The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 341 - 251: Lacking Everything

"You’re still talking back?"

"Watch me not smack you!"

The woman pressed the child down on her lap, pulled down his pants, raised her palm, and started spanking his buttocks hard.

It was obvious she used a lot of force; in no time, several blue and purple handprints appeared on the child’s fair and delicate buttocks.

The child cried out loudly from the spanking.

Jun Ning and Ye Ying hurried forward to stop the woman, "Madam, the child is still young, whatever you have to say, let’s discuss it properly without resorting to violence."

Seeing that the distinguished guest Jun Ning was speaking up for the little one, the woman stopped!

But still, the child continued to cry.

Jun Ning pulled the child in front of her and comforted, "Don’t cry, Gou Dan, be good, I’ll give you something nice."

As Jun Ning spoke, she pulled a golden hairpin from her head and handed it to Gou Dan.

Unfortunately, Gou Dan didn’t recognize it’s value and didn’t know what Jun Ning was giving him, so he wasn’t comforted. He angrily threw the golden hairpin away and cried even harder!

Moreover, just crying wasn’t enough for him, he suddenly pushed Jun Ning, who was squatting to comfort him, knocking her to the ground and getting her clothes dirty.

Ye Ying, seeing this, quickly helped Jun Ning up and reprimanded the child who pushed her, "You little wretch, how can you not recognize kindness when it’s offered to you like a dog biting Lv Dongbin?"

Jun Ning held Ye Ying back, "Ye Ying, drop it, the child is still young and doesn’t understand."

Ye Ying stopped talking, though he was still fuming.

The child wiped his tears, pointed at Jun Ning, and said, "Don’t think that just because you’re speaking up for me, I’ll be grateful to you, it’s impossible... hmph..."

The child gritted his teeth, "I hate you, I really, really hate you!"

Jun Ning: "......"

She supposedly hadn’t done anything to upset this child, right?

Why was he hating her for no apparent reason?

"It’s all because of you; if it weren’t for hosting you, did the villagers need to kill the pig that we have been raising for a whole year? Or waste so much water?" The child started to cry again, "It’s because so much water was wasted today that I got beaten for wanting just a little more to drink."

Ye Ying was left speechless, "How can you talk like that, kid?"

Gou Dan: "You don’t want to hear it, you don’t have to; after all, I’m not speaking to you, I’m speaking to the woman next to you."

"Ye Ying, let it go," Jun Ning once again stopped Ye Ying, shaking her head at him.

Ye Ying swallowed his anger.

Gou Dan continued, "And there’s more."

Gou Dan: "Also because of you, this rotten girl, the head chief and the second chief had a falling out. Do you know that when they have a falling out, the second chief stops going hunting, and he’s the only one in our village who can catch prey. If he doesn’t go hunting, we won’t have food."

Gou Dan: "It’s all because of you, because of you, and now I’ll undoubtedly starve to death."

Gou Dan ranted on and on, every word and phrase just for the sake of basic sustenance.

The saying ’children of poor families mature early’ is precisely describing this right?

They understand very early on that they live in a harsh environment with hardly enough to eat or drink, making basic survival a challenge.

To survive with a full stomach, they must pinch pennies and count every cost.

Except for the days in the Cold Palace, Jun Ning had never really lacked anything in these years. Gou Dan’s words suddenly reminded her of those years in the Cold Palace, lacking this and that, constantly struggling just to live.

Those days were truly hard to endure!

Jun Ning let out a deep sigh and promised, "Gou Dan, with your warm hospitality, I promise to help you solve your food and water problems."

Initially, Jun Ning thought this village only lacked water, but now it seemed they lacked everything, especially food.

She needed to help with the water issue and also the food shortage.

"Ye Ying, let’s go back and think up a concrete plan to solve these problems!"

Jun Ning led Ye Ying away.

Gou Dan’s mother held Gou Dan and said, "Gou Dan, what do you know, blaming people recklessly. Do you know, that sister just solved a big problem for our village, and now we don’t have to fear those people from down the mountain coming to steal our food anymore, the chief is very grateful to her! That’s why we killed a pig to host her."

Gou Dan cried, tears streaming, "I don’t get it, I just don’t get it. All I know is that she came and wasted our water, and wasted our pig."

"What nonsense are you saying? The water we used to scald the pig, after using it can still be used to wash clothes, and after washing clothes can be used to water the fields, it won’t be wasted."

"As for that pig, she couldn’t possibly eat a whole pig by herself. The chief would certainly distribute the pork to every family in the village."

"Haven’t you been yearning for pork for a whole year? You’re about to eat it now, you should be happy, why are you still crying?"

The woman wiped the child’s tears, comforting him.

Though the child was still crying, clearly he wasn’t as upset as before. The sound of his crying seemed to have a hint of joy in it.

He hadn’t eaten meat for a long time, and now he could finally have pork!

The woman rubbed the child’s head and added, "Gou Dan, when we look at things, we must not generalize based on a partial view, we must look at the benefits and not just focus on the bad things, understand?"

Finally, Gou Dan seemed to understand a bit, he nodded, "...Alright, mother, I’ll wait to eat pork."

...

Once back, Jun Ning began drawing blueprints, preparing for the well-digging project.

If this village had a well, they wouldn’t lack water anymore.

Yes, that’s exactly it!

Ye Ying looked at the strange drawings Jun Ning was making, unable to understand them, and voluntarily suggested, "Ah Ning, you draw the plans, I’ll go hunt some game?"

Since they’re slaughtering a pig today, it would be nice for everyone to have a full meal.

It’s as a token of gratitude!

Jun Ning knew Ye Ying was very grateful to the chief for saving him from his curse and wanted to do something in return.

She nodded, "Alright, go, and be careful."

"Mm-hmm!"

Ye Ying left.

After Jun Ning finished the blueprints, Ye Ying returned dragging two pigs along with some wild chickens and rabbits; he had only been out for half an hour or so and managed to bring back so much game, it could match what the second chief took months to get.

The villagers were hugely excited seeing what Ye Ying had brought.

"Sir, are these really game you caught?"

"The forest in front, though full of game, often sees lions wandering, even the chief dares not easily hunt there, not to mention the second chief only dares hunt on the forest’s edge, not venturing deep, and yet you’ve brought back so much game?"

"It’s truly unbelievable."