Chapter 006: The Fortune of Koi Fish Against the Sky

Inside, there was nearly half a large jar of grains, including soybeans, mung beans, also known as "菽" in ancient times, and a good amount of wheat. Roughly estimated, there must be around twenty to thirty catties! It would be enough for them to have food for several days!

Tang Shiyue was overjoyed and dug for a while, finally clearing the soil and dragging out half of the water jar. Little Yao'er ran out at some point and exclaimed in surprise, "Sister! Sister! What is this..."

"Shh!" Tang Shiyue put her finger to her lips, gently shushed, then pushed the water jar back into the house and hid it in a corner. She whispered to Yao'er, "This is the stored grain in the mouse hole. No one knows about it. Don't tell anyone, otherwise, Grandma will definitely come to take it!"

Yao'er quickly covered her mouth, nodded repeatedly, and then separated her fingers, whispering through the gaps, "I won't tell! Yao'er won't tell!"

"Good girl!" Tang Shiyue sat down and rested for a while, then instructed her, "Yao'er, bring that broken dustpan over to me."

If this were in modern times, a child of four years old would still need to be coaxed, but here, little Yao'er was already obedient and could run errands.

She took small steps and brought the broken dustpan in. Tang Shiyue pulled some thin branches and patched the large holes in the dustpan with grass, then found a small branch and a piece of rope, sprinkled a few grains of wheat, and was ready to catch sparrows.

Many rural children have played this game, using a rope to tie a branch, setting up the dustpan, and when they see sparrows go in, they pull the rope, and the sparrows are caught. But now it was not winter and there was no snow, so sparrows had places to forage and wouldn't usually come.

However, as soon as Tang Shiyue finished setting up the dustpan, the sparrows flocked to it as if they were under a spell, and in no time, she caught more than a dozen. Little Yao'er was so delighted that her eyes were almost smiling.

Seeing these sparrows that came to her door, Tang Shiyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This was enough to prove that her extraordinary luck had also followed her... Finding the mouse hole could be considered a coincidence, but the sparrows were definitely not.

In her previous life, she really was a hit in everything she did, and just by raising her hand, she could trend on social media. Those who wanted to harm her would have bad luck without her having to do anything, and even if they did harm her, she could turn it into a blessing. Otherwise, she wouldn't have won the Best Actress award three times at such a young age.

So, as long as this extraordinary luck was still with her, being driven out was nothing! She could turn the tables for her family in no time!

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As she busied herself for a while, the Wang family cried for a long time, and Granny Sun scolded for a long time, getting dirtier and dirtier, bringing up all the old grudges.

Tang Shiyue finally understood the grievances between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Wang was a maid from a wealthy family, and her adoptive father, Tang Yongli, fell in love with her and asked the master to release her. Although they were from a humble background, Wang was truly hardworking.

At that time, Tang Yongli was making money. He did business with the master's family, traveling here and there, and could earn tens or even hundreds of taels of silver in a year. The entire Tang family relied on him to study, marry, and raise children, so no one criticized Wang. Besides, the young couple lived in town, and Granny Sun couldn't reach them.

Until a few years ago, when Tang Shiyue was only one year old, the caravan encountered bandits, and Tang Yongli was injured and crippled, unable to continue traveling. The master's family generously gave him a hundred taels of silver, and after he recovered, he still had tens of taels left.

Tang Yongli took Wang back to Jubao Village. Although he was crippled, he could still hunt and make money, still the mainstay of the family.

Later, when Wang was pregnant with Yao'er, she suddenly coaxed Tang Yongli to pick mountain grapes in the middle of the night. He really went and fell off a cliff, losing his life. It was said that he was found with a bunch of mountain grapes in his arms!

No wonder Granny Sun kept saying that Wang killed her son.

In general, Wang was too demanding, and Granny Sun was too harsh.

Granny Sun had been harboring resentment for a long time. After her adoptive father Tang Yongli died, she erupted, and with Wang giving birth to another girl, she became even more ruthless. Over the years, she had wanted to drive them out many times, and now, just as her fourth son, Tang Yongming, was about to marry into a wealthy family, she finally made up her mind and put her plan into action.

With this situation, Wang still wanted to rely on emotional manipulation to go back? That was too naive.

Tang Shiyue pondered in her mind and continued to work with her hands.

She sent Yao'er to exchange two sparrows for a spoonful of salt from the neighbors, washed the beans, put them in a broken iron pot to cook, and then started to prepare the sparrows.

She removed the heads, peeled off the skin, and cleaned out the internal organs. At first, she was clumsy, but as she continued, she became more skilled. After cleaning a few sparrows, she prepared to marinate them to eat the next day, and then skewered the remaining sparrows one by one on bamboo sticks.

Yao'er watched wide-eyed beside her. Tang Shiyue moved two large stones over, brought over some firewood, and placed the sparrows on the fire. She said to Yao'er, "Yao'er, go and call your mother back."

Yao'er was a little timid. Tang Shiyue said, "Don't be afraid. Just go and tell her quietly that we have sparrows to eat. If she comes back, she comes back. If she doesn't, you don't need to say anything more."

She wasn't afraid to go herself, but Wang was the kind of person she had seen a lot of. The more she coaxed, the more demanding she became. Letting Yao'er go was giving her a way out, and it was already considering the original owner and Tang Shirong's sake. She wouldn't give her any more face.

Xiao Yao obediently went in, only to hear Granny Sun's sharp voice: "Where is your good daughter? Isn't she no longer foolish? After eating my rice for so many years, she doesn't even know to come and kowtow to me? I've raised her for so many years for nothing! It's clear that she's also useless!"

She raised her voice, "The daughter I raised is not a good person, and the daughter you raised is not much better. Which family's daughter would let her own mother kneel outside and cry, without even showing her face? A family without conscience and morality, a despicable breed!"

Tang Shiyue calmly turned the sign, thinking to herself that this old lady was really fierce, scolding for an entire afternoon without even losing her voice!

After waiting for another stick of incense to burn, Wang Shi finally returned, crying and sobbing. After kneeling for so long, her legs were wobbly.

Xiao Yao was very clever. She helped her in and quickly closed the courtyard door. With her small stature, she struggled to lift the wooden door and carefully closed it, behaving so obediently it was unbelievable.

Wang Shi took a deep breath and slowly walked up to her, questioning, "Tang Shiyue! She scolded me like that, and you didn't even show your face! I really raised you for nothing!"

At this point, the sparrows on the fire were already greasy, and the beans in the pot were emitting a faint fragrance. Tang Shiyue sprinkled a little salt carefully, and said lightly, "She has been scolding for over two hours, and you're bothered by these few sentences? Besides, didn't you go looking for scolding yourself?"

"You ungrateful child!" Wang Shi was furious, and with a sweep of her hand, she overturned the plate, causing the two roasted sparrows and the salt to fall to the ground with a clatter.

Tang Shiyue stood up suddenly, her eyes blazing with anger!

She couldn't remember the last time she had been this angry!

At this moment, she just wanted to smack Wang Shi with a brick!

In the modern world, she had the capital, the influence, and the acting skills. No one had dared to raise their voice at her, but now, enduring the pain all over her body, she had worked hard for most of the day, finally roasting these few sparrows, and there was only this little salt left. She had to hold onto the plate when sprinkling it! Wang Shi really dared to do this!

Tang Shiyue gritted her teeth in anger.

But Wang Shi was not afraid at all. She stood tall and elegant, coldly reprimanding, "You ungrateful and unfilial thing!"

Tang Shiyue looked at her and suddenly let out a cold laugh.