Chapter 26: Chapter 25 Scare Away Chapter 26: Chapter 25 Scare Away More and more villagers passed by, and upon seeing the entire Ruo Family cutting the Geng Grass, they couldn’t help but ask.
Granny Lei told everyone the truth.
Upon hearing Granny Lei say that they were going to eat and sell the grass, so couldn’t help but ask, “Can you eat this Geng Grass? Who told you that? Is it tasty? Have you eaten it before?”
If it really was edible and could be sold for silver, she would also gather so to sell at the market.
Granny Lei said with pride, “I haven’t eaten it, but my Xuanbao has. She just tried a bit and said it was very tasty, told to pick so to sell for silver. Do you want to pick so to try?”
Several villagers carrying buckets of manure intended for fertilizing the vegetable fields: “…”
So, all the commotion the Ruo Family caused here was because of a simpleton’s words?
Now with the weather being so cool, everyone shook their heads at the sight of the Ruo Family, with their pant legs mostly wet.
Are they really risking their lives to humor a three-year-old child?
Everyone knew how much the Ruo Family adored Xuanbao, but they didn’t realize it was to this extent.
No, this wasn’t adoration, it was the whole family risking their lives to entertain Xuanbao!
Have the Ruo Family mbers grown tired of living?
Was life so miserable that they chose to collectively give up on it?
Ruo Xuan was sitting on a pile of withered grass, munching on a piece of hard candy with great generosity. She picked up a Zizania stalk that looked the fattest and offered it, “Aunties, try this, it’s so sweet!”
A group of won took a step back in unison, shaking their heads and waving their hands.
“Auntie won’t eat it! Auntie is busy! I still need to go and fertilize the vegetables, I’m leaving first.”
“I won’t eat it either, I’m carrying manure, my hands are dirty.”
“Right, our hands are dirty, we can’t eat it, you eat it yourself, Xuanbao.”
…
A little flower had no idea they were being polite, and Ruo Xuan took it seriously.
Ruo Xuan stood up, supporting herself with the basket, thinking to help them by peeling the Zizania leaves clean and feeding them. She peeled and walked toward them, “Xuanbao’s hands are clean, Xuanbao will feed you, it’s so sweet, so tasty!”
Ruo Xuan’s mouth was filled with candy, making her speech unclear, and because of her small body and lack of agility, the hard candy almost fell out of her mouth as she spoke. She quickly slurped it back in.
The won watched the green leaves peeled off by Xuanbao and, frightened, quickly retreated and ran away.
“No need, Auntie still has to fertilize! I won’t eat!”
“Ah, it’s getting late, I need to hurry and fertilize the vegetables, I won’t eat!”
“I won’t eat, I won’t eat, I still have to hurry and water the fields…”
…
The several people, carrying their manure buckets, rapidly left on the narrow path between the fields with an almost demonic pace!
What a joke!
After all, they’re not rabbits; they don’t eat grass.
Don’t think they didn’t see the hard candy in Xuanbao’s mouth.
Of course, it’s sweet!
Of course, it’s tasty!
Watching the biggest gossips and busiest bodies of the village being scared off by Xuanbao and running away in a panic, Granny Lei couldn’t help but laugh and shout, “Goudan’s Mom, Qiangzi’s Mom… What my Xuanbao said is true! These Zizania shoots really can be eaten, they’re very tasty! Xuanbao, go give the aunties a few stalks to take!”
Hearing this, the won ran even faster!
Chicken manure spilled all along the road from their buckets.
The Ruo Family couldn’t help but laugh.
Granny Lei wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She knew that the villagers wouldn’t easily believe or dare to try it.
Now that Xuanbao had said such, the villagers would believe even less that the Geng Grass could be eaten.
However, this ant they could cut more for themselves and earn a little extra.
People can’t be without selfish interests, and she’s not a saint, so of course Granny Lei also wanted her family to make more silver.
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As the sun set in the west, over the vegetable fields by the Xishui River, the yellow blossoms of the vegetables quietly blood under the golden sunlight, with white butterflies fluttering all over the sky.
