If she hadn't checked his pulse and found it was beating and his breathing was steady, she would have thought he had drunk too much water and died.
She didn't know why he reacted so strangely when he drank water this time; he seemed to have fallen asleep, so she let him sleep.
I've heard that deep sleep is good for the body's repair, so I'll sleep a little longer.
Su Nanxi stayed by her side, fearing that if something were to happen, her life would become even more difficult.
She can't speak now, has difficulty communicating with people, and the rest of the Mo family doesn't really pay attention to her. But if anything happens to Mo Qinghe, she'll be the first to be blamed.
Mo Qinghe slept until night, without even eating lunch. When Old Mrs. Mo came in and saw that her son was sleeping soundly, she didn't wake him up, but left him some food.
The Mo family mobilized the whole family to dig for wild vegetables and collect firewood, but only brought back a bunch of miscellaneous things.
According to Old Mo, many people go up the mountain to dig and gather things. What they can find are what others have left over. They are not very good, but something is better than nothing, and they can barely fill their stomachs.
These days, everyone is short of food. Each family has a large household with more than a dozen mouths to feed, and there's not much income. They rely on the weather for food, and every bite they eat is a bite less, so no one dares to eat too much.
Su Nanxi could tell from her voice that the people here were very poor. It seemed that she wouldn't be able to buy her clothes anytime soon. They didn't even have money to eat, so how could they have money to buy clothes?
But to make her wear the same outfit for ten days or half a month, or even longer, is a bit overwhelming to think about.
Mo Qinghe hadn't woken up yet that night. Old Mrs. Mo was worried and came in to check on him again. She looked at him for a long time before turning back to talk to Su Nanxi.
"Third daughter-in-law, your eldest sister-in-law told me that since you're new to our Mo family, we should get you some cloth to sew you a set of clothes. However, our Mo family doesn't have the money right now. Sigh, it's our fault. We'll go up the mountain and find some good things to sell, and then we'll get you some cloth with the money. How does that sound?"
Could she say it wasn't good?
An elderly woman with her head bowed said to a younger woman, "Besides, it's not that we don't want to buy, we just have to wait."
She could only wave her hand to indicate that it was okay, although she felt a little resistant inside.
Seeing that Su Nanxi was so understanding, Old Madam Mo was very pleased, and a comfortable smile appeared on her weathered face.
"Your face seems to be better?"
Grandma Mo noticed and asked about it.
Su Nanxi nodded. Her face had indeed become less swollen, but she still looked ugly.
Grandma Mo didn't seem to think she was ugly at all; she looked at her for a while and then laughed even harder.
Mo Qinghe woke up at night, his stomach growling with hunger.
Su Nanxi gestured to ask if he was alright. He looked at her for a while before speaking softly, "I'm fine, I'm just hungry. Is there anything else to eat?"
Su Nanxi shook her head. It was already late at night. Where would there be anything to eat? Even if there was lunch, it would be spoiled in this heat. Would it still be edible?
Mo Qinghe seemed to know as well, but just wanted to confirm. After a long while, he said, "Give me a bowl of water. I'm starving."
After Su Nanxi left, Mo Qinghe struggled to sit up and slapped his thigh hard.
pain!
I'm starting to feel it!
Perhaps it was just my imagination, so I slapped him again.
It wasn't my imagination; I really felt it.
Mo Qinghe was so excited he couldn't express it. A smile finally appeared on his usually icy face. If Su Nanxi had seen it, she would have said: "His smile makes the world pale in comparison."
When Su Nanxi brought in the water, she sensed that something was wrong with Mo Qinghe, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. After a moment's hesitation, she handed the bowl over.
Mo Qinghe didn't hesitate at all, picked up the glass and drank it all, leaving not a drop.
Su Nanxi thought he was starving and wanted to give him something to eat, but she didn't dare to, because it would be difficult to explain later. In the end, she made the difficult decision to let him go hungry until dawn.
Su Nanxi got up early, intending to go to the mountainside with the rest of the Mo family to find an opportunity to release some items from her spatial storage and refresh her eyes.
The orchard in the space was teeming with chickens, ducks, geese, cattle, and sheep roaming freely beneath the trees—it was practically an overpopulation. She wouldn't have noticed it if she hadn't wanted to pick fruit. These kinds of poultry existed in ancient times too, so there was nothing to worry about. Most importantly, she wanted to improve the Mo family's quality of life.
Unfortunately, she ran into Mo Yunmei again. Mo Yunmei disliked her and blocked her way, questioning, "Did you do something to Sister Qiuxia? Why doesn't she dare to come to my house anymore? She came yesterday, and you were the only one there. You must have been jealous and done something to Sister Qiuxia, right?"
Su Nanxi is innocent! She didn't do anything!
Mo Yunmei didn't believe it. "Then why did my third brother sleep for a whole day?"
Su Nanxi shook her head; how could she possibly know so much?
Mo Yunmei imagined it herself, "Oh! I know, you saw the two of them chatting and laughing together, they seemed to have a very good relationship, and you couldn't say anything, so you harbored resentment and attacked them, right?"
Mo Yunmei felt she had figured it out and kept nodding in affirmation.
Su Nanxi looked up at the sky speechlessly. If he's so good at making things up, why doesn't he write operas?
Mo Yunmei warned her sternly, "Stop being jealous! If you dare to do anything to them again, I will not let you off easily!"
Su Nanxi suddenly felt that if she didn't do something, she would be letting down her warning.
In the courtyard, Grandma Mo and her family discussed gathering more things to bring back, saving up enough to exchange for money in town, and then buying a piece of cloth to sew a set of clothes for Su Nanxi.
No one outwardly objected, but no one expressed their opinion either; they understood perfectly well what was going on.
When Mo Yunmei heard this, she immediately protested, "Why does she get new clothes? We all work, but she does nothing! That's not fair! Mother! She can jump around now, so she can definitely work too. If she wants new clothes, let her come with us! Otherwise, give me a new set of clothes too!"
Su Nanxi was just wondering how to go along, but someone took care of it for her. That's great!
Helpless and embarrassed, Old Lady Mo asked Su Nanxi if she was feeling better.
Su Nanxi nodded.
Finally, Grandma Mo gave her a tattered basket and told her to dig if she could, but it didn't matter if she couldn't. She also told her not to push herself and to rest when she got tired before continuing.
Su Nanxi had recovered and wanted to go out and stretch her muscles. The original owner of this body must have practiced martial arts.
After serving Mo Qinghe a bowl of water and watching him drink it, she hurriedly followed the others out, completely unaware of his resentful gaze.
Upon reaching the mountainside, the mining team was indeed very large.
Are all households out of food?
The area at the foot of the mountain was so cleanly cleared that there were hardly any grasses left.
Helpless, the Mo family could only walk a little further into the mountains, where the vegetation was denser.
Fearing that Su Nanxi might get lost, Qin left her eldest son with her.
Su Nanxi glanced at the child who looked to be about ten years old next to her. Sigh, very rural, with dark skin and bright, dark eyes. He didn't talk much, but he was quite steady. He even helped Su Nanxi when he saw her pulling the vines.
Knowing she couldn't speak, the boy didn't ask a single question, but helped pull at the vines for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Third Aunt, is this a trap?"
She's quite clever; she can guess what she's doing just by looking at her.
Mo Jiaxing was overjoyed to see her nod and quickly offered his help.
Everything was ready, and the two hid in the distance to keep watch.
"ah!"
A scream rang out in the mountains, startling a flock of birds.
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