Ruo Shui heard Zhen Hu's words and got so angry that he stopped the cart, turned around wanting to punch him, when he heard his precious daughter's words.
Suddenly, he was no longer angry!
My heavens! Xuanbao looked so cute being all serious while insulting him.
He knew Xuanbao could talk, but he didn't know Xuanbao could talk like that!
Other villagers arrived at the village entrance, just in time to hear Ruo Xuan's words and couldn't help but laugh.
"Aunt Tan, Xuanbao is right, you should behave yourself!"
"Yeah, don't sell your daughters for glory! That's sinful!"
Aunt Tan didn't know if her son would drive her to madness someday, but she felt like Xuanbao was going to drive her mad right then, "You wicked girl, what are you talking about!"
Ruo Xuan furrowed his little brow, "I'm not a wicked girl, I'm just telling the truth. Be careful, or you'll really be driven mad later!"
Being human for the first time, Xuanbao didn't understand the ways of the world. How could he know humans dislike hearing the honest truth?
Even the villagers felt that Ruo Xuan was being insulting, and a few laughed heartily,
"Pfft! Hahaha... Aunt Tan, did you hear that? You need to be careful!"
"The words of a three-year-old are the most honest! You really need to take notice!"
"Sell daughters for glory, take advantage of others, act dishonestly, steal and cheat, do too much of these immoral things, and even children see your retribution!"
...
Aunt Tan had five daughters, and she and her husband were lazy and indulgent, showing extreme favoritism. Over the years, their behavior grew worse, practically living off selling their daughters for betrothal gifts, a behavior everyone despised.
Aunt Tan's face turned black with anger.
Zhen Hu, furious, swung a punch, "You foolish child, spouting nonsense, looking for death!"
Liu Shi was so frightened she hurried and hugged Ruo Xuan tightly to protect him.
Ruo Xuan panicked, instinctively tossing out an Immortal Technique.
"Looking for death!" Ruo Shui swung a punch forward!
The punch roared with wind.
Before the two fists met, a gust of wind blew Zhen Hu away!
He crashed heavily more than ten meters away!
People around stared at Ruo Shui in shock.
When did the fourth of the Ruo Family become so formidable?
This punch didn't even touch anyone and just by the wind of the punch blew someone away?
Ruo Shui was equally astonished, had he become this powerful?
He couldn't resist throwing another punch into the air.
The villagers watching jumped back in fright!
Ruo Shui... indeed his power had greatly increased!
Zhen Hu landed heavily, writhing in pain, feeling like all his bones were broken.
Especially his arm knocked against a rock, the whole arm was numbed with pain!
He couldn't even open his fingers.
Aunt Tan was scared stiff, quickly running over, "Little Huzi, are you okay?"
Zhen Hu cried in pain, "Waaah, mom, my hand hurts so much! Is it crippled? What should I do? Wu wu... it hurts so much!"
Aunt Tan went mad with rage, rushing at Ruo Shui, "My heavens! Murder! My Huzi's hand writes, if the hand is crippled and can't hold a pen, he won't become the Top Scholar, can you afford to compensate for that? Pay up!"
Ruo Shui raised his fist, but before he swung it, Aunt Tan forcibly stopped in her tracks!
She dared not approach, even took a few steps back, only daring to shout, "Hit me then! If you have the guts, kill me! Heavens above, is there no justice anymore? In broad daylight, dare to harm people! Pay silver! One hundred, no, one thousand taels, if not a thousand, I'll report it!"
Ruo Shui looked at Zhen Hu with a sinister smile, "Report it! If Lord County Magistrate tells me to pay, I will. Earlier, he made the first move, I didn't even touch him, how would the Lord County Magistrate judge, huh? I might as well cripple him entirely, ruin his hand, ruin his mouth, ruin his Little Huzi, cripple him, then I'll pay!"
Saying that, he stared at his legs and walked toward him.
Zhen Hu, terrified, covered his crotch in panic, "Mom, I don't want him to pay! Go, no need to pay!"
Coward! Ruo Shui snorted coldly, turned to pull the cart, and directly left.
Leaving Aunt Tan by the roadside, crying and shouting for help, saying she'd report it, asking everyone to bear witness.
The villagers hurriedly left too, to avoid being caught up with this mother and son, no one sympathized with them.
Everyone was talking;
"Does she have the audacity to report it? Clearly, it was Zhen Hu who made the first move, Ruo Shui just blocked his punch."
"Zhen Hu's got guts, daring to strike Xuanbao! Who doesn't know that the Ruo Family's fourth treats his dim-witted child like treasure?"
