Reincarnation and Rebirth

"It's good that it smells bad," Su Wan'er said with amusement. She didn't want to cause any trouble over such a small matter.

During the meal, the way Grandpa Su and Su Youfu looked at Su Wan'er was practically murderous. However, Su Wan'er didn't care. The Ziyan Kingdom was about to invade, and the Su family was still dreaming of becoming officials. In her previous life, Su Youfu had never become an official, and she didn't even remember that guy surnamed Gou.

Su Wan'er sold out all the eggs at the Su family's house today, so it was quite peaceful. Even though Su Chen kept asking to eat some, he was scared away by a single look from Old Man Su.

After the meal, Old Mrs. Su naturally didn't want Su Wan'er to complain, so she sent her up the mountain to collect firewood. Winter was coming soon, and the family needed to be prepared, otherwise the whole family would freeze to death when the heavy snow blocked the mountain.

Su Wan'er was overjoyed and took her two younger sisters and Xiao Suming out. Wang Shi opened her mouth, glanced at the dirty and messy yard, and saw the chickens and pigs in the backyard squealing. She wanted to call Su Xiang'er back, but in the end she sighed and silently picked up the swill bucket.

Su Xiang'er glanced back at her mother, her eyes filled with conflict. Su Wan'er, however, grabbed her second sister and said, "There are so many people in the family, all of them capable of working. Why is it that only Mother is doing the work? Do you know why?"

Su Xiang'er fell silent. Su Wan'er lifted her foot and walked towards the back mountain. Su Zhao'er looked at her eldest sister, then at her second sister, and said, "Eldest sister, aren't you going to take care of second sister anymore?"

"Zhao'er, do you want to go back to work?"

Su Zhao'er lowered her head and stammered, "Actually, seeing how hard Mother works, I also want to help her, but my eldest sister also works hard, so I also want to help her."

Su Wan'er patted her head, smiled but didn't say anything, and just started walking again. Su Zhao'er quickly followed, worried about her older sister going up the mountain to collect firewood alone.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they heard Su Xiang'er's panting voice from behind, "Big sister, little sister, wait for me."

Su Wan'er smiled. Xiang'er had not disappointed her expectations after all.

Instructing her two younger sisters to gather firewood, and placing little Su Ming under a tree not far away, Su Wan'er mysteriously said to her two sisters, "You gather firewood here, don't go far, your eldest sister is going to find something delicious to eat."

"Eat, eat..."

Little Su Ming's innocent words made the three sisters laugh out loud. At this time, most people had just finished eating and were resting at home, so they wouldn't come up the mountain. Su Wan'er was relieved.

"Big sister, don't go too far, there are wolves in the mountains."

Su Xiang'er was still shaken by the wolf howl she had heard last time.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

There was still some roast chicken left from this morning, and dozens of eggs in the basket. Su Wan'er decided to try something different for her younger siblings today: wild rabbit.

Upon reaching the stream, finding no one around, Su Wan'er entered her spatial dimension and ordered Xiao Bai to prepare a rabbit, while she herself went into the kitchen to boil tea eggs.

The best Longjing tea was the one I brought back when I sneaked out of the palace last time. It seems a bit wasteful to use it to make tea eggs, but there's no other choice.

After Xiaobai finished cleaning the rabbit, she smelled the aroma of tea eggs coming from the kitchen and tears of resentment streamed down her face. "Master, you can cook such fragrant eggs, why didn't you tell me?"

Su Wan'er rolled her eyes at him, "Here you go." After saying that, she packed away ten tea eggs, leaving the remaining twenty or so for Xiaobai to make.

The wild rabbit rubbed on the seasoning and then left.

Back by the stream, after setting up the roasting rack for the wild rabbit, Su Wan'er went to find her younger siblings.

Su Xiang'er, being used to farm work, had already gathered a small bundle of firewood in such a short time.

"Big sister, you're back?" Su Zhao'er looked up happily, her eyes secretly glancing at Su Wan'er's hands.

"Come on, my older sister caught a wild rabbit, let's go to the stream."

"Really?" Su Zhao'er's whole face was glowing.

Su Xiang'er nervously scanned her eldest sister's entire body. "Eldest sister, you've gone into the mountains again?"

"No, no, I caught it right by the stream. Let's go."

As soon as they arrived at the location, they discovered that there were two more people next to the grill.

Su Xiang'er nervously gripped Su Wan'er's hand, while Su Zhao'er also hugged Su Ming tightly, secretly standing behind her eldest and second sisters, watching them warily with wide eyes.

Su Wan'er was also a little surprised. These two, father and son, didn't usually take this route.

But since we've already run into each other, we should at least say hello.

"Uncle Dazhuang, Tiezhu, what brings you here?"

