Call Me The Mother of Quick Transmigration

Chapter 102 – The Widow’s Adopted Daughter (part 2)

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Second girl heard the movement outside the room.
Her face was flushed with excitement, but she was still a little sceptical.
After all, the contrast between her mother now and her mother before was too great.
She couldn’t believe it.

After all, she was still young.
All her thoughts showed on her face.
Li Su saw what she was thinking at a glance and then racked her brains to explain things.
“Mother used to give off the impression of being weak.
Before, your dad was not at home, so we could not fight them.
I thought that it would be fine if your dad came back.
I didn’t expect that he would have a hard life and be unable to come back.” When Li Su spoke, she bowed her head and wiped tears away at the right time.

When second girl heard her mother speak about her dad, her eyes were red.
When dad was at home, he loved her a lot.
Moreover, when dad was at home, grandmother and grandfather only spoke badly and didn’t dare to do anything excessive.
Why did dad die so early?!

Li Su wiped her tears and said, “Your dad is dead.
We can’t confront them head-on right now, otherwise they would deal with us.
I just thought about continuing to endure it, even when your dad was sent away.
If I wanted to make trouble with them, then I needed a reason.
It just so happened that your grandmother offered to sell you for Da Ge Er’s bride price, so I figured that was an opportunity.
You see, I made a fuss today.
If your grandmother wants to try anything in the future, then it won’t be easy.
This can be called using the best resources for the most important areas.1”

Second girl was still young after all.
Although she was smart, she was still a far cry from being scheming and cruel.
When she thought about it, her mother was right! She nodded ignorantly.

Li Su breathed a sigh of relief.
What she was most afraid of was meeting a person who was too smart for her.
Here, Wang Si Qin was not the female lead, but a female supporting role.
She didn’t have many appearances, but she was famous for being vicious.

Wang Si Qin was a brothel girl.
Because she was beautiful and gifted, she was known as the Queen of Flowers2.
In fact, she was a spy.
When she was young, she was bought by a wealthy businessman with the surname Jiang who meticulously cultivated her as a tool to please high-ranking officials.

But Wang Si Qin was a schemer.
She was not willing to be someone else’s tool.
After merchant Jiang gave her to the prefectural magistrate and the prefectural magistrate liked her a lot, she betrayed her original owner without hesitation.
She implanted the idea that the prefectural magistrate should check the Jiang family’s property, which he did.
Merchant Jiang was imprisoned and died in prison.

The male lead was the son of merchant Jiang.
In order to avenge his father, he kept his name a secret.
He studied diligently and participated in the imperial exam.
By coincidence, he got acquainted with the emperor and the princess who were in disguise.
In the end, with the help of the emperor, the male lead successfully cleared his father’s reputation and brought down the assistant minister to the Board of Revenue, who was formerly the prefectural magistrate! He learned from the assistant minister to the Board of Revenue that all the events that occurred back then were instigated by a woman named Wang Si Qin.

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At that time, Wang Si Qin was the prince regent’s favourite.
Due to customs, the prince regent didn’t dare to let her into his mansion.
He placed her in a house on the outside and kept her there, loving her very much.
It was said that the prince regent respected her opinion a lot.
She was very courageous, daring to be blatantly corrupt.

The more the male lead investigated, the more he felt that this woman was really cruel and ruthless.
She regarded human life as nothing.
Anyone who offended her would not have a good end, either dead or in ruins.
She was once at a banquet where the wife of a rank seven official wore the same clothes as her.
She ordered for someone to take off that woman’s clothes and throw them into the river.
The lady was forced to commit suicide in shame.
Another example was when a pregnant lady once mocked her behind her back for being unable to give birth.
She ordered for someone to cut open the pregnant lady’s belly and dig out the child.
The mother and child died.
There were countless situations like this.
It was said that the most vicious thing she did was help a general engage in guerrilla warfare previously.
For the sake of helping the generals with guerrilla warfare, she instigated the generals to pass off the massacre of hundreds of people in the border village of Shang Lin as a military achievement.
There were too many evil deeds to list.

The male lead knew most of them, and he became even more determined to get rid of this vicious woman and avenge his father.
But, to get rid of this woman, it was necessary to remove her backer, the prince regent.

At this time, the male lead and the emperor were close friends.
The two joined hands and battled the prince regent in the court in a battle of wits.
At the end, of course, justice was served and evil was defeated.
The male lead assisted the emperor in completely eradicating the prince regent and his followers, and helped the emperor to power.
Finally, he married the princess and became the emperor’s brother-in-law.
He reached the pinnacle of life.

Wang Si Qin was stabbed to death by the male lead after the prince regent fell from power.
After her death, her body was thrown into a mass grave and gnawed on by wild dogs.
Her body did not remain intact.

When Li Su thought of this, she sighed.
In fact, even though Wang Si Qin was cruel, most of these matters were just what everyone said and not necessarily what she did.
Most of these things were rumours that the young emperor ordered people to spread in order to discredit the prince regent’s reputation.

There was only one thing that Wang Si Qin did, and that was to instigate the generals to pass off the massacre of hundreds of people in the border village of Shang Lin as a military merit.

