Chapter 203: Reborn in the 90s: The Tyrant Flower Chapter 204 The Late Breeze is Warm and Soft

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Song Qiushui wasn't polite either; this little wild chicken stewed with red mushrooms tasted simply too good.

Comparable to mountain delicacies and sea treasures.

Of course, these two things themselves are mountain delicacies...

"You leave some too, leave some." Song Qiushui said, grabbing another big handful of red mushrooms. "This stuff tastes about the same as meat, tough and chewy... wicked delicious."

Chai Mi smiled and got Song Qiushui some more jujubes, hazelnuts, and walnuts. But they should all be from last year; the jujubes were a bit dry and shriveled, not necessarily tasty, valuable only for being purely natural and pollution-free; as for the hazelnuts, they were also mountain goods Uncle brought back.

Chai Mi had eaten this kind of wild hazelnut before; the flesh inside was very little, and the shell was especially thick, adhering to the principle of 'I'm wild, I'm not meant for humans to eat.'

As for those blackened things that looked a bit like Xiao Hei Dan walnuts, Chai Mi simply gave them all to Song Qiushui. There really wasn't any walnut meat inside...

But the nutrition should still be pretty good.

Much better than artificially cultivated ones later on, just hard to eat, too little kernel. Chai Mi couldn't be bothered, so she gave them all to Song Qiushui.

Song Qiushui was quite happy though, and before parting with Chai Mi, she sneakily told her: "That badger oil, you render it out. I'll have my dad sneakily find a few rich people to ask about it later... let you sell it for a good price. You don't have to split it with me, I'm not interested in money."

Song Qiushui's current life was a bit better than Chai Mi's family; of course, Song Qiushui was also afraid that if she suddenly had money, Second Uncle would come demanding famine relief.

Song Qiushui's main principle: as long as I have no money, the famine I drag in can last until I'm buried in peace.

Poor but eating fragrant and spicy food, not repaying famine relief, no one can do anything about Song Qiushui.

Song Qiushui left afterward; Chai Mi looked at her mother Su Wan, and Su Wan holding her little sister Chai Xin, feeling some relief in her heart, but ultimately she didn't go help her mother hold Chai Xin.

In her previous life, Chai Xin was a white-eyed wolf; Chai Mi had a knot in her heart. She just couldn't be bothered to hold a grudge against a one-month-old child.

"Xiu'er, what are you doing in the room?" Chai Mi shouted toward the courtyard.

After a while, Chai Xiu inside the window put down the comic book and ran out with a scuffle, then carried two rabbits and ran into the house...

Chai Mi frowned deeply: ruined. Xiu'er loving to read books is theoretically a good thing, but she reads nothing but fairy tales; hope she doesn't end up living in a fairy tale.

Su Wan was baffled and asked: "How come Xiu'er runs so fast?"

Chai Mi spread her hands: "Busy learning scientific and cultural knowledge, preparing to be a great writer when she has nothing to do."

Su Wan's face was full of black lines: "Uh... is it that she read books until she went stupid, or you read books until you went stupid?"

"Hurry inside, Mom. Let me tell you, while you weren't home, Xiu'er started liking comic books; she self-taught and recognized quite a few characters." Chai Mi said jokingly: "No matter how you put it, Xiu'er reading books is a good thing; Xiu'er has the makings of a scholar."

Su Wan nodded; she had no education and hadn't studied much; her eldest daughter Chai Mi had stopped after middle school because the family was poor; from then on, the whole family's hope for rising through studying rested solely on Chai Xiu; now that Chai Xiu liked reading, it was a good thing.

Chai Mi said Chai Xiu had the makings of a scholar, so Su Wan also felt Chai Xiu would definitely get into university in the future.

Because Chai Mi's uncle brought back quite a lot of stuff too, and it highlighted the trait of 'the worse it tastes, the more he brings,' he got a whole urea bag of jujubes and walnuts, plus a bag of hazelnuts.

Chai Mi and the others made two or three trips to move it all into the house.

Entering the house, Su Wan carried the child up onto the kang head. Having not been home for many days, the house was still as it was. She coaxed Chai Xin to sleep, only then freeing her hands to rest for a bit.

Coaxing a child is physical labor, and meticulous labor at that. Although Chai Xin was young in months, not that heavy, slept a lot, and didn't need to be held constantly, she still had to be watched constantly.

Although Su Wan had gotten a bit fatter and her complexion was much better, Chai Mi ultimately felt her mother had more wrinkles recently.

"No need to hold her all the time; holding her constantly won't stop her potential to become a white-eyed wolf later." Chai Mi muttered in a low voice.

"Talking nonsense." Su Wan was a bit displeased, but that was all.

Afterward, she asked Chai Mi with quite some worry: "They... didn't make things hard for you, did they?"

'They' naturally referred to those few people at the old house.

