Chapter 238 – Still Trying to Involve Xingxing

Chapter 238 - Still Trying to Involve Xingxing

Da Zhangshi had no clue. That evening, while sitting outside chatting with her neighbors, she brought up the story her daughter had concocted about saving Xingxing.

She bragged to everyone, saying her daughter had been bitten by a snake while saving the Yujia family’s little girl.

And, after all, my daughter is so kind-hearted, she added, boasting that their Zhang family was an honest household. They had spent seven taels of silver to treat the snake venom and didn’t even ask the Yujia family for a single coin.

The villagers were left speechless, listening to her.

Word soon reached Wei Pozi.

Wei Pozi was fuming with anger.

She had seen that the girl was still weak from the snakebite and, out of courtesy, had not exposed the lie, leaving the girl some dignity. Does she think I’m stupid enough to believe that nonsense?

And now she’s pushing her luck!

Wei Pozi stormed over and pointed at Zhang Shi’s nose, scolding her, “Don’t push your luck! Your daughter being bitten by a snake is sad, but why are you dragging Xingxing into this? Are you saying it was to save my Xingxing that your daughter got bitten? Your daughter was the one who fell, and you’re saying this was to save my Xingxing? As if she was trying to make sure the snake on the ground would bite my Xingxing, right?! And you call this saving Xingxing?”

Da Zhangshi was furious, trembling with anger.

She had always been flattered for having a beautiful daughter, and the endless stream of marriage proposals had inflated her ego, making her temper worse by the day.

Being scolded by Wei Pozi like this, she couldn’t take it.

“Fine! So the Yujia family thinks you can bully us because we’re just visiting from another village!” Da Zhangshi rolled up her sleeves and started arguing with Wei Pozi, “My daughter was perfectly fine when she went out yesterday. Not only did your little girl take her into the wild, but she also got bitten by a snake! We even spent seven taels of silver on treatment! I haven’t even come to you about this! I just said a couple of words, and now you’re hounding me! Who’s really out of line here?”

Wei Pozi, hearing this, flew into a rage. “Why did Xingxing take your daughter to the wilderness? Did you even ask your daughter? It was because your daughter wanted to pick flowers in the wild!”

Da Zhangshi refused to admit it. “You say my daughter wanted to go, but I say it was your granddaughter who insisted on going!”

As soon as Wei Pozi and Da Zhangshi started arguing, the villagers who were out for their evening chats began gathering around.

One of the villagers quickly said, “Oh, I know about this. I ran into Xingxing and that outsider girl yesterday. When Xingxing greeted me, I asked her where they were going. She said that the older sister next to her wanted to pick flowers, and she was taking her to pick flowers.”

Da Zhangshi didn’t expect there to be a witness.

“Did you hear that?” Wei Pozi sneered.

Da Zhangshi stubbornly refused to admit it. “You’re all from the same village, so of course you’re covering for her!”

This remark was not wise, offending all the onlookers from Nantuo village.

The villager who had testified also got angry and started cursing, “What a joke! Even if Xingxing led the way, she’s just a four-year-old little girl. Your daughter is old enough to know better and got bitten. Are you blaming a four-year-old?! I bet you haven’t spoken a word of truth!”

“Exactly! Xingxing is our village’s little lucky star! Think about it, why did the snake only bite your daughter and not Xingxing? It’s because our Xingxing carries fortune with her!”

“Still trying to drag Xingxing into this! Ptooey!”

Wei Pozi wasn’t going to let Da Zhangshi off the hook, scolding her further, “I don’t know what your daughter was thinking, but my Xingxing did nothing wrong to your daughter. Daxisipo gave Xingxing an antidote pill for protection, something you can’t even buy outside. Xingxing didn’t hesitate for a second and gave it to your daughter, then immediately called for help.

“We, the Yujia family, helped carry your daughter back and even helped get Daxisipo over. We didn’t get a single word of thanks, and now you’re trying to blame my Xingxing and throw the responsibility on her. Ptooey!”

With Wei Pozi saying this, the villagers became even more enraged.

Everyone knew that Daxisipo’s medical skills were excellent, but her fees were also notoriously high.

The pills given by Daxisipo must have been extremely expensive.

The Yu family hadn't mentioned a single word about it before!

This outsider mother and daughter are truly ungrateful people!

The villagers cursed directly: "You really have no sense of decency!"

"Heartless and ungrateful creature!"

No matter how shrewd Zhang Shi was, she couldn't defend herself against the crowd and was thoroughly scolded.

When Zhang Shi arrived, she saw her sister had become the public enemy of South Tuo Village, being angrily pointed at and scolded. She almost fainted!

She didn't even need to ask what had happened; just hearing how the villagers were scolding her sister, she could guess what kind of nonsense her sister must have said to provoke them!

Zhang Shi was internally falling apart; she shouldn't have let her sister go out alone!

Zhang Shi hurriedly dragged her sister away.

Wei Pozi felt like she had won a major victory!

The villagers reminded Wei Pozi: "You should make sure Xingxing stays away from those people in the future. Xingxing is young and kind-hearted, and too soft-hearted, don't let anyone deceive her."

Wei Pozi deeply agreed.

Just yesterday, when Li Xuefeng pushed Xingxing to the ground, Xingxing still remembered to give Li Xuefeng the antidote pill. This silly child really doesn't hold grudges!

When she got home, Wei Pozi needed to have a serious talk with Xingxing.

After returning home, Wei Pozi spoke directly to Xingxing, telling her to stay away from Li Xuefeng and not to play with her.

Xingxing, knowing that Grandma was looking out for her own good, nodded her little head in agreement.

However, no one expected that after the ugly incident, the mother and daughter still hadn't given up.

— It was because Li Xuefeng had seen Huai Geer returning from riding his horse, and even used asking for directions as an excuse to talk to Huai Geer for a few sentences. This was bad; Li Xuefeng was dead set on marrying Huai Geer, no matter what.

— Li Xuefeng somehow found out that Huai Geer went to practice martial arts on a mountain every morning. When Xingxing was about to go to the nameless Taoist temple with Li Chunhua to burn incense, Li Xuefeng forcefully joined them, saying she also wanted to go burn some incense at the temple!

Li Chunhua had heard about the notorious behavior of this mother and daughter in the past few days and naturally had no good expression for them.

She muttered that this woman, who shared her surname and name with the second brother's wife, was bringing bad luck.

Li Chunhua turned her face away, not wanting to deal with Li Xuefeng at all.

Li Xuefeng then pestered Xingxing, trying to take her hand. "Xingxing, we used to play so well together, let's go together."

But Xingxing pulled her hand back. "Grandma said I can't play with you."

Li Xuefeng was extremely embarrassed by Xingxing's straightforward rejection.

Li Chunhua smiled openly, not hiding her disdain, took Xingxing's hand, and said, "Ignore her. Aren't you going to check if your Yan brother is feeling better? I'm also going to the temple to pray. Let's go do our things."