Chapter 319 Starting Point

The winter nights are so cold that even if I wrap myself in a quilt, it still can’t resist the cold. Outside the window, the shadows of the trees are swaying constantly, and the cold wind blows past, leaving the world desolate.

Boom, boom…

Lu Erniang turned around irritably and pretended not to hear.

The knocks on the door became louder and louder.

She was so disturbed that she sat up straight, rubbed her hair irritably, and shouted loudly in a bad tone.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's soul-calling..."

When I opened the door, I saw a thin young man standing at the door with cold eyes.

"It's already daybreak, but you're still sleeping. You're just as lazy as me. You can't get through this day. Get up quickly. If you don't get up soon, all the firewood on the mountain will be chopped down by others."

Lu Erniang rolled her eyes when she heard this.

"Who goes to chop wood before dawn? It's winter now, you little rascal..."

Lu Erniang saw Chen Shiyi staring at her with cold eyes, which frightened her so much that she felt a chill on her back, even though the winter weather was much colder.

She gritted her teeth fiercely, put on a thick, worn cotton coat, tidied her hair, tied it into a bun behind her head, and went out of the door. The cold wind made her shiver. She took a machete from the woodshed, rolled up a rope, and prepared to go out. After a moment of hesitation, she went into the kitchen to get a hurricane lamp.

Seeing this, Chen Shiyi took the typhoon lamp from her hand.

"Why are you being so fussy when you're just chopping wood? It's already daybreak outside, why are you still turning on the lights? Isn't that a waste of oil? You really don't know how precious firewood, rice, oil and salt are."

Lu Er Niang looked at the dark sky outside. This little beast raised by a bitch was going out in the dark. If he fell, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She wants to kill herself!

One night two months ago, she came out from somewhere unknown.

His body was wounded, and his clothes were stained bright red.

She told herself that she had committed a serious crime and was now wanted by the court. If she did not cover for her, she would report to the authorities. After all, it was a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her clan, and if they had to die, everyone would die together. She had to take care of it herself.

From that day on, Lu Erniang began to live like this.

"Hurry up, stop dawdling and see who is the same as you."

Faced with Chen Shiyi's urging, she stepped out helplessly.

Lu Erniang had been to the forest behind the village countless times, but this was the first time she went there in the dark.

On the ridge of a field beside the forest, two people were walking, one in front and one behind. Lu Erniang stumbled several times on the road and almost fell. She wanted to curse, but when she saw Chen Shiyi's cold eyes behind her, she closed her mouth subconsciously.

When we reached the forest, the sky in the east was just beginning to turn pale.

It is not allowed to cut down trees in the forest, but there are many bushes of small weeds in the mountains, which can be burned after being dried in the sun.

Lu Erniang was chopping wood hard, and Chen Shiyi was standing aside, watching quietly.

She raised her eyes and said angrily.

"You said you committed a crime, so you committed a crime. Why did you come back to trouble an old woman like me?"

Chen Shiyi chuckled.

"Where are your two obedient sons?"

Lu Erniang was stunned, and she, who was usually sharp-tongued, stopped talking.

"You've split up, right? Look, you live in a brick and tile house, and when I kill a chicken, I don't even give you a sip of soup, tsk tsk..."

Chen Shiyi watched with interest as Lu Erniang's face turned purple.

She continued.

"Last time, you came to Kyoto, but you ran away halfway. You only fulfilled two of your three wishes, but the last one, to be extremely wealthy, has not been fulfilled yet. I, Chen Shiyi, hate to owe others anything, so I'm back to fulfill your wish."

When Lu Erniang heard this, her face became even uglier.

What's the point of having so much wealth? Even though you are in such a state, you are still thinking of ways to make trouble for others.

She said this a few months ago. As a result, she asked my mother to chop wood every day, saying that if I was not diligent, how could I realize my wish?

How come this little bastard didn’t die outside?

Chen Shiyi looked at Lu Erniang and smiled.

"Don't worry. You raised me when I was young, and I will take care of you when you are old. I am a person who always acts with conscience. I will let you have a complete old age."

Lu Erniang looked embarrassed and did not dare to stop chopping wood.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and people gradually came to the mountain.

An old lady saw Lu Erniang chopping wood, while the young man standing next to her was sitting on a leaning tree branch, not moving at all, looking very relaxed and comfortable.

"Second Mother, I've never seen you up so early, you're so diligent. Who is this?"

Lu Erniang forced a smile.

"This is the son of my uncle's wife's nephew's great-grandmother's grandson's cousin's grandson. There was famine at home, so he came to me for help."

The aunt said doubtfully.

"I've never heard that you have an uncle, and we don't have much contact with each other."

Lu Erniang explained hurriedly.

"Of course, of course..."

Then the aunt suddenly realized.

"What's your name?"

Lu Erniang blinked and quickly looked at Chen Shiyi.

"My last name is Yun."

After hearing Chen Shiyi's answer, Lu Erniang quickly took over and replied with a smile.

"Ah, yes, the last name is Yun, the last name is Yun..."

The aunt was still very confused.

"Then there's no name. Why don't you even tell me your name?"

Lu Erniang thought, if you don't tell me quickly, I'll be exposed soon.

Chen Shiyi spoke slowly.

"Auntie, you can just call me Xiaoyun. That's what everyone used to call me."

"He is so thin and weak, it's pitiful."

Chen Shiyi said with a smile.

"Auntie, don't worry, my aunt will take good care of me."

The aunt said meaningfully.

"It's still unclear who will take care of whom."

"Really?"

Chen Shiyi stared at Lu Erniang seriously.

Lu Erniang pulled the corners of her mouth with difficulty and forced a smile.

When he was about to go back, Chen Shiyi looked at the two shabby bundles of firewood and couldn't help laughing.

"How come you cut so little? The aunts next to you came later than you and did more than you. Were you lazy?"

Lu Erniang complained endlessly.

"I didn't, can't you see I've been doing it!"

Chen Shiyi shook his head.

"I didn't see it."

When Lu Erniang heard this, she was furious. She threw the firewood to the ground, put her hands on her hips and wanted to curse.

Before she could finish her words, she saw a shiny dagger in Chen Shiyi's hand, turning it into pieces.

Lu Erniang swallowed her saliva, closed her mouth and acted like a quail, then resigned herself to doing her job.

Chen Shiyi is almost done.

"You're so slow. Go back and cook. I'm hungry."

Inside the house, Chen Shiyi looked at the rice porridge in the bowl and stared at Lu Erniang with a complicated expression.

"Why is there only porridge? I saw some bacon hanging in the kitchen. Why don't you want to give it to me?"

Lu Erniang suppressed her temper.

"Tonight."

Chen Shiyi snorted.

"That's good enough. After dinner, I'll wash the clothes."

Lu Erniang couldn't help but ask.

"You changed your clothes yesterday, why did you change them again today?"

"Why, you don't want to wash?"

"You have to boil water, and you have to fetch water, and burning firewood wastes firewood, this..."

"Then wash with cold water."

Lu Erniang screamed.

"You want me to wash with cold water in the middle of winter?"

Chen Shiyi asked in confusion.

"What's wrong? Is it not okay? I washed like this when I was a kid, and I didn't freeze to death."

Lu Erniang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, okay, I'll wash it. Is it okay if I wash it?"

"That's right. Don't quarrel over such trivial matters. It's not good to hurt the harmony. Besides, what's wrong with washing with cold water? It's just a few frostbites. At most, it will itch and hurt a little, but it won't kill you. It's no big deal. There's no need to make a fuss."

Lu Erniang cursed viciously in her heart, "This little bitch, if you want to die, just do it quickly instead of coming back to harm me."