Quick Transmigration: Can This Kind of Scum Become the Chosen One?

Chapter 107 During the Famine, My Little Aunt Lived a Life of Luxury

When Jiang Lian went up the mountain again, she found nothing.

There were no pheasants, no rabbits, and no medicinal herbs that looked particularly valuable.

However, I found wild chrysanthemums by the roadside.

Is this the reason for going up the mountain?

I've been feeling a bit feverish lately, so picking some wild chrysanthemums to make a tea would be a good idea.

Whether it was because Jiang Lian didn't wash the chrysanthemums properly or something else, Jiang Lian got diarrhea after drinking the chrysanthemum tea.

Jiang Lian was squatting in the toilet when she suddenly heard a noise outside.

There's no one home at this time; everyone's working in the fields.

Why is there a sound? Did Xiaohe come back so early today?

Jiang Lian stood up and saw Jiang Ertian enter the chicken coop.

What was he doing in the chicken coop? Isn't Grandma Jiang forbidding everyone from going near the chicken coop these days? Grandma Jiang personally takes care of everything from feeding and watering the chickens, just because these chickens have been laying fewer and fewer eggs lately.

Finding two or three a day is considered good.

It's one thing to be like this during a famine, when even people can't get enough to eat, so it's normal for chickens not to lay eggs if they're not well-fed.

Now that the crops have yielded a bumper harvest, and these chickens are all newly raised, they're at their most productive egg-laying stage. They need to lay at least five eggs a day.

Half of them are considered good now.

Grandma Jiang saved up all those eggs to exchange for needles and thread, since farmers don't have much money and can only rely on selling a few eggs to earn some money to buy household items.

Moreover, Grandma Jiang is preparing a dowry for Jiang Lian, and she has basically saved up all the eggs.

Although it wasn't much, Jiang Lian saved up enough for her dowry over several years.

Fortunately, Jiang Lian can occasionally have a treat, so she doesn't eat eggs anymore.

Nowadays, both the eldest and second wives are quite honest. The crops are plentiful, and Grandma Jiang doesn't skimp on food, so there's never a problem with her eating her fill.

Even the two girls, Jiang He and Jiang Miao, are receiving much better treatment now.

Jiang He is nine years old now, and she will soon be old enough to be a prospective husband.

This girl is hardworking and capable; she'll be able to ask for more dowry money later.

She's just too thin, and looks like her mother, who isn't good at having children. These past two years, she's been fed well, and now she's asking for more dowry.

Jiang Lian was genuinely puzzled as to what Jiang Ertian had come for.

I quietly walked towards the chicken coop and found Jiang Ertian picking up eggs. He picked up two eggs and put them in his pocket.

"Second brother, what are you doing?"

Jiang Ertian was startled. Luckily, he had the eggs in his arms, otherwise, the eggs would have been smashed.

"Xiao Lian, what are you doing here?"

He clearly checked when he arrived; there was no one there.

"Second brother, what are you hiding in your arms?"

Seeing Jiang Ertian's flustered appearance, Jiang Lian also sensed that something was wrong.

This is because they feel guilty.

He was stealing eggs.

They've been stealing eggs; they've been stealing eggs all along.

Second sister-in-law steals eggs, second brother also steals eggs.

They might even be stealing eggs all along.

No wonder I sometimes see my second brother and sister-in-law running back home.

"Xiao Lian, your second brother didn't hide anything. He has to go work in the fields, so he's leaving now."

Jiang Ertian took off running.

He hid the eggs before turning around.

There's no point in getting entangled with Jiang Lian here; he'd better just leave.

If we dispose of these eggs, even if Jiang Lian says something, there will be no evidence.

You can't accuse someone of stealing eggs without evidence.

In his opinion, Lu Cuihua was foolish back then. She wasn't caught red-handed, yet she still admitted to stealing eggs.

Jiang Lian tried to grab Jiang Ertian, but she couldn't outrun him and could only watch helplessly as his figure disappeared.

Jiang Lian stomped her foot; Jiang Ertian was definitely up to something. It was a pity she couldn't catch him.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Lian went to find Old Lady Jiang.

Grandma Jiang believed Jiang Lian's words.

Xiao Lian wouldn't make baseless accusations, and Grandma Jiang also felt that things had been a bit strange lately.

She had taken great care of the chicken, but she still couldn't understand why it wouldn't lay eggs.

It seems now that it's hard to guard against a thief within the family.

I thought that keeping an eye on Lu Cuihua would be enough, but I didn't expect Lu Cuihua to be so capable. Since she couldn't steal it herself, she encouraged the second son to steal it.

She genuinely hadn't considered that there might be any problems with her second son; she was only thinking about sending Zhao Jingui and Lu Cuihua away.

Grandma Jiang told Jiang Lian not to make a fuss for now.

If this is the second son's first offense, and he was only encouraged by Lu Cuihua, she can forgive him this time as long as he doesn't repeat the offense and divorces Lu Cuihua.

This time, Xiaolian caught the second son in the act. If it was his first offense, he would definitely remember it and know that he shouldn't have done it.

If the second son persists, she will kick his entire family out.

If the second son really goes to this extent for Lu Cuihua, then this son is no longer worth keeping.

She can no longer rely on her second son to support her in her old age.

She might even be tormented by Lu Cuihua, and she couldn't bear to suffer that.

After returning home, Jiang Ertian observed the atmosphere in the house but did not notice anything unusual.

Grandma Jiang was still the same as usual; if she knew he had stolen eggs, she would definitely grab a broom and beat him.

He knew how much Grandma Jiang cared about these eggs. Since she was still able to cook as usual, it seemed there was nothing wrong.

Jiang Ertian then tested Jiang Lian again, and Jiang Lian snorted coldly.

"I called you this morning, and you ran so fast, like a ghost was chasing you. Is it because you didn't want to give me a pear? Did you have to hide from me? I have a pear from my sister-in-law, I won't eat it, you stingy little devil."

As Jiang Lian spoke, she took a big bite of the pear and rolled her eyes at Jiang Ertian.

Jiang Ertian paused upon hearing this. Did Jiang Lian think he had hidden a pear that morning?

This morning, Grandma Jiang asked Zhao Jingui to go up the mountain and pick some pears.

Zhao Jingui even went to the field to share pears with them.

Did Jiang Lian not notice him stealing eggs?

Jiang Ertian thought about it carefully and realized that Jiang Lian hadn't said anything about him stealing eggs that morning; she had only asked him what he was doing.

He panicked and ran away, so Jiang Lian chased after him.

"Second brother only has one pear, but you're different. You can have as many as you want, and Mom will give them to you. Second brother is just reluctant to part with it, isn't he?"

"If you can't bear to part with it, then don't linger in front of me, or I'll think you're bringing me pears."

Jiang Ertian was relieved at this moment. "Alright, alright, your second brother won't bother you anymore."

Jiang Ertian went back to his room and told Lu Cuihua that he had made a big fuss in the morning and almost gave himself away. Fortunately, the pears covered up the truth today and prevented Jiang Lian from thinking anything else.

It seems I'll have to be even more careful in the future.

Jiang Lian doesn't care about these things at home, and she's easy to fool if anything happens. Otherwise, anyone else would have suspected her of stealing the chicken and getting the egg.

However, this pear gave Jiang Ertian an idea: he could carry some of these kinds of fruits with him in the future.

If you accidentally bump into him, as long as you don't directly see him putting the egg in his mouth, you can try to mislead the situation.