Chapter 673: Encounter

These words truly infuriated Sister in law Liu.

Her eyes went wide. "Wang Xiang, who are you calling a chicken?"

Wang Xiang wasn’t afraid of her.

"Aren’t you the one who said it? That you can lay eggs, that you’re the best at laying eggs─"

"Damn you─" Sister in law Liu couldn’t take it anymore. She lunged forward and started hitting Wang Xiang.

There was no way Wang Xiang was just going to stand there and take it.

She immediately fought back.

The crowd was dumbfounded. ’How did those two start fighting?’

They hurried over to break up the fight.

"Stop fighting! Both of you, stop! Are you trying to blow this whole thing up?"

Wang Xiang wasn’t scared. ’Let it blow up,’ she thought. It wasn’t her fault anyway.

But Sister in law Liu was different. Those words brought her back to her senses.

So, when someone pulled her back, she took the opportunity to back down without losing face.

"Wang Xiang, I won’t stoop to your level─"

Then she shook off the hands holding her back and stormed off toward her own home.

Seeing this, Wang Xiang spat on the ground. "Coward! If you’ve got the guts, don’t run! Get back here and let’s finish this!"

The crowd didn’t know what to say.

Whatever. They decided they should probably scatter.

Better to avoid word of this getting back to Qin Tuan and Fu Mingxue.

Fu Mingxue, of course, knew nothing about this.

She and Qin Wenhao had arrived at the town market.

"Honey, buy whatever you want."

Fu Mingxue hadn’t browsed this market in a long time. It felt much more crowded now.

"Alright. I’ll wander around by myself for a bit. You go buy what you need. I’ll meet you at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative in an hour."

Qin Wenhao had wanted to stay with his wife.

But hearing her say that, he understood that she wanted to look around on her own.

"Okay, then. I’ll see you at the cooperative in an hour. Honey, be careful."

Fu Mingxue was a bit confused.

’What could possibly be unsafe for me here?’

Still, she nodded. "Okay, I know."

Without giving Qin Wenhao a chance to fuss over her any longer, she turned and walked away.

Qin Wenhao was left speechless.

Fu Mingxue wandered around the market.

There wasn’t really anything she needed to buy.

After all, she wasn’t lacking anything at the moment.

Besides, her storage space was already quite full! She hadn’t even had a chance to take most of it out.

However, one stall caught her eye. "How much for this?"

It was an exquisitely carved wooden pixiu.

The stall was run by a young woman in her early twenties.

Wang Lihong hadn’t expected anyone to ask for a price. She looked up and was momentarily stunned by the woman’s beauty.

She had never seen anyone so good-looking before.

Fu Mingxue saw the woman just staring at her without saying a word.

So she had to ask again, "Miss, how much is this?"

Wang Lihong hurriedly replied, "This one is ten yuan."

After stating the price, she felt a wave of anxiety.

After all, it was a rather expensive price for a wood carving.

Almost no one was willing to spend that much on it.

Just as she was about to offer a lower price...

Fu Mingxue spoke first. "Did a family member carve this, or did you?"

Fu Mingxue added this question because she had noticed the many calluses on the young woman’s hands and the tiny scars on each of her fingertips.

Wang Lihong froze for a moment, as if she hadn’t expected such a question.

But she quickly recovered and replied, "I carved this one─"

Hearing her answer, Fu Mingxue was both surprised and not surprised.

After all, she had already suspected it.

"Your craftsmanship is excellent. I’ll take it."

She took out ten yuan and handed it over.