About a dozen won were busy in this vibrant vegetable patch, so watering, so weeding, and so fertilizing.
Farm work was monotonous and tiring, but it beca much more interesting with everyone talking and laughing together.
The topic of conversation today centered on the Ruo Family.
The commotion at the Ruo Family’s was rather big; the whole family had co out to cut grass, which made people inevitably wonder.
Villager A: “Did you see the whole Ruo Family cutting Geng Grass? Are the Ruos so poor that they’ve started eating wild plants?”
As Granny Tan was weeding, her daughter was carrying a large load of water to sprinkle on the vegetables. Upon hearing the conversation, she said, “Granny Lei said they eat it as well as sell it, but who knows if that’s true? Can you really eat that Geng Grass? Isn’t it poisonous?”
If they could really make silver by selling it, she’d let her daughter cut so to sell too, to earn so silver—her son needed a lot of money for school!
After all, that idle girl did nothing at ho all day but eat.
Villager A: “There should be no poison; pigs eat it too. Why don’t we grab a few stalks on our way back to try?”
Villager B: “Those Geng Grass stalks look like giant chives, they should taste good. Why don’t we also pick so to try?”
“Alright, let’s hurry up and water the vegetables, then we can go cut so to try out!”
“We don’t even know how to eat it, let’s ask Mrs. Lei later.”
…
At this mont, Goudan’s mother and a few others hurried over, and couldn’t help but laugh when they heard everyone talking.
Goudan’s mother, setting down her bucket of manure, said with amusent: “You guys don’t really believe you can eat that Geng Grass, do you?”
Granny Tan, with a suspicious tone, said, “Can’t we eat it? Don’t tell you’re planning to secretly cut and sell it yourself?”
“Pah, then you go cut it! I’m not stopping you! Go cut it, eat it at ho, and it won’t kill you!”
Villager A, impatiently asking, “What’s going on? Can’t we eat it?”
Qiangzi’s mother: “Do you know why the whole Ruo Family suddenly started cutting Geng Grass?”
“Why?”
Goudan’s mother: “Because their darling Xuanbao said it could be eaten, so they went to cut it!”
Granny Tan: “Which darling said it, can you be a bit clearer when you speak?”
Villager B: “Exactly, it’s so frustrating!”
Qiangzi’s mother: “Which other darling could there be in the Ruo Family? It’s Xuanbao! She said the Geng Grass was edible, tasty, and could be sold for silver, so the whole Ruo Family humored her by playing along.”
Granny Tan: “That can’t be right? Mrs. Lei isn’t foolish! She’s very astute!”
Goudan’s mother: “Mrs. Lei isn’t foolish, but you all know very well how much she dotes on that simpleton, just now…”
…
Therefore, Goudan’s mother and Qiangzi’s mother and the others vividly reenacted the earlier scene!
“Have the Ruo Family gone mad? They’re actually going along with a three-year-old child’s nonsense.”
Granny Tan, believing it, said, “Mrs. Lei has been mad for more than a day or two now. Xuanbao is just a liability, only good for eating, serving no useful purpose. If it were up to , I would have sold her long ago!”
The villagers looked down on her for her behavior of selling her daughter for wealth and did not respond to her comnt, because the more attention they gave her, the more honorable she considered it.
Soone else asked, “So, the Ruo Family’s simpleton can really talk now?”
“She can, indeed! She was chasing after us just a mont ago. If you want to know, ask Granny Tan, she knows best. Just yesterday, I saw Xuanbao anger Granny Tan to near death with just a few words.”
“Really? What happened? Has her ntal disability been cured?”
Recalling it, Granny Tan beca irritated, “It’s barely been cured; would she be eating sweets while saying grass tastes good…”
…
While the villagers heatedly discussed the Ruo Family’s affairs, the Ruo Family itself was just as spiritedly cutting Geng Grass.
After losing all her silver, Mrs. Zhao returned ho dejectedly. From a distance, she saw the Ruo Family cutting Geng Grass. Her eyes shifted, she turned direction, and she hurried towards the Ruo Family’s ho.
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