Transmigrated as a Stepmother: Time to Bring the Family to Prosper!-Chapter 117 - 116: Taking Credit Is Still Taking Credit, No Matter Whose It Is
"My mom says to marry a virtuous woman, if the heroine hasn’t married yet, I wouldn’t mind marrying her home... Ouch! Brother Liu, why did you hit my head?"
The young scholar felt wronged, glaring at Liu Ji who hit his head, not understanding which of his words had offended him.
Liu Ji glanced at the fierce woman on horseback, swiftly losing his excitement, begrudgingly dragging his classmates away as he turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey! We haven’t seen enough yet!"
The crowd complained, but he ignored them, only speaking grumpily once he had dragged all the youngsters back to the academy:
"That’s my wife! She’s already married, stop thinking about her, kid!"
"Huh?" The young scholar seemed a bit disappointed after being hit on the head, but quickly showed an exaggerated expression, "That’s Brother Liu’s fierce wife?"
Seeing Liu Ji nod with a pained expression, someone muttered immediately, "Sister-in-law is so valiant and dashing, not like an unreasonable wife at all..."
Liu Ji huffed angrily, "Brothers, you’re still too young, her valiant demeanor doesn’t conflict with being unreasonable and disrespectful to her husband, does it?"
A few youths looked at each other in confusion, does it conflict?
Liu Ji gritted his teeth, "There’s no conflict at all!"
The youths, oh, it really doesn’t seem to conflict.
But so what, she’s a heroine who killed the bandit chief!
Isn’t it reasonable for a hero not to respect her husband?
Seeing the adoring looks in the youths’ eyes, Liu Ji knew they were hopeless, unwilling to say more to these immature ones, he strode towards the classroom.
He was the first to return to the classroom, incidentally reporting to the teacher, claiming he wasn’t interested in the commotion outside at all, and had tried hard to drag the other students back, but they wouldn’t listen to him and still went out, hoping the teacher wouldn’t be angry.
Was the teacher angry?
The whiskers flared with anger, grabbing the ruler, he stormed out with great strides.
Then came the sounds of wailing.
Liu Ji looked up at the sky, taking a deep breath, instantly feeling relieved inside~
However, this relief didn’t last long.
During lunch break, someone excitedly ran into the dormitory, "Brother Liu Ji! Brother Liu Ji! Your wife is here to find you, just outside the academy’s back gate!"
Just finishing his meal and lying down for a nap, Liu Ji jolted upright.
Helplessly glancing at the person shouting, did they have to yell so loudly?
Now everyone knew.
Step by step, Liu Ji glanced back, watching the shameless classmates wanting to catch a glimpse of the heroine, inwardly praying to all the heavens and gods.
Amitabha, Taishang Laojun, quickly as per the order, bless my wife to speak kindly, show some respect, and not resort to fighting or kicking...
Spiritually pleading, Liu Ji finally struggled to reach the back door of the academy.
The door opened, revealing Qin Yao, dressed in simple clothes, carrying a knife, and with a bow on her back.
Behind her was an old brown horse with shedding fur, snorting agitatedly upon seeing him, Qin Yao patted the horse’s back to warn it, and it quieted down.
"How’s life at the academy, are you adapting?" she asked with a smile.
Slightly tilting her head, she glanced at the curious faces of young scholars peeking from behind him, yet remained calm and raised her hand to wave at them, "Hi!"
The young ones, never having seen such a sight, instantly retreated shyly, gossiping excitedly behind the door.
Liu Ji rolled his eyes dramatically at the sky, pretending those behind him didn’t exist, looking at the horse in confusion, "Wife, where did you get this horse?"
"Bought it." Qin Yao smiled when she saw the horse, "Lord County Magistrate sold his old horse to me at a low price, though a bit old, old horses have their merits too, with some training it’ll be very useful."
After all, she spent only ten taels of silver to buy a tall breed from the Western Regions.
Whereas horses on the market, slightly taller and of better breed, couldn’t be gotten without forty or fifty taels of silver.
Even ordinary small-footed ponies, the cheapest, required twenty taels of silver.
Only then Liu Ji suddenly realized, Qin Yao had uncovered the bounty, completed the task, and was receiving a reward!
At once, he changed his expression to one of concern, circling Qin Yao three times, "Wife, did you get hurt fighting the bandits?"
Qin Yao pushed him away, "I’m fine, just killing people, much easier than farming."
This bizarre comparison took Liu Ji’s breath away, knowing she disliked beating around the bush, he simply asked directly:
"Is there a reward?"
Qin Yao nodded, glancing at those classmates behind the door, gesturing Liu Ji to lean in, and whispered to him excitedly:
"But it has nothing to do with you, it’s not your concern, study hard, I’m heading home now, remember the task I gave you, complete it well, and you’ll benefit."
With that, she smiled softly at the curious heads on the door, patted Liu Ji’s shoulder, and led the horse away.
Liu Ji let out a long sigh of relief, thanking Buddha, Guanyin, and the Jade Emperor, his wife today gave him face, not showing him up in front of classmates.
Though he had just been speaking ill of Qin Yao to his classmates earlier, now it seemed he was slandering.
But his wife said he would benefit later, what benefit?
Liu Ji excitedly raised his eyebrow, having been dreary like a kid who lost his parents earlier, and now returning to the academy, he hummed a tune.
"Liu Ji!"
Suddenly someone called him.
Liu Ji turned back with a smile, his eyes gleaming, it was actually Fan Xiucai!
He was worried about how to approach these scholar lords, yet they had come to him suddenly.
Seeing Liu Ji excitedly approach, the person opened with a question, "Are you the husband of the heroine who took Xiang Wang’s head?"
Liu Ji was awkward for a split second, then immediately said proudly, "That’s me."
No matter whose glory is considered, a couple is one, isn’t it?
There are no laws in this world that stipulate only wives can benefit from their husbands’ glory, not vice versa.
For an identity shift, Liu Ji quickly became used to it, riding the wave of interest in the heroine, leveraging the status of a hero’s husband, rapidly entering the circle of scholars.
Unbeknownst to Qin Yao as she was so impressive, leaving the academy, she first went to the horse market to get a good saddle for her precious horse."
The reward silver was one hundred taels, given generously by the County Magistrate, and Qin Yao sensibly took the money and left, refusing the invitations from wealthy merchants, leaving the spotlight to the dignitaries at the government office."
This horse is her reward for knowing the right timing."
Even though her old brown horse is a bit bald, it only has a mild skin condition, after buying some medicine powder from the vet and applying it, it would heal in a month.
With ninety taels heavy in her chest, Qin Yao felt that a moderately prosperous life wasn’t far off."
Spending two taels on buying the saddle, she then led the horse to Manager Fan’s restaurant, packed two servings of their signature meat dish, and rode the horse leisurely home."
Now she had one hundred and two taels in hand, her mindset had completely transformed from when she arrived."
Thinking about how to spend the money all the way, feeling quite like she had finally made good after working away from home for many years.
