The Blessed Farm Girl Has a Spatial Storage
Chapter 60: You Have No Friends

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: You Have No Friends

Qiao Muchen, who was intently staring at the hole, suddenly plopped onto the ground, his face pale as he shouted at Zhao Zhitong, "Zhao Zhuangzhuang, scaring people like that can give them a heart attack!"

HAHAHA.

At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out.

Qiao Muchen was stunned. "Who’s laughing?"

Zhao Zhitong shook her head. Zhao Yu also shook his head. Then, Wei Shulan and Xiao Shitou also shook their heads one after another.

Immediately after, another burst of laughter rang out.

Then, three little radish heads swaggered out as if they owned the place.

Zhao Zhitong recognized the newcomers at first sight. "Zhao Yue! What are you doing here?"

Zhao Yue snorted. "None of your business. This isn’t your family’s forest; I can come here if I want to."

Zhao Zhitong thought about it and decided not to bother with them anymore. She turned around and said to her companions, "Let’s go to the other side."

Zhao Yue had come specifically to teach Zhao Zhitong a lesson, so how could he let her leave? He charged straight at her.

He tried to grab Zhao Zhitong, intending to smear ink all over her face with his ink-stained hands.

It had to be said, he was truly bold, completely disregarding the disparity in numbers between their two groups.

There were five people on Zhao Zhitong’s side; could he possibly beat all five of them?

Clearly, he could not.

As a result, Zhao Yue was quickly pinned to the ground by Xiao Shitou and Zhao Yu. Meanwhile, Zhao Yue’s two companions stood by, stunned. Seeing the situation turn against them, they turned and fled.

Thus, Zhao Yue was mercilessly abandoned, but he remained stubbornly defiant. "I’m not afraid of you! I can take on all five of you by myself!"

Zhao Zhitong charged forward, hands on her hips. "Pah! You big villain! You still want to sneak attack me? Watch me smash your head in!"

As she said this, she waved her little fists, ready to hit him, but Qiao Muchen stopped her.

Qiao Muchen was a bit angry, as he had just promised his mother not to fight anymore. So, he said to Zhao Yue, "The Teacher says a gentleman uses his words, not his fists. Are you a gentleman or a villain?"

Zhao Yue snorted and turned his head away. "Hmph, of course I’m a gentleman."

Who would call themselves a villain? I’m not an idiot.

Qiao Muchen said, "Alright then. If you’re a gentleman, I’ll let you go. We won’t compete by fighting, but by something befitting gentlemen. If I win, you are to never oppose us again. If you win, we’ll do whatever you want."

Zhao Yue snorted coldly. "Fine! Bring it on! Who’s afraid of whom?"

Zhao Zhitong pouted. Qiao Muchen is being so troublesome. There’s only Zhao Yue left now. A good beating should be enough to make him afraid; it’s that simple!

Qiao Muchen blinked at Zhao Zhitong. "But I promised my mother I wouldn’t fight anymore."

"Alright, we’ll do it your way," Zhao Zhitong agreed verbally, but If Qiao Muchen loses later, I’ll give Zhao Yue a good beating. After all, I’m not a gentleman; I’m a little girl.

At this moment, Zhao Yu and Xiao Shitou released Zhao Yue.

He scrambled up from the ground, dusting himself off. "Alright, let’s do it. What are we competing in?"

Qiao Muchen said directly, "We’ll compete to see who has more friends."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yue smiled smugly. "I have tons of friends."

He began to count them off one by one, listing at least seven or eight people.

Qiao Muchen shook his head. "No, those aren’t real friends. The friends I’m talking about are those who won’t abandon you when you’re in danger, who will share your joys and sorrows. Those are real friends. I have them, but you don’t."

Zhao Yue was startled, then retorted angrily, "You don’t have any either! I don’t believe you!"

At this point, Zhao Zhitong stepped forward. "I am one! If I were in your situation today, I wouldn’t abandon Qiao Jiaojiao and run away like your friends did."

Then, with a chivalrous air, she declared, "Good friends are those willing to go through fire and water for each other! HI-YA!"

As she spoke, she playfully struck a few poses with her little hands and feet.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Muchen was genuinely touched.

Wei Shulan also stepped forward, stating that she wouldn’t abandon her good friend and run away alone either.

Qiao Muchen just shrugged his shoulders and said to Zhao Yue, "So, you lose."

Zhao Yue angrily replied, "We’ll compete in something else! I’m stronger than you!"

Qiao Muchen stated, "You don’t have any friends."

Zhao Yue sputtered, "I... I’m taller than you!"

Qiao Muchen crossed his arms, looked up at the sky, and stated flatly, word by word, "You. Don’t. Have. Any. Friends."

Zhao Yue was furious. "Is that the only thing you can say?"

Qiao Muchen shook his head. "Not only do you have no friends, but you can’t recite poetry better than Tongtong, your carving skills are worse than Wei Shulan’s, and you’re not even as good-looking as my Xiao Shitou. What do you possibly have to compete with me? Someone like you—lacking ability, unwilling to work hard, only knowing how to fight and fool around all day, and utterly friendless—is destined for a life of loneliness and unhappiness."

Silence.

For a moment, there was such silence that if not for the cicadas chirping, one might have thought time had stopped.

Zhao Zhitong’s little mouth formed an ’O’. Who knew Qiao Muchen’s tongue was so sharp?

She hurriedly took out her small notebook. Note to self: never get into an argument with him.

These words were, indeed, a blow that struck the heart.

Zhao Yue was completely stunned. A second later, he covered his face, wailed, and ran away...

"Hey, um..." Zhao Zhitong reached out to stop him, wanting to tell him that his hands were still covered in ink...

He’s already so miserable, she thought in the end. He probably doesn’t care about a little ink anymore.

Eventually, they didn’t manage to catch any cicada nymphs, though they did pick up a few cicada shells. In the end, they caught a few grasshoppers and took them to Qiao Muchen’s house, intending to feed them to the big rooster.

「Qiao Clan’s small courtyard.」

In the chicken coop, several hens and the big rooster clucked and crowed. Zhao Zhitong held a grasshopper in her hand and slowly approached from a distance.

"I’m not scared of you, big rooster. I’ll feed you bugs, so you have to be good..."

As she approached, she kept muttering to herself.

Just then, the big rooster suddenly flapped its wings, almost flying out of the coop. This scared Zhao Zhitong so much that her face turned pale.

However, she didn’t back down. She stood still for a moment, then cautiously approached the chicken coop once more.

Mother Qiao, standing not far away, watched them with a gratified smile. This little girl from the Zhao Family is truly extraordinary.

Initially, when she found out her son went to play with the Zhao Family’s young girl every day, she hadn’t been very pleased.

It was because her son had a weak constitution, and that girl was said to be very boisterous, always jumping around, not at all like a proper young lady.

She worried that her son would be led astray or encounter some danger by playing with her.

However, after getting to know her, she discovered that although the girl was a bit unruly, she was outstanding in every other way—exceptionally intelligent and well-behaved.

It’s just a pity she isn’t a boy.

Old Lady Qian sighed, "I heard the Zhao Family only has this one daughter. It seems Mrs. Sun can’t have any more children. If this child were a boy, they would have an heir."

Mother Qiao lamented, "Yes, indeed."

At that moment, cheers suddenly erupted from the direction of the chicken coop.

It turned out that Zhao Zhitong had successfully tossed a grasshopper into the chicken coop. Having succeeded once, she was much less afraid.

Qiao Muchen’s eyes sparkled. "Give me one! I want to try too!"

Then, he also picked up a large green grasshopper and approached the side of the chicken coop.