Chapter 84 - I'll Wait
Chapter 84: I’ll Wait
Lu Jiao left home in a hurry.
Other than organizing the matter of Xie Yunjin’s surgery, she had to buy lots of things for the kitchen.
Most of the things she needed to buy should be easy – woks, however, were rare in this day and age. She wondered if she’ll be able to find them in town.
Lu Jiao remembered Baohe Tang’s Qi Lei and how he came from the Capital City. Perhaps he had a way to get her some good quality woks. After making up her mind, she headed straight to Xie Fugui’s home.
On the way there, the villagers all warmly greeted her, not at all displeased to see her like before.
The Village Leader’s Tieniu was waiting. Currently, a few people were in his oxcart, including Lu Jiao’s first sister-in-law – Chen Liu, the Second Grandma’s youngest daughter-in-law – Changmei, Xie Xiaojuan, and two of Lu Jiao’s enemies, aunt Guihua and Shen Xiu.
The moment Shen Xiu saw Lu Jiao, hatred poured out of her. She stared at Lu Jiao as if she was waiting for the perfect moment to bite.
Lu Jiao didn’t even acknowledge her. She smiled at Xie Xiaojuan, who helped her up the cart and asked her to sit beside her.
The oxcart started to move once Lu Jiao settled down.
Across from her, Chen Liu noticed that Lu Jiao didn’t greet her and got angry. She glared at Lu Jiao and demanded in a sour tone, “Ah, does my third sister-in-law have poor eyesight? Or is it because the third brother’s recovering soon so you no longer think anything of me?”
Lu Jiao replied nonchalantly, “I didn’t think anything of you in the first place. All those things you’ve done deserve no respect. Why don’t you ask the villagers and see how many people actually do think something of you?”
The other women in the cart turned to Chen Liu.
Even aunt Guihua, who didn’t like Lu Jiao, refused to take Chen Liu’s side.
Chen Liu’s face darkened and fire shot out of her eyes. She instinctively wanted to hit Lu Jiao but was scared off by the memories of Lu Jiao’s insane strength.
This woman was okay with overstepping her mother-in-law. If she hit Lu Jiao today, Lu Jiao would 100% hit back.
Chen Liu quickly remembered the decision her mother-in-law made last night and couldn’t help but smirk.
Ha, she could act triumphant now. Once the third brother leaves her, she won’t be able to smile.
Chen Liu managed to make herself feel better and turned away after she glared at Lu Jiao.
Chen Liu was now silent, Shen Xiu however, decided to open her mouth.
“Lu Jiao, you were the one who told Luo Wangcai to steal my money and give it to my mother so she would agree to marry me off. You plotted this.”
Lu Jiao knew right away that Shen Xiu had gotten the truth out of Luo Wangcai.
She was not the slightest scared.
Everyone in the oxcart glanced at Lu Jiao in surprise. Was that true?
Lu Jiao coldly snickered, “Shen Xiu, you gave Luo Wangcai 500 tokens and asked him to seduce me. I had to defend myself. What I did is nothing compared to what you did.
I have a husband. You knew that and still asked a man to seduce me. Your only intention at the time was to ruin my reputation. You’re a widow and Luo Wangcai is a single man without children. What is so wrong to suggest to him that you would make a good wife? Am I really as evil as you?”
Everyone in the cart now turned to Shen Xiu. With everyone knowing how Shen Xiu felt toward Xie Yunjin, everyone was certain that Lu Jiao was telling the truth.
To become Xie Yunjin’s woman, Shen Xiu was willing to hurt Lu Jiao so deeply.
As a widow, she sure had high ambitions. Why would a scholar want to marry a widow? She was living in such a wild dream.
Everyone now despised Shen Xiu.
Shen Xiu felt the hot gazes and remembered how she was very much liked before in this village. Hatred started to form.
“Lu Jiao, I’m not going to let this go.”
Lu Jiao snorted, “I’ll wait. I am not scared of you.”
The grin on Lu Jiao’s face made Shen Xiu dizzy and she wanted to pass out. She hated Lu Jiao so much at this moment that she swore silently that she will end this woman. She definitely will.
On the cart, Xie Xiaojuan grabbed a hold of Lu Jiao’s hand, worried.
Lu Jiao patted her hand and said warmly, “I am fine. Don’t worry.”
She then saw the eggs in Xie Xiaojuan’s hand, “Are you going into town to sell eggs?”
“Yes, I have a few chickens at home. Every few days, my mother asks me to go into town to sell them.”
Lu Jiao heard this and thought about it. She’ll tell Xie Xiaojuan another time to sell the eggs to her.
Xie Yunjin and the four little ones needed nutrition and eggs were great for that. She needed eggs and Xie Xiaojuan needed to sell eggs. It was perfect.
Given that there were too many people, Lu Jiao didn’t mention it right away.
Xie Xiaojuan thought of what her father told her and whispered to Lu Jiao, “My father mentioned you are planning on teaching the villagers how to identify herbs?”
Lu Jiao nodded, “That’s right.”
Xie Xiaojuan’s lips opened, then closed. She felt that if she asked what she wanted, Lu Jiao might be troubled. If she didn’t ask, however, she would feel like she wasted an opportunity.
Lu Jiao grabbed Xie Xiaojuan’s hands, “When the time comes, come over and I will teach you.”
Xie Xiaojuan was ecstatic, “Thank you!”
“No worries.”
Though they were whispering, the oxcart was small and everyone heard their conversation.
Chen Liu in particular almost puked blood. Lu Jiao refused to teach her sisters-in-law but was voluntarily teaching outsiders. What was wrong with her? Hmmph, when the third brother leaves her, Chen Liu won’t speak a word in her favor.
Chen Liu was determined.
While Chen Liu was busy being angry, Aunty Guihua was worried. She also knew about the fact that Lu Jiao was going to teach the villagers. She’s also heard that Lu Jiao knew medicine and managed to cure Lin family’s son with her prescription. That boy’s fever couldn’t go down even after going to Chuntang Medical Center yet Lu Jiao managed to heal him.
Lu Jiao also helped get rid of the snake poison in Hunter Xu’s system. Aunty Guihua personally saw how unharmed Hunter Xu was.
When did that woman become so capable?
Aunty Guihua suddenly realized something.
Could it be that Lu Jiao was going to not teach herbs to her family? If someone in her family got sick, could it be that Lu Jiao would refuse help?
Aunty Guihua shuddered at the thought. This was bad. She has to establish a good relationship with that woman.
That thought made Aunty Guihua’s face stretch into a smile – a very rigid one at that.
“Yunjin’s wife, you’re going into town to sell goods?”
Lu Jiao stared at the bizarre-looking Guihua. Everyone else in the cart also turned to stare.
All the villagers knew that Aunty Guihua wasn’t a fan of Lu Jiao. Just what was happening?
Lu Jiao was suspicious. What did this woman want?
Though one should never turn away someone who comes smiling, this smile of hers was truly terrifying.