Chapter 21: Going to Town

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

During the day, Liu Xianniang had come back and forth a few times to move things into the house. In fact, Grandma Mao had seen it all. if this was in the past, she would have pointed at her nose and scolded her.

But today, her mother-in-law only looked at her with a strange gaze and muttered something.

Mao Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows. Who knows what my grandma is up to?

She did not tell Liu Xianniang what the widow, Mao Liushi, had said in the morning. In any case, she would deal with whatever came her way.

The mother and daughter talked as they set up the table. Liu Xianniang also estimated the time and had already heated up the food that Rong Xiang had given her in the morning.

“I have to eat all of this today. It will go bad tomorrow!” Liu Xianniang looked at the table full of meat, and her heart ached.

Usually, they wished that they would not be able to eat a piece of meat for a month. Today, the mother and daughter actually had fish and chicken.

“Then, Mother, you should eat more. Don’t waste it!” Mao Xiaoyu stuffed a pair of chopsticks into Liu Xianniang’s hands.

“You eat too. You’ve been out for a whole day. I’m afraid you’re hungry!” Liu Xianniang’s heart was quite complicated.

In the past, she worked like a horse every day, but the food she ate was the worst.

Although she had done some heavy work today, it was much easier than usual.

Today, she had a feast of fish and meat. How many years had it been since she had such a meal?

Liu Xianniang was dazed for a moment, and then she thought of her own parents.

She did not know where her parents and younger brother were now, and if they were still alive!

“Mother, hurry up and eat. The fish won’t taste good if it gets cold!” Mao Xiaoyu’s cry pulled Liu Xianniang back to reality.

“Hey, Xiaoyu, eat too.” Liu Xianniang came back to her senses.

After dinner, the sky turned dark. After the mother and daughter washed the dishes in the courtyard in the dark, they went to bed.

There was no lighting in the house, so there was nothing to do if she did not sleep.

“Mother, I’ve made an appointment with Brother Rong to go to town with him tomorrow morning.” After a long moment of silence, Mao Xiaoyu told Liu Xianniang about tomorrow’s schedule.

She had been struggling the whole night, afraid that her mother would not allow her to go to town.

“To town?” Liu Xianniang didn’t expect her daughter to have such a thought.

The only time her daughter had gone out to play was when her husband had taken her out of the village.

Ever since her husband had left home, the mother and daughter had not left the village.

“Yes, I dug up a few medicinal herbs today. I’m thinking of selling them in town tomorrow,” Mao Xiaoyu said.

“You really dug out some medicinal herbs?” Liu Xianniang sat up in surprise.

“Yes, there are three or four of them that should be worth a few taels of silver.” Mao Xiaoyu grinned at the thought that she would be rich tomorrow.

Her family was really poor. when she was having dinner that night, she heard her mother say that all the pots and bowls were borrowed.

When she had the money tomorrow, she would buy some pots and pans.

Liu Xianniang’s face was filled with disbelief. She sat for a long time to digest the information before she finally accepted the fact that her daughter could really make money.

It had been so many years, and she had spent most of the money her husband had left her before he left.

Her mother-in-law did not allow her to go to town to earn money, so she only had a few dozen copper coins in her hands.

In fact, Liu Xianniang’s thoughts were pure and ancient, which led to her current miserable life.

She was literate, and could write beautiful hairpin-style script. Perhaps she could earn some money just by helping the bookstore copy books.

“Then, Mother will go with you tomorrow?” Liu Xianniang thought about her mother-in-law’s abnormal behavior. Maybe she would be like this again tomorrow.

“Okay, I’ll take Mother to town to eat wonton tomorrow!” Mao Xiaoyu nodded happily.

The most valuable things in this house were the wild vegetables she had dug up today. she would make it into wild vegetable soup tomorrow morning and eat them all.

This way, even if someone came into their room to steal something, they could only return empty-handed.

“Well, go to bed quickly. You have to wake up early tomorrow!” After the plan was made, the mother-daughter pair stopped chatting and closed their eyes.

Mao Xiaoyu’s small body was tired enough today and she was snoring after a while.

It was a quiet night.

The next morning, Mao Xiaoyu woke up to the curses of Grandma Mao.

Peeking at her watch, Mao Xiaoyu scratched her head in frustration.

Five o’clock, could it be that this old lady was really old and did not need sleep?

Otherwise, how could she be so pretentious?

“Third Brother’s family, it’s already so late, why aren’t you up to get breakfast? You’re so lazy!” Grandma Mao roared.

This time, they could not provoke Liu Xianniang and her daughter anymore. The old lady had started to torture her daughter-in-law.

“Mother, didn’t we agree yesterday that Second Sister-in-law will be cooking today?” Mao Zhushi was obviously woken up by the noise. She opened a small crack in the window with her messy hair.

“Your Second Sister-in-law has to take care of Dabao. She won’t have time for breakfast.” Grandma Mao retorted impatiently.

In the end, without waiting for her daughter-in-law to say anything, she turned and left.

Mao Xiaoyu waited until there was no more movement in the courtyard before saying, “Mother, Grandma is definitely not normal. You have to be more careful at home.”

How could Grandma Mao let go of the chance to torture Liu Xianniang?

She must be planning something.

Liu Xianniang’s face was also very serious. “Okay, I will be careful.”

The good days had just passed, and she did not want to continue the dark life she had before.

Since she was already awake, she immediately got out of bed. “Mother will go and make breakfast. you can sleep for a while.”

Because he had eaten too much meat last night, she did not get to eat the hard biscuits. Now that he had made some wild vegetable soup, she could eat it with the biscuits.

Mao Xiaoyu nodded and lay in bed for a while. She only woke up when Liu Xianniang made breakfast.

After a quick wash-up, the mother and daughter each held a bowl of wild vegetable soup and quickly ate.

This kind of thing was only filling the stomach, so there was no need to chew and swallow slowly.

After the meal, Mao Xiaoyu took out a few herbs from her Space while her mother was cleaning up the dishes. She wrapped them up into a small bundle and tied them on her back.

“How come I didn’t see your baggage when you came back last night?” She did not see her daughter come back with such a thing yesterday.

“It was in a cloth bag when I came back, but I wrapped it up and put it next to my pillow.” Mao Xiaoyu continued to fool her mother.

Fortunately, Liu Xianniang was not that attentive sometimes. She believed her daughter’s words.

After the mother and daughter finished packing up, they saw that it was almost time and went out.

Grandma Mao glared at the back of the two men with resentment, wishing she could bore two holes in them!

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Rong Xiang did not continue to bring breakfast to Mao Xiaoyu today. He planned to invite the little girl to the town for breakfast.

After preparing Blackie’s meal at home, he went to the village entrance.

This was the meeting point he had agreed to with Mao Xiaoyu yesterday.

Shanxia Village was the furthest village from the town. The families in the village were relatively poor, so there were no means of transportation such as ox carts.

The villagers could only rely on their own legs to go to the town and county.