Surrounded by onlookers, Hong Xiaoduo lifted Yang Laowu up like a chick, raising him to waist level with the railing. She released one hand, supporting his waist, and then released the other, reaching over and pulling him inside. Yang Laowu was now inside the railing, his feet on the ground.
Yang Laowu had just been flipped in mid-air, and had been hanging upside down for too long. Even though his feet touched the ground, he was dizzy and unsteady, like a drunkard. He swayed from side to side for a while before he could barely stand up.
Once I stood still, I saw two people, one big and one small, in front of me, both in the same posture, arms crossed, looking at me with a half-smile.
Given his personality, he should have given the other person a good beating and scolding right now, and then said, "We'll see."
However, the more relaxed the other person seemed, the less he dared to do it.
"Do you really know you were wrong? Let me tell you again, the fact that I dared to touch you today proves that I have the ability to do so. Whether you're resentful or want revenge, I advise you to give up that idea."
I wanted to stay here and have a peaceful New Year. If anyone does anything shady and ruins my good mood, next time it won't be just a small lesson like before.
You don't need to feel ashamed of being punished by me. To be honest, do people like you even have that kind of thing anymore? People who truly care about their reputation wouldn't act so recklessly in public.
Why can't you do something worthwhile at such a young age? Why do you have to do things that are so disgusting and hateful?
Finally, let me give you one last piece of advice: since you've been reborn as a human and are wearing human skin, then do what a human should do. You're lucky this time you met me; if you had met someone with a bad temper, they might have sent you to report to the King of Hell.
And look at your two fair-weather friends. I just called you out, and they didn't even try to save you, let alone plead for you. Today I'll teach you a lesson about human nature; fair-weather friends are unreliable.
"Alright, I've done what I needed to do and said what I needed to say. If you still don't learn your lesson, then there's nothing I can do. Let's continue drinking tea." After Hong Xiaoduo finished speaking, she walked to the table, took a few peanuts from the dried fruit dish, and gently flicked her hand to the side. The peanuts were flung into the beam without penetrating it, just like a kind of inlay technique.
Yang Laowu and the other two were dumbfounded, staring at the few peanuts on the pillar in disbelief. Those were not nails!
By the time they came to their senses, the two, one big and one small, were long gone.
The three of them rushed to the railing and looked down. They saw that the people who had been watching were all looking in one direction. Following that direction, they saw the two people, one big and one small, at a roadside stall.
"Brother Yang, are you alright?" someone asked, remembering the question.
Upon hearing this, Yang Laowu turned around and sneered, "Do you think I have something to say or not? Get lost."
The person being scolded felt very aggrieved. In that situation, it wasn't that they didn't want to find help, but that female demon wouldn't allow it!
That's really wicked. She was the one who threatened them fiercely, forbidding them from making any moves, but in the end, she still stirred things up!
Clearly, she had succeeded, and the two left dejectedly.
Yang Laowu hadn't left. Now that he was all alone, he quickly plopped down in a chair, his heart still pounding.
Logically, I should go home early, take a good shower, change into dry clothes, and have a few drinks to calm my nerves. However, the crowd of onlookers downstairs hasn't left yet, and if I go out now, I'll really look like a monkey performing for a theatrical troupe.
"Mother-in-law, we've bought all the eggs, but it's inconvenient for us to carry them while we're out shopping. Could you deliver them directly to our place?"
It's not far from here, you know Manager Yang who runs an inn, right? It's his place.
"If you don't know, then wait here for us. We'll buy our things and then come back to buy your eggs," Hong Xiaoduo said to the old woman.
With three adults and seven children—ten people in total—eggs are an essential source of nutrition. Since we'll have to buy them anyway, we might as well buy the old lady's too, so she can go home sooner.
"I know Manager Yang's house, I've been there before. I'll take them over. Is anyone home now? What should I say when I get there?" The old woman's eyes lit up when she heard that all the eggs she had been selling since morning had been bought up in one go.
She was planning to use the money from selling the eggs to buy some salt and flour to take home, and she was quite worried about it. So when something happened ahead and a lot of people were watching, she didn't go to check it out, nor was she in the mood to ask anyone about it.
Tianxuan asked about the price, paid, then slung her bamboo basket over her shoulder, continued carrying the jar, and followed Hong Xiaoduo to the market.
The old woman selling eggs looked at the money in her hand. The man wasn't afraid she would run away with the money; instead, he gave her ten extra coins as a reward for her hard work. She kept praying to Guanyin Bodhisattva that good people would be rewarded.
"Tianxuan, how was it? I was pretty patient today, wasn't I? I kindly advised them to walk the right path," Hong Xiaoduo asked as she walked.
Tianxuan smiled and nodded, thinking to herself, "What patience? What advice to guide them onto the right path? You're just venting your anger by verbally abusing them."
However, Tianxuan was extremely happy and excited today because his mother took him flying, and they flew twice.
"Oh right, let's hurry up when we go shopping, we can't be late again, I'm going to visit the Jiang family this afternoon," Hong Xiaoduo suddenly remembered as they walked.
Upon arriving at the market, Tian Shu quickly found the milk seller and watched as the seller wiped the cow's milking area with a clean cotton towel before milking a full can.
When Tianxuan paid, Hong Xiaoduo asked the milk seller what time he usually came in the morning, and if it was early, she could lead the cow directly to Manager Yang's house.
The milkman was just happy to have sold such a big jar of milk, but when he heard that the customer wanted just that much every day, he immediately patted his chest and assured her that it was no problem. He said he would lead the cow to the door and wait at the time the young lady wanted, even if it was the middle of the night.
The milkman's words amused everyone, and some even joked that he might as well build a small shed outside Manager Yang's courtyard and live there with the cows.
Amid the laughter, more people learned that Hong Xiaoduo and her friends were renting a place in Manager Yang's courtyard, and some people came up to sell the ingredients they were selling.
“Our second son is in charge of the ingredients; you can ask him,” Hong Xiaoduo decisively pushed Tianxuan forward.
"Oh, such a young child, and already in charge?"
“Well, children from poor families mature early.” Seeing Tianxuan’s embarrassment, Hong Xiaoduo responded.
Poor, a poor family?
The vendors listened and looked the two people up and down, thinking to themselves, "Young lady, you call yourselves poor?"
Which poor family buys milk to eat? Which poor family dresses so well?
Tianxuan bought a few more ingredients, and seeing Hong Xiaoduo looking around with a slightly disappointed look, she asked, "Is there anything you want to buy? Don't you have anything?"
"Hawthorn, didn't we say we'd buy the hawthorn ourselves? I'll find you a recipe later, and you can make candied hawthorns?" Hong Xiaoduo told her.
When she mentioned it, Tianxuan remembered it too, and quickly explained that she would come and take another look.
Seeing that it was almost time, the two headed back, their bags full.
"Mother, when you go to the Jiang residence as a guest, don't go empty-handed..."
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