Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Chapter 129 Still Need to Coax Well [680+ votes]

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Zhang Shan Ni returned home and meticulously reported to her mother-in-law where she had been, whom she had met, and detailed everything one by one.

Because she is the new bride, being a bit naive is never wrong.

Due to what Grandpa had said last night, tomorrow is the last leisure day, and the day after tomorrow winter harvesting will begin.

The weather has started to turn cold slowly, and the leaves on the mountains are gradually turning yellow, heralding the arrival of winter.

Zhang Shan Ni thought about all the male manpower in the family who had returned home, each one of them a meat-eating beast. If there isn’t enough meat, how can they have the energy to work? If the men can’t eat their fill, as a new daughter-in-law, how could she have the heart to eat meat? Thus, to ensure she had enough meat, Zhang Shan Ni was determined to go down the mountain to hunt more game tomorrow.

The next day

Zhang Shan Ni notified her mother-in-law, carried a large bamboo basket, and with a wood-cutting knife in hand, she headed up the mountain before dawn.

As she watched time pass by during her hunt, the blink of an eye went by, and finally, Zhang Shan Ni carried a large basket, one hand holding two burlap bags, on her back a bamboo basket, and in her hands, four cloth bags, looking like a porter. With her small stature of about 1.63 meters, she indeed looked pitiful.

Xie Jingzi happened to be hiding under an eave alone. Seeing Third Sister-in-law in this peculiar state, she couldn’t care less about her red-rimmed eyes and hurried over to help, "Third Sister-in-law, let me help you."

Zhang Shan Ni frowned and scrutinized her little aunt, and seeing nothing really amiss, she gently spoke, "It’s good that the youngest is back. Rest well. Mom has been worried about you not eating or living well in school. Spend some good time with her when you’re back."

As she spoke to her little aunt, Zhang Shan Ni’s pace didn’t slow, and she refused, "No need for your help, I’ll take it straight to the front yard."

Xie Jingzi felt a bit bitter under Third Sister-in-law’s penetrating gaze, not daring to say more, and obediently followed behind her to the front yard.

"Yo, Third Sister-in-law, you’re back." Wang Xiaocui, seeing it was nearly mealtime by the time Zhang Shan Ni came down from the mountain, felt a surge of jealous annoyance, ignoring the basket of game in her hands and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Mm." Zhang Shan Ni glanced at her and snorted as a response, continuing to place the cloth bags near the well. Seeing how sensible her elder sister-in-law was, Cheng stepped forward to take the bamboo basket from her shoulder, Zhang Shan Ni nodded and called her "eldest sister-in-law," then handed the basket on her back over to her.

"You’ve worked hard, the hunt today was really good!" Xu Xiaofen winked at Zhang Shan Ni and scoffed in Wang Xiaocui’s direction, her hands quick in their work.

Since two days ago, when Zhang Shan Ni unlocked her hunting skills, she would go up the mountain every day early in the morning, and usually wouldn’t return until around eleven or twelve o’clock, just in time for lunch after tidying up herself.

Of course, there’s a bit of time after lunch for a nap, it’s necessary to conserve energy for the afternoon’s work.

Little did she know, human relationships require reciprocal effort for genuine emotions to develop. It’s not because one is a blood relative that they are inherently loyal and filial!

Indeed, the grandmother, distressed for her grandchildren, hated Wang Xiaocui to the core. She took on the authoritative role of a mother-in-law, making her get up before six in the morning to sweep the courtyard, wash clothes, chop vegetables, and then cook breakfast.

She didn’t allow her to rest afterward either, following which she had her pickle vegetables or sew clothes and shoes, basically keeping her busy without a break!

Of course, compared to the eldest sister-in-law who had to go with the in-laws to water fields and weed, doing heavy physical work from early morning, Wang Xiaocui’s tasks were still reasonable.

Only Zhang Shanni secretly felt relieved: with Wang Xiaocui’s return, she finally got away from the kitchen.

She even got up earlier than Wang Xiaocui, leaving the house before five. Aside from Xiuhua, no one else really knew what time she left the house.

Because of this, Zhang Shanni inadvertently made Wang Xiaocui look bad in front of Xiuhua, furthering the impression that the fifth family’s daughter-in-law was lazy.

If she doesn’t train her into a proper daughter-in-law now, in the future, only her son and grandson will suffer!

Seeing the scrawny faces of Xiaoqi and Xiao Si, Xiuhua was completely unable to be "kind-hearted" and certainly not soft-hearted.

And with Wang Xiaocui’s pregnancy not even three months along, showing no bump yet, Xiuhua, unable to see the fetus, would call upon her more strenuously, often pushing her to the limit, tiring her out but careful not to harm her belly.