Adored Koi in the ’70s

Chapter 34

Old woman Fang's waist was sprained and it was still very serious. The sound of slaughtered pigs kept sounding all the way.

Some people felt that old woman Fang deserved it!

That mouth was so stinky. Da Qiao didn't give her water, so she cursed her to get struck by lightning. Look, the Heaven can't stand it anymore!

A married woman named Xing Hua spun her pair of upturned eyes and made a snide remark: "Don't you think it's strange. Both Fang Xiao Juan and old woman Fang's mishap only happened after they encountered Da Qiao. Tsk tsk tsk. That Da Qiao is really evil. Whoever gets close to her gets unlucky!"

Liu Cui Hua spat: "It was me who beat Fang Xiao Juan. I was present when old woman Fang had an accident. You might as well say I was the who brought them misfortune!"

A few women nodded one after another: "We were all there at the time. Nothing happened to us."

Xing Hua gritted her teeth angrily.

She didn't really want to target Da Qiao.

Back then, she was interested in Qiao Zhen Min. While Qiao Xiu Zhi didn't like her. Later, when Qiao Zhen Min married that ugly woman, Chen Qiao Qiao, her dissatisfaction grew in her heart.

It was just that she didn't dare to go head on against Liu Cui Hua.

If she offended Wang Family, her mother-in-law would beat her with a rolling pin until she couldn't get out of bed for three days and three nights!

She turned around with a harrumph. She raised her hoe and smashed it down against a piece of soil. The soil was smashed open. But the hoe's force didn't stop there and smashed its head on her foot.

"Ouch!" She screamed in pain and looked down. Immediately, she yelled out like the way old woman Fang did, "Blood! My foot is bleeding!"

Everyone looked over.

Aiya, this is shocking. The blood dyed the cloth shoes red in just a moment.

Still, it serve her right. Just loosen the soil! Why did she use that much force?

One just got hurt and left. Now another!

After Wang Shui Sheng found out, his face stunk like a stinky ditch.

Da Qiao saw that her grandma got injured, but she wasn't worried about her. To her, old woman Fang was no different from a stranger.

Qiao Xiu Zhi heard that something had happened at this from a distance. When she saw Da Qiao coming over, she scanned her and spoke, "Why are you delivering the water? Where is your cousins?"

Da Qiao handed over the kettle and said softly, "I want to come here myself. I haven't seen Grandfather and Grandmother for a long time. I miss you."

Spring ploughing was too laborious. She was afraid that her grandfather and grandmother would not be able to bear it. So she threw jade beads into the water they were drinking these days.

The fair and tender little dumpling stared at you like a pair of doe like eyes as she said sweetly that she missed you. Who can stand it?

Qiao Xiu Zhi's heart softened. She took off the straw hat on her head and used it as a fan on her while saying, "The water has been brought here. You can go back quickly. Don't come out at noon in the future. Let your elder cousin brother deliver the water. "

When the people around heard this, they all felt that Qiao Xiu Zhi was really a weird person.

An Ping was the only grandson in Qiao Family. Qiao Xiu Zhi didn't dote her grandson, but instead, she doted her granddaughter. No wonder Zhen Guo's wife was full of grievances.

Da Qiao softly agreed. After thinking about it, she tilted her head and said, "Grandfather, Grandmother, I'll go back and cook green mung bean soup for you. Drink it after you get off work!"

Qiao Xiu Zhi frowned: "You are still young, don't go to the kitchen alone. Go back and let your eldest aunt cook."

In Qiao Xiu Zhi's view it was natural to let Wan Chun Ju do some housework as she didn't go to work in the fields because of morning sickness and stayed at home every day.

But when Wan Chun Ju found out, she was extremely upset.

Wan Chun Ju felt that Da Qiao was too chicken sly. Da Qiao pleased her in-laws, while it was her who do the job!

That kid was so cunning at a young age. What will she be like once she grow up?

Thinking how her in-laws pampered treated that kid like a precious during this time, she felt as uncomfortable like her flesh had been cut.

The more she looked at Da Qiao, the more she became unpleasant to the eye: "Eat, eat, eat! Only know to eat! You come to our house all day to eat and drink for free. Don't you know what's the situation is like at home?"

Da Qiao was stunned about getting scolded and felt a little aggrieved in her heart: "I didn't eat for free. I helped my grandfather and grandmother do chores!"

In addition to coming over to learning things from her grandparents, she also helped with some housework. Such as sweeping the floor, cleaning the chicken coop, and going to the private garden to help catch insects.

