Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Precious Darling-Chapter 54: Emperor’s Tongue

The old man shook his head. ’This boy is smart and sensible, but he’s still just a twelve-year-old. It’s normal for him to be sullen.’ He prompted, "Besides the meat, think again."

Adrian Hawthorne looked at the newspapers in his hands, not quite convinced. "These are just Tang Xiao Nan’s castoffs. What would she know about the importance of newspapers?"

"Ah, you’re too prejudiced against that girl. Child, don’t let your prejudice blind you."

The old man felt it was unfair to Tang Xiao Nan. Adrian Hawthorne was being thoroughly ungrateful. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Think about it. Yesterday, as soon as we mentioned wanting to read newspapers, the girl brought over about ten of them today. And look at the dates—they’re all from the past month. Do you think it would be such a coincidence if she had just grabbed them randomly?" the old man reminded him.

Adrian Hawthorne was a smart boy; he understood immediately. His face flushed a little. It seemed Tang Xiao Nan really had brought the newspapers for him on purpose. He had thought too poorly of the chubby girl.

The old man added, "The little girl is very clever. She knows you’re proud, so she deliberately said she was bringing them for your mother to light fires. That girl really went to great lengths for you!"

Adrian Hawthorne’s face turned even redder. ’I was the one with a petty mind.’

"Don’t be so harsh with that girl from now on. She’s only six, yet she’s more broad-minded than you. Besides, I think this girl is destined for great things. You just watch!"

The old man smiled mysteriously and didn’t elaborate on what great things Tang Xiao Nan would do. Adrian Hawthorne was unconvinced. ’Chubby Tang has certainly become more sensible than before, but destined for great things?’

’Forget it. With that chubby girl’s questionable intelligence, the only thing she could compete with others on is the amount of fat on her body.’

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Phoebe Huxley had gone to a neighboring village for a wedding feast, so Tang Xiao Nan and her siblings were having lunch at Raina’s house. Goldie Thorne was also home. On the table were a rare small bowl of meat and a small bowl of pork intestines, which Tang Xiao Nan had brought over three days ago.

"Have an egg."

Raina placed an egg in each of her grandson’s and granddaughter’s bowls. The serving dish was then more than half empty, with only a few slices of meat left. Goldie Thorne looked on aggrievedly before cautiously picking up a slice for himself. Raina shot him a cross look. Goldie Thorne flinched, nearly dropping the meat from his chopsticks.

’Sigh, Mom’s getting more and more fed up with me.’

’If this keeps up, I won’t just be missing out on meat, I’ll be lucky to get any rice at all.’

’But making me work the fields is absolutely impossible. Not in this lifetime.’

’My, Goldie Thorne’s, future is definitely not in the fields.’

’But as for where it is, I have no idea right now.’

’The poorer, the more glorious; the richer, the more you get screwed. What else can I even do?’

Goldie Thorne’s mood soured instantly. Not even eating meat could cheer him up. He chewed on the piece gloomily, his mind wandering far away.

Tang Xiao Nan took just one bite of the egg and didn’t want any more. It had been sitting for a few days and wasn’t very fresh. She disliked eating leftovers, and that went for meat too. In her previous life, her mother had always scolded her for having ’the palate of an emperor but the fate of a maid’.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you eat."

Tang Xiao Nan split the egg in half, giving one piece to Byron Thorne and the other to Raina. The elderly couple lived too frugally and were actually somewhat malnourished. A severe cold was what had taken Byron Thorne’s life.

Unwilling to spend money on a hospital, he had just tried some herbal remedies on his own. The longer he delayed, the worse it got, until it finally developed into pneumonia. Byron Thorne didn’t even last a year after that and passed away when he was just a little over seventy.

Not seeking timely medical treatment was the main reason, but his poor physical health was also a factor. The root cause, however, was still his reluctance to spend money on food.

"You eat it, Xiao Nan." Raina placed the half-egg back into Tang Xiao Nan’s bowl.

’At my age, I don’t need to eat so well. Just having enough to fill my stomach is sufficient.’

"I don’t like eggies."

Tang Xiao Nan placed it back again, shaking her head like a rattle drum. She truly didn’t like it. She would rather eat freshly stir-fried vegetables than an egg that had been steamed several times.