Xu Xingchen put down her embroidery, feeling somewhat puzzled: "Zhang Xiaochun, what's wrong with you?"
Zhang Xiaochun dropped what he was holding and walked forward.
"Everyone should have seen it, right? What we embroidered is completely different from what Erya embroidered! Xu Xingchen is biased. She was serious when teaching Erya, but she was very perfunctory when teaching us! In my opinion, she doesn't want to teach at all. She just wants to trick men into doing work for her cousin!"
Xu Xingchen raised his eyebrows: "Is there a possibility that Erya is talented?"
"That's impossible. Arya is still so young, what abilities can she have?"
The person who spoke was Zhou Xiaoniang. She also stood next to Zhang Xiaochun, her eyes full of suspicion.
Xu Xingchen glanced at the others: "Do you think so too?"
No one spoke.
That's what the default means.
Xu Xingchen was so angry that he laughed. It was true that poor and remote areas produced unruly people. They just couldn't stand others doing well. When something went wrong, they would blame others first without ever reflecting on themselves.
She really didn't have the mood to teach this kind of person, so she let him do whatever he wanted.
Xu Xingchen turned around and tried to leave, but Zhang Xiaochun caught up with her and grabbed her hand: "Xu Xingchen, where are you going? You haven't explained your bias yet! Don't even think about leaving until this is explained clearly!"
The others followed.
Erya was startled by this scene and tried to stand in front of Xu Xingchen to explain: "Master didn't teach me privately..."
Unfortunately, she was too small, with a small body and voice, so no one present paid any attention to what she said.
"Don't make things difficult for my cousin. If you have anything to say, come to me."
Just when Xu Xingchen was surrounded, Jun Haoyue heard the noise and rushed over. With his strong arms, he blocked the women who were trying to pull off his clothes.
He was tall, a full head taller than the women, so they had to look up to see him.
Their momentum had already been largely lost. Among the few people, only Zhang Xiaochun was still trying to be brave: "We just want to have a talk! Why is it that everyone is here to learn embroidery, but Xu Xingchen is teaching Erya privately!"
"You're all wrong. Sister Xu never taught my Erya privately. We all learned everything from others."
Aunt Fatty also rushed over and explained breathlessly, "My Erya's embroidery is so beautiful because she works hard. Sigh, you don't know how late she stays up to embroider a piece!"
As Aunt Pang spoke, she pulled up Erya's hand and saw many red spots on her fingers.
There are so many needle holes everywhere.
The women's voices accusing Xu Xingchen of being biased suddenly became much quieter, but there was still some dissatisfaction in their eyes.
Obviously, they didn't believe Aunt Fat's explanation.
Getting them to admit that they are not as good as children is harder than climbing to the sky!
Xu Xingchen understood this very well, so she sneered and said, "What if I teach you? What if I don't? You came here to learn embroidery, not to be my boss! I just want to say one thing: learn if you want, get out if you don't want! It would be best if you all go home. Then I can just teach Erya and have some peace and quiet."
After saying that, Xu Xingchen turned to Jun Haoyue and said, "Let's go home."
Jun Haoyue glanced at those people, shook his head, and then quickly caught up.
"Every one of you has problems!" Aunt Fatty muttered as she walked out, holding her daughter Erya's hand. "It's a favor for me to teach you, and it's also my pleasure not to teach you! I haven't collected your tuition, so why are you all pointing fingers?"
The women in the bungalow looked at each other.
Could it be that they were really wrong?
This time, Xu Xingchen was determined to teach a lesson to those women who were incompetent at everything and always blamed others.
So after she returned that day, she didn't show up in the embroidery class for three days and only let Erya go home to study.
Days like this are much more pleasant than classes!
On the fourth day, the woman from the embroidery class finally couldn't sit still anymore and knocked on Xu's door one morning.
Xu Xingchen opened the gate and saw a group of people standing in front of the gate carrying their home agricultural products. Most of them had smiles on their faces, but Zhang Xiaochun looked reluctant.
She didn't want to apologize to Xu Xingchen at all, and she was not wrong!
The other women in the village were afraid that Xu Xingchen would not forgive her, so they forced her to come. They also said that if this matter failed, Zhang Xiaochun's family would compensate for everyone's losses.
Only then did she reluctantly go to the door with two eggs.
Xu Xingchen was secretly happy, but the expression on his face did not change.
"What do you mean by blocking my door?"
The leader was Zhou Xiaoniang, who stepped forward with a smile. "Sister Xu, we're here to apologize. Didn't we say something wrong a few days ago that upset you? We've all deeply reflected on our mistakes during this time, and today we've come to ask for your forgiveness. As we're from the same village, can we just let this matter go?"
You wish!
Xu Xingchen hadn't forgotten how they surrounded him that day: "You guys just turned it over as you said, so how can I explain the grievances I suffered?"
Zhou Xiaoniang gritted her teeth and took out a few copper coins from her sleeve: "Use this money to buy some food to replenish your body and calm down!"
The others hesitated for a moment and then took out their silver coins.
It was a bit painful to give out this money, but after learning how to embroider, one piece could be sold for two taels of silver. This deal is definitely a sure win!
The amount they gave was not large, but there were so many of them, so it was quite a bit of money when you added it up.
Xu Xingchen accepted all of it without hesitation and decided to let the matter go for the sake of the money.
She promised to resume the class tomorrow.
The women who got the satisfactory answers smiled from ear to ear, but Zhang Xiaochun still had a gloomy look on his face. Before leaving, he even glared at Xu Xingchen on purpose.
That night, Aunt Fat also came carrying a bag of rice, saying it was Erya's tuition.
Xu Xingchen said helplessly: "You heard about what happened during the day, right, Aunt Fatty?"
Auntie Pang looked embarrassed. "Yes, I heard about it! We all learn embroidery. It doesn't make sense that they paid tuition but my Erya didn't! Don't let them gossip about you again!"
It turned out that Aunt Pang was thinking about her, and Xu Xingchen felt warm in her heart.
Just for this little token of appreciation, she couldn't accept the bag of rice and insisted that Aunt Pang take it back.
Seeing her insistence, Auntie Pang had no choice but to carry the rice back home. As she left, she kept looking back: "Sister Xu, if you don't want to accept this rice, then don't accept it! But if you need any help from me in the future, you must remember to tell me, don't be shy!"
"I know, I won't be polite with you!"
Aunt Pang then left, her plump body gradually walking away in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Quack, mother, I'm back!"
Xu Xingchen was about to close the door when she saw her son rushing into her arms. Unexpectedly, she didn't have time to stand still and took several steps back, nearly falling.
Fortunately, Jun Haoyue supported her in time: "Xingchen, are you okay?"
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