Chapter 144:
Wang Wu was stunned.
What was this situation?
How did this butcher woman even learn blade technique?
Though fat, her body was light as a swallow, leaping up with swift steps like flying, fierce as dragon and tiger, each blade strike lethal!
How had he not heard that Taoyuan Town had such a figure? No, he had to go back and check!
Alarm bells rang loudly in his head; he couldn’t stay here a moment longer, because he felt his legs trembling uncontrollably.
This fat woman’s moves were all ruthless, her facial expression viciously fierce, paired with those cold-gleaming narrowed eyes—enough to take a life!
Luo Zhi’er saw his face turn pale then green, not knowing what he was thinking!
Time to add fuel to the fire!
With a leap, she brought the blade down like an axe, shouting loudly, “Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Axes, First Axe, Split the Head!!!”
“Boom!”
The stones on the ground were shattered by her strike!
Wang Wu dropped the young maid and ran away swiftly!
Luo Zhi’er saw him run away, went over to help up that old woman, “Mother-in-law, are you alright?”
“Daughter, you shouldn’t have helped mother-in-law. That Wang Wu is just a local thug and rogue. He came alone today, but there’s a whole gang behind him!”
“Hey, mother-in-law has gotten you in trouble!”
“Grandmother.”
The little girl ran over, aggrievedly hugging Granny and calling her grandmother.
This young maid looked about eight or nine years old, with clear brows and bright eyes; no wonder that Wang Wu had his eye on her earlier.
“It’s fine, mother-in-law. I’m not afraid!”
She patted her chest!
“Daughter, I know you know some martial arts, but no matter how skilled you are, without power or influence, as a mere woman, they can act tyrannically because they have backing, a whole group of them!”
Luo Zhi’er bent down to pick up the scallion seedlings from the ground for her, putting them into the bamboo basket. “Mother-in-law, to guard against any mishaps, and since you were also injured, don’t set up your stall today!”
“Yeah, that’s what I was planning too!”
“Hey, daughter! What to do?”
Mother-in-law was still worried about her. Luo Zhi’er pursed her red lips and smiled.
“Mother-in-law, I’m not a butcher; he doesn’t know me, so don’t worry needlessly. I’m just here for market day today; once I return to the village, he won’t find me!”
“Hey! Alright!”
Hopefully so!
After seeing off mother-in-law, she remembered Miaomiao at the marketplace and quickly picked up the blade, running toward the market with very swift steps.
Speaking of which, back then even Cheng Yanjin only mastered three moves of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Axes, and he was fearless on the battlefield; she felt it was very suitable for her!
Actually, she had just been swinging wildly earlier; these moves were quite smooth, so she used them.
In the shadows, Feng Qingchen was dumbfounded!
“How could she…”
“Miaomiao, how’s it going?”
From afar, Miaomiao saw her coming, her eyes lit up joyfully as she stood up, proudly saying, “Mother, look, I sold 10 coins!”
“Wow, Miaomiao is awesome!”
Luo Zhi’er was also surprised; this girl was pretty good at doing business!
At this moment, another customer came.
“Young woman, how much for your bread?”
“Auntie, this toast bread is ten coins for two, six coins for one!”
“Alright, give me two!”
“Coming right up!”
Luo Zhi’er watched her with a smile. Miaomiao took the small bag she had bought earlier and packed two for that person.
“Take care!”
After seeing off the customer, Luo Zhi’er took a toast bread, cut it up on the wooden board she brought from home, slicing it into neat pieces, then arranged them on the plate!
She also cut the other small breads into small chunks. Miaomiao skewered them with thin bamboo skewers and put them on the plate, then began hawking free tastings!
“Everyone, come taste this! Freshly baked bread, fragrant and sweet, crispy, perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner…”
“Little young woman, give me one to try!”
“Sure! Granny!”
Miaomiao skewered one with a bamboo skewer for her, and it indeed tasted pretty good.
“Young woman, give granny another one, alright?”
“Okay.” Miaomiao gave her a taste of another kind, the corn and red bean paste bread. After eating it, she said,
“Look at you, so young yet so stingy, giving such a tiny piece at a time. Give granny a few more pieces; this isn’t enough to eat, can’t taste the flavor.”
Miaomiao said, “Granny, you have to buy it if you want more!”
This woman pursed her lips. “So expensive, and tastes so bad! Who would buy it?” Then she left; she was just a greedy old woman!
As she walked away, she still said, “If you’re stingy with tastings for customers, don’t offer them!”
