19: Chapter 19 Watching Her Take
19 -19 Watching Her Take
Gouging out her eyes was out of the question, but slapping her a few times was definitely something she dared to do.
Now that she was the only one at home, she couldn’t allow her frail body to be hurt!
After thinking it over, it seemed the most effortless resistance was to stare at her, until she was covered in goosebumps!
Huang Xiangwen indeed felt goosebumps all over from Gu Youyou’s stare.
Perhaps Gu Youyou herself didn’t realize how frightening her gaze could be.
Huang Xiangwen withdrew her hand and glanced at the large trunks.
But just walking away was something she could not resign herself to, so, furious, she cursed, “You dead girl, why didn’t you just die earlier?
With that ghostly face of yours, can you even use these things?
They’re just going to end up benefitting that poor hunter for nothing.
“Tell me, what has your old mother gained after serving you for so many years?
That poor hunter is just eyeing your grandfather’s favoritism and your little possessions.
When you kick the bucket, our family will be the ones at a loss.”
At this point, Huang Xiangwen switched to a smiling face and said, “Listen to your auntie, let me take these things home today.
Take as much as I can, so our family can also reduce some loss, right?”
If it were someone else, the last few sentences might seem reasonable.
After all, the dowry items of the Gu Family were indeed a significant wealth to the villagers of Lotus Village, and Gu Youyou really couldn’t think of any other reason for Jin Zijin to marry her.
Unfortunately, the person saying this was Huang Xiangwen.
Every time Gu Youyou saw her face, she couldn’t help but feel the urge to splash her with a bowl of sulfuric acid.
Hmph, these things, she wouldn’t let Jin Zijin have them for any price, not even if she burned them to cinders herself.
“Dream on, they are mine!” Gu Youyou said coldly.
You devil girl, your brain doesn’t work when I speak nicely to you, don’t blame your second aunt for playing rough!” Looking at Gu Youyou who couldn’t even get out of bed, she taunted with a sneer, “I’m going to take them, what can you do about it?
Having said that, she efficiently opened the trunks and took out the best pieces of fine fabric.
She continued to curse about the unfairness in her household while doing so, saying that giving all these good things to a doomed soul was no different from giving them away for free.
The fabrics were all from Gu Youyou’s deceased mother’s dowry.
While they seemed a bit worn, they were much better than the coarse clothes typically worn by the common villagers.
Huang Xiangwen looked at the large trunks and wanted to take more, but seeing that her hands were already full, she had to give up in the end.
Thinking to herself, if she couldn’t take more now, she would come next time!
Throughout the ordeal, Gu Youyou watched her, silent.
After getting her hands on the goods, Huang Xiangwen glanced at Gu Youyou, cursed at the bad omen, and hurriedly walked out with the items.
Just as she opened the door, she ran into someone who had raised their hand, about to knock.
The sudden appearance of a woman with an armful of items at Jin Zijin’s home was, of course, quite puzzling to the visitor.
He set down the firewood on his back and asked, “Auntie Gu of the Gu Family, what are you doing?”
The visitor was also from Lotus Village, whom everyone knew.
His name was Wang Shun, and when it wasn’t the busy farming season, he enjoyed going up the mountain to hunt with Jin Zijin, one of the few people Jin Zijin got along with well in Lotus Village.
Huang Xiangwen, with a guilty conscience, was at a loss for words when he asked her.
After a moment’s pause, with a quick roll of her eyes, she suddenly put on a smiling face and retorted to Wang Shun, “Wang Shun, what brings you here?
The hunter Jin isn’t home.
But his newly-wedded wife is lying in bed all by herself!”