The Formidable Lady of the Poor Scholar’s Household - Chapter 32
Chapter 32: Feng Yuting’s Stumbling Block
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Feng Yuting carried the basket and looked at Qian Sishui with a smile. “Auntie, you’re here too. I’m here to send some vegetables to Sister Qian.”
At times, Auntie An was also a straightforward woman. “Aiya, why are you giving her vegetables? I have a lot at home. Girl, you’re spending so much money.” As she spoke, she went to get the vegetable basket.
“Aiyo, this vegetable are good. They look so tender, just like you.” As she spoke, she placed them in Qian Sishui’s kitchen.
Auntie An thought to herself, ‘That woman from the Feng family is stingy. If she knows that her daughter sent the most tender vegetable to someone else, she would definitely be fuming.
Hmph! Your daughter delivered it to our door herself.’
Feng Jiajun was also someone who cared about his dignity. Knowing that his daughter had sent the vegetables to Shi Jinhua’s family, there was no way he’d let his wife ask for them back even if she protested!
If she couldn’t fight in that manner, then she would try to steal the other women’s spots when washing clothes!
Auntie Wan would take her revenge like that! If Qian Sishui knew about this, she would definitely say,
“This women really know how to play!
Nothing but respect for them…”
Feng Yuting felt inferior when facing Qian Sishui. Standing beside her made her feel like she was looking up to a big shot.
Qian Sishui couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Do you know what it feels like to be a big shot?’
“Sister Qian, there’s…”
“Aiya, Yuting, here’s your vegetable basket. I think I heard your mother call you just now. Listen carefully. Aren’t I right?”
Feng Yuting had nothing to say in response.
Auntie An was giggling in her heart.
“Oh, I think my mother is looking for me. Auntie, Sister Qian, Brother Jinhua, I’ll go back first. I’ll come back when I have time.”
She carried the basket and walked out. On the way, she kept thinking about whether her clothes were neat or not and whether she had said anything wrong.
“This girl is obviously not a good person.” Auntie Wan pulled Qian Sishui away. As she left, she even glared at Shi Jinhua.
Shi Jinhua, who had been innocently implicated,
felt indignant.
“Hey, hey…” Seeing that everyone had left, “Weren’t we talking about Blind Li?”
So, how did the conversation turn out this way?
How ridiculous!
“You wretched girl, where did you go? There are so many things to do at home. Are you trying to tire me out?” Feng Yuting’s mother, Yang Xiaoxin, pinched her.
Not only did she pinch her, but she even spun around after. “You only know how to shop all day long. You’re not young anymore. Tidy up and I’ll bring you for a matchmaking session in the afternoon.”
Feng Yuting was in pain from being pinched, but she did not say a word. Her expression did not change, but when she heard what her mother said, she shook off the latter’s hand.
“I’m not going!”
‘Why would I want to marry someone I don’t know?’ she grumbled inwardly.
“You’re not going? You’ll turn 16 years old during the new year. If you’re not going, are you going to become an old spinster? Do you think you have a choice in this matter?” Yang Xiaoxin said unhappily after being flung away. “Hmph, although I usually fight a lot with you, I’m doing this for your own good. Look at your cousin. Her family sold her for four taels of silver, and her husband’s a cripple.”
“I’m seriously looking for someone for you. Don’t be ungrateful and make me anxious. Otherwise, I’ll learn from your aunt.”
Feng Yuting knew about her cousin and felt frustrated, but she was also afraid of Yang Xiaoxin’s impulsive and irritable temper.
“Mother, I don’t want to get married so early,” the young woman begged.
Yang Xiaoxin looked at him contemptuously. “I gave birth to you. Do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking?” Her daughter was thinking about that kid from the Shi family. “Don’t even think about it. He has a wife. If he didn’t, I’d beg him for you. No matter what, he’s still a Elementary Scholar.”
“Back then, if you had agreed, I’d be the Elementary Scholar’s wife now.”
