Ugly girl only wants to farm

Meng Jiuxia listened in stunned silence, and finally said with a mocking expression, "Morning Glory, your father is really wicked. Not only did he let the widow wear the clothes, but those people who wore them weren't afraid of passing on their illness. I don't know what you were thinking, bringing them here without even caring about the bad luck. If you're going to throw them away, then just throw them away!"

Xu Chaoyan said helplessly, "My mother is old and her memory isn't very good. She probably just took the clothes because they were brightly colored."

After saying that, he let out a long sigh: "Alas, I don't know why that thief would do such a thing, stealing even those clothes, doesn't he care about getting bad luck on them?"

At this moment, Meng Jiuxia wholeheartedly agreed with her: "Let them steal, just consider it as those people doing a good deed and stealing it to accumulate merit for you."

Grandmother Meng could no longer bear to listen to this. She disregarded her son's swift steps and walked out of the neighboring courtyard.

Seeing the anxious look on Meng's grandmother's face, Li San Niang felt a little relieved. This mother-in-law was saying in front of her daughter-in-law that she was walking with the wind, so she must be going to the second house without worrying about bumping into anything.

Seeing Meng Laoyao rushing outside, Xu Chaoyan deliberately called out from behind, "Grandmother, why are you leaving before you've even finished your meal?"

"Woof, woof, woof!" Suddenly, a dog barked. Grandmother Meng was not paying attention and stepped on the puppy's leg, making the dog bar its teeth in pain.

Just as she was about to kick the puppy, the big dog suddenly pounced at her feet, startling her so much that she took a step back and fell to the ground on her bottom.

"Big Black, are you looking for death?" After saying that, he grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and threw it at him.

Seeing her disheveled appearance, Xu Chaoyan covered her mouth and chuckled. Her grandmother usually had a fierce demeanor, and everything in the family had to be decided by her.

Meng Jiuxia had never seen her grandmother like this before. Usually, she always had a mean look on her face, and she would save all the good food for her second uncle's peach blossoms, as if she were someone who had been picked up. But now, seeing her grandmother's disheveled appearance, she covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

Li Sanniang quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks and ran over: "Mother, are you hurt anywhere? Let me help you up."

Grandmother Meng couldn't care less about the pain in her buttocks at this moment. She only remembered that the brightly colored clothes were originally meant for Xu Chaoyan's funeral and were tainted with illness. She had to make her daughter Taohua take them off quickly, as Taohua would need to find a good marriage in the future.

She coughed lightly, feeling a little awkward, and said, "Third Sister, you should go back. I'm fine. I think I heard Peach Blossom calling me to go and take a look. I'll be right back."

Li San Niang advised, "Mother, it's so dark outside, you might slip and fall again. Why don't we go tomorrow?"

Grandmother Meng was determined to make Peach Blossom strip off the clothes and throw them far away. Ignoring Third Sister's advice, she ran like the wind to Peach Blossom's house next door.

After everyone left, Li San Niang returned and sat down, asking, "Yan'er, is this really a case of what if..." She hesitated, appearing undecided.

Xu Chaoyan guessed what she wanted to say from her expression: "Mother, it's alright. The other things are all newly prepared dowry. Those few clothes were probably mistakenly packed in by Xu's mother. Don't worry too much." Li Sanniang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xia'er, help your mother clear the dishes and boil some hot water for your sister-in-law to soak her feet. Yan'er, you go back to your room and rest first. I'll have my sister bring you some hot water in a little while."

Meng Jiuxia had just returned from cutting a large basket of grass and was already quite tired. Now, hearing that she had to do housework and carry water for the morning glory, her lips pouted so much they could hang a bucket.

Seeing her like that, Xu Chaoyan suppressed her smile and said understandingly, "Mother, let my sister go and rest. I'll help you."

In modern times, it would only be around eight or nine o'clock. For someone who stays up late, it's still very early, and he simply can't fall asleep if he's told to go back to sleep.

Meng Jiuxia glanced at it with some suspicion. Could this morning glory be plotting something against her with such kindness?

Xu Chaoyan tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep. She counted the sheep up to nine hundred and ninety-nine, but still couldn't fall asleep. Life was so boring. She went back to her mother's house, but there was no one to talk to.

She wasn't sleepy at the moment, so she took out her silver coins again, counted them by the moonlight, and then hid them away.

The next morning, she was still half asleep when she heard a cacophony of roosters crowing and dogs barking outside.

She rolled over, covering her ears with her hands, but the chaotic noise still reached her.

She has a bit of a temper when she wakes up, and she gets very annoyed when she's woken up for no reason in the morning. She opened the window and saw Meng Jiudong chasing chickens all over the courtyard.

While running, he kept shouting, "I'll let you run, but don't let me catch you."

The little dog thought its owner was playing with it, so it happily hopped around on all fours, and the chicken, the person, and the dog chased each other around the yard.

Xu Chaoyan suddenly found the scene somewhat amusing.

"Meng Jiudong, you're really useless. It took you so long to chase the chickens, and now the yard is covered in dust and chicken droppings."

Meng Jiuxia stood there with her hands on her hips, holding a stick. Seeing his sister's disgusted look, Jiudong muttered, "That chicken can run and fly, how can I catch it?" He then pouted.

Meng Jiuxia picked up a stick and waved it a few times. After a while, she chased the chicken into the chicken coop and locked it up. She then scattered a handful of grass that she had cut the day before.

"You're a boy who can't even catch a chicken, what can I expect from you?"

Seeing the siblings bickering again, Xu Chaoyan's thoughts suddenly drifted far away. When she was little, she used to bicker with her older brother like this, and he would always give her a doting smile, ruffle her hair, and indulge her.

The thought of arriving in this unknown era, far away from her family, suddenly made her homesick, and her nose tingled. She wondered what her brother would do after he found out she had disappeared.

"Hey, Jiuxia and Jiudong, what are you two doing here? Why aren't you outside working? Hurry up and get me a bowl of water. I'm so thirsty after walking all this way."

Only then did Xu Chaoyan notice a woman leaning against the fence gate, panting heavily.

"Auntie, why are you back again?"

Aunt Meng took a breath, then realized what she meant by "I'm back again."

After she finished speaking, she looked guilty. How could an adult like her lose to two children?

Her voice rose a few decibels: "Can't I go back to my parents' home?"

Meng Jiuxia walked to the table and poured her a bowl of water: "Okay, of course you can go back to your parents' home, but Auntie, you came back empty-handed."