Sini had fallen in love with meat buns after trying them once and every time Yang Ruxin went to town, she would bring some back for her. Now Zhou Ying had also developed a fondness for eating meat buns with Sini.
Both girls had round faces and big round eyes, and each time they got their meat buns, they would hold them in their little hands and take bites, exchanging smiles after each bite as if they were savoring a rare delicacy in this world. They were just so adorable.
At that moment, two women passed by, chatting as they walked.
"Do you know? That girl from the Tong Family is just too brazen."
"What happened?"
"She got stripped of her clothes right on the main street, and then, I heard the clothes were even delivered to her doorstep..."
"Really? Hey, let me tell you, I reckon the Tong Family must have offended someone. That Liu Family always has their nose in the air. I went to their shop last time to buy some paper, and they overcharged me by two large coins."
"Exactly. Last time I went to buy Sichuan peppers, they tried to take out a whole handful when it was weighing slightly over... and kept bragging about how her daughter was going to marry some high-ranking official. Now, I bet it’s questionable whether she can even get married off..."
"Don’t they have a cousin? I heard he studies well; they’re probably hoping to keep it within the family..."
"That cousin is quite a bumpkin himself..."
The two women chatted away without regard for those around them and moved on.
Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but stop in her tracks and turn to look at the two departing women, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. This was indeed good news; those three rascals even had the decency to return the clothes. How considerate of them, though she wondered what expression Guan Qingshu would have knowing his childhood sweetheart, his dear little cousin, had been exposed.
Honestly, she had no fond feelings for Guan Qingshu. In fact, she often thought about stuffing him into a sack and giving him a good thrashing for Yang Dani, who had died of a broken heart.
She decided then and there that if that guy dared to bother her again, she would certainly put her plan into action. After the beating, she would strip him and throw him onto the main street.
"Big sis?" Sanni suddenly ran in front of Yang Ruxin, waving her hand in front of her face, "Why have you stopped? What are you looking at?"
"It’s nothing." Yang Ruxin shook her head and hefted her basket higher onto her back, "Let’s hurry along. They must be waiting anxiously at home."
"Dani? Sanni?" But just as they had not gone far, a voice suddenly called out from behind them. Before they could turn around, they were yanked back forcefully, "It is you two! I thought my eyes were deceiving me just now."
"Auntie." Sanni stumbled from being pulled. If it weren’t for Yang Ruxin holding her, she might have ended up on the ground, but she still managed to address the woman with a grimace, as if afraid of her.
Yang Ruxin had been caught off guard at first, but she quickly reacted and pushed the woman away from her. She then squinted and took a moment to scrutinize Yang Baihui standing before her, thinking how unlucky it was to run into someone from the old Yang Family estate.
Yang Baihui was the third eldest in the Yang Family, a twin born to Yang Baichuan, just fifteen minutes his junior. Giving birth to boy and girl twins was a novelty in the village.
Yang Baihui was married to the Feng Family’s village, which was Feng Caie’s maternal home, and she seldom visited her birth family unless it was necessary. Therefore, Yang Ruxin, having been in this new place for so many days, had not seen her until today when they unexpectedly met in town.