“Hehe… That was then! Now, he already has a family, so just give up!” Was there something wrong with this girl’s brain? “Hurry up and go pack up. We’ll leave soon!”
“Mother, I’m not going!”
“Hey, who are you to say that?”
Feng Yuying walked behind Yang Xiaoxin with a bitter face.
“Where did you go with the basket?” she asked casually.
“Nowhere.”
Any moment of peace in the family was precious.
In the afternoon, after Yang Xinxin brought Feng Yuting back from the matchmaking session, she said, “I’ll go to the fields to get some vegetables. You can start making dinner first.”
When Yang Xiaoxin went to the fields to take a look, there was not only fewer vegetables, but the remaining ones were even thin and old. She was furious.
“Who stole from my family? I’ll make sure I break the thief’s arms! I hope the thief gets diarrhea! Has their family never eaten vegetables in eight lifetimes?” She scolded as she checked the vegetable field.
Some people who had been listening for a long time grew frustrated. “Stop scolding others. I saw Yuting pluck it this morning.”
Yang Xiaoxin’s ears and neck flushed red from her rant. She almost bit her tongue when she heard this.
Before she entered the house, she rushed in and grabbed her daughter’s ear.
“Tell me, where did you take the vegetables? You didn’t say anything after plucking it. You made me curse out at nobody for so long!”
“Mother, Mother! Let go!” Her ear was about to fall off. It hurt!
“Mother, let go. I’ll tell you.”
“Tell me, let’s see what kind of lie you’re going to spin up this time.”
Feng Yuting’s eyes darted around. “I sent it to Sister Qian’s house.”
“Qian Sishui?” Yang Xiaoxin asked.
“She’s the only Qian in our village. Who else could it be?”
“Why did you give it to her? To make her give you the man?”
Yang Xiaoxin looked her daughter up and down. She knew that if Shi Jinhua’s brain was fine, he would not even spare a glance at this young girl.
“Brother Jinhua has passed the Elementary Scholar examination. Everyone in the village gave him something, but our family hasn’t given anything to him. I thought of giving him some vegetables.”
Yang Xiaoxin’s heart ached so much. Even she couldn’t bear to eat those vegetables!
“I don’t care. You have to get it back!”
“Mother, how can we get it back? It’s just some vegetables!” Feng Yuting retorted loudly!
“Even if it’s just some vegetables, I was the one who planted them. If you’re not going, I’ll go!”
Feng Yuting grabbed her mother and was about to burst into tears. “Mother, I beg you. Father will be angry if he finds out that you’re making a scene.”
Yang Xiaoxin shook off the girl’s hand. “Your father isn’t home now.”
“What do you mean I’m not at home? What are you and your daughter doing? Are you fighting each other?”
The man who carried the hoe in was short and thin, and he was covered in dirt.
Feng Yuting knew that only her father could control her mother. “Father, I saw that everyone in the village had given gifts to Brother Shi. We didn’t have any, so I plucked the vegetables from our fields and sent it over.” As she spoke, she wiped her crocodile tears. “Mother insisted on getting it back. I tried to stop her, but she insisted on going.”
The young girl was fuming too. She shook off her mother’s hand and said, “Mother, if you go to the Shi family and get it back, it’ll be too embarrassing. It’s just a handful of vegetables!”
As she spoke, she stood in the corner pouting angrily.
“If you dare to go, I’ll send you back to your mother’s house! The Feng family can’t afford to be so shameless! They’re showing you respect by taking your things!” Father Feng put down the hoe. “Don’t be shameless. If you offend an Elementary Scholar, you’ll offend the old village chief!”
“Fine!” The timid Yang Xiaoxin lowered her head and muttered. When she looked up again, she warned Feng Yuting, “The next time you secretly send our family’s things out, I’ll throw you out!”
‘My mother is a stumbling block on my path to success!’ Feng Yuting couldn’t help but rant.
What could she do? She was beside herself with anxiety.
Auntie Wan had long heard about Yang Xiaoxin cursing out in the fields, but she did not have time to gossip now.
Blind Li had returned with Li Kui.
