The boring life of lying in bed doing nothing didn't last long before the crops in the fields were ripe. This was the last harvest of the year, and how they would get through the winter depended entirely on how much they could harvest this time.
Even if they didn't collect much, it doesn't matter. That tiger sold for an incredible price. Even if no one knows exactly how much it sold for, everyone can roughly estimate that the Li family has really made a fortune!
Some people rejoice for them, while others are naturally jealous of them.
"Hmph, look at that family's faces, they're disgusting." A woman carrying a small basket muttered under her breath as she picked up ears of wheat from the field. Whenever she had a spare moment, she would turn around and yell at the little girl behind her, who had a runny nose and was a bit dirty, "Why aren't you working? Other people can find a tiger out of thin air, do you think you can? You're really useless."
The little girl lowered her head and remained silent even when scolded, continuing to search for ears of wheat on the ground and put them into the small basket in her hand that seemed to never be full.
Ye Shuang had sharp ears, and even from a distance, she could hear everything clearly. She recognized the little girl; she was the only one in the group of children who had been punished as a warning to others. Now, her fate was even worse than before. It seemed that without the wild animals she could bring back from the village, her life had become a living hell.
The Li family's land happened to be not far from them. When Li followed Ye Shuang's gaze, she saw the woman slap the little girl, and she couldn't help but frown.
Perhaps because of Shuang'er, she is now increasingly intolerant of anyone abusing little girls, especially the family she knows, the kind of family that doesn't treat girls like human beings.
Li covered Ye Shuang's eyes with her hand: "Shuang'er, you've done enough for today, why don't you go home first?"
Ye Shuang looked down at the basket in her hands, which was already overflowing, and shook her head: "No, I want to stay here and help my parents, so that our family can go back sooner."
"Oh my, our Shuang'er is such a good girl." Madam Li laughed, patted Ye Shuang's head, and led her to continue picking up the wheat ears.
This year's harvest is really good. They have already harvested most of the grain, but there is still a lot left in the field, and they can even dig up some small potatoes that were missed.
Before long, Ye Shuang's friends had already spontaneously come to help her.
The little girl witnessed this scene and became even more envious. Before her mother could deliver the second slap, she couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, her eyes red, "She's just a worthless piece of trash who was picked up off the street! She's a freeloader!"
The sound easily reached the ears of everyone around. Li straightened up and looked in that direction.
"What, am I wrong?" The little girl looked back defiantly.
Li frowned slightly, not intending to argue with a little girl, but Ye Shuang's friends couldn't stand it anymore.
"Shuang'er is not a money-loser, nor is she someone who freeloads. I think you're the one who freeloads! Look at your basket, it doesn't even have half the ears of wheat that Shuang'er has. How dare you talk about Shuang'er?"
"That's right, ever since Shuang'er came along, haven't we always come back with a full load? Only you, you can't find anything and then blame others!"
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