Big Beard yelped in pain, kicked the woman away, and cursed, "You cheap slut, I gave you face and you don't want it. What now, you just gotta make me kill your man and then drag you up the mountain to be my Madam?"
The young woman spat right in his face. "Don't even dream about it. If you dare harm my husband and me, I'd jump into the river before I'd ever let you have your way!"
Her husband's legs went weak with fright; he hurried to persuade her, "Madam, don't say things like that, these people kill without batting an eye…"
"What are you afraid of? The more scared you are of them, the more they'll walk all over you!" The young woman shot her husband an angry glare.
In truth, there was a big age gap between the two of them. It was this man who had used Silver to grease her parents' palms, and only after her parents and the matchmaker kept talking her into it did she finally agree to this marriage.
