[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man":3,"chapter-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-178":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1303300,1729,"Chapter 178 - 177: Gathering Mountain Goods","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao didn’t care about the reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi having the sense to drag Wu Cuilan away saved her a lot of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that quite a few people were still gathered around, Gu Jiaojiao flashed a gentle, sweet smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swept her hair back and turned to face the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re gone. What are you all still looking at?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people who met Gu Jiaojiao’s gaze immediately grabbed whoever was next to them and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been hoping that if Leng Yuan agreed to help Wu Cuilan, they could get in on the favor too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just hadn’t expected this Gu Jiaojiao to be so difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And what’s with Wu Cuizhi? Is there something wrong with her? Wasn’t she on bad terms with Gu Jiaojiao before?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When did she get so chummy with Gu Jiaojiao?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She didn’t even help her own sister, helping Gu Jiaojiao instead.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi, the subject of everyone’s curiosity, dragged Wu Cuilan all the way to a secluded spot before finally opening her mouth to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuilan immediately spat on the ground a few times, her face flushed with anger as she violently shook off Wu Cuizhi’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sis, what do you think you’re doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She hadn’t even gotten to teach that arrogant little vixen, Gu Jiaojiao, a lesson yet!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She had a whole bellyful of curses ready to go.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And then her own sister dragged her away.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuilan was fuming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her sister’s reckless attitude, Wu Cuizhi was worried sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen to me. In this village, you can take advantage of anyone you want, but not Gu Jiaojiao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From now on, you see her, you avoid her. Stop looking for trouble all the time. Do you really think she’s someone you can bully?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuilan was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is this still the same sister who valued petty gains more than her own life?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sis, what are you talking about? I don’t understand a single word you’re saying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s the deal with Gu Jiaojiao?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She’s just some delicate \"educated youth.\" What’s so scary about her?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be that her sister is scared just because she lost one yuan to Gu Jiaojiao last time?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How pathetic.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi continued to plead with her earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just forget about the flatbed cart. We’ve managed all these years without one, haven’t we? If you really need one, just save up and buy it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And as for getting Leng Yuan and his wife to help, don’t even think about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wu Cuizhi spoke, she shifted her arm, which was still aching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She had just gone to Gu Jiaojiao’s courtyard to watch the commotion, and her arm ended up broken.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Wu Cuizhi was convinced that Gu Jiaojiao was a jinx. Anyone who crossed her would meet with disaster. This was a lesson she had learned through blood and tears.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She didn’t want her sister to make the same mistake.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Wu Cuizhi talked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the more convinced Wu Cuilan became that her sister was a coward, so she didn’t take her words to heart at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still fixated on the matter of the flatbed cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If their family had a flatbed cart, it would make things so much easier.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that her sister wouldn’t listen to reason, Wu Cuizhi couldn’t help but issue a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare ignore me. I’m telling you, whoever causes trouble for Gu Jiaojiao will be cursed with bad luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuilan nearly burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Look at her sister, so pathetic. She sounds like she’s spouting some old feudal superstition.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She refused to believe in such nonsense.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi knew her sister well. One look at her face was enough to tell her she hadn’t believed a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She had said all she could. If her sister wouldn’t believe her, there was nothing more she could do.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She’d just have to stay far away from her when they were working.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuilan thought her sister was being ridiculous, but she didn’t care either way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao was oblivious to all this. Her group went up the mountain, heading for the pine forest she had discovered earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a lot of pine nuts there, and they filled several gunny sacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pine nuts were rich in oil; you could use them in stir-fries, eat them as a snack, or even press them for oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also gathered a good amount of walnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walnuts could also be pressed for oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had two empty sacks left. Although Gu Jiaojiao had been thinking about gathering soapberries, for now, she was prioritizing edible things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, most of the wild produce in the nearby mountains had been gathered. It would be a waste of time and energy to go to another mountain, so she figured they might as well go pick two sacks of soapberries.\u003C\u002Fp>",811,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.760Z",1,"novelbin.me","8e655f9599be920c756a5efca877b45b09401b4918612e1f2209412f7f0757cf","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-179","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-177",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]