Li Su glanced at second girl with a complicated expression.
This kid really held long grudges! Forget it.
Now that she was here, the plot shouldn’t progress like it did in the original.
She intended to live in Shang Lin Village with second girl.
Prefectural magistrate? Wealthy merchant? Prince regent? Emperor? Ha, why bother with those?

Li Su looked at herself and second girl.
It had been a few days since they took a shower.
They were dirty! “Okay, now that you’re up, hurry and eat breakfast.
After breakfast, mother will boil some hot water and we can take a bath.”

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As soon as she mentioned breakfast, Li Su and second girl’s stomachs growled.
Li Su then remembered that they had nothing to eat at home.
The family lands were all under Wang Da Shan and Wang Da Lang’s names.
The several acres of land that originally belonged to Wang Er Lang had also been taken away by Wang Da Shan.
Wang Da Shan said that, since Wang Er Lang was not at home, he should rent them out.
The mother and daughter did not have any source of income.
The food they ate was sent by Wang Da Shan and Mrs.
Fang Shi, depending on how they felt.

Because of the debacle surrounding selling second girl, Mrs.
Wang Fang hadn’t delivered any food for a few days.
It would be likely that food wouldn’t be delivered in the future.

Li Su frowned.
“Good child.
Be patient first.
Mother will think of something.”

“Mother, we can go to the mountains to pick some wild fruit to eat.
I know where they are.
If you are lucky, you can catch a pheasant.” Second girl hesitated after she thought for a while.
Before, her mother had been immersed in needlework and all the money she got was given to grandma.
But, the food grandma gave them was just one meal and it wasn’t enough.
Although mother always let her eat first, she was still hungry.
Sometimes when she was hungry, she would go to the mountains to pick wild fruit to eat.
She was also very scared as there were beasts on the mountain, but she wanted to live!

The mountain! Li Su’s eyes lit up.
Her powerful skill finally had a use.
She could hunt! She could get some animals on the mountain and exchange them for food at the market.

“Good child.
I will go get the water.
Close the door.
We’ll take a bath first.” Li Su then went to the yard, carrying a pole and a bucket.
She went to the well at the entrance of the village to bring back water.

Li Su originally thought that with her powerful skill, she would be able to easily carry the water.
She didn’t think that wouldn’t be the case.
She had the strength to carry the water, but she couldn’t carry it on the pole well.
The pole was difficult to use.
The original owner was someone who couldn’t carry anything on her shoulders and had never done tasks like this before.
So, she had no experience.

Li Su tried for a long time and spilled most of the water.
She wanted to throw the pole away and just carry it back in a bucket.

At this moment, an auntie who had watched the excitement, came over with a smile.
“Er Lang’s wife, the pole is not difficult.
You have to use it like this.” She gave Li Su a demonstration.

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Li Su nodded, then tried it herself.
Sure enough, she picked up the water steadily this time.

However, the bucket was only filled a little over half.
Li Su put it down and refilled the bucket.
The auntie smiled and said, “Half is half.
There is a lot of water.
Can you move it?”

As soon as the auntie finished speaking, Li Su had picked up the water steadily and walked a few steps.

The auntie’s mouth was open in surprise.
She was really not human! Er Lang’s wife was thin and looked weak, so she didn’t expect Li Su to have so much strength.
But, when she thought about it, Er Lang loved his wife the most, so how would he be willing to let his wife do rough work?

Now that Er Lang was no longer around, and his relatives were black-hearted, they couldn’t stand up for themselves.
The auntie sighed.

At the other end, when second girl saw her mother go out and really came back with two buckets of water, she was very surprised.
When dad was alive, dad was responsible for getting all the water.
After dad went to war, nobody went to get water for them so she and her mother had to get it themselves.
Now, her mother had carried 2 full buckets of water back.
How could this not surprise her?!

Li Su put down the buckets.
She was just about to pour the water into the tank, but then took a closer look at the tank and realised that it was too dirty.
She poured half a bucket in and brushed the tank carefully.
Then, she washed the lid.
It was not enough.
If she had time in the future, then she had to put the lid in hot water and boil it!

Li Su ran back and forth 4-5 times before she managed to fill the tank.
Then, she boiled a pot of water.
Suddenly, she heard a sob behind her, so she turned around to see second girl covering her mouth and crying while watching her.

“What’s the matter?” asked Li Su.

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“Mother, your shoulders are bleeding!” Second girl looked at Li Su’s shoulder in distress.
Mother had never done such rough work before.
If it weren’t for her, mother would…

Shoulders? Li Su didn’t pay attention.
When second girl mentioned it, she turned to look at them.
Sure enough, the clothes on her shoulders had worn out and there was blood.

Li Su felt the pain now and couldn’t help but frown.
The original owner was too delicate.
“It’s fine.
I’ll just get some medicine later.
You start the fire.
We should boil the water.”

Second girl wiped away her tears.
She ran to the stove and started the pot again.

It was too dirty! Li Su looked at the dark water in the tank and couldn’t help but frown.
How long had it been since they’d taken a bath? Li Su washed it a few more times, but there was no more water in the pot.

Li Su frowned.
It was too difficult to take a bath like this.
Forget it.
They would take it slowly.

1.(好鋼用在刀刃上) idiom: to use the good steel on the knife’s edge

2.Queen of Flowers: nickname for a famous courtesan