【6】God’s punishment

Well, you had a blast cursing the author, but you must have been punished by God in the end.

I just traveled straight into someone else's book and was given this role.

How cruel!

Early the next morning, Su Xueer suddenly opened her eyes, and a pungent musty smell went straight into her nostrils.

She fell asleep last night smelling the same scent, which came from the quilt she was covering herself with.

How she wished she could open her eyes and return to her real world.

But the reality is cruel. She still sleeps on this simple bed made of door panels, covered with a damp, rough and moldy quilt.

After a long night last night, my stomach is growling with hunger.

She went to the yard, drew some water from the well, and prepared to wash.

A strange face was reflected in the worn wooden basin filled with water.

It was the face of the original owner, Zhao Yunniang. It wasn't ugly, but it wasn't pretty either. Fortunately, her skin was as delicate as cream.

Because she had the original owner's memories, she was not unfamiliar with this place at all.

After washing up, she walked to the simple kitchen built on the side of the yard to prepare something to eat.

The so-called kitchen is an earthen stove built in the yard with a shed built on top of the stove.

When she got closer, she found that there was no usable ingredient at all. She almost forgot about it.

The life that Chi Rui spent in Fengxian Village can be perfectly described by the four words "impoverished".

It's like being hungry three times a day and eating twice a day, and I can never get enough food.

Looking at the pot of rice soup left over from last night, there were some wild vegetables in it that she couldn't name.

She knew that this was the food they usually ate.

Without thinking, he took the spoon, scooped up the food and poured it into his mouth.

The so-called rice soup is just a wild vegetable soup with barely any rice grains visible, and it has no taste at all.

This family is so poor that they can't even afford salt.

Because they were left overnight, the wild vegetables were stickier and even a bit disgusting when eaten.

In order to survive, she could only stuff these things into her mouth.

I drank about two scoops and that was enough.

My life has been saved, and the important thing now is to find a way to solve the problem of food and clothing.

She is not like other time travelers. She is not a miracle doctor, a top chef, or possessed by various lucky charms.

She is just an ordinary loser girl, going to get off work and coming home every day, playing games and reading novels, and she has no special skills.

Asked to survive in this ancient time where there was nothing, she was really scratching her head and at a loss for a moment.

Before, the only livelihood for the three of them was that Qianyu helped others carry heavy bags in the town and earned a little money.

He couldn't even support the expenses of three people, so he bought Zhao Yunniang as his wife.

The three of them lived in Fengxian Village, going hungry one day and eating full the next.

Now I can understand the original owner a little bit. Although Chi Rui is handsome, he is so poor that he can't even make ends meet.

Following the shoemaker, I can at least have two meals a day.

Besides, Chi Rui is not talkative and has never been close to Zhao Yun's mother.

Su Xueer had just stood up straight after drinking the overnight wild vegetable soup when a cold voice floated over from behind: "Hey, vicious woman, I'm going to buy medicine for the young master. You stay at home and take good care of him. If you have any bad intentions, I will make you die."

Su Xueer turned her head away angrily and yelled at Qianyu: "Who are you calling a vicious woman?"

She remembered that in the original book, Qianyu called Zhao Yunniang her mother, and she was from the Zhao family. How come she became a vicious woman in her eyes?

She didn't do those cruel things.

Qianyu raised his sword and shook it at her face, and she immediately shut up.

Well, a vicious woman is a vicious woman, isn't it just a name? It doesn't matter.

The sun was shining brightly today. Su Xueer cleaned the small kitchen thoroughly, then walked into the house and took the quilt she had covered herself with last night to the yard to dry in the sun.

When passing by the door of Chi Rui's house, he couldn't help but take a look inside out of curiosity.

As luck would have it, I met Chi Rui's gloomy eyes.

She was frightened. Even though this man was in a wheelchair, he still had an oppressive feeling that no one dared to underestimate.

"Well, Sanlang, the sun is very strong today. Do you want to take the quilts in your room out to dry in the sun?" Su Xueer asked flatteringly.

Chi Rui looked at her with a cold gaze, and pursed his thin lips slightly.

This woman is lazy and never does housework. Suddenly she wants to help me dry the quilt. What is she trying to do?

I suddenly cooked for myself yesterday just to poison it.

He was so kind to help me dry my quilt today, but he definitely didn't have any good intentions.

Su Xueer seemed to see through Chi Rui's thoughts and said kindly: "Your quilt hasn't been exposed to the sun for a long time. The moisture is not good for your knees."

After saying that, regardless of whether Chi Ruitong agreed or not, he walked around him, went to his couch, and took away his quilt.

Chi Rui's quilt was not much better than his own, and it had a pungent musty smell.

As the son of a former important official, he can be considered a child of destiny.

Now he has ended up in such a miserable state, how can we not feel deeply saddened.

But who would have thought that the poor lame man living in three mud houses now would rise to the top and become the powerful minister in the capital in the future?

The world is changing, things are changing, how can we not sigh.

It was not until the evening that Qianyu came back and casually threw three copper coins to Su Xueer, "Go to the market to buy some vegetables for tomorrow's food money."

Su Xueer looked at the three copper coins in front of her.

That's it? That's it?

A grown man went out for a day and earned these three copper coins?

"Go now." Qianyu ordered.

"Oh." Su Xueer held three copper coins in her hand and prepared to go buy vegetables.

Before leaving, Qianyu did not forget to threaten Su Xueer.

In short, he said some harsh words like if she dared to escape, she would be killed without a burial.

The shoemaker repaired shoes for people on West Street every day, so when Su Xueer went out, she went to East Street specifically.

An insignificant little person like the shoemaker (the word "this" is redundant, deleted) just disappeared like that. In this society, probably no one would care.

With the original owner's memories, Su Xueer was not unfamiliar with the environment here.

I went to the vegetable stall and bought three large cabbages with a copper coin.

I had two copper coins left and planned to go to the butcher's stall to buy some meat.

She felt that with Chi Rui's body, if he didn't eat some meat, he would probably not survive.

Coming to the pork stall, Su Xueer pointed at the pork belly with the right amount of fat and lean meat and said to the butcher: "Butcher, give me two copper coins of meat."

The butcher looked at her with disdain, his nostrils almost raised to the sky, and casually cut with the knife in his hand, cut off a little bit of meat and threw it to Su Xueer.

"That's all for two copper coins?"

The butcher sneered in his heart: Poor guy, if you can't afford meat, don't eat it. It's so shabby to buy meat for two copper coins.

Su Xueer understood the boss's condescending expression.

However, in my current situation, I can only endure it.