The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Chapter 29, Sell Oneself to Bury Father l

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Madam Li led Yan Zhiqiang to meet the tenant farmers on the estate and learn about the situation of the estate. Afterward, the group set off back to the county town.

Following this, the management of the estate was entrusted to Yan Zhiqiang.

On the carriage, Daohua sat beside Old Lady Yan and said, “Grandmother, the estate is so big, Uncle Three definitely can’t manage it alone. Let’s come and help him during the spring planting season next year.”

“I thinkyou just want to come out and play!” Old Lady Yan tapped Daohua’s forehead, looked at Madam Li with a smile, and said, “Now that your parents are with you, this old woman will no longer manage your affairs in the future. Whether you can come out or not, ask your mother.”

Daohua immediately looked towards Madam Li.

Seeing her daughter’s bright, shining eyes, Madam Li smiled. Having spent some time together these days, she knew her daughter was somewhat unconventional, but this was not Yan Family Village, and she couldn’t do as she pleased.

Although their family was not an aristocratic one, the women didn’t have to strictly follow the rule of not setting foot outside the inner door; however, they couldn’ t go out at will either.

These days, because Daohua had just arrived in the county town, she had been given some leniency to run about. But afterwards, proper rules had to be established, or else other family members would have something to say.

After thinking for a while, Madam Li said with a smile, “Your father values education highly. Your third younger sister is already studying The Analects. As the eldest sister, you can’t fall behind.”

Daohua immediately said, “The Analects, I’ve read it too.”

Madam Li was taken aback, her expression one of pleasant surprise, “Daohua has also started studying The Analects?”

At that moment, Old Lady Yan chuckled and interjected, “This girl has a good memory indeed. Uncle Three has lamented to me several times, saying it’s a pity Daohua isn’t a boy. If she were, our family might have another chance of producing an imperial scholar.”

Madam Li was genuinely astonished, “Uncle Three thinks so highly of Daohua?”

Old Lady Yan said with a sense of pride, “Indeed. Do you still remember the grandson of the Clan Leader? He’s several years older than Daohua, yet he can’t keep up with our Daohua’s learning progress.”

Seeing Old Lady Yan’s proud demeanor, Daohua felt somewhat embarrassed.

The reason she learned so quickly was not because she was smart. She had the soul of an adult, naturally more able to keep still and focus than a child. Coupled with her nine years of mandatory education, how could she not outdo the children of ancient times?

However, this lifetime, her memory was indeed excellent. Not to say that she could remember everything at a glance, but she could remember eighty to ninety percent of the things after reading them three or four times.

She felt that this was probably because she had consumed high-quality food produced in her supernatural space.

The food grown in the space was of high quality and rich in nutrition, which, after consumption, would result in better physical development.

In the Yan Family, whether it was Old Lady Yan or Yan Wenhui and Yan Wentao, their bodies were much stronger than ordinary people after eating the products from the space for a while.

Just like Auntie Three from the Wu Family, theoretically, given the exposure to the elements in her hometown compared to Madam Li and Madam Sun, she should appear much more worn. However, because she partook of the space’s bounty, both her skin and figure were in no way inferior to the two madams who led pampered lives.

Madam Sun had privately asked Wu Family’s Auntie Three several times about her secret to maintenance. Unfortunately, Wu Family’s Auntie didn’t know herself, only saying she had never maintained herself specifically.

To this, Madam Sun was utterly incredulous. She had met plenty of village women and believed that Wu Family’s Auntie must have also led a similar existence to theirs in the countryside, hardly engaging in any farm work.

On the rest of the journey, Old Lady Yan wouldn’t stop boasting about how intelligent Daohua was, praising her to high heaven. If it weren’t for her gender, she was almost akin to the Wenchang Star descending to earth—so much so that Daohua herself blushed at the praise.

Yet, surprisingly, Madam Li did not sense anything amiss and listened with a smile, chiming in from time to time.

It was a case of one daring to speak and the other daring to listen.

Half an hour later, just as Daohua was holding her head, lost in thought, she suddenly heard Uncle Three mention that they had arrived at the city gate.

At this, Daohua breathed a deep sigh of relief.

They had finally arrived. If she had to listen any longer, she would start to believe the person Old Lady Yan and Madam Li were speaking of wasn’t her.

However, when they reached the city gate, the carriage unexpectedly stopped.

“Eh, why have we stopped?”

Daohua lifted the carriage curtain and saw that there was quite a crowd gathered around the city gate, blocking the way somewhat.

After waiting a while and the carriage still hadn’t moved, Daohua couldn’t help but lift the curtain again. To her surprise, Yan Wentao was already lifting the curtain from outside.

“Third brother, what’s happened?”

Yan Wentao explained, “Someone ahead is selling themselves to bury their father, blocking the road. Father has sent me to inform grandmother and great-aunt that we might have to wait a while before we can enter the city.”

Upon hearing this, Daohua’s eyes immediately shone with astonishing brightness, “Selling themselves to bury their father!!!” She had read about such scenarios in novels and seen them in dramas but never expected to witness it in real life.

Looking eager, Daohua turned to Old Lady Yan and Madam Li, “Grandmother, mother, I want to go down and have a look.”