Chapter 300: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
300: Hu Shi's Calculations, Mo's Family's Plea (2)
With no more spectacle to watch, the onlookers dispersed, still gossiping about the grievances and grudges between the Li and Zhang families.
Zhang Ming, being rather incompetent, dared to come and cause trouble repeatedly because he believed Li Xiu wouldn't be so heartless to him. He thought that as long as he insisted a few times, given her gentle nature, she would obediently return to the Zhang family. So, as soon as he got home, he couldn't wait to secretly tell Hu Shi about encountering Li Xiu.
Hu Shi, thinking that the shop she had sold had been given to Li Zhong by Mo Yan, began to hatch a crooked plan. She wanted to bring Li Xiu back to serve them and then manipulate Li Zhong to hand over the shop to them through her. So today, accompanying Zhang Ming, they came to persuade Li Xiu, the former daughter-in-law.
In her view, as long as Li Xiu agreed to return to the Zhang family, Li Zhong's resistance would be futile. But they ended up empty-handed; Li Xiu wasn't in the shop, and they only encountered Li Yan. So, the mother and son teamed up to bully a young girl, pressuring her to reveal Li Xiu's whereabouts.
Li Yan hated the Zhang family, so she naturally refused to disclose her aunt's whereabouts, leading to a conflict between the two parties. If it weren't for the timely arrival of Mo Yan and the others, Li Yan might have escalated the situation with the rod.
Throughout the ordeal, Mo Yan watched Li Zhong deal with the Zhang family coldly. Dealing with such shameless scum, reasoning with them was pointless; a good beating was more effective than anything else.
If they weren't on the street, she would have rushed up and given that scum surnamed Zhang a good beating, so he wouldn't dare to show his face in public!
Li Zhong picked up the broom and rod from the ground, feeling guilty. "Yan'er, we've caused you trouble again."
This commotion caused by the Zhang family would definitely affect the business in the shop. If they caused trouble a few more times, they wouldn't be able to run the business anymore.
"Grandpa Li, how can this be blamed on you!" Mo Yan's eyes were cold as she stared in the direction where the two scumbags were leaving. "They're digging their own graves; no one can stop them."
Li Zhong felt a pang of anxiety and quickly said, "Yan'er, you mustn't act rashly! I'll handle this matter, don't get involved."
"Haha, Grandpa Li, don't worry. I won't do anything that breaks the law. I just want to teach them a lesson and prevent them from causing trouble again!"
Seeing that Li Zhong had misunderstood, Mo Yan couldn't help but laugh. Naturally, she wouldn't dirty her hands for the sake of two scumbags.
"That's good, that's good! In the end, this is just a feud between our two families, and it shouldn't involve you."
Li Zhong's face was full of self-blame.
Mo Yan felt a headache coming on. "Grandpa Li, this isn't just a feud between our two families! Even without you, the Zhang family wouldn't willingly let go of the shop like this. Sooner or later, they'll find another excuse to cause trouble."
Back then, they had deceived the Zhang family, and they might still be suspicious of them now. She thought that with Zhang Fugui in prison, they would behave themselves, but she had underestimated the shamelessness of the Zhang family. If she had put this family in prison earlier, there wouldn't be such a problem today.
Li Zhong thought Mo Yan was trying to console him, deepening his guilt.
With the Zhang family causing trouble, there was basically no business in the shop for a while. After instructing Li Zhong and his granddaughter, Mo Yan went to Huixian Residence.
"Xiao Zhu, still busy?"
As soon as she entered, she saw Xiao Zhu rushing down from upstairs. Mo Yan greeted him.
Seeing her, Xiao Zhu thought she was looking for the shopkeeper and quickly said, "The shopkeeper is entertaining guests upstairs. If Miss Mo has urgent matters, I'll go call him."
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