Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 4 Grandma
Grandma Su's face was full of impatience. "Do you have the right to speak here? A little girl is buying a man outside, and you have the nerve to say it out loud. You have no shame."

"What's wrong with me buying a husband?" Su Yaoguang came out and said loudly, "I bought a husband, no matter what he is like, I am happy and I like him. What about you? You are my own grandmother, thinking of marrying me to a fool and giving my own daughter as a daughter-in-law, and then serving that fool's shit and piss in the future. How can there be such a cruel grandmother like you?"

Grandma Su was furious. She pushed Zhang Zhaodi aside, grabbed the broom beside her and swung it at Su Yaoguang. "You little bitch, you've been pissed off for three days, aren't you? I'm going to beat you to death, you little bitch. Your father is not here, so I, your grandmother, will teach you a lesson for him. You have no respect for your elders. Today, I'm going to teach you what obedience and filial piety are."

"Beat me, beat me to death! My father is not around, and you bully me, a fatherless child. My mother has been waiting for my father for more than ten years. It's not easy, and you still bully her and want to take over her land and property. Are you trying to force both of us to death? Beat me to death, and today let the people in the village see how cruel the Su family is and how they can't tolerate an orphan and a widow."

Su Yaoguang grumbled loudly, wishing the whole village could hear her. In her previous life, she would have swallowed any grievances and pretended nothing was wrong when others asked about her, suffering for the sake of face. Having lived a new life, what was there to be upset about? If anyone dared to bully her and her daughter, she would make a scene. Who would bear the reputation of bullying an orphan and a widow?

Zhang Zhaodi burst into tears, "My poor child, your father passed away early, leaving us an orphan and a widow. Now others are forcing you to serve a fool!"

"You...you, mother and daughter, are really great." Seeing that several families next door were watching the fun outside, Grandma Su was embarrassed and threw away the broom in her hand and left.

Su Yaoguang closed the door and shouted loudly: "Mom, don't do anything stupid, don't commit suicide, Mom..."

Zhang Zhaodi, who was about to get up, said: "..."

She glanced at the closed door and saw no need to lie down. She just stood there, her neck tilted back and howled, "Let me die. Let me go see your damn father and tell him what kind of life we've been living all these years. When the army was drafted, he was newly married and clearly not on the list, but he insisted on going in his brother's place, abandoning us and my mother..."

Zhou Wangshu lay on the wooden bed in the woodshed, listening to the crying of the mother and daughter outside. His tense body slowly relaxed.

He didn't believe that good things happened without reason, and he didn't believe that kindness could come from nowhere. The fact that the mother and daughter wanted something from him actually made him feel more at ease.

Zhou Wangshu looked at the porridge beside him, stretched out his hand with difficulty, and moved it over bit by bit. He was covered in wounds, and even moving a finger was painful. But no matter how painful it was, he had to survive.

He wanted to go back alive and kill those who bullied and humiliated him.

The noise outside stopped.

Su Yaoguang helped Zhang Zhaodi walk inside and asked with concern: "Mom, she pushed you just now, didn't she hurt you?"

"Why are you so bold today?" Zhang Zhaodi glared at her. "Aren't you afraid she'll cause you trouble?"

"I used to respect her, but she didn't even treat me like her granddaughter! Now she's going to give me to a fool as his wife, so why should I try to please her?" Su Yaoguang curled her lips. "From now on, I only care about whether my mother is happy or not. I don't care about anyone else."

The events of her past life were so long ago that she couldn't remember many things clearly. Back then, when she bought Xiao Yanci back, her grandmother hadn't given up. To make her grandmother give up, she begged Xiao Yanci to sign a marriage contract, becoming his and hers in name only. Seeing the matter was settled, her grandmother stopped forcing her. But this time, she didn't want to sign a marriage contract with Zhou Wangshu.

Zhang Zhaodi was already ill, and after being made such a fuss by Grandma Su, she felt weak all over and her headache got even worse.

Su Yaoguang helped her go back to rest.

"Mom, take a rest first. I'll bring the meal over when it's ready."

She went to the kitchen and rummaged through the drawers and cabinets, and found half a can of salt that had been stored tightly, almost empty cornmeal, a little lard left, a few handfuls of dried mushrooms, and fairly fresh wild leeks.

She went out and rummaged through the chicken coop, and sure enough, she found an egg.

Now there were only two chickens left at home, and they only occasionally received an egg. Her mother had always saved the eggs for her to eat, but today she insisted on giving her some nourishment. Zhang Zhaodi was awakened by the aroma.

"What did this stinky girl cook? Why does it smell so good?" Zhang Zhaodi got up and shouted towards the kitchen, "Spendthrift girl, save your oil."

Su Yaoguang came in with corn tortillas: "Mom, try my cooking."

"What did you make? Why does it smell so good?" Zhang Zhaodi looked at the bowl she handed over. "You spendthrift girl, there's only a little cornmeal left, and you dared to make pancakes out of it? And the color, it's obvious you used too much oil. You're going to piss me off to death!"

"Mom, I saved you two taels of silver today!" Su Yaoguang said, "I'm going to the city to do some shopping tomorrow. I won't go hungry."

"How dare you bring this up?" Zhang Zhaodi snorted.

"This is mushroom soup. Try it and see if it's delicious." Su Yaoguang fed Zhang Zhaodi the soup with a spoon.

Zhang Zhaodi snatched it away and said, "I'm not broken, so I don't need you to feed me. Go and eat, don't stay here and watch over me."

Zhang Zhaodi took a sip of the soup, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes: "Not bad."

But soon, her face darkened again: "You've wasted the salt again, haven't you? I told you, don't use salt on weekdays. Once every three days is enough. And that little bit of oil, just apply a layer on it is enough."

"Mom, I have thought of a way to make money. I will definitely let you live a good life in the future." Su Yaoguang said.

Zhang Zhaodi: “…”

What's wrong with this girl today? Her mouth is as sweet as honey, making it difficult for her to scold her.

"Don't stand here, go eat."

"Then I'll send it to Wangshu and come back to eat with you."

"The one you picked up?" Zhang Zhaodi snorted. "The name sounds nice, but after being beaten like that and then sold off, who knows who he is?"

"Wangshu looks younger than me. What bad things could a child like him do? Mother, I bought him for ten cents anyway, so let's just do a good deed!"

Zhang Zhaodi took a bite of the pancake, and the more she chewed, the more delicious it became. She muttered, "This girl's cooking skills are amazing! No, did you put eggs in it? You you you..."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Su Yaoguang quickly slipped away.

"There's only one egg, and eating it will nourish the whole family."

Zhang Zhaodi watched Su Yaoguang slip away like a loach, feeling both angry and amused. Then, thinking about the difficulties mother and daughter had gone through over the years, and how much she had suffered because of her, she felt distressed.

(End of this chapter)