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0.19% I'm the Farmgirl You Can't Mess With / Chapter 2: Help

章節 2: Help

編輯: Atlas Studios

Hearing this, Mu Yangling took a closer look at them and realized that something was amiss. Although their skin was also tanned, they did not appear to labor all year round like her father. Instead, they seemed to have specially smeared something over their skin to appear that way. Moreover, the hand holding the flatbread was even smoother and more tender than a girl's, okay?

It was obvious that they came from money. Mu Yangling hesitated for a moment. In the end, she pitied the two of them for being so young, so she asked, "Where are your families? Do you need my help?"

Qi Haoran opened his mouth to answer, but Fan Zijin tugged at him and smiled at Mu Yangling. "Thank you, Miss. We've already found the way. It's not very far away, so we won't trouble you. Please tell us your address so that we can repay you in the future."

When Mu Yangling saw how alert this youth was, her lips couldn't help but curl into a smile. She wasn't angry and only shook her head. "No need. It's just a piece of flatbread." She looked at the sky and their location before pointing out the way out of the mountain for them. "If you go that way, you should see a path in half an hour. Just follow that path and walk out."

With that, she turned around and left.

As Mu Yangling's back disappeared from view, Fan Zijin collapsed to the ground. He glared at Qi Haoran and said angrily, "Don't divulge our identities to anyone again. Since we're already in Xingzhou, we'll be able to find Brother Qi in two days."

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes. "How are we going to find him when we're penniless? Besides, she's a good person."

Fan Zijin jumped up. "How do you know?"

"I just do. Previously, we were only deceived because we did as you said. If you had listened to me, we wouldn't have been duped."

"It's all because of your loose tongue, answering whatever others asked. People who originally didn't have any ill intentions also developed ill intentions," Fan Zijin argued indignantly.

Qi Haoran retorted, "You're clearly the one who's a poor judge of character."

"You're the one who wasn't careful…"

The two youths started arguing. Qi Haoran had the upper hand at first, but he had never been good at arguing. Hence, he was defeated by Fan Zijin in this verbal match not long after. In his anger, he tore off a piece of the flatbread in his hand and stuffed it into Fan Zijin's mouth.

Fan Zijin glared back, but gradually calmed down and noticed that Qi Haoran was only holding a very small piece of flatbread. Feeling sorry for him, he tore off half of his, gave it to him, and said vaguely, "Eat quickly. Let's go on our way after you're done."

Qi Haoran snorted and declared, "I'm strong and healthy. I don't need this. You should eat it yourself."

Fan Zijin glared at him and snapped, "Take it. I still need your protection. If we come across more local hooligans, I still need you to fight them off."

Qi Haoran said smugly, "Now you know I'm great at kung fu, right? What's the use of doing so well academically? You still need me to carry you when we're escaping, hahaha…" After saying that, he laughed, clearly pleased with himself.

Fan Zijin snorted and mocked, "What's so great about being brawny and simple-minded? If it weren't for me, no matter how skilled you are at martial arts, 40 to 50 people would have surrounded you and beaten you into a meat patty."

Mu Yangling, who was hiding in the dark, listened to the two youths arguing and saw them feeding each other the flatbread in their hands. The corners of her lips instantly twitched. Why did she feel like those two had a love-hate relationship?

How could a piece of flatbread be enough to fill their stomachs?

Even a nine-year-old girl like her had to eat three or four before she started to feel satiated, let alone these two youths.

After some thought, Mu Yangling turned around and left. Not long after, she walked over with a pheasant and a rabbit in her hands. The two youths were still resting on the spot. They didn't get up, probably because they had no strength in their limbs. However, they were no longer bickering.

Mu Yangling had just approached when Qi Haoran jumped over and stood in front of Fan Zijin. He asked warily, "Who is it?"

Fan Zijin's back tensed up.

Mu Yangling threw the pheasant and rabbit in front of them and said, "These are for you. Prepare the pheasant and eat it. Bring the rabbit to town." Mu Yangling thought for a moment and said, "If you pass by Mingshui County on your way, bring it to the county to sell. The rabbit should fetch a higher price in the county than the countryside."

When Qi Haoran saw that it was Mu Yangling, a big smile immediately spread across his face. He raised his head proudly at Fan Zijin, and the words "Look, I told you she was a good person" were written all over his face.

The corners of Fan Zijin's mouth twitched as he silently scolded Qi Haoran for being an idiot. He stood up and bowed to Mu Yangling with a grateful expression. "Thank you so much, Miss. No matter what, you have to tell us your address so that we can have a chance to repay you in the future."

Looking at the still-tense Fan Zijin, Mu Yangling had to admit that he was definitely not as adorable as the other youth. Seriously, did she look like a bad person?

Seeing that the other party did not relax, Mu Yangling did not mind and said, "My house is very easy to locate—it's in the village at the foot of the mountain. My surname is Mu. In the entire village, only my family's surname is Mu. You'll find out once you ask around." With that, she turned around and left.

