The oxcart was already crowded. As soon as Yao Tongjia got on, someone urged, "Old Xiao, hurry up, hurry up, there's still a lot of work to do at home!"
Old Xiao looked back at the oxcart and saw that it was indeed too small to fit anyone: "If you have something to do, don't come out. You're just an old woman, so have your daughter-in-law and the others come."
Granny Ma spat to the side: "These young people know what to buy, and they're wasting their money!"
Those who heard this immediately turned their heads away, refusing to look at Granny Ma's face. Granny Ma was notoriously mean-spirited; she had three daughters-in-law, all of whom she controlled perfectly.
But her son was spoiled rotten. It's true that your own child is a treasure, while other people's children are worthless. Luckily, she doesn't have a daughter, otherwise she would be the subject of gossip.
However, these are all other people's family matters, and no one would be so tactless as to bring them up. Their daughters-in-law are all putting up with it, so who would be willing to stand up for them?
Someone saw Yao Tongjia carrying a basket on her back, reached out and rummaged through it, finding only a few bones inside. They immediately looked down on her, saying, "Yao family girl, what are you doing buying a few bones? You don't even have a dog!"
What does this mean? Does it mean that those who eat bones are like dogs?
Yao Tongjia wouldn't tolerate her: "Aunt Feng, what do you mean? Are you implying that people who buy bones are all dogs?"
Several people immediately glared at Aunt Feng with hostility. Yao Tongjia had already seen it, and some of them were holding bones.
Aunt Feng immediately smiled apologetically: "I didn't say that, I just said you don't have a dog!"
"You mean the bones you bought are only for dogs?"
"I didn't mean that, Miss Yao. You have a sharp tongue; be careful you won't be able to get married!"
"Aunt Feng, watch your mouth! She's already married off to Dr. Xiao's son. Be careful, or Dr. Xiao might refuse to treat you next time!"
"How dare she? She's our village doctor, how dare she refuse to treat me?!"
"Whether you treat a patient with care or not, and whether the medicine tastes bitter or sweet, it all depends on your attitude!"
These words silenced Aunt Feng: "I only said one sentence, and you've said so much already. I won't say anything more, okay?"
That topic was put aside. In the following time, Yao Tongjia put the basket in front of her and pretended to be dozing off while holding it.
In fact, she submerged her consciousness into the space, and when she was almost at the door, she released ten catties of pork, a 50-catty bag of flour, and a bag of rice.
Although it will be heavy, she can have pork dumplings tonight, so what does this little bit of weight matter? Just thinking about it made her mouth water.
When the oxcart arrived at the village, Yao Tongjia saw an unexpected person at the village entrance: Xiao Gengwu. At this moment, Xiao Gengwu looked like a statue, with unfocused eyes and a blank expression!
Yao Tongjia was startled and hurriedly went to meet him, carrying her basket: "Brother Xiao, what are you doing here? Does Master know?"
Upon hearing Yao Tongjia's voice, Xiao Gengwu seemed to spring back to life from a malfunction, his eyes shining as he looked at Yao Tongjia: "Where have you been?"
Yao Tongjia sensed immense grievance in his words. She felt a pang of guilt, realizing that she had indeed left without informing Xiao Gengwu.
Hmm! For no apparent reason, Yao Tongjia felt like a parent who had sneaked out and came home to a child complaining bitterly. Thinking about this, she couldn't help but laugh: "I'm going to buy some delicious food. We're having meat tonight!"
While no one was paying attention, Yao Tongjia put ten catties of pork into her basket. Seeing that everyone else was going home, she handed the basket to Xiao Gengwu: "Wait for me!"
Yao Tongjia ran to a secluded spot in the woods, took out a bag of flour and a bag of rice, each weighing 50 jin (25 catties), and thought it would be very difficult for her to lift the bags.
Unexpectedly, she was able to lift one in each hand with ease, which surprised Yao Tongjia. Was she a strongman?
Was the original owner of this body a strongman, or was she a strongman in the past? Yao Tongjia was very confused. In modern times, she had hardly ever lifted anything, so she really didn't know whether she was strong or weak.
When Xiao Gengwu saw Yao Tongjia carrying two bags, he ran over to help, but he couldn't lift either bag, which frustrated him.
Yao Tongjia comforted him, "You can help carry the basket. There are ten pounds of pork inside. We'll be relying on it for meat tonight!"
This brought a smile back to Xiao Gengwu's face. Before the two of them had even reached the other end of the village, Yao Ma and Xiao Yan came looking for them: "Why did you buy so many things? You must be exhausted."
The two mothers quickly offered to take the bag, one of them at a time, but Yao Tongjia suggested, "Why don't the two of you carry one bag of rice, and I'll take the other?"
Xiao Yan, remembering that she was still a little weak and knowing that her apprentice was worried about her mother, immediately accepted the suggestion: "Yan Yan, let's get a bag. We need to get home quickly, it won't look good if someone sees us!"
You can tell from the outside that these are rice and flour; if people see them, it'll be a topic of conversation. But Aunt Yao is worried: "You just came back in an oxcart? Did someone see these things?"
"Mother, Master, don't worry. I'll have someone deliver the goods to me. I'll wait until everyone else leaves before I go to the woods to get them. No one will see me!"
"Really no one saw anything?" Yao's mother was a little doubtful. The village was too small, and any little thing that happened would be exaggerated by people.
This group of orphans and widows was really not suited to being high-profile, so Yao Tongjia nodded firmly: "Don't worry, absolutely no one saw us, don't worry!"
These words put everyone at ease. Back in the courtyard, Yao Tongxu staggered out: "Sister's back?"
Yao Tongjia was touched by her younger brother's concern for her. She put down her things, helped him sit down, and poured him a glass of water, which was actually a glass of spiritual spring water from her space.
When Yao Tongxu saw his sister hand him water, his eyes and brows were filled with an unconcealed smile: "Thank you, sister!"
Seeing the good relationship between the siblings, Yao's mother was very happy: "Tongtong, keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't spill water!"
Yao Tongxu was a little unhappy: "Mom, I can sit still now, so stop bringing up the time I was watering the plants!"
Yao Tongxu has been confined at home. Although he is 15 years old like Yao Tongjia, he has a more naive and innocent personality.
Aunt Yao immediately surrendered: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything to you anymore. Your Aunt Xiao said she'll get your medicine right away, and your health will improve!"
Yao Tongxu looked at Xiao Yan excitedly: "Aunt Xiao, really? I can really get better?"
He was so tired of being alone in his room! But he was already born with a weak constitution, and after coming here, he fell seriously ill, which damaged his health, and for a time he couldn't even get out of bed.
He and Xiao Ge are both men, but one is stuck at home due to health problems, and the other cannot go out because of autism. There are three women busy at home and outside.
This caused some gossip among the villagers. Fortunately, Xiao Yan was the village doctor, so the villagers didn't dare to offend her too much and kept their distance. Otherwise, their situation would have been even more difficult!
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