Chapter 107: The Control Group for the Farm Family’s Lucky Baby – 17

Ren Xin glanced at her impatiently. “What does that have to do with you? If you’re really that curious, go ask my donkey. Maybe he knows how your ‘Young Master Bai’ is doing!”

“Ren Xin, don’t be like this. I just…”

Ren Xin interrupted her. “I don’t want to hear it. Is there anything else?”

Zhang Qingmei looked like she was on the verge of a breakdown, her voice turning hysterical. “What do you know? My family members are a bunch of vampires. They’re driving me insane! Ever since Young Master Bai sent those things over, the house has been in total chaos. I don’t know what to do. And I overheard them whispering about finding just anyone to marry me off to. I won’t do it…”

“So, did Young Master Bai seduce and abandon you, or did he promise to come back and marry you?”

Zhang Qingmei’s face flushed crimson at Ren Xin’s question. She lowered her head and remained silent.

Ren Xin continued, “If Young Master Bai didn’t ruin you and didn’t give you any promises, why are you looking for him? Why don’t you go look for Young Master Lu? You saved that man with your own hands; your odds with him are much better than with Young Master Bai.”

As if losing her last shred of sanity, Zhang Qingmei asked viciously, “Ren Xin, are you refusing to help me too?”

“Yep!”

Zhang Qingmei: “…”

The two parted on bad terms. As for Zhang Qingmei’s resentment, it didn’t have much of an impact on Ren Xin.

“Book Spirit Number One, isn’t the female lead supposed to have constant good luck? What’s going on here?”

“Host, you shouldn’t be asking me. This is all your doing!”

Ren Xin: “???” What was that supposed to mean?

“To be honest, I’m not entirely sure either, but I can feel the female lead’s luck slowly dwindling. She’s constantly draining the luck of her family members. How should I put it? Her family didn’t have much luck to begin with, so now one misfortune is following another, and she’s being dragged down with them. Plus, you severed her marriage fate at the root. Without those boosters, she’s trapped in this village. Even if she sucked every last drop of luck from the entire village, it wouldn’t do her much good.”

Ren Xin understood. “So, unless it’s the luck of royalty or nobility, the luck of commoners isn’t worth much?”

“You could put it that way.”

“What if Zhang Qingmei runs away? Would that solve her predicament?”

“That would be very difficult. Given the laws of this era, if she doesn’t have travel permits¹, she’ll become a vagrant. In this society, a vagrant is worth even less than a slave.”

This was exactly why she didn’t want to mess around in the world of historical dramas.

Book Spirit Number One: “…” This executioner really isn’t afraid to say anything!

When they returned home, Mother Ren had already sorted the gifts. Ren Xin had the most items, followed by Mother Ren, and then… there was no “then.”

Father Ren asked unwillingly, “Is there nothing for me?”

Mother Ren replied without hesitation, “What’s mine is yours, but if you want to use it, you have to ask me first. As for the two donkeys outside, the two sons get one each. That’s the end of the distribution.”

And so, a world where only Father Ren was hurt was achieved.

Seeing Father Ren’s pitiful expression, Ren Xin decided to close her eyes and look away.

Father Ren and Book Spirit Number One: “…” Such a “filial²” daughter is truly a rare find these days.

With the spoils divided, life continued blissfully.

Regarding the family’s silver, Mother Ren proposed buying fertile land, purchasing a plot to build a house, and raising a few more pigs.

No one dared to object to this proposal because it was the decision of the matriarch. Father Ren had intended to assert some presence, but the courage he had painstakingly gathered was instantly killed by a single look from Mother Ren.

Later, when the father and daughter were alone, Ren Xin whispered words of comfort to Father Ren: “Dad, I think you should still be the head of this household. You should hold the reins of power. Look at how you command the wind and rain³ outside; you can slaughter whichever pig you want. You’re so imposing!”

Flattered into a state of delusion, Father Ren vowed to re-establish his husbandly authority. That night, he was kicked out of the bedroom by Mother Ren and told to go sleep with the donkeys.

Eldest Brother Ren and Second Brother Ren were somewhat reluctant. Those were donkeys! They were precious!

They had been planning to lead the donkeys into their own rooms to sleep with them tonight.

Father Ren: “…”

Translator’s Notes