Glory in Troubled Times: The Empress' Growth Path

Chapter 5 The Second Son of the Zhao Family
Hua Qiong was lying on her stomach in the field, because the clothes themselves were very close to the color of the land, like a natural protective color, plus she was petite and covered by shrubs, it looked like a mound of dirt from a distance, without any sense of disobedience.

Hearing their conversation, Hua Qiong realized that the two boys in front of him were from Zhao Tingan's uncle's family.

Seeing the two boys getting closer and closer, Hua Qiong's heart rose to her throat. These two brats are used to being bullied. If she saw me eavesdropping on them, she would only be six years old now. Not sure how to be teased.

After they walked in, Hua Qiong could see clearly that one of the boys was short and fat, only half a head taller than himself.

The other boy was a little thinner, with a shrewd look on his face, his eyes wandering here and there, and he was indeterminate.

He patted his chest, as if there was some treasure hidden inside, with a look on his face, "Ball" immediately became unhappy.

"If you hadn't been running around the house that day, my Baiyuyun cake would have fallen all over the floor!"

The skinny boy glanced at the "ball" triumphantly, took out a quick-cleaned small bag from his arms, opened it carefully, and there was a piece of white pastry standing in it. There were no plum blossoms nearby, but Hua Qiong smelled it in the air. A burst of plum fragrance.

"Ball" sniffled and stared at the skinny boy, only to see the skinny boy lightly took a piece from the top layer of the pastry and put it in his mouth. The aftertaste looked wonderful, as if there were countless plum blossoms blooming behind him. He opened his eyes and admired the expression of "Ball".

"What's the big deal! Father brought me the latest jade pendant from Jiangnan, which is much better than your broken pastry!"

When the skinny boy heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and sarcastically said: "What kind of Jiangnan jade pendant is that? It's obviously because the pastry is gone, and you're pestering your father to give you something. Father saw you crying pitifully, so he just sent you away!"

"Don't tell me! Your white jade cloud cake is not necessarily worth more than my jade pendant. Otherwise, why didn't father give it to you, just give it to me!"

"You bullshit!"

The skinny boy spit on the face of the "ball" in a fit of anger, mixed with a lot of white jade cloud cake.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it, so I'll give you a taste!"

Seeing this scene, Hua Qiong almost vomited, this skinny boy is really disgusting and hurtful.

"Ball" froze for a moment, then wiped his face with his hands indiscriminately, the skinny boy took the opportunity to put away the Baiyuyun cake and ran wildly.

Immediately, the "ball" yelled and fell towards the skinny boy. The field was not easy to walk in before, but after the snow fell, many potholes were covered by the snow. Even if you looked carefully, it was easy to fall.

Sure enough, "Ball" chased a few steps behind, and fell a dog eating shit, spitting mud in his mouth continuously.

The skinny boy gloated when he saw it, "Haha, I can't eat cakes and mud!" Then he made a grimace and ran away. "Ball" hammered the ground below and shouted: "You and Wang Er, wait for me!" Wait!! Wait for me!"

Zhao Tingan, who was chopping firewood at Zhao's house, almost chopped his own foot.

Hua Qiong wanted to laugh out loud at first, but when she heard "ball" yelling, she suddenly became unhappy. They had conflicts among themselves, and it had nothing to do with Zhao Ting'an.

It seems that they didn't bully Zhao Ting'an for a day or two. When things went wrong, they vented their anger indiscriminately. They had to find a way to help Zhao Ting'an, even if they vented their anger.

The key is to dig some sweet potatoes back first, and think about countermeasures by the way.

After a long time, Hua Qiong went to the field to find five sweet potatoes. Now the snow is too heavy, and the ground will soon be covered, so now he can only go back and wait to see if the trap has received the goods.

When Hua Qiong returned to the village, every household was filled with cooking smoke, and only she and her shadow were walking slowly on the road with sweet potatoes in their arms.

"Little girl, I met you again."

Hua Qiong turned around to look for her, only to see Granny Wang standing by the side of the road, looking at her with a smile.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Hua Qiong shook his head.

"Then come with me, I still have something to eat here."

Hua Qiong hesitated for a moment, but followed. After passing by almost everyone, the two stopped in front of a side door.

"This is a side entrance of Zhao's house. I usually eat something in the firewood room. Now they all go to the main hall for dinner, and no one comes over."

Zhao family?yes!Grandma Wang is a helper at the Zhao family.

I saw Grandma Wang going out to cook for herself, Hua Qiong took the opportunity to leave the firewood house, hid by the mouth of the well and looked around. There were a lot of people in the distance, most likely they were the Zhao family who were eating in the main hall.

The side door is at the back of one of the houses, and the firewood room is next to the side door.

Suddenly someone covered Hua Qiong's mouth from behind, and she subconsciously looked back.

It turned out to be Zhao Ting'an, who was giving her a "shh" gesture, and then dragged her to the woodshed.

"Hua Qiong, why are you here?"

"I, I'm here to find you."

Hua Qiong didn't want Zhao Ting'an to know that she met Granny Wang by chance, so as to avoid more troubles.

"I just wanted to find you too. The master is going out after dinner. I have to follow. I have to pack up and leave soon. It will take a day or two to come back."

"Then will the master make things difficult for you?"

"Master never makes things difficult for me, but my aunt and two cousins, alas, don't mention them, when I come back this time, I will definitely bring you something good!"

"Ting An, do you know what Granny Wang is doing in that room who is cooking?"

"She is getting old, the master takes pity on her and asks her to take care of cleaning and keys in the backyard, and also do some chores at ordinary times,"

Hua Qiong watched Granny Wang busy in the backyard kitchen, and suddenly a wonderful plan came to her mind.

"By the way, what did you come to see me for?"

Hua Qiong pointed to the side of the firewood pile, and a pile of sweet potatoes appeared in front of him, the mud on them was not dry yet.

"I'm worried that they won't give you food again. This is the sweet potato I just found, specially for you."

Zhao Tingan almost cried, "Sister Qiong'er, woo woo."

"Okay, let's go, otherwise Master Zhao will be in a hurry."

"Okay, you should leave Zhao's mansion quickly, my two cousins ​​are very annoying, don't let them see you here."

The two bid farewell, Zhao Tingan quickly left the firewood room, packed up his things and was ready to go, at the same time Granny Wang came over with two bowls of steaming rice porridge.

Hua Qiong picked up a bowl, took a sip, the sweetness of the rice immediately filled his mouth, a sense of happiness enveloped him, tears rolled down his face unconsciously.

"Grandma, I'm homesick."

"I'm afraid of living alone. Can I live with you today? Just for one night. I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Granny Wang put down her job, put her arms around Hua Qiong lovingly, and patted her on the back.

"Okay, okay, don't say one night, ten nights is fine."

(End of this chapter)