Chapter 16

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The man’s house was not far from the Mao family’s house, and if they wanted to come to the land, they had to pass by the Mao family’s door.

The little granny did not expect them to expose her lie so easily. She yelled guiltily, “Old Mao’s eldest granddaughter is unfilial. She made Old Grandma Mao so angry early in the morning, causing her to lose sleep.”

“Then you really have good hearing. Since you heard it clearly, you must have heard that my great-grandma didn’t allow me to eat with my mother!” Mao Xiaoyu showed an aggrieved expression.

She gave herself a thumbs up in her heart. She did not expect herself to have a talent for acting.

As expected, the moment Mao Xiaoyu said that, the people started discussing.

“Grandma Mao is really capable. she’s only just started to bully a widow and an orphan this early in the morning!”

“That’s right. Mao Liushi has a lot of work to do today. How can she not give her food?”

“Look at how skinny Daya is. This Grandma Mao is such a bully!”

There were many good people. Look, so many villagers felt that Grandma Mao was bullying Mao Daya and her mother.

Of course, not everyone was a good person. In any era, there would be one or two disgusting people.

“What’s wrong with a mother-in-law disciplining her daughter-in-law and granddaughter? In my opinion, the Mao family is already very kind to have raised this mother and daughter. Don’t you know how much food they have to eat every day?” the Little Granny said indignantly.

“Little Granny is right. It’s their fortune that the in-laws of this widow and child can still take them in. They’re actually not grateful and are still causing trouble.” A young woman’s voice came from behind Mao Xiaoyu.

Mao Xiaoyu turned around and saw her third aunt, Mao Zhushi. There was also a tall and thin woman standing behind her.

Mao Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows and smiled. “Since you are so angry, you can ask my grandparents to throw us out!”

She could not wait to see this happen. She thought to herself, ‘Auntie, please do me a favor and quickly go get our grandparents to throw us out. I’ll thank your ancestors!’

“Little Lishi, are you envious of Mao Liushi?”

“This Lishi is really wicked. She was driven back to her maternal family after her husband died, and now she’s coming up with such an idea!”

“It must be said that the upper beam is not right, and the lower beam is crooked. her mother was not a good person when she was alive.”

The discussion in the crowd gradually grew louder.

Little Lishi’s expression changed when she heard this. She shouted in a bad mood, “I envy her? What a joke! Mao Daya, I’d like to see if you can still be so arrogant in a few days!”

Mao Zhushi had said to her earlier that Grandpa Mao and Grandma Mao could not tolerate this girl anymore and wanted to marry her away.

“Of course,” Mao Zhushi said ‘marry’, but when she heard that Grandpa Mao wanted to accept a high betrothal gift, Lishi automatically imagined that ‘marry’ meant to sell.

After Lishi finished shouting, she dragged Grandma Mao and Mao Zhushi away. She did not want to stay and be ridiculed by the villagers again.

Mao Xiaoyu frowned. What did Lishi mean?

What did she hear?

Could it be that her grandfather and grandmother had thought of some stupid move and wanted to deal with her?

A series of thoughts flashed through her mind and Mao Xiaoyu frowned.

Shaking her head, Mao Xiaoyu let out a sigh.

Forget it. No matter what, she would just react accordingly!

Anyway, she would go to the Village Chief if she could not solve it. She could not let others bully her.

At the thought of this, Mao Xiaoyu revealed a smile. after exchanging a few words with the villagers who had spoken up for her, she walked towards the mountain behind.

“The mother and daughter really have a hard life. If only Brother Dalaang was still alive, sigh!” The man with the hoe had a look of pity on his face.

“Brother Dalang was very enthusiastic, but I didn’t expect good people to have such short lives. Sigh…”

“That’s right. Dalang and Yilong were both killed by those two old fellows from the Mao family.” another voice whispered.

“Shush, don’t say anymore, be careful not to let others hear you…”

She could still hear the villagers’ soft discussions. Mao Xiaoyu shook her head. She could only sigh at the fate of her father and brother.

She did not know what the parents of this pair of buns were thinking at the time, but they actually agreed to let their young son replace his uncle in the army.

“Foolish filial piety!” In the end, Mao Xiaoyu could only use this word to describe it.

Walking quickly to the foot of the mountain, Mao Xiaoyu did not stop.

Other than weeds, there was not even a single wild vegetable on the ground. It seemed that the villagers had already dug up everything.

Life was tough after all. Otherwise, why would everyone be like this?

Speechless, Mao Xiaoyu quickened her pace and walked up the mountain along the path.

Now that the farming season was officially busy, those who had the ability to work in the village were basically all working in the fields. The little children did not dare to run up the mountain, so Mao Xiaoyu did not meet anyone along the way.

She was holding a stick in her hand and was drawing on the grass around her.

“Please don’t let there be snakes!” Mao Xiaoyu muttered.

She, Mao Xiaoyu, was most afraid of snakes. Whether they were poisonous or not, she was afraid of them all!

Just in case, she took out a few small packets of realgar from her Space before they arrived at the mountain and placed them all over her body.

She stuffed two small bags of realgar into her sleeves, waist, and even her socks.

“Eh, this mushroom seems to be edible!” Looking at the small pile of yellow-brown mushrooms, Mao Xiaoyu was a little excited.

Along the way up the mountain, she only dug up some wild vegetables, and even the medicinal herbs she came across were the kind that were not valuable.

To be cautious, Mao Xiaoyu took out a book from her Space and compared the two.

This book was not the one she had taken out to fool Liu Xianniang. If she were to rely on the black-and-white pattern in that book, Mao Xiaoyu would not dare to pick mushrooms at will, for fear of being poisoned to death.

The book in her hand was printed with a more detailed and colorful pattern. Mao Xiaoyu carefully compared the characteristics of the mushrooms before she happily picked them and kept them in her Space.

As the mushrooms were more delicate, Mao Xiaoyu planned to take them out when they were about to descend the mountain and put them in the bag.

As she walked, she dug. Mao Xiaoyu seemed to be walking without any pattern, but her general direction did not change. The end-point was the big pool that Rong Xiang took her to last time.

she wanted to go to the pond to see if there were any fish to catch.

Fishing rod, fishing net… She was fully equipped.

She had some survival skills in the wild. Not only did her family organize survival training every year, but she also participated in many wild activities organized by her backpackers.

The closer they got to the pool, the better Mao Xiaoyu’s harvest was.

Look, she had actually found a 100 -year-old Chinese knotweed!

This was a good thing. if she were to sell it from the medicine shop tomorrow, it would probably be worth a lot of silver!

Finding a piece of cloth, Mao Xiaoyu happily wrapped the Chinese knotweed and kept it in the Space.

Humming a little tune, Mao Xiaoyu walked briskly towards the pond not far away.