Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 331: Favor

Chapter 331: Chapter 331: Favor

The next day, Nanzhi and Miaomiao both got up a bit late.

Since Miaomiao was staying at the Lin Family, Zhiyu didn’t go into the room to wake them up, he just knocked on the door from outside.

"Mom! Aunt! Wake up!"

The two people in the bed covered their ears and it was Nanzhi who responded.

"Got it, got it..."

Little Zhiyu felt somewhat helpless hearing their reply.

He believed that as soon as his mother replied, she must have gone right back to sleep!

Xiaomi got up very early and was already cleaned and ready, just waiting to take the three children to the academy.

"Brother Xiaomi, let’s go." Little Zhiyu knew that his mother was going to sleep in today, so he didn’t bother calling out anymore, he just pulled on Xiaomi’s clothes and left with his two brothers.

After another hour, Nanzhi and Miaomiao finally got out of bed.

The rest of the family had already gone out to do business, leaving only Aunt Zhuang and Xiaomi at home to do chores.

Seeing Nanzhi and Miaomiao come out, Aunt Zhuang’s previously smiling face suddenly dropped.

"Fat..."

Meeting Nanzhi’s cold gaze, Aunt Zhuang paled and quickly corrected herself.

"Miss."

Xiaomi stood by somewhat at a loss, just quietly calling out "Master."

Nanzhi’s eyes were particularly icy, making Xiaomi a bit baffled.

Even when he stole from her, he had never seen her with such an expression.

"Xiaomi, you go to the backyard to feed the chickens first." Miaomiao, having heard about Xiaomi’s situation from Nanzhi, sensed the tense atmosphere and sent him away.

"Ok." Xiaomi nodded and quickly left the contentious area.

"Miss, is there anything wrong?" Aunt Zhuang, with a forced smile, tightened her grip on the broom.

"Aunt Zhuang, Miaomiao and I are a bit hungry. Could you go and cook some noodles for us?"

Nanzhi didn’t say anything else, she just told her to cook the noodles and took Miaomiao to wash up.

Aunt Zhuang must be aware of the number of people in the house, yet there were no leftovers in the main room.

She noticed their faces change as soon as they saw her and Miaomiao getting out of bed, what else could she say?

They obviously didn’t care about her at all.

Moreover, who gave her the authority to call her by her nickname?

Nanzhi had never been so particular about these things before.

Even with An Wazi and Xu Chou, she only insisted they call her "Miss," and never made them call her "Master."

But how did Aunt Zhuang dare to call her by her nickname?

After about a quarter of an hour, Aunt Zhuang brought out two bowls of noodles. "Miss, Miss Shen, the noodles are ready. I’ll be back after going out to buy some vegetables."

Having said that, Aunt Zhuang turned her gaze to Nanzhi, this time her expression had some authenticity of respect.

"Go ahead." Nanzhi nodded and didn’t say anything else.

Aunt Zhuang exhaled in relief, took off her apron, picked up a basket, and went out.

Nanzhi didn’t touch the two bowls of noodles on the table, she just dumped them in the chicken coop in the backyard.

The two old hens, having not seen Nanzhi for a while, thought she had come to scare them and huddled together nervously.

Ever since she taught that child a lesson, the child would come every now and then to fantasize about cooking chicken soup, roasting chicken legs, and braising chicken wings in front of them.

Although the child might just be trying to scare them, they knew that this woman was capable of doing these things.

All of the ducks and geese that were kept with them before were taken to be stewed and eaten, right?

It was all done by this woman’s husband!

Nanzhi found it funny that the two chickens were afraid of her, she squatted down to look at them for a bit and indeed saw fear in their eyes.

"Reward with some noodles, eat more." Nanzhi dumped the noodles into the chicken coop, then turned and left.

Aunt Zhuang didn’t use just white flour in the noodles, she had mixed in a lot of dark flour.

If she said she mixed in some dark flour for the taste, Nanzhi could accept it, but seven tenths of the stuff was made with dark flour, could it really taste good?

Aunt Zhuang was acting strange, Nanzhi had bought her after all, what benefit could she get from angering her?

"Xiaomi."

Xiaomi was drawing water and when he heard Nanzhi calling his name, he quickly put down his bucket and straightened up.

Seeing his nervousness, Nanzhi sighed.

"Are you afraid of me?"

"No, not afraid!"

Watching his trembling legs, Nanzhi found it a bit amusing.

"I won’t eat people. Since I let you stay here, just be at ease. Here’s twenty wen coins, can you go buy two bowls of wonton soup for me?"

Nanzhi took twenty wen coins from her bosom and handed them to Xiaomi with a smile on her face.

Xiaomi stared at her smiling face for a moment before taking the coins.

"Ok, ok."

After that, the child ran out of the Lin family’s house like he was flying.

The master had just smiled at him!

Watching the child running like the wind, Nanzhi couldn’t help but shake her head.

He might fall.

"Sister Nanzhi, what should we do next?"

Miaomiao was applying a cold cloth to her eyes, and when she saw Nanzhi return from the backyard, she asked.

"We’ll see what she’s up to, then we’ll go out for a bit." Nanzhi was staring at the gate with an inquisitive look in her eyes.

When she went to the kitchen to put the bowls away earlier, she noticed there were still some meat and vegetables, but they looked a bit stale, so she would see what they would have for lunch.

Xiaomi ran quickly, and it wasn’t long before he returned with two bowls of wontons. He was sweating due to hurrying on his way back.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"No, it’s nothing." Xiaomi placed the wontons, and then took six wen coins from his pocket.

"Mas, Master, this is the change. I’ll return the bowls later and they will refund me four wen coins. I’ll give it to you when I get it."

Xiaomi scratched his head while explaining.

Nanzhi was silent for a while before asking: "Xiaomi, do you want to study at the academy?"

Xiaomi was dumbfounded by her question and didn’t respond for a while.

He’s just a little beggar, being able to have a place to eat and sleep like now is already the happiest thing in his life, he never dared to consider the idea of going to school.

"Do you want to go?"

"Yes!" Xiaomi clenched his fists, feeling some hope in his heart.

If, if he could really go to school, then he won’t be a beggar anymore!

Nanzhi nodded in satisfaction, knowing that she would eventually move out of the Lin family with Zhiyu.

And Zhiyu was almost six years old now, he would need a pageboy around him in the future, and since Xiaomi was the one Zhiyu asked to stay, let him follow Zhiyu.

"Alright, in a few days, I’ll go to the academy. From now on, you will study with Zhiyu and the others, understand?"

"Thank you, Master!" Xiaomi was about to kneel on the ground, but luckily Nanzhi quickly caught him.

"No need to kneel, just remember this in your heart."

"Yes."

Xiaomi nodded heavily, then took up his broom and started sweeping again.