vrcanaries Chapter 116 Just you wait!
Chapter 116 Just you wait!
The pig-like screams instantly drowned out the noise of the market.
The bald man's fleshy face was contorted in pain, and large beads of cold sweat poured from his forehead, running down his greasy cheeks and into his neck.
He felt as if his wrist was bound by an iron hoop, and a "crunching" sound came from the gaps in his bones, as if he would be crushed by the seemingly slender woman's hand in the next second.
The crowd of onlookers scattered in a flash, their eyes wide as if they had witnessed something extraordinary.
In the market of this surrounding area, it has always been "Master Ma" who bullies people. When have you ever seen him being subdued by a young lady?
"Let go...let go! It's broken! My hand is going to break!"
Baldy's legs went weak from the pain, and the foul curses he was spewing had long since turned into whimpers of pleading, "Grandma! I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please have mercy!"
Li Xiaotao didn't really intend to go too far, after all, she came here today to make money, not to make enemies.
She snorted coldly, loosening her grip slightly, but her gaze remained sharp as a knife scraping across the bald man's face.
"Where did that arrogance go? Weren't you so capable? You wanted to hit me again?"
Li Xiaotao took a step forward, and the bald man was forced to lower himself down, eventually kneeling on one knee with a thud.
"I won't do it again! I'll never do it again!"
The bald man grimaced in pain, his other hand clutching the arm where Li Weimin had bitten him, leaving a bloody mark. He looked utterly pathetic.
Li Xiaotao then flung her hand away as if throwing away trash.
The bald man lost his balance and landed hard on his backside.
He clutched his wrist, which was already swollen, and glared at the two of them with resentment, but when he met Li Xiaotao's cold eyes, he shrank back in fear.
"Get out!" Li Xiaotao uttered only one word, clean and decisive.
Baldy didn't dare linger any longer. He scrambled to his feet, not even daring to pick up the scale that had fallen to the ground, and squeezed through the crowd to run away.
After running more than ten meters, feeling he had reached a safe area, he turned around and roared, his voice trembling with fear, "Fine! You two have guts! Just you wait! This isn't over!"
After saying that, he disappeared into the alley in a flash.
The crowd hadn't dispersed yet, and everyone was looking at the young couple as if they were monsters.
Especially when he looked at Li Xiaotao, his eyes held both awe and a hint of schadenfreude, as if he were watching a good show.
Everyone knows that Master Ma is in charge of this area.
If you offend Master Ma, will you ever have a peaceful life again?
Li Xiaotao acted as if nothing had happened, dusted off her hands, and turned to look at Li Weimin behind her.
Li Weimin maintained the same menacing posture he had just displayed, his fists clenched tightly, his chest heaving violently.
He only breathed a sigh of relief after the bald man disappeared from sight, followed by a wave of fear that made his legs tremble uncontrollably.
"Promising."
Li Xiaotao walked over, reached out and patted his dusty white shirt. Although she said it with disgust, her movements were very gentle. "Where did that fierceness you had when you bit someone go? Are you scared now?"
Li Weimin swallowed, feeling a salty, metallic taste in his mouth—the blood from the bite he had just taken.
He looked at Li Xiaotao, his eyes sparkling with a light he had never seen before.
"Wife... I... I didn't think that much. He can't touch you! Not even the King of Heaven himself could touch you!"
He spoke haltingly, like a big dog waiting for praise.
Li Xiaotao paused in her movements, her heart skipped a beat.
She lowered her head to hide the moisture welling up in her eyes, but when she looked up again, she had a fierce look on her face and pushed Li Weimin next to the cart.
"Alright, stop your nonsense. Hurry up and set up your stall. If you can't sell the melons, you'll see what I do to you when we get home!"
Although the commotion just now scared away a lot of people, it also made the stall famous.
Everyone was curious: what kind of melons did this shrewd person, who didn't even pay land fees, sell?
Li Xiaotao was also a shrewd businesswoman. Instead of rushing to sell her wares, she picked out the largest watermelon from the truck, one with the clearest rind pattern and the roundest shape.
"Weimin, bring me the knife for cutting the melon!"
Li Weimin quickly pulled out the kitchen knife, which he had sharpened to a gleaming shine that morning, from under the wheat straw.
Li Xiaotao took the knife, held the watermelon in one hand and the knife in the other, and with a crisp "snap," the watermelon split open along the stripes as soon as the blade touched the rind.
This amazing skill of "listening to the sound of the melon and observing its patterns" immediately stunned the audience.
red!
So red!
As soon as the watermelon split open, a sweet and refreshing aroma exploded in the sweltering air.
The flesh of the melon was as red as the rising sun, covered with a fine layer of frost, dotted with black seeds, and juice dripped down the cut. Just looking at it made one's throat feel hot, and one couldn't wait to take a bite.
"This melon...it looks really good." Someone in the crowd swallowed and muttered quietly.
Li Xiaotao, with her sharp ears, immediately seized the opportunity.
With a swift motion, she sliced the watermelon into even crescent-shaped pieces, then handed one to the elderly woman who had spoken earlier.
"Auntie, please try this! This is a genuine sandy-fleshed melon, if it's not sweet, you don't have to pay! If there's even a single unripe one, I'll smash this whole cart of melons!"
The old woman hesitated for a moment, glancing at the gleaming kitchen knife in Li Xiaotao's hand, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of the red-fleshed watermelon. She carefully took it and took a bite.
With that one bite, the juice flowed down the corner of my mouth.
"Oh! Sweet! So sweet!"
The old woman's eyes lit up immediately. In a few bites, she ate the melon until only a thin layer of green rind remained. "Girl, how much is this melon?"
"One cent a pound!" Li Xiaotao announced the price with great enthusiasm.
Upon hearing this, a collective gasp rippled through the crowd.
"One mao? The supply and marketing cooperative only sells it for six fen! The stall over there only sells it for seven fen, why is yours so expensive?"
Some people started complaining that it was too expensive.
Li Weimin listened from the side, his heart pounding with anxiety.
One cent per pound, that's really a bit high. He wanted to tug at his wife's sleeve to ask her to lower the price, but he pulled his hand back halfway through.
Trust her.
Just a moment ago, Li Weimin made up his mind that as long as he followed Li Xiaotao for the rest of his life, he would never go wrong.
Li Xiaotao remained calm, picked up a piece of melon, took a bite, and ate it with great relish.
"You get what you pay for! You can buy them cheaply at the supply and marketing cooperative, but those are leftover melons that have been sitting in the warehouse for who knows how many days, they've all gone bad! My melons were just picked from the field this morning, they're still wet with dew! Besides, every single one of these melons is incredibly sweet and juicy. If you can find melons this sweet anywhere else, I'll give them to you for free!"
Her words were a perfect blend of offense and defense, leaving no room for error.
The old lady knew her stuff. She wiped the melon juice from her mouth, stamped her foot, and said, "Fine! It's a bit pricey, but the taste is definitely authentic! Give me two! The big ones!"
"Alright! Weimin, weigh it!"