[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-abandoned-woman-busy-farming":3,"chapter-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-501":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},537966,790,"Chapter 501 - 501 503 New Use of the Pond","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-501",501,"\u003Cp>Chapter 501: Chapter 503: New Use of the Pond Chapter 501: Chapter 503: New Use of the Pond They say pain promotes growth, especially in men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This poisoning was a great blow to Du Zhongshu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sudden transformation into a somber, silent figure is somewhat understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should focus more on your studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My elder brother said you are smart and quick-witted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a little hard work, you could easily top the imperial examinations,” Bai Ruozhu encouraged him, noticing a hint of despair in his demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yihong echoed, “Exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your family can handle the business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sooner you devote yourself to your studies, the sooner you’ll bring honor to your family.”Du Zhongshu didn’t comment, but a mocking glint flickered in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It passed so quickly that Bai Ruozhu thought she might have just imagined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right, I should focus more on proper matters.” His tone remained flat, missing the previously warm and inviting nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yihong and Lin Ping’er found his change disconcerting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Zhongshu didn’t stick around for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Bai Ruozhu insisted he should wait for Bai Zepei to return home and join them for dinner, he excused himself, claiming he had more pressing matters to attend to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he left, Lin Ping’er sighed, “It’s good that he’s become more mature and ambitious, but why does it feel so disheartening?”Bai Ruozhu sighed as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his friend, it was painful to see Du Zhongshu like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who had poisoned him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he know the truth, leading to such a drastic change in his demeanor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Zepei returned home, she told him about Du Zhongshu’s visit and his plans to study at Beiyu’s Study Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zepei merely responded with an indifferent “Okay,” seeming not overly concerned about Du Zhongshu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You guys are classmates, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don’t you seem to care about him?” Bai Ruozhu asked perplexedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zepei couldn’t help but flick Bai Ruozhu’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been at the receiving end of this countless times before, Bai Ruozhu quickly dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they all under the impression that her forehead was a fun toy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where do you come up with these odd questions every day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s this about caring or not caring?” Bai Zepei retorted with a disgruntled tone, clearly upset not by her remarks, but by the fact that he had missed her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu chuckled and evaded a little further, “It’s just an analogy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t overanalyze things.”Bai Zepei stopped verbally sparring with her, suddenly serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not the master’s official student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Du family even dared to plot against you, why should you be overly friendly with him?”“You’re right,” Bai Ruozhu conceded and dropped the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Du Zhongshu hadn’t been part of the Du family’s plot against her, the paths they were on seemed to be drifting apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, after falling asleep, she saw Jiang Yichun, whom she hadn’t seen for days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ran towards him excitedly, entirely forgetting her suspicions and the phoenix-eyed beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached to embrace him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the mist behind him parted and a woman, holding a delicate oil paper umbrella, slowly walked up and stood beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yichun didn’t look at Bai Ruozhu anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he looked tenderly at the woman, who returned his look with a sweet smile on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu stared at them, her heart aching as if it was being slowly cut into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, she held her tears back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Jiang Yichun put an arm around the woman’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned and left together, disappearing into the mist without so much as a backward glance at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to suppress the heartache any longer, Bai Ruozhu fell to the ground and burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Ruozhu opened her eyes, she found herself in her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks were moist, and her pillow stained with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had all been a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because she’d been thinking about it too much during the day that she’d dreamt about it at night?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat up slowly, wiped away her tears, and walked into the Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no night inside the Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat by the pool and took off her shoes and socks, kicking the water in a gloomy mood, startling some of the plump fish which quickly hid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling restless, she caught one of the fish and started grilling it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating a large grilled fish, she felt too full to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, it wasn’t time to get up and feed Dengdeng yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land inside the Space was far from cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying on it was highly comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out the mirror that Jiang Yichun had given her and looked into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she resemble a bitter woman now, weeping over such an uncertain matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly a shame to her name, Bai Ruozhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering this, she found herself amused and began to laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her laughter soon ceased abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she depressed, or was she just too busy recently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were pimples appearing on her face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had her pores become enlarged too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps these conditions had been present earlier, but because she couldn’t see her pores clearly in the bronze mirror, she hadn’t noticed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu jumped to her feet, determined to make some skincare products, like a cleansing mask to get rid of the blackheads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, wouldn’t the phoenix-eyed beauty leave her far behind with her pimples and blackheads?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was something like a mud mask from her previous life, that would be great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait a minute, mud?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was plenty of mud in her pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was digging up lotus roots, she got some on her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t stink and even had a faint lotus scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she use that mud as a mask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being action-oriented, Bai Ruozhu quickly went to the pond to collect some mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of applying it directly to her face, she spread it on the back of her hand and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, she felt the mud would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be due to the fact that drinking the water from the pond improved her skin condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the pond’s water didn’t show significant effects on other people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had secretly let her family drink it and had observed them for a while, but the results weren’t as good as when she drank it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time came to wash the mud off her hand, the skin felt significantly smoother and seemed a bit fairer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu almost jumped with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She promptly slathered the mud mask over her face, neck, legs, and arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were it not for it being the middle of winter, she might have stripped off all her clothes for a full-body treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While she was lounging comfortably with the mask on and humming a tune, Dengdeng started to cry outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh no, how can I go out looking like this?” Bai Ruozhu moaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly rinsed the mud off her arms, rushed out of the Space and, after lifting Dengdeng up, returned back into the Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the ground, she began to nurse Dengdeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Dengdeng didn’t open his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had seen a dark face, would he even recognize his own mother?\u003C\u002Fp>",1199,"2026-05-30T14:09:08.057Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.023Z",1,"novelbin.me","86f814dfeed96fce777e1c7557511bf0fafbf73371736bf06d2aaf7b01426dbc","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-502","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-750",2707,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabandoned-woman-busy-farming-cover.jpg"]