Mo Qianshang opened her eyes groggily. It was still dark around her, and it was clear that it was not yet dawn.
The original owner of this body had even better lifestyle habits than she did. She was also a diligent person who went to bed early and got up early. Although she exercised, she often stayed up late for missions. Rather than saying it was healthy, it was more like a habitual training.
She blinked, and in the first rays of dawn, looked at the sleeping children beside her, feeling that this kind of life was a rare kind of peace.
One downside to life in this era is that clothes get dirty too easily, and people are the same; dust easily accumulates in any place. For example, after sleeping in a tent that was just wiped clean yesterday, it's covered in a layer of dust.
But the conditions for washing clothes are not very good now, and she can't change clothes too frequently, so Mo Qianchang can only endure it.
To be honest, Mo Qianshang's life was really miserable. She was supposed to be a stepmother and take care of several children on her own, but you could tell from her belongings that she didn't even have any personal items.
It's fine that the children are cute, and raising them is purely out of morality. The problem is leaving these children with the people who originally belonged to Mo Qianshang.
The person who entrusted the child to be cared for should have made all the arrangements. What an irresponsible father! Now the whole village has fled here. He said he would go back in a month. I wonder where he is looking for the child right now.
Mo Qianshang had no sympathy for people who act without considering the consequences. Whether it was the original Mo Qianshang or the current her, she had already done more than enough to take care of these children. She had no responsibility to take care of anything else.
Whether or not they can be found depends on the father's abilities.
After breakfast, Xiao Yao stayed in the tent to make clothes. She hadn't made new clothes in a long time, but because she always mended old clothes, her skills were still sharp. In addition, the style of the clothes was not complicated, so she made them quickly.
Mo Qianshang slung the basket produced by the system over her shoulder and stood up: "I'll take a stroll in the mountains."
Although Xiao Yao felt it was dangerous for her to wander in the mountains alone, there were only two adults in the group, so they could only helplessly watch her leave.
Mo Qianshang was in a good mood as she wandered around. She didn't dare to go too deep into the mountains, so she stayed near the foot of the mountain. It seemed that no one had picked the fruit here before, so it was better to start from the foot of the mountain.
After picking a lot of common medicinal herbs, mushrooms, and wild vegetables, Mo Qianshang felt that was enough. She could pick these things every day; if she picked too many and left them at home, they would easily dry out.
Just as she was about to turn back, she heard the sound of people coming up the mountain.
Although she didn't know if they were from her village or someone else nearby, Mo Qianshang didn't want to run into them for the time being. Just as she was about to walk around them, she suddenly overheard what the two people were saying.
"...Hey, do you think what Widow Chen said could be true? Even if Liu Dashan is unreliable, could they really do something like this?"
"That's hard to say. Look at that young Yao. Liu Dashan snatched her away because she was pretty, wasn't it? Oh my, when she was young, she had all the young men in the village wanting to propose to her! If Liu Dashan hadn't taken her away, who knows what kind of fight would have broken out!"
Mo Qianshang frowned. She wasn't very familiar with either of the two voices, but they were clearly from her village.
She stopped and hid behind the dense trees.
"She's not very bold, and she only has one daughter, so she can't hold her head high. We can't back her up. But who can blame us when our village has produced Mo Qianshang!"
These words were immediately echoed by another person: "That's right! Mo Qianshang is an even more seductive vixen. Look at her, she doesn't respect anyone all day long. She's a stepmother of four children, and she still doesn't know how to restrain herself. She's obviously not an honest person!"
Mo Qianshang confirmed the two people's appearances through the gaps in the branches, and thought of what they had just said... Widow Chen, right?
These people are really something. They've already lived such miserable lives, and even experienced the hardships of fleeing famine, yet they still have the leisure to gossip!
Mo Qianshang rolled her eyes, wondering what was so great about those two women that they were being slandered about.
They continued, "I told you long ago, how could a woman like the one surnamed Mo possibly be content? Those children's fathers are really heartless, handing over four perfectly healthy children to such a restless stepmother. Look at her dealing with bandits on the road before, she didn't act like a woman at all!"
"That's right! Now that we've finally found a place and can finally settle down, those two women have run away with the child!"
"If they catch them, they'll be drowned in a pig cage! Haven't you seen Liu Dashan searching for them everywhere, making life unbearable for everyone! They're just asking for death, not living a peaceful life!"
"If you ask me, where else could this woman go? If she can't support herself, she must have gone to find another man! How far could this woman and child have gone? She must be in some nearby village, secretly having an affair with some man!"
"Speaking of Liu Xiaoyun, she's so young but looks just as alluring as her mother. You didn't know that, did you? Actually, Scholar Zhao had his eye on Xiaoyun, but somehow Widow Chen snatched her away!"
"What else could it be? Widow Chen has a family fortune, while that little Yao can't even protect one daughter, and she has a father like Liu Dashan. The scholar is concerned about his reputation. If he really marries Liu Dashan's daughter, how can he have a peaceful life?"
"So, it's true that a woman who is beautiful may have a bad life. Xiaoyun was taken away by her mother at such a young age, and she will only be able to become a vixen and rely on herself to seduce men in the future!"
Mo Qianshang originally didn't want to bother with these two people leaving, but when she heard them gossiping about the child, she wondered what kind of nonsense the people in Fushou Village might say in the future.
"I wondered who was spewing filth all over this mountain, but I never expected to actually see it before."
Mo Qianshang suddenly appeared carrying a basket on her back, startling the two women who were gossiping.
But upon closer inspection, they realized it was her, and they started exchanging knowing glances: "See, I told you, they couldn't have gone far! We just happened to run into them!"
They weren't afraid of Mo Qianshang at all. Although they all knew she had a bad temper, not many people had actually seen Mo Qianshang's skills. Did they think the two of them couldn't out-argue one of them?
But no one expected that Mo Qianshang today is different from before, and even different from the Mo Qianshang of a while ago.
She's not a man, but she's never believed in the rule of not hitting women.
Mo Qianshang suddenly rushed in front of the two and slapped them twice, knocking them both to the side, leaving them momentarily stunned.
When they came to their senses, one after another they screamed, "Ouch! Someone's being hit! Someone's being hit!"
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