Chapter 531: Chapter 531 Sent to the Western Heaven Chapter 531: Chapter 531 Sent to the Western Heaven “Mother, you shouldn’t always be so timid and fearful, people will bully us even more.”
Xuexue disagreed with Madam Xie’s advice, her face clearly showing dissent. In her past life, she followed Madam Xie’s teachings on how to behave and handle matters. And what was the result? She faced a death by a thousand cuts, and her daughter was burned alive before her very eyes. Therefore, in this life, she didn’t want to be kind anymore.
“And what can we do if we can’t bear it? Our family doesn’t even have a male to uphold our household, and it’s just us three women left. Even if we can’t bear it, we must.”
That’s how it was in the countryside, if there were no men in the family, others would look down on you. It wasn’t so bad when Big Bull was around, but now that it was only the three of them, it was normal for Madam Xie to think like this.
“It’s precisely because we have no men in our family that we need to be strong-minded, so others wouldn’t dare to bully us.”
“You girl, why do you never listen?” Xuexue’s reputation, spread by Madam Ruan and Lady Li, had been tarnished, and Madam Xie couldn’t help but lower her head and cry again.
Upon seeing this, Auntie Li began to console Madam Xie, “Auntie, don’t cry. Xuexue is a clever girl. She must have her reasons for acting this way. You don’t know, this morning, she gave Lady Li a beating, and now, Lady Li doesn’t even dare to make a peep. Maybe if she beats Madam Ruan too, she’ll stop speaking nonsense in the future.”
“What?” Madam Xie’s eyes widened as she turned to Xuexue and asked incredulously, “You beat up Lady Li this morning?”
Xuexue felt a headache coming on.
Auntie Li was trying to be kind but made things worse. Why did she have to bring up the fight for no reason? Really.
“Mother, don’t be angry. I just couldn’t help it; that woman’s words were too infuriating. I only hit her a few times lightly. It didn’t hurt.”
Hearing this, Auntie Li nearly choked on her saliva, thinking that Xuexue was such a smooth talker to be able to lie without blinking an eye. What does it mean to ‘lightly’ hit someone a few times? She had almost killed Lady Li. Otherwise, with Lady Li’s arrogant and domineering nature, would she have stayed quiet? Li must be fearing Xuexue and temporarily holding back her anger.
Who knows when that fuse might blow?
“My girl, you have to think about your future. Big Bull has left, and we don’t know if he’ll come back. If he doesn’t return, you’ll still need to find a good family to marry into. If your reputation is ruined, what will you do in the future?” Madam Xie’s tears were caused by the worry over these rumors.
The future?
She might have considered it while Big Bull was here.
But now that he was gone, she felt a hollow emptiness within, no longer caring for anything else, and only wanting to protect the ones she loved and seek revenge.
“Xuexue, Mother is talking to you. Are you listening at all?”
“Mother, I’m listening,” Xuexue responded, feigning obediently with her head lowered.
“You mustn’t be so rash in the future, understand?”
“I understand!” Xuexue replied absently, agreeing with Madam Xie’s fearfulness only to put her at ease for the time being.
The Mo family
Lately, Madam Xie had been bringing two watermelons over every day.
Thanks to the watermelons that quenched their thirst and cooled them down during the sweltering summer heat, the Mo family had been living quite comfortably.
Madam Ruan held a bright red slice of watermelon and bit into it eagerly. It was juicy and sweet, making her so content that she squinted her eyes with pleasure, “Hmm! There’s nothing like a bite of watermelon on such a hot day. It’s so refreshing.”
“Madam Ruan, eat it slowly. Watermelons are expensive in town, costing more than half a piece of silver for one,” Old Lady Mo glanced at her and cautioned.
Madam Ruan smiled, “What is there to be afraid of? Madam Xie brings watermelons to our home every day. Are you still worried we won’t have any to eat?”