Chapter 117: Losing Self-control On The Mountain

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“It’s them! They are the ones who dug up our ancestral graves!” Madam Li wiped the dried blood off her face and pointed angrily at Su Ying.

When those few men heard that, they raised the tools in their hands and pounced on Su Ying at once.

Su Ying massaged her temples. She didn’t have the energy to waste on these people. She tossed the shovel in her hand aside and squatted down to pick up a stone from the ground. She threw it at the people who were charging at her.

Those people were not afraid of Su Ying at all when they saw her pick up the stone, so they became even more aggressive.

Number One and the others shook their heads as they looked at the people who were rushing over.

“Leader, I bet those people will be wiped out in three moves at most.”

Number One gave a sarcastic sneer. “Three moves? You think too highly of them.”

…..

Before Number One could finish his sentence, Su Ying threw the stone in her hand.

Pow! The blob of moist mud hit and covered one of the men’s face completely.

The man was hit so hard by the mud that he staggered. He took a step back and fell straight to the ground.

When she saw this, Madam Li was so frightened that she howled, “Husband!”

The remaining three men roared, “Father!”

Thereafter, they charged at Su Ying ferociously.

Su Ying didn’t hesitate and flung out more handfuls of mud repeatedly.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

Three balls of mud, which were neither soft nor hard, smashed onto their faces, and the force was so strong that they couldn’t help but stumble backward.

Madam Li watched in shock as she saw her sons and husband being dealt with so easily. Her face froze when she saw Su Ying walking over.

“You… you shrew! What do you want to do? I’m warning you. If you dare to touch us…”

Su Ying stomped on the man’s hand, and the man who had just wiped the mud off his face wailed in pain suddenly.

Su Ying glanced at Madam Li icily. “So what if I touched you?”

Madam Li was so furious her whole body trembled. When she saw her husband cry out in pain and had no way to resist her at all, she became thoroughly frightened. “Who… who are you? Who the hell are you?”

Su Ying didn’t answer, but said icily, “I’ll let this matter go this time. If you guys dare to cause trouble here again, I won’t be using just mud to deal with you. Get lost!”

Su Ying released her foot, and that man scrambled to his feet. He glared at Su Ying in shock and anger. “Just… just you wait! Just you wait!”

Madam Li’s sons were also so afraid that they didn’t dare to come forward again. The whole family ran away like dogs with their tails between their legs.

As soon as that family left, Number One came over with a gravestone made of wood, which had been badly eroded by the wind and rain.

“Mistress, take a look. I found it near the coffin.”

Actually, Number One had dug up the gravestone first, but when he saw that it was just a piece of rotten wood, he didn’t take it seriously and threw it aside. Just now, he suddenly remembered it, so he searched around the area where he threw it and found it.

Su Ying took the gravestone and looked at it.

“Grave of Sun Daya, the daughter of the Sun family. Died at the age of nine.”

Su Ying looked at the location of the grave. It was not the ancestral grave Madam Li had mentioned at all, but the grave of a little girl named Sun Daya.

“You can carry on with what you are doing.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

Su Ying took the gravestone and found a wooden board. She then carved the words on the gravestone on the new board with a stone and erected it in front of the grave.

“Sorry for the disturbance.”

After the gravestone was set up, Su Ying picked up the shovel and continued digging her fish pond.

Due to the presence of the grave, some of the areas they had dug previously could no longer be used. They had to re-demarcate the areas and continued digging.

Meanwhile, Hea Shouyi and his group had also gone up to the mountain. In order to work faster, they split up. Hea Shouyi and Wang Su went to gather firewood, while Lin Zhuyu went with Jiang Yang to gather ragweed. Now that there were so many pigs at home, it was a big project to feed them every day.

Lin Zhuyu was a woman. She was not strong enough, so she was in charge of putting the ragweed in the designated place. When it was time for them to leave the mountain, Jiang Yang would carry the bundle.

Lin Zhuyu used to say that she grew up in an aristocratic family. Although she was the unloved daughter of a concubine, she didn’t have to do anything herself, let alone raise pigs and feed oxen. However, she was very adept at doing these things now.

After cutting the ragweed, Lin Zhuyu took out a hemp rope, piled the ragweed together, and tied them up.

When she saw that the amount was almost sufficient, she looked around to see if there were any wild vegetables she could recognize so that she could pick some back.

As she crouched down to pick some wild vegetables, she suddenly saw a dark shadow flash by.

Lin Zhuyu got a shock. She quickly grabbed the firewood machete in her hand and looked around warily.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement in the forest, and her back was covered in a cold sweat.

Lin Zhuyu was so scared that she ran behind a big tree and hid. Just as the palm holding the firewood machete was getting damp, she saw that figure getting closer and closer.

When she saw that the figure was only a few steps away from her, Lin Zhuyu closed her eyes and jumped out. She raised her firewood machete and slashed at the man.

“I’ll chop you to death!” Lin Zhuyu swung the firewood machete in her hand as if she had gone crazy, but the other person grabbed the firewood machete with one move.

“Concubine Lin, Concubine Lin, it’s me! It’s me, Jiang Yang.”

Lin Zhuyu stopped what she was doing when she heard the voice. She opened her eyes timidly. When she saw Jiang Yang’s face clearly, she threw herself into his arms with a loud wail and started crying.

“So it’s you, so it’s you! You scared me to death. I thought it was a bad guy. I was really so scared…”

Jiang Yang was so frightened that his whole body stiffened. His hands were raised above his head and he did not dare to lower them at all.

“Concubine Lin, don’t… don’t be afraid. It’s me, Jiang Yang. It’s not a bad guy.”

Lin Zhuyu cried for a long time before she regained her senses and realized what she was doing. She quickly let go and took a step back, feeling so embarrassed that she dared not show her face. “Sor… sorry. I didn’t… I was really scared earlier.”

Jiang Yang’s heart skipped a beat as he looked at Lin Zhuyu’s face, which had turned red from anxiety. “Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. It was my mistake. I shouldn’t have gone too far away from you. The sun is going to set soon. Let’s go look for Uncle Hea and the others first.”

Jiang Yang changed the subject, and Lin Zhuyu gradually calmed down. “Okay, okay.”

Jiang Yang came forward and carried the bundled-up ragweed on his back, while Lin Zhuyu carried the firewood that had been gathered. The two of them walked towards the place where they had agreed to meet Uncle Hea and the rest.

As soon as the two of them walked away, a figure jumped down from a big tree.

When Lin Zhuyu and Jiang Yang arrived, Uncle Hea and Wang Su also arrived.

Uncle Hea had some years of experience, after all, and he could tell that something was wrong with Lin Zhuyu’s reddened face at first glance. “Little Sister Lin, what’s wrong? Are you too tired?”

Hea Shouyi’s words reminded Lin Zhuyu of her own loss of self-control, and her face unwittingly turn red again. “No… no, I’m not tired, Uncle Hea. I’m fine. It’s getting late. Let’s go down the mountain first, or we won’t be able to make it in time to cook.”

Hea Shouyi looked at the sky and nodded. He did not dare to delay and quickly went down the mountain with the firewood on his back.

After the four of them walked away, two figures walked out from the darkness and followed them..