Chapter 20  Shooting Yourself in the Foot

Zhang Dahua scrambled to her feet, still wanting to make a scene, but when she heard the words “county office” and “jail,” and saw the aura radiating from Qin Ruo, her legs went weak.

Wang Laoer and Wang Fugui were tough, but they still paid five taels of silver.

If this little bitch really reported her to the yamen, forget about her family not having five taels of silver.

Even if it was only fifty coins, her husband and mother-in-law would beat her to death.

The other women were also scared and immediately gave up their thoughts, hurriedly putting the things back into Qin Ruo’s basket, not daring to breathe.

Each of them was trying to lower their presence.

Zhou Dazhu also took this opportunity to take back the chicken and rabbit that Zhang Dahua had “bought” from her basket.

“I’m not a person who likes to reason, I like to speak with my fists. If you don’t offend me, I won’t offend you. If you offend me, then think carefully, are you richer or more powerful than Wang Lizheng’s family?”

Qin Ruo’s words were clearly telling the few restless women.

I’m not afraid of Wang Lizheng, are you tougher than Wang Lizheng?

“If you make any more trouble, you’ll all get off. Get your minds right! You’re all old enough, don’t be afraid of losing face.”

Lao Yang’s tone was unkind, and he glared at the few women.

The few people who wanted to take advantage of the chaos with Zhang Dahua were all red in the face and lowered their heads, not saying a word.

“If you don’t want to sell, you don’t want to sell, what’s so great about it. Why did you hit me? I don’t care! You hit me, you have to pay me one hundred coins for medicine. No! Two taels of silver, one less coin and I’ll never let you go.”

Seeing that she couldn’t get any advantage, Zhang Dahua came up with another plan, simply lying on the ground and howling.

This trick had always worked in the past.

She didn’t believe that the little bitch from the Qin family would really dare to do anything to her.

Qin Ruo’s patience had run out, she kicked Zhang Dahua’s basket off the cart, and then picked up the ten copper coins and threw them down.

She turned to Lao Yang and said, “Uncle Yang, it’s getting late…”

“Oh… oh, okay! Let’s go.” Lao Yang came to his senses and drove the donkey cart back on the road.

Lao Yang had always disliked Zhang Dahua’s behavior, but because they were all from the same village, he couldn’t say anything.

Seeing Qin Ruo teach Zhang Dahua a lesson without suffering any loss, he felt inexplicably happy.

Qin Ruo’s operation was something Zhang Dahua never expected.

By the time she realized it and picked up the copper coins on the ground and sorted out the things in her basket, the donkey cart was already gone.

“Hey, I haven’t gotten on the cart yet. Wait for me, wait for me…” Zhang Dahua was dumbfounded.

She no longer cared about acting, and quickly chased after the donkey cart with her basket on her back.

It took half an hour to get from Changhe Village to Datong Township, if she walked there, her feet would be worn out.

Lao Yang, who was driving the cart in front, seemed not to hear, he pulled the rope in his hand and the donkey cart ran faster, disappearing on the path in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Dahua chased after the donkey cart all the way, sweating profusely, but she couldn’t catch up.

She simply sat down on the ground and cursed Qin Ruo and Lao Yang.

The scene just now was witnessed by people from the village who were also going to the market.

Someone secretly ran to the Qin family to report the news.

Lao Yang’s donkey cart usually made two trips on market days, Zhang Dahua didn’t intend to walk to the market herself, but planned to wait for Lao Yang’s next trip.

However, Lao Yang’s donkey cart had not returned yet, but Qin Laotai came first.

“Zhang Dahua, you shameless thing, you’re even thinking about my Qin family. How dare you, you still want to buy wild chickens and rabbits for five coins, you’re dreaming!

“You want to extort money from my Qin family for medicine? You’re quite capable! You ask for two taels of silver right away, why don’t you just rob us? I’m going to your Chen family today to ask, you’re so blatantly extorting my Qin family, is it because you were instructed by the Chen family, or is it your own idea, you shameless woman!”

Qin Laotai was full of fire, she rushed up and slapped Zhang Dahua twice.

Zhang Dahua, who was completely unprepared, was stunned, and when she came to her senses, she screamed and wanted to fight back.

“Old hag, you dare to hit me, I’ll fight you!”

“It’s you I’m hitting! My Huai Zheng is gone, but this old woman is still alive! You want to bully my Qin family? Not a chance.”

Qin Laotai didn’t give Zhang Dahua a chance to react, she slapped her twice again.

Qin Laotai was tall and strong, and Zhang Dahua was completely helpless against her.

She could only sit on the ground and wail like a shrew, making everyone shake their heads.

By this time, the village entrance was already bustling with activity, and those who had witnessed the incident earlier were whispering to the newcomers about what had happened.

Qin Laotai straightened her back, feeling that the anger she had received this morning had subsided.

Knowing that Qin Ruo was going to the market to sell game, she had deliberately not given Qin Ruo the copper coins for the donkey cart last night.

Qin Laotai thought that Qin Ruo wouldn’t be able to carry the eighty or ninety pounds of goods to Datong Township.

If she wanted to go to Datong Township, she would have to ask her for copper coins, and then she could go along.

This way, she wouldn’t be afraid that Qin Ruo would have a chance to hide money.

In the past, Qin Laotai had been completely confident in her own daughter, and the girl never dared to keep any of the money she earned from selling game.

But after all these days of her behavior, Qin Laotai couldn’t guarantee that the girl would be as obedient as before.

Unexpectedly, when she got up, Qin Ruo had already left.

What made Qin Laotai even angrier was that they had agreed yesterday to keep a wild chicken and a wild rabbit for Daling to take back to the academy, but Qin Ruo took them all away without leaving a single one.

Qin Laotai was full of anger and had nowhere to vent it, when someone came to report that Zhang Dahua wanted to grab their things and extort money for medicine.

Finally, she found someone to vent her anger on, so she rushed to the village entrance and gave Zhang Dahua a violent beating.

The onlookers waited until Qin Laotai was finished before pretending to come forward and persuade her a few words.

Zhang Dahua had been beaten, and most of the villagers felt that she deserved it and were happy about it.

Zhang Dahua was the kind of person who would pluck a few scallions from other people’s vegetable patches even when she passed by.

Because they were all from the same village, some people were too embarrassed to say anything.

Today, Qin Ruo and Qin Laotai had undoubtedly vented the villagers’ anger.

Not long after, Zhang Dahua’s mother-in-law and Chen Laosan also came running over.

“Lao San, take your wife back to the Zhang family and let her reflect on herself, our Chen family can’t afford such a wife.”

Zhang Dahua’s mother-in-law, surnamed Jiang, was a person who cared about face, and she was also a rare person who lived a clear life.

Usually, the Chen family and the villagers had a good relationship.

But they couldn’t stand having such a disgraceful daughter-in-law, so Jiang, with a black face, ordered her son.

The girl from the Qin family, although she seemed inconspicuous on weekdays, had even made Wang Lizheng suffer a loss in the back mountain yesterday, how could she be a simple person?

Especially when she talked about killing the wolf, the coldness in her eyes was definitely that of a ruthless person.

She was not a stupid fool like Zhang Dahua, and Jiang  believed that such a person should not be befriended, nor should she be made an enemy.

Zhang Dahua saw her mother-in-law and husband coming, and she was already scared out of her wits.

She couldn’t even say a word in her defense, and let Chen Laosan drag her back home.