Chapter 462 Fight Back

Song Chunxue arrived at the Caiyi Cloth Shop.

It was still early, and besides the embroiderer and the seamstress, there was only one customer in the shop.

Upon seeing Song Chunxue, they all greeted her with smiles, "The shopkeeper is here!"

"To make clothes for my daughter-in-law, these fabrics are all beautiful."

"The shopkeeper really dotes on his daughter-in-law. Now that this outfit is finished, no one will dare to look down on Sanwa's wife when she wears it."

"Mulan is young, and all these fabrics are beautiful. Which one would you like to choose, shopkeeper?"

Song Chunxue turned to Mulan and said, "You can choose whichever one you like. Don't worry about the money. We have our own. At worst, we'll earn less money, but the outfit can't be cheap."

Mulan smiled and nodded, "Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

She chose two patterns that she liked, and they weren't too expensive.

"Mother, why don't you make two sets? This color suits you very well." Mulan felt a little embarrassed to only make one for her, so she encouraged Song Chunxue to have one made as well.

Song Chunxue touched the fabric. "It looks nice, but I made several outfits for it in the past two years. I can't wear them all, so there's no need to make more."

She no longer liked fancy and beautiful clothes; in fact, the dark blue Taoist robe was the most comfortable to wear.

She no longer needed others to look up to her when she went out; those superficial things gradually became less important to her.

The embroiderer took Mulan's measurements for the tailor, and Song Chunxue went to the clinic to have Lei Yun take her pulse and prescribe medicine.

Her senior brother was on the mountain, busy with something, and she didn't want to disturb him.

Carrying the medicine back to the cloth shop, before she even entered, she saw several elegantly dressed maids who seemed somewhat familiar.

“Our young lady said, don’t be ungrateful. Take this money and get back to your parents’ home before you give birth…”

A piercing sound came, and Song Chunxue stepped across the threshold.

"What's going on? Where did these stray dogs come from, running wild on my turf?"

Mei Yang sat in a chair, drinking tea, and looked at Song Chunxue with a leisurely air.

He was waiting for Song Chunxue to come and deal with the two maids.

The two maids turned their heads instantly, glancing down at Song Chunxue.

"Whose maids are you?"

Song Chunxue tossed the medicine packet onto the table, sat lazily in her chair, crossed her legs, and coldly sized them up.

The two maids looked at each other but said nothing.

"say!"

The dull sound startled the maid, who shrank her shoulders.

Mulan walked over and stood behind Song Chunxue.

"We are maids of the Hu family." One of them was a bit taller, with a long, black braid and two cloth flowers in her hair. Her tone was neither humble nor arrogant.

"So what if it's the Hu family? Does that give them the right to bully my lawfully wedded daughter-in-law?" Song Chunxue sneered. "It's ridiculous. Who sends a maid to someone else's daughter-in-law and tries to bribe her with money? Do you think I'm useless, or do you think our Jiang family has no one left?"

The maids shrank back in unison, "We dare not."

"You wouldn't dare?" Song Chunxue sneered. "You've come several times already, and yesterday you even went to the school to ambush my son. I think the Hu family girl's upbringing is nothing special."

Sensing the situation was turning bad, the two maids pushed each other and prepared to leave.

"stop!"

Song Chunxue stood up and blocked the doorway. "Who said you could leave?"

"You think I'm someone you can just come and go as you please? Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

The maid lowered her head and took a step back. "I...we were ordered to come, and we had no choice but to."

“Yes, that’s true, but you have to take responsibility for what you did.” Song Chunxue looked at Mulan. “Come here and slap each of them five times, or kick them a few times. Nobody just sits there and lets others bully them.”

Mulan clenched her fists, feeling a pang of sympathy when she saw the two maids' frightened expressions.

“Hit us, or we’re not from the Jiang family.” Song Chunxue crossed her arms. “If the hits aren’t crisp and loud enough, start over.”

"We were wrong, we kneel down and apologize..."

"Get up. If you two kneel down, I'll gouge out your kneecaps today, and you'll kneel for the rest of your lives," Song Chunxue said coldly. "Don't try to threaten me with that. Forget about beating two maids. This afternoon, I'm going to the Hu family to ask them personally what they take us commoners for. They can't even teach their own daughters properly, so they have to ask me, an outsider, to teach them?"

The two maids stood motionless with their heads bowed, their faces ashen.

Mulan glanced at Song Chunxue's determined eyes, mustered all her strength, and slapped her across the face.

"..." There was not a sound at all.

Mulan subconsciously looked at Song Chunxue.

"Why are you looking at me? This doesn't count. I didn't hear that."

Mei Yang couldn't help but cover her cheek, thinking to herself that this woman was getting more and more ruthless.

"Slap, slap, slap..."

Mulan knew that the two maids were not innocent. Their arrogant manner and contempt for her were not feigned.

"Clap clap clap clap clap!"

Each person slapped her five times, making her hands ache.

She had felt some sympathy before, but when she took action, her anger surged up.

They came to humiliate her, they didn't treat her like a human being, and she even felt that they hadn't beaten her enough.

"Clap, clap!"

After that, she slapped each of them twice more.

Whew~

I felt relaxed and refreshed, and even sweat appeared on my forehead.

"Get out of here," Mulan said angrily. "Go back and tell your young lady that Jiang Yexun looks down on her petty behavior. If she really has the courage and determination to be a good wife and mother in the future, she should talk to Jiang Yexun about it herself."

"What kind of skill is it to threaten me? She says one thing to my face and another behind my back. She wouldn't even be a concubine. Either she tells me in person not to bully others, or even if she were to become a concubine, she can't cook or do laundry. The Jiang family wouldn't want her as a young lady."

The two maids stared at Mulan in surprise and anger.

Song Chunxue smiled, "This child is teachable."

"What are you standing here for? Go back now and tell your young lady everything."

The maid turned and ran out of the room.

Mei Yang clapped his hands, "The cursing was brilliant, wonderful, and absolutely hilarious! It was so satisfying. If only they had beaten him a little harder, the Hu family would definitely come to retaliate anyway."

Song Chunxue looked at Mulan and said, "It seems that starting tomorrow, you really can't go out alone anymore. You can't be too careful."

"Yes, I'll go to the fields tomorrow."

“No need. Just cook and clean at home. You can’t let them look down on you.” Song Chunxue said thoughtfully, “Either you learn martial arts to protect yourself, or we find a skilled maid. In short, we can’t lose in terms of presence.”

Mulan was overjoyed. "Mother, are you going to teach me kung fu? I don't want to hire a maid. We're just farmers, we're not used to being waited on."

“Then find a wife. After the baby is born next year, someone will still need to take care of it. I might not be able to manage.”

"That's fine too." Mulan nodded. "I'll do whatever Mother says."

After that, she took Mulan up to Dongshan Mountain.

She wanted her senior brother to explain the talisman-drawing matter to Yao Man, and she also had to go to the Hu family in the afternoon, so she suddenly felt very busy.

Upon arriving at the Taoist temple, Song Chunxue saw people burning incense and the Taoist priest interpreting divinations for them.

"Junior brother is here."

"Um."

Suddenly, someone walked towards Song Chunxue with delight.

"Oh dear, I've finally met the Taoist's junior brother today. Could you draw me a few talismans in person?" a man with a full beard said with distress. "The ones I bought at the inn didn't work, but the ones I had someone buy from you last year were very effective."