A master of metaphysics is farming.

If this weren't the only way out of the village, Xiang He would never have taken this route.

Now they're trapped inside, unable to move an inch.

"How did He girl hunt that?! It's a huge cat!"

"My goodness! I think this hide is perfectly intact! It could fetch a good price!"

"This big cat must be hard to hunt, right? He's really skilled!"

"He girl's body isn't strong enough to hunt, is it? She couldn't have stolen it, could she..."

These distant relatives and friends were all chattering away, discussing where the big cat came from and who made it.

He Sui'an instantly understood why she wanted him to come along; she wanted to get involved in any potential criticisms that might arise later...

"Oh! Isn't this the young gentleman from the city? What are you doing in our village?"

See, someone noticed him immediately.

He Sui'an smiled warmly, "I was injured while looking for medicine, and Miss Xiang happened to pass by and saved me."

He Sui'an was a well-known tutor in the city. He was a scholar who had passed the imperial examinations and opened a school. People from nearby towns and villages wanted to send their children to study there. He would accept students regardless of their aptitude, but he only accepted a fixed number of students each year. The tuition fees were also much simpler than those of other tutors.

Everyone was surprised that the young master would come to this remote village, and the conversation was immediately drawn to him. Xiang He hurriedly pulled at his clothes to cover the tiger's head.

Fourth Aunt and Madam Su stood on either side to protect them, so that they wouldn't be pulled apart again.

Xiang He grabbed the handle and pushed the cart a little. "Excuse me, everyone, we need to take our young master back to the city!"

But how could anyone let her have her way? They all wanted to know the whole story.

Blocked by them, Yu and Li rushed over quickly. Li was holding a wood-chopping knife, and it looked like they were about to fight.

Xiang He had already rolled up her sleeves, and when Fourth Aunt saw them, she also enthusiastically rolled up her sleeves, saying, "She really doesn't let go of any advantage. This old hag is always eyeing your family."

"That's not."

The two were speaking quite loudly, and Li had already run up to them, brandishing a wood-chopping knife and cursing, "Who are you talking to! Ah He, you're a junior, how dare you speak to your elders like that!"

“I was referring to the old woman, not you.”

"you!"

Seeing that she was angry at someone else, Madam Yu quickly tugged at her clothes, "Mother, that big cat!"

Li glared at her fourth aunt, her hand reaching for her clothes with a wood-chopping knife, but Xiang He grabbed her arm and said, "Grandma, what are you doing?"

"What! They're all our own, can't we take a look?"

Xiang He rolled her eyes and sneered, "Remember we've already separated our families? And this is mine, it has nothing to do with yours."

Seeing her impatient expression, Li Shi curled her lips in a sarcastic tone, "Even after the family split up, you still bleed from the Xiang family and take the Xiang family name. What's this about your family and mine? Grandma's family is almost starving. Shouldn't you, as her granddaughter, help them out?"

Xiang He spread his hands and said, "No problem. Our family is short of food and money. Grandma, please help us out first."

“My family is struggling to make ends meet, how can we help your family!” Li said helplessly. “Grandma hasn’t eaten meat for two days. You, my big cat, can give half of your meat to Grandma as a token of your respect.”

As she spoke, she actually reached out and tugged at his clothes, slapping him across the face. The crisp sound of the slap silenced the noisy commotion, which resembled that of a marketplace, and everyone watched the two of them with amusement.

He Suian remained calm. The old woman in this house was clearly not someone easy to get along with. No wonder they preferred to live in a dilapidated thatched hut rather than live with her. There must be some troublesome entanglement involved.

Looking at her self-righteous attitude, Xiang He couldn't help but admire her shamelessness.

With a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth, he said, "Grandma, I really can't give you half of this big cat, since it's not entirely mine."

"If it's not yours, whose is it? Are you trying to keep it all for yourself and not give it to Grandma?"

