Chapter 135: Stop fighting

Of course, these were all things for later.

Transplanting chili seedlings was hard work. Jiang Cheng and Zheng Qinghe didn't need to be mentioned; they were mainly responsible for burying them in the soil at the head of the field.

Chunhua and Jiang Wan had less strength, so they squatted in the backyard to pull the seedlings and then put them neatly into the basket. Jiang Zhan also came to help.

Du Ruo borrowed a sheep-horn cart from the neighbor, Clan Leader Jiang, similar to the wheelbarrow of her previous life. She put the baskets full of chili seedlings on it, pushed one side with Zheng Shi, and stumbled toward the field.

Fortunately, the field was just behind the village and not far away, so the mother and daughter finally delivered them without danger.

After tossing back and forth twice, the two of them gained experience, and it was much more stable afterward.

The dog wasn't idle either, one claw for one pit, not too big or too small, just right.

The family was tired, but their hearts were happy and solid.

When Du Ruo and Zheng Shi pushed the chili seedlings to the head of the field for the sixth time, they found that a large group of villagers had already gathered there.

Everyone looked left and right at those little things in the field, looked up and down, but couldn't figure out what they were.

"Jiang Li's wife, what are you planting? Is it another precious medicinal herb?" Fu asked first.

Everyone looked at Du Ruo with eager eyes.

Before, the Jiang family's second branch planted dozens of medicinal herbs without a sound and sold them for thousands of taels. Here, it looked like there were at least several thousand seedlings. Wouldn't they be making a fortune?

Du Ruo put down the sheep-horn cart, raised her hand to wipe the sweat, and smiled. "Where are there so many precious medicinal herbs? The previous one was just a coincidence."

She took a seedling from the basket and handed it to Fu, asking her to pass it to everyone to see.

"This is a vegetable called chili, mainly used as a seasoning. When it grows up in the future, I'll send some to each of you to taste."

Seeing Du Ruo being so generous, the villagers didn't take it seriously anymore.

If it were really a precious medicinal herb, would Du Shi be willing to give it away? And give away so much? It must not be worth much.

Since that was the case, there was no need to watch. There was still a pile of work in their own fields.

Everyone was just about to disperse.

Suddenly, a sour voice sounded: "Oh, don't tell me you want to eat alone again? If it's really a vegetable, why have we never seen it before?"

Du Ruo glanced at the person, and sure enough, it was the lingering Zhu Shi.

She really could get involved in everything.

Before, she had no money and no points, but now... hehe.

Du Ruo blinked. "I don't understand what Auntie Zhu means. What is eating alone? Which law stipulates that I must take you with me when I get rich?"

"Exactly, everyone makes a fortune in silence. Only a fool would shout everywhere."

Fu also helped. "I say Auntie Zhu, I know you are jealous that the Jiang family's second branch made a lot of money, but they didn't steal, didn't rob, and didn't splash red oil. They earned the silver with their own ability and luck. It's your fault for being sour and weird here. If you have that idle time, you might as well think about how to live your life well, don't just think about selling your daughter all day long."

Zhu Shi's spearhead immediately turned to stab at her.

"You little bitch, I'm talking to Du Shi, what does it have to do with you? So what if I sell my daughter? My daughter was born by me, I want to sell her, and I sell her openly!"

She put her hands on her hips and sneered disdainfully. "Better than you. You don't sell your daughter, but your daughter isn't yours, so of course you don't dare to sell her. If you sell her, her father will come back and won't spare you? Bah, what's there to be proud of as a stepmother, still licking Du Shi's stinky feet here, don't have a stinky face!"

The two immediately started scolding each other, back and forth, and then twisted together in a fight.

Zhu Shi was much heavier, and Fu had a sharp tongue, but she was thin and small. She was no match for Zhu Shi in a fight and soon suffered a loss.

Someone nearby hurriedly went to pull them apart.

Du Ruo also went. Of course, she didn't pull Fu, but Zhu Shi.

"Stop, stop fighting!" She shouted while taking advantage of the gap when Zhu Shi was roaring and scolding, and smeared the newly exchanged "Silence Powder" into her wide-open mouth.

