Chapter 5 I'm so damn damned
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at him closely now; the little child was covered in dust.
Her clothes had several tears, and her little hands and feet were so black that their original color was no longer visible.
Only then did I realize that the boy's leg was injured, and it was now wrapped in rags, with blood seeping from the wound.
Jiang Nuanzhi was startled and immediately picked him up and carried him into the house.
"Hey, you bad woman, let me go! Let me go!"
Li Xiaoer struggled desperately.
Jiang Nuanzhi held his little hand down: "Stop making a fuss, be good, or I'll kiss you."
These words were incredibly effective; the moment they were spoken, the little guy froze completely in my arms.
Jiang Nuanzhi successfully carried him into the house.
"Little sister!"
Upon entering the room, Li Xiao'er saw his unconscious younger sister, and his eyes immediately welled up with tears. He began to struggle desperately, kicking and biting.
Jiang Nuanzhi was afraid of aggravating his wound, so she put him down.
"You damned woman! I'll fight you to the death! What did you do to my little sister?!"
Then he charged at me with all his might.
With a thud, he was bounced away by a thick layer of fat on Jiang Nuanzhi's belly.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
This amount of fat is actually quite good.
"Hey, stop!" Seeing the little boy who had been bounced to the ground and was now attacking wildly again, Jiang Nuanzhi immediately restrained him: "Calm down, calm down, take a deep breath."
"Waaaaah, I'm going to kill you, little sister!!! Brother, where are you! Come back here!"
Jiang Nuanzhi, unable to bear it any longer, pinched the child's squealing mouth shut.
"Your sister isn't dead, she's just asleep!"
Seeing that the little boy had calmed down a bit, Jiang Nuanzhi spoke.
"Go try it and see, she's still breathing. Also, that strange auntie by the door is sleeping too. Her nose was bleeding, and I just stopped it for her. I didn't kill anyone, I'm a good person. Hey? Should I wipe the drool from her mouth? She might actually choke to death."
Just then, we heard a cry of pain from outside the door.
Jiang Nuanzhi hurriedly carried Li Xiaoer to the kitchen, only to find that Chun Tao had already stood up.
Jiang Nuanzhi perked up and looked at Li Xiaoer, "See? See? I didn't lie to you."
Then, as if she had seen a ghost, Chun Tao got up and stumbled as she ran outside.
"Help! Murder! Jiang Pangya has murdered someone!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
"It seems she doesn't need me to wipe the foam off her anymore."
Realizing what was happening too late, she released her grip on Li Xiaoer's mouth.
"Kid, you'll believe I'm a good person, right?"
Li Xiaoer: "."
Jiang Nuanzhi coughed twice, and the two of them remained silent for a moment.
Li Xiao'er found an opportunity, broke free from her embrace, and jumped onto the heated kang like a rabbit. After checking his sister's breathing and finding that she was really asleep, he hugged her, tears streaming down his face.
It wasn't a loud cry, but a low, suppressed sob.
Jiang Nuanzhi felt a strange unease in her heart. She coughed awkwardly and then stuffed the pastries she had packed back today into his hands.
"Stop crying, have something to eat."
Li Xiaoer didn't even look at it.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I also have some 'exquisite wine' meat that I brought back from the restaurant today as a gift. Um, it's sweet and sour pork. I packed it up for you guys. You can have it, just leave two pieces for your older brother and younger sister each."
Li Xiaoer continued to sob.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I bought this fabric to make socks, but how about I make you a vest?"
Li Xiaoer: "Waaaaah!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I also bought some wine, but you can't drink it."
"Waaaaah"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
She's really bad at comforting children; all she knows how to do is give birth to babies—oh, no, give birth to babies to animals.
Just then, a roar suddenly came from next door.
"Jiang Pangya, don't go too far! Why are you hitting the child in the middle of the night? It's like slaughtering a pig, don't you let people get any sleep?"
"That's right, I've put up with you for too long! I beat you every day! The Li family official will be here in a couple of days. How can you treat someone else's kin like this? Let's see how he deals with you!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
So, neighbors in ancient times also complained?
"Hey, do you have any relatives who are high-ranking officials?"
Jiang Nuanzhi felt a chill run down her spine.
Li Xiaoer ignored him and continued to shed tears.
"Hey, little darling, stop crying. If you really want to cry, can you start a fire for me first? You're not afraid of the cold, but your sister is."
Li Xiaoer sobbed softly as he struggled to his feet, dragging his crippled leg to sit in front of the stove and pick up the flint.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at the thin child, who was barely taller than the stove, and then at his lame leg.
He slapped himself in the face.
I'm so damn stupid.
The flint seemed to work exceptionally well in the little guy's hands, and it lit up in no time.
Jiang Nuanzhi's eyes sparkled: "Little devil, you're really great."
After saying that, she carefully picked up Li Xiaoer and placed him on the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Stay with your sister for a while. If you get hungry, help yourself to some snacks. I'll be back in a bit."
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving Li Xiaoer, who was so impressed by her praise that he was questioning his existence, bewildered and alone.
Ancient Kui City is indeed quite cold. Located in the northernmost part of the Great Wilderness, the heated brick beds are mostly kept burning, except for the two or three months of summer. Not to mention now, when the ground is still frozen.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked around and saw that the firewood in the house was all thin branches. She filled two or three handfuls and that was it.
The large baskets in the yard were neatly filled with chopped firewood.
In the original owner's memories, she would go to light the fire for the second young master's kang (heated brick bed) every morning and evening. This firewood was probably prepared by her for that precious second young master to use for heating the fire the next day.
Jiang Nuanzhi recalled the powerful male protagonist in the original book, whose image was mostly filled with unsightly scenes. After hesitating for a second, she carried in a large basket of firewood and slowly started burning it.
She didn't have time to care about male or female leads.
Right now, the most important thing is not to freeze to death; everything else is just empty talk.
Water was filled into the large iron pot, and in no time the water was warm enough.
Jiang Nuanzhi washed away the colorful stains on her face and finally felt alive again.
She picked up a mirror to look at her face and couldn't help but twitch her lips.
To be honest, she used to be a beauty. Every young man in the surrounding villages would stare at her with wide eyes. Now, suddenly being in this body, she's really not used to it.
To be honest, if you look closely at this chubby girl, her skin is really good, and her facial features are somewhat similar to hers before. She probably won't be ugly if she loses weight.
The thought flashed through her mind, and Jiang Nuanzhi put down the mirror, wrung out a hot towel, and went into the room.
At this moment, Li Xiaoer protected his younger sister as if she were a chick.
Jiang Nuanzhi restrained him and quickly wiped his dirty little hands.
She then poured a cool cloth over him and carefully wiped his face.
Li Xiaoer was struggling at first, but then he froze and let Jiang Nuanzhi wipe his face.
After wiping it clean, Jiang Nuanzhi carefully applied a layer of oil before letting out a sigh of relief.
"That bastard can really lay a hand on a child? That must have hurt so much. I should have slapped him a couple more times."
Li Xiaoer paused for a moment, looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with a strange expression for a while, and then pursed her lips.
"It's alright, it doesn't hurt as much as when you hit me with the cane."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "..."
She finally spoke, but unfortunately, not a single word she said was something she wanted to hear.
She stared at him for a long while, then suddenly said sincerely, "I'm sorry, I was a jerk before, I was out of my mind. If God gave me another chance, I would never do that again, and I will never hit you again!"
(End of this chapter)
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