Chapter 25 The Bitterness of the Bottom

It was early morning when Wen Zhiheng woke up, and he heard a slight sound of dragging outside the yard.

He was sleeping in his clothes, and when he got up and looked outside, he saw that Chen Shiyi had put a lot of bamboo outside the yard.

"Master, can you help me get these bamboo joints untied?"

Wen Zhiheng was surprised at first, and then felt a little surprised.

She was finally willing to talk to herself.

Today, she casually braided her hair and let it hang in front of her chest. She didn't wear the new clothes she wore yesterday.

He walked forward quickly.

"Of course you can."

He inserted a thin bamboo into the bamboo that needed to be opened. It was not tiring, but it required a little arm strength. For him, it was very easy.

He saw Chen Shiyi wrapping his palms with cloth and asked in confusion.

"What are you going to do by opening up the bamboo joints?"

"Get some water."

Without even looking up, Chen Shiyi used a knife to cut off the excess branches of the bamboo and replied crisply.

Wen Zhiheng thought, what a heartless person, he just ignored me after he had used up all the money.

For several days, Wen Zhiheng hadn't seen Chen Shiyi.

If it weren't for the clean and tidy yard at home, the abundant firewood under the eaves, the clean clothes, and the warm meals, he really thought Chen Shiyi had left.

No one knows what she is doing.

She was isolated from the entire Wen family.

Wen Zhiheng felt that Chen Shiyi was a little too angry, but he didn't understand that the Chen Shiyi in Fengming Mine was no different from the Chen Shiyi in Xiangyang Village. They both worked hard to support others, and no one would remember her.

And she had treated Lu Erniang's family in the same way before.

Wen Zhiheng was just like her biological father. She hoped to get some warmth from him, but the results were always disappointing.

The red hair rope could not be tied on her head after all.

When the mountain spring water was brought into the courtyard, everyone knew what she had done.

Chen Shiyi dug a ditch in the courtyard, and the mountain spring water fell into the ditch and led directly to the stream outside the courtyard.

It can be used to obtain water and also make the courtyard cool, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Wen Zhiyuan looked at the incoming water and found it simply unbelievable.

"Eleven, you are amazing. You have accomplished such a big thing without making any noise in these few days."

Chen Shiyi cleaned up the remaining work at a leisurely pace.

"The barrel was lost, and it was inconvenient to get water, so I thought of a permanent solution."

Wen Zhiyuan curiously walked around the bamboo where the water came out, asking questions again and again.

“How are the bamboos in the mountains treated?”

"Buried in the ground."

"During the flood season, the water flow is too strong and the impact cannot be underestimated. What should we do if we are washed away?"

"I built three buffer zones and used bamboo and wood to support the steep areas to reduce the impact of the water flow."

Wen Zhiyuan praised generously.

"Eleven, if you were a man, you would definitely have a place in the Ministry of Works."

Chen Shiyi said without being surprised by the insult.

"This is just life experience, there is no need to exaggerate."

Wen Zhiheng stood aside, looking at Chen Shiyi quietly, with a smile on his face and a sparkling light in his eyes.

Wen Zhirou walked to Wen Zhiheng's side.

"Brother, are you and Eleven having a conflict?"

"no."

"She is your maidservant. You are always used to her temper. Recently, everyone you look at is not a face or a nose."

"She's been in trouble recently and is in a bad mood. You and mother should be more considerate of her."

"We have never blamed her. She is yours. We dare not say anything, let alone scold her. How can we treat her?"

"You seem to have a lot of grievances against her. You and Rui'er were very close to her before."

Wen Zhirou turned her head away uncomfortably.

"Of course I will never forget her life-saving grace, but she has a strange personality and doesn't talk to us often. She keeps to herself and doesn't tell us when something happens. It's really hard to get along with her."

"When she talks to us, no matter what she says, conversations that are not on the same level are always unfair and can easily hurt people. Maybe she is more comfortable this way."

"She ignored you, too."

"Well, I did something wrong before and hurt her feelings."

"What is it?"

Wen Zhiheng pressed his head.

"It's better for you not to know."

After finishing all this, the vegetables in the vegetable garden had been planted, and Chen Shiyi finally had time to go to town.

She had only a few copper plates left.

The gardenias were gradually withering, so she picked a few that looked good, rolled them into a bouquet, and went back to the town.

On the mass grave, she placed the pure white gardenias in front of Nanzhi's grave.

After so many busy days, the fear and sadness that Chen Shiyi wanted to forget were brought back to him at this moment.

"Nanzhi, you won't be lonely. I will come to see you often in the future."

Ping'an Town is as lively as ever.

She suddenly remembered that the Dragon Boat Festival had passed and she had forgotten to celebrate it.

Yes, celebrating the holidays costs too much and they can’t afford it for the time being.

"eleven."

Suddenly someone called my name from behind.

Chen Shiyi turned around and saw Xue Lianxing standing on the street behind him. His figure seemed even thinner than before.

"Brother Xue."

Xue Lianxing nodded and motioned Chen Shiyi to go with him.

"Thank you for helping me bury Nanzhi properly."

Chen Shiyi was very sorry.

"I waited a long time for you on the day I buried her."

Xue Lianxing smiled bitterly.

"She wouldn't want me to come visit her, especially when she's at her worst."

"What is your relationship with Nanzhi?"

"She is my biological sister."

Chen Shiyi looked incredulous.

"She is your biological sister, and you live in the same town. Why don't you come to see her?"

"It was her request not to see her."

"What does that mean?"

"We were children from a wealthy family. When I was fourteen, my master's family implicated me and exiled me with my whole family. My mother died of illness during the exile, and my father died of grief over my mother's departure. I was very ill at the time, and in order to keep me alive, Nanzhi sold herself and entered a brothel. I strongly disagreed at the time. Even though she was very ill, I still wanted to lock her in the house and not let her go out. In the end, I still couldn't stop her. At that time, she left the money she earned from selling her body and a letter of severance."

"Later, I looked for her many times, but she chased me out fiercely. I knew she didn't want me to see her like this, and she also hoped that I could live well."

"Later, when I got married and had children, she was even more reluctant to acknowledge me as her brother, fearing that her reputation would affect me."

"I think it is her wish that I live a good life, so I should live a good life and not let her down."

Chen Shiyi burst into tears after hearing this.

"Nanzhi, she's so nice."