Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 127: What’s the Point of Grabbing a Bunch of Old Ladies?

Chapter 127: Chapter 127: What’s the Point of Grabbing a Bunch of Old Ladies?

On the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month, the Village Chief’s family butchered a pig. Early in the morning, quite a few people had arrived, all waiting to buy some meat for the New Year’s feast.

Xiaoxiao was no exception, "Auntie, I’ll take the ribs and the big bones!"

"Yang Ming’s wife, there’s hardly any meat on those, why do you want those? Take some of this meat over here, it’s so fatty it’s dripping with oil!" The Village Chief’s wife meant well, trying to persuade her to take some better cuts.

"Auntie, that’s what I like. Please save them for me. Oh, and the pig’s tongue, ears, and trotters. Right, give me about twenty pounds of the lean meat, and another twenty pounds of the belly pork, and twenty pounds of pure fat, then..."

Xiaoxiao pointed at the pork, begun to make one request after another, almost wanting to bring the whole pig home. Next year, she definitely needed to raise a couple of them herself.

"..." The villagers were all stunned. It was their first time seeing Xiaoxiao shop like this.

They usually only bought a couple of pounds for the New Year’s celebrations, but here was the Scholar’s wife, practically hauling half a pig back home in one go. They couldn’t help but think she was buying too much, evidently, the workshop had made them a good amount of silver. Whatever the Scholar planned to do next year, they would follow, with everyone thinking along those lines.

"Auntie, did you save the pig’s blood?" Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that pig’s blood, when stewed with sour vegetables, was delicious!

"No, we didn’t save it. It’s not really useful, so we threw it out."

"Oh, what a pity! Pig’s blood is so tasty!"

"You can eat pig’s blood?"

"Actually, you can make pig offal taste really good, I just don’t like it, and don’t know how to cook it."

"..." How could the Scholar’s wife have such a strong stomach, daring to eat anything! They turned to look at Scholar Yang Ming.

"Uncle, chop off that pig’s foot, my wife wants it."

"Save that pig’s tongue for my wife."

"..."

Again, everyone was astonished. When had Scholar Yang Ming become like this? Normally, he was the image of a studious scholar, not very talkative, quite different from the coarse men and old women. But now, he was pretty much the same, constantly referencing his wife, making the young maidens and other wives rather envious.

Soon all the meat was distributed, and Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming had indeed taken the lion’s share, nearly half of the pig between them. They had just paid and were about to leave when they saw a crowd outside, making quite a commotion.

"Village Chief, Village Chief! Please, you have to stand up for us!"

"Village Chief, you’re our last hope!"

"..."

"Everyone quiet down and let one person speak. What exactly happened?" The Village Chief, seeing the situation, immediately came out to take charge, fearing something had happened.

"Village Chief, my daughter-in-law was taken away!"

"..."

"My wife was taken too!"

"..."

Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming watched from the side, wondering what was going on. Who would be abducting a bunch of old women around the New Year? Could it be that a ring of woman traffickers had surfaced in their village?

Just then, a voice rose from the crowd, "Why do I feel like all those taken away were the women workers for Scholar Yang Ming’s family?"

"Eh? Now that you mention it, it’s true!"

"Lucky us for not being chosen back then!"

"Who knows what trouble has arisen!"

"..."

"..."

The situation was already chaotic, and the onlookers were discussing it without any fear of making matters worse.

Having heard this, the families of the women workers seemed to find their backbone and immediately surrounded Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming, "Scholar Yang Ming, Scholar’s wife, you must take care of this!"

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