Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hearing the voice, Dong Nuan looked to the side and realized that the person who spoke was Fourth Uncle’s youngest daughter, Dong Zhu. She was the same age as Dong Yao, but she looked much younger than him.

She was so thin and small that it looked like a gust of wind could blow her away.

Of course, the current Dong Nuan did not look much better off than the other party. She was only a few years older, but she was not much taller.

Fourth Uncle’s family had a total of three girls. Fourth Uncle did not care about the three girls, but Fourth Aunt…

She really wanted to leave the entire Dong family and move back to her own home.

She doted on her brother’s nephew more than she doted on her daughters.

Her thoughts were similar to Madam Dong Wu’s, but what was better about Madam Dong Wu was that although she favored her son and did not care much about her daughters, at least she never thought of moving out of her in-laws’ house!

However, Fourth Aunt was different. She had moved away from her small family and thought about about Old Master Dong’s family background from time to time.

Old Madam Dong had a sharp personality and was not to be trifled with. If she was a softer mother-in-law, she would probably not be able to suppress this daughter-in-law whose mind was filled with thoughts of her old family.

Of course, it was not that Fourth Aunt had not spoken out before, but after being whipped twice by Old Madam Dong with a wooden stick, her legs were left almost broken. Only then did she behave herself.

Nowadays, a married daughter was like bathwater that had been tipped out. Fourth Aunt was beaten up so badly that she was forced to stick with this family. She always wanted to give up her life to her maiden family, but she did not dare to say a word about it.

Even so, after Fourth Aunt recovered from the beatings, she obsessed over her family.

Fourth Uncle’s private work all year round and the little private assets he earned were all enjoyed by Fourth Aunt’s family. His three daughters did not enjoy any benefits at all.

Therefore, it was expected for Dong Zhu to be thin.

Actually, Dong Zhu was still fine. At least she was smart enough to know that her biological mother was unreliable and her biological father did not care. She could only be thick-skinned and ask for food from everyone else.

However, her two sisters were just like Fourth Uncle. They would never offer a kind work. They would eat as much as their family gave them. Occasionally, they would be taken by Fourth Aunt Dong to go back and see her family.

“Let’s do it. One apricot for each ridge you do.” Dong Nuan’s daily task today was to cover four ridges. Now that she had two ridges covered by her two sisters, she would not have to work in the morning.

With the arrival of Dong Zhu and the addition of another ridge being taken care of, Dong Nuan’s work for the day was almost done.

Old Madam Dong had just fed the twins the apricot. Fifth Aunt went over and wanted to take a bite, but in the end, she was beaten a few times by Old Madam Dong, scaring her so much that she jogged right back to the field. She obediently acted like a background character and did not dare to make another sound, afraid that she would be beaten up.

As soon as Old Madam Dong returned, she saw Dong Nuan smiling as she sent Dong Zhu to work. She wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, at least Dong Nuan was kind. If you helped her with her work, she would give you something.

In the past, when the other sisters commanded Dong Nuan around, there was no reward!

Looking at Dong Zhu’s desperate and pitiful appearance, Old Madam Dong closed her eyes and pretended not to hear anything before returning to work in the fields.

Dong Zao and Dong Tao took a look. This motherf*cker had recruited someone else? How could they tolerate this?

The two of them wanted to work together to chase Dong Zhu away, but Dong Zhu, who sensed danger, immediately said pitifully, “Sister Tao, Sister Zao, I’ll share half of my apricot with you guys. I’ll eat half, okay?”

Upon hearing Dong Zhu’s words, the two sisters looked at each other and used their not-so-smart brains to do the math. They thought that if they did not work, they could still get half an apricot. It was quite worth it.

With that, the two of them stopped making things difficult for Dong Zhu and let her help with the work.

“Ah, does that mean there’s only one ridge left for me to do today?” Seeing that the three of them had come to an agreement, Dong Nuan asked casually.

Dong Zao’s reaction was the fastest. She quickly raised her small black hand and said, “Sister, I can do it, I can do it!”

Dong Nuan would definitely be able to finish this job herself.

Of course, the others also had to finish their own work. Otherwise, Grandma would definitely slap them!

“I can do it too. I can do it too!” Dong Tao felt that she could not be outdone. It was just that her reaction time was a little slower than Dong Zao’s.

“Alright, you two split it between yourselves.” Dong Nuan did not care who helped, as long as she did not have to do it.

Knowing that she had peope to do all her work for today, Dong Nuan distributed the apricots to them in advance and even asked them to supervise each other.

After the distribution, Dong Nuan raised her voice and said to Old Madam Dong, “Grandma, I have a job to do today, so I won’t stay in the fields and be an eyesore to you.”

With that, Dong Nuan turned around and left.

Madam Dong was so angry that she did not know whether to laugh or cry.

How ironic! She was afraid that the children at home would be lazy, so she set a daily task for them to work on at least four ridges a day.

In the end, after Dong Nuan gave her jobs away, she really did not care about anything else. This lazy girl…

Alright, because of last night’s big fat pheasant and today’s big yellow apricots, Old Madam Dong liked Dong Nuan a lot more, so she was not particularly angry.

If this was the past, she would have long ago picked up a stick and chased her halfway through the village. She would have pressed this wretched girl to the ground and beaten her up!

To be honest, this girl’s luck seemed to have become very good after her life-and-death experience yesterday.

There were many wild fruits at the foot of the mountain. Although Old Madam Dong had never been there, she had dug wild vegetables before. Coupled with the fact that she had many grandchildren at home, she often said that she had quite a bit of experience.

Whether these apricots had been plucked or taken from elsewhere, the rest of the harvest was long gone now.

The apricots that Dong Nuan had were yellow and big. She did not know where it was picked from.

Oh, right. That girl said that it was deep within the mountains.

Even the hunters in the village did not dare to enter places like the deep mountains and old forests. Did this little girl really dare to enter?

Perhaps she was lucky to have met someone who helped her.

“Hey, old man, do you think that little girl Nuan’s luck has improved after her trip to purgatory?” Old Madam Dong felt that there were some ghosts and gods that she had to believe in.

Old Madam Dong’s question was also a question that Old Man Dong was thinking about. He had not figured it out yet, so it was not easy to come to a conclusion. Therefore, he thought for a moment and said in a low voice, “Let’s wait and see.”

Eldest Aunt, who had been working quietly at the side, listened in on the old couple’s conversation. She lowered her eyes slightly and was deep in thought.

Dong Nuan, who had already crawled into the forest, did not care about what they were thinking.

To the bamboo spirit, the forest was her world. She could roam freely inside, breathe properly, and even run and jump.

As long as there were no Bamboo-eating Beasts, she could dominate the forest!

She held a stick in her hand and walked. Then, she stopped. From time to time, she would hit the grass and remind the snake hiding in the grass that she was here. She had to leave quickly, or she might become snake soup.

Dong Nuan was a bamboo spirit and had no interest in eating meat. Moreover, she had cultivated for many years. In order to keep her source clean, she had abstained from eating. Most of the time, she would eat spirit fruits and spirit herbs.

Therefore, she really did not have any thoughts about snakes. Since she did not want to eat it, she would let them go.

After walking for a while, he suddenly heard footsteps in front of him. At this moment, Dong Nuan had already passed the foot of the mountain. She was already deep in the mountains.

Why was someone else here?

Thinking of this, Dong Nuan tightened her grip on the stick in her hand, and her smiling almond-shaped eyes became cold and sharp.