Chapter 7: Late-Night Conversation

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ginseng!

This was the precious medicinal herb that Amelia said could save one’s life.

Amelia took the leaf and looked at it carefully for a few minutes.

The people in the room did not even dare to breathe. Chloe wanted to poke her head out to take a look, but she could not even lift her head up.

She could only vaguely see the item in Amelia’s hand giving off a warm luster.

“That’s right, it’s ginseng.” Amelia’s voice trembled slightly.

Ethan grinned. “Look at our luck. It’s a blessing in disguise. Now you know you shouldn’t hit me, right?”

“Issac, give him a good beating!”

As soon as Amelia said that, Ethan welcomed the storm of his life.

While Ethan pleaded, Amelia said, “You’re lucky today, but this kind of luck doesn’t come every time. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll have to stay on the mountain with your bones next time.”

After the screams ended, Ethan looked like a cabbage that had been hit by frost, his head drooping pitifully.

“Alright, let’s eat,” Amelia said to Zhang Ying, “Get rid of Ethan’s bowl. Let him starve.”

Ethan’s voice said while crying, “Mom, I really know my mistake.”

Amelia did not relent. She carried the braised rabbit meat to the stove to heat it up again.

The rich fragrance of the juice wrapped around the rabbit meat. The meat, which had been rolled twice, became softer and more tender. It could almost melt in the mouth.

Hazel even ate an extra bowl of rice with the soup.

Ethan stared at his two older brothers with a sad face. His mouth unconsciously chewed along with them.

The only one who was as pitiful as him was Chloe

‘So hungry… I want to eat it.’

Yue Qingqing looked on eagerly, her little face scrunched up into a ball.

Seeing her daughter’s expression, Hazel could not help but burst out laughing.

At that moment, all eyes were on Chloe, looking at her pitiful and cute little appearance.

Amelia’s chopsticks paused, and her eyes narrowed.

Ethan saw his niece’s gluttonous expression and smiled as if she had been comforted. However, it also affected his wound, so he immediately let out a yelp.

Amelia’s gaze moved to her son’s collar again.

The collar, which was missing a button, was open, and there was a red mark on his chest where a tree branch had slid past.

Coincidence? It was too much of a coincidence.

After the meal, Issac suggested, “Mother, I’ll sell the ginseng in the city tomorrow.”

The Jones family was too poor to keep such a good thing.

Amelia looked at Ethan. “Issac, you should still go to the fields and let Ethan go to the city.”

Ethan was suddenly called out and pointed at his nose with his index finger.

“You’re letting me go?”

Amelia’s face darkened. “Don’t you want to?”

“Yes, yes!” Yue Jiannan nodded hurriedly. How could he dare to say no?

“It’s settled then. You will set off tomorrow morning.”

After carefully putting away the ginseng, Amelia went to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Ethan’s stomach was growling. He could not fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.

He was at the age where he could eat the most. It was worse to be hungry than to beat him up.

At this moment, he heard a knock on the door. Issac came in with a bowl.

“Eldest Brother!” Yue Jiannan’s eyes lit up and he hurriedly reached out to take it.

However, Issac hid the bowl. “Do you know what you did wrong today?”

Ethan nodded his head continuously and stared at the bowl like a hungry wolf. “I know.”

Issac slammed the bowl on the table.

“You don’t know! You must think that it’s no big deal. You just think that it’s fine because you came back alive, right? But have you thought about how our mother would live if something happened to you?”

Ethan had been afraid of his eldest brother since he was young. He shrunk his neck and whispered, “Doesn’t she still have you guys?”

“Bullsh*t, how can it be the same? Don’t think that our mother is always that strong. She’s forced to be like this. She’s a widowed mother with four children. If she wasn’t stronger, she would have jumped into the river a long time ago.”

“Back then, father died because he saved someone and was slandered by that family. Mother was so angry that it affect her pregnancy. She almost lost half of her life to give birth to you.”

“Although mother didn’t say it, among the few of us, the ones she was most worried about were Luna and you. If anything happened to you, mother wouldn’t be able to close her eyes even if she died.”

Ethan was both ashamed and regretful. He wiped his eyes with his hand and said, “Eldest Brother, you’re right. I’m really not a good person. I’m already so big and you’re still worried about me. I won’t go to the back of the mountain anymore.”

Issac patted Ethan’s shoulder and said, “It’s good that you’ve thought it through. I hit you a little too hard today. Don’t blame me.”

“How can I blame you? I’m the one who made everyone worry.”

“Eat it. Mother left this in the pot on purpose. It’s still warm.”

Ethan finally ate the rabbit meat that he had been drooling over for a long time. He took a bite of it and could not help but cry..