Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1285 - 1287: Aunt Lan Hua Is Getting Anxious

Aunt Lan Hua chatted with Xiaoxiao about this and that, and finally brought up the matter of the hazelnuts. She pointed at the hazelnuts piled up in the yard and said, "Yang Ming’s wife, these were returned by those few families, right?"

Xiaoxiao nodded, putting on a very helpless expression, "There’s nothing we can do; they won’t take them away, so we have no choice but to keep them."

"Yang Ming’s wife..."

Aunt Lan Hua hadn’t finished her sentence when Xiaoxiao interrupted, looking evasive, "Aunt Lan Hua, you’re not going to bring your food over too, are you? I heard your family got plenty already."

Hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, Aunt Lan Hua felt a bit embarrassed, "Ah, no! No!"

Xiaoxiao then pretended to be relieved and said, "Ah, that’s good, you really scared me. To be honest, I still don’t know what to do with all that in the yard. Aunt Lan Hua, how is the stuff selling from your family?"

This made Aunt Lan Hua frown. She originally wanted to find out more, but found herself being questioned first. She quickly replied, "Selling okay, I guess. Yang Ming’s wife, don’t blame Auntie for this. Auntie didn’t do it on purpose. Auntie just accidentally found out those things were edible and brought the family to gather more. If I knew your family was buying the mountain, I wouldn’t have done it at all. I was just trying to make a living, earn some silver for the family."

Xiaoxiao smiled slightly; Aunt Lan Hua really knew how to say the right things, and she replied, "Aunt Lan Hua, there’s no need for such words. We haven’t even bought the mountain yet. Who says you can’t pick something on the mountain? It’s not your fault. Besides, we’re not going to buy that mountain anymore. You know, it costs over a thousand taels; I thought it wasn’t worth it, so I gave up."

"Auntie knew you were sensible. As long as you don’t blame Auntie, it’s fine."

"No blame, no blame at all," Xiaoxiao said on the surface, but in her heart, she was thinking, if not you, then who? If you hadn’t been eavesdropping and interfering, would this have been so complicated? Now that the hazelnuts are back, how is she supposed to raise the price with such a low offer? It’s all a problem!

"So, what do you plan to do with these things? Are you going to sell them too?" Aunt Lan Hua continued to fish for information.

"Sell? No, we’ll just leave them for now. They won’t fetch much money anyway. Our family won’t even bother with the labor cost. It’s just neighbors bringing things over. I can’t help it; I had to pay for their work. Our family doesn’t lack that bit of labor cost right now. I just want some peace and quiet. Otherwise, they’d keep coming."

"Haha, Yang Ming’s wife, you really are kind-hearted." Aunt Lan Hua’s face looked a bit unnatural.

"Kind-hearted? Me? I’m the kind who always pays back any wrong."

Xiaoxiao said it with an innocent look, but in Aunt Lan Hua’s ears, it sounded different. Unable to continue the conversation, she stood up, "Well, that’s it then. I’ll get going to make lunch."

"Take care, Aunt Lan Hua," Xiaoxiao got up to see Aunt Lan Hua off.

What Xiaoxiao said made Aunt Lan Hua uneasy, but the situation was what it was, and she had to brave it out. She thought that the Yang Family couldn’t possibly leave everything untouched; they would definitely find a way to exchange them for silver. She was just waiting to follow suit and was sure she’d sell a lot of silver, too.

But to her surprise, several days passed, and the Yang Family hadn’t moved those hazelnuts at all, as if they really didn’t care about that bit of labor cost, just like Xiaoxiao said. This made Aunt Lan Hua anxious.