“Sorry for making you worry. No one bullied me. I just accidentally fell,” Xu Tang explained.
“Little Aunt, next time you go up the mountain, take me with you. I’ll go with you,” said Xu Qingqing, the second brother’s daughter.
“And me! And me! I’ll go protect Little Aunt,” chimed in Xu Wanjia and Xu Wanlin, the eldest brother’s older and younger sons.
Listening to their words of concern, one after another, Xu Tang felt a warmth in her heart—a feeling she had never experienced before.
Just then, her sister-in-law, Liu Ermei, came in carrying a bowl of steamed egg custard.
“Little Sister, you must be hungry. Come… Big Sister-in-law will feed you.”
She picked up a spoon and prepared to feed Xu Tang.
Xu Tang was a little uncomfortable with it. “I can eat by myself, Sister-in-law. I only hurt my head. My hands are fine.”
Liu Ermei was somewhat puzzled. Normally, her little sister-in-law would have been more than happy to have someone feed her even water. Why was she suddenly refusing now that she was injured?
“Go, go, go! All of you, get back to work. Don’t stand around here disturbing my daughter’s rest,” Zhao Guifang impatiently shooed them away.
Her daughter had only just woken up and had injured her head. Everyone was chattering away so much that even Zhao Guifang was getting a headache, let alone her daughter, who was still hurt.
Hearing Zhao Guifang, everyone left, leaving only her and Xu Tang in the room.
“Sweetheart, come. Let Mom feed you.”
Zhao Guifang instantly changed her tone, speaking gently as she picked up the bowl and prepared to feed her.
“Mom, I can do it myself. My head doesn’t hurt that much anymore.”
Seeing how insistent Xu Tang was, Zhao Guifang handed the bowl to her.
Xu Tang lifted the bowl and finished the food in just a few mouthfuls.
Just then, Xu Changshun came in carrying a bowl of medicine.
“Little Sister, come and drink your medicine. Second Brother already let it cool down.”
After saying that, Xu Changshun handed her the bowl.
Xu Tang raised her hand and took it. She looked at the original owner’s second brother, Xu Changshun. He appeared to be around thirty years old. He wore a shirt that had been washed until it had faded white. He had regular features, thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a tall build, though he was somewhat thin.
Xu Tang then looked down at the dark, murky medicine. It looked incredibly bitter, and she frowned.
But when she saw the looks in her mother’s and second brother’s eyes, she knew she had no choice but to drink it.
She downed the entire bowl in one go.
It was so bitter!
She couldn’t help wondering if she would have to drink such horribly bitter medicine every day from now on.
Zhao Guifang got up and brought her some candied fruit, saying sympathetically, “Mom knows you don’t like taking medicine, but your injury is serious this time. How will you get better if you don’t take it?”
Xu Tang obediently nodded.
She knew that medicine was both bitter and expensive in this era. Her head was still hurting, and if she refused to take the medicine and ended up with some lasting complications, what would she do?
Seeing that Xu Tang was unusually well-behaved, Zhao Guifang said, “Lie down and sleep a little longer. Mom will go tell your eldest brother to slaughter that old hen. I’ll have him stew it into soup for you tonight.”
She pulled her second son, Xu Changshun, out of the room with her.
Xu Tang also felt dizzy and groggy. She decided to sleep a little longer.
There was no way she could go back anyway. Since she was already here, she might as well accept it and make the best of things.
She would figure everything out after she woke up.
She had barely lain down when—
Ding!
Immediately afterward, a voice sounded in her mind.
“System 009 at your service.”
“The System Mall has been activated. Host must complete missions to earn points before purchasing items from the mall.”
Xu Tang was startled at first, but she quickly calmed down.
If transmigrating could happen to her, then nothing else seemed particularly strange anymore.
She occasionally read novels, so she knew exactly what a system was.
A moment later, a mall interface appeared in Xu Tang’s mind.
There were all kinds of things inside.
There were steamed buns and mantou, pork, beef, chicken, duck, goose, and all sorts of other food.
Then she saw various medicines, gold—
There were even guns!
Handguns, submachine guns, tranquilizer guns…
There were so many things that her eyes were practically dazzled.