Fourth Son Shi held his breath but he still didn't want to give up.
He changed the topic. "Do you know how to make those little black balls?"
He added, "The Wu family is willing to pay another sum of money to buy its formula."
Shi Qingluo smiled. "My master invented it. How would I know the formula?
"If you really want to know, you can ask him yourself."
Fourth Son Shi's face instantly darkened. If they could ask him, they wouldn't ask her.
He didn't want to miss out on the benefits the Wu family offered and couldn't help but threaten, "If you offend the Wu family, you won't reap any benefits either.
"If I were you, I would take out these two formulas and sell them to the Wu family to resolve our past conflict. It'll be better for both parties in the future as well.
"The Wu family has a magistrate backing them up. Your husband might even need his help in the future."
Eldest Young Master Wu promised him that if he could persuade this wretched girl to sell them the formulas, he would marry one of his half-sisters (daughters of his father's mistress) to him.
He would benefit from having some ties with the Wu family.
Shi Qingluo did not mind. "I've already offended them. So I'm not concerned that I might continue to offend the Wu family."
Then, she curled her lips in disdain. "Besides, my husband is so outstanding. Can those bastards in the Wu family be compared with him? Does it look like my husband would need their help?"
She looked at Fourth Son Shi with disdain. "Are you kidding me?"
His mouth twitched. Was this wretched lass too confident in Xiao Hanzheng?
They were talking about a magistrate, how could a mere elementary scholar hold the same status as him? She said that her husband didn't even need his help. She was really arrogant.
Just as he was about to speak, Shi Qingluo said again, "You're too stupid. Others are manipulating you. Yet, you are still so proud of yourself.
"Do you really think that the Wu family's promises will come true?
"I'm afraid that once you take the money, you won't have the life to spend it.
"Or you'll have benefits but no opportunities to enjoy them."
Looking at Fourth Son Shi's agitated persuasion, she was confident that the Wu family had promised him great benefits.
Fourth Son Shi remained silent.
This wretched girl not only looked down on him, she even cursed him for not having the life to enjoy it. This was too detestable.
Xiao Hanzheng also despised Fourth Son Shi for delaying his stroll with his wife. "We still have matters to attend to, please leave."
Fourth Son Shi was still unwilling to give up. "Why do you have to do this, you..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Shi Qingluo became impatient and pointed at Dumby. "Good goose, bite him!"
Dumby, who was following behind and had been trying to push Xiao Hanzheng away unsuccessfully, rolled its eyes when it heard this.
It flapped its wings, pounced over, and bit Fourth Son Shi.
Fourth Son Shi was caught off guard. Its attack caused his hands to be swollen. His body was in extreme pain.
He wanted to push the black goose away with his hands, but Dumby was especially fierce and valiant.
It pounced on him and gave him another fierce twist.
"Ah!" Fourth Son Shi couldn't help but scream in pain.
He had no choice but to run back, but Dumby flapped its wings and chased him for quite some distance.
Seeing this, Shi Qingluo smiled proudly at Xiao Hanzheng and said, "Our goose is amazing, right?"
It was indeed a good idea to raise a goose to watch the house.
Although Dumby was underage, its size was similar to an adult goose. This might be due to its genetics or that it was a wild goose.
Furthermore, Shi Qingluo's spring water and handmade nutritious food balls, these nourishments would make Dumby's body stand out among the geese when it grew up.
Although Xiao Hanzheng had heard that geese could bite humans, he did not expect that this black goose would be so fierce.
No wonder his little wife wanted to raise a goose to look after the house. It was indeed extraordinary.
The key was that this little fellow was really too smart. It was even understood when his wife wanted it to bite Fourth Son Shi.
He chuckled and said, "Impressive. As expected since my wife raised it."
Shi Qingluo smiled and hooked her arm around his. "Of course."
The two of them walked for some distance before Dumby came back with a triumphant look.
"Well done!" Shi Qingluo took out a treat to reward it.
One could not be soft-hearted when dealing with evil people.
The next time, Fourth Son Shi would probably have no guts to come to the Xiao family alone and be a demon.
On the other hand, Fourth Son Shi returned home embarrassingly.
There were multiple swollen areas on his hands and his whole body was aching. His face even had a few red marks thanks to the goose's wringing.
Old Lady Shi and Old Master Shi were heartbroken, but they really could not do anything to that wretched girl.
Because of this, they gave up the idea of climbing over the wall to steal the formulas at night.
That wretched girl's goose was just as fierce as hers. Not only would they risk being bitten by the goose, but that wretched girl would also teach them a lesson.
Even when Shi Qingluo did not have any black balls now, they were still traumatized by her fierceness.
The next day, Fourth Son Shi had no choice but to go to the Wu family and say that Shi Qingluo did not agree.
Eldest Young Master Wu was surprised that Fourth Son Shi failed the mission.
He thought that money would lure Shi Qingluo to reveal her secret formulas.
Thus, he got Fourth Son Shi to bring him to the Xiao family in Xiaxi village.
The carriage stopped at the entrance. Eldest Young Master Wu saw a dilapidated courtyard when he alighted. His eyes were filled with disdain.
Fourth Son Shi took the initiative to go forward and knock on the door.
A moment later, the door opened.
Coincidentally, it was Shi Qingluo. She wasn't surprised to see Fourth Son Shi together with a well-dressed young man.
Shi Qingluo raised her eyebrows. "Are you turning a deaf ear to what I said yesterday?"
Fourth Son Shi felt a little embarrassed when his niece questioned him so arrogantly.
However, when he saw the ferocious black goose behind Shi Qingluo as if it was ready to make a move, he could not help but shrink his neck and cower.
"Well, Eldest Young Master Wu has something for you, so I brought him here."
Forget it, he wasn't going to argue with her.
Shi Qingluo looked at Eldest Young Master Wu unsightly.
She spoke bluntly, "I don't have the formula for the little black balls, and I'm not selling the technique for making ice."
She was very disgusted with the Wu family and couldn't be bothered to play around.
Eldest Young Master Wu didn't expect Shi Qingluo to have such a reaction. "Don't be in a hurry to reject it. We can sit down and have a chat."
Shi Qingluo said coldly, "I have nothing to discuss with you."
Eldest Young Master Wu frowned. "Isn't your attitude too much?"
As the young master of the Wu family, he had never been treated like this in a county town.
Shi Qingluo sneered. "If I were to send you here to marry a girl in our village who is on the verge of death and then for the burial, I believe your attitude wouldn't be any better either."
They weren't on good terms to begin with, so there wasn't a need for her to hide this matter.
Although Shengyuan had been killed by the troublemakers of the Shi family, the Wu family was also responsible.
Based on her young husband's body language, Xiao Baili had probably suffered the most from the Wu family's evil deeds, so how could she possibly cooperate with the Wu family or be more polite with them?
He also deliberately ruined all possible routes for future reconciliation today.
Eldest Young Master Wu choked. So, this wretched girl still remembered this matter.
She was uncomfortable with it, but his family was even more unhappy.
His younger brother had left the world alone thanks to her disruption. They had not even settled this debt with her yet.
He suppressed the anger that had arisen in his heart. "That matter was just a misunderstanding. In the end, you also didn't marry to the Wu family, right?
"Since you're still alive and well, why are you holding so many grudges against money?"
When he got what he wanted, he would definitely teach this wretched girl who dared to embarrass him a lesson.