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Jin Xiaolou was shocked, and quickly retreated two steps.

Only then did they realize the situation they were in. In the yard, Jin Xiaotao was standing by the side crying, her empty basket was at her feet, in the front, old lady Jin was holding onto a willow whip, her face was filled with anger. Looking at Jin Xiaofeng, he seemed to have been whipped two or three times.

Beside the old lady, Madame Zhou and Madame Xu had their own thoughts, but they didn't see any signs of Madame Liu.

As soon as Jin Xiaotao saw the building return, and also saw the basket on the back of the building, her eyes immediately lit up. Opening her cherry lips, she gently advised: "Grandmother, don't be angry, don't blame your two little sisters. Lou Qingyun had just given birth to a child, so it was only natural that he had a bad temper. Xiao Feng was unhappy, but the two of them continued to fight until she was pushed into the fecal pit. Grandmother, I know Lou Lan best. She definitely didn't do it on purpose! "

She started to sob again.

Jin Xiaolou raised her brows and laughed coldly.

If she was the foolish girl from the past, she would probably be grateful to Jin Xiaotao from the bottom of her heart, but now, she could tell from her words that Jin Xiaotao had ignited all of Old Lady Jin's flames onto her body.

As expected, Old Granny Jin's sharp gaze pierced Jin Xiaolou's body like a knife.

"Do you really think that you've given birth to a crown prince? A useless thing, eating all day long, and causing trouble for me. "

Jin Xiaotao knew that the old lady was going to scold him like this, so the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She continued to speak, "Grandmother, little Lou went into the mountain forest early in the morning. Lou has always been diligent. She would never be lazy for a whole day with her child in her arms. "

Useless things? Eating all day long?

Jin Xiaolou looked at the people in the big family coldly. In her memory, Jin Xiaolou used to be a person who did nothing but work hard, eat the least, and do the most. All the dirty work in the family were all taken care of by her, if she was not the one who died during childbirth, she would probably be forced to death not long later on.

When her gaze swept across Xiaotao, it just so happened to meet her eyes that were looking at him with such innocence and kindness.

Jin Xiaolou knew that the reason Jin Xiaotao said such a thing was because she saw the basket on her back just now. The baskets were filled with wild fungus and wild woody ears, their color dark brown and inconspicuous. From afar, the baskets didn't look even a bit green like the usual pigweed.

With just a glance, Jin Xiaotao thought that she had found an entire day's worth of herbs for Jin Xiaofeng.

In the next moment, a willow branch that was mixed with wind was thrown straight at Jin Xiaolou's face.

Because Jin Xiaolou was prepared, she jumped to the side and avoided the attack.

"Lazy bone!" You actually dare to hide? " The Madame Wu was so angry that she almost choked. She placed her hands on his waist and ordered her two sons: "Jin Lei, Jin Shun, tie this thing up for me. See if I'll skin her or not!"

Just as Jin Lei and Jin Shun were about to make their move, they saw Jin Xiaolou standing at his original spot without dodging, looking at them with his clear and limpid eyes, an imposing gaze that had never been there before.

This aura surprised Jin Lei and Jin Shun.

"What are you standing there for? The two of you are rebelling as well? " The Madame Wu whipped the willow branch on the ground hard. With a "pa da" sound, Jin Lei and Jin Shun came back to their senses.

Then, Jin Xiaolou suddenly spoke out: "Grandmother, since Little Lou has always been obedient, she is naturally at your disposal. It's just that Little Lou doesn't understand, why did you hit me today?"

"Why?" The Madame Wu snorted, "You went out empty-handed and came back empty-handed. You've been lazy all day, but you still have the face to ask me why?"

The bottom of Jin Xiaolou's heart was as cold as ice, but on the surface she pretended to be confused as she pouted, and then she scratched her head, "Grandmother, I didn't come back empty-handed!"

With that said, she stretched out her hand to take the basket from her back, opened up the layer of grass covering the basket, and poured it on the ground.

The plump and abundant wild fungus rolled all over the ground, and with the addition of those huge wooden ears, everyone in the courtyard was so shocked that their jaws almost fell off.

After a long while, Madame Xu was the first to speak. "Mother, these mushrooms are enough for us to eat for a few days."

Everyone wanted to eat their fill, but the villagers stubbornly stuck to their old ways, thinking that there was a beast that could devour humans within the forest. Very few villagers entered, so naturally, no one discovered the delicacies within the forest.

The hand which Madame Wu was holding onto the willow branch slowly drooped down, and she looked at Jin Xiaolou with some suspicion: "You picked all of these by yourself?"

Jin Xiaolou said in a serious tone: "Today, I went to the forest to look for herbs for Third Sis, but I didn't manage to find any, and instead found so many good things."

Madame Wu nodded: "Alright, go cook!"

Jin Xiaolou pretended to be oblivious to the envious expression that flashed past Jin Xiaotao's eyes, she picked up the mushroom once again and walked towards the woodshed.

In the courtyard, the Madame Wu pursed her lips and said to Jin Lei and Jin Shun, "Throw Xiao Feng out the door. This stinky stench, if you don't clean it, don't come in!"

After he finished speaking, regardless of Jin Xiaofeng's wails begging for mercy, the two of them picked her up and threw her out of the courtyard door.

The moment Jin Xiaofeng's butt landed on the ground, the pain made her forget to cry.

's situation was slightly better than Jin Xiaotao's and Jin Xiaolou's, at least. But after returning home today, her mother had gone somewhere, and she had already suffered a belly full of grievances. At this moment, she had not eaten for an entire day, and was starving to the point where her chest was close to her back.

Sitting in front of the door, she began to cry.

"Weeping and crying, are you cursing me? If you want to cry, scram far away! "

Just as she sobbed out twice, the Madame Wu's stern voice came out, frightening Jin Xiaofeng so much that she shut her mouth in a hurry, not daring to even breathe out.