Jiang Yutong quickened her movements as she changed the dressing, saying to Xiao Yifeng, “My family is here. Find somewhere to hide.”
Before Xiao Yifeng could respond, Jiang Yutong gathered up the things and called out toward the outside, “Coming, coming! Wait a moment.”
Wang Chunhua was grumbling and cursing, but thinking about what she was about to do, she restrained herself a little.
While waiting, Wang Chunhua looked around the house from top to bottom. It was obvious that a lot of money had been spent renovating it. Compared to her current wooden house, this place was far better.
“That ungrateful girl sure knows how to enjoy herself. With all this money, she could at least have used some of it to support her own mother.”
When Jiang Yutong came over to open the door, Wang Chunhua cursed her again.
As soon as Jiang Yutong opened the door, she saw Wang Chunhua’s twisted expression.
“What are you doing here?”
Jiang Yutong had no intention of letting Wang Chunhua into the courtyard.
Wang Chunhua forced a smile.
“I came to see you.”
With that, she squeezed past Jiang Yutong and entered.
The moment she stepped into the courtyard, Wang Chunhua felt even more that Jiang Yutong didn’t know how to manage money. Living in such a nice house all by herself was such a waste. It would be much better to use the money to find a wife for Yaozu.
“You’re living alone in such a big courtyard. Aren’t you afraid of ghosts?”
Jiang Yutong rolled her eyes.
“People are much scarier than ghosts. I haven’t harmed anyone, so what do I have to be afraid of?”
Wang Chunhua snorted. Seeing that there was more important business to discuss, she decided not to argue with Jiang Yutong.
“I heard about what happened with Wang Er last time, even in Xiayuan Village. See how dangerous it is living alone? If you ask me, a woman still needs to find herself a man and have a son. That way, she’ll have someone to rely on.”
Wang Chunhua wandered around the house as she spoke.
When Jiang Yutong saw her heading toward the spare room, she thought about the man hiding inside.
Better to avoid unnecessary trouble.
“What exactly did you come here for? Why are you wandering around? I don’t have anything for you to take.”
Wang Chunhua was speechless for a moment. She stopped and sat down in the main room.
“Pour me a cup of water. I’m dying of thirst after walking all this way.”
“No.”
Wang Chunhua angrily pointed at the water on the table.
“Isn’t that water?”
“I don’t have a cup.”
Wang Chunhua was nearly furious enough to collapse.
Was this girl saying she was dirty?
She really was thirsty, so she picked up the cup on the table and drank from it herself.
She thought bitterly, This girl has really gone too far.
Jiang Yutong frowned when she saw Wang Chunhua drinking from her cup. She felt completely disgusted.
As soon as Wang Chunhua finished drinking, Jiang Yutong picked up the cup and threw it outside.
“You…”
“It’s dirty now. It can’t be used anymore. Why keep it?”
“Fine, fine, fine. You’re really something.”
Wang Chunhua suppressed her anger. She only regretted that she hadn’t sold this wretched girl to a brothel back then.
“I found you a good husband. He’s a butcher from the neighboring Shanhe Village. He slaughters pigs, so there’s always more meat in his household than they can eat. Their living conditions are among the best in the entire town. Do you know how many women would love to marry into such a good family? I went through all that trouble to have Matchmaker Li arrange this for you.”
Jiang Yutong knew there was no way Wang Chunhua had come for anything good.
“I’m doing perfectly fine on my own. I’m not getting married. Since his family is so well-off, you can marry him yourself.”
Wang Chunhua clutched her chest, nearly dying of anger.
This girl really was impossible to reason with.
“What kind of thing are you saying? Are you cursing me and your father? I’m doing this for your own good. Don’t be so ungrateful.”
“Thank you so much!”
Wang Chunhua stared at Jiang Yutong, who was completely unmoved.
“Anyway, I’ve already agreed to it. The butcher is offering twenty taels of silver as the bride price. I’ve already accepted the money. Whether you want to marry him or not, you have to.”
