Chapter 894: Looks Slim but is Curvy

Ma Jiang and Ma He, the pair of scoundrel brothers, had become thoroughly famous across the surrounding villages and the entire Xing'an Township.

Mainly, the two were already well-known as the notorious local thugs of Sujia Village, but in the end, they had been beaten into cripples by Wang An alone.

Now, not only were they unable to act arrogant, but they were also tormented daily by the people they had once bullied.

The "torment" here mainly meant not letting them live in peace—for example, smashing their windows, setting fire to their firewood piles, or blocking their chimneys so the smoke couldn't get out... and so on and so forth. In short, they simply weren't allowed to live comfortably.

Of course, compared to the brothers' fame, Wang An's name was the most resonant of all.

After all, the only reason the brothers had ended up in this state was that they had bullied Wang An's brother-in-law, Mu Xueli.

Seeing that Li Xiuyu remained silent, Mu Xueqing continued to speak with a smile

"Don't worry, Xiuyu. Your brother-in-law is capable in his own right, and he knows quite a few high-ranking officials in the county seat. Dealing with a few village hooligans shouldn't be a problem. Oh, by the way, you can't call me 'sister' anymore. From now on, you and Wang Li have to call me Fourth Sister-in-law; otherwise, my husband won't be happy, hehehehe..."

Mu Xueqing's words acted as a shot of adrenaline for Li Xiuyu. The look of worry that had filled Li Xiuyu's face instantly diminished significantly.

However, immediately afterward, Li Xiuyu said with tears in her eyes

"I don't know how my mother and brother are doing now. When I ran away, my mother was still lying on the kang, unable to get up, and my second brother was beaten until he spat up blood."

Ignoring the mud on Li Xiuyu's body, Mu Xueqing sighed and pulled Li Xiuyu into her arms, saying

"Don't worry, your mother and brothers will definitely be fine. Those people want money, not lives; they wouldn't dare kill someone lightly."

After Mu Xueqing finished speaking, Li Xiuyu sobbed uncontrollably

"But when I think of how they looked before I escaped, I feel so miserable, so miserable... waaaaah..."

Mu Xueqing gently patted Li Xiuyu's back, momentarily at a loss for words to comfort her.

After a good while, Li Xiuyu finally stopped sobbing, and Mu Xueqing said

"Stop overthinking it. Since your Fourth Brother promised you, he will definitely handle it as soon as possible. Once things settle down, you can have Wang Li drive you home in the tractor to check on them."

Having said this, Mu Xueqing changed the subject

"You've never ridden a walk-behind tractor, have you? Let me tell you, Xiuyu, riding those things isn't pleasant at all; the bumping makes your backside ache."

As she spoke, Mu Xueqing gave Li Xiuyu's smooth, white backside a slap.

It must be said that although Li Xiuyu looked thin, there was plenty of flesh on her backside; when Mu Xueqing slapped her, it trembled in a ripple.

After slapping Li Xiuyu, Mu Xueqing said with a smile

"Alright, go take a bath first. I'm going out; I'll have your Fourth Brother make something delicious for you."

After leaving the bathroom, Mu Xueqing went straight to find Wang An.

At this moment, Wang An was intently peeling sugar balls for two little girls.

The main issue was that sugar balls in this era either had no packaging at all, or if they did, they were wrapped in paper.

Perhaps because the sugar balls of this era contained no additives, the outer layer had melted in this season's weather, causing the candy to stick to the wrapping paper.

The two little girls couldn't tear the paper off, so they had come to Wang An.

Consequently, Wang An sat there with a frown, picking away at the paper bit by bit.

To be honest, this job was fucking tedious. Not only did it leave his hands sticky, but the paper scraps clung to the sugar balls and refused to come off, which was enough to drive a person crazy.

Seeing Wang An squatting by the stove pit, Mu Xueqing frowned and asked

"Xiao An, did you promise Xiuyu that you'd help her deal with those loan sharks?"

Wang An looked up at Mu Xueqing and said

"Yup. Otherwise, she won't date Old Fifth."

Mu Xueqing said with some annoyance

"Who Old Fifth dates is his own business; why are you getting involved in that? Which one of those loan sharks is easy to provoke? Other people spend their lives trying to avoid them, yet here you are, insisting on rubbing shoulders with them."

It must be said that regardless of who they were, ordinary people were extremely wary of high-interest moneylenders.

One had to admit that those people were indeed formidable; they were like shit in a manure pit—once you touched them, the smell was incredibly hard to remove.

They were more like maggots boring into bone, or more accurately, parasites.

Only after they had completely devoured a person alive would they leave the host to find their next target.

Seeing that Mu Xueqing was angry, Wang An immediately said with a grin

"Don't be angry, wifey. I'm not going to deal with them personally. I'll go find Big Sister tomorrow and have her send people to clean them up."

The "Big Sister" Wang An referred to was Comrade Zhang Shuya.

As the current head of public security in DJ County, cleaning up a few loan sharks was a trivial matter for Zhang Shuya.

Hearing this, Mu Xueqing's furrowed brow instantly relaxed, and she nodded

"Mhm, asking Big Sister is fine. You're not hanging around the streets anymore, and the people under you before have probably all scattered. If you relied on yourself to deal with that gang, I wouldn't be at ease."

Wang An nudged Mu Xueqing's cheek with the back of his hand and continued grinning

"I'm not stupid; why would I go deal with those animals by myself?"

As he spoke, Wang An stuffed the sugar ball in his hand into Mu Xueqing's palm and said righteously

"Wifey, you pick the paper off these two for them. I'm going to light the fire and cook the meal."

Looking at the sugar balls in her hand, which had been scratched and picked at by fingernails, Mu Xueqing subconsciously frowned again.

Although Wang An's family wasn't lacking for these paper-covered sugar balls, they weren't so wealthy that they could just throw them away.

Thus, Mu Xueqing continued picking the paper off the sugar balls.

It must be said, this thing was truly fucking disgusting; only the person doing the picking knew the struggle!

Since it was Li Xiuyu's first time at the house, and she was Wang Li's betrothed, the meal served to welcome her absolutely could not be too meager.

Of course, in this era, as long as there was meat on the table, it was considered a genuine high standard; no matter who saw it, they couldn't call it "poor."

And since no household lacked vegetables in this season, Wang An didn't make a single vegetable dish other than the essential dipping vegetables.

Stewed lamb bones, steamed smoked meat, sweet and sour carp, sizzling oil-seared meat, plus stir-fried lamb offal, and a side of dipping vegetables. Five meat dishes and one vegetable dish—this standard could be said to be quite high.

(End of Chapter)