The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Huanhuan and Xiangyin walked for a while, and when they came to the pond to water their horses, they unexpectedly ran into Mrs. Wu, the young lady they had met in Yongshengfang that day, also known as Miss Jiang. She sat high on the horse's back, and the side pockets on the horse's back were bulging, which seemed to indicate that she had caught a lot of prey.

Seeing Huanhuan and the others, Miss Jiang pulled the reins in her hand, and her horse raised its head, stepped left and right, and stopped in place.

"Mrs. Xu." She was obviously a little surprised. Although there was a hint of arrogance in her eyes, she still took the initiative to greet Huan Huan.

"Madam Wu, are you here to water the horses as well?" Huanhuan greeted her politely.

"Yes, I just watered the horse." As soon as she finished speaking, her horse began to pace anxiously on the spot. She pulled the reins hard and whipped the horse to stop it in place.

Then she looked at Huanhuan again, and seeing that Huanhuan hadn't caught anything, she raised a smug smile, with a look of disdain in her eyes, and said, "Why, Madam Xu can't bear to kill? You haven't caught anything in such a long time."

Xiang Yin frowned and pouted when she heard these slightly sarcastic words. Just as Xiang Yin was about to say something, she heard someone slowly say, "No, it's not like that. It's just that I just learned to ride a horse not long ago, and I don't know how to shoot a bow and arrow, and I don't know how to hunt, so I didn't catch any prey."

Mrs. Wu was quite surprised by Huanhuan's calmness. She looked at Huanhuan deeply and was about to say something, but her horse started neighing and jumping again.

Madam Wu whipped the horse whip twice more, and then said to Huan Huan: "Madam Xu, I'm going hunting first. See you later!"

"Mrs. Wu, see you later." Huanhuan also said goodbye to her.

After Madam Wu left, Xiang Yin turned around and asked Huan Huan: "Sister-in-law, from what Madam Wu said, it was obvious that she had bad intentions. Why didn't you refute her?"

He smiled slowly and said, "That's because I'm really not as skilled as others."

Xiang Yin said angrily: "But we can't let her be so arrogant and bully others."

Huanhuan listened and turned around and said to Xiangyin with a smile: "Sister, do you still remember the conversation between Madam Wu Shao and your sister Xiangyue in Yongshengfang last time?"

"I remember roughly." Xiang Yin didn't know why Huan Huan asked this, and responded to her blankly.

Huanhuan was still smiling, and she said, "From the conversation at that time, I know that this Madam Wu is very good at hunting, and she is also very proud of it. Is that right?"

"Yes." Xiang Yin nodded.

He smiled slowly, looked into the distance and said, "I know that under normal circumstances we will not let people who speak disrespectfully get what they want, and we will have to say a few words to save face. But what happens after that? It can't change my current situation of having gained nothing. So I would rather choose to face my shortcomings in my own weaknesses, accept criticism or ridicule from others, rather than being strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and forcing myself to show off my skills in front of an expert. Those who show off their skills use their own weaknesses to attack others' strengths, which is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg. They may get a temporary pleasure, but in the end it will be of no benefit to themselves. Why bother?"

Xiang Yin blinked her eyes and stood there for a long time without saying anything. After a while, she said, "Sister-in-law, this is the first time I've heard of this. My parents always taught me to be the first in everything and not to lose in anything I do or say."

"So, sister, do you think what sister-in-law said makes sense?" Huan Huan asked Xiang Yin with a smile.

"It does make sense." Xiang Yin said as if she had realized something.

"Well, another thing is that I actually admire Mrs. Wu's heroic and unpretentious character, so I don't want to have a conflict with her even more." Huanhuan smiled at Xiang Yin.

"Ah? Sister-in-law appreciates such a high-profile and unreasonable personality?" Xiang Yin stuck out her tongue in surprise.

"I'm not appreciating her arrogance and unreasonableness, but I appreciate her confidence and openness!" he corrected with a smile.

"Oh, sister-in-law is very good at discovering the strengths of others." Xiang Yin teased.

"Hahaha, just entertain yourself..." Huanhuan was not angry at all. He and Xiangyin chatted and laughed after the horses finished drinking water, then rode their horses and walked forward slowly.

After walking for a while, they heard a cry for help, "Is there anyone here? Come and save me."

Huanhuan and Xiangyin were stunned at first when they heard the cry for help, and then they both hurriedly drove their horses forward and found Madam Wu Shao sitting in the grass beside the road.

Mrs. Wu, who was in the bushes, saw clearly that the people coming were Huanhuan and Xiangyin. She was stunned at first, and then turned her head away in embarrassment.

Xiang Yin looked at Madam Wu leisurely without saying a word, then quickly dismounted to check on Madam Wu's condition.

She walked to Madam Wu's side, squatted down, supported Madam Wu's arm and asked with concern: "Madam Wu, what's wrong? Where's your horse?"

