PWDLAW Chapter 12: Tang Rou

 Chapter 12: Tang Rou

She thought to herself, not delaying and quickly walked away.

The other women, who had met Mrs. Zhao on the way were hoping to inquire about potential suitors.

Now that the protagonist had left, the women greeted Ye Muyu and also left one by one.

Although the original owner's reputation wasn't good, no one dared to gossip in front of her. After all, with the title of the wife of a scholar, nobody wanted to offend her.

However, Ye Muyu was thinking that she couldn't get involved in the matter of tax reduction for fertile land.

If Chu Heng wanted to trade this quota, he would have done it long ago, not waiting until now.

Even the original owner's natal family didn't benefit from this, and Mrs. Zhao's thoughts were indeed too optimistic.

Walking a few steps, she was immersed in her thoughts and didn't notice someone in front of her.

"Oh, my skirt..." Suddenly, a cry made Ye Muyu snap back to reality. She stopped and saw what had happened.

A woman with a delicate appearance, wearing a sky-blue ruqun, was sitting in front of her on the stone-paved street, surrounded by unwiped rainwater.

The place where she fell happened to have water, and her skirt was soaked.

"I'm sorry..." Ye Muyu realized that she had bumped into someone but she felt some doubt. She hadn't felt any impact yet the person in front of her was sitting on the ground.

"It's okay, it's okay, Sister Ye. It's my fault for not watching where I was going." The woman stood up, waved her hand gently, showing a very understanding demeanor.

"Tang Rou, you are too kind. I spent five hundred wen to buy this dress for you in the county. The shopkeeper said the fabric is extremely precious. If it gets wet too many times, it will be ruined."

"I say, Scholar's wife, your family doesn't lack this little money. You bumped into someone, shouldn't you compensate?" An old woman emerged, quickly shifting the responsibility onto Ye Muyu and demanding compensation. The glint in her eyes was quite discernible.

Ye Muyu recognized the two people in front of her. The woman was named Tang Rou, and the older woman was her stepmother, Tang Wangshi.

People in the village said that Tang Wangshi treated Tang Rou poorly. They pitied Tang Rou, who was considered pitiful but also sensible. She could do needlework, read, and even paint.

Because she was more 'knowledgeable'' than the women in the village, quite a few young men expressed their feelings for her.

But unfortunately, the Tang family had high expectations. They thought Tang Rou was beautiful, almost like a daughter from a noble family in the county. They were unwilling to marry her to someone they considered beneath them. For some reason, it never worked out and now, Tang Rou was eighteen but still unmarried. Gossip had spread in the village.

However, it didn't affect the Tang family's intention to find a good man for Tang Rou.

"Tang Wangshi, your method of extortion isn't very clever. Whether I bumped into you or not everyone should have seen it." Ye Muyu listened to Tang Wangshi's words and became more certain that she was being exploited. Naturally, she didn't feel guilty.

"Sister Ye, it's my fault. It has nothing to do with you. Please leave quickly." Tang Rou gently pushed Ye Muyu and whispered to her to leave.

At the same time she rushed toward Tang Wangshi, trying to stop her stepmother.

Ye Muyu watched their emotional performance, feeling amused and even wanting to laugh.

She simply passed by the two mothers and daughters and left.

Both Tang Rou and Tang Wangshi were stunned.

Tang Rou was even more shocked in her heart. Why didn't the usually foolish Ye family care for her now that she was sensible?

Tang Wangshi, seeing that Ye Muyu was really about to leave, thought of the benefits of the Chu family. She gritted her teeth, pushed Tang Rou toward Ye Muyu and tore a small rip in Tang Rou's skirt.

A tearing sound.   

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