Lucky Peasant Woman: Raising kids and making wealth

Chapter 11: Qiu shi

Translated by: NekoCat

The women put down their laundry and came to see whats going on. They asked curiously:
"Is your hook the same as fishing?"

"Slightly smaller, I used needles "Gu Chunzhu answered truthfully.

Several of the poor women wanted to learn how to catch shrimps but as soon as they heard Gu Chunzhu, they felt reluctant. This needle cost five coppers. If they didn't catch any shrimp they lose.

Gu Chunzhu had no idea what they were thinking. She continued watching the buoy patiently.

The women scattered and went back to work.

After they left, the buoy moved again. Gu Chunzhu pulled it up and caught another river prawn which was fatter than the previous one.
She hurriedly took the river prawn off the hook, and threw it into a wooden bucket.

She put the bamboo rod down again, waited a few minutes and caught a river prawn again. Soon, dozen of river prawns filled the barrel.

In her past experience, these shrimps were all lured by the aroma of the food on the hook.
A school of shrimp must have gathered below, waiting for her to harvest them one by one.

While fishing, the women who do laundry were inevitably looking jealous but everything in this river is owned by the public. Even if she got so much,everyone can't say anything.

First, they didn't know her and second, she caught the shrimp on her own.

Many people gathered behind Gu Chunzhu to learn how she catch shrimp.

Soon, a person who knew Gu Chunzhu came.

"Why is Sister-in-law leisurely fishing for shrimps here and not elegantly watching the kids at home." The comer has a high pitched voice, like the sound of a knife crossing an iron block.

Gu Chunzhu turned her head to look at her. She has sharp cheeks and eyes, which isn't pleasant to look at.
She searched for a long time in the memory of the original owner before recognizing who she was.

She's the wife of the second room of the Su family, the younger sister-in-law of Su Wangqin, Qiu Shi. She gave birth to a son one year younger than Xiaocheng, named Xiaolai, whose name is Su Wanglai. The kid is now attending a school in town.

"Second brother and sister-in law are also quite leisure. I came to wash clothes here three days ago."
Gu Chunzhu answered still holding the fishing rod, her eyes turned upwards to Qui-shi who was holding a basin of dirty clothes.
Get lost, I'm not vegetarian

Qiu shi looked at her, surprised.
The old lady Su was always on her side. She is the mother of the Eldest grandson of the Su family. She always have her way.

She shut her eyes and placed the laundry heavily on the ground.
"What leisure are you talking about? We have to feed chickens and pigs at home, and serve our in-laws. Wash this family's clothes now. We're family anyway "

Gu Chunzhu almost couldn't stretch the smile on his face. Did this Qiu-shi think she's pig brained?

Gu Chunzhu pushed the basin back towards Qiu's feet and said with a smile: "Sister in law, this is what mother-in-law asked you to do, why throw it to me? If you want to be as idle as I am and fish for shrimps, you have to separate to your in-laws, Like we don't have chickens, ducks, pigs, or even land. Of course, you'll be free from work. "

"Are you blaming father and mother for distributing things unfairly? "
Qiu's expression was fierce.

"When did I say that? Sister in law must be deaf" Gu Chunzhu sneered.

"You ... you bitch, then I'll let you catch shrimp!" Qiu roared. She moved to look at Chun Chu's wooden bucket of shrimp, wanting to dump it back to the river

"You dare!" Gu Chunzhu stood up and yelled.

"Haa!, I have nothing to dare."
Qiu's proud eyebrows raised, but unfortunately she didn't see any fear in Gu Chunzhu's face.

Gu Chunzhu grabbed his wrist as soon as she moved.

"These prawns are the result of my hard work all morning. If you dare to dump it back, I will go to town and tell Xiaolai's teacher that you have lost your virtue as a mother."
Gu Chunzhu released a strong momentum.

Although she still have the same round face and sunken eyes. She seemed like a different person.

Gu Chunzhu let go of her hand.
Qiu was shocked, still holding the wooden bucket and neither let it go nor dump it. Many people are watching, If she was scared by Gu Chunzhu, she would be a joke in the future.

But if she really dumped this bucket of shrimps, and Gu Chunzhu really went to Xiaolai's school to make a mess, Xiaolai will be suspended and Old lady Su will definitely rip off her skin.

While Qiu Shi was still hesitating.
Gu Chunzhu yanked wooden barrel in her hands and placed it beside her.

The bamboo fishing rod that she put aside moved again, another shrimp was hooked.

Gu Chunzhu knew that she had hit Qiu's lifeline, and Qiu's dare not make trouble anymore. She lifted the thin bamboo rod intently and threw the shrimp into the wooden barrel.

"Sister-in-law, I was just joking with you, don't take it seriously."
Qiu's hadn't left yet, standing on the side of Gu Chunzhu, playing with his hair in his ears, pretending to be a virtuous lady.

"However, you caught a lot of shrimp this morning, wouldn't you ask me to take some for the younger one to taste."
Qiu Shi approached Gu Chunzhu and said with a smile.

Gu Chunzhu felt annoyed, she did not expect that Qiu's face was really thicker than cow shit.

She had deflated her earlier. If it was some other woman, they would definitely hate her and hide far away but this Qiu took the initiative to ask for shrimps!

"Sorry, this is not enough for An An and Xiao Cheng to eat. If you want some, you can fish for yourself."
Gu Chunzhu said with a straight face. Knowing the personality of this cheeky woman, she said it in straightforward manner.

After being rejected, Qui shi's face face turned blue with anger.
His baby son, who's from the Su family, wanted to eat a few of her shrimps. It was actually her blessing!

"Think about it, will you not really give some? In the future, when I became an official's mother, won't you be an aunt's official then!"
Qiu Shi said with a high horse

Gu Chunzhu was not a woman from the village. She felt amused in her heart. She turned around and chatted with Qiu Shi aswell.
"Sister in law, Xiaolai is not even a scholar now. There'll be an exam in order to be admitted as a scholar, and then a scholar had to participate in the provincial examinations, if he passed he will try again for the city examination.
Those students will be the candidates to participate in the imperial examination, those who passed will be termed as successful scholars who came out on top. "

Qui Shi who heard everything was left stunned, she didn't know what to say.

T/N:
How are you luvs, i hope you're all well and healthy.
Sorry for not actively releasing a chapter. Im sometimes too lazy and hungry to do anything lol 😂

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