[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-abandoned-woman-busy-farming":3,"chapter-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Abandoned Woman Busy Farming",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},537837,790,"Chapter 172 - 172 172 Hiding in the Dark","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Hiding in the Dark Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Hiding in the Dark Jiang Yichun was intending to leave but eventually decided to sneak into Mountain Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already accomplished his purpose and it seemed good to let Bai Ruozhu know as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, he didn’t need to tell Bai Ruozhu at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the mysterious nature of Bai Family’s third son’s injuries, news would soon spread throughout Mountain Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never realized that he was unnecessarily indulging in such abnormal behaviour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun quietly landed in the backyard of the Bai household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Bai Ruozhu’s room through the back window, scenes of him saving her that day suddenly flashing through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he remembered initially was rescuing her, but later the memory was tinted just with red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that people generally avoid going into delivery rooms, he found himself questioning where his Buddha’s Heart compassion came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu was not in her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the little baby Dengdeng was laying on the bed, not crying even when awake, waving his hands around as if he was having fun by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun became interested and quietly sneaked into Bai Ruozhu’s room, stretching a finger to tease Dengdeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the little guy responded fast, his tiny hand quickly grasping Jiang Yichun’s finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His finger was clasped by a small tender hand, the feeling was extremely unusual, it was as if his heart had softened as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun didn’t realize that a warm smile had formed behind his mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his follower were to see, they would surely drop their jaws in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dengdeng suddenly smiled at Jiang Yichun, his smile especially amusing since he was toothless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun’s smile broadened, and he felt a fondness for this child, it wasn’t a waste that he had gifted him a jade pendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While playing with the child, he heard some sounds from the yard and quickly retracted his finger, hiding in the shadowed corner by the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the yard, Bai Ruozhu called Xiaosi into the yard to administer medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaosi dawdled and said, “I am already okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu glared at him, “Hurry up, I don’t want to have the entire kitchen smelling like medicine, I still need to cook later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaosi unwillingly walked to the yard and sat on a little bamboo stool that Bai Ruozhu had brought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu rolled up his trouser leg and started inspecting his burn wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun, hiding in the room, frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyesight was excellent; he could tell at a glance that the child’s leg was burned, most probably with incense sticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who did this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could anyone harm such a small child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun’s eyes darkened at the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t avoid treatment because of your fear of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it gets infected, your leg will be rendered useless.” Bai Ruozhu’s voice grew gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She comforted Xiaosi softly, “Apply medicine a couple of more times and it’ll be alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But remember not to come into contact with water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.” Xiaosi responded mechanically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu sighed and then asked, “Did the third son cause you trouble today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I ran away like you told me to, but he threw a stone at me.” Xiaosi’s face finally showed a change of expression – resentment towards the third son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did he hit you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me see.” Bai Ruozhu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It didn’t break the skin, it’s fine.” Xiaosi was somewhat obstinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu glared at him intensely and her voice hardened again, “Did you forget what I told you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether it’s a minor or major injury, you need to tell me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you refuse to tell me, I’ll stop saving food for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaosi shrank his neck, “My back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu rolled up Xiaosi’s shirt from the back, revealing a thin back where the spinal bones were protruding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, a part of his back was bruised, it appeared that the third son had thrown a fairly large stone at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, it did not hit Xiaosi’s spinal bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait here, I’ll get some medicinal oil to rub over it, don’t run off!” She instructed before rushing towards her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun made a swift exit from the back window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Ruozhu went to get the medicinal oil, she hesitated and muttered under her breath, as if she sensed something odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun, hiding in the backyard, tensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this woman have noticed that he had entered the room?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because she had dealt with medicinal materials in her previous life, Bai Ruozhu had a keen sense of smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after transmigrating into the current Bai Ruozhu, she found that her sense of smell was just as acute, as she picked up on a faint foreign scent in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smell was not that of incense or any medicinal material, it was more like a unique scent of a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the smell of bamboo leaves or sandalwood, she couldn’t pinpoint it exactly, all she was sure of was that she had smelled it before off someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange, did I smell it wrong?” Bai Ruozhu murmured to herself, leaned over to kiss little Dengdeng’s face, then picked up the medicinal oil, and went outside to massage Xiaosi’s bruises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the concealed area of the backyard, Jiang Yichun sniffed his sleeve, feeling puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have any scent on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use incense, how could this woman always detect his scent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his attention was soon drawn to Bai Ruozhu, who was massaging Xiaosi’s bruise in the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes slightly narrowed, thinking to himself that this woman did have some medical skills noting her not-so-simple methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon his mind wandered back to the child’s injuries and his mood darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally understood why Bai Ruozhu wanted an attempted murder, he regretted that he had only broken one of the third son’s leg, he should have broken both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a knock was heard on the door, with Zhou Deshun outside calling out, “Yihong, your nephew has met with an accident, your dad is asking you to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go to the Back Mountain and help bring him back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yihong rushed out from the Main Hall, seeing Xiaosi in the yard he sighed a breath of relief, thankful that it wasn’t about this nephew of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it my third nephew?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened to him?” Bai Yihong asked, jogging towards the door to open it, seeing Zhou Deshun panting by the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some kids said his leg was broken, he was on the mountain crying out in pain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linpinger also came out and asked curiously, “How did he break his leg?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why isn’t someone carrying him back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if his father can’t carry him, he could ask for help from neighbors, couldn’t he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, no one is willing to go, they’re saying that the third son offended something, the injury is too strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his playmates were frightened and ran away, nobody is heading up the mountain now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your father-in-law publicly asked for your family to help in front of everyone, as his uncle, you should save your nephew.” Zhou Deshun uttered with a grim look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yihong, to be honest, I don’t quite believe this, but I still don’t want you to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, your father has mentioned it in front of the whole village…” Zhou Deshun was shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yihong had no choice but to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t, it would be seen as disrespecting his father and disregarding family bonds, as unfilial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Linpinger became furious, she started complaining, “Can’t his uncle and auntie carry back their teenage son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They won’t even save their own son when he is in danger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they want my family to take the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where’s their dignity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu in the yard was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t anticipated that the Jiang gentleman was this efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither had she expected him to overachieve and not only break the third son’s leg but turn the situation very mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would definitely cause a lot of gossiping later.\u003C\u002Fp>",1348,"2026-05-30T14:08:51.305Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.023Z",1,"novelbin.me","c056600f38ac224e6185ca227271816e9fab75cdf9010f2b9856fac016bd35ac","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-173","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-171",2707,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabandoned-woman-busy-farming-cover.jpg"]