Wan Chun Ju sneered: "Just that little work. Do you think we can't do it without you?"

She had two daughters. And Chen Qiao Qiao was at home. Who can't do it?

On the contrary, Qiao Zhen Jun and Da Qiao came here from time to time to cheat food and drink, Shameless!

She had lived for 30 years and had only heard about family separation. Not about family reuniting. Although her mother-in-law never mentioned bringing Qiao Zhen Jun back to the family, what was the difference between this situation and family reuniting?

In addition to Qiao Zhen Jun, there was also Qiao Hong Xia. What kind of Qiao!

Who didn't have any conflict with each other in their marriage? The anger will pass after a while. Her man came every day, but Qiao Hong Xia remained cold-hearted and refused to go back.

Don't Qiao Hong Xia need to eat or drink when she came back?

And her stupid son ran after Da Qiao every day. It was really annoying!

A swarm of giant locusts!

The more she thought about it in the kitchen alone, the more angrier she became. She was banging and slamming as did her work. It sounded like a ping-pong match.

When Qiao Dong Ying heard it, she couldn't help but curled her lips, "What's up with Mom again?"

Everyone was living a good life, while she was grumbling every day. If it was up to her, her grandmother should teach her a good lesson!

Qiao Dong He saw her commenting her mom like this and felt it wasn't good if someone else heard her. So she hit her once and lectured, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Although Qiao Dong Ying was not afraid of what others said, she still listened to her elder sister's words. She greeted Da Qiao: "That little cutie over there, do you want to go pick wild vegetables with us?"

Da Qiao was gloomy after being scolded. Hearing what her elder cousin sister's words, she quickly nodded her head like a pecking chick, "Little Cutie want to go!"

On the side, Little Yi Ming heard this. He raised his paws and declared in his baby voice, "Little cutie's little brother, Little Little Cutie also want to go!"

Qiao Dong Ying: "..."

Why are her younger siblings so thick cheek?

Qiao Dong He took in how her younger sister was choked into speechlessness and burst into laughter.

So each person went out with a basket.

Before going out, Qiao Dong He had specially asked their youngest cousin sister, Qiao Dong Wan, if she wanted to go with everyone.

Qiao Dong Wan squatted under an old tree. With a big head and a small body, her eyes fixed on the ants on the ground. Motionless.

Qiao Dong He asked a few times. Still, Qiao Dong Wan never looked up at her. Nor did she look at anyone else.

A long time after walking out of Qiao's old house, Qiao Dong Ying rubbed her nose and spoke, "Elder Sister, do you think little Wan'er is a little odd?"

Qiao Dong He naturally had the same feel.

Youngest Cousin Sister was four years old. Generally, children at this age loved to cry and laugh. Quite lively. But little Wan'er was different from all children.

Since coming back, little Wan'er had never played with anyone. And they rarely heard her speak. If they hadn't heard her cry before, they would have thought she was a mute!

She often squatted under the tree alone and watched the ants move home. If someone hadn't called her, she could stay still all day.

They had seen quiet children, but they always felt that little Wan'er was a little different.

Take little Yi Ming as an example. Although his brain was burned silly and can't remember things, his personality had no problem. Especially when he liked to follow his elder sister Nian Nian like a little tail.

Unable to think of a reason, the two sisters had no choice but to not ponder about it.

Wan Chun Ju was fuming for half a day and noticed that no one came over to help her out. They had all ran away. This made her anger burn more.

She dumped the firewood into the earthen stove with strength. Unexpectedly, her aim was terrible. The firewood bounced back on the stove and hit her forehead.

"Ouch!" Wan Chun Ju gasped in pain. Her forehead throbbed.

She ran back to the room and looked in the mirror. F***, there was a big swollen lump!

So infuriating!

Day by day, nothing was going smoothly!

...

Spring flowers will bloom.

The weather was getting warmer day by day. Wild vegetables and flowers were growing in the forest. There were many children picking wild vegetables like them.

When others saw Qiao Family's children, they couldn't help but stare at Da Qiao.

Children in the countryside ran around all over the mountains and fields. Their skin was usually not very fair. However, Da Qiao seem to be so fair that she can shine. Standing between her two elder cousin sisters and a younger cousin brother, she was so white that she stood out!

It was as if a white steamed bun was suddenly placed in a pile of black wheat buns. People can notice even when they didn't want to.

When Da Qiao saw that everyone was looking at her, she was not angry. She revealed a sweet smile to others.

Everyone saw how cute and pretty she was smiling, they couldn't help but return a smile at her.

