Chapter 19

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yu Xiaolian brought the porridge and eggs to the table, but Madam Sun lay motionless on the bed. Yu Changhe called out a few times, but Madam Sun only said that she was not hungry and closed her eyes.

Yu Xiaolian peeled a duck egg and handed it to Madam Sun. Madam Sun acted as if she didn’t hear her. After Yu Xiaolian persuaded her a few more times, Madam Sun suddenly sat up from the bed and knocked the duck egg out of Yu Xiaolian’s hand. Then, she ruthlessly crushed the duck egg on the ground.

Yu Xiaolian was stunned.

What was wrong with Madam Sun?

Yu Changhe stepped forward and pulled Yu Xiaolian into his arms, shouting, “Are you crazy? The child kindly peeled the duck egg for you. It’s fine if you don’t eat it, but why are you stepping on it?”

Madam Sun said hysterically, “I’m crazy. Ever since you picked her up, our family hasn’t been doing well. First, Brother Kuang died, and then your leg was crippled. Our family is going to be ruined by her.”

Yu Xiaolian’s face turned pale, and her heart suddenly ached.

It turned out that Madam Sun had been enduring things silently. In her heart, she had really blamed all the bad things on Yu Xiaolian.

Slap… Yu Changhe raised his hand and slapped Madam Sun. “I think you’re really crazy. She’s just a child. Why are you so vicious?”

“I’m vicious? I’m vicious…” Madam Sun looked a little crazy as she kept repeating this sentence. After a while, she cried and squatted on the ground. She shouted emotionally, “That’s right, why am I so vicious? She’s just a pitiful child. Why should I blame her? It’s all my fault. I didn’t protect my Brother Kuang. I couldn’t bear another child. Did Brother Kuang also think that I’m a disqualified mother and refused to come back?”

Yu Xiaolian squatted down and hugged Madam Sun, who was crying bitterly. Others might not know what was going on, but she knew.

At this moment, Madam Sun was probably already suffering from schizophrenia, but her symptoms were relatively light. It was unknown what stimulation she had received today that she suddenly erupted.

Actually, it was better to vent like this. It was better than holding it in.

“Mother, I’m sorry.” Yu Xiaolian wiped Madam Sun’s tears. “Mother, I picked a lot of medicinal herbs today. After I sell them in town, I’ll find a good doctor to treat you and Father. You will definitely have a little child again. Kuang’er will definitely come back. You’re a good mother. He can’t bear to leave you.”

Madam Sun hugged Yu Xiaolian and cried even louder.

She muttered, “Mother has gone crazy. I’m sorry, Lian’er, I’m sorry.”

Yu Xiaolian’s heart was incomparably bitter. She could only continue to comfort Madam Sun. “Everything will be fine. Mother, believe me.”

When Madam Sun was tired of crying and fell asleep on the bed, Yu Xiaolian and Yu Changhe were no longer in the mood to eat dinner.

When Madam Cao heard the commotion, she came out to watch the commotion. She did not expect Madam Sun to stop after a short while. She scolded Madam Sun for being useless and returned to her room.

“Brother Kuang… Brother Kuang…”

Seeing that Madam Sun was starting to talk in her sleep, Yu Xiaolian hurriedly went over and gently patted her a few times.

Madam Sun was sweating profusely. She took a towel and carefully wiped Madam Sun’s sweat.

After wiping her sweat, she picked up the bamboo leaf fan at the side and gently repelled the mosquitoes for Madam Sun. There were too many mosquitoes in the summer. Moreover, there was no such thing as window curtains in ancient times. The mosquitoes could enter and leave without any hindrance. It could simply be described as domineering and unscrupulous.

Yu Xiaolian would get bitten a few times every day. A few days ago, she had held back from using the mosquito repellent, afraid that Madam Sun and Yu Changhe would smell it. However, she was bitten so badly that she didn’t want to hold it in anymore. Taking advantage of the fact that Yu Changhe wasn’t in the house, she took the repellent and sprayed it on Madam Sun and herself.

Speaking of which, it was strange. As soon as the mosquito repellent was sprayed, the buzzing of the surrounding mosquitoes disappeared. It was quite effective.

Yu Changhe had been weaving baskets outside the entire time. He only returned when it was completely dark outside.

As soon as he entered the house, he smelled a fragrance. He twitched his nose. “What’s that smell?”

Yu Xiaolian pulled the small floral curtain in the middle and lay back on her bed. She lied through her teeth, “It seems to be from my mother.”

Yu Changhe leaned closer to Madam Sun and took a sniff. “It’s really from your mother. Why does your mother smell so good?”

He sniffed carefully again and muttered, “Your mother doesn’t usually wear rouge.”

“Maybe she got it from Auntie Zhao. My mother and her worked on embroidery all day and accidentally got it.”

Yu Changhe nodded. “Mm, that’s possible.”

Sigh, she had finally fooled them.

In order to sell more wolfberries and honeysuckle, Yu Xiaolian decided to take out the bags of things from the supermarket tonight. This way, the supermarket would automatically replenish them tomorrow.

When she heard Yu Changhe’s snoring, Yu Xiaolian took out the wolfberries, honeysuckle, and ginseng slices that she had packed in a plastic bag yesterday.

She just had to wake up early tomorrow morning and put the things into her space.

He did not know if this move would work, but she had to try to know.

As she was worried about Yu Xiaolian, who had overslept, she didn’t sleep much in the first half of the night. After midnight, she couldn’t wait to enter the space.

Sure enough, there was a new row of wolfberries, honeysuckle, and ginseng slices on the supermarket shelf.

Yu Xiaolian went forward to check. There were six bags of wolfberry seeds, fifteen bags of honeysuckle, three bags of western ginseng, and two bags of chicken blood vine. There was not more or less.

Yu Xiaolian put the things under her blanket into her space again before falling asleep in peace.

After a few more days, these medicinal herbs had almost dried up in the room. Yu Xiaolian took them to the backyard and placed them under the sun.

She was fully alert every day and looked at these medicinal herbs, afraid that the fruit she was about to obtain would be stolen by others.

Especially Yu Ziyi’s every move. Yu Xiaolian was watching him closely. As long as he went to the backyard, Yu Xiaolian would follow him.

After a few more days, Yu Xiaolian saw that the medicinal herbs were almost dry, so she happily put them into a cloth bag.

Yu Ziyi suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her way. “Grandma wants you to dig up some wild vegetables to feed the chickens!”

Yu Xiaolian said impolitely, “She probably asked you to dig for vegetables, right? We’ve already split up. Grandmother won’t instruct me.”

Seeing that Yu Xiaolian had exposed her, Yu Ziyi simply stopped pretending. “I heard from Second Uncle that you plan to sell these things in town. Do you know how to get to town? I happen to be going to town to deliver things to Eldest Brother. Shall I help you sell them?”

Yu Xiaolian rolled her eyes at Yu Ziyi. Did she look that stupid?

“No, I can go by myself.”

The reason why Yu Ziyi hadn’t touched Yu Xiaolian’s medicinal ingredients for the past few days was because he knew that if the medicinal ingredients weren’t dried out, they wouldn’t be able to be sold for money. He had been waiting for today. Seeing that Yu Xiaolian wasn’t willing to be persuaded by force or persuasion, he directly snatched them. No matter how worthless these medicinal ingredients were, they should be able to be sold for more than ten copper coins. In any case, they had already been dried. It would be a waste not to get the money in his hands.