Aside from the earlier incident where the cart wheels got stuck on a rock, Xiao Jinhan drove the cart quickly and steadily afterward. What would normally take half an hour was now covered in just half an hour.
After entering the city, the three drove the oxcart to the livestock market.
Su Hua came to Qingyuan County today for three reasons: first, to buy a horse-drawn carriage; second, to find a suitable stall to make mala tang (spicy hot pot); and third, to buy the spices needed to make the mala tang broth. Learning from the lesson of the flavorful snail recipe, she plans to buy the various spices from several pharmacies this time.
There were still a lot of star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves left over from making the spicy snails. In addition, eleven spices such as fennel, cloves, and angelica dahurica were needed. There were many pharmacies in the county town, so I bought two or three kinds from each one. I also picked up some of the detoxifying and beautifying herbs that I had promised the Su family.
In this way, presumably no one will be able to get their hands on the prescription anymore.
However, these spices are generally not cheap, and her purse will probably be empty when she goes back this time.
Chunhua was visiting Qingyuan County for the first time. Ever since entering the city, she had been sitting quietly by the car window, lifting a small corner of the curtain and peering out with her fluffy head peeking out, occasionally letting out a swallowing sound.
Su Hua looked over at the sound and saw a red object wrapped in sparkling sugar flowers in the corner.
The little guy stared intently at that spot, completely unaware that drool had already dripped all over the floor from the corner of his mouth.
“That’s candied hawthorn!” Su Hua shook her head and said gently with a smile, “It’s too crowded here now, so it’s inconvenient. I’ll buy it for you after we get off the oxcart.”
The children in the Su family rarely went out. Chunhua had never even been to Cangwu Town. In the past, the family was so poor that Su Baishi couldn't even afford to buy rice, let alone snacks for the children. This was the first time Chunhua had ever seen candied hawthorns.
"Candied hawthorns? They look so pretty!" Chunhua grinned, but then looked away. "I'm just looking. I don't like them, so I don't want my aunt to buy them!"
"How would you know if you don't like it if you haven't even tried it? The little ones all love it. One bite, and the hawthorn is coated in sugar, and your mouth is full of sweet and sour flavor. It's so delicious!" Su Hua looked at the little girl's unconvinced expression with a bit of helplessness.
Her mother was someone who always wanted to gain something from everything, while she was the complete opposite.
Sure enough, Chunhua's eyes brightened even more upon hearing this.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud 'bang' from behind the car.
The oxcart came to a sudden stop.
Su Hua reacted quickly and scooped Chunhua up, preventing her from rolling to the ground.
Before the two could even stand up properly, an angry shout came through the carriage window: "How are you driving this carriage? Don't you have eyes? Driving an oxcart this slowly? If you hit our young lady and cause her any harm, can you take responsibility?"
Su Hua lifted the carriage curtain and saw a maid in yellow standing in front of the oxcart with a furious expression.
Seeing Su Hua come out, she looked Su Hua up and down, then let out a cold snort, "Truly a country bumpkin, she doesn't know any manners at all. She bumped into someone, and she's not even going to apologize to my young lady right now. She'll regret it!"
After saying that, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and moved away, as if Su Hua and her group were something dirty.
"You hit someone? And you still have to apologize?" Su Hua's lips curled slightly as she glanced at the horse-drawn carriage that had crashed into the oxcart's carriage behind her.
The carriage was twice the size of theirs, its walls covered with exquisite light pink silk, its windows adorned with many round pearls, and a fist-sized luminous pearl hung directly in front of the door.
It's exactly like a clam spirit carrying a string of pearls.
The last time I saw such a fine carriage was when Qin Yucheng went to Shanghe Village.
The car behind, the Clam Shell, was even more ostentatious and luxurious than Qin Yucheng's.
"What are you looking at? You still can't afford it!" The maid in yellow looked at Su Hua with even more disdain. "Hurry up and apologize. If you delay my young lady's journey, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford to pay for it!"
"Delay your young lady's journey? Is she in a hurry to be reincarnated or something!" Su Hua's brows turned cold as she took a few steps closer to the maid. At 1.65 meters tall, she was a head taller than the maid in yellow. "Can't you see who bumped into whom? The one in front of me could still bump into the one behind me. Do you think this is a bumper car game?"
Because there were many people on the streets of Qingshui County today, Xiao Jinhan slowed down his driving speed as soon as he entered the main street.
It was clearly the carriage behind that accidentally crashed into us.
Even if someone wants to stage an accident, they'll have to see if Su Hua will allow it!
"What!" The maid in yellow was taken aback as she looked down at Su Hua.
It took her a while to realize that she was cursing her young lady to die.
"How dare you! How dare you! Do you know who my young lady is? A country bumpkin like you dares to speak so disrespectfully and insult my young lady! Even your dog's life wouldn't be enough for you!" The maid in yellow glared at Su Hua, her chest brimming with anger, and her hand was already raised at her side.
However, just as he was about to slap it out...
A sudden pain shot through my wrist.
"Smack!"
Su Hua grabbed her hand and slapped her across the face.
"If you're out of your mind, go back and get it fixed before you come out again, so you don't have to go around asking everyone who your young lady is!" Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes narrowed, her gaze turning cold. "Also, we country folk don't eat your rice, we don't owe you anything, so stop calling me a peasant and a country bumpkin. If I hear that again, I'll beat you up!"
"You! You! You...you actually dared to hit me!" The maid in yellow covered her face, her eyes filled with disbelief.
The commotion they made had already attracted a large crowd of people.
The pointing and whispering gazes, coupled with the burning pain on her face, instantly made her feel incredibly humiliated.
She stared intently at Su Hua, then angrily flung her sleeve and shouted at the servants behind her, "What are you all standing there for? Are you all blind? Get up here now! Grab this insolent brat and beat her to death!"
"Yes." As soon as the maid finished speaking, a dozen or so men dressed in dark blue short jackets rushed forward around the carriage.
Each of them strode confidently, holding a shiny black wooden stick in their hand.
In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Su Hua and her two companions' oxcart.
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