The Road to Becoming a Top-Notched Old Lady - Chapter 3
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Chapter Three Exploring the Deep Forest at Night
Liu Yuxian couldn’t contain her excitement, it really was white flour!
She couldn’t help but take a closer look, and found that the white flour was fine and fragrant, which was even better than those commonly found in the market.
She hadn’t been happy for a long time, and suddenly said in worry, “Mother, where did this come from?”
‘Mother-in-law couldn’t have gone to steal something, could she?’
‘How can our poor family have the qualifications to afford such good things?’
“Don’t worry, just cook it first so we can finally eat. You don’t have to worry about where it came from. Our family is living a difficult life these days, and the children need to have proper nutrition and at least have a full meal.” The eldest daughter-in-law is good at everything, but she is too weak-minded, always worried for fear of causing trouble.
Yu Sheng reassured her for a long time, and only then did the eldest daughter-in-law carefully carry the two bags to the kitchen.
The fifth child in her arms looked at the back of the eldest daughter-in-law as she was leaving, with a bright smile on her face.
With her thoughts full of egg drop soup, some saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth unconsciously, and she clapped her hands and cheered, “Oh, great, there is egg flower soup ~”
“Greedy, little cat.” Yu Sheng was amused by her and poked her nose.
The fifth child hurriedly wiped the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand and buried her face in Yu Sheng’s arms in embarrassment.
Sure enough, she is a child who remembers to eat but not to fight.
Mother and child were still interacting lovingly when the fourth son suddenly barged in.
Seeing his younger sister being held in Yu Sheng’s arms, he thought she was going to do something bad to his younger sister, so he rushed forward and pulled his sister out.
He then stood in front of his sister with an angry face, and furiously said: “What you have against me, don’t take it out on my sister.”
“Elder brother!”
The fifth child didn’t have time to explain to her older brother, but there was no sign of anger on Yu Sheng’s face. With an incomprehensible smile on his face, he said, “Okay, then get closer to me.”
Her face was flushed with anxiety and her eyes were in tears. She was afraid that her older brother would make their mother angry, their mother would then return to the way she was before.
The fourth son may be stubborn, but his heart isn’t that strong enough yet.
He hesitated for a moment but still walked towards Yu Sheng as if he was going to be killed.
His mouth kept muttering, “I am not afraid of you, I am not afraid of ……”
When he finally stood in front of her, Yu Sheng dropped her smile and looked at the fourth son, then asked seriously, “When I woke up, who taught you that ‘I might as well die’ phrase you have said before?”
Even if the original owner had done something wrong, outsiders have no right to just interfere.
She wanted to see who was leading the child astray and stirring up conflict between mother and son.
The fourth son was stunned for a moment, with his lips tightly closed. No matter how much Yu Sheng would ask him, he refused to speak.
Yu Sheng’s face was getting colder and colder, the fifth child kept persuading her older brother from behind, “Brother, tell us quickly! Mother is fine now, she even cooked us some egg drop soup.”
‘Egg drop soup!’
As soon as the fourth son’s eyes lit up, they also dimmed immediately.
Who knows what evil this old hag has in her heart, he will not be bribed so easily.
Yu Sheng folded her arms on her chest, thinking of teasing him and gently said, “It seems that someone won’t be able to enjoy the mántóu1Mántóu (??), also known as Mó (?), refers to plain steamed buns. They are usually made of white wheat flour. and soup today.”
In the whole family, only the fourth son is stubborn and loves to oppose her.
It wasn’t a bad thing in the first place, and Yu Sheng didn’t want to be angered by it. From now on, she has to get along with everyone, and has to correct all the bad habits, one by one.
The three of them were still confronting each other when suddenly the dilapidated wooden door was pushed open.
Seeing that Yu Sheng was still lounging, Aunt Sun crossed her arms by her waist and scolded, “Li’s daughter-in-law can still sit leisurely when your second son’s shoes were found in the mountain. The villagers who found the shoe searched the area but couldn’t find them.”
The fifth child got frightened when she heard that her second brother’s shoes were found on the mountain, and then weakly said: “Second brother and third brother went up the mountain to find food for mother…”
Most of the children in the family often went up the mountain. Not really a big deal, but judging by the situation, the two children must have been lost.
The longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous the situation of the two children could turn into.
‘I need to go into the mountains to find them immediately!’
Yu Sheng’s face darkened and said coldly, “You two stay at home obediently, I’ll look for your brothers.” Then said to Aunt Sun: “I’m sorry to trouble you, but can you please go find some men to help me search for them?”
She hurriedly went out after that, ignoring the darkness outside.
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In the mountains, Yu Sheng pushed aside the branches blocking the way with her hands.
“Ershi, Sangsheng!” she called out while dragging her still injured and sick body.
In the end, she could only lean against a big tree to rest, panting but still thinking about the two lost children.
The familiar sound of the system broke the tranquility in the mountain as soon as Yu Sheng placed her hand on the tree trunk.
?Wild chestnut tree has been found; wild chestnuts are worth twenty copper coins a catty?
‘What a surprise!’
Yu Sheng took a look around, but only the one she was leaning against was a chestnut tree.
However, now is not the time to be happy, and the top priority is to find the two children.
After she took note of the tree’s location, she didn’t get far enough before she heard a faint call from a distance.
“Help.”
“Help.”
The two voices were different, but they both came from the same direction, the situation doesn’t seem bad just by hearing from the sounds.
‘It must be the two children!’
Searching for the sound, she saw a figure inside a deep pit on the ground not far from the chestnut tree.
It seems like there are some scratches on their bodies at first glance, but they are still in good spirits.
Yu Sheng’s anxiety lessened up a bit.
They are also unlucky.
They were looking for food on the mountain and were trying to catch wild rabbits but at some point they had lost their shoes while chasing them.
The third son was saddened by the incident, fortunately he found a chestnut tree but before he could revel at his achievement he had unluckily stepped into a pit.
The second son saw what happened and tried to save his younger brother, sadly he also fell into the pit.
The two called out for help for several hours but no one came. In the end, they could only squat on the ground in despair.
At this moment, the third son inadvertently looked up and saw a figure.
He stood up excitedly and shouted: “There is someone up there!”
He was about to rejoice but when he realized that the person who came was his own mother, his joy instantly turned into fear.
‘It’s over!’
They would definitely be beaten.
The two children instantly turned white with fear as they recalled the horrific scene of their mother beating them with a stick.
“Mother, we didn’t intend not to go home, nor were we playing for fun, but…we wanted to find you something to eat. We accidentally fell into the pit. We will come out right away. Don’t be angry.”
The third son panicked and tried to climb up, but because his grip was unstable, he kept slipping to the ground again and again.
Upon seeing this, the second son squatted on the ground and asked his younger brother to stand on top of his shoulders and climb up, but both of them fell to the bottom of the pit.
Yu Sheng watched the two children bump into each other like headless flies, and hurriedly stopped this series of absurd behaviors, “Okay, stop moving around, just come out and let’s talk later.”
She then found a thick branch beside her and stretched it out to the bottom of the pit.
“Hold this branch to climb up, I will pull you up from above.”
The two children looked at the branch with fear and did not move.
They know their mother’s temperament, she may say to pull them up, but what if she will let go midway and let them fall down.
“Hurry up!”
The original owner’s face has always been intimidating, so no matter how gently she called out to the kids, they would still be afraid.
The sky is gradually getting darker, wild beasts would soon appear in and out of the mountains and forests, no one knows what will happen if you stay long.
A howl suddenly came from deep in the forest while Yu Sheng was in the process of rescuing the kids.
“Awoo”
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