The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 137 Innate Divine Strength

Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Innate Divine Strength

Jindou felt bitterness not just in his heart, but even his mouth tasted bitter. If Jinguan, that little brat, were in front of him, he would beat him up so bad he wouldn’t be able to get out of bed for a month.

But at the moment, he still had to apologize for his careless brother and their parents, who were so gullible they didn’t even know what to say, making grandma angry.

What Wang Yongzhu wanted was naturally not the apologies from Jindou and his brother. In her view, these two elder nephews were the only clear-minded ones in the main branch of the family.

If it had been in the past, she might have wanted to save some face for the main branch, to score some impression points, but the current Wang Yongzhu didn’t feel that way anymore.

When one lacks strength, showing kindness and goodwill can be seen by others as a sign of weakness and an invitation to be bullied.

She had no intention of becoming meat in the eyes of a dog.

With that decision made, she recounted everything that had happened in town, excluding only the ten taels of silver and the fact that Old Granny Zhang had asked Doctor Ma to reduce the amount of ginseng in Wang Yongfu’s medicine.

Once she finished telling the story, Jindou and Jinhoo’s faces turned from green to white, filled with shame and anger, wishing they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Wang Yongping couldn’t stand it anymore and exploded in anger, "I’ll go to town and drag that little rascal Jinguan back here, beat him up to vent your and mother’s anger! That little bastard, a fine young man who has learned to gossip and stir up trouble! Don’t worry, my sister, with your Fourth Brother taking action, I’ll make sure Jinguan kneels down and apologizes to you!"

Saying so, he rolled up his sleeves, ready to head out.

He was halted by Wang Yongzhu, who firmly grasped his arm and said, word for word, as she looked at Jindou and Jinhoo, "Jinguan is still a child, and these words don’t upset me or grandma. Your father and mother, no matter the reason, whether it’s a misunderstanding or they were incited by someone else, to hold such a grave misunderstanding against their own family is truly disheartening! You brothers are grown men now, and you should understand these principles without me having to spell them out for you! We are supposed to be close kin, but to become estranged over this, we may as well be worse off than five unrelated families."

After speaking, she handed over the basket Old Granny Zhang had unloaded to Lady Jiang, "Inside here are the pancakes that mother and I bought especially for your eldest brother’s family after selling the Yellow Pine Mushrooms. Since they don’t care for them, I’ll bring them back for us to eat tonight. Originally, if not for this mess at home, I would have liked to buy some meat for a treat, and I even promised that if we made money from growing the Yellow Pine Mushrooms, I would buy new clothes for the children. Given our family’s situation now, we’d better forget about it! Just these pancakes, eat them if you like!"

Lady Jiang took the basket in a daze, feeling the heavy stack of unleavened pancakes weighing down her arm, almost unable to lift it.

On the side, Jindou and Jinhoo felt as if they couldn’t face anyone; each word spoken by their old sister felt like a slap across their faces.

After handing over the basket, Wang Yongzhu brushed off her hands and turned to head inside, but she wasn’t paying attention and her leg collided with a stone stool in the yard, drawing a sharp intake of breath from the pain.

Already annoyed, and in a sudden burst of anger, her leg instinctively kicked out at the stool.

There was a dull "thud"—the half-buried stone stool was sent tumbling to the ground by Wang Yongzhu’s kick.

...

There was dead silence in the courtyard.

Everyone’s eyes turned toward the overturned stool and then slowly back to Wang Yongzhu.

Wang Yongzhu’s face was full of confusion. Damn! Did I do this?

She looked around, wanting to say, "I didn’t do this!"

But the hard fact was right before everyone’s eyes, and all of them looked at her with shock.

Wang Yongzhu cleared her throat uneasily, "Why are you looking at me? This stool wasn’t planted sturdily and it’s a good thing I found out, otherwise, the children might have been hurt if they bumped into it. Fourth Brother, make sure to plant it more firmly later!"

Internally, she patted her chest in relief, thinking, oh my, is the Power Pill really that powerful? Wasn’t it supposed to gradually alter my physique over the span of a month?

Having taken it only for a day, I was already able to kick over a stone stool. In a month’s time, wouldn’t I be able to split mountains?

This unreliable System!

On this side, Wang Yongzhu’s heart was filled with turmoil.

"Ah!" Over there, Wang Yongping agreed very promptly, fearing that if his little sister wasn’t happy, she might kick him instead, and his body wasn’t like the stone stool—it could easily lose half its life!

Thinking back to the times he fearlessly flirted with his little sister and she didn’t beat him to death, it was certainly proof of deep love in her heart for him, her Fourth Brother!

Wang Yongping couldn’t help but puff out his chest with pride!

Wang Yongzhu nodded satisfactorily and swept her gaze across everyone, then whispered a threat, "You can’t tell Mother about this, or else—"

The last sentence, uttered in a very low voice, was a clear threat to everyone present.

The family members weren’t very close to Wang Yongzhu. If anyone was close to her, it was Old Granny Zhang. Old Granny Zhang knew Wang Yongzhu didn’t have that kind of strength. If she found out, she would definitely be suspicious of her!

Luckily, Old Granny Zhang had gone inside to rest. Otherwise, if she had witnessed this scene, she surely would have questioned her life, and then grown suspicious of her!

Such a relief! Such a relief!

To reinforce her tone, Wang Yongzhu even waved her fist in the air.

Looking at the stone stool on the ground, then at Wang Yongzhu’s fist, who on earth would be foolish enough to challenge Wang Yongzhu at this moment? Everyone bobbed their heads in agreement like chicks pecking at grains, including Wang Laozhu himself.

Seeing everyone being so cooperative, Wang Yongzhu nodded with great satisfaction, and as her gaze retracted, it lingered a moment longer on the brothers Jindou and Jinhoo.

Jindou and Jinhoo almost knelt down in worship. Oh my dear mother, our Auntie was born with superhuman strength! In the past, she showed restraint and politeness towards us younger ones, only scolding and ear-twisting without any kicking. That’s what you call a genuinely close Auntie!

Then another thought struck them. Oh no! There’s also the unlucky Jinguan, who had offended Auntie. It’s all over for him. When he comes back and Auntie gives him a kick, wouldn’t this little brother be gone for good?

They must quickly send word; it turned out that Auntie was the most deeply hidden power in the family! That’s why Granny favored Auntie so much. Well, given the circumstances, how could they not favor her too?

Believing they’d seen through the true essence of the situation, Jindou and Jinhoo spoke up with trepidation, "Auntie... Auntie, rest assured, we’ll go straight to town and drag that rascal Jinguan back to apologize and admit his wrongs to you!"

Having said that, they dashed out without looking back.

Wang Yongzhu touched her nose. Was she really that fierce?

Turning to look at Wang Laozhu, he was so astonished that he even dropped his smoking pipe on the ground. Seeing his daughter look over, his flesh twitched involuntarily and, trying to act natural as he took a puff from his pipe, he ended up with nothing but air.

Then came an awkward chuckle as he picked up the smoking pipe from the ground, barely offering praise, "Being strong is good, good, you won’t be bullied by anyone—"

With the strength to kick over a stone stool, no family she married into would dare bully her. However, could his daughter still be married off? Wang Laozhu was worried.

Clutching his smoking pipe tightly, Wang Laozhu wobbled inside the house to discuss the matter with his wife.