I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Upon hearing this, the village head glanced back at Su Banxia, ​​whose eyes were red and swollen, then turned to Granny Liu and Old Man Su and instructed them:

"I just said this can't happen again. Don't let me hear you two nagging the child again!"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu and Old Man Su nodded hastily. Seeing this, the village head sighed, flicked his sleeves, and turned to leave.

Seeing that the village head had left, Granny Liu glared fiercely at Su Banxia and cursed:

"It's all your fault, you jinx, that made me look bad! Just wait until I get back, I'll teach you a lesson!"

Upon hearing this, Su Banxia began to sob again.

"Grandma, do you dislike me that much? Do you have to beat me to death?"

When Granny Liu saw Su Banxia start crying again, she quickly looked up in the direction the village head had left, afraid that he would come back.

Then, Granny Liu quickly bent down and covered Su Banxia's mouth with her hand, whispering:

"Stop wailing here, okay? I won't hit you anymore. Now get home!"

As she spoke, Granny Liu waved her hand, signaling Su Hanzhang and Wang Guihua to take Su Banxia into the house.

As soon as she entered the room, Wang Guihua sat down on the edge of the bed and began wiping away tears.

"Banxia, ​​don't blame your mother. It's all because I'm too soft-hearted and couldn't protect you properly, sob sob..."

Seeing his wife crying, Su Hanzhang felt sad too. He glanced at Su Banxia, ​​hesitated for a moment, then sighed and went out.

Just then, Su Mo came in and saw Su Banxia lying on the bed. She scoffed lightly.

"Hmph, what are you doing making such a fuss about? Just do your job properly. Do you really think my grandma thinks highly of our second branch of the family? Doing this will only make her hate us more!"

Looking at her incompetent mother and her sister who had given up on everything, Su Banxia sighed helplessly, turned over, and went to sleep.

The next day,

Su Banxia wasn't woken up by Granny Liu's scolding today, but by her rumbling stomach. She touched her empty belly, swallowed hard, and thought to herself how nice it would be to have some meat to eat right now.

Just as Su Banxia was about to get up and go to the kitchen to find something to eat, she heard a loud thud outside the yard. She quickly dressed and went out to check, only to find the yard empty except for a recently deceased pigeon lying in the center.

Su Banxia was shocked. She wanted to eat meat, and the meat just came to her door on its own.

At this moment, she didn't care about anything else and ran over to pick up the pigeon. She went to the kitchen but found no one there. She then went to Granny Liu's room but found no one there either.

Su Banxia didn't know why none of the people in the courtyard were home today, but it was better that they weren't; the pigeons would feel more at ease eating without them.

Su Banxia first went to the kitchen to boil a large pot of water, cleaned and plucked all the pigeon feathers, chopped the pigeon into small pieces, sliced ​​some scallions, ginger and garlic, blanched the pigeon in the water, and then turned up the heat to stir-fry the pigeon.

Actually, she originally wanted to make pigeon soup, but when she thought that pigeon soup would take too long to make, and that if the Su family came back, they would definitely try to take the pigeon from her, she decided to hurry up and stir-fry it to eat first.

Soon, a plate of fragrant stir-fried pigeon was ready. Su Banxia had been cooking since she was ten years old in her previous life, so her culinary skills were naturally impeccable.

At this moment, Su Banxia didn't care that the pigeon was hot. She ate the whole pigeon, one bite after another, until it was completely gone. Only after finishing the whole pigeon did she feel that she had some strength and no longer just wanted to lie down as before.

Thinking that she hadn't even gone out for a walk since arriving in the village, Su Banxia washed her face, picked up her cane, and went out the door.

Although the village is small, the land is quite fertile, and most families don't have to struggle for food and drink. Therefore, the villagers of Sujia Village have a good social atmosphere.

As for why the Su family was living in such a pitiful state, it wasn't that Su Banxia's parents didn't work hard, but rather that they were supporting a young scholar in his twenties studying in the county town, which naturally required a lot of money.

Although Su Banxia's fourth uncle, Su Songchuan, wasn't academically inclined, he didn't want to go back to the village to farm. He always felt that having studied would naturally make him different from these peasants.

In addition, he was good at sweet-talking and making empty promises, which allowed him to coax Granny Liu into taking out a large sum of money from the family every year to support his studies in the county town. As a result, the Su family had to live a frugal life.

When Granny Liu had no other choice, she said she wanted to divide the family property and send the second branch of the family to live in a thatched hut at the foot of Dwarf Mountain. That way, the family wouldn't have to take care of the second branch's food, clothing, and shelter, and the second branch could continue to work like slaves for the family.

Su Banxia could only say that Granny Liu was really good at scheming. For the sake of her good-for-nothing son, she was going to drive the second wife's family to their deaths.

Lost in thought, Su Banxia didn't realize she had walked to the edge of a pond. Seeing the crystal-clear water, she sat down by the pond, wanting to see what she looked like.

She has an oval face that's neither too big nor too small, a pair of bright, piercing eyes, a distinctive beauty mark under her eye, a high, straight nose, and a small, cherry-like mouth. Her facial features are quite attractive.

It's a pity that her skin is a bit sallow and her hair is a bit dry, which is probably due to long-term malnutrition and not having enough to eat. Fortunately, these things can be gradually restored later.

Just as Su Banxia was about to get up and leave, she saw a large school of fish swimming towards her in the pond. On a whim, she grabbed her walking stick and speared it into the pond, unexpectedly catching a large fish with ease.

At this moment, Su Banxia was not only shocked. It was one thing for the fish to swim towards her, but she never expected that this cane without a sharp point could so easily spear a big fish. Are the fish in this era all a little stupid?

Su Banxia looked at the large carp stuck in her cane and didn't care about anything else. She took the fish into her space and quickly prepared the boiled fish.

As Su Banxia smelled the aroma of the fish, images of Wang Guihua and Su Mo's gaunt figures flashed through her mind, along with her simple-minded older brother, Su Shiyan. Suddenly, she felt a pang of guilt for having eaten such a large fish.

Su Banxia looked at the bright red boiled fish in front of her, swallowed hard, and realized she couldn't resist anymore!

At this point, she couldn't care less about anything else and sat down to eat, continuing until her belly was completely round.

There was still more than half of the fish left. It would be enough to take back to the second wife's family to satisfy their cravings, since she had some kinship with them, but not much.

Thinking this, Su Banxia left the space and saw that the fish in the pond were still lingering on the shore. Su Banxia used her cane to spear another fish. She planned to give this fish to her fifth aunt, after all, the aunt was genuinely helping her.