Seeing that Juhua wasn't timid like she used to be, and that she didn't talk like a little girl at all, Granny Hua was both frightened and furious. She sputtered, "Who stole anything? I picked these up from the mountain. I just came in to ask for a drink of water."
Juhua had originally planned to let her go if she just dropped the acorns and admitted her mistake—it wasn't worth making a huge scene over two bags of acorns, and she was busy. But who would have thought this old hag would be so stubborn, still shamelessly trying to argue her way out of it with a torrent of lies.
She didn't bother arguing with the old woman about whether she had stolen them or not. Instead, she asked with a deadpan expression, "If Meizi's mother found out you stole acorns, would she still let Meizi marry Changming?"
Granny Hua froze in terror—Juhua had hit her right where it hurt.
