Chapter 117
Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Fickle and Flirtatious_1 Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Fickle and Flirtatious_1 The most eye-catching thing was those two pieces of meat on the cutting board, and the eggs that Lin Yue was preparing to make omelets with. For Zhao Yunxiang, who lived in a family so poor that they couldn’t afford to eat meat even once in half a month, these were simply luxuries. Even the basket of eggs she had brought were accumulated over several months to be sold for money. She’d only brought them this time to help Erhu recover, since she’d heard about his accident. Normally, they couldn’t bear to eat such precious food.
Zhao Yunxiang knew her brother was frugal and reluctant to spend money, let alone now when her second brother lay unconscious in bed, so it was impossible for these items to have been purchased by him. Then where did this woman get the money to buy these things?
Even before this woman had married into their family, she had explicitly told Erhu to keep the family’s silver coins in his grasp. Erhu had always listened to her, and considering the big loss they had previously suffered because of the Li Family, he surely wouldn’t be foolish enough to hand over the silver coins to the Lin Family so soon. She had heard that Lin Yue was also a restless woman, who had even run away before getting married, which Erhu knew. He should be well aware of it. It was also strange how the Wei Family’s woman, who bore them ill will, could not stand to see the three siblings doing well. Otherwise, Erhu wouldn’t have spent so much silver only to marry such a woman.
“Where did all these things come from? My second brother wouldn’t have given you the family’s silver coins. Where did you get the money to buy so much stuff?!” Zhao Yunxiang’s expression and her accusatory tone left little doubt that she practically wanted to say the goods were bought by some adulterer from outside.
Lin Yue, upon hearing Zhao Yunxiang’s repeated references to “second brother,” roughly guessed that this woman was Erhu’s elder sister, married off to Shanglin Village. Hadn’t Erhu said his elder sister had always treated him kindly since childhood and was easy to get along with? Looking at her now, she hardly seemed benevolent; her tone made it seem as though she was taking Lin Yue for an enemy. Lin Yue’s patience was limited, and this polite conversation was only inviting further audacity from the other party. So she was not going to be courteous anymore.
“Who are you, to come to my house and boss me around? You’re full isn’t it? It doesn’t matter which of my family’s relatives you are, don’t think that just because Erhu is in trouble, you can come here and take advantage of us mother and son. If you don’t start talking sense, I will use a broom to chase you out.” Lin Yue spoke with sarcasm, still mindful that this woman was Erhu’s elder sister, and thus refrained from uttering the nastiest words.
However, such words might not mean much to shameless folks like those at the old Zhao house or the eldest aunt, but for Zhao Yunxiang, they were already too much. Especially since she was the sort of woman who, despite her family’s extreme poverty, carried a certain pride and would not easily concede defeat. You could insult her in many ways, but she could not bear such words. She had come specifically to visit her brother, only to be accused of coming over to take advantage of their hunger—that, to Zhao Yunxiang, felt like an insult from Lin Yue.
“Who am I? I am Erhu’s elder sister! You think I can’t control you just because you’re a flirtatious woman who managed to latch onto some rich man in the city? Don’t get ahead of yourself. Erhu spent fifteen taels of silver to buy you, and the deed is still in Erhu’s hands. If you think about running off with someone else, forget it. If you dare to do something so shameless, I will take Erhu’s place and sell you to a brothel.”
Zhao Yunxiang was not inherently malicious, but when angry, she spoke viciously. What kind of place was a brothel? Once a respectable girl entered it, her reputation would be ruined for life.