"Shush!" Hua Xiaomai pressed her finger to her lips and glared at him fiercely before pulling him further away, "Didn't I tell you to keep quiet? I'll just give you two more fares later, so why make a fuss?" After speaking, she hopped back onto the cart and urged him to leave.
Meng Yuhuai walked to the side of the cart, shook his head, and said helplessly, "This isn't quite appropriate. A lone man and a lone woman, what will people think?"
"What's inappropriate about it, you old fossil?" Hua Xiaomai pursed her lips. "Before we were married, we were alone together many times. Why didn't I see you making a fuss then? Yun'er is shy and blushes at a word, and Scholar Wen is so old-fashioned, expecting him to do anything untoward? Bursting in now would only make everyone uncomfortable. Why bother?"
Her words blocked any retort from Meng, and he had no choice but to apologize to the coachman with a smile, turn the cart around, and head back to the southern side of the village.
