Chapter 3: The Emancipated Serfs Sing
Chapter 3: The Emancipated Serfs Sing
Compared to fetching water for cooking, Su Yue preferred going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables.
Su Yue was so hungry that she felt weak all over. Even though she had taken the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Strength Pill, she still had no food in her stomach and couldn't fight against the Su couple. Otherwise, she would have been too lazy to go up the mountain.
Wang Xiaohua walked with her head drooping the whole way.
Su Yue was too tired to talk to her. The two of them didn't see any wild vegetables growing on the ground until they reached the middle of the mountain.
Wang Xiaohua put down her basket and started digging in the ground, calling out, "Xiaoyue, hurry up and dig! Even though the wild vegetables are a bit old, it's better than nothing. Otherwise, we'll definitely get a beating when we get back."
Su Yue also pretended to dig up a few and put them in her basket, while Wang Xiaohua dug up the nearly withered wild vegetables on the ground without even looking up.
I thought that when wild vegetables grow old, they will produce seeds. With seeds, I can grow them myself.
Without hesitation, Su Yue put the few old wild vegetables she had dug up into her spatial storage, planning to plant them later when she had time.
Looking at the sky, the sun was already high in the sky. Su Yue figured it was time to cook dinner, so she called Wang Xiaohua back.
Wang Xiaohua felt that since they hadn't dug up enough wild vegetables today, they would definitely be beaten and have no food when they got back, so she told Su Yue to go back first.
Su Yue wouldn't force anyone, so she just carried her basket and strolled back home.
As soon as she entered the yard, Aunt Su picked up a broom from the kitchen doorway, cursing and trying to hit Su Yue: "You slut, you ran off first thing in the morning and didn't do a single chore. You've raised a thankless wretch..."
Su Yue is no longer the original owner of this body who can be beaten and scolded at will. In a flash, she darted behind Su Dabao, who was yawning and coming out of the side door.
"Second Aunt, you're wronging me. My cousin hasn't been to school these past few days, so I went up the mountain early this morning to dig for wild vegetables to help him recover."
Aunt Su stopped what she was doing and saw that there were indeed wild vegetables in the basket. Although they were a bit old, it was not easy to find wild vegetables in this day and age.
She woke up early in the morning and found that the brat was gone. She thought that the girl knew she was going to be married off to an old man in town to bring him good luck and had run away.
They said they had to keep a close eye on that brat these next few days, or they'd lose ten taels of silver.
She also lost her tuition fee for this year.
"Hmph, what can you do with just these wild vegetables? You're so old. Don't eat later, go fetch water. You brat, if you don't discipline her for three days, she'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles."
Su Dabao disdainfully kept his distance from Su Yue and went to the main room to eat.
When Su Yue heard that they weren't going to give her food again, she was furious.
He rushed into the main room, sat down even faster than Su Dabao, picked up a black cornbread bun from the table with one hand and started eating it, and picked up the thickest bowl of porridge on the table with the other hand and drank it all in a few mouthfuls.
They didn't mind that the food was bad; filling their stomachs was the only important thing right now.
If we keep starving like this, we'll starve to death in this house before we're even sold.
By the time Aunt Su and Su Dabao realized what was happening, Su Yue was already planning to take another bowl of thick porridge from the table.
As Aunt Su hit Su Yue with her broom, Su Yue quickly finished her second bowl of porridge.
It's more comfortable to have some warm food in my stomach, otherwise the constant gurgling is uncomfortable.
After drinking two bowls of porridge, Su Yue had some strength left, and with a swift movement, she snatched the broom from her aunt's hand.
Started to focus on customers.
While spanking Aunt Su's bottom, he didn't forget to stuff food from the table into his mouth.
He gave Su Dabao a few more lashes, before Su Dabao could even run out of the house.
The two people were beaten and ran around the room in a frenzy.
Aunt Su wailed and cursed.
Even Su Dabao couldn't maintain the demeanor of a scholar, and he swore out vulgarities.
"You wretched girl, stop right now, or I'll catch you and you'll be sorry! Mother, Mother, stop this wretched girl! If you keep hitting her, how will your son ever face anyone again?"
Aunt Su was anxious when she heard her son cry out in pain, but it was no use!
Su Yue was full of energy, and whenever she saw the two of them trying to run away, she would beat them with a broom.
The commotion in the main room attracted her second uncle and two other younger cousins.
She saw her mother and older brother, and the girl they usually beat and bullied was now hitting her with a broom.
They rubbed their sleepy eyes in disbelief, thinking they were still dreaming.
When Aunt Su saw that Uncle Su had arrived, she cursed loudly, "Second Uncle Su, you heartless bastard, what are you still standing there for? Look at your good niece, she's gone too far! Come over here and beat this wretched girl to death!"
Uncle Su heard his wife calling out.
He nudged his two sons to go up first, snatched the broom from Su Yue's hand, and went to get the carrying pole outside the door.
Su Yue had been on guard ever since these three appeared.
Seeing Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao rushing up first, she used the broom in her hand even harder on Su Ershen and Su Dabao, whipping them to the ground so they couldn't get up.
Su Yue wanted to prevent the two of them from betraying her while she was focused on fighting the other three members of the Su family.
He kicked the two men hard in the stomach, nearly knocking them out of their grandmothers. They clutched their stomachs and wailed.
After kicking the two people on the ground, Su Yue ignored them and waved the broom in her hand, aiming it at Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao who came in to help.
These two were no match for Su Yue, who had taken a powerful pill. They were beaten so badly by Su Yue that they had to lie under the table and hide, refusing to come out.
Uncle Su rushed in with a carrying pole and struck Su Yue on the back of the head.
Su Yue wasn't about to be hit. She immediately swung the broom at his face and, while he tried to block the flying broom with his hand, she snatched the carrying pole and started whipping Uncle Su a bunch of times.
After Su Yue got tired of hitting the ground, she rubbed her lower back and found a good stool to sit down.
The entire Su family lay on the ground, not daring to utter a sound.
Anyone who dared to shout out loud dared not curse, otherwise they would be beaten by Su Yue.
"Second Aunt, look, I hit you for your own good. Yesterday you told Second Uncle that you were going to sell me to the town, and I heard it all."
You said I'm always hungry at home and have to work. If I marry into a rich family in town in a few days, will I still remember this family?
If I can't remember this family, then after I marry into this family, even if I'm living a life of luxury, I might still be thinking of you.
But if you treat me well these next few days, I might, out of consideration for our kinship, let you have a little something extra, enough for you to enjoy life in this village.
As for my older cousin going to school, it was all just a matter of a word from me.
I originally thought my second uncle and aunt were stupid, but it turns out my cousins are stupid too.
Su Yue put it nicely as "marrying," but in reality, she was being sold. She was just trying to make herself look better.
Su Yue rolled her eyes at the people on the ground and said, "Second Uncle, you really are stupid and foolish to sell your niece for just ten taels of silver."
The entire Su family was scolded, but no one dared to utter a word in rebuttal.
Even though he secretly wished he could tear Su Yuesheng apart, he dared not show it on his face.
I'm really afraid of getting another beating.
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