Chapter 9: Punish the bad woman!
Su Mengxue turned around and saw a woman about her age, wearing a new emerald green Dacron cheongsam with lace trim on the puff sleeves and a pair of stiletto heels.
The most eye-catching thing is the butterfly brooch on her chest, with silver wings inlaid with diamonds. In that era, this style should only be seen in Shanghai fashion magazines.
Especially the proud aura that the woman exudes, she is obviously a pampered young lady.
Su Mengxue thought that buying fabric and having clothes tailored would take some time, so she didn't need to argue with an irrelevant person.
But as soon as she turned around, the woman came up on her stilettos, insisting, "Su Mengxue, you're just a country bumpkin. No matter how you dress up, you can't change your inherently poor appearance. Don't be too proud. Sooner or later, my uncle will dump you. Then you'll go back to the countryside and pick up manure."
Uncle? Su Mengxue quickly went through the contents of the book in her mind, then matched the age and demeanor of the man in front of her with the characters in her memory, and soon came up with the answer.
No wonder the woman came with bad intentions. She was Gu Xiangyu's sister, Gu Xuejiao, the spoiled girl in the book who was spoiled by Gu Weiguo and Sun Suqin and became lawless.
Su Mengxue frowned calmly. They were indeed family, all with their eyes on the top of their heads, and they all needed to be punished. In her previous life, she had given the original owner a lot of trouble. Now that she had traveled through time, she naturally had to vent her anger on her behalf.
The book doesn't describe the minor character Gu Xuejiao much, but it does write that Gu Xuejiao has liked Chen Yanzhi since she was a child. She tried everything from crying to making a fuss to threatening to commit suicide in order to marry him. She even sent her parents to the Shen family to plead for her, but Chen Yanzhi remained unmoved.
She chuckled softly, "That's right, I'm from the country, and you're a city girl with a good education and background. But a country bumpkin like me can marry Gu Yunting, but you, with such excellent conditions, even Chen Yanzhi doesn't like you."
She deliberately moved closer to Gu Xuejiao when she said this, and taunted her, "You're not even as good as the country bumpkin you're talking about. How bad can you say you are?"
Gu Xuejiao's chest heaved violently when she heard that. She raised her hand and pointed at Su Mengxue angrily, gritting her teeth and saying, "Su Mengxue, you're just a bitch who climbed into bed to get to the top. How dare you say that to me!"
Before she finished her words, there was a bang, and Su Mengxue swung her arm and slapped Gu Xuejiao in the face.
Gu Xuejiao didn't expect Su Mengxue to attack her. She was unable to react and staggered back a few steps, falling on the shelf behind her.
When Gu Xuejiao looked up again, she saw that she was surrounded by people, and everyone was whispering at her. She had never been treated like this before. She screamed and rushed towards Su Mengxue.
But as soon as she raised her wrist, Su Mengxue's fingers grabbed it tightly.
"Gu Xuejiao, if you move again, you will not just get a slap in the face." Su Mengxue grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward. Gu Xuejiao staggered and bumped into the counter, and laughter suddenly broke out around them.
Gu Xuejiao knew that country people had plenty of brute force, and she, with her delicate skin and tender flesh, could not beat Su Mengxue.
She stood up straight and glared at Su Mengxue, her voice trembling as she said, "Su Mengxue, how dare you hit me? Believe it or not, I'll go back and ask Grandpa to cancel your engagement with your uncle and kick you, a country bumpkin, out of the Gu family!"
Su Mengxue crossed her arms at her side, glanced at her, and replied lightly: "Gu Xuejiao, do you really think your Gu family is a golden nest? Who wants to stay there!"
Seeing Su Mengxue's lack of reaction, Gu Xuejiao was so enraged she blurted out, "Su Mengxue, stop trying to act like a spoiled brat. Don't you care? You come to the Gu family every year with such a smug look on your face. You pretend to be here to celebrate Grandpa's birthday, but in reality, you're trying to cling to the Gu family using underhanded tactics. Last night was proof of that."
Su Mengxue narrowed her cold eyes slightly: "What happened last night? Gu Xuejiao, do you know what you are talking about?"
At Su Mengxue's reminder, Gu Xuejiao instantly thought of what Gu Weiguo and Sun Suqin had told her last night, and a trace of panic quickly flashed in her eyes.
She pursed her lips and changed the subject: "We in the Gu family have eaten and seen everything. The rubbish you sent me is so dirty that I can't even feed it to a dog. Don't send me any more in the future."
Su Mengxue looked around and said slowly, "We country folk really don't have anything to show for ourselves. The pickled vegetable jars and pickled radishes we gave you are things we wouldn't normally eat. Are you saying that a dog in the city is more valuable than our country lives?"
As soon as these words came out, several country folks rushed over and said to Gu Xuejiao, "You look down on country folks, but we country folks farm and pay taxes so that you city folks can eat white flour buns."
"We sweat and tear the wheat we sow, grind it into flour, and send it to the city first. Do you think country folk are dirty? Then why don't you eat any food tomorrow? Look at you, a delicate young lady with delicate skin and flesh. Can you go hungry for three meals?"
A woman in a patched shirt squeezed into the crowd, clutching freshly weighed sugar in her arms. She shouted at the top of her voice, "If you ask me, no matter how much perfume this city uses, it can't cover up the stench of ingratitude this man carries!"
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Gu Xuejiao was forced to retreat repeatedly by the smell of cigarettes, sweat and the accusations. Her face flushed and she covered her nose. Just as she was about to refute, Su Mengxue spoke first:
"Gu Xuejiao, if you make any more disrespectful remarks about country folk, I'll report you to the neighborhood committee, saying you're out of touch with the masses and in need of re-education. I'll send you to the countryside for reform. I'll make you eat steamed bread and pickles every day, and carry manure buckets. I'll see if you still have the heart to wear fine clothes and paint your eyebrows in front of the mirror every day!"
The crowd of onlookers echoed, "I think it's not enough for a city girl like her to go to the countryside. She should go to the Great Northern Wilderness to eat snow stubble, carry manure and feed pigs, so as to temper her pampered nature."
"Oh, if this delicate and tender person goes to the Great Northern Wilderness, I'm afraid he won't even be able to carry a plow!"
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Laughter was heard again all around.
Gu Xuejiao was most afraid of suffering. Her fingertips tightly grasped the hem of her Dacron shirt and she screamed at Su Mengxue, "Who do you think you are? How dare you!"
Su Mengxue glanced at Gu Xuejiao's pale face and thought that she looked exactly like her brother.
She took a few steps closer, raised her eyebrow, and said, "Gu Xuejiao, people are not divided by status, but by their hearts. If you dare to say the word 'country bumpkin' again, I don't mind having a good talk with the street office. I'll teach you a lesson about how snowflakes from the Great Northern Wilderness can get into your collar."
The color drained from Gu Xuejiao's face, and the back of her neck felt cold, as if snowflakes from the Great Northern Wilderness were really running down her collar and into her spine. Thinking of her brother's fate, she didn't dare to say anything more, and staggered around and fled.
The crowd of onlookers ridiculed Gu Xuejiao's back a few more times and then dispersed. Su Mengxue went straight to the fabric area to choose fabrics.
She didn't notice that Chen Yanzhi, who was standing on the third floor, watched the whole farce. He looked at Su Mengxue's back, his eyes behind the lenses slightly gloomy, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.
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