Jiang Lin didn't hesitate, whipping the ox's rear hard a few times, and soon left the Ma family far behind.
The Sun family asked worriedly, "Will the Ma family be okay? Just leaving her like this, could it be bad for us?"
"Mom, we can't be polite to the likes of Ma family who are unreasonable."
"But..." The Sun family was still worried, "I'm afraid she'll come looking for our family. After all, her family has five sons!"
When it comes to fighting, no one's match for Ma family's five sons.
"Aunt, don't worry, I've got this."
Jiang Lin laughed, "Those five sons of their family may look good but are useless, I can take them down with one hand."
Yu Xiaolian smiled and gave Jiang Lin a thumbs-up, "Brother Jiang Lin, when we enter the city later, eat whatever you want, it's on me!"
Jiang Lin laughed heartily, "Alright, I'm craving those crispy cakes from the Wang family's shop in town, how about buying a pound for your brother?"
Yu Xiaolian patted Jiang Lin's shoulder generously, "No problem!"
She remembered her family's supermarket also had crispy cakes, sold by the pound for eight yuan a pound, and individually packaged for one yuan each.
Since Jiang Lin loved these, he'd never run out in the future.
The three of them rode the ox-cart to the town market, but because of the Ma family incident, they were delayed on the road for quite a while, and there were no good spots left in the market.
They had to park the ox-cart at the back of the market, where few people passed by, to sell their goods.
Sun family went to the embroidery shop to buy some things, leaving Yu Xiaolian to sell baskets by the ox-cart.
Jiang Lin also carried wild chickens and rabbits to see if the restaurant wanted any game meat.
After a while, they hadn't sold a single basket, and Yu Xiaolian didn't want to waste the whole morning under the sun.
She took out some eggs from her space, "Selling baskets! Six copper coins each, fifteen copper coins for three, buy three baskets and get an egg free."
With this shout, someone actually came over.
"These baskets are well-made and not expensive, the egg alone is worth two copper coins, it's a good deal. Give me three baskets."
Yu Xiaolian cheerfully sold three baskets and gave away an egg.
After all, she had plenty of eggs in her space, and it seemed ancient people couldn't tell the difference between feed eggs and free-range eggs.
With one customer, came a second, and soon all the baskets were sold out, with more people coming to buy but finding none left.
Yu Xiaolian collected the copper coins into her space without even checking them.
With the Sun family and Jiang Lin not yet back, Yu Xiaolian, feeling bored, led the ox-cart to a shady spot under a willow tree and sprawled out lazily on it.
Just as she lay down, she heard an excited voice say, "Sister, magical sister."
Yu Xiaolian got up and looked, seeing it was Su Jingyue, that poor little thing, but this time he wasn't alone. Behind him followed a white-robed youth with a scholarly air, though his face was obscured by a white veil.
But holding the script, Yu Xiaolian had already guessed who he was.
She didn't expect the highly intelligent chief assistant to look like this in his youth, appearing delicate and frail, wearing a veil like a girl.
"Sister, this is my brother, he's allergic to dust and can only go out with a mask. But my brother isn't ugly, he's very handsome."
Yu Xiaolian naturally knew Su Jingchen was good-looking, with a beauty more stunning than the male lead Jun Mobai, with that sickly appeal. Unfortunately, he's too frail, a good shell but hasn't contributed to the beautiful human genes with as much as a tadpole.
Uh... maybe he wanted to contribute, but lacked the strength despite the willingness.
Cough, cough... going off-topic.
"Sister, it's great to run into you here. Last time you wrote my brother a letter. My brother doesn't believe you, he even said you're deceiving children."
Su Jingyue grabbed Yu Xiaolian's hand, "Sister, quickly conjure a piece of candy for my brother to see!"
Seeing Su Jingyue's anxious look, Yu Xiaolian patted his head, "Belief or disbelief, it's all up to you. I suggest dealing with Madam Yao, you should strike first. If you don't have the heart, then pretend I never said that."
Su Jingchen stared at Yu Xiaolian, unblinkingly, "How do you want me to believe you?"
"What do you think it would take for you to believe me?" Yu Xiaolian asked back.
"Just like Jingyue said, conjure a piece of candy, and I'll believe you."
That's easy, Yu Xiaolian turned her palm up, and a strawberry-flavored hard candy appeared in her hand.
Su Jingyue snatched it eagerly and looked at Yu Xiaolian expectantly, "Sister, can I have a few more?"
Yu Xiaolian planned to latch onto Su Jingchen, this big potential stock, which was the biggest she could reach for now.
Make good with Su Jingchen first, and later she might get close to Jun Yian.
Rely on Jun Yian, the future emperor, and she wouldn't need to fear his nephew, Jun Mobai anymore.
Perfect!
For Su Jingyue's small request for candy, Yu Xiaolian naturally wouldn't refuse.
She conjured a handful of candies from the supermarket, stuffing them into Su Jingyue's pocket, "Eat all you want."
Su Jingchen was astounded by Yu Xiaolian's actions, but tried to remain calm, "Who exactly are you?"
"I'm Yu Xiaolian."
"Why can you predict future events?"
"As your brother said, I can do magic."
Yu Xiaolian jumped off the ox-cart and walked to Su Jingchen's side.
Although this kid was only a year older than her and still sickly, how was he so much taller than her?
Unfair!
"Xiaolian..."
Hearing Jiang Lin's call, Yu Xiaolian quickly waved and responded, "I'm here..."
"If you can't be ruthless with Madame Yao, at least leave yourself a way out. I quite like this little kid and don't want him to die."
Sigh, the future influential minister was so immature right now, with a soft heart, so it's understandable he can't be hard-hearted with a pregnant stepmother.
Everyone learns from their mistakes, hopefully, Su Jingchen won't have to sacrifice Su Jingyue this time to grow himself.
"Xiaolian, I sold the game, and Aunt bought a lot of things. She's waiting for us over there, should we drive over to pick her up?"
Just as Jiang Lin was about to untie the rope tied to the tree, he saw a small boy sitting on the ox-cart, and he turned back to Yu Xiaolian, "Whose child is this?"
"Jingyue, let's go!"
Su Jingchen walked over to pick Su Jingyue off the ox-cart, Su Jingyue pouted, having just managed to climb up, only to be taken down so soon.
"Wait!" Yu Xiaolian called out to the departing Su Jingchen.
"This is medicine for your asthma."
Yu Xiaolian took out a pill she'd rolled last time and handed it to Su Jingchen.
Without offering him some benefit, she couldn't bask in his glory later.
Su Jingchen frowned, "You can also heal illnesses?"
He was naturally weak, with neither martial arts training nor physical strengthening working. Once the asthma hits, it's like being strangled, feeling like he can't breathe.
Su Jingchen stared at the pill in Yu Xiaolian's hand, could it be that someone who can perform magic doesn't need to check pulses to cure illnesses?