Chapter Forty-Seven: Gossiping and Tearing Its Mouth Apart
Hearing this, Xiao Zhu Zhao pouted and reluctantly took the candy out of her pocket, preparing to return it to Jiang Mi.
Jiang Mi smiled gently, pushed the candy back, and explained, "My mother likes to buy these for me, but I don't like to eat them, so she just brought them for Xiao Zhu Zhao."
Zhu Qiancheng choked on his words, speechless, and silently glanced at Xiao Zhu Zhao, no longer focusing on the candy.
Little Zhu Zhao took one look and happily pocketed the candy. Afraid that his grandfather might say something, he ran away as if some ferocious beast was chasing him.
"You little brat, slow down!" Zhu Qiancheng's beard trembled with anger. He was really worried sick about these kids.
Turning to look at Jiang Mi, he continued, "Next time, just have that brat Zhu Zhao go to the fields to call me."
Looking at her grandfather, Jiang Mi suddenly calmed down, her mind filled with a thousand thoughts.
If I were to tell my grandfather now that there would be a severe drought in a month and the crops would fail, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy; secondly, I am still young, and my speculations would naturally lack credibility.
She swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue, chuckled, and blushed, "Dad and Mom have been busy managing the sweet potato field lately and won't let me help. I was so bored that I came to play with Xiao Zhu Zhao."
We'll just find some excuse to brush it off. As for the drought, we'll need to find someone reliable and someone my grandfather can trust.
Using the excuse of having a meal, Jiang Mi bid farewell to Zhu Qiancheng.
Zhu Qiancheng originally planned to invite Jiang Mi to have dinner at his home, but Jiang Mi politely declined.
Knowing that Jiang Mi had left, Xiao Zhu Zhao peeked out from behind the house, still with a candy in his mouth, and explained in a childish voice, "Sister Jiang Mi clearly had something to ask you, Grandpa, not to play with us!"
"Hmph!" Zhu Qiancheng snorted coldly, picked up a broom and swung it at Xiao Zhu Zhao: "You little rascal, you're always out causing trouble all day long. Look at all the mud on you, I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Zhuzhao took off running, shouting as he ran, "Help! Grandpa is hitting his grandson! Help!"
An old woman and a child kept running back and forth in the yard. Grandma Zhu looked at the mischievous children playing around and was both amused and exasperated: "Old man, you're such a grown man, why are you still acting like a child?"
"That's right, that's right, Grandpa is so shameful!" Little Zhu Zhao made a face at Zhu Qiancheng, slowly took out a candy from his pocket, peeled off the coating, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hey, you little rascal, you've got a problem if you're not disciplined for three days straight, haven't you!"
"Help! Help! Grandpa, I know I was wrong!"
…
As soon as Jiang Mi entered the courtyard, she happened to meet her mother, who had just returned from her busy work.
"Honey, you're back!" Jiang's mother saw Jiang Mi first and quickly pulled her to her side, gently wiping the sweat from her daughter's forehead: "Don't wander around in this hot weather."
Perhaps she wasn't used to life in Hongyang Village, but ever since she moved in, Honey has become increasingly thin, and her once chubby face has become more defined.
The more Jiang's mother looked at her, the more distressed she felt. She said softly, "Look how thin you've become these days. And when you eat, you're not even focused. You used to have such a good appetite. Tonight, your mother will cook you a good meal."
During this time, thanks to Honey's encouragement to grow sweet potatoes, the already poor family became wealthy; with more money in hand, Mother Jiang decided to buy a rabbit from the hunter to nourish her daughter.
Ultimately, it was her negligence as the mother who was busy with the sweet potato field and didn't pay much attention to Honey.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mi's eyebrows twitched. She had finally managed to recover her health over this period of time, and she couldn't let her mother make up for it in just a few meals. She quickly spoke up to stop her mother's behavior.
“Mother, I’ve lost weight. I was chubby when I was born, and people would call me a fat pig behind my back. I didn’t like that, so I’ve been trying to take care of my health. It’s not that I have a bad appetite.”
Because of dietary adjustments to address my physical weakness, I haven't lost much weight during this period.
Now that her minor health issues are gone, the next step is the second stage of weight loss, which will be faster than the first stage. The clothes that Jiang's mother made for Jiang Mi a while ago are now a bit too big.
Jiang Mi was happy to see this, because what woman doesn't love beauty, including herself?
In my past life, I was obese, and my face was round like a plate, making me look fat, short, and ugly.
This led to her being falsely accused of seducing Wang Jie and being shameless when he harassed her.
No matter how you explain it, in the eyes of the people, it's nothing more than a guilty conscience trying to exonerate yourself.
Whatever the reason, she is determined to lose weight in this lifetime.
Although the system is both stingy and sharp-tongued, it has to be admitted that it has brought it benefits during this period.
[How can a good woman slander others in her heart? This deserves a shove!]
A tingling, numb sensation immediately spread throughout her body.
Having already experienced the first level-two electric shock, Jiang Mi was already used to this low-energy electric shock, and it didn't even have any deterrent effect on her.
Jiang Mi retorted, "I was clearly praising you, how can you call it slander!"
[Host, please don't try to argue your point.]
Jiang Mi pursed her lips, deciding not to argue with the system.
After all, this thing doesn't have human thoughts, nor does it have joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness; even if he talks himself hoarse, the system won't suffer any loss, and might even make him so angry that he goes berserk.
This system possesses the most advanced intelligence, far beyond the reach of humans like you.
The system retorted with dissatisfaction. Whether it was Jiang Mi's imagination or not, when the system said the last sentence, she could hear a faint sense of pride and disdain.
Jiang Mi, who hadn't intended to argue with the system, suddenly flew into a rage: "You're not human!"
This system is the most advanced intelligent system.
You're not human!
…
And so, one person and one system, they started arguing back and forth.
Jiang Mi only stopped talking when the system finally stopped arguing, and she was very happy to have won back the round.
You little punk, try messing with me and you'll regret it!
At this moment, Jiang Mi was unaware of how naive her current thoughts were.
"Honey, honey?"
Just as Jiang Mi was feeling proud, she suddenly heard her mother's worried voice.
Coming to her senses, she saw her mother gently shaking her shoulder. "Mother, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something interesting and got a little lost in thought, so I didn't hear you."
Hearing this, Jiang's mother breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright."
Thinking her daughter was still bothered by being talked about behind her back, Jiang's mother said indignantly, "I'd like to see who dares to gossip behind my back. If I hear them, I'll tear their stinking mouth apart."
Seeing her mother defend her so much, Jiang Mi was in a good mood.
"By the way, Mother, how's the sweet potato field doing lately?"
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