“How is it? Pretty good, right?” Huang Nan said with a smile.
“Mm, not bad.” Huang Xiaoxiao was very satisfied.
“So how much is the payment?” Huang Xiaoxiao asked.
“For a space bracelet around 100 square meters, it’s 50 jin of fire crystals plus 200 jin of beast meat,” Huang Nan replied.
“So much? Then what about a 200-square-meter one?” Huang Xiaoxiao asked.
“Of course that would be double.”
“Really? Haha, then that’s fine, no problem. I’ll start forging them right away.”
Huang Xiaoxiao hung up the call.
“Well? Did she agree?” Lu Xiao stared directly at Huang Nan.
Huang Nan nodded.
“Great!” Lu Xiao’s face bloomed with joy.
Looking at the gifts on the table—
This daughter wasn’t raised for nothing.
“Oh right, don’t let the two boys slip up. If they find out we kept half the supplies, they’ll definitely make a fuss,” Lu Xiao reminded him.
“Don’t worry, my mouth is sealed tight.”
…
“Little brother, come on, time to work!” Huang Xiaoxiao was full of energy.
Zhuo Wenxuan and Zhuo Wenmao exchanged a glance, mockery flashing in their eyes.
So what if she worked hard? Even if she successfully forged something, it would still be trash.
One square meter, and she even wanted to give it to their brother to use.
Hah, they wouldn’t even want it if she gave it to them for free.
The forging began. With Zhuo Wenmao’s “help,” Huang Xiaoxiao saved herself a lot of trouble. She only needed to say the opposite of what she actually wanted.
Honestly, where could she find such excellent free laborers?
The way Huang Xiaoxiao looked at the two of them was incredibly gentle.
The fire went out!
“Quick, check it! Did it succeed?” Huang Xiaoxiao asked.
“I’ll do it!” Zhuo Wenmao lifted the lid.
There was something inside.
This could still succeed?
He exchanged a look with Zhuo Wenxuan.
“Check how big the space is,” Zhuo Wenxuan signaled him with her eyes.
Zhuo Wenmao understood immediately and quickly checked the storage space.
“How big is it?” Huang Xiaoxiao asked expectantly.
“Sister-in-law, it’s okay. We’ll just work harder on the next one.” Zhuo Wenmao suppressed the smile at the corner of his lips and comforted her.
“Really? Then we’ll just try harder next time.” Huang Xiaoxiao also suppressed her own laughter and spoke regretfully.
She put away the one-square-meter bracelet.
Then she continued forging the next one.
And so, without rest, she dragged along the two little “donkeys” and worked from morning until night, successfully forging six bracelets.
Every single one was only one square meter.
By the end, Zhuo Wenmao almost felt too embarrassed to keep sabotaging her.
“Well, Sister-in-law, it’s already dark. Maybe we should stop for today and continue tomorrow after getting some rest,” Zhuo Wenmao said hesitantly before finally speaking up.
“Ah…” Huang Xiaoxiao sighed while looking at the six bracelets on her wrist, as though she still couldn’t bear to give up.
Seeing this, Zhuo Wenmao and Zhuo Wenxuan both shivered inwardly.
She wasn’t planning to continue, was she?
“Sister-in-law, well… I’m tired. I’m going back to rest for a bit.”
“Right, right, I’m hungry too. I need to eat something first.”
The two hurriedly ran off, so fast it looked like dogs were chasing them.
Once they disappeared, Huang Xiaoxiao placed both hands on her waist and silently laughed toward the sky.
The passersby on the road who saw her all moved several meters farther away.
This woman’s illness seemed to be getting more serious.
Huang Xiaoxiao removed all six bracelets from her wrist and tossed them into the furnace.
She was going to reforge them.
Inside the house, by the window, Zhuo Wenxuan and Zhuo Wenmao watched Huang Xiaoxiao’s actions and both felt that she had probably been stimulated too much and was no longer mentally normal.
“No, we absolutely must drive this woman away from Second Brother,” Zhuo Wenxuan said firmly.
“Exactly.” Zhuo Wenmao nodded. “A man as outstanding as Second Brother deserves a better woman.”
This Huang Xiaoxiao… wasn’t good enough!
