The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 66 - 64 I Dont Want to Eat with a Beggar
Chapter 66: Chapter 64 I Don’t Want to Eat with a Beggar
Chapter 66 -64 I Don’t Want to Eat with a Beggar
Ruo Zhou only paused for a moment before rushing forward to help his brother up, his gaze not even gracing Madam Zhou as he focused only on his brother, “Hang, are you in pain?”
“Not at all! Big brother, I’m fine, I said I didn’t bump into anyone, and I’ve already apologized,” Ruo Hang hurriedly said, worried about causing trouble for the family.
But how could there be no pain from a knock?
Ruo Xuan, feeling sorry for her brother, grabbed Ruo Hang’s hand and saw that it was bleeding. She blew on the wound, saying, “Hoo hoo… I’ll blow on it for Second Brother, it won’t hurt, okay!”
Ruo Xuan took the opportunity to infuse a bit of spiritual energy to alleviate his pain.
The house servant, having pushed someone over, didn’t feel there was anything amiss and arrogantly said, “What do you mean you didn’t bump into anyone? My lady, the young master, and the young miss were all frightened. What kind of apology is just a sorry? Aren’t you going to come over here and kowtow in apology to my lady and the young master and miss? Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”
Ruo Xuan got angry, her voice fierce as she said, “My Second Brother clearly didn’t bump into you. You push people and don’t apologize, yet you demand an apology from us? What kind of logic is that? Apologize to my Second Brother right now, or I won’t let you off!”
Ruo Xuan looked furiously at Madam Zhou, then paused, subconsciously glancing at her big brother.
Having such a mother, her big brother was truly pitiable!
Ruo Xuan reached out and took her big brother’s hand: Without a mother, there’s no need to be afraid, Big Brother has her!
Ruo Bo and Ruo Xian ran over at this time, standing in front of Ruo Xuan and Ruo Hang, and said to the house servant, “Apologize to my Second Brother, we all saw that my Second Brother didn’t bump into you. It was you who pushed him down. Why should we apologize? You are the ones who should be apologizing!”
“Yeah, my Second Brother didn’t bump into you. You should apologize!”
The house servant laughed as if he’d heard the funniest joke, “Do you know who my lady is? Apologize to you? Are you worthy?”
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At that moment, the lavishly dressed boy said with pride, “My father is a Chiliarch, and my mother is the wife of a Chiliarch. If you don’t apologize, I’ll have my father throw you into the military camp!”
Madam Zhou stood there, waiting for their apology, for them to kowtow in apology. She thought these children looked somewhat familiar, but their clothes were so worn that she did not feel she knew them.
Madam Liu locked the door and hurried over, just in time to see Madam Zhou. She couldn’t help but speak sarcastically, “Oh, so it’s the Chiliarch’s wife! Here I thought the Empress herself had graced us with her presence! So imposing, demanding an apology even when there was no collision! What’s the matter, do you want to sentence us to death?”
After speaking, Madam Liu no longer paid attention to her. She crouched down, took Ruo Hang’s hand for a closer look, and blew on the wound, gently asking, “Hang, does it hurt? Are there any other injuries?”
“It doesn’t hurt.” This time Ruo Hang truly wasn’t in pain. His sister had blown on the wound and it stopped hurting.
Madam Zhou’s expression changed when she saw Madam Liu, and she subconsciously glanced at Ruo Zhou.
Ruo Zhou was looking at her with cold eyes.
Madam Zhou truly had not recognized Ruo Zhou at first. After all, Ruo Zhou was only four years old when she remarried, and now he was nearly twelve, having grown from a little bean into a young man.
The change was quite significant!
As for the other Ruo Family children, she was even less familiar with them.
At that time, Ruo Hang was just a newborn baby, and the other children hadn’t been born yet.
Seeing the hateful look in Ruo Zhou’s eyes, Madam Zhou frowned. Was this child blaming her?
Could she be blamed? Ruo Hai had gone mad, and the Ruo Family was in such poverty. Was she supposed to stay there and suffer?
She took a glance at Madam Liu’s attire and then at the children’s whitewashed clothes, feeling secretly relieved that she had remarried early!
Zhou Shi spoke indifferently, “Forget it! There was no collision just now, no need to apologize.”
