Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm-Chapter 865 - : This Outrageous Village Girl_1
Chapter 865: Chapter 865: This Outrageous Village Girl_1
This was the first sentence she uttered after entering Jiwei Residence,
her expression indifferent, her tone equally bland.
Yet it startled Zhang Xiaoman so much that his heart skipped a beat.
Though Qiao Xiaomai was a country girl, she was one who had seen the world, for she had cooked for the Retired Emperor!
And looking at her attire and bearing, where was there any semblance of a country girl? To say she was a delicate young lady from the city would have been believed by many.
Now, faced with a delicate young lady with a cold demeanor, he, a country bumpkin, subconsciously felt intimidated.
His gaze shifted towards the Zhang Family, his eyes filled with a plea for help.
The Zhang Family’s matriarch, already dark-skinned, turned even darker upon hearing Qiao Xiaomai’s words, “So what if I did?!”
“When my son passed the imperial examination, the Tong Family didn’t host a banquet. Now he’s just using this opportunity to entertain the Zhang Family. What’s wrong with that?!”
“Nothing at all.” Qiao Xiaomai looked at the Zhang Family matriarch. “But just now, your son said he had no silver.”
“My son, a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, works for your Qiao Family, and he only gets a hundred taels of silver a month? You’re really undervaluing my son too much!” The Zhang Family matriarch glared at Qiao Xiaomai with fierce eyes as if she wanted to pounce on her and bite her.
This wretched woman who stole her son, she was going to make her fall from grace today!
“Then how much do you want?” Qiao Xiaomai asked emotionlessly.
“He is a successful candidate, and you, a country girl, without a thousand taels of silver, you cannot afford to employ him!” The Zhang Family matriarch slammed the table fiercely as she spoke, one hundred taels a month, was this charity?
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai raised an eyebrow and let out a soft snort. She put down her chopsticks. “Then let him find a job that earns a thousand taels per month. I won’t stop him.”
As she spoke, she stood up, “Since it’s your Zhang Family’s private banquet, then I, an outsider, shall not stay and dampen the spirits.”
With those words, she walked towards the entrance.
Tong Sanlang quickly stood up, wanting to follow.
What was this mess? He had come with good intentions, only to find these people trying to trap him!
They expected him to pay for the day’s banquet fees, which made no sense at all!
He wasn’t foolish, nor was his money plentiful!
As Tong Sanlang made to leave, the Zhang Family matriarch suddenly stood up, “Sanlang, you stop right there!”
Tong Sanlang continued walking, pretending he did not hear.
Just at this moment, Yuan Ding entered, holding a tray. He spoke up, “Stop serving the dishes, there’s no silver to pay for the banquet.”
In Jiwei Residence, settling the bill for the banquet usually started with a deposit, followed by clearing the balance afterwards.
Jiwei Residence, being a major establishment, had never encountered anyone daring enough to dine and dash.
Yet today, the audacious diner appeared.
To avoid this group getting thrown out in the end, better not to continue serving the dishes.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ding was stunned, looking down at the dishes on his tray, “Scholar Tong, what’s going on?”
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“It’s nothing, just report back to the shopkeeper like this, and it’ll be fine.”
Tong Sanlang saw Qiao Xiaomai passing by the screen, about to exit the Jiwei Residence, and he hurriedly followed after her.
Qiao Xiaomai must be truly angry this time, and he needed to console her properly.
But before he could take a step, the Zhang Family matriarch shouted again, “Everyone, come and see, come and have a look, ah, look at how the country girl who once cooked for the Retired Emperor disrespects her in-laws!”
“Look at how this country girl, backed by the Retired Emperor, behaves lawlessly, everyone come and see!”
Her words were aimed outside the screen, loud and clear, like those of street performers attracting onlookers.
No sooner had she spoken than the first floor of Jiwei Residence fell silent.
The country girl who had cooked for the Retired Emperor was none other than Qiao Xiaomai who happened to be by the entrance of Jiwei Residence!