Huang Xiaoxiao had no idea that because of her actions, the little goodwill she had finally built up completely collapsed, and it only strengthened their determination to drive her away.
At this moment, she was still excited.
Her mind was filled with fantasies of endless good things flying toward her.
She couldn’t help but let out another silly laugh.
Even the wind and snow seemed unable to stand her behavior anymore.
A gust of wind swept by, lifting the snow from the ground and blowing it straight at her.
“Ah, cough cough cough! Ptooey, ptooey!”
…
That night, when Zhuo Yi returned home, the furnace in the yard was still burning.
As soon as he entered the house, the two children pulled him aside.
Huang Xiaoxiao noticed but only glanced at them casually, not caring at all.
“Brother, let me tell you, this Huang Xiaoxiao isn’t okay. There’s something wrong with her head,” Zhuo Wenxuan said.
“Yeah, Brother, you have no idea. The spaces she forges have never exceeded one square meter. Not only that, she’s even trying to increase the size by reforging them,” Zhuo Wenmao said. He had never seen anything like this before. If that wasn’t a mental problem, then what was?
“What nonsense are you talking about? She’s your sister-in-law.” Zhuo Yi flicked both of them on the forehead. “Don’t let me hear you speaking badly about her again.”
“Brother!” The two widened their round eyes in anger.
But Zhuo Yi had already left and walked straight toward the kitchen to prepare dinner.
“I’ll help you!” Huang Xiaoxiao quickly followed after him.
“Bootlicker!” Zhuo Wenxuan muttered.
“Tagalong!” Zhuo Wenmao added.
“What do we do? Second Brother really seems bewitched by this woman. We can’t talk sense into him,” Zhuo Wenxuan sighed.
“It’s okay. If we can’t get through to Second Brother, then we’ll use the woman’s side against her,” Zhuo Wenmao said.
…
The next morning.
Huang Xiaoxiao checked the space bracelets again.
She discovered that the size of each bracelet’s space was different, so she guessed it might be related to how quickly they were reforged.
If she waited too long before reforging, the increase in space would be smaller. If she reforged them immediately, the increase would be larger.
After discovering another pattern, Huang Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction.
She packed up the items and prepared to head home.
“Sister-in-law, where are you going? Can we come with you?” Zhuo Wenmao hurried after her when he saw her leaving.
“Sister-in-law, I’m bored staying at home alone. Can I go with you too?” Zhuo Wenxuan also followed along.
Huang Xiaoxiao frowned. She was going home, and bringing these two along would be inconvenient.
“Sister-in-law, please, take us with you.” The child acted spoiled.
Huang Xiaoxiao’s body stiffened.
She hated children acting spoiled the most.
“Oh my, Xiaoxiao is back!” Seeing Huang Xiaoxiao, Lu Xiao greeted her enthusiastically. “Don’t stand at the door. Hurry and come in.”
“Hm? Who are these two children?” Huang Xiaoxiao stepped aside, revealing the two people behind her.
“Oh, this is Zhuo Wenxuan, and this is Zhuo Wenmao,” Huang Xiaoxiao introduced them.
“Zhuo?”
“What relation is Zhuo Yi to you?” Lu Xiao asked.
“Hello, Auntie. Zhuo Yi is our second brother,” Zhuo Wenxuan replied.
“So you’re Zhuo Yi’s younger brother and sister! Come in, come in, don’t freeze outside.”
Her enthusiasm was even greater than when she saw her own daughter.
“Huang Nan, Ziming, Zitao, come quickly! Zhuo Yi’s younger brother and sister are here!” Lu Xiao shouted.
Huang Xiaoxiao: “……”
What about me?
Where did I go?
“We’re coming, we’re coming!”
The whole family came out to welcome the two children.
Fortunately, the two kids had seen plenty of the world before, so they were already used to this kind of situation and weren’t nervous at all.
“Dad, here you go. Six in total: one is 183 square meters, one is 199, one is 216, one is 226, and two are 256.”
“So many! Good, good, good!” Huang Nan accepted them excitedly.
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely sell them for a good price.”
“Sounds good.” Huang Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction.
Zhuo Wenxuan and Zhuo Wenmao: “……”
Well then… it seemed this old man wasn’t very normal either.