Zhang Dazhuang turned his head and saw that it was the Su family's children. A smile appeared on his face. "Why did you come up the mountain?"

"I brought my younger siblings out to collect firewood, and luckily we caught a rabbit. I was thinking of giving it to them to help them recover." As she spoke, Su Wan'er kept glancing at the other man's eyes. If she saw disapproval or malice in them, then Su Wan'er would probably have to figure out how to go back and start a war with the Su family. In the future, she would definitely stay away from this father and son.

“Ah, Wan’er is really lucky. This rabbit is so fat. Good, good. Tie Zhu and I just happened to come down the mountain and smelled a fragrance over here, so we came to take a look. We won’t bother you anymore.” Zhang Dazhuang turned to leave, but then turned back to the group and said, “This place is still not secluded enough. You should walk a little further upstream. It’s farther from the foot of the mountain and is on the outer edge of the forest, so it’s relatively safe. If you do find any wild animals, it’s much safer to run down the stream.”

Su Wan'er expressed her gratitude for Zhang Dazhuang's sincere advice.

Zhang Tiezhu hesitated, reluctant to leave. Zhang Dazhuang sighed, "That blockhead."

"Wan, your grilling skills are quite good. Look, I also hunted two pheasants today. Why don't you help me grill one?"

Su Wan'er was confused. It wasn't that the Zhang hunter's family didn't have women. The next second, she saw Zhang Tiezhu's eyes and her face darkened instantly. How old was this kid? He was already eyeing her sister.

However, it was a small matter that he couldn't refuse. This hunter had saved him once, and he couldn't be too heartless.

"Ha, I'm glad you don't mind, Uncle. It's nothing. Xiang'er, go to the stream and clean the pheasant."

Zhang Tiezhu volunteered, "I'll do it, I'll do it."

When he finished tidying up and came back, he found that Su Xiang'er was not there. His eyes suddenly turned dejected. Zhang Dazhuang looked at his silly son and said, "Xiang'er is gathering firewood over there with Zhao'er. You should go and help her."

Su Wan'er paused, feeling as if her own cabbage was about to be eaten by a pig. What to do?

It seems I'll have to find out more about the Zhang family's character later. In my previous life, the original owner was initially preoccupied with self-pity, and later only had eyes for Zi Xingchen. Although she treated her younger siblings well, she didn't pay much attention to them, so she knew nothing about the Zhang family's character.

After the fragrant pheasant and rabbit were roasted, Su Wan'er picked up a clay pot that was simmering on the fire; it contained tea eggs.

"Wow, it smells so good! It smells like tea!" Zhang Dazhuang's nose was quite sensitive.

"Uncle Dazhuang, this is a nest of eggs I found. I've boiled them, so you can have some too."

"An egg? Why does an egg smell like tea?"

Su Wan'er looked at Zhang Dazhuang. This family must not be an ordinary hunter. Ordinary country people would not be willing to buy tea leaves. They would just pick some tree leaves from the mountains, roast them, and use them as tea leaves. Those who are slightly better off would go to town to buy some tea dust, but it is the kind of bitter stuff that is hard to swallow. Ordinary people would not be able to smell the tea leaves. They would just think it is the smell of some kind of seasoning.

Seeing Su Wan'er looking at him suspiciously, Zhang Dazhuang coughed lightly, "Hey, last time I went to a restaurant to sell wild game, the owner had just brewed a pot of fine tea to send to a private room, and I smelled it. You know, I'm a hunter, and my nose is exceptionally sensitive."

Although Su Wan'er was still suspicious, she smiled and said, "I didn't know it was tea leaves. I just picked some leaves from the mountain and boiled them. Oh, it's tea leaves. I was wondering why it smelled so good."

Zhang Dazhuang glanced meaningfully at the eggs in the earthenware pot, "Then I won't be polite, Uncle."

Uh, you're really not being polite, taking three at once.

Zhang Dazhuang went to the stream and picked a large leaf, then tore off half of the roasted chicken and wrapped it up. "You guys can eat the rest. My family often eats chicken; they don't eat much."

"No need, no need, Uncle Dazhuang, you have a lot of family members."

"Hey, I often go hunting in the mountains, how could I possibly starve them?"

After saying that, he pulled the reluctant Zhang Tiezhu away.

Su Wan'er looked at the remaining half of the roast chicken and the three missing tea eggs, and smiled.

"Eat quickly, and after you're full, we'll gather some firewood and head back."

Su Xiang'er pointed to the three tall piles of firewood behind her, "Big sister, is that enough? We won't take any more back."

Su Wan'er turned around and almost choked on her saliva. Zhang Tiezhu was really honest.

The four of them naturally couldn't eat that much. Little White cried out in the space, "Master, throw the leftovers in, throw them in, throw them here..."