After their departure, First Elder personally inquired about Eleventh Elder’s whereabout!
The information he obtained did not make him happy; quite contrarily, he looked angry. Obviously things did not go as he had planned.
Finally, First Elder passed down another order, “Keep an eye out on him, and let him experience some hardship. Hrm!”
Other than the Cheng’s, the two at the city of Yin also had very different reaction. When Gu Gaoyi’s wife Yan Qingqing heard about the treatment of her son at the Cheng’s, she was so angry she started shouting about them loudly, cursing just about every member of the Cheng’s family!
Gu Gaoyi found that hard to believe. In his memory, Cheng Biyuan was someone who valued friendships and relationships. Knowing how he treated his son upset him a lot!
“Gu Gaoyi, I am going to make it clear right here right now. There’s no way this unruly brat of the Cheng’s is marrying to our family. You go immediately to Willow Village to cancel this engagement. I will never accept such an untalented and unkind brat as my daughter-in-law!”
Gu Gaoyi did not respond to his wife’s words. When he told her about the award from the royals, her arrogance diminished by quite a bit.
After a long while, the unreconciled Yan Qingqing said through gritted teeth, “I don’t care! You must ask for justice for our son. My son was not to be insulted by that unruly brat!”
“Stop calling her an ‘unruly brat’, her status is higher than yours now. Hrm!”
“What you hrm’ing me for? If you are so great then why don’t you go get yourself the title of a count too? You couldn’t, could you? Then you have no grounds to say that to me!”
“You! You are unreasonable!”
Gu Gaoyi, who was in a foul mood, got up and left!
Now that he was gone, even if Yan Qingqing wanted to continue with her tantrum, she no longer has an audience. She still felt unjust and continued to mumble to herself, “That damn brat Cheng Xiao Xiao, you think you could be so arrogant because of your dad? Hrm, just wait till you married into this family. I’ll let you know what it meant by obeying your husband. How dare you treated my son that way? Have you no respect for me at all?”
After Cheng Xiao Xiao had settled all the family matters on hand, she decided to go walk around the towns nearby and see if she could find anyone who would be of use to her family.
“Xiao Xiao, you are going out?”
Mrs. Cheng was surprised when she found out. She didn’t think her daughter would be leaving the house at this hour.
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded at her mother, “Yes, mom. I am going to take a trip outside. I will be back in a few days!”
“No! You are a girl, what do you mean to take a trip? I don’t feel comfortable with that. If you have anything matters that need taking care of, have your dad do it for you, or one of your shi xiongs. Anyone, but you can’t go by yourself because you are a girl!”
Mrs. Cheng didn’t even give it a thought but objected vehemently. After her daughter’s explanation, she continued to say, “Xiao Xiao, you have never left the house before. You have no idea how dangerous it is outside. All the cultivators, they will blow up over a verbal altercation and kill others. Others have bad intention and they will target girls like you. No matter what you have to take care of, listen to your mother, you can’t go out!”
“Mom, it will be alright, okay?” said Cheng Xiao Xiao while holding her mother’s hand and smiling, “Mom, am I the type that let others take advantage of me? No commoners are my match. On top of that, mom, you know that I have a lot of mystical beasts with me. I can just scare a bunch of people to death. Even if they are dumb and want to fight them. Okay, they maybe able to take on one. But what about two? Three? Eight? Ten? What about several dozens or even several hundreds?”
“Well, that….” Mrs. Cheng was dumbfounded, seemingly shocked by her daughter’s words.
Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled and said, “Mom, on the surface of earth. Others will be lucky if I don’t go bully them, who’d be able to bully me? Our mystical beasts will bite them all to death!”
“Xiao Xiao, for sure you are going to take your trip?” Hearing her words, Mrs. Cheng understood that her precious daughter was not going to change her mind!
Cheng Xiao Xiao looked at her mother and nodded.
“Aye, I understand that you are all grown up, and have your own mind. But, Xiao Xiao, at least don’t go alone. Take your brother Zheng Yuan or your shi xiong Tianshan or Danhuang with you at least!”
Afterall, Mrs. Cheng is still worried about her daughter. She would like her to at least have a companion.
Cheng Xiao Xiao merely shook her head, “Mom, I have Yuteng with me. I don’t need anyone else. They will only hinder me!”
“Yuteng, oh, I remember her. That little dool!” nodded Mrs. Cheng. She had saw Yuteng previously when she was healing Cheng Biyuan. And she was also well aware of the fact that even though the little doll was tiny, but she was also very powerful.
The fact that Cheng Xiao Xiao would be accompanied by little Yuteng seemed to have comforted Mrs. Cheng. She said to her daughter, “Okay, if you must go, but at least wait and leave tomorrow. I want to pack some stuff for you, you hear me?”
“Okay, okay, I will listen to you, mom. I will leave first thing tomorrow morning,” replied Cheng Xiao Xiao quickly.
The first beam of light rose from the horizon and the crowing of the roosters and barking of the dogs could be heard coming from the ranch side.
Cheng Xiao Xiao got up slowly and enjoyed this rare quite and peaceful moment.
She got dressed and washed up. Looking at the beam of white light from afar, it looked like the beginning of hope in one’s life. All of a sudden, she was in an incredibly good mood.
Thinking about all the elders and younglings at home, she sighed. She felt that she need to go find more hands to help out around. As for the not so qualifying ones, she’d send them away when she returned.
Life was different now. It wasn’t easy to find good help. She worked so hard in the hope to provide better quality of life for her family.
Thinking about that, she smiled. Heading toward the ray of morning sunlight, she headed outside of the village. She had already bid her farewell with her family last night, so she wanted to leave before it got too late.
Taking in the fresh air and absorbing the beautiful village scenery, naturally she must go on foot to get the most out of it.
She hadn’t have breakfast yet and the members of her family have yet to wake up, so Cheng Xiao Xiao left with an empty stomach and walked towards the marketplace.
Afterall, she has some capital now. She could afford to treat herself once in a while and get some snacks from the marketplace.
Of course, Cheng Xiao Xiao wasn’t going to the town of Daling. Afterall, too many people know her there and she didn’t want any hassle. She decided to visit a different marketplace. It was a little further away, but that distance was nothing to her!
Approximately an hour later!
Cheng Xiao Xiao arrived at small town that was 50 kilometers away. If it was any commoners, it would have taken them most of the day.3
Cheng Xiao Xiao, in her plain clothes, followed the stream of people and entered into the marketplace. Quickly, she was already seated at a breakfast location and ordered a bowl of tofu pudding and two fried buns and enjoying them greatly.
“Miss, how do you like this tofu pudding?” The older woman selling the tofu pudding saw the satisfying look on Cheng Xiao Xiao and couldn’t help but chatted with her. She was very happy that her own cooking was being appreciated.
“Da niang, they are delicious,” said Cheng Xiao Xiao with a thumb up and a smile.