The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 139: Upgrade

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Upgrade

Old Granny Zhang finally huffed with a deep, hollow voice, and sighed after a while, "I really don’t have any other concerns, I just feel cold inside. Having given birth to so many, each and every one seems to have come to collect a debt! Fortunately, I still have a daughter, who’s understanding and spoke up for me to ensure some justice. Otherwise, where would I stand in the Wang Family?"

Wang Laozhu naturally agreed with Old Granny Zhang at this moment. His daughter indeed protected her mother today, and it was not just a matter of speaking up for justice, but she even used force to intimidate!

All for the sake of her mother, she revealed her hidden natural strength; no wonder her mother favored her so much.

Initially, he wanted to question his wife about why she even kept such important matters from him, but then he thought about how difficult the old days had been for her. With a mother-in-law keeping a close eye, his daughter was the only child she raised by herself. If this had come out, he feared his own mother would be the first to act against his daughter.

Thinking about it, his wife had no choice. Sigh, after all, it’s all my own fault. If I had protected my wife at the beginning, she wouldn’t have had to secretly bear this for so many years, raising our daughter to be plump and lazy, all to disguise that extraordinary strength of hers!

Considering the lengths his wife had gone to keep this secret, why should he unveil it?

In light of his wife’s loving heart for their daughter, he might as well pretend he knew nothing!

He even went along with Old Granny Zhang’s words, "Our Zhuzhu is certainly good. For the incident with Eldest Brother, we really have to thank Zhuzhu’s cleverness; otherwise, our family would still be in the dark. Now, considering our family’s situation, although it is not Laosi’s fault that Eldest Brother got injured, since it is somewhat related to Laosi, using Laosi’s dowry refund on Eldest Brother is reasonable.

"It’s just Zhuzhu, who has really been troubled by them. With our home’s situation as it is, I reckon better households wouldn’t want their daughters marrying in. Laosi’s marriage can wait, but Zhuzhu is not young anymore, and she’s had an engagement broken off once, making finding a good match even harder. I know you dote on her, and I do too. What if we do this: from now on, our family’s expenses will increase, and we might skimp on Zhuzhu’s dowry. I was thinking, isn’t Zhuzhu capable of earning money now? From selling Yellow Pine Mushrooms twice, she made ten taels of silver. Let’s not take a single penny as her parents and save it all for her, to prepare some dowry or buy whatever she likes, it’s up to her. If she earns money in the future, let it all be her own private stash for her dowry. With that kind of dowry as a foundation, she’ll be unparalleled in the whole eight villages around."

In the past few days, Wang Laozhu had thought it over. The Eldest Brother on whom he used to rely had become a cripple, the second son had emotionally distanced himself from the family, the third son was unreliable, the forth son was rash in action, and his married daughter was even less useful, it was fortunate if she visited once a year.

Among his grandchildren, for now, the brothers Jindou and Jinhu seemed alright, but they still couldn’t shoulder responsibilities. He would have to keep this old frame going for a few more years; he simply couldn’t let the Wang Family fall into ruin on his watch.

After counting up and down, it was only the maid, Zhuzhu, who showed promise. After she smartened up, she was as sharp as the second son in terms of intelligence and, well, in terms of strength, frankly, probably no one in the family could match her. Moreover, she was filial and considerate. He would naturally count on her in the future, so he couldn’t afford to treat her unfairly, nor dare to.

Recalling that stone stool, Wang Laozhu’s scalp tingled.

Old Granny Zhang’s heart leaped with joy. She had pretended to be weak and heartbroken lying on the bed all this time for what? Just to get the head of the household to relent and agree that the compensation silver shouldn’t all be spent on Eldest Brother.

Not only did things go smoothly, but there was also an unexpected joy: being able to openly set aside ten taels of silver for her daughter. Now, she had a source of silver to buy her old daughter some land.

Just for this, the fuss with Eldest Brother today was worth it!

Old Granny Zhang didn’t know that everything had gone so smoothly all because of the reveal of Wang Yongzhu’s extraordinary strength.

And Wang Yongzhu also didn’t know that her family could be so imaginative, spontaneously smoothing over the ’bug’ of her strong abilities, and doing it so seamlessly.

The moment she returned to her room and closed the door, she immediately contacted the Xiao Tiantian System.

"Xiao Tiantian, quickly tally up. How many points do I have now?"

"Congratulations, host, you have completed the task of using Primary Gene Evolution Fluid to scientifically breed high-quality Yellow Pine Mushrooms, earning 10 points.

Congratulations, host, you have completed the private money side task. The host’s private funds have reached ten taels of silver, awarding 1 point."

At the same time, the System panel information in her mind was updated as follows:

Host status at present:

Clothing: Level 1, 0 points

Food: Level 1, 0 points

Accommodations: Level 1, 0 points

Transportation: Level 0, 0 points

Available points: 14 (Points can be freely allocated to the above options)

What more was there to say, Wang Yongzhu suppressed her excitement and had Xiao Tiantian add 10 points to the transportation category.

The information on the System panel in her mind was adjusted accordingly:

Host status at present:

Clothing: Level 1, 0 points

Food: Level 1, 0 points

Accommodations: Level 1, 0 points

Transportation: Level 1, 0 points

Available points: 4 (Points can be freely allocated to the above options)

At the same time, Xiao Tiantian’s voice rang out again, "Congratulations to the host for completing the Primary Transportation task and obtaining the task reward: one Mingmu Pill.

Congratulations to the host for completing all Primary tasks and meeting the conditions for the System upgrade. The System will now enter the upgrade to version 2.0, which will take approximately ten days. After the System upgrade, more functions and tasks will be unlocked. The host is kindly asked to look forward to the System’s return post-upgrade!"

"Hold on, don’t go just yet—" Wang Yongzhu, with her scholarly quick wits, decisively retained it.

Xiao Tiantian’s voice emerged reluctantly, "Host, please do not interfere with the System upgrade, otherwise the consequences will be severe—"

"Screw you— Explain yourself clearly, what’s the deal with the Power Pill? Didn’t you say it would slowly alter my physique within a month? How come after taking it yesterday, I could kick over a stone bench today? Whom are you trying to fool?"

There was a suspicious silence from Xiao Tiantian’s end before the voice came through again, "Well, host, after the System’s detection and scanning, it’s confirmed that there are two reasons for this result: one is that your body’s physique is of Level A, which in this time and space is an extremely rare and good physique, so the absorption effect of the Power Pill is better; second is, the System made an error when issuing the reward and mistakenly gave the host an Intermediate Strength Pill instead of the primary one. The effects of the Intermediate Strength Pill are more significant and activate in a shorter time in the body, hence the result. The System apologizes for this and will report this incident to the higher authority for review. After the review, the System will provide the host with appropriate compensation."

Wang Yongzhu grasped several key words: Level A physique, Intermediate Strength Pill, and the impact on the host.

Putting it all together, Wang Yongzhu narrowed her eyes, "Xiao Tiantian, be honest with me, by taking this Intermediate Strength Pill, could there be any irreversible damage to my body?"