Mrs. Wu kept her mouth shut at first and didn't want to speak. But when she saw Huan Huan had no intention of making fun of her and her genuine concern was evident in her words, she spoke awkwardly, "That horse was recently transferred to my house and it has a bad temper. Just now, when I squeezed its belly, it let out a long neigh and threw me off, then ran off to the woods over there."

Hearing this, Huanhuan laughed instead and said, "I see, this horse's temper really takes after its owner."

Madam Wu was helped to stand up by Huanhuan. She was not annoyed after hearing Huanhuan's words. She just said in a curious tone: "You have met me twice, so you know what my temper is like?"

He said slowly, "The descendants of generals are proud of their martial arts, and Madam Wu is an expert in it. From the two times you whipped me, I know that you are a person who is arrogant because of your talent. People like you usually have a bad temper."

After hearing Huanhuan's words, Madam Wu Shao stopped what she was doing, looked at her and asked, "Are you not angry with me?"

She slowly raised her head and looked at Madam Wu and smiled. She said, "Madam Wu is not a very evil person. On the contrary, she is straightforward and somewhat cute. Besides, I think we have similarities. Do you believe it?"

Mrs. Wu Shao looked at Huan Huan strangely and said, "I can't tell."

Huanhuan just smiled and said nothing more about this topic. Instead, he supported her and said, "Walk a few steps and see if you are hurt anywhere."

Mrs. Wu walked forward and immediately cried out, "My ankle is injured."

He said slowly, "I have injured my ankle. It is best to apply some herbs in time for better recovery. Can you still ride a horse? Why don't you ride my horse to the starting point to see the military doctor."

"I can't ride a horse now, and this place is not far from the starting point. Why don't we ask someone to ask a doctor to come and take a look?" After saying that, Madam Wu turned to look at Xiang Yin. Xiang Yin immediately understood that she was being asked to go, but she didn't want to go, so she stayed where she was and said nothing.

Seeing this, Huanhuan said, "You guys wait here, I'll go!" Then he was about to get on the horse.

Xiang Yin then said reluctantly: "Sister-in-law, you are not familiar with the road, let me go."

Madam Wu lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you for troubling Sister Xu."

After Xiangyin left, she slowly helped Madam Wu sit on a rock, and then the two of them started chatting.

"Madam Wu..." Xu Xu was interrupted by Madam Wu before she could finish her words. Madam Wu said, "Madam Xu, you don't have to be polite. My name is Jiang Liwan. You can just call me Liwan."

"Oh, okay." Huanhuan naturally accepted the kindness and said, "My name is Feng Huanhuan. Liwan, you can just call me Huanhuan from now on."

After a few polite words, Jiang Liwan seemed to be hesitant to speak as if she had something on her mind. Finally, she said, "Wait a minute, there is something I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Huanhuan didn't know what Jiang Liwan meant, so he said, "Liwan, you can talk as much as you want."

Jiang Liwan said, "Well, I think you are a straightforward person, just what I like, and you are so good at talking, you are also an excellent woman. In theory, it should be a good thing to marry into a wealthy family like the Xu family, and marry a man as outstanding as Xu Qu." At first glance, there seemed to be a hint of unwillingness in these words. She paused for a moment, and then said meaningfully, "It's a pity, no one is perfect."

Huanhuan thought she was referring to Xu Qu's ear disease, so he didn't say anything. He just saw that Jiang Liwan had scraped her wrist, so he picked up his handkerchief and carefully wiped the dust on both sides of the wound.

Sister Jiang Liwan was surprised to see Huanhuan didn't react. She leaned forward slightly to look at Huanhuan who had been bandaging her with his head down and asked, "You don't care?"

She lowered her head slowly and said, "My husband doesn't want this either."

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're still making excuses for him. You're really virtuous. You can even tolerate your husband's infidelity. I really can't compare to you."

"What?!" When Huanhuan heard this, he was frightened as if by thunder. He trembled, stopped what he was doing instantly, and suddenly raised his head to look at Jiang Liwan.

Seeing Huanhuan's reaction as if she didn't know anything, Jiang Liwan said, "I think you've been married for several months, but you're not pregnant yet. I'm afraid there's something going on."

Hearing this, Huanhuan's secret was touched, but she didn't know how to respond because Jiang Liwan was talking about such a private matter.

Jiang Liwan saw Huanhuan's bewildered look and confirmed that she didn't know anything about it, so she sat forward, approached Huanhuan and continued in a low voice: "You may not know that I once talked about marriage with your husband Xu Qu. At that time, my family asked someone to learn from a reliable source that Jiang Qu was a person who would only share peaches and cut sleeves."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking Huanhuan so much that she was speechless. Seeing Huanhuan's shocked reaction, Jiang Liwan looked at her with quite a bit of sympathy.