Chai Mi smiled meaningfully; without her mother this drag bottle, dealing with those few, Chai Mi still had it firmly in hand.

They say the barefoot don't fear the shod; Chai Mi had this mentality.

"Mom, you should ask: did your eldest daughter make things hard for them?" Chai Xiu interjected: "Grandma was sorted out by my sister until she was docile; my sister tricked Song Qiuping into coming up and fighting Grandma, Grandma's hair was nearly pulled out bald. Grandpa was forced by my sister to repay the money; not only was the money returned, my sister also forced Che Lianyun to give her one thousand yuan. Xiao Doubao was also sorted out by my sister until she was docile; she doesn't dare act up now, afraid my sister will turn around and send a report letter to get her fired..."

Chai Xiu spoke and made a summary: "Current situation: Grandpa is like a mute eating coptis, suffering but unable to speak; my sister put him on the moral high ground, he can't get down. Grandma was harmed by my sister; the whole village, not even a dog, pays her attention. Third Uncle's leg is broken; Third Aunt was sorted until she was meek and compliant; Chai Dajun was slashed by my sister with a sickle, now he walks with a limp. Second Uncle was beaten by Song Qiuping's natal family until he shut his doors to guests; Second Aunt Song Qiuping happily gained the title of Sanjiacun's First Ferocious Woman, becoming the first person in Sanjiacun to grab a mother-in-law by the hair and slap her big mouth..."

Su Wan listened with an increasingly strange look in her eyes; feeling her own daughter had sorted out the whole family young and old while she stayed at her natal home for half a month?!

"Then what about your dad?"

"My dad..." Chai Xiu said with feigned profundity: "Now people outside all say my dad is Qing Dynasty Iron Man; they gave him a nickname, called Daqingzi. Say my dad only knows how to blindly work; at home nothing he says counts; it all relies on my sister to hold up the front."

Chai Mi laughed and pushed Chai Xiu: "Don't talk nonsense; who gave your dad a nickname?"

"Sister, you don't know. The whole village says this; only they don't dare say it in front of you; they gave nicknames to my dad and his brothers too. Our dad is called Chai Blind Work, nothing he says counts; our Second Uncle Chai Youfu is called Chai White Dry, earns a bit of damn money and it's all lost by his old lady; Third Uncle is called Chai Not Work, drinks and sleeps all day. Our Grandpa is called Chai Scholar; they say Grandpa is too awesome, his own family is like that but he still comes out spouting classical phrases and bragging."

Hearing Chai Xiu say this, Chai Mi laughed heartily.

Even Su Wan listened and laughed, but she first admonished Chai Xiu to speak more elegantly, not to keep saying dirty words, then instructed Chai Xiu: "Don't speak ill of your dad behind his back."

Chai Xiu oh-ed, then looked at Chai Mi.

Chai Mi immediately said: "Mom, a person like my dad, indeed you can't speak ill of him behind his back."

Chai Xiu:???

Su Wan nodded.

"I generally say it to his face." Chai Mi paused and said: "Some people, you can't expect them to turn good all at once; you have to whip them constantly. My dad belongs to that kind; outside they call him Chai Blind Dry, no mistake; but the first half of his life he mainly blindly worked for Grandpa and Grandma, didn't earn the nickname 'Blind' for nothing. This isn't to say working for the old folks is wrong, but it depends on the situation. With my Grandpa and Grandma like that, the two of them are basically useless. A dog can't change eating shit... their old thinking just favors Third Uncle, and they're damn snobbish; working for that kind of goods, letting them have money to spend, is simply sick in the head, and not lightly sick."

Chai Mi spoke, and the chat turned to this year's drought: "These dog days, hot as hell. In past years it was you and my dad helping the old folks do farm work; this year I didn't let my dad go. Some day Mom you go to the fields and see; those few mu of the old folks' land, the ridges are so overgrown you could graze cows. Inside it's all grass. These two days I see families with conditions are all finding ways to irrigate. I was busy these two days picking you up; otherwise I should have had my dad dig a well in the fields and buy a water pump to irrigate."

Su Wan was retorted by Chai Mi until she had nothing to say, then could only say: "Indeed too hot, should irrigate."

Chai Mi was worried about this too.

After chatting a few more sentences, Chai Mi let Su Wan rest, and she herself went to Maternal Aunt's home to see Liu San.

Seeing this cousin, Chai Mi went empty-handed.

Liu San had lost two teeth; estimated he'd definitely need dental implants later.

Fortunately...

What fell out were two big buck teeth.

Liu San indeed had somewhat big buck teeth; his front teeth were slightly large. With this kind of incident, they got knocked out. Although his mouth was swollen, Chai Mi clearly felt Liu San's face shape had become much smoother.

Chai Mi didn't have any major issue either; she just went to take a look. After all, Liu San drove his mother back and then had an incident after drinking; not going to look would be inexcusable.

