Chapter 17: Who Dares to Take Advantage of the Xiaoshan Daughter-in-law After This

Earlier, the wife of Niu Lao San told her that she needed two hundred wen, and also mentioned that outsiders only charged three hundred wen.

Shen Xuezhu glanced at Niu Lao San’s wife. “Niu San Sao, would it be okay if I gave you one hundred and fifty wen?”

Niu Lao San’s wife snorted lightly. “You can just give it, what’s there to ask me about? Didn’t Zhao Laoda already say so?”

Why did these words sound so uncomfortable? Shen Xuezhu hadn’t wanted to say anything before, but it was Niu Lao San’s wife who told her to give two hundred wen.

Now, since Niu Lao San’s wife said it like this, she couldn’t be blamed.

“Weren’t you the one who told me before that we are from the same village, so you would charge me two hundred wen, but for outsiders, you charge three hundred wen?”

She had said this before when only Aunt He and her second daughter-in-law were there. Now, they weren’t here, and they didn’t speak, so who would know that she had said this?

“When did I ever say that? Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law, I remember you bumped your head the day before yesterday. Did you hit your head too hard and get confused? Now you’re talking nonsense.”

She was shifting blame again to protect her own face, and her words were really harsh.

Shen Xuezhu took back the two hundred wen. “Looks like I must’ve hit my head too hard the day before yesterday. I just remembered that I actually gave you one hundred and fifty wen at the Lin family, so how did I end up coming back to give it to you again?”

“Ah! How come I’m so muddled now?”

Seeing Shen Xuezhu take the money back, Niu Lao San’s wife got anxious. “You never gave me one hundred and fifty wen at the Lin family! Why are you saying that you did?”

“I clearly did, and Zhang Er Sao and Aunt He can vouch for it.”

An older woman suggested, “Call them over, and we’ll know the truth.”

If they called them over, wouldn’t they tell everyone that Niu Lao San’s wife had said she needed two hundred wen?

If she suddenly said she remembered that Shen Xuezhu had already given her one hundred and fifty wen, then Shen Xuezhu wouldn’t give her any more pig slaughter money.

In the future, if she asked Shen Xuezhu for money privately, Shen Xuezhu wouldn’t give her any.

That would mean she’d lose out on one hundred and fifty wen.

Money and face—she chose money.

Niu Lao San’s wife quickly said, “Don’t call them over, I have something to say.”

“What I told Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law before was that I would charge two hundred wen.”

Everyone was suddenly enlightened!

“But you said before that you hadn’t said that.”

“You even said Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law had bumped her head and was talking nonsense!”

“How fake can you be?”

Niu Lao San’s wife rolled her eyes secretly. If her husband wasn’t home, would these people dare to say that?

Shen Xuezhu didn’t want to keep going back and forth with Niu Lao San’s wife anymore. She made it clear.

“The reason I said I gave Niu San Sao one hundred and fifty wen at Zhang’s house is because she didn’t admit that she asked me for two hundred wen.”

“Actually, my mind isn’t muddled, and I never gave Niu San Sao one hundred and fifty wen!”

Everyone was stunned!

“Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law, you’re so clever.”

“Really impressive!”

“Who would dare to take advantage of Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law in the future!”

Shen Xuezhu counted out fifty wen, placed the one hundred and fifty wen on the table, and left.

…

After delivering wild boar meat from house to house, Shen Xuezhu was feeling a little tired. She had just reached her own doorstep when Song Guimiao and Tian Zhixiang squeezed into her house, walking in.

There was no more wild boar meat left in the yard. The remaining meat had already been put away in the main room by Shen Xuezhu.

Shen Xuezhu knew why they had come.

Because she was tired, she was walking a bit slower than they were.

Song Guimiao picked up a large piece of wild boar meat and walked out of the main room. “Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law, you didn’t deliver any wild boar meat to my house.”

“I’ll just take it myself. This piece of wild boar meat is mine now.”

Shen Xuezhu wearily glanced at her.

She took off the basket from her shoulder and placed it aside.

“Mom, you can’t take that piece of wild boar meat!”

Song Guimiao couldn’t understand. “You think I don’t know you’ve been giving wild boar meat to everyone else in the village?”

“You’ve given it to outsiders, but not even a single piece to your own family—what kind of reasoning is that?”