Lin Yiwan's mother gave Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan a deep look. "You two must remember her lesson. Before you get your marriage certificate, don't do anything with a man, or you'll be the ones who suffer. Men can just walk away, but women can't."
Lin Yiwan was a time traveler from the 21st century, so she didn't care about such things. However, she didn't want to argue with her traditional mother, so she nodded and said, "Mom, don't worry! I won't have anything to do with him before we get married."
Wenxi nodded gratefully, "Thank you for reminding me, Auntie. I will learn from this lesson and protect myself in the future."
Society is quite harsh on women. When both men and women commit the same mistake, only women are blamed, never men, and women ultimately bear the bitter consequences alone.
Qian Chenggong married someone else and had four children, a son and a daughter, and nothing happened to him. He probably forgot about the woman who gave birth to his daughter long ago.
Donghua's mother, however, was separated from her daughter. On her wedding night, it was discovered that she wasn't a first-time mother. After all, women who have given birth are somewhat different, and men can tell. Perhaps her husband would despise her and beat her at every turn, or perhaps he would retaliate by finding someone else outside the marriage...
All this misfortune stemmed from the fact that when she was dating Qian Chenggong, she had already given herself away and had a child before they were even married.
Times have changed, and people's thoughts have changed. No one in this era can accept such a thing.
"Auntie, thank you. I have something to do, so I'll head back now." After gaining a basic understanding of Donghua's situation, Wenxi bid farewell to Lin Yiwan and her mother.
Besides, everyone has already finished work and will be coming back for dinner soon. She can't stay at Lin Yiwan's house any longer!
When they arrived at the door, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue had just returned, and the three of them went inside together.
During the meal, seeing Wen Xi looking preoccupied, Shen Jiaojiao asked worriedly, "Xiao Xi, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Wen Xi shook her head and lowered her head to eat, not saying much about Donghua, because she hadn't thought of a good solution yet.
If she hadn't encountered it herself, it wouldn't have mattered, but since she did, and the system even instructed her to save Donghua, she naturally couldn't ignore it.
As for how to manage her, she hasn't figured it out yet. As for adopting Donghua, she'd better forget about it. Donghua is still a child herself, and she has too many secrets. She's not suitable to live with someone else.
Now that there are no bamboo shoots to pick, Wenxi asked Shen Jiaojiao, Jiang Yue, Zhao Yuanyuan, and Zhao Huihui to collect snails for her. However, snails have more shells than meat, and it takes five catties of snails to get one catty of meat. If they are dried, they will probably only have half a catty left. Therefore, the price of snails is two cents per catty.
Although the price is low, the volume is large, so the four of them can still make money.
People would find it strange if they saw them picking snails in the rice paddies and ditches every day, so Wenxi told them to tell others that they were picking snails to feed their chickens. After all, they raised chickens and their food needs were quite high, so crushing the snails to feed the chickens would make sense.
As long as I don't tell everyone the truth, it's fine.
It's already very hot at noon, so it's not suitable to go out. Therefore, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue don't go out at noon, but instead go out to collect snails in the morning and evening.
However, Wenxi was worried about Donghua, who was alone in the mountains, so while Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue went back to their room to rest, she slipped into the system kitchen, cooked a pot of rice porridge, scooped out a portion in a lunchbox, peeled an egg and put it in, then stirred the egg with a spoon. That's how she made a bowl of egg porridge.
There's a time difference between the system kitchen and the outside, so while Wenxi only needs a few minutes to go in, a long time has already passed inside.
Then Wenxi took the basket and went out.
When we arrived at the place where we had met Donghua, we saw that she was still leaning there, but she was in much better condition than before and was no longer as lifeless as she had been.
Wenxi handed the egg porridge and spoon to Donghua. Donghua probably had never eaten her fill before, and she had almost died of hunger just now. She couldn't eat anything else, only rice porridge.
Moreover, rice porridge is not a delicacy that every family can afford!
Wenxi didn't know how to help Donghua. Donghua lived with her grandparents and her father and stepmother didn't care about her. If Wenxi gave her anything, it would definitely end up in the hands of Donghua's grandparents or her half-siblings. Wenxi had nothing to do with those people and didn't want to offer them any help.
"Donghua, I heard you're living with your grandparents now. Do you want to continue living with them in the future?" To help Donghua, she must leave that family; otherwise, no amount of help will help her.
Because whether it's supplies or food, her family will take it all away, and she won't get a chance.
Looking at Donghua's thin and bony appearance, it was clear that Donghua couldn't even afford coarse grains at home, let alone water to fill her stomach. Even the poorest families could at least get enough water to fill their stomachs.
Upon hearing this, Donghua's hand holding the spoon trembled, and her eyes quickly filled with tears. "Sister, I don't want to go home. My grandfather always glares at me with a terrifying look. My grandmother hits and scolds me with a broom if she's even slightly unhappy. She doesn't give me food, only a small sweet potato a day. They also make me sleep on the floor of the woodshed and won't give me a bath..."
Wenxi was surprised when she lifted Donghua's tattered sleeve and saw bruises all over her arm. A strong anger flashed in her eyes. She wished she could torture the old couple to death.
That family of theirs is utterly unworthy of being human.
The mother had already given birth to the child, and they insisted on breaking them up. Now they treat the child like this. If they can't accept her, why didn't they let the mother raise the child herself in the first place?
Even if life is tough for a child living with their mother, they won't suffer like this. Even if they have to beg, it's still better than living with grandparents, father, or stepmother with whom they have no affection!
Wen Xi sighed helplessly, "Donghua, you still have to go back tonight. Otherwise, if they don't see you until tomorrow or the day after, they'll definitely be even angrier and beat you even harder. If they beat you when you get back tonight, run to Captain Qian's house and tell him everything they did to you..."
"After you finish eating, hide the lunchbox in the bushes. I'll come back to pick it up tomorrow. Wait for me under the big tree at the village entrance before dawn tomorrow morning." Wenxi said this and turned to leave.
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