Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 50_1

Chapter 50: 50_1

As soon as she entered the main room, Nanzhi felt that the atmosphere was somewhat off.

Why was her son still looking so grumpy?

And why did Big Brother look as if he had done something wrong?

And why was Second Brother constantly winking at her?

Did he get sand in his eyes?

"Time to eat, time to eat."

With a forced laugh or two, the atmosphere in the room seemed to get even colder. Nanzhi couldn’t manage a smile either and simply called everyone to eat.

"Mommy, have some shrimp." This time, Gougou didn’t even glance at Lin Ercheng and just picked up a shrimp for Nanzhi with his chopsticks.

"Thank you, Gougou."

"Cough cough."

Just as Nanzhi was about to happily take it, she heard Lin Yicheng cough softly twice. Turning her head, she saw her eldest brother with a plea for help on his face.

Knowing that her big brother had upset Gougou and fearing Gougou’s discontent, Nanzhi suppressed the urge to burst into laughter and said, "Hey, Big Brother and Second Brother, eat up, you’ve both been helping us out all morning. Eat plenty."

"Gougou, Uncle and Second Uncle did a lot of things to help Mommy today. Gougou is a good boy, shouldn’t you also pick some food for your uncles?"

Gougou always put his mother first, whatever she said he would listen to. Thinking over how busy his two uncles had been today, he also felt a bit embarrassed.

"Uncle, have some shrimp." Saying this, he grabbed a shrimp and hopped off the table, running to put it in Lin Ercheng’s bowl.

Only after hesitating a moment did he pick a piece of potato and put it in Lin Yicheng’s bowl: "Uncle, have some potato, potato is yummy."

Lin Yicheng: ...

"Eh, thank you, Gougou." Lin Yicheng, watching his younger brother and sister trying to stifle their laughter, gritted his teeth but had no choice but to smile and eat what was offered to him.

The taste in his mouth was quite different from what he was used to at home. He couldn’t help but turn to Nanzhi: "Nanzhi, your cooking has really improved!"

It was many times better than what she cooked as a child.

But he had learned to be smart; with Gougou watching, he couldn’t say a bad word about his mother.

Hearing his praise for his mother, Gougou lost his cold demeanor towards Lin Yicheng and happily returned to his seat to eat.

The meal left all four feeling exceptionally satisfied. Although the spices here weren’t enough to match the dishes in restaurants, compared to boiled sweet potatoes and cold dishes they had when they first arrived, it was like a banquet of delicacies.

Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng were much simpler. They had never eaten things like river clam soup or dry pot shrimp before, and they found them delicious.

After dinner, the Lin brothers took their axes and tools, ready to head up the mountain again to chop more firewood for their sister, otherwise, given the few twigs she and her son gathered every day, it would only be a matter of time before they couldn’t even cook their meals properly.

"Let’s go later, the sun is too intense now." Nanzhi advised, looking at the blazing sun outside. It would be strange if they didn’t get heatstroke going out now.

"It’s fine, going out now means we can make a couple extra trips this afternoon." Lin Ercheng waved his hand.

Watching her two brothers leave again, Nanzhi still felt a bit worried. She only started cleaning the dishes after Gougou was lured to sleep.

The two Lin brothers made three trips that afternoon, filling up Nanzhi’s woodshed to the halfway mark.

For a moment, Nanzhi looked at her two capable brothers with a complex gaze. Were they not too skilled?

Having had dinner, the brothers made another trip up the mountain before bidding farewell to Nanzhi. Remembering the large river clam from the morning, Nanzhi waved them off, telling them to take it back with them. She was truly scared of the clam. Forget about simmering it to nourish Gougou, she couldn’t stand another glance at it. It was better for her brothers to take it home to eat.

Only after Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng left with the river clam did Gougou tug at the corner of Nanzhi’s clothing and asked.

"Ah Niang, have Uncle and the others gone back yet?"

"Yes, but they’ll come over again tomorrow."

As if she thought of something, Nanzhi looked at Gougou and asked, "Does Gougou not like Uncle and the others?"

After hesitating for a while, Gougou looked down at his own toes and said softly, "Uncle and the others bullied Ah Niang, and Gougou is not happy."

Feeling warmth in her heart, Nanzhi knew that Gougou cared about her too much, so she squatted down and gently coaxed, "Gougou is good, Uncle and the others aren’t bad people, they are Ah Niang’s brothers, they are family."

"Okay."

Seeing that Gougou was still not very happy, Nanzhi hugged Gougou and kissed his little face, "Gougou cares about Ah Niang, and Ah Niang is very happy, Ah Niang cares about Gougou the most too."

"Ah Niang, are Uncle and the others coming tomorrow?"

"They should be."

"Then, tomorrow, Gougou will apologize to Uncle." The little guy fiddled with his fingers.

"Gougou is really good." After patting Gougou’s head, Nanzhi coaxed him to sleep.

Just as she was about to turn around, she heard Liu Dame’s voice outside, "Girl, have you gone to bed yet?"

"Not yet, Dame, what’s up?" Nanzhi was about to open the door when she saw Liu Dame standing at the doorway holding a carp that weighed over three taels.

"The shrimp you brought at noon was really tasty, and I was going to bring you some fish soup made at home tonight, but I didn’t manage to make it. Fortunately, I caught some fish in the river this afternoon, and you can take this fish home."

"No need, no need, keep it for Doudou and the others. It’s good for the children to eat more of this." Nanzhi hurriedly waved her hand, as she could have shamelessly accepted a bowl of fish soup if that’s all Liu Dame had brought, but she couldn’t simply accept a carp that weighed over three taels.

"Just take it if I’m telling you to take it, why be so polite with Dame?" Liu Dame pretended to be somewhat displeased, "If you don’t take it, it’s like you’re looking down on Dame."

"Then thank you, Dame." Nanzhi took the carp, feeling the weight in her hands and a sense of gratitude in her heart.

"Oh, and here’s your bowl, keep it safe." Liu Dame saw that Nanzhi had accepted the fish and finally showed a smile on her face. She was about to leave when it seemed she remembered something else and continued.

"Tomorrow my three boys will follow some men from the village to the town, check if there’s anything you want me to bring for you."

Nanzhi was stunned and asked in confusion, "What are they going to town for?"

"You know, that stuff at the village entrance, it can’t wait in this hot weather." Liu Dame glanced around before she said, "They’re going to town to pull coffins tomorrow. Don’t let Gougou go out tomorrow, in case it’s bad luck to encounter that."

"There won’t be a ritual or anything?" Nanzhi was momentarily unable to wrap her head around it.

"What ritual? The town is all chaotic now, and we don’t even know if they can bring back the coffins tomorrow."

Liu Dame sighed. Times were already hard, everyone was tightening their belts to get by, and on top of that, there was the upheaval of the Diniu, the rumors said that the grain price in the town had tripled.

"Just remember, don’t let Gougou go out tomorrow. Li Zheng will lead people to dig pits in the morning, and I guess they’ll go straight to burying in the afternoon. Little kids can’t come out."

"Eh, okay."

Seeing Nanzhi nod in agreement, Liu Dame then returned to her own house.

But the Lin Family was gathered in a circle.

Even six-year-old Doudou and four-year-old Maomao kept exclaiming at the soft-shelled turtle on the ground.

"Where did you get this soft-shelled turtle? It’s so big, it must weigh four or five taels?"

"I went with Big Brother to help Fatty chop wood, and on the way back, I saw it by the river and just caught it."

Lin Yicheng was quite pleased with his trophy; so many people in the river had missed it, but he had caught it, how could he not show off?

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