This time, she was really leaving. Mu Yangling wanted to enter the mountain to check out the trap she had dug last night. Her mother did not like to eat pheasant meat, for she found it too dry. Wild animals were indeed low in fats, and the meat was not tender enough. Therefore, aside from what she and her father ate, the rest of the food was sold.

A pheasant and a rabbit were not difficult for her to hunt, but they would fetch two catties of fine rice, enough for her mother and younger brother to eat for three days…

Mu Yangling shook her head and chased these thoughts out of her mind. She thought to herself, 'I'm a soldier after all and can't be so calculative. They're children. I should help if I can.'

Along the way, Mu Yangling hung a string of pheasants and rabbits on her waist. Just as she saw the last big trap, she heard a few moans.

Mu Yangling let out a cry and sprinted over. A fat wild boar lay in the trap and was trying to climb up, but its hind legs were probably injured and couldn't exert enough strength. Coupled with the fact that the trap was big enough, it simply could not climb up.

Mu Yangling threw her head back and laughed. "Ha! Ha! Ha! As expected, the heavens haven't abandoned me. Now, I have the money to pay taxes."

Mu Yangling's eyes lit up as she looked at the wild boar. After some thought, she still couldn't bear to kill it, but she definitely wouldn't be able to bring it out alive.

Mu Yangling squatted by the pit and observed the wild boar that was panicking and desperately trying to climb out. Not only did it fail to break through the trap, but it also injured itself in its attempt to do so.

Her eyes slid over its limbs, thinking that if she broke them and tied them up, it wouldn't be impossible for her to bring out the wild boar alive.

Mu Yangling tossed aside the prey on her body, clenched her fists, and chuckled. "Brother Boar, Brother Boar, you can't blame me for being ruthless. You can only blame yourself for being born at the wrong time."

As she spoke, she circled around to the back of the wild boar and jumped down, landing nicely on the wild boar's back. Without thinking, she punched the wild boar's head. As she hit it, she was careful not to exert too much strength lest she killed the wild boar.

The wild boar howled and fell to its knees in the pit. Mu Yangling only beat it until it couldn't move. Before it could recover, she quickly grabbed its hooves and pulled. With a crack, one of its front limbs was broken.

The wild boar kept howling. Amidst Mu Yangling's quick attacks, soon, its four legs were broken by her, and the entire boar collapsed in the pit.


章節 3: Divine Strength

編輯: Atlas Studios

Collapsed in the pit, the wild boar could only moan. Mu Yangling happily got off the wild boar and raised the 200-pound wild boar with both hands to throw it up. She had no choice, for at merely nine years old, she was still too short and thus could only throw it. Fortunately, she was skilled at utilizing her strength, so the seriously injured wild boar only howled in shock a little.

Mu Yangling then climbed out of the trap and broke the nearby branches to cover the trap again. After which, she hung the rabbit, pheasant, and other prey on her waist. With the wild boar on her shoulder, she left the mountain.

Some villagers who were harvesting food at the foot of the mountain exclaimed when they saw a wild boar moving out of the mountains. It was only when the wild boar approached that they realized Mu Yangling had been completely blocked by the wild boar.

"Oh my god, isn't this the eldest daughter of the Mu family?" Ma Dazhuang stared at Mu Yangling, whose waist was full of prey and whose shoulder was carrying a wild boar. Seeing the girl who was buried underneath all that prey, he secretly clicked his tongue and said wistfully, "If only she was my daughter."

Auntie Ma smacked his head and spat, "If it's your daughter, are you going to be responsible for her if no one wants to marry her? Geez, Yangling is so… majestic. How can she find a husband in the future?"

Ma Dazhuang muttered, "She's not ugly, she's merely a tad stronger. She can even help out with the family expenses…" Under Auntie Ma's gaze, Ma Dazhuang did not dare to continue.

Mu Yangling gradually approached. It was only when she heard the voices that she saw Ma Dazhuang and his wife, as the prey had previously blocked her vision. She held the wild boar on her shoulder with one hand and waved at them with the other. With a beam, she asked, "Uncle Ma, Auntie Ma, are you working?"

Up close, it was even more astounding. Uncle Ma and his wife looked at the prey on her body in shock. Just then, the wild boar suddenly struggled a few times and let out two weak cries, causing the couple to fall to the ground in fear.

Mu Yangling pressed the wild boar down with one hand, making the latter unable to move.

Auntie Ma pointed at the wild boar with a trembling finger and asked, "Alive?"

Mu Yangling smiled and nodded. "An alive wild boar is more valuable than a dead one." Mu Yangling felt a little regretful. "It's a pity that this place is too far from the county. Otherwise, if I carried it to the county, I would be able to get at least 500 more copper coins."

Mu Yangling felt that it was a pity as she rushed home briskly. Having eaten too little this morning, she was famished right now. She decided she'd better go back and fill her stomach before heading to the countryside. Her father should be back by now, right?

