Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 77 Locust Plague 2

Chapter 77: Chapter 77 Locust Plague 2

The strange smell caused Nanzhi to instinctively step back a few paces before she managed to suppress the urge to cover her nose and said, "I, I will go to the backyard and check."

Having said that, she turned around and ran off as if escaping.

It wasn’t really because of the strange smell, but that she suddenly remembered the pieces of meat she had hung under the eaves in the backyard yesterday.

If the locusts had ruined them, she would probably cry to death.

Watching Nanzhi run off, Shen Wenchen blinked, and instinctively touched the tip of his nose.

Was he that terrifying?

Only when his fingers touched the tip of his nose did he notice a strange smell.

It shouldn’t be, he had taken a bath in the river last night.

Frowning and lifting his hand, he saw a yellowish-green clump on his white undershirt and instantly felt somewhat nauseous.

After feeling nauseous, he could not help but find the sight of those locusts on the ground irritating.

Nannan was just about to forgive him and now look— all ruined by these damn bugs!

Just like a disgruntled child, he stomped several times on the locusts that were already dead, before turning away.

Ada watched Shen Wenchen’s movements with some confusion, wondering what had got into him.

Why was he so angry at these locusts?

Eleven, on the other hand, couldn’t help but snort with laughter. He had thought that Shen Wenchen was an impassive man!

Turns out, he’s just like a child.

Seeing Ada’s doubt, Eleven pointed proudly at the locust juice on his own clothes then said, "Shen Wenchen is angry! He was moments away from cheering his wife up. Maybe he could have moved to the next room to sleep tonight. But because of this weird smell from these things, he was disdained by his wife..."

Ada just nodded, glanced at the man standing at the gate of the main room, then shook his head and continued to check if the horse had any wounds.

Eleven found his reaction somewhat boring, Shen Wenchen was not around, so why was Ada still maintaining such a stern face?

"Do you think you’re having too easy a time of it?"

Shen Wenchen stared at Eleven, his face grim.

Eleven stiffened, turning mechanically to say, "She-, Shen Wenchen, when did you come out?"

"How else would I hear so much of your chatter?" Shen Wenchen stared at Eleven, with an expression that almost spelled out ’you’re done for’.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I’ll go check if my sister-in-law needs any help," Eleven laughed dryly, quickly begging for mercy.

He stepped aside and immediately ran towards the backyard.

Sister-in-law, save me!

Brother Shen is going to eat me!

Seeing Shen Wenchen holding a garment in his hand, Ada finally asked, "Brother Shen, are you going to take a bath in the river?"

"Hmm."

Shen Wenchen said nothing more, only nodded and walked out of the courtyard.

He must clean himself up.

Otherwise, Nannan wouldn’t let him get close.

Meanwhile, Nanzhi was looking at the tooth marks on the dried meat, heartbroken.

Fortunately, the damage wasn’t too severe, only a few bites here and there.

After a close examination, Nanzhi found the situation rather odd.

The wooden door was also gnawed on, leaving a few deep and shallow marks. How come the dried meat in the backyard was mostly untouched?

Could it be that locusts prefer to eat wood and not meat?

As long as the dried meat was okay, she thought, and then proceeded to the kitchen carrying a basket of meat.

After hanging the dried meat on the kitchen beam, she dusted off her hands, and then turned back to the backyard again.

"Since it’s not possible to dry it outside, it can be turned into smoked meat in the kitchen.

After checking the river shrimp in the tank and making sure everything was fine, she went to check on the river clams in the wooden basin.

The giant River Clam was tightly closed with no reaction.

Noticing that there was not enough water in the basin, Nanzhi drew a bucket of water and poured it in, then she washed her hands and went to check on the hens.

The two hens, who had previously only been responsible for laying eggs at home, had never seen the scene from last night.

Now, their neck feathers were ruffled and fluffed, and they were huddled together.

When Nanzhi approached, she noticed their shocked expressions.

As Nanzhi got closer, one of the hens retracted and cleverly kicked out the egg under her with her claw before turning her rear end towards her.

Nanzhi felt as if she were a bandit who had come to their home to plunder eggs, judging from their reactions.

Why were they behaving like this?

Although Nanzhi found it strange, she didn’t think too much about it looking at the eggs in her hand.

Strange or not, a hen that can lay eggs is a good hen.

She needed to feed them more for a while, otherwise, it would not do justice to the eggs in her hand.

With that thought in mind, Nanzhi chuckled and headed to the kitchen.

There were now a total of five eggs. Given the rate at which they were laying eggs, having an endless supply of eggs at home was not a dream!

No sooner had she put away the eggs than she heard a knock at the door.

Upon hearing it, Twelve immediately opened the door and greeted the woman standing there, smiling, "Ma’am, who are you looking for?"

Seeing the handsome young boy in front of her, the woman, whose name was Aunt Liu, hesitated about what she wanted to say.

Noting her confusion, Twelve simply opened the gate wider and let her in, "Auntie, my sister-in-law is inside."

"Ah," Aunt Liu nodded in acknowledgement and then saw Nanzhi coming out of the kitchen. She hurriedly walked over and took Nanzhi’s hand for a closer look. Only after confirming that she was okay, she exhaled with relief, "Girl, I’m glad you are okay. How is Zhiyu? Was she scared?"

Nanzhi felt a sense of warmth and comforted Aunt Liu by patting her hand, "We’re fine, Auntie. How about your house?"

Aunt Liu sighed after hearing Nanzhi’s words, "We’re okay too, but the chestnut flour we were drying in the yard was damaged a bit."

Thinking about how things were at the beginning, Aunt Liu felt her heart flutter.

Due to the extreme heat, their family had been keeping the doors and windows open at night. However, around midnight, she suddenly felt a prick on one of her fingers. Initially, she thought it was a mouse bite, but when she opened her eyes, she found a huge locust!

She woke her husband, and they noticed the strange color of the sky, which had turned red and yellow!

As they got up, they saw the house was full of locusts. After struggling to kill off the bugs in the house, they remembered the food drying in the yard. They planned to collect the food and retreat inside, but their eldest son was bitten by the locusts as soon as he went out.

It was Yun Tian who, wrapping himself in a quilt, managed to bring the chestnut flour back, but unfortunately, most of it had been eaten by the locusts!

They thought they were safe after that, but later discovered that the locusts gnawed even wood!

The whole family worked hard to clean up the locusts, and it was only after the bugs suddenly flew away that they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Thinking of Nanzhi’s household containing only few members, she hurried over to check on them.

"Girl, where did that boy come from?" Aunt Liu asked, indicating towards Twelve who was cleaning up in the front yard.

"That’s Wenchen’s brother. He came back with him on the afternoon of the day before yesterday." Nanzhi answered with a nod and a smile.

"?"

Aunt Liu was taken aback, Wenchen, who is that?

Has Lin found a boyfriend?

"Zhiyu’s father has returned." Nanzhi further explained.

"He’s back?"

Aunt Liu was shocked. It had been three years, how come he suddenly returned now?

Did she miss something?"