Quick Wear: She Whose Negative System Is Broken

When it was completely dark, Yu Tang was anxious and groped his way forward slowly under the moonlight.

Suddenly I saw some lights ahead, and I was delighted.

He was no longer out of breath, and his legs were nimble again, moving forward with a "crunching" sound on the grass and fallen leaves on the ground.

When it got closer, Yu Tang could see clearly that it was a wooden house surrounded by a simple bamboo fence.

There are a few lights faintly visible in the distance, probably a small village.

Yu Tang stepped over the fence, hiding his body in the darkness and slowly approaching the wall, listening to the movements inside the wooden house.

There were voices in the house. Yu Tang couldn't hear what was being said, but he knew they were two old voices, one male and one female.

After walking around the wooden house, Yu Tang picked up a sharp stone from the ground and hid it behind him. He walked to the door and raised his hand to knock on the wooden door.

The voices inside stopped abruptly, and then the sound of heavy footsteps was heard.

The door opened with a creak, and the person who opened it was a white-haired old lady who was about sixty years old.

She looked at Yu Tang, who appeared outside her house with some confusion, looking messy and dirty.

"It's a young girl."

The old woman turned around and called her husband over, then turned back to Yu Tang and asked, "What can I do for you?"

"I got lost in the woods ahead, and finally found your house in the dark. Grandma, can you let me stay for one night? I'll pay."

Yu Tang took out fifteen copper coins from his pocket. The old woman pushed back Yu Tang's hand, shook her head, and took two steps back to make room.

"You come in."

The old woman was surprisingly easy to talk to, and didn't seem to be wary at all. Yu Tang thanked the old couple and went into the cottage.

The whole house can be seen at a glance: a main room and a small room with a burlap curtain.

"Our house is small, so I'll get you a quilt and bedding. You'll have to sleep in the main room tonight." The old woman said a little embarrassedly.

Yu Tang waved his hands quickly and said, "I don't feel wronged. I am grateful to my mother-in-law for taking me in for one night."

The old woman also took out a set of her old clothes, washed them clean and handed them to Yu Tang for her to change. Yu Tang thanked her again and again.

Yu Tang scooped some water from the water tank under the shed outside the house and simply scrubbed it.

When she changed into the clothes the old woman handed her and returned to the house, the old woman had already made the bedding for her.

The old couple had already returned to their room and gone to sleep. Yu Tang didn't feel comfortable disturbing them, so he quietly blew out the candles in the main room.

"System, call me if there's any movement. You should be able to do it."

"receive. 』

Yu Tang calmed down, closed his eyes, lay down in the quilt, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Having said that, Yu Tang still slept very lightly. Early the next morning, as soon as his mother-in-law lifted the curtain and came out, Yu Tang woke up.

The mother-in-law looked at Yu Tang who had woken up gently and said, "Did I wake you up? I'll go to the stove to cook porridge. Wait for a while."

Yu Tang touched the dirty clothes placed beside him, and there were some small fruits in them.

She wanted to call out to the old woman and tell her that it was not necessary, but just as she opened her mouth, the old woman had already opened the door and walked outside.

Yu Tang was no longer sleepy, so he got up, folded the quilt and placed it on a wooden chair beside him.

She tore off a strip of cloth, tied her long hair into a bun like an old man, picked up her dirty clothes and walked out of the wooden house.

When the mother-in-law saw her, she smiled and said kindly, "You really look like a boy."

Yu Tang raised his hand and touched the hair on his head, smiled shyly, and raised the clothes in his hand.

"Mother-in-law, I'm going to the stream to wash some clothes."

When the old woman heard this, she came over quickly, took the clothes from Yu Tang's hands, and looked through them carefully.

"Your clothes are torn in several places. I'll fix them for you and then wash them."

"Help me keep an eye on the fire in the stove while I get the needle and thread."

After the old woman finished speaking, she rushed back into the house. Yu Tang wanted to stop her but was unable to do so.

She took a look at the porridge cooking on the stove, walked over and sat down on the small stool next to it, occasionally stirring the fire in the stove and adding some twigs.

She grew up in the countryside when she was a child and is very skilled at things like lighting fires in the stove.

When the porridge was almost cooked, the old woman came out with the mended clothes.

"Take a look."

Yu Tang took the clothes handed to her by her mother-in-law, sewed up the small holes, and patched the big holes with scraps of cloth of similar color.

"Thank you, grandma. I still don't know what to call you grandma."

"My husband's last name is Zhong, so just call me Granny Zhong."

Yu Tang took the clothes to the river, washed them, and hung them on the bamboo pole outside Grandma Zhong's house to dry.

She also helped Grandma Zhong with some housework within her ability. It was her first time to chop wood, but the physical memory left by Yu Songhua made it effortless for her to do it.

The sun was shining brightly outside and the clothes were almost dry in half a day.

Yu Tang changed into his own clothes and prepared to say goodbye to Granny Zhong and her husband.

"Where are you going?" Grandma Zhong held her hand, somewhat reluctantly.

"We have always lived in the village. My son went to Wuzhou to work two years ago and only comes back once every six months. I want you to stay for a few more days."

"I plan to go to the capital." Yu Tang thought about it and decided that since Fang Du would be taken to the capital, she would go there as well.

Once you’ve decided on your destination, you can plan the rest while you’re on the road.

"Ah, the capital city, just north of Wuzhou."

Yu Tang was stunned. "Really? Are Beijing and Wuzhou adjacent to each other?"

Granny Zhong nodded and said, "We will definitely pass through Wuzhou on our way to the capital. If we didn't have to take care of the crops in the fields, we would really like to go with you."

"Is that so?" Yu Tang thought about it. With their only son not around for a long time, it's inevitable that Granny Zhong and the others would feel lonely.

"Perhaps I can bring a letter to him for you?"

As soon as he said this, Yu Tang felt a little regretful.

It’s not that she’s unwilling to help, but considering her unfamiliarity with the ancient terrain, she doesn’t know how long it will take to reach Wuzhou.

Not to mention that she might have to delay along the way to earn money for the trip, and she didn't like making such unguaranteed promises.

But seeing Grandma Zhong happily going back to the house to pack her things, I couldn't say any regrets.

"Come on, bring your things with you."

Granny Zhong handed a large package to Yu Tang. Yu Tang's mouth twitched as he looked at the package in his hand that was as big as three basketballs. Didn't he say it was a letter?

"There's one for you in here, and there's a set of new clothes for the old man, so you can change them on the way. Don't mind. My son's address is in the bag."

Yu Tang was somewhat moved. He nodded with a wry smile and put the package on his back with great difficulty. From a distance, it looked like he was carrying a large rock on his back.

It would be almost noon if they didn't leave now, and Yu Tang tried his best to refuse Granny Zhong's request to stay another night.

Following the directions given by Grandma Zhong, I went to the village entrance and took a donkey cart for five cents.

The donkey cart had to wait for a few more people before it could set off, so Yu Tang waited for more than half an hour.

By the time we reached the county town, it was almost the afternoon, and the sun would set in another hour or two.

I haven’t found a place to live yet.