Chapter 1330: Chapter 1332 What I Like Is Mine_1
The lad seemed to recognize her and didn’t dare to struggle with her, so several bolts of cloth were snatched by her.
This person was truly audacious. Without waiting for Yang Chuxia and the others to say anything, she clomped down the stairs.
Originally, if she had gone downstairs to pay for the purchases and leave, Yang Chuxia probably wouldn’t have troubled her over anything.
But seeking her own doom, she actually grabbed the fabrics without paying and was about to walk out directly.
The problem was, when the lad stepped forward to stop her for not paying, she actually said, "What I like is mine! Taking your stuff is giving you face."
Yang Chuxia’s eyes widened in disbelief at what she was witnessing.
What kind of logic was that? You like something, and it becomes yours? And you don’t have to pay for it?
"Go and snatch those bolts of fabric back for me. Even shopping follows a first-come, first-served principle. Not to mention, this is essentially eating and running."
As soon as Yang Chuxia finished speaking, Ye Wu swiftly stepped forward and snatched back the fabric.
"Is the cloth damaged?" Concerned about the delicate silk which could easily fray, recalling the woman’s rough movement as she grabbed the fabric, Yang Chuxia asked.
"No, it looks fine."
Ye Wu took a look and responded.
"Mingcui, go pay for it with Ye Wu, and then have the lad help send them to our inn."
"As you wish, madam!"
After Ye Wu and Mingcui left for the counter, Yang Chuxia then turned to the woman.
"What are you looking at? Do you know who I am? You dare to snatch my things?"
"I don’t care who you are; even the King of Heaven never buys things without paying," Yang Chuxia retorted with a cold snort. She continued, "Moreover, I was the first one interested in this fabric. If anyone is robbing, it’s you robbing me. Don’t you understand what ’first come, first served’ means? If you don’t, go home and learn it properly before you come out and make a fool of yourself."
"You, you little wretch, who are you to speak to me like this? Don’t you want a good ending? With my status, showing interest in something is doing the owner honor," the woman said, hands on her hips, looking ready to start a row.
Seeing this, the lad from the drapery hurried forward and said to Yang Chuxia, "Madam, the lady is the aunt of our County Magistrate, and that next to her is her daughter-in-law, who just came from her hometown. These days in our county, relying on their status, they would take things from street vendors if they liked them. I reckon she has always been like this back home and couldn’t change her habits suddenly upon arriving here."
"So she does the same thing when coming to your drapery shop?" asked Yang Chuxia upon hearing this.
"Not at all, this is her first time visiting our shop," the lad replied.
On hearing this, Ye Zi’an furrowed his brows in thought, "Is your County Magistrate surnamed Ling?"
"Yes, yes, young master, you know of him?"
Yang Chuxia also looked at Ye Zi’an curiously, "Do you know him?"
"Do you remember when I took the Imperial Examination to become a Recommended Man? There was an unfortunate fellow who was replaced by someone else. If I remember correctly, it was this County Magistrate Ling. I recall that back then, he was assigned to Gaoshui County." He paused, then asked the lad, "Has there been a change of County Magistrate in these past two years?"
"No, sir, our County Magistrate has always been County Magistrate Ling," the lad replied, adjusting his form of address after inferring from the conversation between Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia that the former was likely an official himself.
"That’s him, then. I’ve heard that this woman once lent some money to County Magistrate Ling for his trip to the capital for the examinations. Therefore, she holds more sway in the Ling family than even Ling’s parents. However... daring to insult my wife, she has quite the nerve."