CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 40: SPACE PROSPERITY 22

"So? As long as you have the recipe, you can climb the mountain to pick herbs and make it?"

"Of course."

Jiang Mingyue almost forgot, for thousands of years they have been the ancestors of pharmacy. Which medicine’s inspiration didn’t come from a single herb?

"Brother, where were you going just now?"

"I’m going to visit Uncle Grandfather."

As soon as Jiang Mingyue heard this, she understood. No wonder her brother was so calm and composed during the separation of the family; those familiar with him would know he had a plan.

Turns out he had visited that Uncle Grandfather long ago: "Are you going empty-handed?"

"Didn’t I come to find you?"

"Me?"

"Yueyue, do you still have any of that braised chicken you made? Give your brother one."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." The tables have turned, she used to shamelessly ask him for all sorts of things, and now it’s the other way around; he’s coming to her shamelessly asking for a chicken.

Jiang Mingyue had a hunch that her brother would rely on her a lot in the future.

"Yueyue, I’ll take care of Xiao Ran for you later, don’t be polite. And, make a little more for dinner, my nephew should officially visit my third aunt, and thank her for speaking up today."

Jiang Mingyue rolled her eyes: With my braised chicken?

Jiang Ming’an: "... What are you talking about?"

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t be bothered to speak, she followed him back to the old house, closed the door, and swept the grain bowls and plates from the family division into her space.

"Leaving these things here isn’t safe, and besides, after dinner, Dad and I have to go back to work."

Before Jiang Mingyue left, she took out a braised chicken, but the siblings were both troubled by its packaging, simultaneously thinking of future plastic bags.

Jiang Ming’an: "We can’t just walk through the streets and alleys like this, can we?"

Jiang Mingyue eventually went to the kitchen to get him a basin.

What Jiang Mingyue didn’t know was that a pair of eyes had been watching her yard from the gaps in the soap tree all along.

As soon as she left the door, she sneakily ran into the house, and was now ransacking it.

Jiang Beishan didn’t expect that the clothes Jiang Mingyue wore were so shabby, even if she was a fake young lady, she had lived in the city for years.

There wasn’t a single decent piece, but the more she couldn’t find, the more she wanted to dig something out, so she planned to turn over all the rooms in the Jiang Family. In Mrs. Jiang’s room, she found a pair of new liberation shoes and a dress in progress, and without a word, she picked them up.

When Jiang Mingyue returned, she was humming a song, but suddenly worried that Xiao Jiang Ran might wake up and not see anyone, so she put her spiritual power into the house.

This move allowed her to catch Jiang Beishan red-handed in her theft.

Was it her luck? On the way, she bumped into Aunt Jiao, who had spoken for her on the road when she got her introduction letter.

"Great, Aunt Jiao, come sit at my house, I haven’t had a chance to thank you for last time!"

Aunt Jiao was straightforward and waved her hand: "No thanks needed? I heard your mother praising you, saying even wild vegetable soup tastes like ginseng soup when you make it."

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t help but smile, Mrs. Jiang is indeed a doting mother.

Aunt Jiao actually had something to talk to Jiang Mingyue about, so she followed her.

"Alright then, Aunt will go with you and take a look."

When they reached the entrance, Jiang Mingyue used her spiritual power to temporarily silence Aunt Jiao, pulling her inside only to catch Jiang Beishan with things in her arms.

"Huh? I clearly locked the door? You... you’re Jiang Beishan, right? How did you come to my house? What are you holding? Huh! These are the shoes I bought for my mom, and this outfit is something my mom is making for herself, not finished yet? Jiang Beishan, are you trying to steal them all?"

Jiang Mingyue’s voice was quite loud, anyone passing by the house could hear it, and soon it attracted Granny Shi and Wang Tiezhu, who happened to be delivering spices.

Jiang Beishan didn’t expect to get caught red-handed stealing, her face turned pale, not knowing what to do.

But upon realizing, she just wanted to bolt, but Aunt Jiao was not to be underestimated, she immediately blocked her way.

