After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 26 Beating Up the Gossipy Woman

The gossipy woman has appeared again.

That day, the gossipy woman who had been talking about Su Xiaoxiao's family catching a tiger and making a lot of money at the market came back to tell Grandma Wang about herself.

As luck would have it, Su Xiaoxiao, who was out gathering firewood, encountered them. She hid behind her own woodpile and overheard their conversation.

Granny Wang is the kind of person who spends all day gossiping. She's like a fly that doesn't land on a flawless egg; she's convinced that Su Xiaoxiao stole her son's tiger by killing it and then beat him up. She's furious about this, and if she can't get over it, she feels like she's about to suffocate.

The gossipy woman's surname was Xu. This woman, Aunt Xu, was not only shrewish in her own home, but also particularly fond of meddling in other people's business. She was the village's loudspeaker, always talking about this family and that family.

Some people really hate her, but there's no way to deal with such a petty person. The more you avoid her, the more she likes to talk about you behind your back.

This time, she finally found a gossip topic to talk about: Su Xiaoxiao is hiding a strange man in her house, which is no small matter.

"How shameless! Bringing all sorts of random men home, even as a widow, she shouldn't be so disregard for her reputation. She's a disgrace to the women of our village!"

Aunt Xu was arguing with Granny Wang about Su Xiaoxiao when Su Xiaoxiao shouted, "Hey, Aunt Xu, you seem to have a lot of free time at home, coming here to nag me all the time. Looks like you care about me quite a bit."

When Granny Xu heard Granny Wang tell her that Su Xiaoxiao called her a gossip, she was really angry this time and very dissatisfied with Su Xiaoxiao.

"Yes, I'm just bored and have nothing better to do than come here and argue with you!"

Aunt Xu was not to be outdone, and Su Xiaoxiao laughed and climbed over the fence.

Arriving at Granny Wang's courtyard, she said to Granny Xu and Granny Wang, "Yes, I do have a wild man in my house, and he's quite handsome. Are you two old women envious?"

Aunt Xu was so angry she was practically fuming. "Who are you calling an old woman?"

She hates it when people say she's old, so she immediately went up to pinch Su Xiaoxiao.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao quickly moved aside.

"You're making it sound like I'm bullying an old person."

Aunt Xu missed her target and almost fell to the ground.

Although she knew how formidable Su Xiaoxiao was, this person was the type to be unforgiving when she was right, and completely disregarded everything else, immediately slapping Su Xiaoxiao across the face.

Su Xiaoxiao dodged again, and this time she fought back. Without thinking twice, she kicked Aunt Xu in the waist from behind, making her stagger.

Grandma Xu tripped and fell flat on her face. Unfortunately, there was a chicken coop right in front of her, and her head hit the coop directly, causing several chickens to fly out of the coop. Her head was covered with chicken feathers and droppings.

"Su Xiaoxiao!"

When Aunt Xu stood up again, Su Xiaoxiao found her quite funny and couldn't help but laugh. It was really quite speechless. It seemed that Aunt Xu was in a pretty bad situation now.

Grandma Wang watched from the sidelines, finding it both amusing and a little pitiful. Fortunately, Su Xiaoxiao hadn't hit her; otherwise, she really wouldn't know what to do.

She quickly intervened, saying, "You two are such troublemakers, stop fighting! You're fighting in my house and you've damaged all our things. Who's going to pay for them?"

Su Xiaoxiao ignored her, but then Aunt Xu stood up and was about to hit Su Xiaoxiao.

But Su Xiaoxiao still seemed as formidable as ever.

"You dare to hit me!"

"Why wouldn't I dare hit you? It's because you like gossiping about people behind their backs!"

"Oh dear, Aunt Xu, are you always so careless about hygiene? Smell yourself, you stink!"

Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be disgusted, "Do I smell?"

Aunt Xu quickly smelled herself and found that she was indeed covered in chicken droppings, which smelled terrible, and her body was also covered in chicken feathers.

Aunt Wang also came over to persuade her, "You'd better hurry home and wash up!" Aunt Xu had no choice but to glare at Su Xiaoxiao and turn away.

Su Xiaoxiao turned around and glared at Granny Wang, who shrank back in fright.

Back home, Su Xiaoxiao's mood remained completely unaffected.

She discovered that Da Bao and Xiao Bao had thoughtfully washed the wild vegetables they had dug up and had almost started the fire in the kitchen.

She noticed that the water glass on the table was full of hot water, steaming.

"Mom, I heard you arguing with someone outside. You must be thirsty. I boiled some water and poured you a cup."

"Good boy!" Su Xiaoxiao reached out and patted his head.

It seems the child has grown up and understands the hardships of being a mother.

"It's not hard for Mom to argue, nor is it hard to fight."

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao wasn't tired at all. On the contrary, she felt very happy. She hadn't been this happy in a long time. She could curse whoever she wanted and beat whoever she wanted.

"Mom, can we raise these wild pheasants you hunted?"

Da Bao asked Su Xiaoxiao very obediently.

"That way, we can eat a lot of eggs."

"Forget it, I'll go to town in a few days and buy you some chicks to raise. These wild pheasants don't lay eggs!"

"really?"

Da Bao asked, puzzled.

"Yes, wild pheasant meat tastes better."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "We're having wild pheasant today!"

She deftly placed the pheasant into a basin, poured hot water over it, and a nauseating smell immediately wafted out.

For the first time, Saburo inside the house smelled this kind of odor from animal fur after it had been soaked in hot water.

When Su Xiaoxiao saw that Sanlang looked like he was going to vomit, the two children also frowned and covered their noses with their little hands.

"What's that smell?"

"You two go inside and learn to read from Sanlang! I'll take care of things here!"

As Su Xiaoxiao spoke, she closed the door to the inner room. Just as she closed the door, Su Xiaoxiao saw that Sanlang was looking at her with a very strange gaze.

Su Xiaoxiao carefully removed the feathers from the wild pheasant, then washed them. The feathers were just enough to make a feather duster.

Actually, wild pheasant meat tastes better than domestic chicken meat; it's more flavorful. After all, unlike free-range chickens, wild pheasants can fly.

Su Xiaoxiao stewed one wild pheasant, and decided to make the other one into preserved chicken.

She had some delicious preserved duck a few days ago and thought it would be nice to make it herself this time.

She gutted the pheasant, cleaned it thoroughly, cut off its claws, and hung it from the roof beam.

She rubbed salt all over her body. Now that Su Xiaoxiao could brew her own coarse salt, she didn't care how much salt she used.

Actually, making preserved chicken is not easy. It requires several steps and you have to find the best ventilated place to dry it.

(End of this chapter)