The Road to Becoming a Top-Notched Old Lady - Chapter 1
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Chapter 1 Dressed as an old woman?
“Brother…do you want to go look for a doctor for mother?”
“Look for what? If she could die like this, we might have less work to do.”
The voice might be young but it was lace with bitter hatred.
When Yu Sheng woke up and heard this sentence, she almost lost her breath.
She reflected on how she had abided by the law and rescued a child who almost got hit by a car, so why is she hated by others?
‘Wait a minute.’
She opened her eyes suddenly and looked at the group of children in front of her. She almost couldn’t catch her breath as a stream of memories surged forth.
‘How did she get into an old woman’s body?!’
The original owner of the body, who has the same name as her, got married at the age of sixteen and is now thirty-five years old, with five children and not to mention the eldest daughter-in-law is carrying a baby in her belly.
She will even be promoted into a grandmother in a few months!
‘I was only in my early twenties, my family was well-off, and I was a top student. Not only did I get a scholarship, but I also found a high-paying job.’
‘I was looking forward to having my own nest, but suddenly I’m brought to this hellhole, not to mention the utter desolation of this family, and such a large family at that.’
‘I didn’t offend any god, so why did my life become such a big joke?’
While she was suffering from a headache, the fourth child in front of her snorted and coldly said, “She was so eager to deliver something to the Yu family but was beaten up by her own brother. Both families are miserable. If I were her, I would rather die.”
For a six-year-old child to say such a thing, he probably heard it from someone.
Yu Sheng glanced at him faintly.
“Being young does not mean you are stupid. If you can’t wait to become an orphan, no one will stop you.”
As soon as the words fell from her mouth, the fourth son bit his lip in frustration and didn’t say another word.
She cannot comprehend how a child could be so stupid and not know that he is being used as a weapon by someone. How can she take it seriously?
Nevertheless, the original owner has a bad character, commits all kinds of evil, has a black heart, a vicious mouth, is a glutton, and is quite lazy. She takes advantage of her age as an elder and her son’s filial piety and sends all the pheasants and hares her son has caught from hunting to her mother’s house without giving any regard for her eldest daughter-in-law, who is still pregnant.
Recently, the original owner has not harvested anything for a long time and even entertain the idea of selling her fifth daughter.
“Girls are raised to be given to others. You might as well contribute to the family in advance and save some food.”
She now recalled the words of the original owner, and if she could, she would have spit at the original owner’s face.
A tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs.
Inside the dilapidated thatched hut, the eldest son, quickly reprimanded his younger brother after witnessing the whole exchange: “Who is dead? Don’t talk nonsense; mother is still not well.”
Yu Sheng’s eyes were closed because of the pain in her head, but she heard the eldest son later say: “Our mother’s life is bitter. The Yu family is not good to her; we must treat her well.”
‘I don’t know whether it is the fate of the original owner or my own.’
‘If it weren’t for my strong will and great ability to go with the flow, I might have found a wall and crashed myself into it to see if I could go back to the modern times.’
‘I have changed from a beautiful young woman to a fat farmer aunt, and I don’t know how long I would have to stay here.’
‘I can only take one step at a time and see what happens.
The throbbing pain in her head disappeared after she opened her eyes again. Looking at the six children in front of her, she could only face the fact that she was already a mother of a nineteen-year-old child.
Glancing around the room, there are several children of different heights, but most of them are hiding in the corner, looking at each other in fear.
Li Dayou, the eldest son of the five siblings, is nineteen years old, simple and honest, and because he goes hunting in the mountains from time to time, he is considered the main labor force in the whole family. He only got married last year.
Li Ershi, the second son, is fourteen years old, lively and reckless. He likes to climb up trees to procure eggs and go down to the river to fish. He gets beaten up the most.
Li Sansheng, the third son, is ten years old, shrewd and cunning, and the one who pleases the original owner the most.
As for the fourth and fifth children, they are a rare dragon and phoenix twins1 “Dragon-and-phoenix twins” (???; ???) is a Chinese term for a set of male and female fraternal twins. , and are already at six years old. They both don’t have names due to the number of children in the family, they are simply called Fourth and Fifth.
The fourth son, who hated the original owner the most, was unwilling to look straight at her.
As for the fifth child, the girl has a natural fondness for her mother and was gazing at her timidly, wanting to get close but not daring to do so.
Her stomach rumbled with hunger after waking up completely. Propping herself up, Yu Sheng sat up and slowly asked, “Is there anything to eat?”
Liu Yuxian, the eldest daughter-in-law, showed a distressed expression when she heard the question.
There was a shortage of food. It was very difficult for the family, for they barely had enough food to eat every day in order to survive.
“Where can you get food at home?” The fourth son said bluntly, with an impatient expression on his face. “As long as there is enough food, you would have sent it to the Yu family.”
‘I really cannot fathom what kind of enchantment the Yu family had given to the original owner.’
“Fourth younger brother!” The eldest son gave him a displeased look and then said to Yu Sheng, “Mother, hold on, I just dug up some wild vegetables in the mountain. Although there are quite a few, it is enough for you to eat alone.”
The eldest daughter-in-law was now a little dismayed. It was obviously something her husband had found especially for her and their unborn child, so why should she have to take it out when her mother-in-law asked for it?
Nonetheless with her mother-in-law’s coercion, she could only hide the displeasure in her heart.
Yu Sheng caught a glimpse of the eldest daughter-in-law’s reaction from the corner of her eye and guessed that the wild vegetables were for the child in her belly.
Be that as it may, she was so hungry and anxious. She’ll just have to figure out how to give the eldest daughter-in-law more meals in the future to return the favor.
After a few moments, the eldest daughter-in-law brought a bowl of soup with a greenish hue.
Yu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat as she took the bowl.
“Mother, eat it while it’s hot.” The eldest son said earnestly.
She took a sip in order to fill her stomach, but she couldn’t drink it all right away.
With such a large family to feed, she couldn’t afford to wait for someone else to provide for them, so she must eat a few more bites no matter what.
Yu Sheng drank the soup reluctantly and felt that her physical strength had recovered a little bit.
As soon as she turned her head, she saw that the eldest daughter-in-law was staring blankly at the bowl she was holding and felt that it was indeed bad to rob people of their food.
She handed the bowl to her and said in exasperation: “You eat.”
The eldest daughter-in-law trembled slightly, thinking that she might have upset her mother-in-law, and hastily excused herself. “Mother, it is yours to eat; I’m still full.
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