"Oh Jiang Beishan, you usually bully one person or another, I thought you were just a bit spoiled, but I didn’t expect you to be a little thief like Wang Ergou. Let’s go, let’s have the team captain judge this. Our village can’t put up with a petty thief, you might as well go to the Mountain God Temple to keep Wang Ergou company."

Aunt Jiao was of course scaring Jiang Beishan. She had been unfavorable towards Ming Yue upon first meeting, and Aunt Jiao just couldn’t stand her, no matter what, Ming Yue was still a legitimate child.

Today she meant to remind Ming Yue to be wary of her, but now it seems unnecessary.

Jiang Beishan turned pale with fright, Wang Ergou was a negative example, he was caught stealing chickens and dogs by villagers, paraded in shame. It’s too humiliating! She’d rather die than be paraded.

"I, I didn’t..." Jiang Beishan, as if scalded, immediately dropped the items in her arms.

"I, I’m not, I came to play with Ming Yue, right, Ming Yue?"

Jiang Mingyue was confused: "Cousin, you don’t disdain me anymore? Didn’t you curse me the other day? Besides, even if you were here to play, why would you be walking out with my mom’s things?"

Jiang Beishan glared in hatred: Can’t this fool even cooperate?

She forced a smile: "Ming Yue, you misunderstood. I really like you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to you. I really didn’t take anything... I, I was trying to help... Isn’t this dress of Third Aunt only halfway made? I thought since Third Aunt has always been kind to me, I should repay her, so I thought I’d take it back and finish it for her."

"Pff..." Granny Shi’s untimely voice intervened, startling a flock of sparrows into flight.

Upon hearing such a sarcastic tone, Jiang Beishan instinctively wanted to retort, but upon seeing Granny Shi, she instantly shut her mouth, if anyone other than her grandma scared her, it was Granny Shi.

"Granny?"

"Please, I’m not worthy of you calling me that. You steal and refuse to admit it. Is this what Wu Cuilan taught you?"

Jiang Beishan: "I..."

"Enough! I’ll decide to let you leave today, but you’re not to secretly come here again, if I catch you, this old lady will personally drag you to the team and have you paraded."

Jiang Beishan was eager to escape now, she would agree to anything as long as she could go.

Being publicly humiliated is too torturous.

"Alright, I promise I won’t come again."

"Get lost!"

Jiang Beishan thus fled in such a hurry she left her shoes behind under the watchful eyes of the four.

Aunt Jiao: "You’re just letting her leave like that?"

Granny Shi lifted her eyelids and glanced meaningfully at Wang Tiezhu, Wang Tiezhu chuckled: "Of course we can’t let her go like this, this woman has done many bad things over the years."

Since she’s in their hands, naturally they would beat the dog when it’s down, otherwise it would be unfair for Granny Shi... who suffered three years ago when pushed into the ditch.

But he wouldn’t say this in front of outsiders.

Aunt Jiao ultimately didn’t get to have tea, as every room in the Third Branch of the Jiang Family was ransacked, except for the room where Xiao Jiang Ran was sleeping.

When Aunt Jiao left, Jiang Mingyue slipped her a handful of candies, despite Aunt Jiao’s refusal, Jiang Mingyue sweet-talked her, saying she wouldn’t dare visit her house without accepting them. Aunt Jiao could only accept reluctantly, feeling sweet inside.

Once Aunt Jiao left, Granny Shi then spoke to Jiang Mingyue, instructing Wang Tiezhu to spread what Jiang Beishan did today around the fields, and advised her not to pack anything for now.

Jiang Mingyue was amused by the old granny’s cunning, guessing that Jiang Beishan must have done something nasty to her.

During their acquaintance, Jiang Mingyue learned that the old woman, despite her cold demeanor, was kind-hearted and wouldn’t be so ruthless to her juniors.

But this was good! It hit the mark, saving her the trouble of taking action herself.

Just now, she had used her spiritual power to take a closer look at Jiang Beishan, thinking about how she bullied Xiao Jiang Ran and her third sister. Any of these acts were enough for Jiang Mingyue to put her on the hit list.