Before Xiang He could say anything else, she started acting again, her mean lips pursed, and she pounded her chest repeatedly, looking like she was about to cry but had no tears.

"Grandma hasn't eaten meat for days. Her own granddaughter hunted something good, but she only wants to eat it all by herself, without caring about Grandma's life or death. It's outrageous! Don't you all agree?"

Yu chimed in from the side, "That's right! Grandma didn't get a single bite of meat, and that family even took the last of the rabbit meat, leaving Grandma hungry for several meals! They're so heartless!"

Their extremely aggrieved appearance made Xiang He want to vomit. None of the villagers paid any attention to them. They all knew what kind of oddballs they were, so they just stood there watching the show without saying a word.

Xiang He didn't want to watch the two of them act, so she reached out and pushed Li Shi away a bit, saying, "Fine, I really don't care anymore, what can you do about it?"

With things so clearly stated, Li was no longer willing to continue the act. She changed her expression instantly, her eyes hardening as she charged forward, clearly intending to rob him outright.

Xiang He wouldn't let her succeed. He grabbed her hand holding the woodcutter's knife and, in a moment, secretly exerted force, pulling her so she wouldn't get any closer to the cart.

"Let go! This big cat must have half of me!"

Even the usually composed He Sui'an was stunned by Li's sudden change of expression. This Grandma Xiang was truly... incomprehensible...

But Xiang He was not to be outdone, and without making a fuss, she managed to push Grandma Xiang to her limit with just a few words.

At this moment, she gripped Li's hand tighter, so much so that Li cried out in pain, "Let go! Let go!"

She pounded on Xiang He's hand while crying out in pain.

Xiang He didn't tolerate her and continued to increase the pressure on her hand until Li Shi no longer had the strength to hold the wood-chopping knife. Her grip loosened, and the knife was about to fall to the ground.

Xiang He caught the knife handle with quick reflexes, grabbed Li's hand, pulled her back, and then let go.

He weighed the machete in his hand, then raised it in front of He and waved it, saying, "Thank you for the machete, Grandma. We still have to hurry to the city, so we won't thank you any more."

Very good, you have obtained a wood-chopping knife.

Seeing that she was actually holding the wood-chopping knife and about to push the cart away, Li grabbed her sleeve and said, "Give the wood-chopping knife back to me! And give the big cat to me too!"

"Are you sick?" Xiang He looked at him with disgust. "This big cat belongs to my husband and me, half of it. If you want it, ask my husband if he's willing."

The conversation finally turned to He Suian, who felt rather helpless, but still nodded, "It was indeed hunted by Miss Xiang and me. If Grandma Xiang wants a share, I'm afraid it won't work."

"Did you hear that? If you do, move aside. We need to get to the city."

Li didn't expect that there would be others involved, but she still shamelessly pulled at Xiang He with both hands, trying to snatch the handle of the cart.

"Since you have half of it, I'll take half. Give me back the knife, and I'll cut it right here!"

He Sui'an: "..."

Xiang He's lips twitched; when people are speechless, they really want to laugh...

The sight of this shameless woman made Fourth Aunt's teeth ache. "I've seen it all now, she's truly shameless! When the family was divided, she wanted to kick them out, but now she tries to steal all the good stuff. It's a real shame that you're not a kidnapper in the city!"

"What are you saying, you bitch!"

Fourth Aunt was incredibly quick-witted; the two of them engaged in a verbal battle. Xiang He forcefully pulled her hand away, gripped the cart handle again, and moved forward.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Li didn't care about anything else and reached out to grab He Suian, who was walking slowly. "You promised to give me half! Why are you leaving!"

"Grandma...please let go..."

However, Li refused to let go, and He Sui'an couldn't do anything about it, so the stalemate continued.

Xiang He had been suppressing her anger for a long time, but she couldn't bear it any longer and turned around. However, a figure in green was two steps faster than her and pried Li's hand off—

"Grandma, what are you doing! You mustn't be disrespectful to your husband!"