Chapter 97.1: Mysterious Old Woman (1/2)

How did another person show up!?

Tang Doudou was a little stunned. Didn’t Baili Yu say that men’s footprints are rare in Azure Water Valley, and that other than Cang Baicao, only a few disciples and doormen were here? It was enough that an old beggar suddenly appeared, but what’s with this old grannie showing up too?

“Stinkin’ brat, why aren’t you saying anything? Could it be that you want to try and skip out on the debt?” The one-eyed old woman saw that Tang Doudou wasn’t speaking and slowly walked over. She looked at those fish that had been grilled golden brown and counted them. Upon finding that there were at least ten, her lips twitched. “You’re seriously abominable, you actually caught this much!? Do you know how long this old woman has been raising these fish!?”

The heck? What kind of situation is these? The fish in this brook weren’t wild ones but ones being raised by someone? Da fudge? Then why didn’t they set any ‘angling is forbidden’ indications!?

“Um, old grannie, I didn’t know that you were raising these fish. I thought they were wild ones… However, those who were unaware didn’t mean to offend. Grannie, please just forgive me.” Tang Doudou scratched her ear. For some reason, she kept feeling that something wasn’t right about this.

Before, the old beggar had at least used his gaze to stop the one-eyed old woman but now that the old woman and Tang Doudou were getting into a conflict, he resumed looking around and pretending to be a passerby.

Upon hearing what Tang Doudou said, the old woman gave a heavy and angry humph. “Those who were unaware didn’t mean to offend? Do you know that these fish have kept this old woman company like children? And now, you’ve… How could I let it pass just with a sentence of ‘those who were unaware didn’t mean to offend’?”

“How does Grannie want me to compensate? Just say it!” Tang Doudou was a forthright person. If something could be said clearly, she definitely would not waste time jabbering on endlessly.

The one-eyed old woman gave another humph. “Compensate? Can you afford to compensate?”

Tang Doudou also became a bit annoyed now upon seeing that the old woman didn’t seem to want to negotiate at all. In any case, this incident couldn’t be completely blamed on her. Who would have known that the fish in this brook were being raised by someone?

Moreover, there were so many fish in the brook. There was at least a thousand. It’s completely impossible to tell that there were about ten less fish. In addition, isn’t it a little too exaggerated to say that all these fish were like children to her?

Could it be that she was purposefully here to pick faults?

As Tang Doudou was thinking, she happened to catch a trace of a scheming look in the one-eyed woman’s eye and immediately realized that something was fishy.

“Grannie, if you don’t say it, how will you know whether I can afford it?” Now that Tang Doudou knew the opponent was picking fault with her on purpose, her tone immediately became tough.

If it was really her fault, she wouldn’t try to make any excuses and would do what she needed to do. However, since the old woman was doing this on purpose, the old woman shouldn’t blame her for being hostile!

“A life for a life. Can you afford to compensate?” The one-eyed old woman asked coldly.

Tang Doudou smiled. “The lives of Grannie’s fish are sure expensive. However, I’ve grilled so many of Grannie’s fish but only have this one life. Wouldn’t it be a huge loss for Grannie?”