Chapter 373: Chapter 373 Village Head Chapter 373: Chapter 373 Village Head “Wife, what did I do wrong this time?” Big Bull was utterly puzzled.
“You still have to ask? You shouldn’t have told mother about my encounter with the tiger. She’s a woman of the household; hearing that would surely frighten her,” Xuexue said as she pushed the door open and entered the room.
Following her, Big Bull closed the door behind him and explained, “Oh! Wife, you nearly faced danger today, and my mind was in a whirl. I didn’t think it through and just blurted it out.”
In his heart, Big Bull expressed that he didn’t mean to; his concern had overwhelmed him.
“Sigh! Forget it, since mother already knows, let’s consider the matter settled.”
Xuexue waved her hand and sat down at the edge of the bed, took off her shoes, and lay down. She needed to give some serious thought to how she should proceed so she could increase her abilities in a short time. Only then would she be capable of returning to the capital for revenge.
Seeing Xuexue close her eyes in exhaustion,
Big Bull tenderly covered her with the blanket. He pulled up a stool and sat by the bed, waiting until she was sound asleep before he quietly left.
Possibly due to the shock of the mountain visit earlier that day, and adding to that the physical exertion of climbing, Xuexue slept until the afternoon. She awoke only as the sun set behind the mountains, to the sound of a noisy crowd outside in the courtyard. It sounded like a lot of people were discussing something, and she wondered. Today wasn’t a special day, so why would there be so many people gathered at the Li Family’s place?
Moreover, Aunt Li didn’t like having so many people coming over and causing a commotion, did she?
Thus, she quickly got out of bed, casually tidied her hair, put on her shoes, and went out to see what was happening.
A spotted tiger covered in wounds had been killed and was discarded on the ground like trash.
The villagers from Mo Family Village, having heard the news, had come to watch the excitement and surrounded the Li Family’s place so tightly that there was no getting through. Everyone was whispering and speculating.
“Wow! I always said it was only a matter of time before the Mo family rose to prominence, all thanks to their daughter-in-law’s highly capable husband!”
“Yeah, Big Bull really is a talent of our Mo Family Village.”
“Around here, there aren’t many who can bring down a tiger.”
As everyone was chattering away, a commotion rose from the outskirts, and someone shouted loudly: “The village head is here, make way, everyone!”
The crowd immediately parted, creating a path.
The village head walked in from the outside, and seeing the dead tiger on the ground, he couldn’t help but be greatly shocked. He turned to Big Bull who was sitting on a stool and asked, “Big Bull, did you bring this tiger down?”
He had been busy at home when he heard the children outside shouting that Big Bull had brought back a huge tiger from the mountain, startling him. He had hurriedly set down what he was doing to come and see what exactly had happened.
“Yes!” Big Bull picked up his cup, took a sip of tea, and said matter-of-factly, “This beast frightened my wife this morning, so I caught it to avenge her.”
Madam Xie saw that the village head had arrived and hurriedly fetched him a stool and served him some hot tea, not daring to neglect him.
The village head sat down, too busy to drink tea at home, he was indeed thirsty. He took a sip from the cup and looked at Big Bull, asking, “I heard you went back to the mountain this afternoon just to find this tiger?”
“Yes! While my wife was asleep, I went to the mountain and caught it. I thought I’d give her a little surprise later on.”
Everyone who heard Big Bull’s offhand remarks was even more astonished. Big Bull was truly formidable. To get revenge for Xuexue, he didn’t hesitate to go back up the mountain to hunt down the tiger, which spoke volumes of his deep feelings for her.