Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 9 Bastard Su Xiaobao

Su Xiaobao watched his two older brothers obediently go to heat the bath water from behind the door, and knew that he couldn't rely on his parents and brothers anymore.

He crouched down, grinned, and came up behind Su Yue, offering to massage her back in a flattering manner.

"Sister Yue, how is this force? Should we apply less pressure?"

Su Yue didn't even lift her eyelids, only humming in response.

The chicken blood mixed with some kind of burnt ash smeared her face, making her feel uncomfortable. Even her eyes were dry from the chicken blood and she could barely open them.

They were just waiting for Su Dabao and Su Erbao to heat up the bathwater so they could wash away the filth.

After pounding for a while, Su Xiaobao ran to urge his two older brothers to quickly bring the two buckets of hot bathwater into the house so that Su Yue could take a bath.

"Sister Yue, the bath water is ready. Go and wash off the dirt."

Su Yue went to her dilapidated shack, took her only two changes of clothes, and went to the cubicle to take a shower.

Before entering, he didn't forget to praise Su Xiaobao.

After closing the door, Su Yue quickly took off her already tattered clothes, which were now covered in blood, and there was no need to wash them at all.

However, in order not to give the people outside any peace and quiet, Su Yue still did not intend to abandon it.

Seeing the two buckets of bathwater on the ground not full, Su Yue didn't go out to cause trouble.

The original owner used to have to fetch water every morning. In addition, it hadn't rained for more than a year, so the fields couldn't grow any crops, and the river had dried up. Only the well at the village entrance still had enough water for the villagers to drink and cook.

The weather has become increasingly hot these past few days, and the village chief, fearing that the water in the well would run out, has limited the amount of water each household can draw based on the number of people in the well.

Uncle Su's family can fetch three buckets of water every day.

All of these required the original owner to queue up early every day.

Now that Aunt Su can get Su Dabao to boil two buckets of water for Su Yue to bathe, it seems that the beating did have some effect.

Su Yue used two buckets of water sparingly to wash herself twice, but she still couldn't get rid of the bloody smell on her body.

I remember that two large water vats were brought into the Qian family's kitchen, and they were filled with water.

She washed herself twice more after entering the space to get rid of the smell. After changing into her tattered clothes, Su Yue forgot that she had forgotten to make herself two new outfits in town.

The Qian family collected a lot of things, including more than a dozen cabinets full of clothes. But all of them were worn by others. Even if there were new ones, Su Yue's small frame couldn't fit into them.

When Su Yue collected them, she only thought about not leaving anything for the Qian family, and put everything into her spatial storage.

When I got back, I realized that I wouldn't wear those clothes myself, so I could only try to sell them in the county town.

Su Yue, who had just finished washing and tidying up, hadn't noticed the changes in the space before she hurriedly left, afraid that if she stayed too long, the people outside would hear that there was no movement inside and rush in to find that she wasn't there, which would be terrible.

In fact, Su Yuebai was worried. Even if Su Yue didn't come out for a day, Su's second uncle's family wouldn't dare to break in, for fear of being beaten again.

As soon as she opened the door, Su Xiaobao came running up to her, saying, "Sister Yue, come into the main room quickly. My mother has already prepared the meal and is just waiting for you to wash up before serving it to you."

Zhao the fortune teller was no longer in the courtyard, and Su Yue didn't care. She could only find someone to settle accounts with later that night after she had eaten her fill.

She even dared to call herself an evil spirit and splatter blood all over herself. Su Yue wasn't about to let Zhao the witch off so easily.

After sitting down, Su looked at the dark cornbread and stir-fried chicken pieces that his second aunt had served, and his expression improved as he began to eat.

While eating, they were picky, complaining that the cornbread was too hard or the chicken was overcooked.

Aunt Su only dared to say nicely that she would change next time, she was really scared of this brat.

Now we dare not cause any more trouble; we can only try to please this evil spirit.

I'll find a chance to teach this brat a lesson.

After eating and drinking her fill, Su Yue moved a chair and sat down under a large jujube tree in the yard to cool off.

Aunt Su grabbed Su Xiaobao by the ear and dragged him into the house, whispering, "You good-for-nothing! Look at your parents, your two older brothers are being beaten, and you don't even come to help. Instead, you run off to that damned girl Mian Tiao to be her lackey. I've wasted my life giving birth to such an ingrate."

Su Dabao and Su Erbao also looked at Su Xiaobao with disdain.

“Look at that brat, think of a way to get her out of here so your father and I can figure out a way to teach her a lesson. Otherwise, how will our family survive?”

Under the threat of his second aunt and two older brothers, Su Xiaobao slowly approached Su Yue.

"Sister Yue, it's not cool sitting here. How about I take you to the village entrance to cool off?"

Su Yue squinted at Su Xiaobao, whose face was swollen like a steamed bun but who was still smiling.

Thinking about it, it is indeed quite boring. Going to the village entrance to play is not a bad idea, as that is the place where gossip is spread in the village.

Su Yue followed Su Xiaobao slowly towards the village entrance.

On the way, we ran into the Wang sisters, who had just returned from digging for wild vegetables on the mountain. They were clearly driven up the mountain by Old Lady Wang.

The two sisters were so pitiful.

Before Su Yue could even feel sorry for the others, a woman walked towards her, swaying her hips and saying in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, isn't this Yue'er from Su Youde's family? Why are you still slacking off at this hour? No wonder your aunt is scolding you. A young girl should help with chores at home. Slacking off like this is absolutely unacceptable."

Su Youde is the name of the original owner's dead father.

This woman was Li Jinhua, a notorious gossip in Sujia Village. Her husband, Su Datun, had a skill: digging foundations and building houses for people, so their family was better off than the rest of the village.

In addition, Li Jinhua gave birth to two big, healthy boys for the Su family in the three years since she married into the family, so she has become quite influential in the household.

He likes to chat with the old women in the village whenever he has nothing to do.

"Hey, isn't this Xiao Bao? What happened to your face? I didn't look closely just now and thought it was some village rascal who came back with Yue Yatou." She covered her mouth and laughed after saying that.

Su Yue wouldn't tolerate anyone who came looking for trouble, and she immediately retorted.

"I thought it was just a dog barking by the roadside, but when I got closer, oh! It was Aunt Jinhua! Of course, Aunt Jinhua is the only one in the whole village who walks like that." Su Yue carefully looked Li Jinhua over.

Then he continued, "Oh dear! It's all because Aunt Jinhua is so alluring. I even saw the old bachelors in the village drooling over her the other day! My skinny little body can't compare to Aunt Jinhua, right, Uncle Datun?"

Su Yue saw Su Datun carrying the wood from afar, which is why she said that on purpose.

Su Datun was so angry by Su Yue's words that he grabbed Li Jinhua and headed home.

He kept cursing as he walked.

Li Jinhua was pulled so hard by Su Datun that she almost fell to the ground several times.

With his other hand, he punched and hit Su Datun, while also giving Su Yue a vicious glare.

The girl who used to walk with her head down and never dared to look up now dares to talk back and argue.

He was filled with hatred and was still thinking about finding another opportunity to deal with that brat Su Yue.