After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 14 A Man Hiding in the House
"what's the situation?"

Grandma Liu was at a loss for words to describe what she was seeing; she thought she must have been mistaken.

After Su Xiaoxiao finished doing all this efficiently, she shook her body, and the ropes binding her immediately fell to the ground.

She spat on the two men.

"You two don't even know your own limitations. I'm sparing your lives this time, so why don't you get out of here right now?"

The bearded man had no idea what had happened in that instant; he watched as his companion lay motionless against the fence.

After Su Xiaoxiao kicked him in the face, his nose was bleeding profusely, his head was buzzing, and he had lost hearing in his right ear.

He felt an unprecedented fear. In all his years as a human trafficker, he had never encountered a woman as difficult to deal with as Su Xiaoxiao.

It shouldn't be said that they were difficult to deal with; rather, it should be said that today they encountered the King of Hell, who was about to take their lives.

This is no place to stay any longer. If we stay any longer, we'll be dead. We can find a woman anywhere else. Why do we have to risk our lives to cause trouble for this Su Xiaoxiao?

He quickly went forward, picked up his injured companion, and fled through the gate in a few strides.

Grandma Liu tried to stop them, but the bearded man didn't even glance at her.

Before leaving, he even cursed at Granny Liu.

"Is this your daughter-in-law? I think you're raising a Yama, the King of Hell, in your house!"

The bearded man didn't dare to say anything more and fled with his unconscious companion in his arms.

There were also many villagers from Baihua Village watching the spectacle, and they were all amazed at how strong this woman was.

Su Xiaoxiao brushed the dust off her hands and sneered, "You two think you can cause trouble? You should think twice before you speak!"

Su Xiaoxiao broke all the ropes binding her; the ropes were all hemp ropes twisted together in seven or eight strands.

This rope is so tight that even a strong man would struggle to break free, let alone a woman. It would take a long time to cut it with a knife.

No one could believe their eyes, but Su Xiaoxiao seemed completely relaxed and effortless.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly went over and took Xiaobao out of the bag. As soon as Xiaobao came out of the bag, he peeked out and hugged Su Xiaoxiao, crying loudly.

"Mom, I was so scared!"

"It's alright, Xiao Bao, it's all over now."

Su Xiaoxiao gently comforted Xiaobao, and at that moment Dabao also rushed out of the house, and the three of them hugged each other.

The villagers outside had heard before that Su Xiaoxiao, the young widow, was very shrewish and would beat and scold the two children, taking her anger out on them whenever she was unhappy.

Now it seems unlikely.

The two children called Su Xiaoxiao "Mom" repeatedly, clearly showing their close relationship with her.

It seems that sometimes you can't believe everything you hear. They felt that what Grandma Liu did was a bit cruel.

Su Xiaoxiao turned around and glanced at Granny Liu behind her; her gaze was like a knife.

"Why aren't you leaving yet? Wait till I kick you too, wanna try?"

"I……"

Grandma Liu was speechless for a moment. She wanted to say that she was not as capable as those two men. If she had been kicked by Su Xiaoxiao, she would have been kicked to death immediately.

It seemed she really couldn't stay here any longer, so she quickly grabbed her eldest son, Liu Dazhuang, and slunk away through the fence gate. "Let me tell you, Su Xiaoxiao, I'll be back!"

Su Xiaoxiao ignored them. She stood up and said to the neighbors who were watching the commotion, "Why don't you all go home and cook? Pay more attention to your own homes instead of always thinking about watching other people's dramas."

The other neighbors quickly dispersed, their gossipy mouths at a loss for words when faced with such a domineering young widow.

After comforting the two children, Su Xiaoxiao tidied up the yard.

She then remembered that there was a sick person lying in the house. Luckily, those people didn't barge in, otherwise, if they saw that she was hiding a man in her house, who knows what kind of rumors would spread in the village.

When Su Xiaoxiao entered the room, she was surprised to see the man lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) fast asleep, as if he hadn't heard the loud fighting and commotion outside.

This person has great composure. Su Xiaoxiao went over to check his wounds.

"I don't know if you were really asleep or just pretending. The three of us were almost sold off just now. How would you survive then? You're still injured, and you'll probably be caught and taken back to the army camp."

Su Xiaoxiao unexpectedly began to feel a bit of affection for this man. Was it because she thought he looked like her deceased husband, Liu Xiaoshu? Or was it simply because he was handsome?

Su Xiaoxiao didn't know either, and reached out to pull the blanket up over the man.

Footsteps sounded outside the door again. Su Xiaoxiao, with her sharp ears, heard Da Bao calling from outside, "Grandma Wang, you're here again?"

It was Grandma Wang from next door. She quickly closed the inner door and came out to see what was going on.

"Oh dear, what's going on here? I heard there was almost a fatal accident at your house just now. Are you alright?"

Although Su Xiaoxiao knew that Granny Wang was not a kind-hearted person, she was still concerned about her when she came in.

Su Xiaoxiao greeted her with a smile.

"You mean those slave traders from earlier? I beat them up and they ran away. I doubt they'll ever dare come back."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't take it seriously, but Grandma Wang had heard from the neighbors about how formidable Su Xiaoxiao was.

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao knew perfectly well that Granny Wang was also involved in selling herself to a brothel.

She said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Oh, I'm so glad you're alright. Actually, your mother-in-law didn't mean to do that. Look at the situation at home right now, we really can't afford to support so many people. Your mother-in-law's actions were out of desperation."

Grandma Wang walked up to Da Bao and Xiao Bao, and lovingly patted the two children's heads, saying, "It's good that the two children are alright. Oh dear, I was so worried about them. I just heard a lot of fighting in your yard, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest."

As she spoke, she clutched her chest and gasped for breath.

"I'm sorry, I startled you, Aunt Wang."

Su Xiaoxiao spoke very politely today. She had never called Granny Wang "Aunt Wang" before, at most she would call her "Old Wang's old woman".

"Aunt Wang, is there anything else?"

Seeing that Granny Wang showed no sign of leaving, Su Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just came to take a look."

As she spoke, her eyes darted around Su Xiaoxiao's yard, trying to find any clues.

"Our two old hens disappeared last night in the middle of the night. We don't know which scoundrel stole them."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself that it was fortunate she had dealt with the chicken feathers and such, so that Granny Wang hadn't discovered them.

If she were to find even a single chicken feather in their house, Granny Wang, being so cunning, would definitely guess that Su Xiaoxiao stole the chicken.

(End of this chapter)