Chapter 58: Tracking

  The young man was choked and couldn't speak, but he didn't want to leave like this. He was also afraid that the four people would really rush up and beat him. He had difficulty dealing with one person, let alone four. Suddenly, he was both defensive and tense, unwillingly staring at Shen Sisi.

  Shen Si thought it was too lazy to care about him, ignoring him and continuing to walk towards the city gate, and the young man followed behind them.

  Dabao frequently turned his head and saw him frowning, saying: "Tuni, he's following us from behind, is he going to rob us again?!"

  "What's there to be afraid of, just ignore him, let's go home, or else Dad will worry......" Shen Sisi left the city gate, paid the gate fee, whistled while walking, and hurried home with a great mood.

  Dabao turned around and saw that the young man had also left the city, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, tense and guarded, while Shen Sisi was not tense at all.

  The young man didn't follow closely, but instead fell far behind them, neither falling back nor following closely. The three brothers found it really annoying. However, there was no good way to drive him away and not let him follow.

  Niú Xiǎo Huā looked dispirited, having already received countless cold stares from her mother and three sisters-in-law. She had also been beaten by Tián Guì Huā, and was feeling quite downhearted. Seeing that the chestnuts were not selling well, she couldn't help but say: "It's not that I don't believe in Tǔ Niáng, it's just that...I told Mother before, we need to add more salt and sugar, but Mother is too stingy, so the flavor can't compare to others. Who would be willing to spend five cents to buy them? And besides, Sister-in-law hastily stir-fried the chestnuts, either they were not cooked enough or overcooked, of course they wouldn't sell well...Mother..."

  Jian Tian glared at her, but she still forced herself to say: "You see, when Tuni sold chestnuts, he gave a scale to the customer as a gift. You're being too petty..."

  Tian Guihua listened and snorted coldly: "Her small hand can only grasp a few!"

  "It's really comfortable for a few families...” Niú Xiǎohuā said helplessly: "Mother, if we want to sell these chestnuts, selling them for five cents is absolutely not going to work. Let's lower the price and sell them cheaply, otherwise they'll all go to waste and it'll be too much trouble to carry them back!"

  Tian Guihua's heart ached with a pang of pain, "Then how much are you selling it for?!"

  "At most three pieces..." Xiaohua said: "Even rich people's families wouldn't buy it anymore..."

  Tian Guihua's face stiffened, and she lost two mao in profit. Her face turned pale with heartache. Her daughters-in-law were also unwilling, saying: "Isn't selling for three mao a loss?! Mother, are you really going to sell for three mao?!"

  Tian Guihua said resentfully: "If you don't sell it, can you all eat it yourself? Can you afford to eat it?"

  Three people all looked at each other and then honestly didn't say anything anymore.

  Niu Xiaohua saw that Tian Guihua had agreed, but her face was extremely unpleasant. She comforted her by saying: "Mother, after these are sold out, we'll go home and add more salt and sugar, next time we can sell them for five cents..."

  Tian Guihua's face improved slightly upon hearing this, and she coldly snorted: "There aren't many chestnuts left on the mountain either, who knows how many times they can be sold..."

  "Next time if you can't sell five pieces, I'll have you eat them all..."

  Tian Guihua glared at her, Niu Xiaohua looked wronged and uncomfortable. She could only silently sell chestnuts, even lunch was eaten on an empty stomach. Tian Guihua couldn't bear to buy something to fill her belly, let alone eat the chestnuts they were selling. The three sisters-in-law had some private money, bought a pancake to fill their bellies, but Niu Xiaohua had no money at all, could only go hungry, she was angry but didn't dare speak out, anyway she was used to it...