Everyone else laughed too. They were just joking, but they didn't expect that someone would actually be so eager to send their daughter to someone else's family.
Chen Guixiang was not angry at being laughed at by the group. Instead, she said smugly, "You are just jealous that I have both a son and a daughter. People like you would never have the chance to please me even if you tried your best."
My daughter and son are well-regarded by everyone; they can marry whomever they want. You're just jealous.
Her daughter is the most beautiful girl in the surrounding area; suitors have been flocking to her door, so she has no worries about not getting married.
However, those families were all too ordinary and not good enough for her daughter, which is why she rejected them.
If it weren't for the war and the banditry, her daughter would have married into a wealthy family in town long ago.
These people are worried that their children will be ugly and won't be able to get married.
The crowd ignored Chen Guixiang and changed the subject.
Jiang Yimian glanced at Chen Guixiang a few more times.
It took him a while to suddenly remember that this woman was the one who had said they were outsiders last time.
She raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised. The last time she heard those words, she thought this person disliked migrants who had settled in from elsewhere, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
He'd never even met them, let alone known what kind of family they were, yet he wanted to marry his daughter off to them just because they were rich. What a snobbish person.
The original plan to build a house in the village in a few days vanished instantly.
They should stay in the mountains; it's peaceful there. If they were to build houses in the village, given the current situation, they probably wouldn't have a peaceful life.
People might nag me even if I eat meat, so I'm not in a hurry to build a house.
Fortunately, the oxcart stopped at the village entrance shortly afterward.
As soon as Xiao Zhang saw the oxcart, she quickly climbed on it first.
Jiang Yimian and her group followed closely behind.
Seeing the empty oxcart instantly filled up, Chen Guixiang was furious. She glared at the person who had pushed her earlier and said irritably, "I was here first, why did you push me?"
The man ignored her and simply said, "I'm already on board. You can wait for the next one."
Chen Guixiang was furious. Her gaze fell on the buckets that Jiang Yimian and the others were carrying. The group of people, carrying baskets on their backs and buckets, occupied at least one space.
She immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Brother Yang, don't you see these refugees? They're taking up so much land with all this stuff. You'll have to charge them less when you collect copper coins. Send one of them away so I can sit down. This little kid is too young to walk to town!"
As she spoke, she reached out to grab Gou Sheng.
Caught off guard, Gou Sheng was pulled and stumbled, about to fall off the oxcart. Jiang Yimian quickly reached out and grabbed the person, her gaze sweeping coldly over Chen Guixiang, and said in a cold voice, "I will pay extra copper coins for each extra seat you take."
She had considered paying extra coins from the beginning, since the things she was carrying were taking up extra space.
Gou Sheng steadied himself and quickly checked the basket on his lap. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the eggs inside were safe.
These are eggs that his mother had saved up for many days. She didn't take them all last time, so these are all she has left. They're worth several dozen copper coins, so she can't let them break.
Yang Er, who was driving the carriage, quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Mrs. Chen, wait here for a while. I'll be back in a bit, and the next trip will take me to town."
Chen Guixiang, however, persisted, saying, "I need to go to town now, why should I wait?"
She's from Qingshi Village, so these outsiders shouldn't dare to bully her.
Outsiders should keep a low profile.
Yang Er was taken aback, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Why don't you wait here? Er Niu is probably going to town soon, he'll be here in a bit."
Erniu was an honest man. When he came out of the village, he saw some villagers waiting for the oxcart and guessed that he would give them a ride.
In the past, oxcarts would pass through other villages at this time, but since the war started and other villages were looted by bandits, there have been no more oxcarts.
Nowadays, only his family and Erniu's family in several villages own an oxcart.
Although he was usually the only one in Qingshi Village who would take people to town, Erniu would sometimes do the same when there were many people.
This morning he greeted Erniu and learned that Erniu was also going to town.
Chen Guixiang was somewhat dissatisfied and said irritably, "No, I'm going to take this ride. This kid, get off."
As she spoke, she reached out to grab Gou Sheng again, this time with even more force than before. However, before she could touch him, Jiang Yimian grabbed her wrist tightly.
Chen Guixiang's eyes widened, and she was about to curse when Jiang Yimian used force to throw her to the ground.
The immense force sent Chen Guixiang sprawling backward with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The people on the oxcart were all taken aback. Jiang Yimian only said in a cold voice, "Drive the cart."
Yang Er then came to his senses, said "Oh," and saw that Chen Guixiang had gotten up from the ground and was not seriously injured, so he quickly drove the oxcart away.
The oxcart became much quieter; few people spoke, and even Xiao Zhang kept her mouth shut.
His gaze kept falling on the group, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Jiang Yimian didn't bother with their thoughts; they were just saying that they were not to be trifled with and that outsiders were barbaric.
Today's events should serve as a reminder to the others in Qing Shi Village.
Although they are outsiders, they are not people who will be bullied.
As for Chen Guixiang, that person started the trouble today, and she was merely acting in self-defense.
This feud is now established, but since they don't come to the village often, there's no need to worry about this person causing trouble.
This Chen Guixiang is quite interesting. On the one hand, she looks down on outsiders, but on the other hand, she wants to befriend that wealthy outsider. She's really contradictory.
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