Chapter 1: New Arrival
It was very hot at noon and the cicadas were too lazy to chirp.
In the small ditch at the back of Jianghe Village, a few lotus leaves sparsely remained. A splendidly dressed toad, eyes bulging and looking frustrated, squatted there, arguing fiercely with some unidentified creature that had intruded into the frog's house again.
“Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack…!!!”
Yeah, I can hear it.
Brother Toad should be very angry.
After much anticipation, a big head finally emerged from the small ditch.
"Don't scold me, Brother Frog. Do you think I want to drown myself every few days?
Isn’t this the only solution?
Can we please understand each other?"
He wiped his face with his hand, and then he pounced onto the shore like a familiar figure in the water. He threw himself onto the ground in a dejected manner, sighing with difficulty.
"The Bashan and Chushui rivers are a desolate place, with you and me in the small ditch. Alas, it's so wet."
“Quack, quack, quack!”
The people on the ground turned their heads to look at Toad, who was still unilaterally angry. As people who had both fallen into the ditch, they could not help but feel sympathy for each other.
He moved forward firmly and swatted the mosquito that had landed on his thigh and was taking advantage of the situation to kill it as an apology.
Pick up the mosquito leg and hand it to Brother Frog.
"Look, we're brothers in distress, so please stop scolding me, okay?"
Brother Toad stretched out his sexy long tongue seductively, swept away the little food he had earned by cursing in the street, then rolled his eyes and finally jumped back to his underwater mansion on the lotus leaf.
The people on the shore were left helplessly spreading their food and sighing.
"Oh, how miserable!"
Then there are the daily curses.
"Working people are miserable, but they are not stupid! Anyone who wants to come to this rotten ancient times can come, anyway, I don't want to come at all! Despicable time-traveling god, either take me back or let me die in the ditch! Workers will never surrender..."
"Unless it includes food, lodging, sleeping space and fuel!"
These little talks are quite connected?
He turned his head and glanced to the left. He saw a familiar little wretch squatting in a familiar den. He rolled his eyes and looked a bit like Frog Brother from before.
"Jiang Zhaodi, are you ready to die today? If you are, let's go back first. Lunch should be ready at home."
Jiang Hudi had been following her silly older sister around for the past few days and had already adapted to her crazy talk and fixed routine. Although she didn't know what the older sister was talking about, it didn't stop the little girl from parroting her words.
Jiang Wan turned his face away in stomachache.
I really never expected that such an awesome name like Zhaodi would one day fall on the head of an ordinary girl like her.
What the hell is this!
How did I go from being a high-class worker to being in this miserable situation? After reviewing it in my mind, I confirmed the following three points.
First, I am lowly.
It's all my fault, then, that when my teacher was spreading the golden light of the nine-year compulsory education, he poured it all over me too readily, brimming with the golden light of harmonious humanity. As a result, after I grew up, I was careless and lost track of what I was really worth. I eagerly offered a hand to a drowning person, forgetting I was a landlubber myself. And so, I was struck down.
Second, I am very lowly.
If I hadn't been in bed after my job and hadn't reviewed the countless stupid novels recorded on my personal artifact, the treasure in my hand, and passionately left many praises and comments, which eventually led to the author's scolding, how could I have imagined that going out to relax and relieve my anger would lead to such a barren place?
Third, I am such a fucking bitch!
"I'm starving, right? How about a glass of Xiaoxue lemonade? Why do I have to go out for a walk? It's wrong to be hungry. It's really wrong to be hungry! I shouldn't go out if I'm hungry..."
I cry to the sky every day.
Jiang Hudi skillfully stretched out his claws to cover his ears, waiting for the silly sister, oh no, now it’s the crazy sister.
Only after the crazy sister finished howling did she stand up from the ground and brush the dust off her butt.
"Let's go home after howling. I'm hungry."
She looks like a little girl of only eight or nine years old, but she is not afraid at all when facing her elder sister going crazy every day. She is very calm.
Well, it's a good material for doing big things.
"Well, let's go."
Jiang Wan wiped his face in frustration, and climbed up from the ground by the ditch as he had done every day for thirty days. He followed his sister, carrying his watery body, back home.
It's no wonder she's depressed. For a whole month, she's been drowning in the ditch every day. She's become a water duck, but she can't even find the way home!
Thinking about the shabby old Jiang family that was perfectly controlled by those poor bastards, she felt depressed and wiped away her tears as she walked.
Oh, life, it’s all over when you die!
It was noon and it was so hot that even the dogs in the village were too lazy to go out to enjoy the warmth. Apart from the two young ladies from the third branch of the Jiang family, there was really no one on the road.
The journey was smooth and unobstructed. As soon as I entered the Jiang family's courtyard, I heard the deafening cry of a child. Jiang Yaozu, the darling of the Jiang family, was lying on the ground, rolling back and forth.
"No, I don't want eggs, I want chicken! Grandma, please ask Mom to kill a chicken for me. Grandpa, I want chicken, I want chicken!"
The fat lump was lying on the ground crying and sobbing, which made Old Man Jiang and Old Mrs. Wang almost heartbroken.
"Oh, my dear grandson, please get up and stop crying. Your voice is about to break..."
"I won't! I want chicken, I want chicken!"
Jiang Yaozu kicked the ground with his fat hooves, causing his grandfather to agree repeatedly.
"Eat, eat, eat. Grandpa will kill a chicken for you right now! Hurry up and get up, my dear grandson. Your clothes are all dirty."
"Dad, we only have one old hen left at home, and we have to keep it laying eggs. How can we give it to him? The eggs are already good, and other children can't even eat them if they want!"
Xu stood aside, frowning and trying to dissuade her, but unexpectedly she was scolded by her mother-in-law.
"Bullshit, is my Yaozu someone else's child? Isn't he your own biological son, the one you gave birth to and raised? You're such a cruel woman, you didn't even give your own son a chicken to eat, and you let him cry and scream until his voice is broken, right?"
"That's right, mother is so mean! You didn't even give me chicken to eat, so I won't take care of you in your old age! I will only be filial to my grandparents, not be filial..."
"Jiang Yaozu, I'll take care of Shudao Mountain."
The naughty kid who was still swearing bad words suddenly heard a devilish sound piercing his ears.
He quickly got up from the ground, pulled up his sleeves to wipe his tears and snot, sniffed hard, and changed his crying face into a smiling one.
The whole movement was done in one go, and it was as smooth as eating Dove. Oh no, this ignorant guy probably hadn't eaten anything good before, he was just teaching the new devout believers from the heart.
Thirty days have passed since the silly elder sister fell into the ditch and was rescued. Under her crazy physical teaching, this naughty child has learned how to be a perfect younger brother.
"Sister, are you back?"
He trotted over slowly and pushed the second sister out of the way. Then he fawned over a small wooden stool for Jiang Wan to sit on, and attentively served her tea and water.
"Big sister, drink some water!"
"Um."
He took the bowl and took a sip. It was neither too hot nor too cold, just the right temperature. It helped to calm Jiang Wan's anger at seeing this little bastard.
If that dead kid hadn't lied to the original body, saying that there were delicious food in the small ditch behind the ditch, how could that silly girl have gone there alone and drowned in the ditch?
Then how could I possibly have gotten through?
So after jumping into the ditch every day, coming back and beating up the naughty kids has become Jiang Wan’s regular way of venting his anger.
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