Chapter 143: Chapter 143 Ditch the Car
Who would’ve thought this person’s skin could be so thick? Xuexue didn’t react immediately and before she knew it, her basket had been lifted at one corner, revealing the pork inside.
“Aiyo wei! Still saying you’re not making a fortune? With both cloth and pork.” Lady Li exclaimed with pretended astonishment; She was both envious and jealous deep down, her eyes darting around, pondering some way to get her hands on the goods.
“There must be plenty of other good things in there, right?” Lady Li said, as her hand attempted to sneak further down.
Xuexue slapped her cloth down onto the basket with all her might, hitting Lady Li’s arm in the process.
“Ah…!” Lady Li winced in pain, and hastily retracted her hand, her frustration turning to fury as she berated Xuexue, “You wild girl, born with a father but not taught by one, no wonder your dad doesn’t want you. So violent, you deserve it.”
Feeling slighted, Lady Li didn’t miss a chance to sneer at Xuexue, pointing out even her own father had abandoned her.
“Didn’t anyone teach you, ‘Look with your eyes, don’t touch with your hands’? You flip through other people’s things without their permission, so who’s the one with no manners?” Xuexue glared back and retorted, “As for the matter with my dad, right and wrong will judge itself. There’s no need for someone as gossipy as you to prattle on about it.”
“Aiyo wei! Look, everyone, just look.” Lady Li turned around, pointing at Xuexue, and said to the other women on the cart, “Such a grown girl speaking such foul language, no wonder she’s only fit to match with a fool.”
Hiding her mouth with her hand, she giggled. The last time she was on the ox cart, she had been laughed at all along the way, and she still held a grudge against Big Bull. Upon hearing that Big Bull, while handsome, was a bit slow-witted, she was overjoyed and went around the village spreading the news that Xuexue’s fiancé was a fool.
Among the women, some watched the commotion from afar, not wanting to get involved, while others couldn’t bear to watch.
“Lady Li, let it go. Marriage is predestined by heaven. Besides, Xuexue didn’t provoke you – you were the one who provoked her,” an old woman said.
“How did I provoke her? I just took a look at her stuff, and she hit me with the cloth. Look, it’s all red,” Lady Li said, while wiping non-existent tears and rolling up her sleeve to show everyone her ‘wound’, hoping to garner their sympathy.
“Xuexue, how could you do this to Lady Li?” some people envious of Xuexue’s many purchases also spoke up for Lady Li.
Upon hearing someone taking her side, Lady Li felt secretly pleased and pretended to sob, “This wild girl is vicious. Auntie Sun just entered the family and she bit off her ear. No wonder she’s to be sold off. Anyone would feel upset about that.”
“Yeah! They say she was delirious from fever but that doesn’t excuse it, does it?” a woman, who was kept in the dark, echoed in agreement.
“Hmm.” Everyone thought about it and seemed to agree, nodding their heads in unison.
“Xuexue, you hurt me today. How will you compensate me?” Seeing that everyone was siding with her and feeling that the time was right, Lady Li’s eyes set directly on the basket, her intentions very clear.
Turns out, after all the circling around, Lady Li was eyeing someone else’s belongings, and then, the women in the cart all fell silent.
“So what would you like, then?” After all the foreplay, Xuexue almost felt like clapping. She glanced at her and asked coldly.
“Give me the pork to nourish myself.” Lady Li didn’t bother to hide her intentions any longer, shamelessly stating her demand and again attempting to lift the corner of the basket.
“Hold on a second.” Xuexue stepped onto the basket firmly.
“What are you doing? You injured me, if you don’t compensate, be careful, I might report you to the village head.” Lady Li was furious, seeing the good stuff within reach only to be blocked by Xuexue.
In the midst of the commotion.
“My lady, is this fat hag bullying you?” Suddenly, Big Bull’s foolish-sounding voice rang out.
“Yes! She wants to grab our things.”
“I’ll throw her off the cart.”
As soon as Big Bull finished speaking, his figure moved as swiftly as lightning, grabbing Lady Li with one hand and tossing her out of the cart…
A scream from Lady Li came from outside, while the ox cart continued to clop along, the carter, completely oblivious to what had happened, just focused on driving the ox cart forward.