Jiang Yutong was truly speechless.
Wang Chunhua had sold her once, and now she was trying to sell her a second time.
Did she really think Jiang Yutong was someone who could be bullied?
“Whoever took the money can marry him. Go ask around about what happened to Wang Er. Anyone who tries to force me will have to be prepared to spend the rest of his life bedridden.”
Wang Chunhua suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from Jiang Yutong.
“I advise you to return the money. Otherwise, things might get ugly later.”
Wang Chunhua’s heart ached at the thought of having to return that bright, shining silver. But seeing how Jiang Yutong was now, she didn’t dare force the matter.
She would have to go home and think of another plan.
“Would I really harm you? I’m doing this for your own good. Now that your maternal family is doing better, you’ve grown bold, haven’t you? How can you not tell right from wrong?”
Jiang Yutong gave a cold laugh.
“For my own good? For my own good, you sold me to another family as a child bride before I was even ten years old. All those years, I was never able to eat my fill in the Ning family and was abused constantly. Where was my maternal family then?”
“And now you’re using the excuse of doing what’s best for me to sell me off again? Let me guess. Does this butcher beat his wife? He must be quite old too, right? I’ve only just escaped one pit of fire, and you’re already trying to push me into a den of wolves. What a wonderful ‘good intention.’”
Wang Chunhua blurted out, “How did you know?”
The moment she said it, she realized she had let the secret slip and hurriedly tried to cover it up.
“You’re a woman. You’ll have to get married sooner or later. You’ve already been married once, and someone is still willing to take you. Don’t be so picky.”
Jiang Yutong really didn’t want to waste another word on Wang Chunhua.
“Get out. Don’t make me do it myself.”
Wang Chunhua still wanted to go into the kitchen to see if there was anything she could take home. She had heard that this girl had hunted quite a lot of game recently.
What an ungrateful wretch. She didn’t even know to give some to her own mother.
“Fine, I’ll go. Your father is sick. If you have anything good in the kitchen, give some to him.”
With that, Wang Chunhua hurried toward the kitchen.
Jiang Yutong was utterly disgusted.
That useless father of hers was better off dead.
“Wang Chunhua, don’t even think about taking a single thing from my house. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude.”
Jiang Yutong followed Wang Chunhua into the kitchen and saw her taking down the meat Jiang Yutong had hung from the beam.
Jiang Yutong would rather feed it to a dog than give it to her.
She grabbed Wang Chunhua’s wrist.
“Did you think I was speaking to myself? Put it down.”
Wang Chunhua immediately wailed.
“Ow! Ow! You wretched girl! How dare you treat your mother this way? That’s being unfilial! You’ll end up in jail!”
Jiang Yutong pressed a pressure point on Wang Chunhua’s wrist.
Wang Chunhua immediately screamed like a slaughtered pig, and the strength in her hand loosened.
Jiang Yutong easily took the meat back.
“Get out.”
Wang Chunhua rubbed her hand and didn’t dare stay any longer. She hurried away in disgrace.
Jiang Yutong hung the meat back up.
Deep down, she still felt sorry for the original owner.
The original owner had truly been pitiful. The only older brother who had ever treated her well was now nowhere to be found.
Now that Jiang Yutong occupied this body, she would live well for her.
Jiang Yutong lost herself in thought for a while before finally remembering the man in the spare room.
She knocked on the door.
Only after hearing a response did she push it open and enter.
The man was already lying on the bed.
“I’m going into town later. I made some flatbreads and left them in the kitchen. Go get some yourself later and eat.”
Xiao Yifeng had heard the entire conversation between Jiang Yutong and Wang Chunhua.
He couldn’t help feeling a little sympathetic toward Jiang Yutong.
But when he heard that she was going into town, he couldn’t help becoming suspicious.
“You can’t leave here for now.”
Jiang Yutong was stunned.
Had she really saved an ungrateful bastard?