Chapter 46 - Chapter 46: Threat
Chapter 46: Threat
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Old Sun’s wife walked over with a few people and stood in front of Zhou Lan, blocking her view.
Zhou Lan looked up and her smile instantly disappeared when she saw who it was.
“Oh look. You are washing vegetables here.”
Ever since Zhou Lan had rejected Old Sun s request for food, Old Sun’s wife’s resentment towards Zhou Lan had increased to another level.
Zhou Lan was not interested in having a conversation with her. Despite knowing she could take on ten people like Old Sun’s wife, Zhou Lan controlled herself as she had to keep a low profile.
What was the saying?
I practice martial arts to be able to make the fools talk to me calmly, I read to be able to talk to the fool calmly.
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Zhou Lan was now putting on the attitude of a scholar. If she were really provoked in the future, she would definitely show her the consequences using her strengths.
Zhou Lan’s silence only served to fuel Old Sun’s Wife’s arrogance.
“Are you feeling guilty? Why don’t you dare to say anything? You are also not willing to share the location of the wild vegetables. No wonder you weren’t well-liked in the Jiang family. You deserved it!”
Jiang Xia was infuriated when she heard this but when she was about to speak, another aunty cut her off.
“Madam Sun, your words are interesting. They were the ones that found the plot of land with wild vegetables, why must they share it with you? If you are so good with your words, why not ask the ground where you can find those wild vegetables?”
A few of the ladies beside them laughed out loud, and Jiang Xia also giggled secretly. Her eyes were sparkling as she looked at the lady who was helping them to punish the woman.
“Yeah! Madam Sun, if you’re so good then ask the ground! If you really manage to get wild vegetables to grow, we won’t get greedy and take yours away from you!”
Old Sun’s wife’s face turned white after being ridiculed by the crowd. She can only continue to attack Zhou Lan because she cannot win the argument.
“Zhou Lan, are you not afraid of attracting jealousy and hatred for keeping it a secret? Nowadays, people are willing to do anything for food.” Her words were a blatant threat.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Lan were infuriated and wanted to give this woman some punches.
The others around could not stand Madam Sun’s attitude too.
Now that the famine was widespread, everyone was struggling to survive. It was hard to guarantee people like Madam Sun won’t act all greedy and keep all the vegetables to themselves.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Old Sun’s wife’s arrogance was rekindled. She wanted to continue speaking but was interrupted by Jiang Xia’s clear voice.
“Auntie Sun, are you blatantly threatening our family? We told uncles and aunties the location because we wanted to repay their kindness. If not, we could have hidden the vegetables and not told anyone, and all this conflict won’t happen today. Auntie Sun, if you did not help my family when we needed help, why should we give you things for free?”
Jiang Xia had wanted to use the wild vegetables to make others remember the good of her family, but she was afraid that it was impossible now, so she had to be straightforward.
There weren’t many people like Madam Sun in the village, most of them just act coldly. She had to make sure the others united with her to make her family’s life easier.
The surrounding crowd felt warmth in their heart when they heard what Jiang Xia had to say. Even children like Jiang Xia understood the importance of gratitude. They definitely plan to spend more time with Jiang Chuan’s family in the future.
Since most of them felt grateful instead of jealous, it was impossible for Madam Sun to win the argument..