75 No, This Was Also My Decision
When Madam Zhou heard Su Yingâs voice, she shrank back in fear.
Madam Sun pinched Madam Zhou hard. âI told you to look for water, but youâre hiding somewhere else loafing away. Iâll beat you to death.â
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Su Ying grabbed Madam Sunâs hand with an icy expression. âI told the two of you to go, not just her alone. Tell me, where did you all go to look for water today?â She turned to look at Madam Zhou.
Madam Zhou shrunk her neck and shoulders in fear. She dared not raise her head to look at Su Ying at all. âWe⊠we went to the back⊠backâŠâ
âWhere at the back?â Su Yingâs voice suddenly became stern.
âItâs right behind the open space. What do you want us to do if we canât find water?â Madam Sun stuck her neck forward and raised her voice as if she was trying to bolster her courage by raising her voice.
Su Ying straightened her body slowly, and her eyes were filled with a deep layer of chilliness. âBefore you locate the water source, you two will have nothing to eatâ.
Madam Sun was furious when she heard that. They were having braised pork tonight. She hadnât had a good bite of meat in a long time. Su Ying didnât allow them to eat when she herself was having meat. She was clearly doing this on purpose!
âWhat basis do you have to forbid us from eating?â
Su Ying glared at her icily. âOn the basis that all the food belongs to me.â
âYou! You! I donât care. Iâm going to eat it. I donât believe you can do anything to me!â Madam Sun reached out to grab the meat in the pot.
To her surprise, before her hand could grab the meat, a wooden stick hit the back of her hand ruthlessly, causing her to cry out in pain.
âYou! You dare to hit me? Who do you think you are?â Madam Sun was so angry that she became emboldened. She gritted her teeth and tried to scratch Su Yingâs face.
Su Ying toyed with the rod for controlling the campfire in her hand and hit the back of Madam Sunâs hand whenever she got close.
Madam Sun cried out loudly in pain. âHelp! MurderâŠâ
However, no matter how much she shouted, the people nearby simply looked on idly, feeling an immense sense of gratification.
Madam Sun retracted her hands in pain, turned around, and ran to the place where Wang Lang was. âLang âer, save your mother! Your mother is going to get beaten to death!â She ran behind Wang Lang, her whole body curled up and trembling.
When Wang Lang saw his own mother being beaten, he also felt very uncomfortable, but he also knew that Madam Sun was wrong.
His external wounds had already healed, but his internal organs had not yet recovered. As such, he could not do any heavy work and could only watch from the side. He slowly knelt down in front of Su Ying when he saw her walking over.
âI beg Mistress to spare Mother and the others this time.â Wang Lang choked on his voice as he spoke because he also felt ashamed. After all, everyone was working hard, but his mother and wife wanted to play tricks and slack off. However, Madam Sun was his mother, and he couldnât just watch idly as she got beaten.
He kept kowtowing to Su Ying, begging her not to hit Madam Sun.
Su Ying stopped in front of Wang Lang and looked icily down at him. âWang Lang, do you know why I saved you? It was because you were very important to Xiao Jin, so I tolerated your family.â
Xiao Jinâs brows furrowed slightly, and his heart felt suffocated. He couldnât describe this feeling.
âHowever, I, Su Ying, donât need self-entitled trash by my side. If they want to leave now, I wonât stop them, but if they want to stay, they have to listen to me. This is the last chance Iâm giving them. Look for a water source, and before they find one, they wonât have anything to eat. Wang Lang, if you want to hate, then hate me. All of this has nothing to do with Xiao Jin.â
âNo, this was my decision as well.â Xiao Jin suddenly spoke up. There were some things that he didnât want Su Ying to bear for him on her own. âWang Lang, if your mother and the others just want to fool around and enjoy the fruits of other peopleâs labor, then you can leave with them.â
Xiao Jin knew that Su Ying tolerated Madam Sun because Wang Lang was someone he trusted and valued, but he couldnât let one bad apple spoil the whole barrel.
Wang Langâs face was full of guilt. âYes, Master. We will definitely not eat anything before we locate a water source.â
Madam Sun was displeased when she heard this. She wanted to speak, but Wang Lang rebuked her, âMother, you should stop talking. If you are not willing to cooperate, Iâll take all of you away now!â
When Madam Sun heard that she had to leave this place, she caved in. It was not easy to come to such a place where she could live so how could she be willing to leave?
She glared at Su Ying viciously. She was going to teach this bitch a lesson sooner or later.
Since Madam Sun and the others didnât find a water source, Su Ying carried the bucket and tried to think of a way to get water out of the interspatial store.
So, she picked up the bucket and walked into the gradually darkening night.
Xiao Jin looked at her departing back profile and asked, âSu Ying, where are you going?â
âIâm going to borrow water,â Su Ying replied without turning her head.
By the time she returned, she was carrying two buckets of water. When Aunt Zhao asked her where she get the water from, Su Ying only said she had paid the family at the back for the water and brushed it off.
Dinner was mixed-grain buns and braised pork. Everyone was hungry after a busy day, so even though Hea Shouyi had cooked several big pots, all the pots were emptied.
After eating and drinking their fill, everyone was so tired that they didnât even want to lift their fingers and fell asleep straightaway on the ground.
Su Ying took advantage of the night to get some more water from her interspatial store to wipe her body. She was exhausted from a busy day and couldnât take a relaxing bath. She felt really uncomfortable.
Although she had borrowed a lot of infinite power from the wristband today, she had also used a lot of her own strength. It was not easy to lift those large wooden piles, and her limbs were a little sore now.
âYour body is aching?â Xiao Jin saw that Su Ying kept massaging her arms and legs, and a hint of heartache flashed swiftly across his dark eyes.
Su Ying flopped down on the carriage like a dead fish. âMm-hmm. Iâm quite tired.â
Su Ying had just finished speaking when she felt a warm palm gently massaging her sore calf.
She groaned in pleasure and slowly closed her eyes.
The sound of a grinding knife rang out again in the wooden building not far away.
Mei Niang, dressed in all red, leaned against the railing and looked in the direction of the open space. A burly figure appeared behind her.
âYou saw it for yourself today. That little lady is no ordinary person.â
Mei Niang gently flapped the bone fan in her hand, her eyes shining with a dark light. âI donât like these mundane people now. I canât wait anymore. Tomorrow then. Sheâs different. Weâll use a different method.
âAlright.â
Cock-a-doodle-doâŠ
Before dawn, roosters were already crowing in the base camp.
Su Ying opened her eyes and found that the soreness in her muscles had eased significantly. She didnât know if it was because Xiao Jin had massaged her that night.
She got up and looked at the adorable manner of the children who were sleeping soundly. She couldnât resist kissing them on the face. After that, she got off the carriage.
Uncle Hea and the others had already woken up to prepare breakfast. Everyone had to do heavy work all day, so if they didnât eat their fill in the morning, they would not have sufficient strength.
The foundation was ready, but the wooden planks for building the house were not ready. Su Ying planned to go to the back of the mountain to take a look. Even if she couldnât catch any prey, she could take some out from her interspatial store. She could claim that she caught it in the mountain while taking the chance to familiarize herself with the surroundings.
After breakfast, Su Ying set off for the back of the mountain.
Madam Sun and Madam Zhou went hungry the entire night and were extremely angry. When Madam Sun saw Su Ying leave, she stood up and walked toward the pot.
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