Just After Transmigrating as the Female Side Character, I'm About to Be Exiled

(Transmigration + Slow Romance + Female Side Character) Tong Wen Yao woke up one day to find herself transmigrated as the young lady of the Tong family.


She didn't enjoy the la...

Chapter 20 Picking Mugwort

Tong Wen Yao saw her elder brother from afar and waved to him hurriedly. He was also smart and drove the ox cart out of the shed.

"Brother, come and help load the goods." The cold wind blew on her face, but she didn't feel cold at all. Instead, she felt excited. Tong Wenyao got off the cart and loaded bags of grain onto the ox cart. Why did he think that the one or two taels of rice his mother gave his sister could buy so much grain? Not only grain, she also bought meat! This really shocked him. But he couldn't ask his sister in front of the waiter.

After confirming that nothing was left behind, Tong Wen Yao said to the waiter, "Thank you for taking me here. I will come to your house to buy what I need next time." The waiter responded with a smile, "Okay, take care, sir!" The customer bought so much food today, so he would get a lot of it.

On the way back, Tong Wenyao finally couldn't help but ask, "Sister, can one ounce of silver buy so much food?" Fortunately, she had prepared a draft and could answer his question calmly, "Brother, of course not! I helped a nobleman rescue a jade pendant on the street, and the customer gave me silver, so I was able to buy so much."

After hearing this, he quickly turned to look at me, "Are you hurt?" Tong Wenyao patted his chest and said proudly, "Is your sister the kind of person who gets hurt easily?"

Tong Wenyao saw him reaching out to hit her head, and she quickly covered her hand in fear, "Brother, you can't hit my head, you will become stupid." He rolled his eyes after hearing this, "You are not that smart!"

Tong Wenyao didn't want to talk to him anymore and quickly turned her head to look at the scenery! A rumbling sound in her stomach reminded her of the buns she had just bought. She had originally planned to eat them together when she got home, but they had been busy for so long that it was already past noon. She was fine, having eaten some Portuguese tarts, but her brother hadn't eaten anything.

"Here." Tong Wenyao sniffed the air. "What a nice smell! I know it's meat." Turning around, he saw his sister offering him a white bread bun, but he didn't take it right away. "Have you eaten it?"

"You take it, I'll eat it later. Don't worry, everyone has some!" After saying that, he took the bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"I've never thought meat buns were so delicious!" After saying this, he felt a little regretful for wasting food in the past. If he could go back to the past, he would definitely slap himself hard!

Tong Wenyao didn't know why he felt a little down while eating, so she joked, "Why, not enough food?"

After that, she cut her own bun into two halves and handed him half. She could eat something from the space, but he couldn't.

"Brother, you eat. I'm full." He raised his eyebrows and looked over, but didn't take the hand. "Save what you can't finish. Eat it when you're hungry in the afternoon."

Tong Wenyao disagreed and asked him to eat it now. Helplessly, he could only take the bun and start eating.

When she returned, every village was very poor and the children were skinny. Tong Wen Yao was in a low mood. She thought that everyone in China could have enough food to eat, and even after the zombie outbreak, they could still donate food to help them get through the difficult times.

But now that she has traveled here, although there are no zombies, she still feels a little bit sorry. She thought of the corn and potatoes in the space. Maybe she could take them out and plant them in large quantities. Then, wouldn't so many people die of hunger?

Thinking about the turmoil in the capital, and the war that would break out in a few years, when more people would die, she slapped her face, trying to stop herself from thinking too much.

It was foggy in the morning, but the sun came out in the afternoon. The weather is so changeable! They drove the ox cart into the village, and would greet strangers with a smile on their faces.

When they arrived at the end of the village, the three thatched houses had been completely renovated. Cui's mother was the first to discover their return. Seeing the bags of goods on the back of the ox cart, she couldn't help but sigh, "Sister-in-law, you are doing something big without making a fuss. You must have spent a lot of money on buying so many things!"

Tong Wenyao jumped off the ox cart and saw that Village Chief Wu was still chatting with his second uncle. She immediately called her brother to come and move the things. After seeing this, Village Chief Wu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "A lean camel is bigger than a horse. After being exiled, the Tong family still has so much money to spend on food. The younger generation is also polite and not arrogant. One day, Qianlong will definitely be freed."

He said to Tong Hong, "Since this place has been prepared, I will take my leave."

"Thank you, village chief, for bringing people to help. I'll treat you to a meal after you settle down." Tong Hong also knew that now was not the time for small talk, so after the village chief went back, he also came to move things.

After Tong Wenyao took the buns down, she rushed into the kitchen and saw them all busy. Mother Qian was wiping the table. Seeing her hurried work, she couldn't help but say, "Yao'er, you're thirsty. There's still some water in the bamboo tube." Tong Wenyao smiled smartly and said, "Mom, look what I bought." After that, she lifted the cloth from the basket, revealing the large, white meat buns inside.

Qian's mother glanced at the buns and thought of letting her daughter buy some food. She hadn't expected her to buy them, and she blamed herself for doing so. She should have gone to the county government earlier. But then she realized her daughter hadn't eaten buns since her exile, and she couldn't bring herself to criticize. Forget it, her daughter was still young. She could wait until tomorrow when she went to the market to buy food.

Tong Wenyao called Cui's mother over to eat, and also went to the backyard to call Wen Jiang and Tong Bo to eat. For a moment, the kitchen was filled with laughter and joy, sweeping away the previous haze.

Qian's mother even broke off half of the candy and handed it to her, frightening her so much that she quickly took several steps back. "Mom, I ate on the way back, you eat it." Tong Wenyao wasn't hungry at the moment, having already eaten her fill in the county. After saying that, she slipped out, fearing that Qian's mother would stuff it into her arms.

As Mother Qian ate, she looked at the large amount of food in the kitchen. No, the food didn't match the money! When she was in the capital, even if she didn't buy vegetables, she was in charge of the food and drink in the mansion, so she knew the prices. She gave Yao'er one or two taels, which could only buy about thirty kilograms of new rice. Now she couldn't afford rice either, so before Yao'er left, she asked her to buy corn, but she couldn't buy that much!

Because Tong Wenyao had run out, she didn't have time to ask, and her mind was still wandering. Meanwhile, Tong Wenyao remembered that she had just cleaned the house and still hadn't used any mosquito repellent. While thinking about this, she looked towards the woods behind to see if there was any mosquito repellent grass.

On the way there, she encountered a village child, also skinny and with yellow hair, clearly malnourished. The child looked at her timidly, sucking on his hand. Tong Wenyao frowned and asked, "Little friend, do you know where to find mugwort?" Qiu Zhen, as small as a mosquito, asked, "Who are you?"

After hearing that, she smiled and said, "You can call me Sister Yao. I just moved here." Qiu Zhen thought about when she went up the mountain today, and saw many villagers working in the thatched houses at the end of the village, so she must have just moved here.