Chapter 1 System Restart
Daqi Dynasty, Shangliu Village.
As Chao Chao stepped into the yard, a shoe with a sour smell flew towards him.
Chao Chao didn't dare to hide, so he could only shrink his head and close his eyes to take the blow. Then he carefully raised his head and timidly looked at the young woman sitting at the door of the main hall. His palm-sized face was filled with panic as he spoke in a low voice, "Mom..."
The woman pointed at the shoe that flew over with a gloomy face and said, "Bring the shoe here."
Chao Chao quickly squatted down, holding her shoes in both hands, and trotted to Zheng. Zheng snatched the shoes away and started beating her, "You dare to call me mother? You dead girl is lazy again. I asked you to pick up firewood, but you haven't found much firewood yet. You bitch won't feel comfortable if you don't get beaten for a day. I think you are doing this on purpose to irritate me."
"Mom, I, I wasn't lazy. I fell down and couldn't get up, then, then..." She hadn't eaten for a day and had no strength after falling down. It took her a long time to push the firewood away with it pressing on her body.
"You dare to talk back? You've learned to make excuses, right?" The shoe hit his body with even greater force.
Chao Chao didn't dare to speak anymore for a moment and could only protect her head with both hands. Her small body shrank slightly, and she silently endured the beatings that became heavier than the last, trying to hold back her tears.
It's okay, it's okay, she's used to it, as long as she lets out this anger, it'll be fine. It's okay, Chao Chao, just bear with it and it will pass. Chao Chao doesn't feel any pain, not at all.
Sure enough, after a while Zheng stopped panting, she let out a deep breath and put on her shoes.
However, before Chao Chao could breathe a sigh of relief, a head suddenly popped out from the wall of the next yard. A man in his twenties leaned against the wall and ate melon seeds. He said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is beating the child again, why did you stop now? Sister-in-law, you can't do it. You have no strength after just a few hits. I tell you, you can't use the sole of your shoe. There is a stick over there. It won't hurt even if you use that."
When Chao Chao heard this, he couldn't stop shaking.
Zheng looked up at the man with an unpleasant expression, "Don't meddle in our family's affairs. Don't lie on the wall and stare at our family like a thief. How my family disciplines our children is none of your business."
She gets angry when she sees the third son of the Jiang family. He stays on the wall all day long and knows every little thing that happens in her family. She is so annoyed by him.
"Sister-in-law, you really don't know how to appreciate kindness. I reminded you but you still blamed me." Jiang Lao San snorted twice, then looked at Chao Chao gloomily, "People say that evil will last for a thousand years. This little jinx is tough and can't be killed."
"Get out! I'm telling you, Jiang Laosan, if you spit the melon seed shells in my yard, I will never forgive you." As she said that, Zheng picked up a small stone on the ground and threw it at him.
Jiang Laosan quickly retracted his neck and climbed down the wall.
Zheng then retracted her gaze, turned around and saw Chao Chao, kicked her down, and said, "Useless thing, hurry up and sweep the yard and clean it up. Also, you are not allowed to eat tonight, it's a waste of food for the dead girl to be alive."
Chao Chao fell to the ground, her little hands were rubbed and bleeding, and she shrank back in pain.
She didn't dare to refute, but lowered her head, tears falling uncontrollably.
Zheng entered the kitchen, and Chao Chao carefully sat up and blew gently on the wound on her hand. She didn't have much time to feel sad, and stood up despite the pain and prepared to get the broom in the corner.
Unexpectedly, just as he stood up, a strange and unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded in his mind, "The system energy has been accumulated and is ready to start. It is estimated to take two hours..."
Chao Chao widened his eyes and looked around, but there was no one.
Why was there a sound? She clearly heard it, but there was no one around, so who was talking?
She couldn't help rubbing her head, and the voice disappeared again. She suddenly remembered the old man at the east entrance of the village who was always talking nonsense. The villagers said that he had a problem with his brain and often heard hallucinations. After a long time, he went crazy.
Could it be that... she was also hallucinating because of the beating just now? Was she also going crazy?
Chaochao was extremely scared. She touched her head with trembling hands and subconsciously looked towards the kitchen, wanting to ask Zheng what to do.
However, just as he turned around, Zheng's cursing voice came over, "What are you doing standing there, you little bitch? Do you believe I will beat you to death?"
Chao Chao didn't dare to delay any longer, nor did he care about the strange voice in his head. He quickly grabbed the broom that was much taller than himself and began to clean the yard with great effort.
