northernbook Chapter 92 A chorus of boos
Chapter 92 A chorus of boos
That noon—
Aunt Ma, with a dark expression, walked to the outside of the Xia family's courtyard with a bright red invitation in her hand.
Aunt Ma reluctantly raised her voice and shouted, "Xia Mu Shi, come out."
Aunt Ma's voice also revealed a strong sense of reluctance.
The Xia family is in the main room—
"Use these four bolts of cloth to make a set of clothes for each of our family members. I want to use the extra bolt to make a nice dress for my daughter. Is that alright?" Mother Xia smiled broadly, seemingly asking but actually affirming.
With some extra money, Xia's mother's favorite thing to do was dress up her daughter. And now, the opportunity had arrived.
"to make."
"The three of you can read the book together. Here are four small knives, one for each of you, for self-defense. Remember, for self-defense," Xia's father said with equal cheerfulness.
"Dad," Brother Xia said, fiddling with the new knife in his hand, "we've prepared all the materials, including the stones, for our courtyard wall. Should we get it built before the New Year?"
“Okay,” Mr. Xia was initially worried that his wife and son would think he was wasting money, but now that he saw that his wife and children were satisfied with what he bought and were very happy, he was inexplicably happy as well.
That is, at this moment—
Shouts came from outside, breaking the warm atmosphere inside the main room.
“It’s Ma Yiyi’s mother,” Xia’s mother’s face darkened.
Fearing that Xia's father might still be concerned about his brotherhood with Uncle Ma, Xia's mother recounted in detail how the Ma family had reacted when Xia and his elder brother were in trouble.
"Back then, when Master Wei had his eye on Yiyi, I was terrified. When it was confirmed that Ma Yiyi was going to marry Master Wei, I wanted her to speak to Ma Yiyi and ask her to put in a good word for her with Master Wei. But she kicked me out. At that moment, I knew that our two families were now mortal enemies!"
Xia's mother glared at Xia's father with a long face, and solemnly repeated, word by word, "What do you mean by mortal enmity? Do you understand?"
Xia's father nodded, his brows furrowed.
Seeing the Ma family's attitude, it seems they have no intention of having any further dealings with them. So... what brings Aunt Ma here this time?
Xia's mother walked out of the main room with a dark face. Before she could even see Aunt Ma's face clearly, she rolled her eyes at Aunt Ma, her disdain and disgust written all over her face.
Aunt Ma was furious that Xia's mother dared to give her attitude!
"I give you attitude because I'm angry! What right do you have to give me attitude?!" Aunt Ma wanted to argue with Xia's mother.
Xia's mother finally understood that there was indeed a special ability that could allow a person to travel between the county town and Anjia Village in an instant, but knowing that it existed made her even more reluctant to speak of it.
"Heh," Xia's mother sneered, "If you can't speak human language, then get out! My Xia family doesn't welcome livestock!"
Xia's mother stared at what Aunt Ma said. She didn't explicitly say that she was cursing Aunt Ma, but who couldn't see that?
Aunt Ma was so angry that her chest heaved violently. Pointing at Xia's mother, she stammered "You, you, you!" and said, "If it weren't for Yiyi still cherishing her friendship with Xia Mo, I wouldn't have bothered making this trip!"
If Ma Yiyi hadn't insisted that she deliver this invitation, she wouldn't have come at all!
Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, and third brother rolled their eyes upon hearing this.
Ma Yiyi sent Aunt Ma over to deliver the invitation, just to make things difficult for Xia Mo.
Xia Mo stared at Aunt Ma; she was unhappy now, and so were her family.
So……
Xia Mo's divine sense condensed into a thin thread and entered the Wei family in Anping County, specifically the courtyard where Ma Yiyi lived.
After achieving some success in calligraphy, Ma Yiyi is demonstrating her skills to Wei Zhishu.
Tsk, after achieving some success in calligraphy, she only thinks about using this skill to please men.
She really looked down on her.
Xia Mo scanned the comments on the live stream with her divine sense and noticed Ma Yiyi's two new tasks.
Side Quest 1: Invite Xia Mo to the engagement party.
This task has different completion levels.
Once the beginner level is completed, inviting the arrival of late summer will be considered the completion, and you will be rewarded with a tofu-making recipe.
The final result was so embarrassing for Xia Mo that she was rewarded with a crudely made book about a threshing machine.
Xia Mo made a decision; she had to get Ma Yiyi to complete the side quest.
It is still a side quest that needs to be run for a long time.
Long-term side quest 2: Capture Wei Zhishu's heart; quest progress 30%, normal friendship level.
Summer's end, she raised an eyebrow.
It seems Ma Yiyi has been putting in a lot of hard work these past few days, so now...
Ma Yiyi's writing posture was not standard, yet the characters she wrote on the paper were dignified, beautiful, and exquisite.
When Wei Zhishu saw the word "good" written by Ma Yiyi, he was instantly amazed, and his friendship level with her increased by 10% to 40%.
It started acting up at the end of summer.
When Ma Yiyi wielded the brush, she only needed to use her divine sense to push it slightly, and the strokes of the characters she wrote would exceed the limit.
The second character of Ma Yiyi's name had only been written twice when it became a mess, and Ma Yiyi's face looked rather unpleasant.
A nervous Ma Yiyi forced a smile and said, "My hand was probably shaking. I'll take another one."
After switching to a different sheet of paper, Ma Yiyi became completely clumsy with her hands. She couldn't write a single word; her first stroke always turned into a blot of ink!
Ma Yiyi's smile was about to falter, turning into a painful, bitter smile.
The comments in front of Ma Yiyi had turned into "shh" sounds directed at her.
It doesn't need many words, just a single word "shh" filling the screen, with constant "shh" sounds, is enough to drive Ma Yiyi crazy.
Ma Yiyi choked up, ripped the paper off the table, and crumpled it into a ball.
At first, Wei Zhishu was able to patiently wait for Ma Yiyi to start writing again, but with each failure, Wei Zhishu's patience was wearing thin.
Wei Zhishu watched as Ma Yiyi broke down and crumpled the paper into a ball. She gave a cold laugh and then said, "It's okay, you can practice slowly and you'll get better."
After Wei Zhishu finished speaking, he turned and left.
Wei Zhishu's attitude still seems very good, however...
The screen in front of Ma Yiyi switched to the task interface, showing a long-term side quest where the progress bar for winning Wei Zhishu's favor was decreasing instead of increasing.
Ma Yiyi's favorability increased by 10% to 40% because of the word "good," then dropped back to 10%. Note: She neither likes nor dislikes Ma Yiyi; they are just nodding acquaintances.
Ma Yiyi suppressed her anger as she watched Wei Zhishu walk away. Then, she angrily overturned the table in front of her, which slammed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud.
Ma Yiyi pulled at her hair, messing up her carefully styled hair into a chaotic mess like a bird's nest, revealing a crazy state, but she still didn't realize there was a problem.
Did you think Ma Yiyi was fighting against the malicious bullet comments on the screen?
No, no, no...
The pitiful Ma Yiyi tore at her hair in agony, pulling her scalp until it bled. She mumbled incessantly to herself, her voice barely audible; one would have to press their ear to her lips to hear. Her mouth was open as she said, "..."