[{"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-58":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},1303180,1729,"Chapter 58 - 56: Scooter","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao and Aunt Zhao started out on the mountainside, picking wild vegetables. After a while, Gu Jiaojiao decided she wanted to head a little deeper into the woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao was a little worried. \"Don’t go too far,\" she cautioned. \"If it starts to rain, you could get trapped. And don’t go too deep into the woods—there are big beasts in there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing Gu Jiaojiao didn’t understand, Aunt Zhao was quick to explain the dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao nodded. \"I understand, Auntie. I’ll just go a little higher up and see if there are any bamboo shoots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her say this, Aunt Zhao let her be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao took her tools and ventured a little deeper. Perhaps because this was the outermost part of the mountain range and frequently visited, a path had been trodden into the ground. Instead of following it, Gu Jiaojiao veered off to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for a while, she discovered a patch of bamboo shoots. Gu Jiaojiao happily crouched down, dug them up, trimmed them down to the edible parts, and put them in her burlap sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped after digging up about twenty pounds’ worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any more and she wouldn’t be able to carry it. Besides, she wanted to find other things too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wandered a bit further and found a patch of mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because the Qiushou had just ended, no one had come up the mountain, so things were especially plentiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Gu Jiaojiao had filled a large sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao, who had also come looking for mushrooms, walked over and was stunned when she saw Gu Jiaojiao’s huge sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiaojiao, you’ve gathered so much! You’ll never be able to carry it all back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mushrooms were freshly picked and large, and with the heavy bamboo shoots underneath, the sack had to weigh over a hundred pounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way someone with Gu Jiaojiao’s slight frame could carry that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi walked over from behind. The thought of how Gu Jiaojiao had swindled her out of a yuan still irked her. Seeing that Gu Jiaojiao had picked a huge bag of mushrooms, she immediately opened her mouth to take a jab at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some people call themselves ’Educated Youth’ from the city, but they’re so petty, making a big deal over a single yuan. I can let that slide, but these mushrooms belong to everyone. To hoard them all like this is just too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone could tell Wu Cuizhi’s words were aimed at Gu Jiaojiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Jiaojiao didn’t get angry. She shot right back, \"You’re right, Auntie. Forget one yuan, I’d treasure even a single penny! If your family has any extra, feel free to bring it over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And as for these mushrooms, they belong to everyone, like you said. Anyone can pick as much as they want. I can carry this much down, so do you have a problem with that, Auntie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Cuizhi snorted. \"I’d like to see you try. There’s no way you’re carrying that down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile instantly lit up Gu Jiaojiao’s face. \"Want to make a bet, Auntie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A bet?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bet my ass! I just lost a yuan to her, and I’m still stinging from it! I’m not betting.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph. I’m not betting with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she walked off to the side and started picking her own mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao shot Wu Cuizhi a look of pity, then asked Aunt Zhao to watch her mushrooms while she grabbed a sickle and went to cut some branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I might be useless when it comes to manual labor, but I’m solid on theory!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She selected a bamboo stalk that wasn’t too thick, chose her spot, and swung the sickle right at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to her culinary skills, her aim was perfect. Her strength, however... was another matter. The blade only scraped the outer layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Heh. This body is seriously weak.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s just like they say: a great plan, a useless person to execute it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Jiaojiao didn’t give up. It would just take a few more swings, that’s all. And in the end, she managed to cut the bamboo stalk down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cut down several more stalks before she was satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t I help you carry it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Between the two of us, we should be able to get this stuff down the mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were anyone else, carrying a sack this big wouldn’t be impossible. It would just take some effort and a few breaks along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was Gu Jiaojiao. It was a different story entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the harvest, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t even lift a fifty-five-pound sack of corn. This huge bag of bamboo shoots and mushrooms had to be at least eighty or ninety pounds. How could she possibly move it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao smiled and reassured her, \"Don’t worry, Aunt Zhao. I have a plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",814,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.759Z",1,"novelbin.me","626da2e60dc99fe90ffa8badc6016345b9a92a3f06a2d45abd12109a78eaf298","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-59","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-57",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]