Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 51

50, Remorseless (3 more)

Xie Zhinuan didn’t know what the old Yuan head was thinking; anyway, she felt somewhat distressed.

Because of the old Yuan head’s life-saving grace, she didn’t hold back anything when she went to the county town to teach cooking. She even gave away several cooking recipes, earnestly instructing the chefs, who weren’t ungrateful people either. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have pooled money to buy her a silver bracelet.

But she never expected that when it came to betraying her, they did so effortlessly, without even asking her.

Just because they had bestowed a life-saving favor on her, did it give them the right to squander her gratitude so recklessly? What disappointed her most was the attitude of the old Yuan head and Lao Ni’s.

During the days they spent together, she considered herself to have acted with nothing but filial piety, obedience, and understanding. She cooked, cleaned the courtyard, washed clothes, and raised chickens, and she did it all well without needing to be asked.

“…”

She treated them like family, yet when they discarded her, they did so without a moment’s hesitation.

She reached out and held Routuan in her arms.

In this world, it seemed Routuan was the only one that wouldn’t betray her.

Only Routuan would stay by her side.

Yuan Liuwang drove the mule cart with great care, feeling an excited buzz at the thought of the girl he fancied inside the cart, and his whole being seemed to surge with passion. He was extra cautious, fearing any jolt might disturb Xie Zhinuan.

Several times, he wanted to speak to Xie Zhinuan but didn’t dare to, fearing she might dislike it.

Xie Zhinuan dozed off briefly but woke up feeling the urgent need to urinate and also a bit thirsty.

She gently lifted the curtain and called out with a hoarse voice, “Liuwang, is there a place up ahead where we can stop? I need to…!”

Liuwang understood instantly.

“There’s a village up ahead. We can ask a household there for some water to drink, and you can take the chance to relieve yourself, okay?” Yuan Liuwang softly asked.

Thinking of the delicate matter made his face burn immediately, and his heart began to race.

“Hmm!” Xie Zhinuan nodded.

It wasn’t just her that needed to relieve herself; Routuan was probably struggling to hold it in too.

Such roadside households often built a few extra rooms and prepared hot water in the kitchen to accommodate passing caravans and travelers, earning a few wen to supplement their household income.

There were also generous customers who gave more.

In such households, there were usually several men with good strength, some with martial arts skills, and they weren’t afraid of dealing with any rogue who tried to take advantage.

Liuwang knocked on a door, and after a shout, dogs began to bark. A man scolded the dogs and opened the door. Seeing it was Liuwang, he smiled, “Brother Liuwang!”

“Big Brother Yang, we need to rest for a bit. Could you ask your wife to boil some hot water and cook a few pouch eggs? I…”

Liuwang spoke as he prepared to support Xie Zhinuan.

Xie Zhinuan had already come down from the mule cart, holding Routuan, and took it to the side of the road to defecate and urinate.

Routuan truly couldn’t hold it anymore and started urinating as soon as it touched the ground, and then it defecated as well.

Yang Da Lang looked at Xie Zhinuan, then at Liuwang, and immediately understood, “Come in, come in quick!”

He went to wake his wife to go to the kitchen and cook the pouch eggs.

The old Yuan head was preoccupied with his son and sat to one side without speaking.

Yang Da Sao asked her younger sister to wake up and accompany Xie Zhinuan to the latrine.

The latrine was kept exceptionally clean, and there were bamboo strips and straw prepared, with separate areas for men and women.

A lamp was lit, casting a dim light; Routuan was outside the latrine, gazing into the eyes of Yang Yao Mei. Once Xie Zhinuan was done and came out, Yang Yao Mei softly said, “This dog of yours is really cute!”

“It is indeed very cute!”

Yang Da Sao cooked the pouch eggs, adding plenty of sweet syrup. When they left, it was the old Yuan head who paid, fifty wen in total.

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Xie Zhinuan had not spoken to him at all. After eating, she hugged Routuan and boarded the mule cart first.

Donghua looked at Xie Zhinuan’s back and then at the old Yuan head.

From the perspective of an outsider, what the Yuan Family did was not kind.

Miss Xie had been all but righteous and benevolent to the Yuan Family.

Thinking of his own wife, without blinking an eye, had sold someone off. He wondered if they felt any guilt at all.

Chapter 52