An Mazi, who was walking alongside him, was slightly worried. “If we do this to them, what if we get beaten up if someone finds out?”
Zheng Dahui replied fearlessly, “Their mother is dead, and no one else in their family likes them; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been kicked out. Who would stand up for them?”
“We can just do whatever we want with them! I’m afraid their stepmother will even thank us for venting her anger!”
Every word of this fell clearly into the ears of An Xia!
Her face turned as cold as water, her eyes icy, and she clenched her fists tightly!
As the smoke from the narcotic incense blew into the room, An Xia held her breath and clutched the bottle of medicine she had newly prepared.
Thinking the deed was done, An Mazi said with a lewd face, “I’ll give you this incense; you go and daze the people in the other two rooms. I’m off to have some fun.”
Zheng Dahui smiled maliciously and said, “What? You don’t think they’re ugly anymore?”
The lewd smile on An Mazi’s face deepened. “Once the lights are out, they’re all the same, as long as their figures aren’t bad!”
After saying this, he pushed the door open and walked in.
Looking at the lump under the quilt on the bed, he eagerly began unbuckling his belt as he walked!
An Xia delivered a hand chop to the back of An Mazi’s neck, and he rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot.
Fearing that An Chun and An Qiu might be in danger, she found a random stick in the room and tiptoed to open the door!
The other two were currently at the door of An Qiu’s room.
She lightened her steps, sneaked behind Zheng Dahui and Zheng Qian, and delivered two heavy strikes with the stick before they even realized she was there!
Both men felt their vision go black and knew nothing more.
An Xia did not intend to wake the others; she preferred to handle this kind of lesson herself.
She dragged the three of them into the courtyard and smeared some of the medicinal juice from her hand onto their necks and chests.
This medicine was not highly toxic; applied externally, it caused skin redness and swelling, and if ingested, it would only lead to dizziness and vomiting.
Afterward, she dragged them to the side of the well on the west side of the village.
This was the place most families in Hulu Village came to every day.
Turning her head away, An Xia stripped the three of them completely naked. She draped Zheng Dahui’s hand over An Mazi’s thigh and placed Zheng Qian’s hand on Zheng Dahui’s chest.
The medicinal juice began to take effect, and their necks and chests became covered in red spots, looking exactly like they had engaged in unspeakable acts.
An Xia clapped her hands, took their clothes away, and left with satisfaction.
Because An Xia had struck them hard, the three were sleeping as soundly as pigs and had not moved at all!
Early the next morning.
“Ah!!! Perverts!” The screams of several women shattered the morning tranquility of Hulu Village!
Zheng Dahui was startled by them and woke up in a daze.
The women pointed at them with disgust. “What are you three doing?”
Another woman rolled her eyes. “What could they be doing? Look at those marks on their necks and chests?”
“They definitely couldn’t find any women, so they slept with each other!”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, to do such a filthy thing without even trying to hide it—right here by the village well.”
“How are we supposed to drink this well water?”
Another woman spoke even more boldly, “If they weren’t trying to hide it, it’s just for the thrill! They are doing this out in the open just to disgust us!”
“Bad luck!”
Several women picked up rotten vegetable leaves from their baskets and threw them at Zheng Qian and the others as if they were free!
They scoffed, “Look, you don’t even know where your clothes were lost, do you? These vegetable leaves will cover your shame, you three filthy things!”
After a round of mockery, they quickly left the scene!
Dazed, Zheng Dahui looked down at the marks on his chest and Zheng Qian’s “dirty pig” hand resting on him, and his anger flared up.
He slapped Zheng Qian on the head and gritted his teeth. “What did you do to me last night?”
On the other side, An Mazi spat and, seeing Zheng Dahui pinning his leg, felt goosebumps all over his body!
He shoved him away desperately. “Zheng Dahui, you son of a b*tch, what did you do to me!”
“What could I have done to you? We were set up!” Zheng Dahui realized, roaring in anger.
An Mazi didn’t believe him. He pointed to his chest and said, “Being set up is true, but who made these marks on my chest?”
“It couldn’t have been those little girls from the An family!”
Zheng Dahui couldn’t explain it, so he scratched his head in frustration!
“I’m going home!”
The three of them slinked back to their respective homes, each finding their own mother!
However, the relationship between the three of them had already taken on several versions.
Within half a day, the story was spreading wildly throughout Hulu Village.
So much so that the straight men in the village would take a detour when they saw the three of them!
The three, who originally thought it was a small matter, now felt the shame was so great they hid in their rooms and refused to come out.
An Xia didn’t go out today, choosing to process medicinal herbs at home.
When An Qiu returned from outside, she said happily, “Sister, that Zheng Dahui has had terrible luck. Now, all the men in Hulu Village are afraid of being scolded by women.”
“And his mother, I don’t know what happened to her mouth, but it’s full of pus, and she can hardly drink any water. Auntie Zhou says it’s karma for all the evil things she’s done.”
An Xia smiled faintly, showing little interest, but thinking that her “crow’s mouth” had worked again, a slight chill ran down her spine!
An Chun, however, was rarely interested. She sat on a small stool, looked up, and asked, “What is it all about?”
An Qiu blushed, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s. “The three men were messing around late at night and passed out by the well, and they were seen…”
An Chun’s face also turned red.
To ease the awkwardness, she went to check on the herbs An Xia was drying and found something off.
“Second Sister, dried herbs shouldn’t weigh less, but why do I feel like there are more herbs here than yesterday?”
An Xia’s spine stiffened. Was An Qiu’s observation that sharp? She noticed such a small amount?
She made up a lie, “Nonsense, you must have seen it wrong!”
An Qiu pouted, “Maybe so!”
For seven consecutive days, the three sisters did not go to Yunshui Town!
An Xia had been picking and processing herbs.
In addition to picking herbs on Yanhui Mountain and Tianyun Ridge, she would take an hour at night to pick slightly more expensive herbs from the mountain in her space.
For example, Geda Qi, Sanqi, and small pieces of He Shou Wu.
These herbs were not as precious as ginseng or Lingzhi, so selling them to a clinic would not arouse suspicion.
She often felt tired; converting the items in her space into money was quite troublesome.
An Chun and An Qiu, on the other hand, went up the mountain to pick wild goods, and they dried the mushrooms they found.
Even if they couldn’t sell them, they would be good to eat in the winter.
…
After hoarding ten days’ worth of herbs, the three sisters carried their full baskets and took the ox cart belonging to Auntie Sun’s family.
An Xia’s basket was filled with processed medicinal herbs.
An Chun’s basket was filled with wild pigeons, quails, and some pigeon and quail eggs!
An Qiu’s basket was filled with August melons and vine pears, all picked by An Xia. They were fully ripe, and since the sisters couldn’t finish them all, she thought she would see if the restaurant wanted them.
When they arrived at Yunshui Town, the first place they went to was the restaurant.
Manager Ge was still smiling, “It’s been a while since you girls came by. Did you get anything good?”
An Chun took the basket off her back and placed it in front of Manager Ge.
“Wild pigeons and quails, and some eggs, take a look and see if you want them!” An Xia said.
“I will, of course I will, but…” Manager Ge looked at An Xia with some hesitation.