C21 Try to Find a Way

Xia Yu carried the bowl and carefully made her way to Shen Yao's side. She wiped the water on Shen Yao's face. Shen Yao gave Xia Yu a puzzled look. She thought that she was still a child and was deliberately playing around with her. So she gave Xia Yu a light pat and did not bother about the water on her face.

Putting the bowl aside, Xia Yu stared intently at Shen Yao's face. How should she put it? The change was very obvious. Just by looking at it, she could see that there was something dark on Shen Yao's face.

However, it was only a small piece of it. This could be considered useful, but Xia Yu did not intend to sell such a thick thing to outsiders. The change was too obvious and easily suspicious. It would be best if it was a gradual change so that those who had used it would become her regular customers.

"Mom, I've solved Qingyun's problem. I've let Qingyun recuperate at home for the past few days. Her right hand is injured. I can't ignore this. If she becomes disabled, Qingyun won't be able to participate in the Imperial Examinations in the future."

Shen Yao nodded. Ever since Xia Qingyun went to school, she was able to raise her head when she walked in the village. Although there were still people talking about their family behind their backs, most of them were envious. After all, Lin Chengcan had found a similar private school to go to school, but Xia Qingyun had become the disciple of an old man from the village next door. Her future was limitless.

Although Xia Qingyun couldn't write, she could recite. He didn't recognize all the words in the book, but that didn't stop him from memorizing what he knew.

Memorizing was hard work. No wonder others said that reading was hard, but when he thought about how his mother could raise her head and speak, he felt that all his efforts were worth it.

Besides, his sister said that all the books were for him to read, and even if he couldn't get into the High Scholar class, he could at least make himself smart.

Hearing her daughter's laughter and her son's intermittent reading, Shen Yao could not help but laugh happily. She also put in a lot more effort when cooking.

Xia Changping should be back soon in the next few days, and he should be able to bring back his salary from last month. There should be one and a half taels of silver, which was not a small amount. In the future, she would be able to cook something delicious for Yu and Qingyun.

Yu was already fourteen years old, and she looked like she was only twelve or thirteen years old. She hadn't even had her period yet. Even if she didn't marry Lin Chengcan, she had to take care of her health. Otherwise, if she got married and couldn't have a child, Yu would be the one to suffer.

At dinner time, there were still a few familiar dishes, and the wild vegetable soup was still Shen Yao's specialty. But halfway through, Xia Yu saw Xia Changlian coming over again.

Last time, she was so badly beaten up, so how could she still have the face to come over? She couldn't live anymore, so she wanted to come over and take advantage of the situation?

"Xia Changlian, why are you here? Don't forget what I said before."

Xia Yu looked at Xia Changlian with a cold smile, but this time, Xia Changlian came alone and did not follow her unlucky daughter.

Xia Changlian glared fiercely at Xia Yu and said that she had been harmed by a demon. She thought that Xia Yu was the one who had really been bewitched by the demon. Otherwise, she would not have disobeyed her time and time again, and even dared to challenge her. It was just that after suffering so many losses, she had learned her lesson and would definitely not mess around anymore.

"Sister-in-law, your family is doing well now, but I can't even eat. Can you do me a favor and give me some silver and some rice?"

Xia Changping had done his best for this sister. Even if Xia Changlian brought the child back to her family and forced him to buy a house for her, he was still afraid that Xia Changlian and her mother would not have anything to eat.

So he specially developed two pieces of barren land. If Xia Changping was a healthy person, he would have suffered a lot. He was a cripple, and in order to develop two pieces of barren land, he was able to give Xia Changlian and her daughter something to eat. He was almost exhausted to death, but these two pieces of land were still abandoned.

How did Xia Yu know? In the original body's memories, Xia Changping was lying on the bed, dressed in purple and green. From time to time, he would wail, and then Xia Changlian and her mother would shout outside for food. His mother was so anxious that she cried, but she could not say anything.

"Don't say that we mistreated you. My father has let you down. Xia Changlian, you have the nerve to bully our family of old, weak, sick, and disabled. If you are unconvinced, call Uncle Lin over and let him judge."

The moment Xia Yu opened her mouth, the words that came out made it hard for Xia Changlian to resist. She had long known that Xia Yu's mouth was not to be trifled with, but her family was not to be trifled with. If she did not come here to take advantage of the situation, where else could she go?

In the end, Shen Yao couldn't bear to do it. She gave her more than ten copper coins and only said that all the silver money in the house had been given to Xia Qingyun to pay the private tutor fee. There was nothing to eat at home right now, and if she was really hungry, she could call Xia Changlian the next time she picked wild vegetables.

If it wasn't for Shen Yao's sincere expression and her continuous drawing, Xia Yu would have suspected that Shen Yao was doing this on purpose to make Xia Changlian angry. Only Shen Yao could make this wild vegetable delicious. If anyone could make it so delicious, the people in the village would have long since dug up all the wild vegetables.

After Aunt Zhou suffered a loss last time, she basically didn't go too close to the Xia family anymore. It was just that after seeing Xia Changlian, she couldn't help but go over, wanting to discuss something with Xia Changlian, such as stealing the chickens and ducks of the Xia family and selling them.

The Xia family didn't have a dog, so the chicken wouldn't bark. Even if it was stolen, it wouldn't make any noise.

"Sister Changlian, come quickly."

Aunt Zhou was so kind to Xia Changlian, and Xia Changlian hated Aunt Zhou to the core.

If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have made a fool of himself. He was beaten so badly by the villagers that he almost couldn't get out of bed. And that little bitch, Xia Yu, dared to ride on her head.

The more Xia Changlian thought about it, the angrier she became. She wanted to rush over and fiercely scratch Aunt Zhou's face.

Looking at Xia Changlian's flustered and exasperated appearance, Aunt Zhou did not think too much about it. After all, she wasn't that smart to begin with, and at this moment, she only thought that Xia Changlian was angry because she was in the Xia family.

"Sister Changlian, what are you thinking about? Come in quickly. Think about it, you are a member of the Xia family, Xia Changping's biological sister. Why should you listen to Shen Yao when it comes to matters of the Xia family? Didn't she treat you badly? Go find your mother to help you. No matter how powerful your daughter-in-law is, she still has to be afraid of the old granny."

Xia Changlian felt as if she had been called. She had been to her parents' house before, but her father did not spoil her. Before she could finish speaking, she was kicked out.

The Xia family was one of the most special families. After the daughter died, her husband went back to his parents' house. Instead of going to his parents' house, he went to his brother and sister-in-law's house. In the end, he was chased out and left alone with his child.

And after her son got married, she actually chased her son out. Although it was a branch family, her parents were still around. How could there be a branch family?

Xia Changlian left while deep in thought, and Xia Yu's grandmother just happened to see her uncertain daughter go out from the rundown house next door.

This was getting involved with her again. Previously, when Xia Changping's family was being discussed, she did not say anything. Although she did not say it out loud, Xia Changping did not agree that a toad wanted to eat swan meat.

But Xia Changping had lived for so many years, and he had not helped much. Even when he gave something to her, he would deduct it and search it.

No wonder that child Yu and Xia Qingyun were not close to him.

Seeing her mother-in-law come over again, Shen Yao was very happy. Her mother-in-law was very good to her, but Xia Yu was still the same as always. She did not like to use her warm face against someone else's cold chest, so she did not want to say anything to her.