The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1355 - 1368: Eldest Sister as Mother (12)

Although these old women showed disdain on their faces towards the aunt who was speaking, the gleam in their eyes was identical to hers.

Each pair of eyes shone like glowing wolf eyes, staring fiercely at Su Li, eager to see how she would respond.

If she really agreed, they wouldn’t mind... ahem...

Su Li: "Auntie, your Little Junzi hasn’t tasted meat for more than six months, and he wants to try it?"

"Let him come to me and call me mom, and I’ll give him some to eat."

"If there’s a bite of meat for me, there definitely won’t be none for him..."

"You... Su Li, how can a young girl like you talk so... so..." The old woman, with her limited vocabulary, couldn’t think of a good description and could only exasperatedly say: "Nonsense, Little Junzi is about the same age as you.... Is this how your parents taught you? Well, the kind of people who would abandon their siblings certainly have a cruel heart."

This aunt went too far, and the person next to her gently tugged her.

"Why, what I said isn’t wrong."

Su Li: "What you said is not wrong, but what I said isn’t either. You also know that I was just spouting nonsense; why were you dreaming in bright daylight then?"

"Is anyone complaining about having too much meat? If you want to eat, ask your man to go up the mountain and hunt...."

"Little soldier girl, say a few fewer words." The leading aunt timely intervened to stop her.

She then turned, with a kinder tone, to ask Su Li, "How can a young girl like you dare to run up the mountain alone?"

Su Li: "Just looking for some food."

What the aunt really wanted to ask was not this; she wanted to know where on the mountain there were plenty of safe wild vegetables and mushrooms.

But before she could finish, Su Li, carrying her prizes, quickly headed home without giving her a chance to say more.

Because of this incidental meeting, Su Li’s already notorious reputation in the village became even worse.

The older women, who begrudged a young girl like Su Li having so much meat all to herself, were all green-eyed with jealousy.

On the mountain, they were not interested in finding wild vegetables; instead, they were solely thinking about whether they could also get lucky like Su Li.

In the end, after searching every inch of the mountain’s outskirts, they still couldn’t fill a small basket.

When they got back, it was only natural for them to spread exaggerated gossip about Su Li.

In this era, entertainment was scarce; a family’s dog having puppies could be talked about for half a day, let alone juicy gossip about someone.

Su Li’s notoriety was the talk of the village.

A notoriety that was unbearably foul. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

There were elderly women who thought it wrong to ruin a young girl’s reputation like this, but they merely sighed with regret, lamenting: This girl doesn’t know how to deal with people.

Even though it was just a little wild boar, the villagers didn’t have the cheek to demand she share it with the whole village, but at least among her own elders, if not meat, couldn’t she share at least some offal or something slightly meaty as a token of respect? Even if just a handful of wild vegetables or mushrooms, it would still be better than nothing.

Sharing a little goodwill and blessing might not stave off hunger, but it could prevent a lot of trouble; why not do it...

Fortunately, Su Li didn’t know what those who thought they were doing her a favor had in mind, or she’d laugh her teeth off.

What kind of fresh and unpretentious, unaffected logic of a bandit is this.

Opposite to Su Li’s joy of having meat, was the start of tough days for Su Qing and his siblings.

Almost every villager passing by the small courtyard of the Su Family would run up to the door and shout, "Su Qing, your big sister is eating meat, did she share any with you?"

Su Qing: "?"

The dusty and disgruntled Su Qing, baffled, went out and quickly returned filled with anger.

Nearly everyone in the village was talking about Su Li’s stroke of luck in having gotten a wild boar and having meat to eat.

Upon seeing Su Qing, some kindly reminded him, "After all, you are siblings, even if she shared some, would she really disregard you completely?"

No matter how stingy someone is, they wouldn’t begrudge a bit of meat broth, surely.

Some, filled with malice, watched the show, making sarcastic comments and quarrelling with an eight-year-old child. After listening for a while, Su Qing realized these people had been thwarted in Su Li’s presence and were venting their anger on him.

"Su Qing, your sister is living in the hunter’s log cabin at the foot of the mountain, why don’t you go over there; surely she wouldn’t really drive you away... so go and have a bite of meat, today uncle won’t keep you then...."

Su Qing felt as if his face was being stomped heavily underfoot.

Although his unspoken intention was actually to suggest Uncle Yu Guang’s family accommodate them for a few meals, he hadn’t even had the chance to say it out loud before they shot it down.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn’t bring himself to imply that they should stay and scrounge for food.

"...Hmm." Su Qing forced a smile, maintaining it until he had closed the courtyard door tightly behind him.

Su Qing, with a sullen face, gave a stone at his feet a vicious kick, letting out a heavy sigh.

He lamented the sad fact that his mind was constantly filled with what those people said to him: Your big sister has meat to eat, has meat to eat, meat to eat, eat.....

Perhaps it was because he’d gone hungry for a night that just hearing the word "meat" made his mouth start to water involuntarily.

Su Qing never thought of himself as someone who coveted food, but facts proved he actually was....

His stomach, gurgling all the while, was staging a rebellion; for the first time in two lifetimes, he felt the pain of hunger, and it was truly unbearable.

The others, thirsty and hungry, were even worse off than Su Qing upon hearing the word "meat."

After hesitating for a long time, Su Nian was the first to suggest, "Why don’t we go to our big sister and apologize, sweet-talk her a bit?"

In the past life, their big sister always liked to hear nice words.

But they had never spoken them.....

"We are from the same parents, even if she doesn’t want to take care of us anymore, a little help, I think she would still give, right?"

Su Mo spoke uncertainly.

Mostly because this big sister of theirs in this life was so much different from the last, with a very tough personality.... she wasn’t sure.

"I say, you wait and do it like this...." Su Qing, looking calculating, beckoned to the others.

Four heads came together, whispering for quite a while.

A sinister gleam flashed in Su Qing’s eyes.

If you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust.....

At this time in the past life, because he was the oldest, his impressions and feelings were definitely the deepest.

Unlike the vague memories of Su Mo and the others, even though the memory became faded later on, once he touched on a familiar point now, that memory slowly emerged again.

He was very certain that their big sister in the past life was particularly, particularly fond of them, never mind having them work, any request they made was never denied.

Once, in the dead of night, he got up to use the bathroom and passed by his big sister’s room; through a crack in the window, he heard her talking to herself: "Without parents to dote on them, my younger siblings, I have to double that love."

This is what a big sister should do.