Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 50 - Minor Interlude (Part One)

Thus, it’s really important for a woman to marry the right man.

When the mother and daughter arrived at the regular stopping point under the village’s big elm tree, it was just a little past 5:50 am. Uncle Chen, the driver, hadn’t arrived yet. But under the elm tree, there were already six people waiting.

Xia Yuan recognized a young man, a young wife, and two middle-aged women, whom she didn’t know. The only ones she knew were the mother and daughter duo dressed in brand-new clothes, with matching melon seed-shaped faces and good looks. It was a pity their eyes weren’t kind; one look and you wouldn’t have a good impression of them.

If they went by the normal rule of first-come-first-served, there would be no room for her and her daughter on the cart. So, as they approached, a series of smug giggles reached them.

“To see Xia Yuan willing to ride the cart is a rare sight indeed. Giggles, I hope you didn’t secretly come without Lu Aiguo knowing? Too bad, with no experience, you’re still one step too late. Today’s cart is full; seems like you’re still destined to walk.”

The speaker was Wang Lizhen, a notorious gossip in the village who loved to babble about this and that. Not only would she talk, but she also had a special talent for distorting facts and turning them upside down—making a mountain out of a molehill. She wasn’t content until she had blown things out of proportion and stirred up trouble in someone’s household.

The ones who truly feared not chaos in the world were exactly those like her. Definitely not what you’d call good material.

Follow current novℯls on ƒгeewёbnovel.com.

Seeing Wang Lizhen open her mouth with nothing good to say, and spotting her daughter, only seven or eight, yet completely inheriting her mother’s ways, looking down on them through her nostrils and showing the same gloating expression as her mother, Xia Yuan sneered inwardly.

She then saw the others with their indifferent faces enjoying the commotion. She guessed that these two had probably arrived later, which was why they felt superior upon seeing that she and her daughter had arrived even later.

Unfortunately, today their misplaced sense of superiority would be wasted.

“We might not have much experience, but we’re not late,” Xia Yuan said with a smile on her face and responded in a calm manner, “Lu Aiguo already reserved our spots with Uncle Chen yesterday, so it’s hard to say who’s really destined to walk.”

“Impossible? If you two reserved a seat in advance, you’d have to pay for three people’s fares. How could Lu Aiguo ever bear to spend that money for you? Aren’t you just bluffing?”

Wang Lizhen and her daughter Chen Qiuyu both wore dark expressions.

They, mother and daughter, were going to a cousin’s wedding banquet in the township today. Wang Lizhen’s cousin was over a decade her senior and had married well, due to her good looks. The cousin’s husband was from the local area and was one of the few who received food rations. As such, this cousin had always been the pride of the entire clan, the subject of adults’ praises.

This had caused Wang Lizhen to feel imbalanced in her heart ever since she was a child. As she grew older, she was unable to marry a man with a food ration like her cousin and felt particularly unjust about this. She didn’t think she was any less attractive than her cousin, so why was her luck so much worse?

Fortunately, times change and fortunes turn. Although her cousin’s family had food rations and didn’t have to farm the land, their life seemed not as good as hers over the years. It was said that they couldn’t even afford a new set of clothes for her son’s wedding.

So today, she specifically wore her best clothes with the intention of showing off. But due to the excitement in her dreams last night, she woke up late. She had been relieved that there were just two spots left on the donkey cart, but now, stirred by Xia Yuan’s words, she became anxious.

In the village, there had been disputes before over paying for the donkey cart ride in advance. Consequently, the village committee later changed the rules: if someone with an urgent matter paid in advance, they had to pay one and a half mao per person for the round trip.

That settled most arguments.

After all, the people who had reserved in advance paid more. Therefore, according to the regulations, others were obliged to give up their seats to those who had booked ahead.

A resentful gleam flashed in Wang Lizhen’s eyes. Why did it have to be today?

She had dressed up specially for the wedding banquet today, decked out in new clothes from head to toe, not to mention the black leather shoes on her feet, which she was usually reluctant to wear. If she couldn’t get on the donkey cart, the long walk would not only make her late to the banquet but also ensure that she’d arrive covered in dust and dirt. Worse, her cherished shoes might be completely ruined.

Xia Yuan observed Wang Lizhen’s complexion and her gaze lingering on her own feet. She silently laughed to herself, instantly guessing what Wang Lizhen was thinking. Wang Lizhen had always treasured that pair of leather shoes, which she had shown off countless times. She must be feeling pained now.

“It would be a shame for those leather shoes, indeed. I wonder if they’ll make it to the township,” Xia Yuan said, deliberately sighing at Wang Lizhen’s shoes. “That day, when I went to the township with my husband, Lu Aiguo, to buy a pair of shoes, I saw them too. I really wanted them, but Lu Aiguo firmly refused to buy them for me.”

“Of course, those are the most expensive shoes in the entire supply and marketing cooperative. It would be surprising if Lu Aiguo were willing to buy them for you,” Wang Lizhen said, her tremors subsiding at Xia Yuan’s words. Those shoes had given her face in the village countless times, and now they were about to do so again. It hadn’t been in vain that she had been so attentive to Chen Dazhuang for so long, enabling him to finally spend more than half the money to buy them for her.

Hmph, Lu Aiguo was too stingy to even buy Xia Yuan a pair of shoes, let alone pay for her to reserve a donkey cart seat in advance. So her earlier words were definitely a bluff. Heh, she thought she could deceive Wang Lizhen that easily? Didn’t she realize who she was dealing with? Hadn’t she just given herself away?

Wang Lizhen’s heart finally settled down.