Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 18: All spectators

Yun Fuling packed up, then held Yun Jingmo, called Boss Wu and others, and started digging in the mountains.

Yun Jingmo was little and couldn't be of much help, so Yun Fuling simply let him play by himself in the mountains. As long as he stayed within her sight and didn't run around, it was fine.

As for Boss Wu and his men, Yun Fuling arranged for them to collect firewood, wild fruits and vegetables around them, and look for all kinds of edible things in the mountains.

Some villagers saw it and followed curiously. After a while, they ran back and called their family members to start digging in the mountains as well.

Although they don't know how to grow herbs, they can dig wild vegetables, pick wild fruits and mushrooms.

In order to escape the flood, the villagers brought limited food with them. If they didn't find a way to get something to eat in the mountains, they would surely starve to death.

Fortunately, there were many wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains at this time of year, and it had just rained, so many mushrooms popped up.

The villagers were in groups of three or four, each busy with their work.

Yun Fuling harvested a lot in the morning. Not only did she dig up half a basket of herbs, she also secretly transplanted some into the space.

Boss Wu and his team gained even more.

Zhang Sanmu had some weaving skills and made a few simple backpacks out of soft tree branches.

The four people's backpacks were full of wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Boss Wu also discovered a rabbit hole and caught five rabbits.

Even Yun Jingmo, who was playing nearby, was lucky enough to pick up three pheasant eggs.

Yun Fuling noticed that as the sun rose higher, the weather became hotter. It was not even noon yet, but the sun was already very hot.

Yun Fuling was worried about heatstroke, so she simply called Boss Wu and the others and planned to go back to the camp to rest. They would come out again in the afternoon when the sun was not so hot.

Boss Wu and his companions naturally had no objection.

The group of people started walking back, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs and rabbits in their hands.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we returned to the camp, we heard a noisy sound.

Judging from the voices, it sounds like it’s Old Lady Chen’s family.

Zhang Sanmu immediately put down the backpack and said to Yun Fuling, "Madam Yun, I'll go over and see what's going on."

He spoke seriously, but his eyes could not hide his excitement and curiosity, and it was obvious that he wanted to watch the fun.

Yun Fuling was very familiar with this expression. After all, who isn't a spectator?

Yun Fuling said calmly, "Let's go over and take a look. The Chen family's granddaughter is still sick. I can take her pulse again."

I was wondering what trouble the people from the Chen family were up to again.

During the two days she had been here, the Chen family was the most excited and lively.

From a distance, one could see many people surrounding the Chen family camp in three layers.

Yun Fuling and a few others went over and heard the discussions of the crowd. After a while, they figured out what was going on.

In the morning, Chen Xiaobao was clamoring for meat. In order to appease him, Old Lady Chen cooked him some rice porridge.

When the rice porridge was ready, Chen Daya just woke up.

When Mrs. Chen saw that her daughter was so sick that her face was pale and she looked listless, she asked Mr. Chen to go to Mrs. Chen and ask for a bowl of rice porridge for her daughter.

Even if there is no rice porridge, half a bowl of rice soup will be fine.

Mrs. Chen knew that it was impossible for Mrs. Chen to cook just one bowl of rice porridge for Chen Xiaobao, there would always be one or half a bowl more.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Boss Chen opened his mouth, he was scolded by Old Lady Chen.

The curses she used were all the usual ones she used to say, such as how a money-loser deserves to eat rice porridge, how a money-loser fights with her brother for a bite of food, how useless you are that you can't even control your wife and only listen to her, and so on.

Mrs. Chen's ears are so calloused from hearing such talk.

In the past, she had endured it silently. After all, she was a daughter-in-law, so she was naturally dominated by her mother-in-law.

But today, thinking about my daughter having a high fever, my mother-in-law refused to pay even a penny for the medicine.

The reason why the daughter was frightened and had a high fever was that Chen Xiaobao snatched the green dates picked by her daughter and accidentally got stuck in the dates. It was her own fault, but the whole family blamed everything on the daughter.

Old Mrs. Chen, the grandmother, actually forced Old Man Chen, the biological father, to beat her own daughter just to vent her anger for her beloved grandson.

And Boss Chen actually took action.

There actually are such foolishly filial sons and such cruel fathers in the world!

Now, even the rice soup left over by Chen Xiaobao, Old Mrs. Chen refused to share any with Daya.

Mrs. Chen could no longer suppress her anger and immediately started arguing with Old Lady Chen.

As the saying goes, either you become perverted in silence or you explode in silence. Chen Dasao is the latter.

How could Old Mrs. Chen be controlled by her daughter-in-law? She immediately sat down on the ground, slapped her thigh, and began to sing, chant, and cry, cursing that Old Man Chen and his family were unfilial.

Upon seeing this, Boss Chen immediately surrendered and knelt down to admit his mistake.

But Mrs. Chen had had enough and directly asked for a separation.

Old Mrs. Chen has always held her son and daughter-in-law in the palm of her hand, enjoying her life as an obedient old lady being served by them. Of course, it is impossible for her to separate the eldest son's family.

Unexpectedly, this time, Mrs. Chen seemed to be determined. No matter how the Chen family scolded or persuaded her, she insisted on dividing the family.

When Yun Fuling and the others came back, the matter had just been reported to Village Chief Zhou.

Village Chief Zhou is mediating for the Chen family.

Village chief Zhou also felt troubled. Why were the people from the Chen family so noisy every day?

Village chief Zhou spoke earnestly and his mouth became dry.

Mrs. Chen cried, "My mother and I work from morning till night every day, whether it's housework or farm work. When have we ever been lazy?"

The villagers all recognize the diligence of Chen Dasao and her daughter.

"We work diligently for our family and never have any money, so naturally our family has to take care of our food, lodging and medical care."

"But when Daya fell ill, her mother-in-law refused to take her to see a doctor and wanted her to get through it on her own at such a young age."

"Children with fever are a big deal. If you don't handle it right, the child could die. This kind of thing doesn't happen uncommonly."

"I love my own daughter, I went to invite Lady Yun to come, and I exchanged the silver hairpin my mother gave me as a dowry for the medicine."

"After a lot of effort, Daya's fever subsided and she woke up. I wanted to give her a bowl of rice soup, but they refused to give it to me."

"And you still scold the child for not being worthy of eating rice soup. If he wants to eat it, I, as a mother, will buy it with my own money."

"I want to ask, why doesn't my daughter deserve to eat rice soup? Aren't we members of the Chen family? We work diligently for the family, why do we have to pay extra money to buy food when we want to eat?"

"Doesn't this mean that the family is to be divided? Only those who have divided the family will start a new kitchen and cook for themselves."

"My mother-in-law wants to divide the family property. As a daughter-in-law, I can only obey her. Anyway, it's better to divide the family property."

Old Mrs. Chen stiffened her neck and roared angrily, "Nonsense, you are talking nonsense, when did I want to separate the family?"

"I don't mean to split up the family at all, I..."