Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 517: Tie it up and throw it back

Old Madam Qiao commanded her two sons and daughter-in-laws angrily: “Knock! Know on the door in turns! I don’t believe she won’t open it!”

Eldest Master Qiao took the lead, stepping forward to knock loudly on the door.

Inside, Bi Tao frowned and rushed to the inner yard to report to Lian Fang Zhou and Third Aunt.

Lian Fang Zhou came out and listened through the wall for a moment.
Smiling, she said: “Let them knock! Don’t bother with them for now.”

Then she went back into the inner yard with Third Aunt and Bi Tao.

Anyways, it was far away and wouldn’t affect anything.

Eldest Master Qiao’s palm was red, swollen, and painful but there was still no movement inside.
He was so angry that he cursed a few words.

Then it was Second Master Qiao who knocked.

He was a little smarter than his brother and picked up a piece of wood from somewhere, beating it on the door.

Since the Qiao family was making a fuss, naturally they attracted countless onlookers.

Everyone was talking about it between themselves.

After hearing all the comments, the Qiao family was more and more annoyed.
Old Madam Qiao glanced at her family and screamed: “Knock! Knock harder! I don’t believe she won’t open the door!”

The crowd exploded!

“Who are these people?”

“Fang Zhou is so pitiful!”

“Hey!” One person couldn’t help but step forward to persuade them kindly: “Don’t knock anymore, you should go back! Why bother?”

The crowd agreed.

Some even whispered: “It’s because they have thick faces!”

Furious, Old Madam Qiao shouted at them: “It’s none of your business! Who asked you to meddle in our affairs?”

Then she shouted at the closed door: “Lian Fang Zhou! Lian Fang Zhou! Come out! Open this door for me! Lian Fang Zhou, if you open the door now, we will write it off but don’t blame me for being rude, you hear me!”

The whispers of the crowd grew louder and they all shook their heads, sighing.
What madness!

Unsurprisingly, there was no movement from inside.
The two heavy doors were silent and motionless.

Old Madam Qiao was starting to feel anxious: “Lian Fang Zhou, what do you mean by this! Come out and explain it to me, come out!”

If the Lian family’s fence was not so high, the old madam would have already asked her sons to climb over.
She was so angry, she was almost jumping.
There was no sound from inside, she was singing a one-man show by herself!

“Knock! Keep knocking!” She cried angrily.
“Let’s see how long she can hide!”

The crowd couldn’t watch anymore and called out kindly: “Old Madam, you should go back! The courtyard of this house is very big.
No matter how much you knock, they won’t be able to hear it! Why bother?”

One person muttered: “It’s really strange.
They didn’t provoke you, even at your house.
But you’ve come to make a big fuss.
Isn’t this a bit backward…”

The crowd agreed.
It was obviously the Lian family that should call to settle accounts, why did you guys come here?

“Sister-in-law Qiao, hurry up and take your family home! Even if you don’t like Fang Zhou, you shouldn’t have brought them.
You must have a conscience!”

Old Madam Qiao glared at this person and said: “Lian Fang Zhou belongs to my grandson! If she doesn’t marry him, who would want her? Shameless, I don’t know what to do!”

“You can’t talk nonsense!” The crowd gasped.
“Fang Zhou is already engaged to Ah Jian!”

They were all taken aback and didn’t believe a word of Old Madam Qiao.
Those who were timid and unwilling to stand up for right and wrong quietly left.

“We’re not talking nonsense; I saw it with my own eyes!” Second Madam Qiao exclaimed: “My son saw her inner clothes! If she doesn’t marry my son, our Qiao family can’t afford to lose face!”

“The Qiao family is really…” Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to speak.

The two women who had also been present that day couldn’t listen anymore.
Although they had already gossiped about this matter who knew how many times, everyone loved gossip! So they stood up and gave their side of the story.

It was a pity that no matter what they said, the members of the Qiao family refused to believe them.
Lian Fang Zhou was Qiao Lei’s woman, she must marry Qiao Lei! They would never allow a daughter-in-law of the Qiao family to marry someone else, it was too embarrassing!

The crowd was completely speechless.
Not only speechless, but furious! They had never seen such ridiculous, unreasonable people! That Lian Fang Zhou had not retaliated against them was too cheap!

“Shoo all these people always, don’t show mercy!” A loud voice came from outside the crowd.
Everyone turned and saw Lian Fang Zhou leading a dozen furious looking workers, several of whom were leading large dogs.

It turned out she had already gone out the backdoor to call someone.

“Fang Zhou is here!”

“She’s finally here!”

The crowd quickly parted to let them through and before the Qiao family could speak, the workers descended on them with sticks and beat them.

Old Madam Qiao stretched her neck and screamed: “Fang Zhou! Fang Zhou!” But who could hear her? Her hoarse voice had long been drowned out in the noise.

Besides, even if Lian Fang Zhou could hear it, she would definitely pretend not to.

Except for Old Madam Qiao and Old Man Qiao, Madam Qiao and the others suffered a lot.

Everyone watched the fun from a distance and scolded the Qiao family: “It’s what they deserve!”

It was not unreasonable for such an excessive family not to be taught a lesson!

The old madam waved her hands and screamed for a while but found that no one was paying attention to her.
She tried desperately to squeeze in front of Lian Fang Zhou but couldn’t get past.
However, seeing that no one tried to hit her, she finally rolled her eyes and fell to the ground, crying: “Ouch! Ouch!”

Surprised, the workers subconsciously stopped and looked to Lian Fang Zhou for orders.

“Fang Zhou, we are one family—”

“Shut up!” Lian Fang Zhou said coldly.
Raising an eyebrow at the workers, she ordered: “Tie them up and shut up their mouths.”

All the workers quickly went to work, grabbing them together.
Regardless of their struggles and resistance, all of the Qiao family were thrown to the ground with their mouths gagged, except for Madam Qiao.

The old madam stared at Lian Fang Zhou with her cloudy eyes, whimpering.
She wanted to say something but Lian Fang Zhou glanced away in disgust.

Coldly, she said: “If you dare to come again, I will have them tie you up.
Come a few times and try it, if you don’t believe me!”

To her workers, she said: “Carry them away for me and throw them in the yard of their relatives.
Go!” These relatives were naturally Madam Qiao and Lian Li.

Everyone suddenly realized why she didn’t tie up Madam Qiao.

The workers got to work in group of two, carrying the whole Qiao family bundled up like rice dumplings to Madam Qiao’s house.

The onlookers couldn’t help but laugh at this funny scene!

Madam Qiao glanced at Lian Fang Zhou but said nothing, following behind them with her head down.