Chapter 5 (1/2)
The Pigs Have Escaped
Mrs Liu had to stay in bed for seven days During these seven days, Zhou Lan Xiu continued to berate her ords but nobody laid a finger on Li Wei Yang As a result, these seven days passed by with ease Coupled with Mrs Ma’s help, she was able to eat until her sto had finished with the laundry, Zhou Lan Xiu walked over and handed her a bucket filled with pig’s food “Go feed the pigs!”
In the rural villages, feeding the pigs was considered an important responsibility Normally Mrs Liu wouldn’t let others perfor it to Zhou Lan Xiu Since Mrs Liu wasn’t present at the moment, Zhou Lan Xiu i
Li Wei Yang smiled happily and said, “Yes, Lan Xiu jiejie!”
With her delighted, s received the bucket filled with pig’s food and carried it towards the pigsty
The Zhous raised a total of eight pigs With a grin, Li Wei Yang looked at the bunch of pigs She pondered then scooped a bit of the feed and dus rushed over towards the food and fought each other for it Li Wei Yang watched as they shoved and pushed each other, each wanting to have a bite, and i idea She surveyed the surrounding, set the food bucket on the pigsty, opened the gates and freed the pigs The eight pigs that have been i suddenly had their freedoht
Li Wei Yang stepped to the side to avoid the stahtly s’s food and silently exited the house froates She rounded the house towards the water well that the villagers used the ’s food into it Watching the water gently splashed up and about, Li Wei Yang gently s didn’t talk to theely, pondered for a bit then left Li Wei Yang briefly looked at the daylight She decided to sit down on the ground, crossed her legs and stared at the entrance of the village in the distance
After waiting for about half an hour, she saang xiansheng [1] and the village head sloalking towards her She was happy
If anyone wanted to return to the village, they would have to pass by this water well Inititally she wanted to wait for the village head to pass by, but unexpectedly there was also wang xiansheng This wang xiansheng was the village’s only scholar Despite having failed many times at the exae as literate and read books Thus, the person who liked to reason the most, moderate other people’s affairs, deood reputation was none other than this very wang xiansheng
Li Wei Yang ihly wiped her eyes, she was also looking at the ith a nervous, terrified countenance
The village head passed by and looked at Li Wei Yang with suspicions “Li guniang [2], what are you doing here?”
The village head waslifted her head, revealing her worries and sadness She said, “Lan Xiu jiejie told s I was careless and clu’s feed into the well What should I do, what should I doTonight I’e head was horrified “What? What did you do?”
Li Wei Yang displayed a confused and terrified expression Then she promptly burst into tears When outsiders saw, they would be sympathetic and conflicted “What should I do, what should I do! I’ to be beaten to death! I don’t dare to go back, so I ht as well just jump into this well!” With that said, she cli to ju that if someone really coers would no longer be able to drink frohtly onto her “A million times, please don’t do it! Let’s carefully talk it out!”