"You know that young lady? What did she do to offend you? You made her so angry that her eyes turned red. Her husband even looked back at me several times, thinking that I was bullying her."
"Husband? What a load of rubbish!"
"No? The two of them are so intimate, I thought it was true."
Since that's not the case, he should still call her "Miss".
"Why did you pursue her?" Huo Yan asked.
"I'm just curious how an ordinary girl could be so eloquent, and I also want to ask where that missing penny went..."
Huo Yan impatiently downed a cup of wine. "The shopkeeper took twenty-five coins, plus the waiter's two coins, that's twenty-seven coins! And then there's the three coins the waiter gave those three, making it exactly thirty coins. It's a very simple matter, just think about it differently, why squeeze yourself into a dead end!"
Wei Zheng glanced at him, "Your statement coincides with that girl's. You know you should change your perspective? But why are you trapping yourself in a dead end? You know perfectly well that she's about to get engaged, and there's no longer any possibility between you two..."
"That's enough, stop talking about her."
Wei Zheng pursed his lips, "Alright, let's not talk about her. Let me tell you about that girl. You know, those two poems weren't written by her. Her mentor was a student at the academy, and she overheard them..."
Huo Yan chuckled, "My mentor?"
"You seem to really dislike her? What did she do to offend you?"
Huo Yan was unwilling to say more, only saying, "Stay away from her, she's not a good woman."
Wei Zheng raised an eyebrow. Not a good woman?
Why didn't he realize that although this woman had an ordinary appearance, she had an outstanding temperament and didn't look like a typical peasant girl at all?
This time when she returned, Su Ruanruan was much quieter, staying in her little mud house to recover from her back injury.
The constable never came to cause her any trouble, and even Butcher Zhou never came again.
It's noticeable that Su Fangfang looks even more radiant every day and rarely stays at home.
It seems that Su Fangfang has really hooked up with him.
During this time, her grandmother, Wang, and her second aunt, Zheng, came to make trouble several more times, complaining that she wasn't earning money and trying to drag her to do laundry, cook, and feed the livestock.
Su Ruanruan could only point to the small cloth bag under the pillow, where there were thirty coins, before the two left happily without making things too difficult for her.
I'll just assume it was given to me by one of Su Ruanruan's lovers, so why not take it?
Once outside the house, Wang turned hostile, giving Zheng only ten coins and putting the rest into her own pocket.
With a forced smile, Zheng watched her mother-in-law enter the house before spitting out a curse at the ground: "Stingy old woman."
Su Ruanruan watched this scene through the window, a sly smile on her face.
The house quickly descended into chaos and unrest!
Once she goes to the county town, she doesn't want to come back.
That night, Zheng woke up from her sleep, tossing and turning, feeling itchy all over. She found that her husband, Su Zheng, was nowhere to be seen.
She touched the spot where he had been sleeping; it wasn't even warm.
Despite her discomfort, Zheng got up and lit the oil lamp.
I opened the door, poked my head out, and looked into the pitch-black courtyard.
A cold wind howled past, and she couldn't stop shivering. She quickly went back into the house to put on another coat before taking the oil lamp and heading straight for the outhouse.
But the outhouse was empty; there wasn't a soul in sight.
The fat on Zheng's face was all twisted together.
He was filled with anger but had nowhere to vent it.
Where are they? Where did they go?
She glanced at Su Ruanruan's room, which was still lit, and rushed over. Just as she raised her hand to knock on the door, Su Ruanruan opened the door, still half asleep.
Without noticing, I bumped into a wall of flesh, and in an instant, all the sleepiness in my mind vanished in fright.
"Second...Second Aunt, what are you doing here?"
Zheng pushed Su Ruanruan away and looked around the small room, but she didn't see her husband.
"Second Aunt, what are you looking for?"
Have you seen your second uncle?
Su Ruanruan blushed, both embarrassed and annoyed. "Second Aunt, what are you saying? How could I, a young lady, take in Second Uncle in the middle of the night? If word gets out, how will I live?! But..."
"But what?"
Su Ruanruan hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
This really worried Zheng, as she hated it when people held back half of what they were saying.
"I don't know what happened to me tonight, I had an upset stomach several times. When I opened the door, I thought I saw someone standing at the gate. I thought it was a thief, so I quickly hid inside the house and didn't dare to come out."
"But in the end, I couldn't hold back any longer and quietly peeked out. I thought I heard some noises in the Wen family's courtyard, and I could hear men talking."
Su Ruanruan shrank back in fright. "Second Aunt, do you think my Second Uncle also saw that dark figure in our yard and went to catch the thief?"
The expression on Zheng's face was truly fascinating.
A thief? More like a womanizer!
Zheng gritted her teeth and stormed off.
Seeing Zheng leave in a hurry, Su Ruanruan quickly grabbed her sleeve, "Second Aunt, there's a thief! I'm so scared. Why don't you sleep with me tonight?"
"Sleep, sleep, sleep! Get out of here, you big dummy!"
Su Ruanruan stumbled from the push and hit her back against the door.
That woman is really strong; her small body must be in pain.
I finally recovered from my back injury and ankle sprain, and now I'm afraid I've bumped my back again.
Without thinking twice, she quickly closed the door, because the weather was about to change.
Sure enough, in no time, the dark and quiet little mountain village was awakened by a series of furious cries.
Even though she lived in a remote area, people could still hear her furious roar, like that of a tiger.
The village dogs barked incessantly, and every household lit up with a soft glow.
Many people have already put on thick clothes and are walking in this direction against the cold wind.
Wang was snoring loudly while holding her money jar, but was startled by a sudden clap of thunder and quickly sat up.
Listening intently, I discovered the sound was coming from the neighboring yard, where there was a loud knocking on the gate.
A series of angry curses drifted to her ears on the wind.
The old woman, who had initially just wanted to watch the excitement, couldn't sit still any longer.
She knew that the widow next door was a restless woman who had stolen someone else's man, and that sooner or later the other woman would find out.
Unexpectedly, the gossip came back to haunt him. The voice was all too familiar; who else could it be but his loud-voiced second wife?
He immediately hid the money jar again, put on his coat, and hurriedly left the courtyard.
Su Ruanruan hid in the room, listening to the noise outside.
"Knock knock knock..."
There was a series of urgent knocks coming from the back door.
Su Ruanruan frowned slightly. Now that everyone has gone to watch the excitement, who would come knocking on her door?
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