"Who are you? Don't you know where this is..." Before Chen Chong could finish her words, she was knocked down by a punch. Wu Da pulled the quilt on the bed and threw it on the unconscious Chen Chong to avoid polluting the eyes of the young girl.
Liu Jiang, who followed in, didn't care about anything else. He ran over and took off his coat and put it on his sister. He took the porcelain piece from her frozen hand and threw it away. He gritted his teeth and couldn't say any words of comfort. The little sister didn't even have the strength to commit suicide. If he had come a step later and Chen Chong found out...
Whenever he thought of the consequences, Liu Jiang wanted to chop Chen Jin and his son to pieces.
“Brother?” The little girl called out hoarsely, blinked, and stared at Liu Jiang intently. As if to confirm, she called out again, “Brother… Brother…”
"Brother is here, don't be afraid, brother is here." The tall man, with red eyes, responded in his softest but still rough tone.
"Brother..." The little girl burst into tears, venting all her fears and grievances. Not to mention the soft-hearted maid, even Wu Da and the others felt sad. She was lucky to meet the big girl today, otherwise...
Tsk, Chen Jin’s family are really worthless. The Hua family treats them very well.
Hua Zhi listened to the crying with an indifferent expression, walked down the stairs, and everyone followed her.
Although Chen Jin's heart was beating fast, he was not afraid of Hua Zhi. His father was the old lady's brother, and the old lady treated them differently from other people. Even if the eldest lady was the master, what could she do to them? Wouldn't that be a slap in the old lady's face
"I wonder if the eldest girl will come today..."
"There are many things you don't know, not to mention this one, Wu Da."
"The little one is here."
"Lock up Chen Jin's family in the woodshed and find out what good things they have done over the years."
"Young lady, I belong to the old lady, you can't..."
"If grandma knew what you did by taking advantage of the Hua family's power, I'm afraid she would be the first one to not let you go." Hua Zhi smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes. "What a joke, the master of the Hua family hasn't even taken advantage of his power to bully others, but you are so arrogant. What are you waiting for?"
Wu Da immediately stepped forward and grabbed Chen Jin, while the other people split up and pushed the entire Chen family into the woodshed.
Chen Jin had been living like a rich landlord these years and had never been treated like this before. He shouted "Old Madam, Old Madam" at the top of his voice. Seeing this, the other people also started shouting as if they were really being wronged.
Bao Xia walked over and slapped the women several times, "If you can't learn to shut up, I can sew those two pieces of flesh together."
The eldest grandson of the Chen family looked only about five years old. When he saw his mother being beaten, he jumped up and down and wanted to hit Bao Xia. Wu Da lifted him up by the back of the collar. The Chen family's wife's legs went weak, fearing that the man might accidentally hurt her son, so she immediately started to speak softly.
Wu Da didn't really plan to do anything to the child, so he threw her into her arms. The child was too strong and knocked her off balance. "Go in by yourself or I'll throw you in. It's your choice."
Now no one dared to delay anymore. Everyone trotted into the woodshed and closed the door consciously.
There was a rumble of thunder, and the rain that had been delayed for a while suddenly came in torrents. Hua Zhi stood under the balcony, watching the bean-sized raindrops splashing into water, and she was inexplicably lost in thought.
"Miss, this account book is full of loopholes. I flipped through the account book to the year before last and found the problems that are obvious at a glance. How could the Hua family accountant..."
Nian Qiu, who usually didn't talk much, was furious. Remembering that the young lady didn't like them gossiping about others behind their backs, he gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
"How could a problem that even you could see be hidden from the old accountants at home? Grandmother suppressed it." Hua Zhi took the account book from Nian Qiu and flipped through it. "Grandmother probably didn't expect them to be so bold."
He is really bold. He has twenty mu of land, and grows rice and wheat in one season. At the end of the year, there is not much surplus food except for the supply to the Hua family. If you tell others about it, people will laugh at you.
At this time, shirtless Liu Jiang came out of the room with his sister half in his arms. When he saw Hua Zhi, his eyes lit up and he quickly took a few steps and bowed down with his sister, "Thank you for saving my life, young lady."
Wu Da was unable to dissuade him, so he had to quickly take off his outer coat and throw it at him.
Liu Jiang then remembered that his untidy clothes had offended the girl, so he quickly bent down to put his clothes on and apologized again.
"Get up." Looking at the shivering little girl, Hua Zhi's eyes softened, "I remember your name is Liu Juan. The last time I came here, you took me around."
The reason why I remember her is not only because of her good heart, but also because of the smile on her round face that was always there. Even though she lived a poor life, without beautiful clothes, silk flowers or red ropes, her hands became rough from doing housework, and even her parents died early, leaving her with only a brother to depend on, her smile came from the bottom of her heart, and her happiness was not compromised by the lack of material things.
But all of this was ruined by Chen Chong. After experiencing this disaster, it would be hard to see such a smile again. Hua Zhi felt a little regretful. There are already enough sufferings in this world. If she had come sooner, maybe things could have been more perfect.
Liu Juan knelt down again and kowtowed heavily, "I am Liu Juan, and I am willing to work like a slave to repay you for saving my life."
"I feel guilty for receiving such a generous gift from you. Chen Chong is a servant of the Hua family. It is because our Hua family did not discipline her strictly that this happened. I should apologize to you."
Liu Juan was a little panicked, "Young lady..."
Fu Dong walked over and helped the man up. His already soft tone became even softer. "Our young lady doesn't like to bow down to others. Stop kneeling. I followed the young lady last time. Do you remember me?"
"Remember, you gave me some delicious pastries."
Fu Dong likes to hear people say that her cooking is delicious. Liu Juan's words immediately opened her Ren and Du meridians, and she smiled so brightly, "I'm just about to make cakes for the young lady, can you come and help me?"
Of course Liu Juan thought about it. She turned around to look at her eldest brother, then secretly glanced at the eldest girl, not knowing whether she should agree or not.
Fu Dong could see that she was interested, so he pulled her to the kitchen and said, "Did you eat mung bean cake last time? It's hot today, and the young lady is still suffering from a fever, so we can make this..."
The voice faded away. Liu Jiang watched his sister being brought out of her previous mood by the maid's words. With red eyes, he knelt down in front of Hua Zhi again and said, "From now on, I will be at your disposal."
"There is indeed a place where you can be of use." She motioned for him to stand up, and stopped talking when she saw Baoxia coming over there.