Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Bullying the Weak, Fearing the Strong_1
Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Bullying the Weak, Fearing the Strong_1
Lin Yue looked innocent as she said, “Oh, did I curse you? I didn’t name names, so why do you put the cap on yourself? Could it be that you really think you’re a fat bitch? Tsk tsk, but given your figure, you are indeed quite chubby. When I think about it, the image really fits you.”
Seeing Lin Yue’s demeanor, Li Guihua was even more enraged, “You, you… You little bitch, how dare you curse me! Just watch, I won’t let you off until I beat you to a pulp.”
“Then try and hit me, just try it. Don’t think that because Erhu is in trouble, I will let anyone bully us mothers and children. I’m making it clear, today if you dare to lay a hand on me, I will definitely fight you with my life. Anyway, being so gutless might as well be as good as dead, might as well drag someone down with me in death. Didn’t you say you were going to hit me? Go ahead, do it. If you don’t dare to make a move, you’re the coward!” Lin Yue fully displayed her defiant spirit, ready to fight to the death, her gaze coldly fixed on Li Guihua.
“Who dares to bully my mother?” Dalang, who was also standing nearby, clenched the wooden stick in his hand, clearly ready to fight with his life on the line.
Li Guihua was like a paper tiger, fierce with words but timid in action. Seeing Lin Yue like this, she lost her nerve. Noticing that the people on the ox cart were watching her, she felt uncomfortable and, pointing at Lin Yue, she cursed, “You hussy, I won’t stoop to your level.” Then she fell silent, disappointing the onlookers who had been excited for a good show. They thought that Erhu’s wife looked soft and weak, but she had a tough character, even Li Guihua was no match for her. Truly not someone easily bullied, so they regarded Lin Yue with a bit more wariness.
As for Dalang, he was really still just a kid and was treated like a non-factor. In actuality, over the past two years, Dalang had learned quite a bit from Zhao Erhu, had grown strong, and might even be a fiercer fighter than Lin Yue in dire straits. But that wasn’t certain either, as Lin Yue herself knew a few self-defense moves; to her, it wasn’t much, mainly because she hadn’t mastered them, but they were an enhancement of martial arts refined through thousands of years, so they couldn’t be too shabby.
Lin Yue intentionally displayed her toughness in front of others, harboring the intent to make them wary of her. Those with ill intentions wouldn’t so easily meddle with her family’s affairs. Otherwise, her future trips to the market to sell goods would spread, and if her sales were poor, that would be one thing, but if they were good, it was inevitable that some would want to take advantage of her. Today’s episode might not entirely discourage such behavior, but it would at least reduce a lot of trouble.
In the past, when the robust man Zhao Erhu was around, aside from his eldest sister and those shameless ones from the Zhao family home, no one dared to have such intentions. Now with Zhao Erhu lying unconscious in bed, only leaving her and her children, the situation was different. The world has always preyed on the weak and feared the strong. If she were as meek and gentle as before, not showing strength, she and her children would be waiting for people to come and bully them.
When the ox cart arrived at the market, there were already many people, some of whom had set up their stalls. Those from the village who were used to setting up stalls in the market usually chose their usual spots unless someone else had already taken them, then they would look for another, or simply find a suitable spot at will.
Chunxi invited Lin Yue to share a stall, but Lin Yue had other plans and declined, giving Chunxi two warm steamed buns from her basket before she took Dalang to find a proper spot of their own.