Chapter 80 Wu Xincao's Provocation

With the money in hand, Liu Ye went with the man to the government office and gave him three hundred taels of silver to transfer the shop's ownership. After leaving the government office, the man happily carried the silver home. Liu Ye put the shop's deed into her bosom, stored it in her spatial storage, and happily returned to the village.

Before she even reached her doorstep, she saw a girl standing there from afar. She didn't recognize her—neither Bai Wangshi nor Wang Dani or Zhang Fang. Who was this?

When Liu Ye arrived at the door, the girl standing with her back to her turned around when she heard the noise. When she saw how beautiful Liu Ye was, jealousy appeared in her eyes: "You are Liu Ye?"

Liu Ye nodded indifferently. Who was this girl? She seemed to have a hostile attitude. "Does the young lady need something from me?"

Wu Xincao introduced herself with an air of arrogance: "I am Wu Xincao, the daughter of Village Chief Wu. You must have heard of me. I went to my maternal grandmother's house last month and just came back today. I came here to see the village's celebrity."

Liu Ye subtly curled the corners of her lips, thinking to herself, "Who are you calling a bastard? Your words are sarcastic!"

Seeing that Liu Ye didn't respond, Wu Xincao thought she was afraid of her. She curled her lips arrogantly and continued, "I heard you cut off Wang Ergou's leg. You've got guts. Wang Ergou is a distant relative of mine. You have to consider the owner before beating a dog. You don't respect my father at all!"

"So you have someone backing you up? Let me guess who it is. Is it Hunter Bai? I heard he's pretty good. He can hunt every day. Not long ago, he even caught a wild deer and sold it for a lot of money. He built a new house. Where is he? Let's invite him out to meet him. I want to see how capable he is and how he dares to disregard the village chief!"

Liu Ye thought to herself, "See your grandma my foot! Do you think you can just see Brother Bai whenever you want?" Then she remembered that Brother Bai had said that Village Chief Wu said his daughter had met him once and fallen for him. It seemed that she was lying. It turned out that Wu Xincao was never home and had never seen Brother Bai. That old bastard was really wicked!

Liu Ye also pursed her lips, took out the key from her bosom, unlocked the door, and turned to Wu Xincao, saying, "Brother Bai is not home. He went out to work and will not be back for several days. If Miss Wu has nothing else to do, please take care."

After Liu Ye finished speaking, she went into the courtyard, slammed the gate shut, and then bolted it shut behind her.

Wu Xincao snorted coldly with a sullen face, then turned and strolled home: "Hmph, ill-mannered wild girl!"

Her mother said that the hunter Bai was very handsome and asked her to come and see him. When she lived at her maternal grandmother's house in town, she had seen all kinds of handsome young men. How good-looking could a hunter from the mountains be? However, this Liu Ye was really beautiful. She was dressed better than her, the village chief's daughter. She was wearing a long dress made of coarse cotton, while Liu Ye was wearing a long dress made of fine cotton. It was really infuriating!

No, she couldn't let Liu Ye outdo her. She wanted her mother to make her a long dress of fine cotton. Her grandmother had secretly given her 500 coins, enough to buy five pieces of pure cotton cloth.

When Wu Xincao arrived at Wang Dani's house, she craned her neck to look into the yard. Her mother told her that Wang Dani and Zhang Fang had gotten into a fight over Bai the Hunter. Humph, how ridiculous! It's a pity she didn't see it; she should have come back much earlier.

As luck would have it, Wang Dani came out of the house at that moment and saw Hao Xincao standing at the door: "Xincao, you're back."

Wang Dani jogged to the door: "Where have you been? Why did you come back from over there?"

Besides Brother Bai's house, the only other house to the west of theirs was Liu Ye's. She had a bad feeling; could it be that Wu Xincao had also taken a liking to Brother Bai?

Wu Xincao's mind raced, and she immediately said with a smile, "I came to find you. I thought you were digging for wild vegetables on the hillside, so I went to look for you there, but I didn't see you, so I came back. Come on, let's go to my house to play. I brought back a lot of fun things from my grandma's house, and I also embroidered a lot of handkerchiefs. Can you take a look at them for me?"

Wang Dani smiled and nodded, but inwardly she was thinking, "Isn't he just showing off to me?" "Okay, wait for me a moment, I'll go tell my mother."

Wu Xincao smiled and nodded. Wang Dani told her mother and then quickly ran out of the house to go to Wu Xincao's house.

Liu Ye, who had entered the courtyard, did not go back inside. Instead, she stood in the courtyard listening to the commotion. Wu Xincao had called Wang Dani to her house. Without a doubt, she was asking about her and Brother Bai. To be honest, Brother Bai was quite the ladies' man. He hadn't even met her yet, and someone was already eyeing him.

"Hmph!" It doesn't matter, their concern is futile. She doesn't care about men who can be easily seduced; they're all trash. If Brother Bai is really seduced by some woman and changes his mind, she will kick him to the curb without hesitation!

Liu Ye looked up at the sun in the sky. It was noon again. Now she was all alone at home. What should she eat?

Oh right, while Brother Bai isn't home, she's going to stew some braised pork. She hasn't had it in so long, she's really craving it. No, it's not just that she hasn't had it in a long time, it's that she's never had it in her entire life. The last time she ate braised pork was in her past life. Today she's going to stew half a pot, and if she can't finish it, she'll store it in her space and eat it slowly.

She went to the kitchen, closed the kitchen door, and slipped into her spatial dimension. Inside, she took a large basin, went to the wild boar meat she had butchered, picked out a large piece of lean meat, and took a large strip of pork loin. Then she looked at the spare ribs next to her; she wanted to eat spare ribs again. Braised spare ribs were even tastier. She took three spare ribs, threw them into the basin, picked them up, and slipped out of her spatial dimension. She took them to the well in the backyard, washed them clean, and returned to the kitchen to start stewing the braised spare ribs.

The aroma of her stir-fried meat wafted throughout the village, making Old Wang next door pace around his yard with envy, while Aunt Wang muttered under her breath, "Oh dear, she's a reincarnation of a glutton! She eats meat every day, doesn't she fear dying from it? What a spendthrift woman! Whoever marries her is doomed!"

An hour later, Liu Ye added a piece of wood to the stove, clapped her hands, and stood up. Okay, she could just stay put. She needed to take the furniture out of her space while Brother Bai wasn't home, otherwise the room would feel too empty.

She waved her hand towards the east wall of the kitchen, took out a beautiful cabinet from her spatial storage, and then took out some pretty plates, bowls, basins, jars, large vats, and small vats. The kitchen was almost set up. She then went to her room, turned her hand to the left and then to the right, and took out a table, chairs, and benches from her spatial storage. There was some empty space on the kang (a heated brick bed). In this dynasty, it was customary to place cabinets on the kang. She found a beautiful cabinet in her spatial storage. It was made of rosewood and had many small drawers. The four corners of the cabinet were inlaid with copper trim and had ring handles. It looked quite nice when placed on the edge of the kang.

With a wave of her hand, she placed another table on the kang (a heated brick bed). "OK, now this should look like a new home. Let's go to Brother Bai's room."