Chapter 8: Tragic Woman 8

The Feng family never spoiled their children. Regardless of whether they were grandsons or granddaughters, once they reached five years old, they had to go to the foot of the mountain to cut pig grass to earn work points.

Feng Yuanling could exchange one basket of pig grass a day for two work points.

One work point was worth three cents, so Feng Yuanling could earn six cents a day.

Fruit candies cost two cents for a piece. From time to time, Grandma Feng would have her eldest son exchange some for a handful to give to the children to sweeten their mouths, giving them more energy to cut the pig grass.

"Grandma, you're the best! Yuanling loves you! Ohhh, I get to eat candy again!" Feng Yuanling tossed aside her rattan strip and began jumping and skipping happily in the courtyard.

Ding Xiaotao gave a scolding laugh. "You little glutton, all you think about is candy. That's not just eating candy, that's eating money."

She then said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, don't spoil that brat. If she gets used to it, she'll come asking you for more next time."

"Then we'll just have the eldest exchange for more next time. We just need to weave a few more baskets," Grandma Feng said. She was weaving a winnowing basket, and her hand speed was in no way inferior to the Feng brothers—both fast and skillful. "These baskets and winnowing trays can't be sold for money anyway. Exchanging them for some candy to make the children happy will give them more energy to cut the pig grass."

Grandma Feng was the most reasonable mother-in-law in Feng Village.

One could say she was better to her three daughters-in-law than their own biological mothers.

However, in her previous life, after the Feng family fell into trouble, Feng the Third and Ding Xiaotao were able to simply take their children and leave. They didn't even come back to take a single look when Grandma Feng died.

Although the original host's wishes didn't explicitly state that she wanted to cast aside Feng the Third's family, Yuan Chun simply did not like that couple; they were too cold and heartless.

On her first day living with her family, Yuan Chun spoke very little. After weaving a small basket, she went straight to sleep.

The original host shared a room with her younger sister, Feng Yuanzhen.

The two sisters had been taught by Liu Qingqiu to be very clean. Their quilts were frequently washed and dried, leaving no unpleasant odors. Yuan Chun crawled in and slept soundly until dawn.

The next day, after eating a bowl of wild vegetable porridge and a wild vegetable bun, Yuan Chun went with the women of the Feng family to the production brigade headquarters to collect farming tools.

The person distributing the tools was the village chief's youngest daughter, Feng Caihua, who was best friends with Feng Yuanchun.

When it was Feng Yuanchun's turn, Feng Caihua pulled out a new hoe, grinned, and whispered, "Yuanchun, I specially saved this one for you."

"Caihua, I'm taking this one first. Give this new hoe to me, and give the old one to Yuanchun."

Suddenly, an old hand reached out, attempting to snatch the new hoe.

Feng Yuanchun was quick; she grabbed the new hoe first and said to the old woman, "Auntie Chen, the brigade has regulations. You use whatever tool you are assigned. If everyone kept swapping like you, would anyone bother working anymore?"

Indeed, the person trying to snatch the new hoe was none other than Old Lady Chen.

If it had been anyone else, perhaps Feng Yuanchun might have kindly swapped with them, but as for Old Lady Chen, heh... even if she didn't use it, she wouldn't swap.

In her previous life, it was Old Lady Chen who had exposed the fact that the original host was not a virgin.

If Chen Shengjun was one of the main culprits responsible for her death, then Old Lady Chen was an accomplice.

She was Yuan Chun's enemy.

When dealing with enemies, Yuan Chun was never soft-hearted.

Old Lady Chen's expression turned ugly. "You girl, why are you so stubborn? Regulations are fixed, but people are flexible. As long as you're willing to swap, who can say anything?"

"Look at me, I'm at an old age and don't have much strength left for work. Swap with me. You're young and strong; using an old hoe won't be any effort for you."

Old Lady Chen had been assigned this old hoe yesterday. Weeding with it was too exhausting, and because she couldn't weed cleanly, she had even had a work point deducted. It pained her immensely.

(End of Chapter)