However, with this kind of close relative, she couldn't just throw money at it either; after all, Liu San definitely wouldn't accept it.

Moreover, to Liu San, this wasn't any serious illness.

In Liu San's words: Chai Mi, you can rest assured, I won't die...

So Chai Mi sat at her maternal aunt's home for a while, then went home again.

Just as she arrived at the doorway, she saw a cargo truck parked there, and a person standing at the entrance.

That person wore a set of black clothes, black leather shoes, looking very stand-at-attention straight.

The person who came was precisely Zhou Fang.

Zhou Fang's looks were passable.

However, Chai Mi estimated this guy's brain seemed not too good.

Wearing a suit and tie, isn't he hot?

Besides, he should have come out to collect eggs, not on a blind date; dressing so formally, if his brain isn't sick, then his body is weak...

Chai Mi was looking over, and just happened to meet Zhou Fang's probing gaze.

At the doorway, Chai Mi's father Chai Youqing was also standing, and Chai Xiu... the few people had just been chatting enthusiastically; the moment they saw Chai Mi return, they all fell silent.

Although Chai Mi didn't really mind Zhou Fang coming to find her, this outfit indeed didn't make Chai Mi feel happy.

Chai Mi: I fucking don't want to say the friend I know is an idiot.

"If you don't properly collect your eggs, why are you wandering around the whole village? My family doesn't raise chickens; you wouldn't be here to sell feed, would you?"

In the village there are some specialized chicken-raising households; although the scale isn't too large, most are five hundred or one thousand chickens — that scale counts as a big household.

But indeed there are many selling feed.

Every few days, this company or that company sends people to sell chicken feed. But they're all small workshop feed, very poor quality.

And those collecting eggs and selling feed are mostly the same person.

"I don't sell feed; I'm just passing by." Zhou Fang didn't get angry either, speaking in an unhurried, refined manner.

Actually, it was just that his car was scrapped, and he couldn't buy a sedan, so he temporarily bought a cargo truck.

As a result, he bought this egg-collecting cargo truck.

Zhou Fang also couldn't be bothered to unload the egg-collecting crates from the truck, so he was mistaken for an egg collector.

Moreover, Zhou Fang originally had nothing to do; he wanted to inspect his hometown's local customs and conditions, so he simply collected eggs for a few days.

The result was, it actually made quite a bit of money.

Passing by conveniently?

Chai Mi didn't believe his ghost words at all. But Chai Mi didn't think Zhou Fang had any malice either, so she said: "Go back early to collect your eggs. Do more proper business. I heard the Village Chief say you spent your own money to invite a shadow play opera troupe, but you didn't go watch. So you invite an opera troupe to sing, truly for the whole village's contribution? Even if you want to pull clients, it needn't be like this."

Zhou Fang scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

"Go back and change clothes; it's hot weather wearing a suit, people will think you're some Er Shazi. You're not afraid of heat, I can understand." Chai Mi sighed.

After all, who knows, maybe this guy's body is weak...

"But be a little more normal. Don't dress so... neither fish nor fowl."

Zhou Fang was even more speechless: Dressing properly, is that bad?

"Nothing going on, scram then. I'm eating soon; you think you're staying to eat?" Chai Mi frowned.

"Okay." Zhou Fang answered shamelessly.

Subsequently the few people fell into a strange silence.

Chai Mi never expected this guy to be so shameless; Chai Mi was just speaking casually, and he said okay...

This person...

So shameless.

"Forget it, my mom returned today, it's inconvenient." Chai Mi turned her head and directly refused: "Another day..."

We're all from the same village; eating a meal together isn't improper.

But it inevitably invites gossip.

Although Chai Mi isn't afraid of gossip, she's afraid of trouble.

Zhou Fang still wanted to say something, but Chai Mi had already entered the courtyard.

After a while, the car left; Chai Youqing and Chai Xiu then entered the courtyard.

"Sister, he bought me a set of comic books. There's Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ten Thousand Whys..."

Chai Xiu was still chattering away, but Chai Mi directly frowned: "Just read your Eastern Mongolia folk stories; what Grimm's Fairy Tales? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs isn't suitable for you; you're more suited to read Corn Cob Wife..."

Then Chai Mi entered the house.

"Mom, there's a shadow play tonight. If you have nothing to do, take Xiu'er to watch. My dad also has nothing to do; you all go watch together." Chai Mi said: "It's quite good."

"You're not going?" Su Wan asked.

Chai Mi shook her head: "These two days my eyelid keeps twitching. I feel the old house is going to make trouble for me; I need to rest."

And it's the right eyelid twitching.

The saying goes: left eye twitches for wealth, right eye twitches for disaster.

This is not a good omen.

Moreover, with Su Wan back, Chai Mi has a vulnerable spot; those people at the old house probably won't stay idle.