Shock! The Stubborn Crown Prince Became My Husband - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Disdained by the Public

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Bai Jinyao looked at their reaction and felt a little embarrassed.

She silently pulled the cart to her stall and easily placed the whole pig on the chopping board.

Then, she took out a knife, sharpened it, and began to cut the pork.

However, she was thinking about how to sell the meat as she cut it.

The original owner had been selling pork for several years.

But to be honest, her business was really bad.

Originally, selling pork was a very profitable business in Qianshui Town, but because the original owner was fierce and stingy, she deliberately lowered the weight to earn more.

If she disagreed with the customers, she would even quarrel with them.

Therefore, very few people would buy pork from the original owner.

In particular, Qianshui Town was not so big. Bad news traveled fast. Everyone knew what kind of person the original owner was, and no one would be willing to buy pork from her.

It was also because of this that the original owner of the body, who was clearly doing a profitable business, could not collect enough money to pay the single tax for the year she turned eighteen.

Bai Jinyao recalled these things and felt a little worried.

Because of this, she went to the pig farmer last night and specially picked a pig that wasn’t too big. If it couldn’t be sold out by today, she could only think of another way.

“M-manager Bai, thank you for the wedding candy. I wish you and your husband a happy life! I, I’ll buy some pork, okay?”

A timid voice was heard. Bai Jinyao raised her head and saw a skinny woman standing in front of her stall.

“Auntie Zhang, you’re welcome. Which part of pork do you want? I’ll cut it for you.”

She asked with a smile.

The original owner’s appearance was similar to Mrs. Bai’s, and she was quite good-looking.

However, for some reason, she started to gain weight at the age of twelve or thirteen.

After she gained weight, her beautiful facial features were deformed, and she had some pimples on her face.

The original owner didn’t like to dress up and looked sloppy. Moreover, she had a shrewish personality and always pulled a long face as if everyone owed her a lot of money.

Not only was she fat, ugly, and unkempt, but she also looked like a resentful woman.

Moreover, she had been selling pork for several years, and her strength was growing day by day. She showed up in public all day long, and the men in town didn’t want to marry her.

That was why no one came to her house to ask for marriage after she had reached marriageable age.

However, Beiluo Kingdom had a small population, so the emperor issued a law.

All unmarried women who had reached the marriageable age of fifteen had to pay a single tax of 10 taels a year.

If they couldn’t afford it, they would have to accept the arrangements of the government and get married to the arranged marriage partner.

However, the partner arranged by the government didn’t was not selected by age or status.

It was very likely that a woman of marriageable age would be arranged to marry a man who was old enough to be her father.

Therefore, many women would either quickly settle their marriage before reaching marriageable age.

Or, they would save money to pay the single tax.

In the small Qianshui Town, very few families could afford this amount of silver.

Of course, the original owner couldn’t afford the money either, so she secretly carried Luo Xichu home when she saw him unconscious.

The surrounding people had never seen the original owner smile before. Today, they saw Bai Jinyao suddenly smiling. Although her face was still fat and full of pimples, everyone felt that she seemed to have changed.

They were all stunned.

“Auntie Zhang?”

Bai Jinyao saw the woman in front of her looking at her in a daze and called out to her.