Chapter 2 - 2 Chapter 2: Identity_1 (1/2)
2 Chapter 2: Identity_1
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Maid Xiumei stood at the door resembling a wife-waiting stone, peering into the distance. Spotting Wei Ruo, she trotted over and seeing the basket of herbs on Wei Ruo’s back, she said with a tone that carried both worry and a mild reproach:
“Miss, why did you run up to the mountain alone again? It’s so dangerous!”
As she spoke, Xiumei had already efficiently taken the basket from Wei Ruo and transferred it onto her own back.
“Don’t worry, Meimei, I didn’t venture towards dangerous cliffs, really! The mountain is filled with rare herbs worth a lot of money. Not picking them would be a waste!”
“That’s not the point! You aren’t as sturdy as me! Even if you have to go, you should bring me along! I should utilize the martial arts skills taught by the master you hired for me!”
“If I bring you with me, who will cook for me? My tummy, my Wuzang Temple, depends on you!” Wei Ruo teased.
Today’s trip had left her utterly exhausted, collecting herbs from a long distance had already used up all her energy. Plus, she had been called for a live birth delivery, which had practically drained her.
“If you want food, I can cook for you when I return! You running off to the mountains alone has me scared out of my wits at home. I can’t even distinguish between salt and sugar!”
Xiumei stomped her foot.
“I’m hungry,” Wei Ruo looked up at Xiumei with a longing gaze.
“Miss, you’re changing the subject again.” Xiumei felt helpless.
“Don’t starve me, see, I’ve become so thin.” Wei Ruo rubbed her belly, her point was pretty self-explanatory.
During the emergency situation when she was rescuing patients, she was unperturbed, but now she was acting coquettish with her maid just to get a meal, like a totally different person.
“Alright, alright, I’ve already cooked the meal, it’s warm and ready in the stove, I’ll get it for you right away.”
Though Xiumei had a sharp tongue, she had a soft heart. Muttering to herself, she turned back and went into the kitchen.
What can she do? When her mistress gives her that look of longing for food, it’s irresistible!
The courtyard where Wei Ruo stayed was filled with various plants, some for aesthetic appeal, some medical, and some were crops.
The only space left was for a stone table. On good weather days, Wei Ruo liked eating, drinking tea, and basking in the sun at that table.
This place was one of the secondary residences of the He Family, and only two people lived here: Wei Ruo and her maid Xiumei.
Wei Ruo was a transmigrator, transmigrated into the body of a minor female character in a book.
In the original work, she was the daughter of the Wei Family, who are bureaucrats, but was accidentally taken away by the He Family, who are merchants.
When she was raised by the He Family till the age of three, a fortune teller predicted that she would bring disaster to her parents, so she was sent to live here at this subsidiary residence.
The only people who came along with her were Wei Ruo’s wet nurse and Maid Xiumei.
From then on, the He Family would send five taels of silver each month, and they no longer intervened.
Even during festivals, Wei Ruo has not seen them at all.
Now Wei Ruo was thirteen, she has been living in this village for ten years.
To Wei Ruo, she loved life in the village, she enjoyed interacting with the villagers.
She neither wanted to go back to the He Family nor her biological parents’ home because in the original work, she experienced a hard life whether she was in the He Family or her biological parents’ home.
The next morning, after breakfast, Wei Ruo and Xiumei left the house together.