Chapter 6: Wang Chunhua Comes to the Door

Su Li handed the bowl of meat over: "This is for you."

"This—" Chen Xiang was so shocked by the meat in front of her that she was speechless.

Seeing that Chen Xiang wasn't moving, Su Li walked straight past her into the kitchen. Startled, Chen Xiang scrambled to chase after her.

Su Li dumped the bowl of meat into one of Chen Xiang's family's bowls, then flicked her sleeves and left without leaving so much as a cloud behind.

Chen Xiang stared at the meat in the bowl, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

"Who came just now?" He Dahai walked out from the room.

"It was Sister Su Li, she brought us some meat," Chen Xiang said.

He Dahai frowned, clearly not believing Chen Xiang's words. It wasn't as if he hadn't seen what kind of person Su Li was; if she were to bring them meat, the sun would have to rise from the west.

Su Li saw the three of them—He Yufeng and his sons—sitting at the table. The food and dishes were still in the same state as when she had gone out. She nodded in satisfaction; at least they knew how to wait for someone, which was worth praising.

He Yufeng had no idea what Su Li was thinking. If he had known, he would have definitely complained that she was being self-important. The food was made by Su Li; if the three of them had eaten first, they wouldn't have had a peaceful night!

"Eat!" Su Li sat down on a stool, her tone sounding like a big sister in charge.

Upon hearing this, He Dahu and He Erhu immediately picked up their chopsticks and began grabbing meat, their mouths glistening with oil as they ate.

Having sweated a lot today, Su Li felt sticky all over. She prepared to boil a pot of water to take a bath.

When she arrived at the water vat, she realized the water had already reached the bottom; this amount of water was nowhere near enough for a bath.

She had boiled a large pot of water for the two little ones today, which had already left the vat quite low, and after cooking and washing dishes, it had hit the bottom.

She had thought it would be like the tap water of her previous life, where water flows as soon as you turn the faucet. Here, if you wanted water, you had to go to the village entrance to fetch it from the well, and if you hit the peak fetching hours, you'd even have to line up.

Su Li slapped her forehead. How could she have forgotten this? It was already dark; if she went to fetch water now, would she be bitten by dogs? After all, the original owner of this body was someone even dogs would chase!

While she was worrying, He Yufeng returned carrying two buckets of water.

Su Li's eyes lit up; this was truly a timely rain.

"Carry this bucket into the kitchen, I want to take a bath," Su Li commanded He Yufeng directly.

He Yufeng poured one bucket of water into the vat and placed the other bucket in front of Su Li, his meaning very clear: she should do it herself.

If he wasn't going to help, he wasn't going to help. Did she think she had no strength?

Su Li easily lifted the bucket and poured it into the pot with a splash.

After her bath, Su Li couldn't wait to enter her Space. She put the harvested benzoin into the shop, and the first cabinet opened easily.

Inside were chili seeds. If she needed to purchase more, she would need to harvest six more benzoin plants; she needed to exchange a certain amount of chili to upgrade the shop to Level 2.

Su Li: "..." She always felt this was a trap!

She had benzoin, but she simply didn't want to exchange it. Su Li chose to plant the benzoin in the black soil instead.

After finishing all this, Su Li lay down on the bed. She had thought tonight would be a sleepless night, but as it turned out, she woke up to find the sun already out.

He Yufeng had already dragged the wild boar meat to town to sell before dawn. Su Li felt a bit annoyed; she should have woken up earlier to tell He Yufeng to buy some things, otherwise, the family was really going to run out of food!

"Where is everyone? Are they all dead?"

Wang Chunhua rudely pushed open the courtyard gate, and the bamboo door, which was already overburdened, fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Wang Chunhua glanced down at the bamboo door, cursed "bad luck," and pulled He Jinbao inside, stepping over the door.

Hearing the noise outside, He Dahu and He Erhu couldn't help but shiver, clearly terrified of the owner of the voice.

"Brother, what do we do? Grandma is here!" He Erhu gripped He Dahu's arm tightly.

He Dahu craned his neck to look outside and said, "Let's hide and not go out."

He Yufeng wasn't home, and Su Li was clearing land behind the house, so only the two brothers were home.

Su Li only had fragmented memories in her mind. She wasn't clear on how the He family had split their household. He Yufeng hadn't been allocated a single piece of land, a realization that made her want to point at He Yufeng's nose and scold him—not getting anything at all, wasn't that being a total sucker?

Without land, Su Li could only choose to clear wasteland. Fortunately, the area in front of and behind the house belonged to them; once cleared, they could plant things.

As soon as Wang Chunhua entered the courtyard, she began looking around. Seeing no one, she cursed a few more times.

"Have you all fallen into the latrine and turned into maggots? Is there anyone left breathing?"

"..." No one responded to Wang Chunhua.

He Jinbao fanned the flames from the side: "Grandma, they must have known you were coming, so they hid early just to avoid meeting you."

Wang Chunhua spat to the side: "Pah... you can run from the monk, but you can't run from the temple. I don't believe they can stay away all day. If I don't see them today, I'm really not leaving."

"Grandma, He Dahu and He Erhu are definitely home. I'll go help you look."

He Jinbao searched all around the house and the courtyard, but he couldn't find any sign of He Dahu or He Erhu.

"Where did they run off to?" He Jinbao scratched his head. "They didn't go out to play today, they must be at home!"

He Jinbao searched everywhere he could, but still found nothing.

*Achoo—*

A sneeze came from under the bed.

He Erhu tightly covered his nose and mouth. His nose had suddenly become itchy just now, and he couldn't help but sneeze.

It's over, they've been discovered!

He Erhu gripped He Dahu's clothes tightly. He Dahu patted his hand to signal he was okay, though in truth, his heart was also racing with panic.

He Jinbao looked at the bed with an eerie smile. How could he have forgotten under the bed? Heaven is truly helping me!

He leaned down to look under the bed. As their eyes met, the gazes of He Dahu and He Erhu shrank in panic, feeling completely lost!

As if he had found a treasure, He Jinbao stood up and shouted toward the courtyard: "Grandma, I found them! They're hiding under the bed!"

Wang Chunhua walked in and shouted toward the underside of the bed.

"You little brats, since you're hiding here, didn't you hear me speaking just now? Are you deaf or mute? Get out here right now!"

He Dahu and He Erhu huddled deeper inside, having no intention of coming out.

He Jinbao's eyes darted around, and he found a stick outside to poke under the bed.

"Come out, come out!"

With nowhere to hide, He Dahu and He Erhu were struck several solid times.

Wang Chunhua pointed at the underside of the bed and said, "Come out, do you hear me? Or else I'll skin you alive later."

"Come out, or we'll skin your dog hides," He Jinbao chimed in from the side.

Under Wang Chunhua's threats, He Dahu and He Erhu were forced to crawl out from under the bed.

As soon as they crawled out, Wang Chunhua grabbed them by the ears.

"What does it mean that you hide the moment I arrive? Do you think I'm some kind of monster? Is this how your mother taught you?"

He Erhu's tears fell from the pain: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Grandma, please let go, we really didn't hear you!"

(End of Chapter)