A Happy Event in a Farming Family: Marrying a Hunter

“If you like it, Manager Wu, I’ll make it for you again next time you come. But this is my grandmother’s house, and I’m already married. If you want to come, come to the Qin family’s house. But you’ll have to bring your own ingredients. My family is poor and can’t afford glutinous rice,” Yun Luo said generously.

The little girl is clever; she tricked them, yet her eyes remained clear, prompting Yunlai to sigh.

"Not bad." Manager Wu took a bite, and it tasted exactly like what he had just eaten. He understood the general idea in his mind. "Yunlin, you've been with me for so many years, you should know what kind of person I am!"

"Yes!" Yunlin was mortified. "It's all my fault for not raising my daughter properly, Lan'er. You've done something stupid. Quickly apologize to Manager Wu!"

Yunlan was still in a daze when the old lady pushed her forward. She felt wronged; why was she the one taking the blame? Her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.

Manager Wu frowned. "The person you should apologize to is her, not me!"

"I... Xiao Luo, I'm sorry!"

Yunluo felt much better and said with a smile, "It's alright, you're my cousin, Manager Wu. Since this is your first time here, let me introduce you to the dishes."

"it is good."

When the two left, the Yun family members were furious.

At the dinner table, Yun Luo spoke eloquently and confidently, which pleased Manager Wu greatly. His gaze fell on the sachet at her waist. "Is this a sachet?"

"Yes, the new patterns my mother and I made aren't worth much, so we plan to take them to town to sell and get some money!"

“My shop sells things made by women. If you and your mother can guarantee that the sachets you make in the future will all be like this, how about I order two hundred as a thank you gift for having a meal with you?”

Yun Luo was delighted, there was an unexpected bonus. "Manager Wu, of course you can have it, but it won't be ready until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. And the price I set is three coins each, you see..."

"Alright, three hundred coins as deposit. You can come with your uncle to deliver the goods the day after tomorrow, and I'll settle the remaining three hundred coins with you!"

Yunluo held the silver, her hands trembling with joy, "Thank you, Manager Wu!"

Those nearby, upon hearing this, were both pleased and worried. They were pleased that Yunlin hadn't lost his job, but worried that Yunlu, that little vixen, had gotten such a big benefit.

An hour later, after finishing the meal, Yun Luo swaggered into the kitchen, took a portion of food that she had kept for herself, and ate it, claiming that it was her due.

Grandma Yun was so angry that she was about to chase after him, but Yun Lai stopped her.

"It's done. At least Lin'er's job is safe. Didn't she lose face enough today? If she has any free time, she should teach Lan'er some chores. She's about to become a wife and doesn't know how to do anything. If she goes to the Li family, people will laugh at her."

Grandma Yun remained noncommittal; her Lan'er would have someone to take care of her in the future.

Yunlan felt wronged after the incident with Manager Wu and couldn't stay at home, so she went to Li Pinglang to cry and complain.

The two sat on a small grass slab, Yunlan sobbing. Li Pinglang listened in disbelief, "Lan'er, you said Xiao Luo can cook and embroider?"

"Exactly! Didn't you see how attentive she was? She's no different from any other girl in the brothel. It's disgusting! Brother Lang, where are you going?"

"I suddenly remembered that my mother asked me to borrow something, but I forgot. I'll go back now." After saying that, Li Pinglang ran off like the wind.

Auntie went back to her parents' home the day before yesterday and hasn't come back yet. Why would she ask Brother Lang to borrow something?

Yunlan was puzzled, but she followed.

……

Qin family.

Yunlu received the silver, counted it, and found it was more than one tael. She set aside some for daily necessities, and put the rest into a jar. She dug a hole under the bed and hid it all inside.

"mother……"

Yunlu turned her head and saw Xiaoyu standing at the door. She picked up Xiaoyu and whispered, "Xiaoyu, you can't tell anyone where we hide the silver, or you and your brother won't have any meat to eat."

"it is good."

"Good girl." Yun Luo pinched her cheek, heated up the food she had just brought back from the Yun family, and had the two children sit at the small table to eat. She then went to the yard to water the vegetables.

Outside the house, Li Pinglang paced back and forth for a long time, unsure whether to go in or not.

What should we say when we go in?

Will Xiao Luo pay any attention to him?

He was very troubled. He had always disliked and rejected Xiao Luo, so why was she behaving so differently now than before?

They're like completely different people!

Could it be that Xiao Luo didn't like her at all before, so she deliberately acted rude and willful, and now she's the sensible, considerate and capable one?

In an instant, Li Pinglang felt that he was the one who had been abandoned.

Moreover, it was premeditated!

His pride as a scholar wouldn't let go of this, and he was determined to find out the truth.

Li Pinglang glanced at the door in front of him, raised his hand, but couldn't bring himself to knock. He gritted his teeth, turned around and left.

This scene was witnessed by Yunlan, who was hiding not far from the wall.

Lang-gege lied to her!

He actually came looking for Yun Luo?

why?

She sacrificed herself to snatch her beloved Lang Ge from Yun Luo, but now...

Yun Luo... just you wait, I'm not done with you yet!

Yunlan nearly crushed the handkerchief in her hand, stomped her foot angrily, and then left.

Yunlan, who was inside the house, had no idea what was going on. She packed a basin of clothes and planned to go to the river to wash them so she could come back quickly to make sachets.

There is a stream on the edge of the village with clear water, where women love to wash their clothes.

When Yunlu arrived, several good spots were already taken, so she had to stand aside and wait.

When the women in the village get together, they love to gossip, talking about this family's troubles and that family's troubles, adding their own embellishments and making the conversation lively and engaging.

"Xiao Luo, doing the laundry? Oh, there's Qin Zheng's too. I heard he went out. What? He left you alone at home to look after the kids? He really trusts you, his stepmother!"

"Hahaha……"

Yunlu rolled her eyes and didn't reply. Just then, someone made room for her, and she quickly carried the wooden basin over. She stepped onto a stone, and someone squeezed past her from behind.

"Sister-in-law Li, you're back! What happened? You're covered in mud."

Yunluo glanced at the person in front of her, Shen Juan, the scumbag scholar's mother, took a step back, and distanced herself from her.

"I just slipped in a mud puddle," Li's mother said as she washed her feet.

The woman washing clothes looked at the two of them with a deep smile on her face. "Little Luo, Aunt Li almost became your mother-in-law. Why don't you even greet her?"

"That's right, even if she's not my mother-in-law, we're still in-laws!"

Shen Juan felt like she was going to vomit after hearing all that. She fanned herself vigorously and said irritably, "My family is not lucky enough to marry a jinx!"

Yun Luo's eyes darkened instantly, and she immediately retorted, "I don't want to have a wicked mother-in-law either!"

"You..." Shen Juan was furious. She had always been proud and arrogant in the village. She raised her hand to hit Yun Luo, but her shoes were wet and the stones under her feet were wet. When she slapped Yun Luo, she didn't hit Yun Luo's face. Instead, she spun around and sent herself into the stream.