Of course, some children remembered their family's orders and stayed away from Da Qiao in fear of being contaminated by her bad luck.

After walking for a while, a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms have been collected in the basket.

Suddenly Qiao Dong Ying nudged Da Qiao's hand and said, "Little Cutie, look. Not Cute also came to pick wild vegetables!"

Not Cute?

Hearing this name, Da Qiao was paused for a moment. When she looked up, she realized that her elder cousin sister was talking about her younger sister, Xiao Qiao.

Like her grandmother, Qiao Dong Ying disliked this cousin, Xiao Qiao very much.

Xiao Qiao's sly minds was like a hornet's nest. Wasn't she afraid of thinking too much and not be able to grow taller in the future?

As soon as Second Uncle was paralyzed, Xiao Qiao immediately followed Fang Xiao Juan back to Fang's house and later remarried with Fang Xiao Juan. It was heard that she had already called Wang Xin Sheng 'Dad'!

But now, it seem that going to Wang's house wasn't as good as she imagined. Xiao Qiao didn't have to do any work back at Qiao's house. But now she had to pick wild vegetables with everyone.

Tsk tsk!

Xiao Qiao also noticed Qiao Family group. Her face inflamed and her heart became irritable again.

As Qiao Dong Ying guessed, her life in Wang Family wasn't easy.

If Wang Family hadn't split, her mom and her can slack off. But now that the family had split, they had to do their own housework by themselves.

At this time, her mom half-miscarried due to Liu Cui Hua. After returning from the clinic, she had been lying on the bed and never got off. The chores at home automatically fell on her shoulder!

Laundry, cooking, sweeping the floor, feeding the chickens, washing dishes and pots, and serving her mom. She did everything!

In just a few days, her hands became a lot coarser!

She didn't want to do these things either. But if she didn't, she and her mom can only drink the northwest wind!

Old Madam Wang doted for Wang Xin Sheng and told him to go to her side every day to eat. As for the daughter-in-law, Fang Xiao Juan and the baggage, Xiao Qiao, she didn't even give them a glance.

Fang Xiao Juan and Xiao Qiao were so angry that there was nearly double blood vomit!

Life now was completely different from what she imagined before!

Originally, she wanted her mom to marry into Wang Family to eat and drink heartily. Unexpectedly, her mom offended all Wang Family before entering the door!

Now Wang Family unanimously ignored them mother and daughter. Although Wang Xin Sheng will become the first ten thousand household in the future, she still found it too difficult!

It was all Da Qiao's fault. If she hadn't stole their luck, how would they have ended up like this?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly turned and left.

Although she was the heroine of great luck, she was still too little. So she should stay away from the calamity, Da Qiao!

Da Qiao was about to open her mouth to greet her younger sister when her younger sister gave a glance before turning away.

Wait, she wasn't giving her a glance. She was glaring at her.

Da Qiao found it a little perplexing.

Qiao Dong Ying noticed that she was in a daze and thought she was sad because of Xiao Qiao. Qiao Dong Ying put a hand on her shoulder and urged, "Enough, don't frown. If you continue on, I'll call you Old Cutie!"

Old Cutie?

That can't do!

Dumpling Da Qiao turned pale with fright and quickly said in a baby-ish voice, "Second Elder Cousin Sister, don't call me Old Cutie. I'm Little Cutie. I won't frown anymore."

Qiao Dong Ying gritted her teeth: "Come on. I wont call you Old Cutie. Dont always call me Second Elder Cousin Sister! It makes always feel like Im very two."

Da Qiao tilted her head and said softly, "Then what do I call you, Second Elder Cousin Sister?"

Qiao Dong Ying: "..."

"Pfft..."

Qiao Dong He couldn't help but chuckle again.

She felt that Younger Sister Da Qiao was simply adorable.

Qiao Dong Ying reached out and pinched Da Qiao's face. Gritting her teeth, she pushed out, "Call me Elder Sister Ying from now on!"

This Sister Ying addressment was leaking with domineering attitude. As if one could see a future badass sister was slowly forming.

Alright then. Elder Sister Ying it was then. It didn't matter to Da Qiao how she should address her.

On the side, little Yi Ming frowned. He immersed himself in a very serious question.

If Nian Nian's sister becomes Old Cutie, wouldn't he become Old Old Cutie?

Grandma Cutie?

It... sounded a little weird?

After picking two baskets of wild vegetables, everyone was ready to go back. However, at this moment, little Yi Ming was suddenly attracted by a butterfly and ran after the butterfly.

