Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

Chapter 27

Afraid to kiss 

Author: 橙子澄澄

Source: Instadoses

 As Grandma Liu took Liu Yusheng away, Axiu chased after them to the door.

“Sheng Sheng, literacy and martial arts learning must be consistent every day.”

Yes, Liu Yusheng nodded sweetly, “Brother Axiu, I know! I’ll come every day! See you tomorrow!”

It’s God’s providence. 

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Axiu echoed, his hands repeatedly tightening in his pant legs as he looked over at Grandma Liu, “…Grandma, see you tomorrow.”

Grandma Liu hissed, is this his way of reminding her in fear that she would prohibit her from coming back tomorrow?

She had been here for a long time but the little boy hadn’t said a word to her from start to finish.

She’s merely a stain against her granddaughter’s light. 

Amused and affronted, she waved her hand, “We’re leaving, no need to send us. Grandma will bring you more vegetables tomorrow.”

Axiu paused while a smile slowly suffused his small face.

He watched until the backs of the two disappeared before turning around, only to find his mother behind him, looking at him with complicated eyes. 

“Xiu’er, if you want to play with Nannan, you need to be more careful with your words and deeds. Just now, you shouldn’t have mentioned those, it’s too compelling….”

“Mother,” he interrupted her stubbornly, “I’m not afraid of them. Even if I’m found out, they won’t dare to kill me. They won’t get anything if I die.”

A glimmer of pain floated under the woman’s eyes, “Xiu’er, they don’t dare to kill you, but they will torture you and keep you alive, which is even more painful than death.”

 If it was only to stay alive, she wouldn’t have taken him far away and escaped here. 

Axiu’s eyes slowly dropped and walked to the sandy ground, looking at the words on the ground for a long time.

Then crouched down and wrote another word in front of his name, followed by a wave of his hand, and the sand returned to its original state, leaving no half trace.

After dinner at the Liu courtyard, when the family was all gathered, Grandma Liu spoke of the day’s events.

“Does Nannan want to learn how to read and write?” Grandpa Liu asked. 

“Want.” Liu Yusheng replied loudly.

“Then learn!” The old man laughed, “Literacy is a good thing. Let’s not take after others. What woman’s virtue is to have no talent. Girls should also be knowledgeable, so that they can distinguish right and wrong better.”

Liu Yusheng’s little legs clicked together and ran over and arched into Grandpa Liu’s arms.

In this life, she’s really lucky.

In this family, she is not a worthless commodity, nor one that can only be exchanged later for a bride price.

Even when the belief that a woman’s virtue is to have no talent is deeply ingrained in her family, they are all supportive when she expresses her longings. That alone is enough for her to love and cherish them. 

Grandma Liu also laughed on the side, “Our Nannan is so broad-minded, not only does she want to learn to read and write, but she also says she needs to learn to recognize herbs with Wanrong. She’s so young but she’s filled with tons of ideas.”

The old man was displeased hearing his granddaughter being criticized the most, nor her being the butt of jokes, “What’s wrong with our baby having a lot of thoughts? It only shows that our Nannan is smart! Have you ever seen any girl in the village like our Nannan? No thoughts means no motivation to move forward, all you can do in life is face the earth with your back facing the heavens. Are you willing to let our Nannan labor like that in the future? Anyway, this old man can’t.”

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