bookrebus Chapter 42: Keep the Pigsty Closed
Chapter 42: Keep the Pigsty Closed
Song Zhuxin couldn't find Gongxi Leqing, so she turned her attention to Clan Elder Yan. "Clan Elder, have you made up your mind?"
"This..." The elder of the Yan clan hesitated for a moment and looked at their village chief for help, but the other party looked at the people around him with burning eyes.
The elder of the Yan clan could only look at Lu Zhitao with a flattering expression, "Miss Lu, what do you think?"
"If there are any extra houses in your village, ask her to give us the seeds first and then arrange for them to live there."
"Why do you want me to take out the potato seeds first?" Song Zhuxin asked excitedly, pointing at Lu Zhitao.
If it was the elder of the Yan clan who asked her to take out the potato seeds, Song Zhuxin might have accepted it, but when she saw that it was Lu Zhitao who said it, she just wanted to refute it.
"Didn't you say you wanted to use some seeds to exchange for a place to live? Without seeing the seeds, how can we know if you were just bragging?" Lu Zhitao asked with a raised eyebrow.
"How could I possibly joke about something like this? You...are really short on knowledge. I don't want to talk to you.
"Clan elder Yan, take me to see the house first. If I'm satisfied, I'll give you the potatoes." Song Zhuxin said angrily.
"Since you are unwilling to give out the seeds, then you can continue to live in the pigsty. I'm tired and will go back to rest first." Lu Zhitao said and left without looking back.
She is not the kind of person who acts on impulse. She used all her supernatural powers but failed to kill a food blogger who was so weak that he could not even tie a chicken.
Just when he was feeling uncomfortable, he found that his superpowers had been upgraded, so Lu Zhitao felt that he was fine again.
Song Zhuxin is the heroine of the original book, and also the protagonist of the book written by her adopted sister. She must have some hidden cards that she can hardly deal with.
She was just too anxious at the time, and she didn't want to take action until she had a foolproof plan. She was finally reborn, and she didn't want to gamble with her life.
If she wanted Song Zhuxin to hand over the potato seeds willingly, she would have to use extraordinary means, so she wanted to go back quickly to find a solution.
Seeing that she looked unhappy, Mo Lengzhou glared at the two clan elders fiercely. The cold look made clan elder Yan's heart tremble.
He and Xiaoli protected Lu Zhitao on the left and right, Yuan Zhen followed closely beside Xiaoli, and Mo Yunfei followed closely behind with a group of half-grown children.
Seeing this, the others started walking away, even Zuo, who wanted to get the potato seeds the most, started walking away, for he was afraid that he would offend Miss Lu if he walked too slowly.
Zuo Kexin and her daughter, who were standing outside the pigpen, had already hidden behind a big tree as soon as Lu Zhitao stepped out.
Seeing that everyone in Mojia Village had left, the mother and daughter also left quietly. Zuo Kexin felt that the Huo family was not good enough, so she didn't want to pay any attention to them.
Zuo Shiyi was afraid that the village chief would know that it was her daughter who untied the ropes of the Huo family, so she quickly pulled her daughter back.
Seeing that everyone had left, Huo Wanyu complained, "Third sister-in-law, we're going to exchange those seeds anyway, why don't you agree?"
"Third sister-in-law, Xiaoyu is right. We have to exchange it with them anyway, so why didn't you agree earlier?"
"Aunt, this pigpen stinks! It's even worse than the wilderness where we slept before!"
"........."
Song Zhuxin rolled her eyes in anger. She thought the people of Mojia Village would be reluctant to give up the potato seeds.
But who would have thought that those foolish and ignorant people would listen to Lu Zhitao so much?
She is just a young lady who knows nothing, how could she understand the importance of grain seeds!
"Are you blaming my wife? Has she been too nice to you all along the way?" Huo Ziyuan asked irritably.
"Ziyuan, don't blame your second sister-in-law and Wanyu. If you want to blame someone, blame Lu Zhitao. It was she who bewitched those rough guys in Mojia Village." Song Zhuxin said hatefully.
"Xin'er is kind-hearted. Lu Zhitao is indeed hateful, but they shouldn't blame you. This makes me feel sorry for you." Huo Ziyuan said in a hoarse voice.
It's not that he cares about Song Zhuxin that much, but that he wants to drink water. Every time he is nice to her, she will ask him about his well-being and bring him water and food.
"Ziyuan, it's great to have you. I will definitely ask the doctors here to treat you." Song Zhuxin promised confidently.
"Well, I believe in Xin'er. Xin'er is everything to me." Huo Ziyuan's voice became increasingly hoarse.
The affectionate words coupled with the low and hoarse voice made Song Zhuxin's ears feel hot.
She thought he was moved, but she didn't know that his throat was very dry. She said emotionally: "Ziyuan~ Don't blame me~"
"Xin'er, how can I bear to blame you?" Huo Ziyuan wanted to say more, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak.
He wanted to say, you are so good to me and my family, if I blame you, wouldn’t that be ungrateful?
However, this thought flashed through his mind, but was overwhelmed by another heavier memory.
Complex emotions surged in his heart, as if boiling water was churning deep within him.
His thoughts involuntarily went back to when the Huo family was first exiled, and his cousin was standing at the city gate with her maid.
She said to them seriously, "Aunt, cousin, brother, and sister, Tao'er is willing to accompany you all the way to Liangzhou."
At that time, her smiling face was like dewdrops in the morning light, shining brightly.
When they first set out on the journey, she always enthusiastically brought food, water, snacks, and occasionally fruits, and she would always give him medicine every day.
Her figure danced in the sunlight, like catkins in the summer breeze, light and free.
Later they walked further and further away, and there were refugees fleeing famine everywhere. He thought she would abandon them and go home, but she didn't.
Although the food was getting worse and worse, she still delivered it to them on time every day.
He could clearly remember a time when the corners of her clothes were covered in mud and beads of sweat on her forehead sparkled in the sunlight.
She said with a sad face, "Aunt, Tao'er is useless. Even if I have money, I can't buy food. I can't enter the capital either. I can only buy some tree roots from those refugees."
At that time, his fourth sister said with disdain: "You can't even buy food with money, cousin is really useless."
Because he suddenly stopped taking the medicine, he was sweating all over due to the pain, and he also yelled at her fiercely, "What's the point of you following us like this?"
One day, the delicate Song Zhuxin was beaten to death by the officials, but suddenly she regained consciousness and had food and pain-relieving water.
After drinking the water, the pain in the wound disappeared. During the famine years, food and water were very precious, so his mother repeatedly sent his cousin back.
But she followed them stubbornly with her maid. He had thought that the two weak women could not go back.
But they always made Song Zhuxin unhappy. For the sake of the whole family, he and his mother could only blame her and abandon her cruelly against their conscience.
After all, she was a strong girl. She was living well after leaving them. Only when he saw her again did he feel guilty.
Thinking back to her back then, her clear eyes always revealed endless kindness and tolerance.
But when I saw her today, her eyes were full of indifference, and there was no trace of love in them anymore!
Thinking of this, Huo Ziyuan's heart was struck by regret again, and he took a deep breath.
It was as if he wanted to spit out all these complicated emotions, but in the end it only turned into a soft sigh.
At this time, his wife not only refused to give him water, but also cursed his cousin with bad words.