"Shh, keep your voice down! Aren't you afraid Ruo Shui will hit you?"
"Just now, it seemed like Xuanbao could speak, was Tan's mother so angry she almost died? Does this mean she's not foolish anymore?"
The few people were stunned.
Oh right!
Xuanbao spoke just now.
And she spoke so fluently, almost angering Tan's mother and her son to death!
Is Xuanbao well?!
Oh my! Is the fool of the Ruo Family not foolish anymore?
One
As the sun rose, the ancient city stood tall and majestic.
On the long street paved with blue flagstones, shops lined up, traffic surged, and everywhere was filled with the bustling vibe.
Ruo Xuan, under the gentle morning light, practiced while looking around.
Is this truly the city of the human world? It's indeed lively and prosperous!
Ruo Shui pushed the cart toward the market stall.
"Mother, what is that?" Ruo Xuan pointed at the sugar-coated fruit held by a beautifully dressed little girl and asked.
"That's sugar-coated fruit, does Xuanbao want to eat it?" Mrs. Liu stroked her daughter's hair bun. Due to Xuanbao's previous special condition, she only ate liquid food and had never eaten sugar-coated fruit.
"I want to eat," Ruo Xuan nodded, it looked very tasty.
She even caught a hint of sweet and sour flavor and instinctively swallowed.
Ruo Shui immediately replied, "I'll buy it for you after we exchange for some silver."
After a while, Ruo Xuan smelled a mix of barley scent and sweet aroma.
She turned to look and saw a stall selling sugar figurines, various figurine shapes were stuck on racks.
"Mother, what are those?" Ruo Xuan pointed.
Mrs. Liu looked, "Those are sugar figurines."
Ruo Shui said, "Does Xuanbao want to eat them? I'll buy them for you later."
Ruo Xuan saw a little girl buy a butterfly shape and nodded, "I want to eat, I want rabbit and mountain goat shapes."
"Alright!" Ruo Shui agreed immediately.
Mrs. Liu moved her lips but ultimately said nothing.
Today's persimmons should sell well, and sugar-coated fruit and sugar figurines together only cost a few coins.
Persimmons should sell for a tael of silver.
Next, Ruo Xuan saw a stall with grilled lamb skewers, a stall with snacks, a stall with baked flatbreads, a stall with meat buns, a stall with wontons... and even an inn!
There were so many stalls in the city that Ruo Shui broke into a cold sweat whenever Ruo Xuan called them father and mother.
His little daughter stared at those stalls, drooling, with an expression saying she wanted to eat so badly. It made him regret that he couldn't earn more silver to offer the world to her.
These persimmons could be exchanged for silver, but the family was running out of grain, they had to buy it.
The medicine for big brother and third brother also needed to be bought.
Additionally, half of the rice from the field had empty husks, the harvest was destined to be bad this year, and they needed to store some grain for winter.
Winter had already settled in, the weather was getting colder, and he had to prepare new cotton clothes for Xuanbao.
He couldn't just buy everything Xuanbao wanted to eat.
But Ruo Shui couldn't refuse his daughter, so he pushed the cart into the alley, taking another street.
This street housed the wealthy families of the city, without shops, very quiet and clean.
Mrs. Liu also understood her husband's intention, she took out a persimmon for Ruo Xuan, "Xuanbao, are you hungry? Have a persimmon first?"
Ruo Xuan was about to take it but then thought of something and shook her head, "Aren't we supposed to exchange it for silver? I won't eat, use it for silver."
Mrs. Liu was touched to the point of heartache by Xuanbao's sensible and well-behaved manner.
She stroked Xuanbao's head and softly said, "It's alright, even if it's sold for silver, Xuanbao should eat first."
Ruo Shui nodded, "That's right, these are our persimmons, if you want to eat, eat as much as you like, we only sell the leftovers."
After hearing this, Ruo Xuan took it and started eating.
The persimmon was juicy, sweet, and full of flavor, it was truly delicious!
At this moment, a red-painted gate opened, and a little girl ran out, followed by a couple dressed in luxurious clothing.
The little girl saw Ruo Xuan eating fruit, looking like it was very tasty, she immediately said to the woman behind her, "Mother, I also want to eat this kind of fruit."
"Wild fruits from the street, you mustn't buy them randomly, who knows if they are poisonous." The woman said casually glancing at the people by the cart, her expression freezing.
The woman's husband hesitated for a moment and then raised a warm smile as he enthusiastically said, "Brother Ruo Shui, long time no see! What are you doing…"