The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 739: Compensate Five Hundred Taels (3)_1

Chapter 739: Chapter 739: Compensate Five Hundred Taels (3)_1

"You still dare to deny it!? If it weren’t for you, this would never have broken! It was your fault, you lowly maid, and you even have the nerve to blame the guests!?" Fang Hui was also terribly frightened inside but could only desperately pin all the blame on the servant girl. After all, she was just a servant, their own property; they could beat, scold, or sell her as they wished.

Feng Shouxing’s head buzzed, "... How much does this cost!?"

"What does the cost matter! No matter the cost, it’s all on that lowly maid! If she hadn’t scared people, it would never have broken!" At this point, Fang Hui could only firmly place the blame on Yuan Hongxia.

Hong Xia had never seen anything like this before; she was so upset her eyes turned blood-red, anxiously waiting for Pei Qin and Pei Qian to hurry back.

The person who had gone to call Pei Qin and Pei Qian had already delivered the news that Hong Xia had been beaten, and that their aunt had arrived.

Upon hearing that Hong Xia had been hit, and that Fang Hui had arrived, it was certain that Fang Hui was the one who had beaten her, there was no escaping that. Pei Qian’s face darkened instantly, "We’ve already opened a shop in the county town and it’s not enough, she’s been coming over and over again trying to take over the pickled cabbage business, and now she’s directly hitting our doorstep!? I want to see what this shameless, greedy woman has in mind!" Dropping her basket, she called Pei Qin and dashed towards the Wang family’s house.

Pei Qin also washed her hands, left a few people from Sun Quanliang’s family to watch the pots, called out to Jiujiu, and followed her home.

The people glanced at each other; once they had left, they immediately started to buzz with discussion, "Isn’t that Pei Qian’s aunt? Why would she also start trouble? And beat a maid? Even when you beat a dog, you must look at its owner; even though a maid is a servant, she still belongs to Lady Mo."

"Just now they were talking about repeatedly trying to take over the pickled cabbage business. Didn’t they open a noodle shop and sell sesame sauce flatbreads in the county town? Why do they want the pickled cabbage too? Does their family also make pickled cabbage? Wanting pickled cabbage, could it be that they won’t let us do it anymore and want to monopolize the business!?"

"If that’s the case, then their aunt’s family is really overstepping! The pickled cabbage business earns quite a bit every year, they’ve already pulled up their family so much, and now they want to take over their entire business, I’ve never seen such a thing!"

Lady Zou was also working in the workshop making pickled cabbage. As people spoke, they all looked at her, asking if she knew any inside information, "You’re close with their siblings, you must know something, right? Tell us too, let us all know! Isn’t their aunt supposed to cherish her nieces and nephews, instead of forcing them to hand over their business to make money!?"

"Some people’s hearts are just greedy! They become more and more insatiable!" Lady Zou has disliked Fang Hui ever since she proposed marriage. Over the years, Xiao Pei’s relationship with this aunt’s family had also grown quite cold, "I don’t know what all has happened here, but something must have happened!" Just from the fact that Pei Yuan also didn’t think well of their family, you could tell, surely something bad had happened. Otherwise, even mentioning their family would not make Pei Yuan look upset.

When she said this, everyone around felt she must know some inside story and crowded around her, urging her to share it.

"You all know what kind of person Xiao Pei is, she never speaks ill of anyone, let alone her own aunt. I’ve never heard them say anything, but I guess something must have happened," said Lady Zou with a smile. She refrained from saying more, considering Fang Hui had been rejected in marriage and out of spite, had revealed her brother’s proposed marriage, such mutual exposure would affect Xiao Pei’s reputation. Hence, she did not wish to elaborate.

Then someone shouted, suggesting they better get back to work, "... We still have quite some tasks unfinished for today! If you want to know what happened, you’ll find out later!"

Everyone, chiming in one after the other, started to get busy again.

Pei Qian had already reached home and seeing the jade pieces that had been swept up off the floor, her anger flared, "Who broke this!?"