Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Snatch the Watermelon to Eat Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Snatch the Watermelon to Eat Lady Li caught sight of the bright red watermelon and had been drooling over it for quite a while. She had deliberately said it was a wild fruit just now because she was trying to find out where they had found such a melon. Seeing the watermelon right in front of her, she couldn’t resist and involuntarily stuck out her mouth and took a bite.
The child holding the watermelon was stunned for a moment. Then he burst into tears, “Wahhh…! Auntie, you’re bad, you’re a bad person, why did you eat my watermelon, compensate me, I want you to compensate me.”
Having taken a bite of the watermelon, Lady Li felt a refreshing sweetness in her mouth that went straight to her throat. During the scorching summer, tasting such a melon was truly both comforting and satisfying.
Unexpectedly, just at that moment, the child whose watermelon had been bitten into started wailing loudly.
This terrified Lady Li beyond belief. If others found out that she, a grown adult, had snatched a child’s food, it would be so embarrassing! She would become the laughingstock of Mo Family Village.
“Eh! Little kid, don’t cry, Auntie just couldn’t help herself, isn’t giving you a Copper Coin enough?” Lady Li was in agony over parting with the money, but she was also afraid of attracting attention. She had no choice but to reluctantly take out a Copper Coin from her bosom and hand it to the boy.
The child finally stopped crying, but his shoulders still shuddered as he sniffled.
Lady Li could finally relax. As long as he wasn’t making a loud fuss, that was all that mattered; she couldn’t care less about the rest!
Madam Xie’s family had grown something good again, and Lady Li was filled with extreme envy. She pondered how to get her hands on a couple of watermelons to enjoy. She had only had one bite, and the sweetness that lingered in her mouth was so delightful that she almost couldn’t stop craving more.
As she walked on, she once again found herself in the Small Bamboo Forest.
“Wife, what are you thinking about?”
As soon as she entered the forest, she was embraced from behind.
Lady Li knew it was Erlaizi. Ever since this scoundrel had begun pestering her, he would find an excuse to cling to her every few days. Now, she lived in constant fear and trepidation, worried that her husband might find out, which would be terrible.
“Scram, in broad daylight too, aren’t you afraid of others seeing?” Lady Li fiercely slapped away the hand that was roaming over her body.
“This is the bamboo forest, who’s to see?” Erlaizi was brazen and unafraid.
“Still, be a little careful. I’m a married woman, not like you, a single old bachelor.”
Erlaizi laughed with a rascal’s grin, “Being a bachelor is great! I’ve dedicated the spear that I’ve practiced with for decades to you, you should be grateful to me.”
Lady Li ruthlessly spat at him. Erlaizi was really despicable, acting as though he was doing her a favor when he was obviously taking advantage of her. His “decrepit spear” was not something she coveted; her husband was not lacking in that department.
“Just now I saw that you seemed to really enjoy eating the melon in their hands?”
“Indeed, that melon was so sweet.” As the subject came up, Lady Li couldn’t help but chew her mouth, her face filled with lingering pleasure.
“I’ll go ask them where they got it, and I’ll get one for you to taste.” Erlaizi wanted to please Lady Li.
“I know where to get them.” Lady Li said, her eyes shining with excitement.
“From Madam Xie’s family’s plot.”
“Them again?” Hearing about Madam Xie’s family, Erlaizi felt a chill, still traumatized by his last scare from that little girl ghost, which had left him bedridden for a good half a month before he got his wits about him, almost scaring him to death.
“What’s the matter? Have you stolen from them before?” Lady Li asked knowingly; the whole Mo Family Village knew about the time Erlaizi tried to steal from Aunt Li’s place and was nearly scared into madness.
“What are you talking about? Stop saying ‘steal, steal, steal’; it sounds so ugly. At worst, I’m just robbing the rich to help the poor.” Erlaizi brazenly denied his thieving ways.