Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 517 Beating the Snake 7 Inches

Li went to the main hall to get something. As soon as she entered, she saw Song Ying sitting at the table. She angrily scolded him, "You didn't even bother to go into the kitchen after coming back. You're getting more and more precious. You really think you're a daughter..."

She scolded him, but this time, Song Ying did not retaliate as sharply as before.

She still sat calmly at the table, eating the candied fruit she brought back, with no intention of moving.

Li felt as if he had punched cotton, feeling extremely powerless. He simply turned around and walked out, pretending that he didn't see anything.

Soon, the meal was ready. When Mrs. Li brought it in and saw her, she was furious again. She slammed one of the dishes on the table and said, "All you do is come back and eat plain rice all day. Eat, eat, eat, you'll be bloated to death!"

Song Ying still had no intention of fighting back, and moved the butterfly plant to a more suitable location.

After all the food was served, the busy Yang came in and sat down. She then spoke slowly: "I heard that you have arranged a marriage for me."

For some reason, seeing her calm demeanor, Li felt a pang of anxiety. She then glared at Song Yuan fiercely before saying, "Marry you off sooner rather than later, so you don't have to eat free meals at home. It makes me upset just looking at you."

"What did we agree on at the beginning? I'll find a job for Song Tian, and from now on, all my marriages must be approved by me. Is that the agreement?"

Li frowned and cursed again: "You have no shame, you keep saying..."

Song Ying ignored her and turned his gaze to Second Uncle Song. "Second Uncle, this is what we agreed on, right?"

Uncle Song's face flashed with a bit of unnaturalness, and he touched the tip of his nose, "This is what you and your grandmother agreed on."

"Oh," Song Ying laughed, "I broke off the agreement with grandma so cleanly."

Second Uncle Song's face became even more embarrassed. He wanted to argue a few words, but Song Ying shifted his focus and looked at Yang. "Second Aunt, you still remember, right?"

Yang forced a smile, "That's right, the situation is different this time. The Yuan family wants to marry you to their daughter Qingwa, but such a marriage is hard to find even with a lantern.

Yuan Qing is a scholar now, and if you marry him you will be a scholar's wife. He is only fifteen years old, and there is a great hope that he will pass the imperial examination or become a Jinshi in the future.

We wanted to wait for you to come back and ask you, but we were afraid that if the night went on and someone else got the advantage, we would have nowhere to cry."

"Our Xinghua Village is only an hour's journey from Qingshui County. If you go to the city and ask me, it will only take a day at most. Are they so anxious to get married that they can't wait even a day?"

"This..." Yang was speechless for a moment. "I didn't expect this. I was so surprised at the time. You know his family had always planned to wait for Yuan Qing to pass the imperial examination and marry him to a noble lady from the capital."

Song Ying didn't listen to her explanation and continued, "Our agreement at the time was that my marriage must be approved by me. Now that you haven't gotten my consent, you have breached the contract. Song Tian, don't do this job anymore."

Song Tian was shocked and said hurriedly: "No, sister, you can't blame me like this, I didn't provoke you, it wasn't me who did it, and I didn't even know anything before you asked, how can you blame me for it?"

Yang was also panicked and forced a smile, saying, "You are being childish. You are working in the government office, so how can you just say you don't want to do it?

Come on, eat! The food is getting cold. I learned this recipe for boiled pork slices from the owner of Xu's Restaurant. I heard you like it and buy it from her often. Come on, try it and see if it tastes like her.

Song Ying looked at Song Tian with a half-smile, "Tell me, can I let you stop doing this job?"

Song Tian's face turned red with anxiety, "No, sister, this is really none of my business, I don't know, I'm just like you, I haven't been back for a long time.

Oh, grandma, what are you doing? You promised your sister something, how can you not keep your promise?

Didn't you teach me to keep my word? How come you're breaking it? Look at what you've done. Oh my god.

Sister, sister, my dear sister, I apologize to you on their behalf. Please forgive them this time, considering their age and the fact that they have worked hard for the three of us for half their lives."

As he said this, he stood up and bowed to Song Ying.

His anxious look and actions shocked the three Li family members. Yang felt as if she had been slapped in the face and was extremely humiliated.

The son she held in her arms actually bowed and apologized to the orphan girl who depended on them for support!

Li slammed the table and said, "Tianwa, what are you doing? How can a man like you bow to your sister?"

"Grandma, please stop talking!" Song Tian was so anxious that he was about to cry. He knew very well how much Master Zhang valued his sister, and he would not offend his sister with such a small matter.

Not only Master Zhang, but the other two masters also treated my sister differently and were much more friendly to him.

It was precisely because he had a sister who was a miraculous doctor that he was able to thrive in the government office. Everyone respected him and no one even directly scolded him for using a backdoor. Instead, they would only say with envy, "Who made him have such a good sister?"

As long as we live in this world, we will always get sick. Even if we are not sick, our relatives and friends may need a doctor to save their lives one day.

Therefore, even robbers and bandits have a rule that they cannot rob doctors.

Song Yuan, who was standing aside, whispered, "There is an order of seniority. The elder brother is younger than the elder sister, so what's wrong with the younger brother bowing to the elder sister?"

Li was so angry that she almost wanted to slap him, "Shut up!"

Song Ying tilted her head, still half-smiling, "It seems that in your hearts, I am not Song Tian's sister. Since you don't consider me a family member, then this matter is easier to handle. Go to the government office and separate my household registration. From now on, we will sever all ties and become strangers."

Li cursed angrily, "You think you own the government office and can do whatever you want? As long as your parents are alive, the family remains as is. This is stipulated by the imperial law. Do you want to go to jail?"

Song Ying raised her eyebrows, a little surprised, "Grandma, you understand the law now. It's true that you should look at someone with new eyes after three days of absence.

But grandma, you only know one side of the story. The court's laws are very complicated. The experienced officials in the government office are well versed in the laws. They can find the corresponding laws to support whatever results they want. They can always find a way for me. Maybe they can even establish a female household for me."

Having said this, she paused and looked at Song Tian, "Song Tian, you also do clerical work in the government office. You should have seen how powerful those old officials are, right?"

Song Tianqiang smiled and nodded, "That's right, those old guys are very good at talking, they can turn black into white and white into black.

Sister, just give in this time, and grandma and the others won’t do it again.”

"Didn't you just say that you have to keep your word? Since you've breached the contract, you should accept the corresponding punishment. Otherwise, if you do it once, there will be a second and a third time."