for a doctor to treat him, Yang Can went on to attend to his own business.

He thought that Cheng Dakuan was the commander of the guards, and with the guards taking care of him, he didn't need to worry about anything else.

As for Cheng Dakuan's persistent high fever, Yang Can knew that it was an external manifestation of the body's immune system trying to restore bodily functions.

In this situation, it depends on the doctor to prescribe medicine, and Cheng Dakuan has to pull through on his own. Whether he is here to watch over things or not is of no use.

Having finished his work, Yang Can intended to come and visit, but upon hearing crying in the courtyard, he was startled.

He rushed to the courtyard, taking three steps at a time, and saw a woman kneeling on the ground crying loudly, with two children beside her pulling at her and crying along with her.

The guards stood there, at a loss for what to do.

Yang Can only knew that Cheng Dakuan hadn't made it and had already died, which was why he asked this question.

Once he understood the situation, his face immediately darkened: "Although Cheng Dakuan is no longer the head of the guards, how to settle him is not something you can decide!"

Yang Can pointed at the house, his voice stern: "Whether he continues to live here or not, and if he doesn't, who gets the house is Deacon Li's business. Who gave you permission to make decisions on your own?"

The guards stammered and dared not answer Yang Can's questions.

In the neighboring yard, Liu Yu stamped his foot, intending to come over and clean up the mess, but after taking only two steps, he stopped timidly.

Deacon Yang was clearly protecting Leopard Head. If he went out now and claimed to know nothing about it, it would be hard to believe.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Yu decided to back down, as if the matter had never happened if he didn't show up.

Ultimately, Liu Yu was just an ambitious but incompetent person. He could only be evil in a hushed way; he didn't even have the courage to be a villain openly and honestly.

"The matter of how to settle Cheng Dakuan is a matter for this deacon to discuss with the chief deacon. It is not your place to make decisions on your own. Get out!"

Yang Can gave a shout, and the group of guards, who were already in a dilemma, were relieved and hurriedly slipped away.

Yang Can gently comforted Sister-in-law Cheng, but hearing the baby still crying loudly on the stone table, he quickly told Sister-in-law Cheng to go and soothe the child.

Yang Can patted the two children's heads, straightened his clothes, and went into the room.

Leopard Head braced himself on the bed with one hand, shakily trying to sit up.

He hadn't shed a single tear despite being so humiliated just now, but now his vision was blurred with tears, and he couldn't even make out Yang Can's face clearly.

Upon seeing him like this, Yang Can quickly rushed forward to support him, saying happily, "Da Kuan, your illness is showing signs of improvement. Lie down and stay in bed, don't get up."

Yang Can pressed him back onto the bed, and seeing that he was about to speak, he smiled and said, "You don't need to ask, I understand."

Yang Can sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "Since you were released from the water dungeon, the clan leader has ignored you. Don't feel disheartened."

The fact that the lord treated you this way means that what happened before is now considered in the past.

He patted Leopard Head's big hand: "I said, as long as I don't die, I'll always have a chance to make a comeback."

Get well soon, and then I'll take you on a wild ride!

Old Yang is not speaking human language again!
However, this time Leopard Head did not ask him about the meaning of "Hi Pi".

Leopard Head laughed, nodded emphatically, and said, "Master Yang, I believe you! From now on, I, Leopard Head, will fly with you!"

(End of this chapter)