Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 522: It’s too late

Old Man Qiao’s face was ashen.
Pointing at his youngest grandson, he shouted: “If you want money, fine! Take this bastard away, you can kill or abuse him as you like!”

“Father!” Eldest Madam Qiao exclaimed.

“Shut up!” Old Man Qiao said sternly.
“It’s all because of you, you didn’t teach your children well! You have the face to argue? Or do you have the money to pay it off?”

Eldest Madam Qiao cried: “We can borrow again! We can borrow again!”

The boss smiled: “This sister-in-law is right, you can always borrow more.
Besides, what’s the use of me killing and cutting him? We are not the kind of people who easily hurt people’s lives over money.
And anyways, even selling your whole family wouldn’t be enough to pay for it!” He sneered: “I’m at a loss, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Just borrow, just borrow! Father, our second branch has been implicated, we are innocent!” Second Madam Qiao burst into tears, clamoring for a separation.

Second master Qiao and his wife were not to be outdone in making a fuss!

Old Man Qiao felt dizzy, his eyes dark, and the world spinning around him.
Finally, he shouted: “Enough! What are you arguing for? Do you think it’s useful to divine the family? Useful to borrow more money? It’s clear that someone wants to kill us all!”

He turned to glare at the gang leader and said calmly: “Even if we die, don’t let our family be fooled.
Who is it? Who is so vicious to destroy our entire family?”

The boss put away his previous cheerful smile and sneered: “That’s your family’s business, isn’t it a bit ridiculous to ask me? There is a wronged person and a debter, what else is there to know? Your family has destroyed itself! Don’t bother asking me about it.”

He flickered his sleeves coldly and said: “I’ll be back for the money in three days!” Saying this, he left with his men, leaving behind the stunned Qiao family.

“Who was it!” Old Man Qiao panted heavily, his eyes sweeping across the Qiao family.
“Who offended someone outside?”

They all looked at each other, dumbfounded.

Not one of them thought of Lian Fang Zhou.
They really were a house of strange flowers.

Since Lian Fang Zhou had achieved the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, she wasn’t shy about letting people know it was her arrangement.

“Think about if for me! Think about it! If you can’t figure it out, our whole family is doomed! No one will escape!” Old Man Qiao roared, gnashing his teeth: “You bastards! You bastards, what did you do outside? What trouble did you cause me? Which god did you offend?”

The sons and their wives all looked very ugly.
Racking their brains, they tried to recall but couldn’t think of anything!

Anxious, they started to blame each other, all believing it was the other party that had caused the disaster and crying about how they were innocent.

Seeing this, Old Man Qiao was furious.
He stopped the four from cursing at each other and asked them to interrogate their sons in detail.

When he mentioned sons, everyone came to a sudden realization: Where were the wives of the eldest grandsons? They had said they was going back to their maternal family to borrow money but didn’t come back for three days, what did this mean?

Eldest Madam Qiao and Second Madam Qiao were particularly angry.
Pulling their weight as a mother-in-law, they scolded their daughter-in-laws and sent their sons to go and pick them up tomorrow.
They would teach them a good lesson when they got back!

Unexpectedly, there was no need to pick them up, the two daughter-in-laws and their families arrived one after another that afternoon.

The two madams of the Qiao family were stunned before they even had time to show off their mother-in-law prestige.

Furious, they started cursing and the two families refused to get along with each other.

Their family was so poor now, could they still marry a wife if these daughter-in-laws left?

Not to mention the two younger brothers who hadn’t married yet.
When would they be able to marry? Was it possible for them to be bachelors for the rest of their lives? No!

The maternal brothers, uncles, and aunts brought by the two daughter-in-laws weren’t there to watch the fun.
The two sides immediately started shouting, drawing a crowd of spectators to the door.

Old Man Qiao was dizzy just from listening.
He really wanted to reason with them earnestly, but no one would let him speak.

In the end, the Qiao family had to compromise but they didn’t want to make up, they wanted to write a letter of divorce!

The two daughter-in-laws sneered.
Divorce was fine but their dowry must be returned!

Unfortunately, everything of value in the house had been looted long ago and there was nothing left of their dowries.

In the end, Old Man Qiao had to back down and obediently give them what was left.

When the two families left, the remaining people felt an indescribable exhaustion and desolation.

“Think about it… you guys really want to commit crimes, which one of you caused trouble outside.” Old Man Qiao murmured, his eyesight dim.

Old Madam Qiao didn’t wake up until it was dark.

After hearing everything that had happened, she was very annoyed.
Hatefully, she said: “Who else can it be, it’s Lian Fang Zhou! It must be her!”

Everyone’s faces went pale at the same time.
Thinking about it, sure enough…

“Impossible… if it was her, why would she lend us money?” Eldest Master Qiao said in a daze.

Second Madam Qiao sneered.  “So what? Does it harm her? In the blink of an eye, we owe money again! Sister-in-law, this is all your fault! Why are we so unlucky! You dragged us down with your shamelessness! You’ve killed us all!”

As she spoke, she burst into tears and rushed to beat Eldest Madam Qiao.

Old Man Qiao asked someone to pull them apart and said with a cold face: “What’s the use of talking about it now? Tomorrow we will go to the Lian house and beg her.”

He grit his teeth and said tremblingly, “Take Ah Lei with you and let her vent her anger!”

Eldest Madam Qiao was stunned.
Feeling sorry for her son, she couldn’t help but cry again.

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The next day, the Qiao family stunned the people of Dafang Village.

The entire family, young to old, nearly a dozen people, were all kneeling at the door of Lian Fang Zhou’s house.
Three of the women were shouting apologies over and over.

Watching this spectacle, the audience members started to understand a little bit.
Though they cursed the Qiao family for getting what they deserved, they couldn’t help but secretly think: Lian Fang Zhou could not be offended! Her whole family couldn’t be offended!

After more than an hour, the voices of the three women were hoarse and the door of the Lian house finally opened with a squeak.
Lian Fang Zhou, Third Aunt, and the others all stepped outside.

Perking up, Old Man Qiao hurried cried: “Miss Lian! Miss Lian, this was all our fault! I beg you to let us off! The offender is here.
If Miss Lian is not appeased, you can deal with him as you like!”

Qiao Lei raised his head and looked at Lian Fang Zhou with a hint of greed in his eyes.
If it wasn’t for his grandfather scolding him so much and not allowing him to speak, he would have started to beg Lian Fang Zhou himself.
Maybe she would let them go for his sake?

TN: One after another, the entire Qiao family has water for brains!