As Uncle Ma and his wife watched Mu Yangling leave in a daze, Uncle Ma smacked his lips and said, "It truly is difficult for her to get married…"

The Mu family lived alone at the foot of the mountain, and only had three generations in Nearhill Village.

Mu Yangling's grandfather was half a Hu1, but his figure and appearance would suggest he was born from a Han2 mother. Being of a thin and weak frame, he was ostracized by the Hu people, who advocated martial arts. When he was ten years old, he migrated to Nearhill Village.

Seeing that he was honest, the registrar of Mingshui County let him settle down in Nearhill Village. Because her grandfather did not look like a Hu at all, he easily integrated into the village community. He married one of the daughters of the village, her grandmother, and the couple subsequently gave birth to her father, Mu Shi.

Perhaps due to atavism1, Mu Shi had deep facial features. In addition, he was tall and strong like an ox. As a five-year-old child, he was stronger than the seven-year-olds.

This didn't bother the adults, but the children often didn't like people who were different from them. Mu Shi was quickly ostracized by the children in the village, and there were even a few incidents resulting in bloodshed. Considerate of Mu Shi's feelings, Mu Yangling's grandfather and grandmother moved to the foot of the mountain, where they had less contact with the village until Mu Shi married and had Mu Yangling and Mu Bowen.

Mu Yangling returned home in a flash. Shu Wanniang, who was cleaning the courtyard with a broom, opened her mouth wide when she saw her.

She knew that her daughter was very strong, but she wasn't this strong, right?

Having finally reached home, Mu Yangling placed the wild boar on the ground. It was only upon looking up that she realized her mother was staring at her with her eyes wide open. "Mother." Mu Yangling giggled foolishly. With her hands behind her back, she felt a little nervous. She didn't frighten her mother, right?

"Yangling, you're back?" Mu Shi came out of the house.

Mu Yangling's eyes lit up. She jumped forward and shouted, "Father, there was a wild boar lying in the trap. I brought it back."

"Good job!" Mu Shi only saw his wife staring at them with wide eyes after he praised her. He immediately became nervous and went forward to hold his wife. "Wanniang, go in and rest first. I'll sweep the ground later."

Shu Wanniang knew that they were hiding something from her. With tears in her eyes, she asked, "What are you hiding from me?"

"Nothing, nothing." Mu Shi waved his hand repeatedly. He was most afraid of seeing Shu Wanniang cry. For a moment, he was at a loss and looked at his daughter for help.

Mu Yangling could only obediently lower her head and admit her mistake. "Mother, it's my fault. I was too strong. I was afraid that you would be worried, so I didn't dare to tell you."

Shu Wanniang was indeed worried. She stepped forward and held her daughter's hand. She squeezed it and said worriedly, "She clearly looks no different from an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but why is she so strong? Even the strong men in the village aren't able to carry a wild boar. Don't do this in front of outsiders again, or I fear no one will dare to marry you in the future." In this chaotic world, such a talent could trigger jealousy and invite trouble. Her daughter's ability might seem like a boon, but it also had the potential to incur problems.

Having inherited the teachings of the court at a young age, Shu Wanniang was naturally more discerning than Mu Shi. Therefore, she was not very pleased about her daughter's extraordinary strength.

However, since they were only living in a small village now, there was no need to say such things to scare her daughter and husband. Shu Wanniang held her stomach and said, "Alright, hurry up and gather the prey. Since Junior Officer has already agreed to help us delay for three days, we have to gather enough tax money as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will make things difficult for Junior Officer."

"I'll bring the prey to town now," Mu Shi immediately said.

"Bring Yangling along too. How can you carry so many by yourself? However, you're not allowed to carry them over with bare hands. Use a cart to push them over. When you reach town, immediately try to sell them at the inns and restaurants. Don't linger on the streets for too long, and don't get into an argument with others…"

"Mother, why do you always have endless instructions when Father goes to town every day?" Mu Yangling's ears nearly grew calluses from listening. Seeing that Mu Shi was still listening with a smile, she felt that her father was truly a patient man.

Shu Wanniang sighed and said, "With your father's bad temper, I'm just worried that he'll get into an argument with someone. Also, I'm afraid that you two will cause trouble outside since you're both so strong."

Mu Shi quickly promised, "Don't worry, Wanniang. I won't argue with anyone." He glanced at his daughter and promised, "I'll also keep an eye on Ah Ling and not let her get into conflict with anyone."

Only then did Shu Wanniang smile and enter the kitchen. "I'll prepare some food for the two of you on the way. You guys pack your things first."

"Aye." Seeing his wife enter the kitchen, Mu Shi pulled his daughter to the side and instructed, "Why did you come back with the wild boar on your own? You should have told me and let me carry it back. Look, you almost scared your mother."

  1. the Hus are a tribal confederation of nomadic people
  2. China's majority ethnic group
  3. recurrence of traits of an ancestor in a subsequent generation

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