Chapter 587: Chapter 587: Fancy but Ineffective Martial Arts Chapter 587: Chapter 587: Fancy but Ineffective Martial Arts Xuexue nodded her head and said, “That’s right, the rest of the watermelons are not ripe yet, it will take a few more days before we can harvest them, so there’s no need to pick watermelons these next few days. I’ve already arranged this with Shopkeeper Fan, he will come to collect the watermelons in a few days.”
“Our watermelons sell for a high price, and there are definitely a lot of people in the village who have their eyes on them, so we still need to keep an eye on the watermelon field these next few days,” Madam Xie thought for a moment before instructing.
She had heard that, just from the few watermelons she gave to Old Lady Mo, they sold them in the town and actually made almost five taels of silver.
So there she was, blinded by greed, they even thought of such a despicable trick, even inviting a fake monk back, all for the purpose of stealing the property of her and her daughter, Madam Xie became more and more frightened as she thought about it. Fortunately, they didn’t succeed. Otherwise, she and her daughters would have been left homeless.
After thinking it over, Xuexue said, “Mother, why don’t you go there and watch over it during the day? With someone keeping watch, those with bad intentions wouldn’t dare to steal so boldly.”
“It’s fine to say for others, but I’m worried about encountering your grandmother…”
“That old woman is such a nuisance, mother, don’t confront her head-on, otherwise, you will suffer a loss. I’ll deal with her when I come back.” Xuexue was well aware that Madam Xie’s fear of Old Lady Mo had persisted for over a decade and was not something that could be changed overnight.
Madam Xie said, “Hmm! Mother can indeed watch over the watermelon field during the day, but what about at night?”
“Who would go to the fields to steal watermelons in the middle of the night?” Xuexue said on purpose.
“Now that the watermelons in the town are selling for such a high price, those in the fields are like shiny taels of silver. For money, people wouldn’t just go at the third watch of the night, they would go as far as to stay up all night without sleep if they had to fight over it.”
“Mother, you worry too much. If people wanted to steal, they would have already done so. They wouldn’t wait until now when the watermelons are almost gone. Don’t worry, you’re overthinking it.”
Upon further thought, Madam Xie also found it reasonable and said no more.
Xuexue’s eyes narrowed as she thought, certainly there would be many people stealing watermelons at night, but most of them were probably scared off by Xiao Taohong; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many tales of demons and ghosts in the village.
They probably refer to Xiao Taohong as the ghost.
It was said that Erlaizi was scared even worse, now lying in bed, unable to get up!
Madam Xie then asked, “Xuexue, are you going to the town tomorrow?”
Xuexue shook her head: “No.”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to open a flower shop? Why aren’t you going to the town to prepare?” Madam Xie was well aware of Xuexue’s plan to open a flower shop. However, she was completely unaware that her daughter was the secret owner of the town’s only and largest brothel.
Xuexue didn’t plan to tell her, mainly because she was afraid of alarming her. After all, she was an unmarried girl and the idea of her opening a brothel in this remote and impoverished place would not sound good if word got out.
“Everything is ready, just waiting to open in a few days,” Xuexue replied seriously, knowing that she had an inexhaustible source of goods in her space, she wasn’t worried at all.
“As long as you know what you’re doing!” Madam Xie had no objections since Xuexue had everything well arranged.
Xuexue said, “Mother, tomorrow I want to take a trip up the mountain.”
Madam Xie immediately objected: “Don’t go, with Big Bull not around, it’s too dangerous. Have you forgotten the last time you encountered a tiger and nearly lost your life?”
“Mother, I promise I won’t go deep into the mountains, I’ll just catch a few rabbits for the rabbit at the outskirts and that’s it.”
“From the way you talk, it sounds as if the rabbits are just waiting in your pouch to be caught,” Madam Xie said with a mix of irritation and amusement.
Xuexue had learned martial arts from Big Bull, and her mother knew this. However, she thought her daughter was just playing around, and what she learned was all showy punches and kicks that looked good but were practically useless.