[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-abandoned-woman-busy-farming":3,"chapter-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-57":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},537472,790,"Chapter 57 - 57 057 Can't Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>Chapter 57: Chapter 057: Can’t Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady Chapter 57: Chapter 057: Can’t Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady Bai Ruozhu’s body had become heavy, making many movements quite strenuous, such as looking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celebration Eggs was sitting in a tree, and she had to raise her head to see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she did, she first saw his dirty bare feet, blackened with mud, with splotches of dirt also on his calves, even some yellow stains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu suddenly felt nauseous, almost vomiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stifled her discomfort and said, “What’s up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come down and talk, it’s not safe up there, and it’s hard for me to look up at you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celebration Eggs made a disdaining noise at Bai Ruozhu’s suggestion that he wasn’t safe, then slipped down from the tree, startling Lin Ping standing beside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was afraid he might fall and hurt himself, but Celebration Eggs just wore a self-satisfied expression, as if to say: you people always fuss too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today my grandmother invited Granny Ji to our house for dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know she has some connection with our family, right?” Celebration Eggs started speaking, his voice was rough just like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I see,” Bai Ruozhu said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping quickly glanced at her daughter, then focused intently on Celebration Eggs to see what he wanted to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was eavesdropping through the window,” Celebration Eggs said with a smug look, “I heard my grandmother saying you upset her and caused the villagers to scold her, and asked Granny Ji to teach you a lesson.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping was anxious upon hearing this and asked, “Did Granny Ji agree?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Granny Ji said as long as it doesn’t endanger a life, a little punishment is fine,” replied Celebration Eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu frowned, did Granny Ji really say that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you telling me this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren’t you worried that your grandmother will be angry with you when she finds out?” Bai Ruozhu asked Celebration Eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celebration Eggs pouted, “I’m not afraid of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You saved me once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consider this a reminder, so I’ll no longer owe you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he spoke, he ran off barefoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping watched Celebration Eggs’ receding figure and complained, “Where did this kid’s shoes go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s so mischievous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu watched Celebration Eggs’ back and said nostalgically, “People say that human nature is inherently good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Celebration Eggs could come to remind me, it seems he just got some bad habits from his grandmother, but essentially, he is good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it was worth it that you saved him last time,” Lin Ping also became nostalgic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to Celebration Eggs’s words, they both didn’t feel like continuing their walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping took Bai Ruozhu’s arm and they turned around to go back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they arrived home, Lin Ping recounted the encounter with Celebration Eggs to Bai Yihong and Bai Zehao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were shocked, and Bai Yihong slapped the table, saying, “I’ll go find Zhu Shucha right now and talk to him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu stopped her father, saying, “Dad, forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have no evidence if we make a fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celebration Eggs is just a kid, his words don’t hold any weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it really comes to it, he might not dare bring his grandmother’s affairs into public.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yihong deflated upon hearing this, they had no evidence, how could they reason with them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what do we do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if something happens to Ruozhu during her childbirth due to Granny Ji?” Lin Ping’s forehead wrinkled heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s go with another midwife, we can’t afford to gamble!” Bai Yihong’s words were decisive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu also felt that they should change midwives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply couldn’t afford to gamble with the-safelefe of her unborn child, she couldn’t take a joke with her baby’s safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, she touched her protruding belly, feeling the baby’s mischievous movements, which brought an unspeakable warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This child was not only a joke by God, but also a gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of blood connection made her willing to do anything for the child, even if it cost her own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father is right, let’s find someone else,” Bai Ruozhu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping couldn’t sit still anymore, “Then we must find a new midwife as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Granny Ji, I have to personally announce the decision to her, otherwise, she can make trouble for us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then mother will need to trouble herself with another trip,” Bai Ruozhu was worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping going over to dismiss Granny Ji might upset her, and cold words are likely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not a big deal, it’s mother’s fault too, for not checking the relationship between Granny Ji and Granny Zhu in advance.” Lin Ping sighed, at least they found out early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the childbirth went wrong because of her, leaving any lifelong problem, she would never forgive herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu held her mother’s hand and said, “How can this be mother’s fault?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought that Granny Zhu would be so ungrateful?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Lin Ping took some items to Liuye Village, to Granny Ji’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Ping returned, her face indeed didn’t look too good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when she saw her daughter, she quickly put a brave face on and said, “I’ve politely declined Granny Ji, she said she understands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu, being so intelligent, knew that her mother was just trying not to worry her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking her head she said, “Mother, she is so proud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must have scolded you, didn’t she?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping awkwardly laughed and said, “Can’t fool you.” She sighed, “She criticized our Bai family for being inconsistent despite educating people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got angry and told her about her and Granny Zhu’s disagreements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it angered her more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said she would never stoop so low, claiming that we underestimate her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu bit her lip and said, “Mother, don’t mind her, let’s move on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ping nodded, then started to find a new midwife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same afternoon, Bai Ruozhu had just woken up from a nap when the door was knocked on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zehao went to answer it and found an unhappy young man standing at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu was feeding pigs in the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head and saw that the man at the gate was the same young man from Granny Ji’s house that she’d seen once before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man didn’t bother with Bai Zehao, but went straight in and put a basket of things in front of Bai Ruozhu, angrily saying, “My grandmother wanted me to return your stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, she would never joke with lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You disrespected her by believing a kid’s words over hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s insulting to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And don’t bother finding a midwife in the nearby villages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the basket contained everything her family given to Granny Ji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon she also realized that he was threatening her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Granny Ji spread word that would cause the nearby villages’ midwives to not deliver her baby, what would she do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she go to Granny Ji’s house again and beg her on knees?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t joke with my child’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it really upsets the Ji family, I hope they can think from the perspective of a mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not worth it for our two families to quarrel over such unreasonable Granny Zhu!” Bai Ruozhu really wanted to curse at them, but she took a deep breath and held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Granny Ji really didn’t agree with Granny Zhu, things would just get irreparable.\u003C\u002Fp>",1268,"2026-05-30T14:08:51.304Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.023Z",1,"novelbin.me","063cc296fd7ba0edb10b9acb95fd85ae9ea91124ad7089703af7bdd482c3960c","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-58","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-56",2707,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabandoned-woman-busy-farming-cover.jpg"]