Chapter 60 I Like the Way You Can’t Stand Me But Can’t Get Rid of Me
There are fewer people picking wild vegetables here than when she came here, but you can still see a few swaying figures.
Everyone was busy looking for wild vegetables and no one paid attention to her, which was perfect as it saved her a lot of trouble.
As a result, things did not go as planned. Just when Shang Ruoting thought she had passed the test, she heard someone shouting behind her.
"Everyone, look! Shang Ruoting has picked so many water celery."
Shang Ruoting turned around and looked at the person who was shouting, and couldn't help but complain in her heart, it's true that she would run into enemies as soon as she went out.
The person who just shouted that sentence was Mrs. Zhang San.
She arrived late today and searched for more than an hour, but didn't find many wild vegetables. Just as she was about to go back, she looked up and saw Shang Ruoting's full backpack.
Those who were still looking for wild vegetables heard the shouting and stood up to look at Shang Ruoting.
In fact, although wild vegetables here can be said to be shared by everyone, not everyone is as short-sighted as Mrs. Zhang San.
After all, they were also digging wild vegetables themselves. If the wild vegetables they dug were said to be collectively owned, no one would be willing to come here and waste time.
"Ruoting, I've been digging all morning and haven't found any wild vegetables. Where did you find this water celery? Can you tell me?"
Shang Ruoting was not disgusted by such inquiries. She was better than someone like Zhang Sansao who was jealous of other people's things.
"Aunt Chen, the wild vegetables were found by the stream past the pine forest on the mountain." Shang Ruoting patiently told the other party the location.
When Aunt Chen heard that Shang Ruoting had gone to the other end of the pine forest, her face suddenly became tense.
"Ruoting, you're lucky you didn't encounter any danger this time. Don't go there again. If you run into a wild boar just to pick some wild vegetables, you're doomed!"
Shang Ruoting knew that Fourth Aunt Chen meant well: "I understand, Fourth Aunt Chen. I will try not to go there in the future."
A middle-aged woman next to her was also worried about Shang Ruoting when she heard that she had gone so far.
"Ruoting, I know your family is having a hard time right now. If you really have no food to eat, I can lend you some. You can pay me back at the end of the year."
"Yes, Ruoting, everyone knows that it's not easy for you. Don't take risks in the mountains in the future."
"Yes, yes, yes. You are young and don't know. In the past few years, several people in our village were attacked by wild boars."
Shang Ruoting felt a warmth in her heart as she listened to these people's heartfelt advice.
Of course, Mrs. Zhang San, who was beaten up twice by Shang Ruoting, didn't think so. She didn't care whether Shang Ruoting was in danger or not. She was only thinking about the things in her backpack.
Shang Ruoting could catch a glimpse of her out of the corner of her eye and knew that she had ill intentions towards her.
But she pretended not to see it and turned to walk towards the other women.
She put the backpack on the ground, grabbed a handful of water celery and handed it to Aunt Chen Si: "Aunt, I dug a lot of water celery today, I'll bring these back for you to try."
After saying this, without even looking at Aunt Chen Si's attitude, she grabbed a handful for each of the others, and did not stop until the hazel mushrooms underneath were exposed.
Then she gave each of them some hazel mushrooms, leaving just enough to cover the pheasants and the fish.
Everyone took the water celery and hazel mushrooms given by Shang Ruoting, but when they saw that only hazel mushrooms were left in her backpack, they all sent some water celery back to her.
"Ruoting, thank you, Auntie. Don't give us all your water celery. Keep some for yourself."
"Yes, we are content with just a few. You can take these back."
"Ruoting, sister-in-law didn't want these water celery and hazel mushrooms for nothing. I'll send some food to your home later."
"Yes, yes, yes. I still have a lot of cabbages at home. I'll send you a few later."
Shang Ruoting looked at the enthusiastic women and thought, this is what a big family should look like.
She did not refuse everyone's kindness, and she tidied up the basket and put it on her back again: "Everyone, please don't be polite. We live in the same village, so it's only natural that we look after each other."
After saying that, she turned around and prepared to go back.
"Shang Ruoting, stop!" Mrs. Zhang shouted in a shrill voice.
Shang Ruoting paused but did not look back.
"Shang Ruoting, you gave them water celery and hazel mushrooms, why didn't you give me any? We're from the same village, why are we treated differently?"
"Haha...don't you know your own moral character?"
After saying that, she walked away with her head held high...
Mrs. Zhang San looked at Shang Ruoting's back as she walked away, and she was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
However, having learned from the previous two lessons, she really didn't dare to provoke Shang Ruoting too much and could only curse her in her heart.
Anyway, Shang Ruoting couldn't hear her cursing, so she wouldn't take it to heart for someone who only dared to say harsh words in her heart.
Others have their mouths on them, so as long as they don't provoke her in person, she will ignore them. The most important thing now is to live her life well. As for the rest, they are all clouds...
My emperor said it well: I like the way you can't stand me but can't get rid of me.
Now, this is Shang Ruoting’s attitude towards those scumbags.
Just as she walked out of the sight of those women and not far from the reed marsh, Shang Ruoting faintly heard a cry for help.
"Help... Help... Someone fell into the water..."
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