The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 254 - 253: Don’t Bother Arguing with This Idiot!_1

Chapter 254: Chapter 253: Don’t Bother Arguing with This Idiot!_1

In the evening, they had porridge paste, one bowl per person.

Third Grandma Qi had a small bowl, He Tiantian had a large bowl, this was something Third Grandma Qi insisted on. Tiantian wanted to share some with Third Grandma Qi, but she refused and even sternly scolded He Tiantian.

"At my age, as long as I have something to eat, I won’t starve to death, but it’s different for you young folks, you need to work. If you don’t eat, how are you going to work in the future!" Third Grandma Qi firmly stated, she was worried that this year the crops might fail and there would be no grain.

Eating less now means there would be life-saving food for later.

"Grandma..." He Tiantian’s heart ached, seeing that Third Grandma Qi was giving her food while eating so little herself.

"No need to say more, if you don’t listen to me, then don’t call me grandma," Third Grandma Qi said sternly, "Don’t overthink it, I want to live more than anyone else, so I know what I’m doing. I won’t starve myself for anyone."

He Tiantian understood that Third Grandma Qi said this to prevent her from feeling guilty, so she could only drink her porridge paste with tears in her eyes.

He Tiantian secretly resolved to find a way to change the situation.

At night, after waiting for Third Grandma Qi to fall sound asleep, He Tiantian left home with Snake King and Little Rotating Turtle and went to the cave in the back mountain.

At the village entrance, He Tiantian could still see torches by the Spring Pool, the villagers keeping watch over the pool, worried that the water might dry up again.

Tiantian was preoccupied with her own thoughts and did not have the time to talk to Little Rotating Turtle and Snake King, but they both sensed Tiantian’s dejection.

Snake King hesitated, wondering whether he should use his mana!

Little Rotating Turtle, seemingly half-understanding, spun its small eyes around as though it had a great idea.

Unconsciously, they reached the mountain cave, and He Tiantian walked straight in.

The Barrier Space set up by Snake King posed no restriction on He Tiantian; she could come and go as she pleased, but other people or animals were not able to do so.

Luckily, Little Rotating Turtle was in He Tiantian’s palm, directly brought inside.

Once inside, Little Rotating Turtle became invigorated like it was injected with steroids, and with a "whoosh" sound, it jumped to the ground and rushed forward on its short legs.

He Tiantian was stunned; Little Rotating Turtle ran quite fast!

It was not slower than a rabbit at all!

In no time, there was a "plop" sound as it jumped into the water, the little black dot darting around inside. In just a few seconds, it had sunk and was out of sight.

Having not swum for a while, Snake King greatly missed the feeling of being in water and, undisturbed by Little Rotating Turtle’s splashing, also swam around and then lay back on the water’s surface, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Meanwhile, He Tiantian was harvesting wild vegetables in the cave with a sickle to place in the Barrier Space; she planned to take them out the next day when she was working and claim she had picked wild vegetables in the mountain. Gathering some wild vegetables would also allow Third Grandma Qi to eat a little more.

As for game, He Tiantian would try to catch some when she had the chance in the future.

Now that the villagers had finished spring plowing, they were quite idle, and Tiantian knew that trying to catch some game would attract everyone’s attention, so she couldn’t act rashly.

Furthermore, the game in the back mountain had noticeably reduced after the hunting at the end of last year.

This was also why they hadn’t been able to catch any game in the traps after the snow thawed following the New Year.

Just as He Tiantian was focusing on cutting the wild vegetables, she suddenly heard a frantic scream from Snake King behind her, "Dammit, Little Turtle, come out..."

He Tiantian, startled, quickly turned around and then burst out laughing.

The once water-filled Spring Pool was dry again, the water that was gushing from the spring now entering Little Rotating Turtle’s mouth.

The Snake King was fuming with anger, lying comfortably in the water, when he suddenly realized there was something hard behind him. On opening his eyes, he discovered he was sleeping on a stone at the bottom of the spring pool.

The Little Rotating Turtle remained unmoved, continuing to drink.

Drink, I’ll drink and drink and drink!

The Snake King flicked his tail, ready to charge and thrash that damned little turtle.

However, the moment the Snake King flew within a meter of the Little Rotating Turtle, the turtle shot out a water column ten centimeters in diameter, which blasted the Snake King several meters away.

The usually haughty Snake King grew even angrier, thinking it necessary to teach him a lesson, so he wouldn’t think he was easy to mess with.

The Snake King gathered all his strength, aiming to charge, but his body froze in mid-air. What was going on?

Turning his head, the Snake King saw He Tiantian holding onto his tail from behind.

"Don’t stop me, I want to beat that stupid thing to death," the Snake King said angrily, demanding He Tiantian to let go at once.

"Wait a moment, Snake King," He Tiantian carefully soothed, "Think about it, the Little Rotating Turtle has been moved to the square for such a long time without food or drink, it must be starving. It’s our friend. Can’t we just give it a break?"

"No way!" The Snake King wouldn’t budge an inch, "Let me beat it up first."

"Snake King~~~~," He Tiantian pleaded, "You are the lofty Snake King, isn’t it beneath you to argue with a little turtle?"

The Snake King thought about it, realizing that his earlier action was indeed quite inglorious, becoming unbefitting of his status. As the lofty Snake King, why should he lower himself to argue with a fool? Wouldn’t that make him a fool as well?

"Hmm~~" The Snake King nodded, "You’re right, I won’t stoop to the level of this stupid turtle!"

Having said that, he went to a large stone by the edge of the pool and began to practice his mana.

He Tiantian wiped the sweat from her forehead, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. When she turned to look at the Little Rotating Turtle again, she was dumbfounded!

Oh my, this is just too intense, isn’t it?

He Tiantian swallowed hard, calming her excessively shocked little heart.

The Little Rotating Turtle had now returned to its original size, resting in the spring pool like a millstone, squinting its eyes as it blissfully drank from the spring water.

I mean, go ahead and drink, but why do you keep "peeing" non-stop?

Are your guts really that straightforward?

In order to soothe the Little Rotating Turtle, He Tiantian did not interrupt its enjoyment.

However, He Tiantian also noticed that the water in the spring pool was rising more and more, and in a short while, it was about to overflow.

He Tiantian frowned and quickly understood the crux of the issue.

Originally, the outflow of the spring water and the drainage of the spring pool were about the same, so the amount of water in the pool had always remained constant. But after the Little Rotating Turtle’s secondary processing, the quantity of spring water had doubled, making the original drainage too small.

Not wanting to witness the cave flooding, He Tiantian quickly ran to the pool’s drain, moving aside the large stones covering it.

The rocks there were originally one large piece, but had shattered into several smaller pieces due to years of erosion. Even as smaller pieces, they were still relatively large compared to the single wall-like stone that had been there formerly.

Fortunately, He Tiantian was strong, and only with a monumental effort, like summoning the strength of a newborn’s frenzied hunger, she managed to move those millstone-sized stones.

He Tiantian stuck her head out to look to the other side, finding a cave half the height of a person with dripping water echoes.

The inside was pitch-dark and chilly winds blew through, making He Tiantian too scared to go inside.