When she swept to the corner of the wall, a handful of melon seed shells suddenly fell from the top of the wall next door and all fell on her hair.
Chao Chao paused for a moment, silently brushed off the melon seed shells from above his head, pursed his lips and continued sweeping the floor.
A loud laugh of "Hahahaha" came from the other side of the wall.
Chao Chao pretended not to hear and continued to do his own thing quietly.
After sweeping the floor, she put the baskets scattered around the yard into a corner, collected the clothes hung on the pole, drove the chickens and ducks that were walking around the yard back to the chicken pen, and chopped up grass for the pigs...
The little figure was busy without stopping for a moment until the sky grew darker.
There was a faint smell of meat coming from the kitchen. Zheng, Hu Laifu and their son Hu Baodun were having dinner. The three of them were talking and laughing, and the sound of slurping could be heard.
Xiao Chaochao looked over there and couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Her stomach began to growl. She quickly looked away and ran to the water tank to scoop up a bucket of water. After the cold water went down her throat, she shuddered suddenly and began to drink in small sips. She didn't dare to swallow until the water in her mouth warmed up. Although it was cold, at least she was full of water and felt a little better.
Chao Chao wiped her mouth and before she had time to rest, Zheng called her, "You silly girl, come in and wash the dishes."
Chao Chao walked into the kitchen and found that there was not even any soup left on the table.
There was hot water in the pot, but that was for Zheng's family to wash their feet. Chao Chao could only use cold water to wash dishes. She squatted on the ground and blew into her palms twice. When her slightly swollen hands were put into the cold water, she couldn't help but curl up.
As soon as the dishes were washed, Zheng asked her to bring hot water to Hu Baodun for washing his feet.
Chao Chao stepped on the small stool and added some hot water from the pot. Only then did she feel a little warmer.
She was somewhat craving for this feeling, but did not dare to delay and walked towards the main room with the foot washing water.
Hu Baodun was three years older than Chao Chao. He sat on a small stool and looked at her impatiently. When Chao Chao took off his shoes and socks and put them in the foot basin, he immediately stepped heavily on the water twice. Seeing the water splashing on Chao Chao's face, he laughed out loud, "You are so slow, you little girl really deserve to be punished. You are my child bride, you must learn to serve me since you were young. If you are so slow next time, I will push you into the water and make you drink my foot washing water."
Two hours had passed, and the system was excited to boot up. After all, it had been shut down for two years since it was bound to the host. Now it had finally saved enough energy to boot up, and was about to have a good chat with the host. Before it could open its mouth, it heard such an insulting remark, and was stunned.
Who is this? How could this little jerk talk to a child like this? What era is it that still has child brides? Where did they learn about morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor? They read too much and became sick...
Hmm? Wait, wait, something seems wrong.
The system finally realized that something seemed to be wrong. The person in front of it! Why! Is it an ancient person? !
The host it urgently bound to before shutting down was clearly a modern person, so it shouldn't have, am I remembering correctly?
Also, its host was apparently plump and chubby, but the one in front of him was skinny and pale, his clothes were tattered and very thin, his toes were exposed and covered with blood scabs, and his whole body was shivering from the cold in such cold weather.
What happened? What happened during the two years it was shut down?
The system didn't have time to think about much else and quickly went to find the cause.
It didn't make any sound, so Chao Chao naturally didn't know that the strange voice in her head almost sounded again. At this time, she finished washing Hu Baodun's feet and went out with the water.
After washing up, the three members of the Hu family returned to their room to prepare for bed, but Chao Chao still had to clean up the kitchen and neatly stack the firewood behind the stove.
Then he washed his face and feet with cold water. By the time he finished everything, it was already pitch dark outside.
Chaochao had no room, so she could only sleep in the woodshed, which was drafty on all sides and could not keep out the cold at all.
She had no bed either, just two thin wooden boards put together and covered with straw.
After a busy whole day, Chao Chao can finally take a rest.
She exhaled, lay down on the straw, and covered herself with a thin, worn sheet, and then laid two more layers of straw on top of the sheet. Only in this way could she avoid freezing to death in the night.
But despite this, she still shivered when she lay down to sleep.
At this moment, the system, which knew all the causes and consequences, was about to fall apart when it saw the little host curled up in a ball!
After two years, I, Hu Hansan, am back again.
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(End of this chapter)
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