Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let s Farm - Chapter 1

1 Chapter 1 Mom Has Run Away
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In early spring, the tender greenery adorned Rooster Mountain.

Qiao Xiaomai, clad in threadbare hemp clothes, was simply coming down the mountain path with a bundle of firewood on her again when she heard her neighbor, Aunt Guilan, hollering from the space. “Xiaomai! Hurry house, your mom has run off with the peddler from Changlai Village!”

Zhuang Luhe had run away?

Qiao Xiaomai was shocked.

“What are you dawdling for? Go house now!” Aunt Guilan gestured to her.

Regaining her wits, Qiao Xiaomai hurriedly jogged in the direction of her house.

On the run, Aunt Guilan defined, “Your mom and your sister-in-law Chunhua went to the city to promote candy potatoes this morning. Subsequent factor we knew, she was nowhere to be discovered. Somebody later noticed her following that peddler within the course of County City!”

Qiao Xiaomai bit her lip, clutching the firewood tighter on her again, and sped up.

The household house of Qiao Xiaomai was positioned on the excessive west of Anping Village. Their new home, made from blue bricks and roof tiles, was significantly eye-catching among the many row of run-down earth-walled homes within the village.

When Qiao Xiaomai arrived house, a crowd had already gathered. Her father, Qiao Changshun, sat on a stone outdoors the home, sighing sorrowfully.

“Father!” Qiao Xiaomai rushed over and known as out, after which she seemed coldly at a long-faced girl among the many onlookers. “Sister-in-law Chunhua, you went to city with my mom as we speak. Did you see her run away with somebody?”

Li Chunhua slapped her thigh and raised her voice, “We each went to city as we speak. She went to promote her candy potatoes, I went to promote my embroidery. We agreed to fulfill on the city gate at midday.”

“She disappeared at midday. I went to ask round, and a few individuals stated she adopted a person in the direction of County City. That man is the peddler who usually visits our village. Many individuals on the town acknowledge him!”

Qiao Xiaomai nodded, “Thanks, Sister-in-law Chunhua, for bringing this information to my father and me.”

She stated, pulling Changshun up from the stone and entering into the courtyard, closing the gate with a “bang”, blocking out the gossip and curious gazes from outdoors.

She entered the kitchen, put down the firewood from her again, after which lifted the lid of the flour jar to look inside.

It was empty. The remaining three kilos of black flour and half a pound of white flour had been gone.

She then ran to the corridor, turned over the iron field beneath Chanshun’s mattress to search out it empty, with dozens of copper cash lacking.

Staring on the empty iron field, she bit her lip and stood as much as examine the massive wood cupboard for garments. As she had thought, Zhuang Luhe’s gown wasn’t there; all that was left had been a number of outdated garments belonging to Qiao Changshun and Qiao Dami.

Her earlier suspicions had been now confirmed.

Luhe, the organic mom of her physique, had certainly eloped with somebody.

“Xiaomai…” Qiao Changshun stood on the door, his skinny, darkish face stuffed with fear. Rubbing his giant, calloused palms, he seemed helpless.

It was all his fault.

He had damaged his leg six months in the past whereas serving to somebody construct a home. Since then, not solely may he not do heavy work, he wanted to take medication frequently. The as soon as modest household was now the poorest within the village due to him.

A lot so, that Luhe had uninterested in the poverty and run off with another person.

Qiao Xiaomai took a deep breath, closed the cupboard, and stated, “Father, life should go on.”

Changshun checked out her calm face in bewilderment. If this had occurred to anybody else, they might be in tears, but Qiao Xiaomai merely furrowed her brows.

He began anxiously, “Xiaomai, is it…”

Earlier than he may end his sentence, there was a knock on the door. “Changshun, come out. I heard that your rattling spouse has run off with an odd man. Mom has come to see you!”