novelraw Chapter 382 - 2: Chu Aiguo Heroically Saves the Beauty
Chapter 382 - 2: Chu Aiguo Heroically Saves the Beauty
The Chu Family hurried along the road, with Old Mrs. Chu’s bound feet nearly spinning as they rushed to make it in time. However, when they pushed open the door, they found they were still a step too late—
The treasures of the family’s heart lay dead in the courtyard.
Old Mrs. Chu felt as if she’d been struck by lightning, and with a wobble, she sat down heavily on the ground.
"What sin have I committed?! Oh, heavens!"
A few daughters-in-law followed behind, inhaling sharply at the sight of the courtyard’s tragic scene, almost fainting on the spot.
Chu River sat grandly on the veranda, with her legs crossed, directing six of the nieces and nephews:
"Hurry up, has the water boiled? If it’s boiled, scald them."
"Who knows how to pluck feathers? Whoever plucks them clean gets a chicken wing."
"Auntie, I can do it!"
"I can do it!"
"Auntie, I know where Grandma hides the rice."
The little ones eagerly spoke up, showing off their enthusiasm. As for feeling sorry about the family’s five chickens...
What’s there to feel sorry about?
When it’s time to eat meat, who thinks about how the meat got there?
Meanwhile, the two older ones, noticing the adults’ return and the tense atmosphere, quickly shuffled back into the kitchen along the walls.
The youngest one, still clueless, lugging the chubby old hen from the ground, dragged it into the kitchen.
Old Mrs. Chu nearly couldn’t catch her breath again.
...
"What a sin, what a sin... You’re not our Little He, you’re possessed by a ghost!"
Chu River gave her a sidelong glance, looking particularly like the village delinquents, just missing a stick in her mouth.
"Don’t say that. We’re breaking the Four Olds, our family can’t engage in any kind of feudal restoration."
"Besides." She stretched out her withered hand like a black chicken claw: "When have I ever looked so shabby? Eating two chickens to mend myself isn’t a big deal."
Old Chu, who was always silent, raised his eyes this time, wanting to say—hasn’t she been like this since she was little?
But he was always slick, practicing the philosophy of not being deaf or mute to be the family head—since the women in the family were already fighting the battles, he didn’t say much.
And Chu River, having said her piece casually, smiled slightly at the group of men who had just entered the house: "After all, you’ve said I’m lazy, gluttonous, and crazy, teaching the kids requires honesty, I can’t have you lying."
The eldest in the family, Chu Mandun, looked at their few chickens, none of which survived half-grown!
His eyes reddened as he grabbed a hoe, ready to strike:
"You wretched girl, are you looking to die!"
The hoe handle was snatched by Chu River, and with a swift kick to Chu Mandun’s knee, this seven-foot man knelt sharply to the ground—a pose not even Li Lianying would have adopted so devoutly in his lifetime.
Though his expression was terribly twisted.
The next moment, even Old Mrs. Chu, who was seated on the ground ready to throw a tantrum, discreetly scooted back a bit.
...
Chu River looked at the hoe in her hand—this hoe that Chu Mandun had taken from their own house, clearly to secretly slack off work to tend the private plot.
Since she hadn’t enjoyed even a leaf of it, she wasn’t the least bit sorry now. She snapped the hoe handle over her knee, and sure enough, the solid hardwood cracked into two pieces.
Then it was thrown to the ground with a "bang."
Chu River clapped her hands: "Didn’t learn anything from what I taught you this afternoon? See if there’s anything else useful in the main room, if you think you can beat me, you’re welcome to try again."
Try what?
The four men of the Chu Family, not counting Old Chu, the silent family head, just ask Man Dun, Man Cang, Man Diao, and Manwu, who didn’t get beaten this afternoon!
It just so happens that this girl really is possessed and crazy! Constantly threatening that if anyone dared to go to the brigade, before they arrived, she’d catch one and beat them to death.
As for which one she’d catch, that’d depend on luck. See who dared to gamble.
Good grief, the Chu Family never thought that living quietly all these years, they’d end up being pinned down by a little girl!
...
Actually, by this time, Chu Aiguo was also quite depressed because she had analyzed her specific situation again from the details—
Which was, she’d been on this quick-change mission for not long, at most this was the second world. Because she neither knew how to farm nor cook.
The skills she had were too few.
Five chickens were laid in front of her, this eldest nephew of hers, only nine years old, was sniffling as he scalded the chickens with hot water (Auntie said, dare let the snot fall and he can watch others eat.).