Farm Tough Girl-Chapter 16 - 0 Jealous of Us_1
Chapter 16: Chapter 016 Jealous of Us_1
Chapter 16 -016 Jealous of Us_1
Having purchased several cotton quilts, though spring had arrived, the blankets at home were too old and it was time for new ones. Muniang specifically bought for herself a set of kitchen utensils complete with pots, pans, ladles, and bowls—she had loved cooking in her previous life, but that was under the condition that she had a well-equipped kitchen!
Muniang checked the items she had bought; it seemed everything was there, yet she had spent less than five silver taels. She turned to Eryang and asked, “Is there anything you want? Huh?”
Eryang scratched his head and thought for a while, but still shook his head, “Having meat to eat is happiness enough.”
Muniang couldn’t help but laugh, “You really understand the important things.”
Eryang wasn’t thinking about saving Muniang money; he believed more than anyone that his wife would make a lot of money. But apart from eating meat, he really couldn’t think of anything better.
The two loaded up a full ox cart with their purchases. Seeing that the sun was nearing its zenith, and remembering that Mrs. Lin hadn’t eaten at home yet, they decided not to dine in the city. However, Eryang was hungry. He naturally burned through food quickly and had a large appetite, wishing he could eat eight meals a day. Now that it was close to noon and he had only had breakfast, he obviously couldn’t hold out. Muniang then bought him five large meat buns to eat on the road.
Eryang wasn’t picky about food; as long as it contained meat, he’d eat anything!
“Wife, you eat too; the buns from this place are really fragrant.”
Watching Eryang eat with a face full of satisfaction, Muniang took one and bit into it. The savory meat aroma was enveloping—it was such a rare delight!
Both sitting side by side on the ox cart, Eryang drove with one hand while holding the fragrant meat bun with the other, while Muniang turned to look at the cart filled with “provisions,” feeling an endless sense of satisfaction. In her previous life, she had been competitive and, although she made significant academic achievements, she never felt content. Her goals always shifted, the difficulty always increased, and in her eyes, being content with the status quo meant never advancing. Because of this, she was busier and worked harder than anyone, often overlooking the most precious people around her. Now reminiscing, she even questioned what the meaning of her past life was.
In this life, she had nothing but suddenly felt content. It seemed that the environment truly could change one’s mindset.
Upon returning to the village, Muniang’s ox cart, laden with goods, naturally drew everyone’s attention. Tupo Village was so small, and the morning’s incident with Mrs. Ji, the wife of the Qiao family’s eldest son, had spread throughout the village after just a morning—especially since Mrs. Ji had been everywhere making fun of Muniang’s family for being so poor they even picked hawthorn to sell.
However, when they saw Eryang and his wife bring a cart full of good things into the village, the entire village was dumbfounded.
“Hey, Muniang, what all is on this cart of yours?” The one who asked was Mrs. Liang from the Zhu Family, her eyes fixed on the sack of shiny white rice on Muniang’s cart.
Muniang found it amusing. Mrs. Liang had joined Mrs. Ji in mocking her that morning, and now she was chattering with her as if they were old friends? Muniang protected the items on her cart with one hand and casually replied, “We ran out of grain at home, so I just went to the city to buy some food.”
“Oh, this is quality white rice, look at those grains, so white and fine, definitely top-notch, isn’t it? How can your family afford such fine things?” As Mrs. Liang spoke, she reached to grab the sack, tempted by the idea of pocketing some of the goods, as only a fool wouldn’t.
Unexpectedly, Muniang deftly pulled the sack away, and Eryang jumped off the cart, blocking Mrs. Liang, and shouted, “What are you doing? Did we say you could touch someone else’s things?”
“I’m just looking, what’s all the fuss about? We’re all neighbors here, why be so cold?” Mrs. Liang felt extremely resentful in her heart; the cart was filled with good things, and she hardly knew where to look.
Muniang truly didn’t want to waste another word with such people, “I don’t recall our two families being so close, Erliang, let’s go.”
“What kind of way is that to talk!” Mrs. Liang shrieked, “Having a bit of money now and you think you’re something special? Not even caring for your fellow villagers’ face, it really is true what they say: like mother, like daughter, no upbringing, serves you right to marry a husband who’s an idiot!”
Erliang’s complexion changed drastically, and Muniang quickly stopped him, “Husband, why bother arguing with such people? She’s just jealous that we have rice and meat, only those who live at the very bottom and have nothing are so disregardful of their image and make a raucous.”
“Who are you saying is making a raucous?!”
Muniang scoffed, “Who is yelling at this moment?”
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“You······” Mrs. Liang was furious, about to curse out loud but was stopped by Mr. Xue who was standing aside, “What are you making a fuss about here? Have Muniang and her husband done anything to you? They just bought some grain back from the town, and you can’t stand it? Or is it that you’re looking to take advantage of the situation for some personal gain?”
“Ha!” Mrs. Liang snorted, “What a joke! I want their favors? They’re just an impoverished, decaying household, what benefits could they have for me to gain?” Yet, her eyes kept darting covetously towards the goods on Muniang’s ox cart.
Having noticed this, Muniang said to Old Man Xue with a smile, “It’s good I’ve run into Grandpa Xue. I’ve just bought some rice and grain in town today, and you’ve always been a help to our family. I’ll send some over to you later.”
Old Man Xue could see through Muniang’s thoughts and laughed heartily, “That would be really great. There aren’t many families in our village who can afford to eat fine white rice!”
These words were an overt jab at Mrs. Liang, just look at this young couple, the cart is full of fine white rice and meats! Who are you to criticize and dictate to them!
Mrs. Liang was so angry she could have fallen backward. She could handle Old Man Xue’s sarcasm, but it was unbearable how this girl seemingly knew she wanted some rice and meat, yet right after she claimed not to care, immediately said she would send some to Old Man Xue! Mrs. Liang felt ants crawling over her heart, itching unbearably, yet she couldn’t bring herself to ask Muniang for it.
Muniang, too weary to continue entangling with Mrs. Liang, simply bid farewell to Old Man Xue and drove the ox cart away.
Once Muniang left, the crowd burst into an uproar.
“Did they come into a windfall? How did they suddenly get so much money to buy all these things? That meat must weigh over ten pounds, how much money would that cost?”
Mr. Xue suddenly recalled the scene of Muniang spearing fish; at that moment, he suddenly felt that Muniang spearing each fish so accurately might not just be luck, and he just smiled, “Who knows? That girl Muniang has always been capable, who knows if she might make a fortune in the future.”
When Muniang returned home with the ox cart, Mrs. Lin was still inside the house. Muniang feared she might act rashly and worsen her illness, she was worried on her way back but found she had worried too much upon her return.
Having dealt with the County Chief, Sir Xu returned directly to the residence specially prepared for him; his purpose for coming wasn’t to conduct a private inspection of civilian life — such trivial matters weren’t worthy of his attention as a lofty Second-Rank Young Master.
