Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 40

EXCELLENCE IS NOT WITHOUT REASON

Sun Chunxiang was fuming with anger at Zhu Yonghong.

She picked up a stick lying next to her and went to hit Zhu Yonghong, "You're a disgrace to our family and dare to talk back! I'll beat you to death today! Six for one cent, why not give them away for free then? Don't you treasure the money I earned? Do you know your brother doesn't even have his living expenses this month! You're such a waste! I'll beat you to death!"

In this era, university students were highly valued. If a family had a university student, it was almost like having royalty in the household.

As for daughters?

Daughters were seen as an expense, as they would eventually be married off.

So Zhu Yonghong quit school early, setting up a stall with her mother to earn living expenses for her brother.

"Mom, stop hitting!" Zhu Yonghong grabbed the falling stick, "Tomorrow morning I will earn back the money we lost today! I promise it won't affect my brother's living expenses."

Zhu Yonghong's mindset had been assimilated. Just like Sun Chunxiang, she treated her university-educated brother as if he was an ancestor, without feeling it was unfair at all.

"That's easy for you to say, how are you going to earn it?" Sun Chunxiang asked, her face full of anger.

Zhu Yonghong took a deep breath, "Mom, listen to me..." Zhu Yonghong leaned on her mother's shoulder and whispered her plan.

After hearing Zhu Yonghong's words, Sun Chunxiang frowned and asked, "Can that really work?"

Sun Chunxiang was a money-loving person, but she was tentative about this plan because she was also timid.

Zhu Yonghong laughed and said, "Why not? It will definitely work as long as nobody gets hurt."

"You're right." Sun Chunxiang nodded, the anger on her face gradually fading away, "Then we will do as you suggested."

"Good, Mom." Zhu Yonghong's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.

Just wait and see, nobody will want to eat her noodles tomorrow!

She will make that little tart experience what desolation feels like.

**

Ni Family

After lunch, Ni Yang went to the river to check the crab trap she had set a few days ago, and also collected some snails along the way.

Not long after she left, Zhou Qingshang showed up at the gate of Ni's courtyard with a basket of vegetables.

Zhou Qingshang had come to thank Ni Yang. After following Ni Yang's advice and drinking the decoction made from the roots Ni Yang had given her, her cold was gone overnight!

When she first took the roots home, people had scoffed, saying such roots couldn't possibly cure a cold. She had also been simply trying when she drank the decoction.

She didn't expect that it would work so well!

The next morning, her headache was gone, she stopped coughing, and her fever had also subsided!

That root was even more effective than the Immortal Pill.

"Is Yangyang at home?"

"Yes, who is it?" Ni Cuihua appeared confusedly from inside, looking at Zhou Qingshang, "May I ask who you are?"

Zhou Qingshang smiled and said, "You must be Yangyang's mother, right? I live nearby, my family name is Zhou."

Through Ni Yang's dietary care for these days, Ni Cuihua's spirits had significantly improved. Even her facial wrinkles had subsided a lot, her complexion had improved a lot too. One could see Ni Yang in her eyes.