Chapter 1743: It’s My Treat

Ning Shu was slightly surprised, Bai Yiqiao actually wanted to pay for her meal and treat her. Did the sun rise from the west today?

Ning Shu refused. “That’s fine. I’ll pay for it myself.” Ning Shu placed the money on the counter.

Bai Yiqiao saw the copper coins on the counter and contempt flashed in her eyes. She picked up the coins, grabbed Ning Shu’s hand, and placed the coins in her hand. “I said it’s my treat, so it’s my treat. You don’t need to be polite. I know the owner of this restaurant.”

Ning Shu: …

Oh, so Bai Yiqiao was just trying to show off and play her like a fool. Bai Yiqiao was obviously the owner of this restaurant.

Ning Shu collected the money, placed the dishes into her basket, and said to Bai Yiqiao, “Thank you then.”

“No need.” Bai Yiqiao’s expression flashed with joy. This kind of condescending charity felt really great.

Bai Yiqiao felt that the humiliation she felt when Chen Ermei threw copper coins into her bowl in her previous life had been washed away.

Ning Shu suddenly asked, “Did you come to town alone? Why didn’t Fang Yong come with you?”

Bai Yiqiao put her guard up immediately. She said, being vigilant while also flaunting, “Brother Yong found a white tiger in the mountains and intends to hunt it.”

White tiger? Not only could Fang Yong sell the tiger’s skin and bones for money, but this could also improve Fang Yong’s status. If his army mates knew that he had slain a tiger, Fang Yong would become very impressive.

Once Fang Yong achieved astounding success, this would become another legend about him.

Ning Shu took her food and left. Bai Yiqiao looked at Ning Shu’s back as she was walking away. Bai Yiqiao really couldn’t feel at ease. Even if Chen Ermei was just mentioning Fang Yong casually, Bai Yiqiao felt there was something more to it.

Bai Yiqiao said to the waiter in the restaurant, “I’m leaving now, let Wen Yu know.”

Wen Yu was the son of a merchant family in town. He partnered with Bai Yiqiao to open this restaurant.

Bai Yiqiao didn’t stay in town anymore. What if Chen Ermei stole her husband in the village while she was gone?

Ning Shu left the town and headed to where the ox cart was parked. Chen Li also arrived carrying a bag of grain that contained some coarse grains.

As soon as Ning Shu got on the ox cart, Bai Yiqiao hurriedly ran over and sat in the ox cart, catching her breath.

The ox cart started moving slowly.

Bai Yiqiao glanced at Ning Shu and pretended to inadvertently ask, “Chen Ermei, you also seem to be fifteen years old. Has your family arranged a marriage for you yet?”

Before Ning Shu could speak, Chen Li said, “Father said we’ll wait until Ermei is sixteen.”

Bai Yiqiao said, “Then Chen Ermei, what do you hope for your future husband to be like?”

Ning Shu considered provoking Bai Yiqiao by saying that she liked Fang Yong’s type, but then it occurred to her that getting the upper hand in a conversation wouldn’t really count as winning. Besides, if this got out it would stain her reputation.

In this age, where a person’s reputation was more important than their life and where chastity was a shackle that crushed people to death and could even implicate their family. Even a person’s own relatives would not tolerate those with tainted reputations, let alone strangers.

It was hard being a woman.

To be honest, it wouldn’t matter if this world got destroyed.

Ning Shu said, “I’ll abide by what my parents and the matchmaker decide.”

Bai Yiqiao nodded without speaking and then turned to look at the scenery.

When Ning Shu returned home, she took out the medicinal materials she bought and slowly ground them into powder. There weren’t any grain mill machines in ancient times, so the powder produced was a bit coarse.

In the worst case scenario, she could just forcefully feed it to Li Gouzi.