Quick Transmigration: Don't Let an Honest Man Become a Villainous Supporting Female Character

However, Ji Zhuxin had prepared enough food for several people, and Ji Chaoxi ate while drinking water, but still didn't eat much.

She cried again.

When she left, her sister said she would beat her up if she didn't finish her food.

Qin Du was working in the field. He came every day without a break. His land was more tidy than the surrounding land, and the crops he grew were better than others. Ji Chaoxi didn't know how he managed to grow them.

He seemed oblivious to the sun, burying himself in his work, his sweat dripping onto the ground and quickly mingling with the soil.

Suddenly, a box appeared in front of him. The hand that was holding it clearly hadn't done much heavy work; the fingertips were dusty, a stark contrast to his other hand.

"Qin Du, would you like some pickled vegetables?"

Qin Du ignored the voice, which was as faint as a fly's buzz, and just as he was about to continue working, those hands were extended towards him again.

"Are you really not going to eat it? I saw that your last attempt at pickling vegetables failed."

Ji Chaoxi was a little nervous. She put one hand behind her back, ready to run at any moment.

Qin Du remained silent for a while.

He doesn't like pickled vegetables, but his mother does.

But he didn't know how to pickle, and he failed several times.

Qin Du took the box, walked towards his basket, and then carried a pheasant toward Ji Chaoxi.

"I don't want to..."

Before she could finish speaking, the pheasant was thrown into her basket.

Qin Du picked up the hoe and continued working, soil splashing directly onto her shoes.

Ji Chaoxi: ...

She shook the dirt off her shoes and whispered, "This pheasant is worth more than pickled vegetables."

Qin Du ignored her.

Ji Chaoxi choked up for a moment: "Then I really want it. It's from you, and I won't give it back to you."

The sadness caused by the crickets of the educated youth dissipated because of this pheasant, and Ji Chaoxi happily went home.

As soon as she got home, Ji Chaoxi started crying.

"Sister, those educated youths said I was a country bumpkin and looked down on me because I couldn't read. They kept talking about me when I arrived!"

"Even Xie, the educated youth, looks down on me. You always make me bring him food, which he finds disgusting. That toad even said I'm throwing myself at Xie!"

Ji Zhu was so angry that her hands were trembling.

She originally thought that at most it was just the villagers gossiping, but she never expected that the educated youth would also gossip about others.

On the surface, he appears polite and courteous, but in reality, he's no different from anyone else in the village.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down: "I won't send them any more."

Ji Chaoxi was stunned for a moment when she saw Ji Zhuxin looking so calm.

Why was her sister so calm this time?

Ji Zhuxin took the pheasant from her hand without asking where it came from, and simply asked her to gather some firewood.

Ji Chaoxi immediately ran out to find firewood.

Ji Zhuxin stared at the chicken feathers floating in the water, her face slightly dazed. Tears fell into the basin, creating a small swirl.

Village girl, toad, paying someone else's money...

All these years of hard work were because she didn't want those words that had been associated with her to ever be associated with Ji Chaoxi again.

But unexpectedly, because of her, Ji Chaoxi was still being talked about like this...

Ji Zhuxin wiped away her tears, her heart aching even more.

The next day, a meeting was held in the village, attended by the educated youth and those who held positions in the village.

The educated youth became nervous as soon as they saw Ji Zhuxin. Ji Zhuxin must know about what happened yesterday.

The one who was most afraid was Xie Zhiqing; he lowered his head and dared not look at her.

The village chief's wife chuckled and said, "Zhuxin, you're here. Why don't you go on this inspection trip with Xie Zhiqing and the others? You two are good friends anyway."

Ji Zhuxin said sarcastically, "How could a village girl like me dare to go with educated youth?"

The village chief's wife was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Ji Zhuxin's anger flared up immediately: "You call yourselves scholars? So shameless! I've given you so much to eat, and what do you do? You gossip about my sister and me behind our backs! You ungrateful wretches!"

"You people from the county town think you're so superior? If you're so capable, then don't eat it. You eat it and then gossip behind my back. Bah! All that education you've received has gone to waste."

The village chief's wife looked at the educated youth with surprise.

Ji Zhuxin usually takes good care of these educated youths, and sometimes she even pays out of her own pocket to buy meat for them.

But did she not expect that these educated youth actually thought that way in private?

The educated youths were so scolded that they didn't dare to reply, their faces turning red all the way to their necks.

People started gathering at the entrance, pointing at the educated youth and saying something. The educated youth lowered their heads in embarrassment and huddled in the corner.

Qin Du happened to overhear the conversation inside when he passed by.

Suddenly, the scene of Ji Chaoxi sitting on the edge of the field yesterday, crying and eating, flashed into his mind.

Ji Zhu left in a huff, leaving the village chief's wife and a few educated youth looking at each other in bewilderment.

After returning to the compound.

Several educated youths were so angry that they kept complaining.

"I should have known better than to eat her food; now she's got something on me."

"She's such a shrew, yelling so loudly in front of so many people, she has no shame at all."

"Tch, who would want to eat her food? If this village weren't so poor that it had nothing, we wouldn't eat it."

Xie Zhiqing followed behind them, keeping his head down and remaining silent.

His hands trembled slightly; he had imagined this scene yesterday.

He wanted to explain to Ji Chaoxi, but he didn't know how to explain it to her.

He didn't say those words from the heart; he only said them because everyone around him was laughing at him.

But Ji Chaoxi stopped talking to him. Shouldn't he be happy? No one would tease him about Ji Chaoxi anymore. But why did he feel lost instead of relieved?

Later, Xie Zhiqing came to see Ji Chaoxi several times. Whenever Ji Chaoxi saw him, he would run away. He even chased him into the fields, but when he saw other villagers, he would lower his head and leave.

Food is becoming increasingly scarce for ordinary villagers.

Ji Chaoxi wasn't the only one who knew about Qin Du's hunting; other villagers were also observing quietly.

By this time, some villagers had begun to complain. Why should the village chief get a share of the game they hunted? He was eating his fill while they, the hunters, got nothing.

"What if someone gets caught in it?"

"Who cares, as long as I can catch something to eat, even a field mouse will do."

"No, let's pile up some stones next to it as a marker, in case someone accidentally steps on them."

Several men carried hoes and carefully placed the animal traps on the ground, then piled up a small pile of stones next to them.

A short while later, a father and son came downstairs.

"Dad, what's that?"

The man frowned immediately upon seeing this: "Didn't they say we weren't allowed to use animal traps? How come someone is still using them? We need to tell the village chief."

The child stepped on a pile of stones and tripped and fell. The man quickly pulled him up, saying, "You're always like this."

The animal trap was concealed by a few pebbles, making it even more discreet.