Chapter 5 Divorce
The villagers could certainly distinguish between water celery and wild celery.
Although these two look similar, one is poisonous and the other is not, making it difficult to tell which one to eat.
Even though everyone recognized Shuiqin, they were unwilling to speak up for Wan Qiqi and didn't want to get involved with her.
Moreover, since the floods had just occurred, insects from the water had crawled into the water celery, and eating it could make you sick.
If someone contracts an infectious disease, the whole village will be harmed.
The villagers thought about it more and more and felt that Wan Qiqi was malicious, not only wanting to harm the Chen family, but also the entire village.
Aunt Zhao snorted coldly, "It's not like you don't have men to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. Why are you digging water celery here? You're probably trying to catch a disease and harm the whole village!"
"..." Wan Qiqi was speechless, but she did not deny what Aunt Zhao said.
During floods, diseases run rampant. If an epidemic or malaria breaks out, it's not so bad that the entire village suffers, but that the real horror is when it spreads.
Unlike today, there were no effective drugs or strict controls in ancient times, so infection was extremely dangerous.
Wan Qiqi would never commit suicide in this way.
She glanced at the people on the riverbank, her eyes darting around, and said with a smile, "Aunt Zhao, I don't want to either, but I have elderly parents and young children at home who are waiting to be fed! How about... someone kind lend me some grain, and I'll repay you double next year when the harvest is plentiful?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their faces away.
"Um, I still have some porridge cooking at home, I need to go back and check on it."
"My child is hungry, I have to go back and feed him!"
The villagers found various excuses and left one by one.
These days you can lend anything, except grain, especially not to Wan Qiqi!
Before long, only Aunt Zhao remained standing there.
Aunt Zhao knew that any good stuff the Chen family had ended up in Wan Qiqi's pocket.
She'd borrow money to support two children? That's just wishful thinking!
"Pah, you wish!" Aunt Zhao spat, turned around and walked inside, brushing the dust off her clothes as if it were bad luck.
Wan Qiqi shrugged. Sure enough, "borrowing grain" had the greatest impact in this era!
She sighed helplessly, picked up the water celery from the ground, and walked back to the river.
At noon in September, the sun was scorching. Before long, Wan Qiqi's forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans, and her waist gradually started to ache.
After plucking the wild watercress in front of her, she plopped down on the ground, wanting to rest, when the system's voice came again.
[Ding! 3.2 jin of wild water celery, valued at 32 wen. Want to sell?]
Wan Qiqi decisively chose to sell, and exchanged the antibiotics and a bottle of water for them. She took the antibiotics with the water.
Thinking that she wouldn't die from a lung infection, she felt much more at ease and sat on the ground staring blankly at the river.
Although a month had passed since the flood, the river water remained murky and foul-smelling. Even without witnessing it firsthand, she could tell from the aftermath how severe the flood had been.
Having solved the problem of survival, the next issue is food and clothing.
Now that she has come to this world, she can't live like the original owner. Besides, she has elderly parents and young children to care for, and she can't be as carefree as the original owner.
Although my mother-in-law is not old, there is a pregnant woman and two children in the family, so they need to eat well.
She browsed the shop and saw the food items. There were many kinds and different prices, but how could she redeem them without arousing suspicion?
She caught a glimpse of leeches wriggling by the riverbank out of the corner of her eye, and immediately got up and walked back.
She fears nothing but this wet and slippery creature, especially since it sucks blood.
A gentle breeze swept by, rustling the wild grass.
Wan Qiqi rubbed her lower back as she walked home, her mind still preoccupied with the matter of exchanging goods.
As soon as she reached the gate of the courtyard, she heard voices coming from the main room.
"Third Uncle, is Mother not full?" Pingping looked up, her big eyes staring at Chen Yongliang on her dusty face.
"It's alright, your mother won't go hungry." Chen Yongliang patted Pingping's head and smiled brightly.
He felt that everyone in his family might starve to death, except for his sister-in-law!
She was certain there was food stored in the room, but she was unwilling to take it out.
As for going back to her parents' home to borrow grain, it was because she wanted to get good things for herself; otherwise, why would she have argued with someone and been accidentally pushed into the river?
“That’s for sure. She’s the one who eats the most in the family, how could she possibly go hungry!” Li Chongniang gently stroked her slightly protruding belly. “If you ask me, why don’t we let my elder brother divorce her? Anyway, she’s lost her family’s support, and we can… Husband, don’t stop me, what I’m saying is the truth!”
Seeing that he couldn't stop her, Chen Yongxing gently scolded, "Sister-in-law is an elder, she shouldn't say such things, there are children here!"
"She did it herself and doesn't want anyone to talk about it? Tell me, which of the good things in the house have we ever seen? I am, after all, the daughter-in-law of the Chen family!" Li Chongniang said indignantly, her voice rising a few decibels, perhaps because she was full.
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