Chapter 147: Chapter 147: The Evil Star Chapter 147: Chapter 147: The Evil Star The next day
Early in the morning, Xuexue had not yet woken up, half-asleep and half-awake, when she heard a commotion outside. Helpless and too sleepy, she just couldn’t open her eyes.
“Wife, wife, get up quickly!” Big Bull, who had already been up, rushed into Xuexue’s room, flung off her blanket, and shook her vigorously.
“Big Bull, what’s wrong?” Roused by the shaking, Xuexue finally opened her eyes, yawning her head off as she asked. Because she had spent the previous night dealing with the pork and gone to bed late, she who usually woke up early was now still asleep.
“There’s a bunch of people outside, looking pretty fierce. I wasn’t sure whether to throw them out, so I came to ask you.”
“Yes! Men and women, especially an old hag who’s really fierce. She started berating Auntie Sun the moment she walked in, and Chuner turned pale with fear.”
Hearing this, Xuexue knew that Old Lady Mo had brought people over to make trouble. Suddenly, all her sleepiness vanished, and she flung off the blanket and got out of bed, “Let’s go and have a look.”
“Wife, whatever the case, you should put on some more clothes. It’s very cold outside early in the morning.” Seeing Xuexue going out wearing only a thin garment, Big Bull hastily pulled her back.
“Right, I was too rushed to remember.” Reminded by Big Bull, Xuexue suddenly felt a chill throughout her body and quickly turned around to find a cotton garment to put on.
Madam Xie was always afraid of Old Lady Mo, who behaved like a small lamb in front of her. Xuexue was afraid that her mother was being bullied again, which was why she hastened to go out. It was almost the New Year, and they couldn’t afford to get hurt.
“Wife, let me quickly do a simple hair bun for you.” The considerate Big Bull, noticing Xuexue’s disheveled hair, picked up a comb and came forward to tidy her hair.
“I think so, let me give it a try.”
While Xuexue was getting dressed, Big Bull quickly bundled up her long hair.
“Wife, look in the mirror and see if you like it?”
At that moment, Xuexue’s mind was set on going out to see what was going on; she had no intention of looking in the mirror, and she casually replied, “I like it.”
“You didn’t even look.” Big Bull’s voice was full of disappointment.
“As long as it’s done by Big Bull, I like it.”
With that, Xuexue rushed out like the wind.
Big Bull stood there with a silly smile, mumbling to himself, “The wife likes Big Bull, hehe…!”
Old Lady Mo, with the entire entourage of the Mo family, young and old, stood with her hands on hips, hurling a barrage of abuse at the solitary Madam Xie, “You rotten woman, eating our food, wearing our clothes, and now you’ve got the nerve to steal our silver.”
Listening with her head bowed and shrinking from the cold, Madam Xie quickly raised her head and asked, “Who stole the silver? Mother-in-law, you can’t talk nonsense about this.”
“What nonsense, I have eyewitnesses and evidence.” Old Lady Mo glared fiercely, looking extremely vicious.
Being stingy was her usual habit, but these past days, for the sake of Concubine Sun, she had spent quite a bit of silver and was in a terrible mood. Now, hearing that Madam Xie and her daughter had allegedly stolen the Mo family’s silver and were living a comfortable life in the old residence, it was no wonder she was so vicious.
“Who is it?” Madam Xie asked in a trembling voice, feeling uneasy inside.
A very affected voice rang out.
Madam Xie carefully looked up and to her astonishment, it was Concubine Sun, her eyes nearly spewing fire: “You?”
“Indeed, it’s me.” Concubine Sun advanced forward with a smug look, twisting her slender waist.
Yesterday, after her secret rendezvous with Butcher Yu, she had just returned to the Mo family from the town when she encountered Lady Li, crippled and battered, crying and howling about how horribly ferocious Xuexue was, calling her a stupid fiancé, throwing her off the moving ox cart, leaving her covered in bruises. And that little cheap person Xuexue, although she had already bought two large baskets of New Year’s goods, countless pieces of pork and fabric, still greedily plotted to take her basket of eggs. Since Big Bull, the evil star, was there, she didn’t dare to make trouble at the old residence for fear of another beating from Big Bull, so she had no choice but to come and wail at the Mo family’s home.