Jealous Wife Ford

Jealous Wife Ford. A river surged on and on, two ferries crossing back and forth.

"Leisurely!"

"Leisurely!"

Amid the wilderness, a Verdant Green Clad Woman sat sideways atop a yellow ox, lightly swaying vines as she marveled at Heaven's vastness and the earth's boundlessness.

Upon reaching the riverbank, the Verdant Green Maiden looked around and spotted a ferry crossing not far ahead.

Yet when she arrived at the ferry and wished to cross the river, the people there saw her striking beauty and said, "Young Lady, your appearance is far too dazzling. You should wash your face and remove your makeup before crossing the river, shouldn't you?"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the Verdant Green Maiden raised a brow, somewhat puzzled.

"Why is that?"

"There are rules like that for crossing a river?"

"Alas!"

The boatman sighed and said to her, "It isn't that we enjoy making rules, it's just..."

As he spoke, he glanced again at the calm, windless river and lowered his voice.

"It's just that if a woman with beautiful makeup crosses the river, once she reaches the middle, wind and waves will surely rise. No one knows how many women have already fallen into the river!"

"That is rather curious."

The Verdant Green Maiden murmured, her gaze settling upon the river.

The boatman was still talking, but she no longer had any mind to listen.

"Boatman, take me across."

"This..."

The boatman was taken aback.

Seeing that the Verdant Green Maiden had no intention of washing her face, he became even more troubled.

"Oh, dear!"

"Young Lady, I'm truly not trying to frighten you. If you won't wash your face, I don't dare take you across!"

"If someone falls into the water again, the authorities will drag me off to rot in jail!"

After the boatman said this,