Anyway, the scene was all hands; you poke my face and I pull your hair, no one would notice anything unusual.

Zhu Shi thought it was mud from someone else's hand that had splashed in, so she didn't care, spat twice, and didn't bother, continuing to tear and fight.

Zheng Shi was afraid that her daughter would be accidentally injured, so she hurriedly came over to pull Du Ruo away.

Du Ruo patted the remaining powder on her hands and walked over to the dumbfounded Zheng Qinghe and Jiang Cheng, pushing them. "Hey, what's so good about women fighting, hurry up and work."

The two young men came back to their senses and got busy.

By the time the fight was over, half of the three acres of land had been planted. Counting them, there were about... seedlings.

Du Ruo scanned the area happily.

Great, these tens of thousands of chili seedlings were much more valuable than Ghost Dudu, and it was a long-term business.

Ghost Dudu could only be planted once. If planted again, it would likely attract covetousness from above. After all, the technology of artificially cultivating precious medicinal herbs was too eye-catching.

It was almost noon, and the people watching the fun had dispersed one after another.

Zhu Shi won the fight. Although she was a bit scratched, she was very proud and returned home with her bucket waist.

In the courtyard full of chicken manure, Zhu Shi's daughter-in-law, Miao Shi, was chasing Zhu Shi's sixth daughter, Li Qiuniang, and scolding her. "You money-losing goods, did you steal eggs again? I told you to eat, I told you to eat!"

Li Qiuniang hid while crying and defending herself. "It wasn't me, I didn't steal, it really wasn't me..."

Seeing Zhu Shi enter the door, Li Qiuniang hurriedly knelt down and hugged her leg, looking up and begging: "Mother, help me tell sister-in-law, that egg was little brother..."

Slap, Zhu Shi slapped Li Qiuniang's words away.

"Dead girl, you're so old and still greedy for stealing food, and you still refuse to admit it after eating, actually wanting to blame it on your younger brother!"

She shook off her daughter's hand, ran to the door, picked up a broom, and beat Li Qiuniang all over her head and face. "Old lady really raised you white-eyed wolves in vain, one by one eating inside and out. Your sister was like this, and you are too. If you don't listen again, believe it or not, I'll sell you tomorrow?"

Li Qiuniang hugged her head and shrank into a big ball, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't dare to hide.

Mother would really do what she said. Before, her eldest sister and second sister were like this. In the end, one was sold to a pig butcher as a filler, beaten every day; one was sold to a sixty-year-old rich man as the ninth concubine, but was driven out of the house by his sons after the rich man died.

She didn't want to end up like that, she didn't want to...

"Alright Mother, stop hitting." Miao Shi walked over and kicked Li Qiuniang, saying unpleasantly, "Who will do the work if you hit her? I won't do it."

Zhu Shi hurriedly accompanied her with a smiling face. "You don't have to do it, you go back to your room and rest, Mother will go and steam an egg flower for you, and I'll bring it to you to drink in a while."

Miao Shi hummed lightly, raised her chin, and entered the room.

Looking at her back, Zhu Shi sighed.

Her son went to prison and wouldn't be able to come out for three years. After he came out, he would be old, his reputation wouldn't be good, and there was no money at home. Where could he find a new wife?

No way, she could only coax Miao Shi first, so she wouldn't make a fuss about going back to her maiden home.

In the end, it was all the fault of the Jiang family's second branch. If it weren't for them, how could her son have been caught in prison?

Zhu Shi spat in the direction of the Jiang family's second branch and opened her mouth to scold: "Du Shi, that little bitch..."

Strange, why was there no sound?

Zhu Shi tried a few more times, but she couldn't make a sound at all, and her face turned pale with fright.

She was anxious, reached out and pinched Li Qiuniang hard, wanting to scold her as usual, but her mouth opened and closed, yet she couldn't hear any scolding.

Zhu Shi collapsed on the ground, her face as gray as death.

It was over, she seemed... dumb? ===== CHAPTER 136 =====