The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 738: Compensate Five Hundred Taels (2)_1

Chapter 738: Chapter 738: Compensate Five Hundred Taels (2)_1

She was just a servant, without the right to lock them out— it would be considered neglectful. Hong Xia bit her lip, took out the keys, and opened the door, inviting them inside.

Fang Hui humphed discontentedly and entered the room with her head held high and grandeur in her step.

Hong Xia turned around and poured two cups of tea, "Mrs. Feng, Old Feng, please enjoy your tea. I’ll go to the workshop and ask the lady and the third miss to come back."

Feng Shouxing quickly stepped forward, smiling awkwardly, "Then we’ll trouble you to make a trip to the workshop. We’ll just wait here."

Hong Xia curtseyed, "Then please wait a moment, both of you!"

As she left, she didn’t actually head for the workshop but instead called over two young boys at the alley’s entrance, asking them to run the errand, "...I can’t go out to meet people looking like this now."

The two youngsters saw the palm print on her face, realizing she had been slapped, and quickly ran to the workshop to call someone.

Fang Hui took a sip of tea, scalded her mouth, and then threw it on the table, looking around the room.

In the past, after their mother died, they were just several lonely siblings. They built a new residence, but the rooms were empty. Now, not only were there a complete set of furnishings, but the room also boasted porcelain decorations and hung paintings. Especially the large clock on the wall opposite the divan, gleaming with gold and inlaid with gems. Those wood carvings weren’t worth much, but the clock was very valuable. Previously, the young boy wanted to touch it, but that wretched girl Pei Qian glared and wouldn’t allow it. The jade sculptures on the shelves probably were also worth quite a bit.

It would take a while for Hong Xia to go to the workshop and return, even if she ran back.

Fang Hui stood up and touched the clock on the divan, knocked on its crystal surface and found it quite sturdy. Hearing Feng Shouxing calling her, she humphed and walked over to him, then picked up the Jade Cabbage Sculpture, "This thing must be worth quite a lot of money!"

"Put it down quickly! What if someone comes back?" Feng Shouxing said, anxious.

"I’m just looking at it, I didn’t take it away!" Fang Hui scolded indignantly. Feeling the smooth and polished Jade Cabbage Sculpture, jealousy and rage filled her heart. They had no idea how much money they were making now. Pei Yuan had gotten married, just her dowry alone was more than two thousand taels, and even more. Their family making kimchi, they hadn’t even earned close to a thousand taels. It was all because they were allowed to do it, greedily holding on, and even daring to snatch the source of goods from their family!

When Hong Xia returned and saw her holding the Jade Cabbage Sculpture, she gasped. She had been a bit worried before, but she also thought they would never steal anything, and the doors of several rooms were locked too! But she never expected that, in the short while she stepped out, Fang Hui had taken hold of their Jade Cabbage Sculpture. She hurried over, "What are you doing! Put that down!"

Fang Hui didn’t expect her to come back so quickly and was startled; the Jade Cabbage Sculpture slipped from her hands. In her panic, she tried to catch it, but it was too late.

With a loud crash, the foot-long Jade Cabbage Sculpture hit the floor and shattered into several pieces.

Feng Shouxing let out a cry of shock, staring wide-eyed at the smashed Jade Cabbage Sculpture on the ground.

"You..." Hong Xia’s face turned white, a mix of fear and rage. Relying on being relatives, they barged in though she had no authority to stop them, intending to take things from the house, and now they had shattered the Jade Cabbage Sculpture. She didn’t know how much it was worth, but she was certain that even selling ten of her wouldn’t cover it. It was she who allowed them into the house...

Fang Hui’s color drained with fright, but she quickly grabbed Hong Xia, "You wretched servant! If you hadn’t suddenly shouted and deliberately frightened me, the sculpture wouldn’t have fallen! When Pei Qin and the others return, you’d better confess to your crime!"

Hong Xia’s eyes widened in shock and anger as she looked at Fang Hui, "You dropped the jade, and you dare to blame me!?"