ch 17.2 - Trouble (2/2)

Hearing that, Zhou Yu Niang joined in to bicker with her, she smiled and teased, “Look who wants to help her nephew find a wife. How come I didn’t see you going to the Cheng’s to matchmake?”

Xiao Xiao felt awkward with the two women talking about her right in front her. Had she known, she shouldn’t have come over and started this.

She was just about to bid them farewell when Lan Lan, who was being carried off the wagon by Patriarch Liu shouted, “Nonsense, my big sister will marry a childe so she can be a noble woman. I won’t let you talk about my big sister!”2

The two women were so engaged in their conversation they had not expected that coming from Lan Lan. Zhou Yu Niang didn’t make any remark but Hung niang looked unhappy. She glanced over at Cheng Xiao Xiao and said disdainfully, “You know, little Lan Lan, your sister might be fair looking, but judging from the current situation of your family, I don’t think she will be marrying into a wealth family as a noble lady. Unless maybe as a concubine!”

“Nonsense, you will be concubine. Ching Ching (daughter of Hung niang) will be concubine!” The wide-eyed little Lan Lan shouted angrily at Hung niang.

Little Lan Lan is young, but she knew that being a concubine was a bad thing, which was why she reacted like a kitten in distress, snarling and waving it’s claws.

Unfortunately, little Lan Lan’s voice was a little too loud and attracted too much unwanted attention from the passersby. Seven or eight villagers surrounded them and waiting for the drama to unfold.

Cheng Xiao Xiao just wish she could dig a hole and bury her head inside.3

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1.Means “woman”. Add behind the name of a woman, like a nickname of sort.

3.Common saying when someone feels embarrassed.

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