Xiao Zheng had not expected An Jing to talk back to him. He stared blankly for a moment before his expression turned even more displeased as he said, "You’ve been injured for so many days now, how come you’re still not healed?"
"How would I know? I’m not a doctor," An Jing replied lightly. She still remembered the grudge she hadn’t settled last time, and she was determined to settle it today!
Xiao Zheng was immediately angered, but after calming himself down, he turned to Xiao Changyi and said, "Let’s go inside. I have something to ask you."
Xiao Changyi remained silent, but instead of going inside, he put down the wooden basin filled with dirty clothes and then walked over to An Jing’s side.
It was then that An Jing smiled and said, "Xiao Clan Leader, why go inside? We can just talk here, everyone is quite interested in listening."
She pointed her chin outside, gesturing for Xiao Zheng to take a look at the courtyard outside.
Xiao Zheng turned his head to see that, indeed, there were quite a few onlookers outside the courtyard eager for a spectacle. He glared at them, and they promptly left, sulking. In Jiuping Village, he, Xiao Zheng, did hold some prestige.
"Since you’re not afraid of losing face and want to talk here in the yard, then let’s talk in the yard. Anyway, I don’t want to enter your house," Xiao Zheng said, his voice rough.
"Then speak up if you have something to say. Don’t dawdle," An Jing’s tone remained light, as if Xiao Zheng was wasting their time.
Xiao Zheng was choked with anger and immediately cursed, "Is this the attitude you should have towards your elders?!"
"You always like to claim to be elders at times . The one who has always been afraid of being ’hexed’ to death by my Changyi and refuses to acknowledge him as an elder—I wonder who that could be," An Jing said slowly. Then, she raised an eyebrow, "So, are you not afraid of being ’hexed’ to death by my Changyi anymore?"
Xiao Zheng broke out in a cold sweat, terrified. He had been so angry that he had forgotten about Xiao Changyi’s notorious reputation for bringing doom upon his elders!
"I won’t argue with you!" Xiao Zheng shifted his gaze from An Jing and looked at Xiao Changyi with a cold expression, "Xiao Changyi, have you completely ignored the Xiao clan’s family rules? As a member of the clan, you married without even notifying me, the Clan Leader! Moreover, your mother has spoken to me, saying you didn’t even tell her to act as the presiding matriarch at the wedding. Whether she comes to act in that role is her business, but informing her is your responsibility! By all rights, you are supposed to tell her, since she gave birth to you!"
Xiao Changyi still did not speak, as if Xiao Zheng was not even talking to him.
But An Jing laughed out loud, "What a joke. Changyi is marrying into my family, why should we inform you? Am I part of your clan? And why should we invite Mrs. Chen to preside as the matriarch for us to pay respects? I certainly don’t recall Mrs. Chen giving birth to me."
Xiao Zheng was left agape.
The passing villagers who happened to hear An Jing’s words were also stunned. Xiao Changyi was marrying into another family!
Xiao Changyi was the Eldest Grandson of the Fifth House of the Xiao Clan. The eldest grandson, marrying into another family? How could a man who could support himself do such a thing? Men who marry into a woman’s family are often ridiculed as useless and accused of living off a woman. How could Xiao Changyi...
"You, you, you married into her family?" Xiao Zheng looked at Xiao Changyi but pointed at An Jing, still in disbelief and refusing to accept the truth. Their Xiao Clan had never had a man marry into another family! It was a great disgrace to the family!
Seeing Xiao Zheng , An Jing felt tremendously satisfied, and her smile grew even brighter, "Husband, hurry up and show him our marriage document. Let’s see if it’s you getting married or marrying into the family."
Xiao Changyi immediately took out the marriage document from his chest and held it up high. They had anticipated that Xiao Zheng would come to look for them.