The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1818: A Pitch-Black Face

Chapter 1818: Chapter 1818: A Pitch-Black Face

"Brother Changhong, just take me with you. I’ve already talked to Sister Qing’er about it. She said if Grandpa and Grandma ask, she’ll help cover for me. Besides, when you run errands, someone needs to watch the carriage, right? I can help you with that," Lin Caisang pleaded.

He added.

Lin Changhong: "..."

These two little ones, not bad at all.

So young and they already know how to deceive their elders and scrape by?

"Fine, come along, but once we’re at Yang Family Village, you must listen to me," Lin Changhong agreed.

"Yes, yes, I’ll listen to you, Brother Changhong," Caisang eagerly agreed.

Seeing Lin Changhong relent and allow him to join, Lin Changyi promptly responded.

Soon, the two brothers were on the carriage and off they went. After they had left, Lu Qiubo slowly emerged from the kitchen.

"This child!"

With a smile tugging at her lips, she walked out to the yard and watched as the carriage disappeared into the distance.

Getting on in age, she slept less and had been busy in the kitchen early on, yet unexpectedly, she overheard Changyi’s conversation.

"Fortunately, the children all have good temperaments, not taking after that old woman from the Yang Family!"

But...

What a pity for Caihe, though; all the children in the family were brought up the same way, how did Caihe end up like that?

Changyi was right, that child really takes after her maternal grandmother, same temperament through and through!

"I wonder how that child is doing now, sigh."

...

In a small village near White Blind Mountain, long deserted.

’Snap!’

A whip cracked across the back of a raggedly dressed little girl.

"Ah!"

A scream of agony followed immediately.

The little girl, covered in scars, tear-stained face black with grime, clenched her teeth and endured the pain.

"Hurry up and work, what are you dawdling for!"

The man, holding a whip stained with fresh blood marks, yelled at the girl.

"You useless thing, I’ve had you for so long and you’re not even pregnant yet, don’t you want to work? Hurry up, finish sweeping the ground, go wash the clothes, waiting for someone to help you?"

"Yes, yes, I’ll do it now," the little girl nodded repeatedly, agreeing urgently, not daring to delay a moment longer as she briskly began sweeping the large courtyard before moving on to wash the clothes.

But...

She had only swept a couple of times when the man’s whip landed on her again.

’Snap!’

"Ah."

Once again, the little girl screamed in pain, the broom dropping from her hands to the ground.

"You worthless thing, trying to starve me to death, eh? Hurry up and go cook for me, I’m giving you the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, and if you haven’t brought me my meal by then, I’ll whip you to death, you useless creature!" the man spat, striking the girl harshly with the whip again.

Despite the excruciating pain, the little girl didn’t dare linger in the yard any longer and, with faltering steps, ran to the kitchen.

"Wuu wuu."

In front of a large stove, tears streaming down her face, the little girl sobbed as she cooked.

"Dad, Mom, please come save me, I promise I won’t make you angry again, I won’t bother Lin Caisang anymore, Dad, Mom, where are you, why haven’t you come to save me?"

It turned out, this severely injured little girl was none other than Lin Caihe, who had once fled home with all the family’s valuables, refusing to marry a disfigured man.