"Butterfly, don't run!" Little Yi Ming found the butterfly very pretty. He wanted to grab it and give it to Elder Sister Nian Nian.

It gave Qiao Dong He a scare. She hurriedly shouted: "Little Yi Ming, don't chase. Be careful of falling!"

The few shouted and chased after him.

Once they breathlessly caught up with little Yi Ming, they looked up and found that they didn't recognize the surrounding scenery.

"Dong Ying, we seem to be lost." Qiao Dong He frowned.

Qiao Dong Ying glanced around and replied, "Let's go in one direction first. If that doesn't work, we will go back the same way we came from. There's only four directions, north, west, south, and east. One of those direction will take us out."

Da Qiao looked at her with admiration: "Elder Sister Ying, you are amazing!"

Little Yi Ming clapped his little paws: "Elder Sister Ying is amazing! Elder Sister Ying is amazing!"

Qiao Dong Ying pinched his face and grudgingly remarked: "You little tail, how dare you laugh? If it wasn't for you, how could everyone get lost?"

Little Yi Ming wasn't angry when he was pinched. Instead, he brought the captured butterfly to his elder sister Nian Nian and said, "Elder Sister Nian Nian, little Yi Ming give you this."

The butterfly had brilliant blue wings. It was really beautiful. But it was a pity that little Yi Ming killed it.

Qiao Dong Ying was slightly jealous: "Really a heartless thing. Only have your elder sister Nian Nian in your eyes!"

Surprisingly, little Yi Ming heard her words and thought about it for a while. He heavily nodded his little head: "En, little Yi Ming only has Elder Sister Nian Nian in my eyes. Heartless."

"Pfft..."

This time even Qiao Dong Ying couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Da Qiao suddenly pointed to their right and called out, "Elder Cousin Sister, look. That flower looks so strange. It's like a fan?"

Qiao Dong He and Qiao Dong Ying looked over and found a brown plant growing between the two stones.

The plant was half of Da Qiao's height. The top stretched out like an open fan. On the surface, was a cloud-like appearance. It looked very strange.

Qiao Dong He blinked her long eyelashes and said, "What kind of plant is this? I've never seen it before."

Qiao Dong Ying frowned. After a moment of silence, she spoke, "This looks a bit like Ganoderma lucidum. But the Ganoderma lucidum I've seen before is very small. Only the size of a palm. This one is too big."

Da Qiao said softly, "Elder Sister Ying, could this be Ganoderma lucidum, but it has grown up."

Qiao Dong Ying's eyes lit up: "Yes. A grown up Ganoderma lucidum! Little Cutie, you are so smart!"

Da Qiao's face flushed, and her eyes shone bright. Hearing her elder cousin sister's praise, her little chest deliberately puffed out.

Little Yi Ming followed suit and straightened up his chest. Seeing this, Qiao Dong He was sucker-punched by cuteness until her face was completely bloody.

Younger brother and sister were too cute. What to do?

Qiao Dong Ying saw her elder sister's gawking face and bumped her with her elbow: "Elder Sister, shall we bring that thing back?"

Qiao Dong He came back to her senses and wondered, "It's not easy to do that, right?"

They can't dig without tools.

Qiao Dong Ying pondered about it and finally insisted on bringing it back: "Give it a go. Maybe it'll sell."

At this, Qiao Dong He's eyes flashed a gleam of light and excitedly said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that it can sell money? Hurry, let's get moving!"

No conditions to, then have to create the conditions!

Qiao Dong Ying: "..."

Why didn't she notice that her sister was a money grubber before?

The two sisters took action just like that.

Qiao Dong Ying deliberately found two relatively thick wooden sticks and the two worked together to excavate the soil next to the stone.

Ganoderma lucidum was easy to pick, but the Ganoderma lucidum happened to be stuck between two stones. If the stones weren't removed, it was difficult to completely pick the Ganoderma lucidum.

Don't know how long they dug, but the two's hands were tired from digging. Still, they couldn't budge the stone.

Seeing how tired her cousin sisters were, Da Qiao suggested in her soft voice, "Elder Cousin Sister, let me dig."

Qiao Dong He waved her hand: "No, you are still young. Just watch little Yi Ming by the side."

Da Qiao whispered: "I am very small, but I am very strong!"

Qiao Dong He didn't take her words to heart. Simply treating it as saying childish words.

While Qiao Dong Ying considered it and told her elder sister, "Elder Sister, let her try."

She remembered that her little cousin sister had been doing housework since she was three years old. Once, she saw her holding a pot of clothes without flushing face nor panting. She wasn't very big at that time, so she didn't think much about it.