Madam Liu’s smile did not reach her eyes as she spoke with insinuation, “The Chiliarch’s wife is so magnanimous! But we face heaven without shame and earth without guilt, so of course there’s no need to apologize. Isn’t it you who should be apologizing? Haven’t you yet apologized to the children?”
The Scholar’s daughter could insult someone without using a single swear word, yet leave them utterly humiliated!
Zhou Shi’s heart was full of rage, but thinking about her current life of commanding servants, and comparing it with Madam Liu’s faded coarse hemp clothing and the wooden hairpin on her head, she subconsciously touched the red gold hairpin on her own head and smiled, “It was indeed my servant who was rude just now. Zhang Fu, apologize to the children!”
Her servant Zhang Fu was a flexible man; although he didn’t understand why his mistress would acknowledge these commoners, he quickly apologized, “There was a misunderstanding just now, I was rude and bumped into the young masters, I apologize to you all!”
Zhou Shi touched her white jade bracelet, “I haven’t seen you for so long, and I was just about to go to Tianxiang Tower for a meal. Madam Ruo, shall we go together?”
After speaking, she glanced at Ruo Zhou.
Poor child, he must have never set foot in a restaurant in his life, right?
Zhou Shi’s son Zhang Ting, upon hearing this, was displeased and immediately said, “Mother, they look like beggars, I don’t want to eat with beggars!”
Madam Liu laughed, continuing her sarcastic tone, “Like mother, like son indeed, Lady Zhang is such a good teacher, the child is just like you. We’ll pass on the meal, for we are not family and can’t share the same table! Besides, eating is a serious matter, we certainly don’t want to spoil our appetites!”
After that, she called the children, “Kids, let’s go, we’re off to Tianxiang Tower for a meal!”
So, Madam Liu led the children around Zhou Shi and her party towards Tianxiang Tower.
After being humiliated repeatedly, Zhou Shi truly couldn’t hold back her anger this time. If not for her son, she would never have invited them to a meal at Tianxiang Tower!
They didn’t know the grace offered to them!
She laughed and elegantly fidgeted with the exquisite ruby ring in her hand, “Madam Ruo wants to go to Tianxiang Tower for a meal? But Tianxiang Tower is not a place just anyone can dine, the people who eat there are nobles, and even if one has silver, one must book a table in advance. Also, are you aware Madam Ruo, that a single bowl of white rice there costs twenty copper coins?”
After finishing, she extended a delicate finger and counted, “You are six people in total, even if you only eat white rice, that would still be a hundred and twenty copper coins. Madam Ruo, have you brought enough silver? No, I suppose you don’t have such a thing as silver, have you brought enough copper coins?”
Madam Liu, as if she hadn’t heard, continued walking towards Tianxiang Tower, proving by her actions whether she could afford it or not.
Zhou Shi thought she was just pretending and laughed, it’s good to have spirit, but did she deserve to have any?
She hoped that when they reached the entrance of Tianxiang Tower, they’d be stopped outside and unable to enter, and see if she could still keep her pride.
She walked behind, pulling her son along with grandeur, “By the way, those who enter and exit Tianxiang Tower are either rich or noble. Madam Ruo, you better keep an eye on your children! If they are as ill-mannered as they were just now, bumping into a nobleperson, that would be troublesome!….”
Ruo Xuan felt this woman was very annoying and threw an Immortal Technique especially designed to quiet a loose tongue!
Madam Liu, leading the children, arrived at the entrance of Tianxiang Tower and began to ascend the steps.
During the lunchtime rush, the doors of Tianxiang Tower were a constant stream of people dressed in finery.
“…Not everyone is as kind-hearted and generous as me, not taking offense with you! Some of these people, their clothes alone are worth hundreds of taels of silver; if you soil someone’s clothes, I fear you won’t be able to compensate!” Zhou Shi, towing her son, followed them up the steps, still prattling on.
The attendant of Tianxiang Tower saw guests approaching and hurriedly welcomed them.
Zhou Shi’s son, Zhang Ting, wanted the attendant to drive away this group of beggars, so he pulled on Zhou Shi and rushed forward, only for the pair to collide with a young master who was staggering and reeking of alcohol.
The young master nearly fell and swung a slap, “Who is the blind fool who dares to bump into me!”
