Chapter 41: Liu Mazzi Seizes Land

At this time, Wu Xianhua was in her room, hearing the sounds outside, but she didn’t come out.

“Not yet, Yanchun Jie, what’s the matter?”

Wang Dafu shook his head.

“Silly Dafu, didn’t you say last night that you wanted your sister to plant watermelons with you?”

“Yeah, what’s the matter?”

“My sister has two pieces of land, taken away by her second uncle. Actually, nothing is planted there, it’s still barren. I went to ask for it today, but they wouldn’t give it to me. I… I’m a woman, I can’t do anything!”

Wang Dafu understood. This was again because Yanchun Jie was a woman, easy to bully. Her second uncle was clearly trying to seize the land.

What was even worse was that he was clearly letting it lie fallow, and he wouldn’t return it to Yanchun Jie. This was too despicable.

“Is your husband’s second uncle called Liu Mazzi?”

Yanchun Jie’s previous husband’s surname was Liu, called Liu Shen. He is now dead, and no one in the village knows, they still think he is working outside.

Liu Shen’s second uncle, his father’s younger brother, was called Liu Changgui, with a face full of pockmarks. People in the village called him Liu Mazzi.

This Liu Mazzi had a bad relationship with Liu Shen’s family early on. Before Liu Shen left, seeing that his wife couldn’t do any work, the land was wasted, so he temporarily entrusted it to Liu Mazzi to manage.

This Liu Mazzi took it and didn’t intend to return it. Moreover, their uncle-nephew relationship was not good, so after Liu Shen died, Liu Mazzi, as the second uncle, didn’t know about it. Yanchun Jie didn’t tell anyone.

“It’s him!” Yanchun Jie nodded.

Wang Dafu sneered, “I’ve heard of Liu Mazzi. It’s not early tonight, you go back to sleep first. I have to work tomorrow. Tomorrow night, I’ll accompany you to find Liu Mazzi and get the land back!”

Yanchun Jie’s only reliance now was Wang Dafu. It seemed that as long as Wang Dafu supported her, everything could be done. She didn’t know why she felt this way now.

“Okay, I’ll go back first!”

Yanchun Jie gave Wang Dafu a seductive look, feeling much more at ease. At the same time, she glanced at the courtyard and didn’t see Wu Xianhua. She turned around and left.

Back in the courtyard, Wang Dafu looked towards Wu Xianhua’s room and found that the light in her room was already off.

He then returned to his own room.

The next day, Wang Dafu went to clear the land again. This physical labor was really only something Wang Dafu could do. The originally barren land was being developed at a visible speed.

At noon, Wu Xianhua stewed the basin of loach and yellow eel that Wang Dafu had brought back the night before. She cooked a pot of fragrant soup, and both of them had a rare good meal.

After dinner, Wang Dafu hadn’t even had time to wash up when Yanchun Jie came again.

Wu Xianhua glanced at her, but didn’t say anything. She knew what was going on. Wang Dafu was bound to help Yanchun Jie, and Wu Xianhua had nothing to say.

After all, Wang Dafu had his own ideas about who was good and who was bad. Wu Xianhua couldn’t kidnap Wang Dafu.

She just didn’t want Yanchun Jie to snatch Wang Dafu away from her, especially after knowing that her husband was dead, Wu Xianhua felt even more so.

Wang Dafu greeted Wu Xianhua and went out with Yanchun Jie. They were both dressed casually, and Wang Dafu hadn’t even washed, he was covered in sweat. Yanchun Jie didn’t mind, she clung tightly to Wang Dafu.

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“Dafu, can you not fight later, just don’t fight. After all, he’s still your second uncle, and I don’t want to give the villagers any gossip!”

On the way, Yanchun Jie carefully instructed Wang Dafu.

“Yanchun Jie, of course I don’t want to fight, but Liu Mazzi is unreasonable!”

Yanchun Jie sighed. It was really hard to be bullied and looked down upon.

Soon they arrived at Liu Mazzi’s house. Liu Mazzi, his wife, and children, a total of six people, two children, and an old man, who was Liu Mazzi’s wife’s father. Logically, Yanchun Jie should also call him grandpa.

Yanchun Jie knocked on the door, and Liu Mazzi’s youngest daughter came over. She glanced at Yanchun Jie and Wang Dafu, her expression unfriendly.

“Xiaoyou, where’s your dad?”

The little girl snorted, didn’t call her sister, and directly threw out a sentence: “He’s in the room.” Then she left.

Wang Dafu led Yanchun Jie and strode in.

Liu Mazzi heard the noise and came out of the room. He looked at Yanchun Jie and Wang Dafu, a little surprised.

“Yanchun Jie, why are you here again?”

Yanchun Jie gritted her teeth and said, “Second Uncle, it’s still about my land. I need it now, I have to get it back. Besides, you haven’t planted anything, why don’t you return it to me if it’s lying fallow?”

Liu Mazzi said with a cold face, “Yanchun Jie, it’s not that your Second Uncle doesn’t want to give it to you. This land was entrusted to me by your husband Liu Shen when he went out. Although I haven’t planted anything, I haven’t let it lie fallow either. What are you talking about? If you want to plant, you have to talk to Liu Shen.”

Yanchun Jie was unhappy, “Second Uncle, do you mean that I, the Liu family’s daughter-in-law, can’t make decisions? I can’t even plant my own land?”

Liu Mazzi snorted coldly, “Alright, I, Liu Changgui, do things properly. If you really want to plant, you can directly call Liu Shen and ask him to tell me, otherwise, you can’t touch this land!”

Yanchun Jie was so angry that her chest was heaving.

“Second Uncle, it’s just a piece of land. I, as the Liu family’s daughter-in-law, can’t even plant it. Your Liu family is too condescending. Besides, that deadbeat is out all year round, he never cares about what’s going on at home. Do I still have to talk to him about this?”

Liu Mazzi was immediately unhappy.

“Yanchun Jie, what kind of person you are, I, Liu Mazzi, know. Your husband is not at home, you, a woman, who knows what kind of shenanigans you’re up to. If I give you this land, it’s likely that outsiders will benefit from it!”

This sentence directly made Yanchun Jie’s face flush red. Liu Mazzi meant that Yanchun Jie had a man outside, and if he gave her the land, it would be a benefit to the wild man.

Yanchun Jie was so angry that she wanted to cry at this slander. She liked Wang Dafu, but Wang Dafu had always been helping her. This time, planting watermelons was also to give her some income. How could it benefit outsiders?

Her husband was dead, what else could she do?

Wang Dafu walked over, looked at Liu Mazzi expressionlessly, and said, “Uncle Liu, I came here to reason with you politely. Yanchun Jie is a woman who needs to make a living. Her husband doesn’t give her money all year round, what do you want her to do?”