[{"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-59":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},1303181,1729,"Chapter 59 - 57: Caught in the Rain","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao cut the felled bamboo into several pieces of equal length, then pulled up some grass to weave into a rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Wu Cuizhi didn’t dare to make a bet, she still secretly kept an eye on the situation. Seeing Gu Jiaojiao go off to cut bamboo, she couldn’t help but mutter, \"Just for show.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s not like I haven’t seen her work on the threshing ground before. She can’t even keep up with a teenager.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This sack can hold two hundred catties of grain. Mushrooms aren’t as heavy, but I’d guess it’s still at least a hundred catties. Someone like Gu Jiaojiao, carry that down the mountain?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Impossible!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Absolutely impossible!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gu Jiaojiao had no idea what Wu Cuizhi was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already on the final two steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, she used the grass rope to secure the bamboo pieces together, then tied a hemp rope to the front. A simple sled was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao watched, dumbfounded. ’What in the world is that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao gave it a test drag. Seeing no issues, she turned to Aunt Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aunt Zhao, put your basket on here. I’ll help you pull it down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao placed her basket on the sled, and with Gu Jiaojiao’s help, they brought everything home with hardly any effort. Aunt Zhao couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How on earth does your brain work? You’re so clever! This saves so much trouble. We should bring it again next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao shook her head. \"It’s not exactly light itself. It’s easy to pull downhill, but dragging it uphill would be exhausting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can just burn this bamboo for firewood later. The next time we need to haul something, we’ll just make a new one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, this is just a clever trick. I was on a downward slope, so it was easy to pull. On a rough, uneven mountain path, I wouldn’t have the strength to move it at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao was quite self-aware!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aunt Zhao still thought Gu Jiaojiao was incredible. After all, among so many of them, how had no one else thought of such a clever trick?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I used to think getting by was all about being frugal,’ she thought, ’but now I see it’s about using your head.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Look at her. One trip down the mountain and she’s got everything, and can even bring back some firewood.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao’s home was just a short walk from the base of the mountain, while Aunt Zhao still had to continue on into the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comparatively, her travel distance was cut in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why others could manage two trips up the mountain at most, while Gu Jiaojiao could manage three or four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao got home, poured out the mushrooms, and was about halfway through cleaning them when...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud RUMBLE echoed from the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The next moment.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat raindrops began to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain was fast and dense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few moments, puddles had already begun to form in the low spots of the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the curtain of rain outside, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but worry about the two people hunting on the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Aunt Zhao, only slightly damp from the rain, also made it home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tiezhu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Aunt Zhao return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, I’m so glad you’re back. Otherwise, I would have had to go look for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already grabbed a raincoat and was about to head out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I didn’t expect Mom to be so quick this time!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao set down her basket and brushed off the raindrops, then spoke with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all thanks to Gu Zhiqing. She made a sort of frame that let me get down the mountain much faster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tiezhu didn’t know what kind of frame she meant, but he understood that his mother’s quick descent was because Gu Jiaojiao had made something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the rain fall harder and harder outside, he couldn’t help but remark, \"Gu Zhiqing is really amazing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing we had that thresher she invented this time. Otherwise, our production brigade would have lost a lot of grain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Zhao agreed wholeheartedly. \"Jiaojiao saved our village’s life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grain is everything. Without it, you starve. That was the harsh reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived through times of hardship, they understood the terror of having no food better than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When people were truly starving, they would even eat other people.\u003C\u002Fp>",745,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.759Z",1,"novelbin.me","1c4f04c689f71e57fc1f7b057bf406dcc9fe17f4bc8243343abf851463e5df59","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-60","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-58",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]