The Princess Wei Yang

5.The pigs have escaped!

Mrs. Liu had to stay in bed for seven days. During these seven days, Zhou Lan Xiu continued to berate her with words but nobody laid a finger on Li Wei Yang. As a result, these seven days passed by with ease. Coupled with Mrs. Ma’s help, she was able to eat until her stomach was bloated.

Seeing that Li Wei Yang had finished with the laundry, Zhou Lan Xiu walked over and handed her a bucket filled with pig’s food. “Go feed the pigs!”

In the rural villages, feeding the pigs was considered an important responsibility. Normally Mrs. Liu wouldn’t let others perform this task, instead assigning it to Zhou Lan Xiu. Since Mrs. Liu wasn’t present at the moment, Zhou Lan Xiu immediately dumped the responsibility onto Wei Yang.

Li Wei Yang smiled happily and said, “Yes, Lan Xiu jiejie!”

With her delighted, smiling expression, Li Wei Yang received the bucket filled with pig’s food and carried it towards the pigsty.

The Zhous raised a total of eight pigs. With a grin, Li Wei Yang looked at the bunch of pigs. She pondered then scooped a bit of the feed and dumped it into the food bin. Instantly the pigs rushed over towards the food and fought each other for it. Li Wei Yang watched as they shoved and pushed each other, each wanting to have a bite, and immediately came up with an interesting idea. She surveyed the surrounding, set the food bucket on the pigsty, opened the gates and freed the pigs. The eight pigs that have been imprisoned in the small pigpen for so long suddenly had their freedom as they rushed out at the speed of light.

Li Wei Yang stepped to the side to avoid the stampede. Upon seeing all of the pigs have escaped, she slightly smirked. Afterwards, she picked up the bucket filled with pig’s food and silently exited the house from the back gates. She rounded the house towards the water well that the villagers used the most and dumped the entire bucket of pig’s food into it. Watching the water gently splashed up and about, Li Wei Yang gently smiled.

A few people passed by but Wei Yang didn’t talk to them. They looked at her strangely, pondered for a bit then left. Li Wei Yang briefly looked at the daylight. She decided to sit down on the ground, crossed her legs and stared at the entrance of the village in the distance.

After waiting for about half an hour, she saw Wang xiansheng [1] and the village head slowly walking towards her. She was happy.

If anyone wanted to return to the village, they would have to pass by this water well. Inititally she wanted to wait for the village head to pass by, but unexpectedly there was also Wang xiansheng. This Wang xiansheng was the village’s only scholar. Despite having failed many times at the exams, he was nevertheless the only one in the village who was literate and read books. Thus, the person who liked to reason the most, moderate other people’s affairs, demonstrate justice and build himself a good reputation was none other than this very Wang xiansheng.

Li Wei Yang immediately stood up. As she roughly wiped her eyes, she was also looking at the well with a nervous, terrified countenance.

The village head passed by and looked at Li Wei Yang with suspicions. “Li guniang [2], what are you doing here?”

The village head was merely asking out of convenience but suddenly, Li Wei Yang lifted her head, revealing her worries and sadness. She said, “Lan Xiu jiejie told me to feed the pigs. I was careless and clumsy and accidentally poured the pig’s feed into the well. What should I do, what should I do. . .Tonight I’m going to be beaten to death!”

The village head was horrified. “What? What did you do?”

Li Wei Yang displayed a confused and terrified expression. Then she promptly burst into tears. When outsiders saw, they would be sympathetic and conflicted. “What should I do, what should I do! I’m definitely going to be beaten to death. I’m going to be beaten to death! I don’t dare to go back, so I might as well just jump into this well!” With that said, she climbed onto the well, as if she was actually going to jump down.