Chapter 524: Buy, Buy, Buy
The beating ended when the hovel burned to ashes.
Sun Family was beaten to within an inch of life, her head and face were full of blood, violently gasping for air on the ground.
Qiao Xiaomai jumped down from the donkey cart and walked towards Yingniang’s horse cart.
Yingniang hid in the wagon, shivering with terror.
It was terrifying, utterly terrifying!
Qiao Xiaomai didn’t even care to see Yingniang’s face. She simply said: “Hey, did you see what happened to the Sun Family? Dare to covet my father, this is the consequence.”
“If you’re not afraid of death, you can continue to follow the Sun Family to make trouble. I guarantee you won’t be able to leave Anping Village.”
“Moreover, since Sun Family came with you, you need to take her to the medical clinic in town for treatment. If she dies, it’s your responsibility. Whether it’s burning houses or killing people in the wild, I’ll push all the responsibility onto you, and I guarantee you won’t be able to leave the jail.”
With these threatening warnings, Qiao Xiaomai was satisfied and returned to her donkey cart.
“Let’s go, to the town.”
Hua Xiaofeng had made a significant contribution today. She had not been to the town for several days and needed to replenish some supplies.
Furthermore, she would indulge Hua Xiaofeng with some shopping.
They climbed onto the donkey cart, the group of four swung off towards town.
While Hua Xiaofeng was fighting alone, she had taken a lot of hits from Sun Family. Xiaomai first took Hua Xiaofeng to the medical clinic to dress and care for the bloody mark on her neck.
Then the group headed to the Daughter Pavilion, where she bought a set of pure gold head ornaments for Hua Xiaofeng.
Mainly comprising of three hair combs, one pair of hairpins, one pair of tassels, and additionally one pair of earrings and a ring.
These pure gold pieces, while simple in design, were incomparable to those found in the Capital City.
But for Hua Xiaofeng, this was already grand beyond words. As Xiaomai paid the two one-hundred tael silver notes to the shopkeeper, Her hands shook as she held the wooden box.
In her whole life, she had never touched such expensive things. Her life wasn’t even worth this set of headpieces!
How rewarding it was to be aligned with the powerful!
Xiaomai chose two silver hairpins and some rouge and powder for her cousins Qiao Yindi, and bought a silver longevity lock for her aunt’s newborn.
After leaving the Daughter’s Pavilion, she then went to Xiangji Fabric Shop. She had given Hua Xiaofeng several bolts of silk fabric last time. Now she bought a few more clothes.
By the end of this shopping spree, it was already mid-afternoon.
Xiaomai took her entourage to Jiwei House. Content originally comes from Nove1Fire.net
Food and clothing were the daily hopes of ordinary people. With clothing sorted, it was now time to eat.
This suited Zhuang Jia’s desires perfectly. He loved eating. With a table full of signature dishes, most of them ended up in his stomach.
When they left Jiwei House, it was evening.
Xiaomai bid farewell to Hua Xiaofeng and Zhuang Jia, standing at the entrance of Bailu Town with a pile of goods.
Before long, Tong Sanlang arrived in a shaky ox cart.
Tong Sanlang had gone hunting today. After selling his game at Jiwei House, he went to the County Town to buy some land. He then hung around in the county town under the pretext of finding information about Zhuang Luhe, only returning at sundown.
Xiaomai knew his whereabouts, so she waited for him here.
Publicly, she had no contact with Tong Sanlang now, but she had a good reason ready at hand: the Tong Family’s reputation was severely jeopardized today, and she was implicated. She had sought Tong Sanlang specially for a discussion.
After boarding the ox cart and recounting the day’s events to Tong Sanlang, he became exceedingly silent.
Indeed, the day had been quite a spectacle.