Now that she thought about it, little cousin sister might have supernatural strength like her grandmother!

Although Qiao Dong He was the older sister, she was more like a younger sister when she was with Qiao Dong Ying.

So when she heard her younger sister's words, she hesitated for a moment before handing the stick over, "Then be careful. Don't hurt yourself, understand?"

"Understood." Da Qiao softly replied. She accepted the wooden stick and digging loudly.

Qiao Dong He's eyes fell to the ground.

Did this little cousin sister eating a strength elixir?

How can a small dumpling be so powerful?

A short while later, Da Qiao dug out the two stones. Qiao Dong Ying carefully picked the Ganoderma lucidum.

Qiao Dong He had already poured out the wild vegetable in the basket and wanted her younger sister to put the plant in.

It was a pity that the plant was too big to fit in the basket!

"What now?" Qiao Dong He asked with a frown.

Qiao Dong Ying made a decisive decision, took off the padded jacket on her body, and wrapped the jacket around the plant: "Let's go. Let's go back."

Don't know if they were lucky or if Qiao Dong Ying had a good sense of direction, they didn't walk in the woods for too long before they walked out.

However, it was already midnoon when they got out. The other children had already gone home for a meal.

It was spring ploughing now. The villagers will get food at noon. Which was convenient for Da Qiao and the others. They didn't encounter many people along the way.

Occasionally, a few people looked over. The two sisters, Qiao Dong He and Qiao Dong Ying immediately blocked Da Qiao, who was holding the plant, with their height.

The adults saw that the two sisters were carrying baskets each and guessed that they had went to pick wild vegetables. They didn't ask any questions, but only reminded: "Your grandmother was looking for you just now. Hurry back now!"

Qiao Dong He replied, "I know Auntie. We'll go back now."

Back to Qiao's old house.

When Wan Chun Ju saw them, she rushed up with a dark face and scolded: "You girls. It's enough that you lazy around and don't help me with the work. You still run out for so long. Don't you know that the family is waiting for you to eat?"

Qiao Dong Ying raised her head and thought of rebuking back. But when she saw the bulging bump on her mother's head, she couldn't help but laugh.

Wan Chun Ju was steaming from embarrassment: "You damn brat, what are you laughing at?"

Behind her, Qiao Zhen Guo merrily jabbed, "Wife, your head is swollen like an old birthday star. Everyone wants to laugh when they see it."

Wan Chun Ju: "..."

Simply pissing her off!

She was hit on the head by a firewood stick. In order to reduce the swelling, she immediately rubbed the swollen area with lard and had rubbed it hard for a long time.

For some unknown reason, the more she rubbed, the bigger it got!

At first it looked like a small egg, but now it was completely swollen into a small steamed bun!

What was even more infuriating was that when her man came back, he laughed like a hyena in her face, instead of feeling bad for her!

Chen Qiao Qiao, who had been black-faced for a few days because of being assigned to raise pigs, felt a lot better when she saw Wan Chun Ju being scolded by her man again.

Qiao Xiu Zhi came over and asked, "Why have you been gone for so long? Have you encountered something?"

"Grandmother, we found something good in the woods!"

Qiao Dong Ying looked at her grandmother with admiration on her face. Thinking that her grandmother was insightful. Unlike her mom, who scolded people indiscriminately upon return!

Wan Chun Ju pouted: "What good things can be found in the woods!"

Even if there were good things, they would have been dug up long ago. How can it wait for a few of kids?

Qiao Xiu Zhi ignored the idiotic eldest daughter-in-law: "What have you dug up? Show it to everyone."

Da Qiao emerged from behind the two cousin sisters and put the clothe-wrapped plant she was holding on the ground: "Grandmother, it's something like a fan!"

Wan Chun Ju recognized at a glance that it was Qiao Dong Ying's clothes and immediately became exploded: "You wasteful brat! You use good clothes to wrap things. What capability!"

As she said that, she moved to pull Qiao Dong Ying's ears. However, was stopped by Qiao Xiu Zhi's gaze: "Shut up!"

Wan Chun Ju:

Why scold her alone?

Qiao Xiu Zhi squatted down and opened her clothes carefully.

The others looked over and revealed a perplex expression.

Wan Chun Ju pouted and muttered, "What kind of broken thing did you pick up!"

Xue Chuan leaned over to take a look. Immediately, he became a little excited: "This is Mount Tai Ganoderma lucidum! A hundred years old Mount Tai Ganoderma lucidum!"