Miaomiao was a bit angry, a hint of grievance in her eyes. “Mother…”
Luo Zhi’er turned back; that person had already walked far away. She quickly comforted her. “Miaomiao, people are good and bad; next time be on guard against such folks so you won’t be fooled again!”
“Mother, Miaomiao just feels bad; the things you worked hard to make were wasted by her for free, and she said they tasted bad!”
“Silly girl, tastings are for others to sample the flavor. If she said it tasted bad, why did she eat a second piece, a third? She did it on purpose.”
“Don’t worry; no one but mother can make this bread. Next time she wants to eat it, even if she buys, mother might not sell to her!”
“But others heard it!”
“Hey, doing business requires patience; keep a level head, hawk a bit more. Good stuff won’t go unsold, and new customers will come!”
Sure enough, with tastings and her products being good, a crowd gathered soon.
Miaomiao immediately cheered up, and of course they sold quickly.
In no time, only one bread was left, and Luo Zhi’er stopped selling.
She planned to give it to Granny Xie selling garlic next to them.
To thank her for watching Miaomiao earlier.
Unexpectedly, at this moment a man walked up, the air around him emanating a faint majesty.
Luo Zhi’er’s eyes lingered on the pair of black mid-calf boots in front of the stall, her gaze shifting upward bit by bit.
A white robe with a white belt, eight feet tall, tall and upright figure, chiseled features, handsome as if carved by a knife, thin lips.
The whole person exuded the aura of a king who commanded the world.
Seeing Luo Zhi’er looking at him, a roguish smile played on his devilishly handsome face.
His gaze deep, melancholic, as if looking through her at something.
Luo Zhi’er was somewhat entranced; this person seemed so familiar, so… unfathomable.
Who was he?
“Customer, you’ve come at a bad time; my bread just sold out!”
“Oh? Isn’t there still one here?”
“Hehe, sorry, this one is meant for someone else.”
Luo Zhi’er smiled politely.
Why did she keep feeling like she’d seen this person somewhere, his features so familiar!
Hmm…
Where, where?
This pair of eyes gazing at her seemed to hold scrutiny.
Could it be… him?
Black bear?
Luo Zhi’er jolted and remembered; wasn’t this the person who last time on the mountain killed the black bear to take its bear gallbladder?
Why had he come to buy her bread?
Her heart fluctuated; their only connection was the black bear—just for the black bear?
Or coincidence?
How could it be such a coincidence?
Could he regret giving her the black bear meat?
No, no; that black bear meat was worth at least dozens of taels, and she hadn’t even gotten it before someone coveted and stole it!
Thinking back to the person by his side last time, the two muttering something—this person was a bit dangerous.
Luo Zhi’er smiled on the surface. “Hehe, it’s you. Hehe, great hero, do you still remember me?”
The man nodded slightly.
“Mm.”
Seeing his indifferent look, he must have come deliberately to buy; he hadn’t mentioned the black bear meat.
“Hehe, sorry, friend; I really have no more bread, because this last one I’m saving for Granny Xie!”
Luo Zhi’er said apologetically, glancing at Granny Xie selling garlic.
The man nodded silently, his gaze cold, keeping people at a distance. “Alright, then when will you come sell next time?”
His voice magnetic, like a low murmur.
“Coming tomorrow? I’ll buy.”
“Um, hard to say, because I have other things to do, but not too late, roughly five or six days.”
“Like that; got it!”
His face somewhat pale, full of disappointment, he turned and left!
“Hey.”
Luo Zhi’er looked at the back of his head silently, wanted to call him back, but forget it!
She had pettily thought he came to demand the black bear’s.
Deliberately keeping distance from him.
He had just come specifically to buy bread; maybe planning to make dry rations for next time taking bear gallbladder…
But it was normal not to buy any; why did he look so angry his face paled, his eyes like he was aggrieved?
She felt a bit guilty.
Felt like she was a bit heartless.
He had given her so much black bear meat last time, and she was too disloyal!
This wasn’t the way of a female hero!
Couldn’t figure out why?
She felt deep self-reproach toward him.
Luo Zhi’er packed up the stall, gave the bread to Granny Xie, and Granny Xie’s eyes crinkled into slits with joy.
She even said next time she’d help hold a position for her; her home was in town.
Like those modern suburban farmers who could grow crops on the outskirts.
Luo Zhi’er bought twenty jin of garlic from Granny Xie.
Then, she took Miaomiao to eat first, and went to buy ingredients needed for making bread next time.
