Chapter 144: Chapter 144 Shivering
This sudden change had happened too quickly; the won inside the carriage were all stunned. By the ti they reacted, Lady Li’s screams were already inaudible.
“Xuexue, what…?”
With Big Bull revealing his capability, the won on the carriage dared not question him and looked at Xuexue in terror.
Especially the woman who had been singing along with Lady Li, she was trembling all over, fearing she might be next, and was filled with regret. How could she forget there was a fool among them? Despite appearing foolish, he was truly a harbinger of death. A few days ago, so strong n who looked like sheer evil had burst into the Mo Family Village, and he had tossed them into the fishpond as if they were re chicks.
Not to say the won were terrified, even Xuexue was sowhat astonished. She hadn’t expected the usually mild-mannered Big Bull to throw soone off the carriage without a word, and so swiftly that she didn’t even have a chance to stop him.
“Um…, that….”
Seeing all the won in the carriage looking at her in fright, Xuexue was at a loss for words for a mont.
“My lady, don’t be afraid, if anyone dares to bully you in the future, I’ll beat them up for you, hehe…!” he ended, scratching his head and smiling foolishly. it didn’t seem at all like he was soone who would throw people out of a carriage without a word.
The won who had witnessed the whole event, hearing this, all bowed their heads, not daring to make a sound. They felt like they were sitting on pins and needles, uncomfortable all over, hoping to quickly return to the Mo Family Village, get off the carriage, and get as far away from Big Bull, the harbinger of death, as possible to feel safe.
“Big Bull is really great!”
Xuexue laughed upon hearing this, also coming to a realization in her heart that it was better to be feared by others than bullied.
Soon, they returned to the Mo Family Village. Like avoiding the plague, the people on the carriage hurried past Big Bull and scrambled down, paid the carriage driver, and then ran off as if being chased by ghosts.
The carriage driver, completely baffled, thought it was understandable for a person or two to hurry, but the sight of seven or eight people running off in a swarm was sothing he had never seen before.
“Xuexue, what’s going on with them?” Seeing them hurry off as if ghosts were chasing them, the carriage driver couldn’t help but ask.
The carriage driver had been focused on driving from outside and with the noise of the carriage wheels being so loud, he had no idea what had happened inside.
“Who knows! Maybe they are in a rush.”
“It’s really strange that they all hurried together!”
“Isn’t it, just a coincidence I guess.” Xuexue said earnestly.
“Oh! How co there are still things left in the carriage! Whose are they?” the carriage driver, used to checking the carriage after the passengers were gone, peered inside and noticed a basket on the carriage. Lifting the cloth cover, he discovered it was filled with eggs.
Xuexue knew they belonged to Lady Li, who, although thrown off by Big Bull, had left her belongings on the carriage.
“Uncle, I saw Lady Li sneaking away just now, did she by any chance not pay the carriage fee again?” Xuexue asked, eyes twinkling mysteriously.
Upon hearing this, the carriage driver was instantly infuriated, “That wretched woman, every ti she rides the carriage she doesn’t want to pay, and I have to nag her repeatedly before she’ll hand over the money, now she’s getting more brazen, even daring to run off?”
“Uncle, you’re not at a loss! Isn’t there a basket of eggs? Just take them in place of the fare,” Xuexue suggested.
“This…, is that okay? A basket of eggs is worth dozens of Copper Coins,” the carriage driver hesitated, his fare was just one Copper Coin, and the basket of eggs could pay for dozens of rides.
“What’s wrong with that? Everyone in the Mo Family Village knows that Lady Li has a bad reputation, what’s wrong with taking a basket of her eggs? Uncle, don’t worry, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know; I won’t tell, and I’ll make sure you’re in the clear,” Xuexue reassured him, patting her chest.
The carriage driver, also a poor man with several children to feed, knew that eggs were considered a luxury in the rural area where common people could hardly afford them. With the New Year approaching, adding so eggs to his children’s als seed like a good idea.
“Alright then,” the carriage driver secretly rejoiced but pretended to be reluctant.
Xuexue, without pointing it out, prepared to pay the fare and then head ho with Big Bull.
The carriage driver stubbornly refused to accept the money. Xuexue understood; having taken a whole basket of Lady Li’s eggs, he feared she might expose him, hence his reluctance to take the two Copper Coins for the fare.
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