Chapter 138: The Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Rarely Cooperate

  Thirty catties of coarse salt, and another jar.

  Ten catties of sauce, one jar.

  Five catties of soy sauce and five catties of vinegar were also used, in two small jars.

  Although the rice and flour are not packed in a jar, this bag looks quite eye-catching.

  Adding some other small items, the horse cart was filled up to more than half, looking very rich.

  Compared with these things, Xu's fuss is really nothing to watch.

  Xu naturally also saw everyone's gaze sweep over her body and then move on.

  However, she didn't get angry at all. Instead, the corner of her mouth twitched upwards as she bent down to pick up the wooden stick on the ground. Then, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, she quickly slid a dagger out from her sleeve.

  To say that the wooden stick's tip became sharper after being bent, and Xu's clothing was also worn out from repeated washing, making it relatively fragile.

  Furthermore, Madam Xue had used a lot of force, so the fabric was naturally torn open.

  As the sound of the fabric tearing apart echoed through the air, before everyone could even react, a scream like that of a pig being slaughtered came from the Chu family's courtyard.

  "Oh my goodness! Even a wooden stick is coming to bully me, an old lady! I've worked hard for most of my life, and now that I'm almost buried up to my neck in the yellow earth, can't I even have a single piece of clothing that doesn't let the wind in?!"

  Xu was wailing and threw away the wooden stick in her hand, bent her knees and sat on the ground, clapping both the ground and her hands, a typical Xu-style tantrum.

  As Xu's hand slapped the ground and then her hands, everyone couldn't help but notice that the sleeve on her left side, which was originally rolled up at the elbow, was now swinging back and forth with a large amplitude as she swung her arm.

  Fortunately, the local customs here are relatively open-minded. At least in summer, women can reveal their arms; otherwise, according to Xu's approach, they would probably be treated as corrupting public morals and disciplined.

  Xu's outburst naturally drew everyone's attention back to her.

  The Chu Lishou family, who were originally busy moving things back and forth, also stopped in their tracks, staring blankly at Xu Shi's antics in the middle of the courtyard.

  Mrs. Lu originally didn't want to come out, but just as she was coming out of the main house, she happened to catch a glimpse of the two pieces of cloth in Mei Hua's hands. She had already been thinking about it in her mind, and now seeing Mrs. Xu's behavior, Mrs. Lu naturally immediately understood what her mother-in-law was going to do.

  Those are two new bolts of cloth!

  Even if the mother-in-law takes it to make new clothes for her father-in-law and younger sister, there will still be enough leftover fabric to make a set of clothes for her two precious sons and herself.

  As soon as she thought of herself having new clothes to wear, Lu forgot whether her skirt hem was still wet or not and hurriedly ran out of the house in a flurry, without saying another word, grabbed one of Xu's arms.

  "Girl, what's wrong with you?" Lu Shi's expression was perfect. If it wasn't for being too familiar with her personality, at first glance, one might even think that she and Xu Shi had a very good relationship!

  Xu had long guessed that Lu would come out, and as soon as the new cloth entered the courtyard, she saw it. Lu was right behind her, how could she not see?

  Lü came out now, probably also thinking about those two pieces of cloth.

  Although Xu didn't want to share the spoils with Lu, if Lu behaved well, Xu wouldn't mind giving all the remaining fabric and whatnot to Lu.