Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 19 Calculation
"They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to extort something else, but I played dumb and got away with it. I didn't fall for their tricks and even got the items back, so they didn't get any advantage at all."

Su Yaoguang said this, raising her sweet little face, waiting for Zhang Zhaodi's praise.

A smile appeared on Zhang Zhaodi's haggard face, and she poked her forehead: "You are so smart."

Su Yaoguang rolled up her sleeves and said, "Leave this to me. Mom, go and have a rest first. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

"Your hands are covered in wounds. Go apply some medicine first. Even though I got a wild boar today, I don't want this to happen again. It's too scary and too dangerous."

"This kind of thing doesn't happen often. If it did, Wangshu and I would do nothing but wait on the mountain for the wild boars to appear, and then kill and sell them every day."

Zhang Zhaodi was amused by her.

When she smiled, her harsh face, which had been ravaged by life, became much gentler.

"Mom, let me make it. Wild boar meat has a strong fishy smell, and I have a special secret recipe that can make it delicious. Just wait and see how I show you my skills."

"Okay, then you come." Zhang Zhaodi untied the apron made from old clothes.

Instead of going back to her room to rest, she sat in front of the stove and lit a fire.

The sound of chopping wood came from the yard. It was obvious that Zhou Wangshu was chopping wood there.

Zhang Zhaodi said, "Wangshu is indeed hardworking, but he's a little weak. When we make some money from this batch of rouge and powder, we'll buy him some good food to nourish him. He's still young now, and as long as he's well cared for, he'll definitely grow stronger and stronger. My girl, a man should be strong, otherwise he'll fall down at the slightest gust of wind. How can he be the pillar of the family?"

"Mom doesn't dislike him anymore?"

"He still has a conscience, much better than many timid men."

As Zhang Zhaodi was talking, she saw Su Yaoguang marinating some meat with herbs and asked, "Can these be eaten? They're all medicine!"

"Mom, these are warming and nourishing medicines that can remove the fishy smell of wild boar meat. Don't worry about eating them. They will only benefit your body and not cause any harm."

Zhang Zhaodi was busy taking on jobs, often leaving Su Yaoguang alone at home for days at a time. This had happened when Su Yaoguang was little, and it became even more common as she grew older. Some more sophisticated families would even take her home to wait for the woman to give birth, often staying for a month or two. Zhang Zhaodi could only pay the aunt next door to help look after Yaoguang.

Zhang Zhaodi looked at her hardworking and capable daughter as if she had just met her for the first time and she never got tired of looking at her. She owed her daughter so much, but her daughter never complained about her.

If Su Yaoguang knew what Zhang Zhaodi said, she would definitely be ashamed. In her previous life, she initially complained, but she also longed for companionship, which is why she clung to Xiao Yanci as a lifeline. If Xiao Yanci showed even a little gentleness towards her, she would want to give him her heart. If Xiao Yanci expressed dissatisfaction, she would do everything she could to please him.

However, Su Yaoguang now has a fifteen-year-old body but a thirty-year-old soul. She has seen too much, lost too much, and knows better what she should cherish the most.

"It's time for dinner." Su Yaoguang called out to the yard. "Wangshu, wash your hands and eat."

Zhou Wangshu washed his hands and came in to help. He saw that Su Yaoguang not only made braised pork today, but also twice-cooked pork.

Zhang Zhaodi said distressedly as she served herself white rice: "My daughter, not only do you eat so much meat in one meal, but you also eat white rice. How can you live like this?" "Such good meat should be paired with white rice," Su Yaoguang said. "Don't worry, mother. We will be able to earn money in a few days."

"It's still uncertain whether the things will sell, so we still have to save money," Zhang Zhaodi said. "But today I sold this wild boar for a couple of ounces of silver! I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

The dinner was delicious. Zhou Wangshu was always a gentleman when dining, but today he couldn't resist eating a few more mouthfuls of the braised pork.

Zhang Zhaodi picked up some meat for Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu looked at Zhang Zhaodi gratefully: "Thank you, Auntie."

Zhang Zhaodi was originally feeling a little awkward, but when she was stared at by those eyes, she was suddenly overwhelmed with maternal love.

She took a few more pieces and said, "Eat more. You're too thin. You need to replenish your body."

"Aunt, you are so kind to me." Zhou Wangshu's eyes were red. "No one has ever been as kind to me as you and Yaoguang."

Zhang Zhaodi looked at Zhou Wangshu with heartache: "My poor child, this will be your home from now on. Yaoguang and I are your family. You should eat whatever we eat. We will not let you down."

Su Yaoguang felt extremely warm and cozy, but Second Uncle Su was furious.

Not only did he not get to eat the wild boar meat, but he also got the stigma of bullying his widowed sister-in-law and niece. Most importantly, he felt that Su Yaoguang had changed, becoming out of control and difficult to control.

"We have to quickly get that stinky girl Su Yaoguang to marry Mu Tou. Otherwise, if she keeps going against us like this all day long, we won't be able to live like this." Second Aunt Su said angrily.

"Su Yaoguang already has a young husband. If we marry her to Mu Tou, everyone in the village will criticize us." said Grandpa Su, who didn't care about the matter.

"That young husband was seriously injured before, and now he seems to have recovered, but he is still young. There is no wedding banquet, no marriage certificate, and he definitely hasn't slept together yet. It's better for us to take action before they have a wedding banquet. Once they have a wedding banquet and a marriage certificate, it will be too late." Uncle Su said viciously, "I will go and get the wood tomorrow."

"Why did you take the wood?" Aunt Su said with a grim expression. "He's a fool. If we take it, we'll have to wait on him."

"Let my younger sister come along." Uncle Su said, "We've been so worried about his son's marriage, and as a mother, she has to do something."

The Su family's aunt, Su Guilan, had only this foolish son, and she was still waiting for him to carry on the family line. Her husband was honest and simple-minded, and she controlled him tightly. Over the years, the couple had saved some money and planned to use it as a betrothal gift to find a wife for her son. The first target was Su Yaoguang, after all, the girl had no father and was easy to control.

"I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat..." Su Dabao, the rich kid of the Su family, stamped his feet and cried loudly. "Xiaochun's family eats meat, Huaqiang's family eats meat too, but I don't eat meat."

"Okay, Dabao, be good. Grandma will find you some meat tomorrow," Grandma Su said, her voice distressed. "It's all that bitch Su Yaoguang's fault. She got a wild boar, but she didn't know how to honor Grandpa and Grandma. Did she just bring that little bit over here to send off beggars? It's a waste of money. It's really useless to keep her. She doesn't care about her family at all."

"Wait until she marries Mu Tou, and let my younger sister punish her every day and teach her how to respect the elderly." Second Aunt Su seemed to have seen Su Yaoguang being ridden on the head and beaten by a fool, and her eyes were full of gloating.

(End of this chapter)