Spatial Farm Life: Raising My Kid, Abusing Scum, and Keeping Busy With Life Chapter 100 - 100: Did You Snatch It or Not?

Chapter 100: Did You Snatch It or Not?

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The mayor finally understood the situation.

At this mont, Qiao Mai and Shopkeeper Lu had already welcod their guests. This ti, even Old Mistress Wang had co along, as it was insisted upon by her husband.

Instead of heading to the living room, they first toured the house.

Initially skeptical of the Qiao family, Old Mistress Wang was now intrigued. The house was interestingly designed, and it had many small animals. Furthermore, there was a long stretch of land behind the house, filled with thriving corn crops that looked delightful.

Lu Sanniang and Qiao Mai paid their respects to Old Mistress Wang, each assisting her on one side, followed by Ruxin and Wang Jiaru.

The n were accompanied by Yuan Jiaqi. He loved this house dearly – It was clean, elegant, and full of life.

In their leisure ti, they could feed the small animals or tend to the fields in the backyard, making their days feel incredibly wonderful.

He introduced them to everything as they walked along, speaking with excitent and pride. This house felt like his ho.

Wang Zihan followed behind the n, holding a pogranate Qiao Mai gave him, ensuring he wouldn’t wander around. Soone was tasked with keeping an eye on him and offering him snacks.

There were six courtyards. Yuan Jiaqi and his son had one, the Fengyun brothers had one, and Lu Sanniang initially had one to herself, but she insisted on living with Ruxin and the others. Therefore, the Lu family occupied only one courtyard.

Old Mister Wang had a separate courtyard for themselves, and their attendants had already started tidying it up.

Wang Jiaru was quite taken with the place and requested that her grandfather arrange a room for her to stay whenever she wanted.

This idea didn’t sit well with Wang Zihan, who also insisted on staying here. Thus, the Wang family occupied one courtyard, leaving two others temporarily for guests, which were regularly maintained.

The servants had their living quarters, and two maids stayed in the main courtyard with Qiao Mai, helping her look after Ling’er. In their free ti, they learned sewing from Qiao Mai.

Occasionally, she taught them embroidery skills, benefiting the two maids greatly.

The most popular area was the left corner of the backyard.

Although the twins were eight, they were still children at heart. Qiao Mai had built an amusent park for them, and the children were having a blast. Yue Hong held Ling’er and watched from the side, who was eager to join in the fun.

Unable to resist her excitent, they finally helped Ling’er up to the slides and carousel. They took turns playing on the equipnt, and the amusent park echoed with the children’s laughter.

After a round of play, everyone was tired, so they returned to the living room to drink tea and rest. A servant stood by the door and reported, “Master, there are several people outside looking for you.”

“Looking for ? Do we know them?” Qiao Mai asked.

The servant shook her head. “They all look unfamiliar, and I’ve never seen them before. They haven’t bought anything from our shop either.”

“Do they ntion the reason for their visit?” “They only said they are looking for you.”

“Ask them to co here.”

Qiao Mai was tired and thirsty and didn’t want to move.

Shortly after, the servant led several people into the living room. When they entered and saw so many well-dressed people, especially the elderly lady sitting at the head, they suddenly appeared quite humble.

Particularly, their eyes, which had initially held an air of arrogance, now bore a sense of submission.

Qiao Mai glanced at them. There were four people — two older ones and two younger ones. They all wore rough clothing without patches, but they didn’t look well-off.

Their eyes kept darting around, revealing their greed. They seed like troublemakers.

“What do you want with ?”

“Are you Madam Qiao?”

“Yes. What can I help you with?” “Please return our two children to us.”

“Children? Return two of them?”

Qiao Mai imdiately thought of Feng’er and Yun’er. Her face darkened. She knew about the children’s past.

“Explain clearly.”

“We are from Qingzhu Village in Tianhe Town. Our surna is Jiang. One year ago, we lost two boys, one nad Jiang Yuanpeng, the other Jiang Yuanqing…”

“Hold on. You lost them a year ago, but you’re only coming now? I don’t understand. Tianhe Town is not far from Tianshui Town, and my na is well-known here. When I adopted two children, the whole town knew about it.

How could you only co now?”

“Well, the two children thought we snatched their family’s property, so they left ho out of anger. We searched for a long ti but couldn’t find them. We thought they might be avoiding us.”

“I see. Did you really take their property?”

“How could we, their uncles, take their property? We only helped them manage it temporarily since they were still young.”

Qiao Mai frowned. “Alright, since you’ve co here, and I’m not an unreasonable person, you can take them back. However, since you’re their relative, you’ll have to settle the expenses for their upkeep over the past year.”

“What? You want an account for that?”

“Otherwise, should I have raised them for free?”

“Well, how much is it then?”

These children were in poor health when I adopted them. I spent ten taels of silver on their dical treatnt alone.”

“In addition, I’ve been giving them a monthly allowance of one hundred coins each. Last year, they started studying at the school, and I paid a thousand taels of silver for their education.’

“This translates to eighty taels per month. For half a year, it’s two hundred and forty taels. We can forget about the small change. In total, you owe three hundred taels.”

The Jiang family mbers were stunned. They had co for the children, planning to sell them off later. They never expected to be asked for money. “Isn’t it supposed to be Madam Qiao compensating us?”

Mayor Qian couldn’t tolerate it any longer. “You scoundrels! Madam Qiao has been taking care of these children for over a year. How dare you demand compensation from her?”

“Did she adopt them? I think she kidnapped them.”

Mayor Qian was furious. He shouted to his guards, “Zhang, Liu, co in here and shut their mouths.”

The two guards entered with large knives and quickly intimidated the intruders. They ended up cowering on the floor.

“Please have rcy, Sir!”

No one interceded on their behalf. The two guards grabbed them by their collars and slapped them on the face.

Before long, their faces were swollen.

Mayor Qian, still angry, asked, “Do you still want compensation?”

“No-no.”

“Damn, I can’t believe my eyes. These two children used to beg for food in our town for a long ti. I even helped them once. If it weren’t for Madam Qiao, they would have starved to death. You should be grateful instead of trying to take advantage of her.”

Qiao Mai chuckled, “Mayor, please calm down.”

At this mont, the twins had arrived in the front hall. Qiao Mai had sent soone to call for them earlier.

Upon entering and seeing the Jiang family, the two brothers imdiately ran to Qiao Mai, their eyes red with anger, glaring at the intruders.

“Mother, it’s them. They seized our family’s property and land and even wanted to sell us, saying so rich man from a wealthy family fancied boys.”

Hearing this, Old Mister Wang’s expression darkened.

“Old Qian, send your n to Tianhe Town and bring their mayor here. Tell him it’s my invitation. Also, invite the village head of Qingzhu Village. I want to see who dares to bully my students, especially when they are being wronged by their uncles.”

“Yes, Sir!”