Chapter 4: A New Beginning

Old Madam Lin was furious. No one in this house had ever defied her like this before. Lin Qinghuan had grown a pair, and then some.

Lin Yanhong and Lin Yanlan said nothing, but their eyes gleamed with schadenfreude. Lin Qinghuan marrying into Master Liu’s estate meant a miserable life ahead. They were almost clapping with joy.

“Why hasn’t the food been served yet?” Lin Jiadong, the youngest son of the second branch, blurted out, drawing everyone’s attention.

“It must be that lazy girl slacking off again. I’ll go check!” Old Madam Lin put on her shoes and got out of bed. She hadn’t finished venting her anger yet and needed to teach that girl a proper lesson.

Lin Daguo didn’t stop her. Lin Qinghuan had always been the one to cook. Girls should be hardworking. That was how it was in every household.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The door was pounded on. From outside came Old Madam Lin’s scolding: “You wretched girl! Look what time it is. Still holed up in your room? Get up and make breakfast this instant!”

Lin Qingyu was about to say something, but Lin Qinghuan opened the door directly.

“Sorry, Grandma. I hit my head on the grindstone earlier. My vision’s still spinning. I probably can’t cook for a few days. You’ll have to handle the meals yourselves. You wouldn’t want me to collapse while cooking, would you? Then you’d have to spend money on a doctor. That’s not worth it.”

She knew Old Madam Lin’s nature. If she bluntly refused to cook, the old lady would badmouth her behind her back until she was dead and buried.

But involving interests was different. Cooking versus spending money on a doctor, the old woman would know which was lighter and which heavier.

Sure enough, the moment Old Madam Lin thought about spending money, she just cursed a few times and left.

Lin Qingyu looked at her with admiration. “Sis, you’re amazing. Grandma didn’t make trouble for us this time.”

Lin Qinghuan smiled but said nothing. The original owner had slaved for this family and still ended up like this. She would never follow that path.

She looked at life and death lightly. If someone crossed her, she would cross them back. In short, anyone who made her unhappy wouldn’t feel happy themselves.

Soon, Old Madam Lin brought in steamed cornbread and sweet potatoes. The rice was burnt and smelled bad from far away.

Lin Jiadong wrinkled his nose in disgust. “Grandma, why does today’s food smell so awful?”

Old Madam Lin snapped, “It’s that wretched girl’s fault. She said she hurt her forehead and looked like she’d faint any second. She’s going to Master Liu’s place tomorrow. If something happened, I’d have to call a doctor for her. Too much trouble.” So she had to cook herself.

To be fair, Lin Qinghuan’s cooking was passable. The whole family was used to her food. Today’s meal was especially hard to swallow.

Lin Qinghuan slipped into the kitchen after the old lady finished cooking. She knew Old Madam Lin wouldn’t be kind enough to call her for dinner, so she had to fend for herself.

In the kitchen, only the wild greens that Lin Yanhong and the others had picked that day remained. Eggs and cured meat were nowhere to be seen. Old Madam Lin must have hidden them away.

She picked up the greens, planning to blanch them and mix with some lard. Just then, a mechanical voice sounded in her mind: [A handful of wild greens detected. Selling price: three coppers. Would the owner like to sell?]

Lin Qinghuan frowned. The greens in her hand dropped to the ground. She looked left and right. Where was that voice coming from?

[Because the owner was reincarnated after an act of bravery, this space is a special reward. The owner can sell items to the space for silver, or exchange items through the space mall. Every time sales reach one tael of silver, one point is earned. Accumulating over ten thousand points will upgrade the space, allowing identification of various treasures.]

Lin Qinghuan nearly pounded her chest like a gorilla on the spot. She was so excited.

This space knew how to act. It even compensated her with a golden finger. It was like giving wings to a tiger.

She sold all the wild greens in the kitchen, plus a basket of dried mushrooms. In total, she got one hundred coppers.

Using her mind, she opened the mall. Inside was a dazzling array of goods, like a large supermarket. Everything from soy sauce and vinegar to furniture and air conditioners, but the points required made her hesitate.

In the end, she exchanged fifty coppers for ten eggs. That was the only nutritious thing the siblings could afford right now.

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