Chapter 89: Chapter 87: Sharp Tongue, Soft Heart

On the return journey, Xiao Chenye rubbed his head, feeling a bit of pain.

Wen Ran rolled her eyes speechlessly, “What’s the point?”

She pulled Xiao Chenye’s head to check carefully, “It’s not broken, not swollen, just a bit red.”

Xiao Chenye wanted to make a sound, but when he saw the father and daughter on the ox cart, he held back.

“It’s nothing, doesn’t hurt much.”

“It’s you, right?” Zheng Chunyan looked at Xiao Chenye, “The other person, it’s you, right?”

Xiao Chenye nodded, “It’s me.”

Captain Zheng’s eyes turned red, “Thank you so much, if it weren’t for you, my daughter might have suffered even more.

Fortunately, the news hasn’t spread, Chunyan, this silly girl, was rescued.”

In the end, it was a coincidence.

Mrs. Zheng’s family was out of town, her maternal uncle had a baby and invited Mrs. Zheng to a celebration, she thought of sending some gift money instead of going herself, to save on travel costs.

Who knew it would be such a coincidence.

Zheng Chunyan quarreled with her sister-in-law, with her daughter-in-law on one side and her pampered daughter on the other.

Zheng’s parents had a headache and simply sent some money to the little girl for her to spend time at her grandmother’s.

Zheng Chunyan took the money and ran away, comfortably spending half a month at her grandmother’s, then wandered back on her own.

That’s when the trouble happened.

Zheng Chunyan mentioned it with lingering fear, “As soon as I got off the train, I was tricked away, captured and kept for more than half a month.”

Wen Ran was completely shocked, “More than half a month, and no one noticed?”

Captain Zheng smiled awkwardly, “It was a complete misunderstanding, we thought she was still at her grandmother’s and hadn’t returned, while over there they thought she had already arrived home.”

Later, when they received a thank-you letter from there, Zheng’s parents realized that Zheng Chunyan had set off, but the problem was, she had returned, and no one knew where she went.

All night, they were frantic with worry. Before dawn, they got up to send a telegram in town.

But they couldn’t send the telegram, and when they passed the police station, they casually reported the case, then a person ran out of the beggars’ area, grabbing them and calling them mom and dad…

The past is unbearable to look back on.

Wen Ran, seeing this, could only say that while Zheng Chunyan was unlucky, she had some luck on her side.

“Consider yourself lucky, just pretend nothing happened during that time.”

“Yeah,” Zheng Chunyan said with red eyes, “we’ll say that I got off at the wrong station on my way back and lost weight from hunger due to lack of money.”

Wen Ran thought it was a bit far-fetched, but considering what happened to Zheng Chunyan, she felt the incident was even more outrageous.

While chatting, they arrived at the Zheng Family.

Mrs. Zheng and Sister-in-law Zheng were arguing, seemingly about whether one should visit her family or not.

Wen Ran glanced at Captain Zheng, suddenly feeling they had come at a bit of a bad time.

“I want to go, just let me go, why stop me?” Sister-in-law Zheng spoke straightforwardly, “Staying home without moving won’t make food fall from the sky?

The family already doesn’t have much food, if we don’t find a way to get more, do you really plan to drink the northwest wind during winter?

If you want to drink, you guys drink, I won’t. I’ll go to my family’s to get food, and don’t just idle at home; go to the mountains to get more wild goods, so at least this winter everyone’s stomach will be full.”

“Lingling, you can’t go! Let’s go to the mountains together, okay?”

Mrs. Zheng pleaded earnestly, “Your family is not easy to deal with, if you go, you’ll suffer.”

Sister-in-law Zheng was angry, “Then what can we do? Right now, we need their help; can we just stand and make food appear?

You may be willing to suffer, but my son is not! And my pampered sister-in-law won’t eat those things every day either!”

“Mom won’t eat then,” Mrs. Zheng said with red eyes, “Mom will save it for you to eat.”

Sister-in-law Zheng looked at her mother-in-law’s tears, feeling bitter inside, but spoke harshly, wiping away the tears with a raised hand, and sneered, “No use crying, what are you crying about?

If you starve to death, will you enjoy yourself, huh? Do you think dying early relieves you, and you’re not responsible for my child? That’s not possible!”

Wen Ran looked at Zheng Chunyan, who lowered her head and mumbled, “I already know I was wrong, since coming back, I haven’t argued with her.

My sister-in-law is kind, just sharp-tongued with a soft heart. Her family is really bad, if she goes back she’ll definitely feel wronged.”

Wen Ran laughed.

Sister-in-law Zheng not only has a sharp tongue with a soft heart, but this little mouth seems to have absorbed poison.

Zheng Chunyan jumped off the ox cart, “Sister Xiao Wen, I won’t keep talking, I need to persuade my sister-in-law.”

“Hmm.”

Zheng Chunyan returned home, and the argument inside stopped.

Captain Zheng sighed, “Xiao Wen, educated youth, you must have had a good laugh.”

“There’s nothing to laugh about,” she said gently, “Regardless of what’s said, it’s all for each other’s good. Captain Zheng, having such family is a blessing.”

Captain Zheng grinned, “My wife and daughter-in-law are both good, and my daughter too. She was spoiled before, but after this ordeal, her sensibility makes us feel tenderhearted.”

They exchanged pleasantries upon entering, but all had something on their minds, and quickly got to the main topic.

Looking at the wheat sprouts and glutinous rice in their home, Wen Ran recalled from past memories and repeated the steps one by one, while Zheng Chunyan eagerly took notes in a notebook.

Sister-in-law Zheng watched anxiously, “Did you get it down?”

“Yes, I got it down!”

Zheng Chunyan spread the notebook, eagerly showing it to Sister-in-law Zheng, “Sister-in-law, look, not a word missing.”

Wen Ran glanced, speechless, indeed not a word was missing, sometimes even her pondering filler words were noted down.

Sister-in-law Zheng enviously caressed the notebook, looking at the mysterious symbols, “As long as you got it down, I can’t read.”

Zheng Chunyan felt a bit embarrassed, “Sister-in-law, sorry, I didn’t mean to, I…”

“Oh, how is it your fault I can’t read? Why are you apologizing?”

“Sister-in-law…”

Wen Ran smiled brightly, “Just follow the steps as I said. Since it’s your first time trying, start with a 10:1 ratio of glutinous rice to wheat sprout. If successful, then consider saving on materials and try a 5:1 ratio.”

“Okay, thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Following Wen Ran’s advice, they spread the wheat to germinate, and after making some other preparations, Wen Ran and her companions came in a hurry and left quickly.

After this rush, they returned to the Silly Deer Team, just in time for the pig slaughter feast.

The team leader quickly approached, “No problem, right? Everything went smoothly?”

“Yes, smoothly, they’ve already noted down what I told them,” Wen Ran rubbed her stomach, feeling a bit hungry.

“Hungry, aren’t you?” The team leader looked kindly, “Come on, it’s almost time to eat.”

Saying that, he didn’t forget to glance sideways at Captain Zheng, sarcastically, “No manners, huh? People came all this way to help you, and you don’t even stay for a meal.”

Captain Zheng smiled sheepishly, “Forgot, honestly just forgot.”

“Shameless,” the team leader sourly, “I didn’t let her work for nothing!”

Captain Zheng immediately promised, “Regardless of whether this malt sugar turns out, I won’t lack in what I’m supposed to give!”

“That’s more like it.”

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