CHAPTER 30: CHAPTER 30: WHOSE GIRL IS SHE?

EDITOR: CTCTRANS

As soon as Shen Qingzhu returned home, she vividly described how they encountered Zhou Si and how Shen Qinglan knocked them down.

Shen Qingju and Shen Qingping clapped and cheered at the same time, while Shen Shan and Dong Yao asked if they were alright. Seeing that the three were safe, they felt relieved.

Shen He said, "Today we’re happy, so we won’t sell these wild animals. Let’s kill them all here."

As he spoke, he told Shen Qingzhu, "Qingzhu, you and Qingping take these wild animals to handle now. I’ll go to the village head to get some liquor, and later I’ll call your eldest brother and your third uncle to help you."

Shen Shan wanted to object, saying that what Shen Qinglan hunted was enough, but seeing Shen He had already left without saying more, he didn’t insist.

Shen Shan, Shen Qingzhu, and Shen Qingping packed all the wild animals in a basket and took them to the riverside to process.

Dong Yao instructed Shen Qingju to steam a pot of rice, while she went to the old Mrs. Shen’s place to pick some greens.

Among the family, Shen Qinglan seemed the most idle. She intended to help in the kitchen, but Shen Qingju found her in the way and chased her out.

She wanted to go with Dong Yao to pick vegetables, but Dong Yao told her that since she had just come down from the mountain, she needed to rest well and wouldn’t let her go.

After thinking it over, she could only go to the riverside to help process the wild animals.

"Whose girl is this? She looks unfamiliar!"

"I think she looks somewhat familiar!"

"Maybe she’s a relative visiting our village. She’s quite pretty, wonder if she’s betrothed."

"Even if she’s betrothed, it won’t be to your big bull."

"What’s wrong with my big bull? Although he’s a bit dark, he’s diligent."

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Not long after Shen Qinglan left the house, she encountered two women walking towards her.

The two women sized her up for a while before they whispered to each other.

Shen Qinglan paid no attention to them and continued walking forward. In the distance, another woman approached.

"Oh, Qinglan, where are you going?"

The approaching person was none other than Hu Shi, whom she’d met on the road a couple of days ago.

With a shout from her, the two women in front finally knew whose girl this was.

For a moment, both seemed slightly incredulous.

They couldn’t associate the delicate-featured, cool-gazed girl in front of them with the dusty-faced, silly girl who used to drool with a goofy smile.

The news that Shen Qinglan recovered from her silly illness had already spread throughout the village, but few believed it.

Firstly, since recovering, Shen Qinglan hadn’t been seen; secondly, they thought an illness this serious wouldn’t improve so quickly.

After all, she’d been foolish for more than ten years; how could she suddenly get better?

Out of courtesy, when Shen Qinglan reached Hu Shi, she nodded and called out, "Aunt Hu."

Hu Shi smiled and said, "Where are you off to?"

Shen Qinglan said, "To find my dad."

Hu Shi smiled again, "Ah, going to find your dad? Then off you go."

"Okay!"

Having replied, Shen Qinglan walked past and left briskly.

Once Shen Qinglan left, the two women quickly stepped forward to ask Hu Shi, "Jiang Fengsheng’s wife, did you mistake her? Is that girl really the Shen Family’s silly one?"

Hu Shi’s husband was called Jiang Fengsheng, so everyone referred to her as Jiang Fengsheng’s wife.

"Isn’t she?"

Hu Shi said, smiling, "Didn’t I tell you she’s recovered?"

One of the women said, "Oh my, when you said that, I thought you were joking, didn’t expect she really recovered!"

Hu Shi, displeased, said, "I’m not so idle as to joke around."

The other woman said in amazement, "After recovering, she seems like a different person. She’s quite pretty, but her demeanor seems cold."

Hu Shi said, "As long as she recovers, why bother with so much?"

"True!"

Upon hearing this, the two women nodded in agreement.