Chapter 69: Disciplining Traitorous Servants
"What do you mean don’t? How can you be so foolish?" Ye Lanxi scolded her.
He grabbed her hand. "If someone steals something from you, chase after them even if you have to do it until you arrive at the corner of the world!"
Seeing him looking so determined, Ye Lingyue grabbed his hand and shook her head repeatedly.
How could she let him ruin her sweet revenge? After they arrived in this village, it seemed that they had forgotten what would happen to the people who dared to steal her food.
So, she had to be ’kind’ and gave them a reminder.
Ye Lingyue glanced around, and after making sure there wasn’t anyone nearby, she pulled Ye Lanxi and whispered something to his ears.
The look of displeasure on his face faded little by little, replaced with a hint of surprise. He flicked her forehead, earning him a glare. Ye Lingyue pushed him away roughly, and he swayed slightly, laughing.
"Leave it to me!" Ye Lanxi patted his chest and went to chase the people who had stolen the games.
He had caught quite a number of wild chickens, and it should be enough for their family’s meals for two days. Of course, the location of his games were hidden to avoid some shameless people stealing them!
Ye Lingyue found some wild berries and picked them. There weren’t many fruits; the location of this place indeed wasn’t suitable for farming.
Too barren and lacking in water.
The System suddenly chimed in.
[Host, in order to ensure your survivability in such a condition, we have prepared something in the water in your space storage. It should be able to restore the land, making them gradually suitable for farming.]
Ye Lingyue raised her eyebrows. [Really? Why didn’t you tell me about this before?]
The System was a little stumped. [Host, yoy never asked.]
She rolled her eyes. [So, you are still a newbie system.]
[How can that be? Host, I am very useful...]
After blocking its blabbering in her mind, she climbed into a tree and went to search for Ye Lanxi. Her eyes quickly found hia figure in the distance.
She got down and headed there.
Currently, Ye Lanxi was taking care of some servants who had stolen the bird eggs from her.
They were kneeling on the ground, sobbing and begging for mercy. "Young Master, we don’t dare to do it anymore. We don’t dare!"
Whenever a servant made a terrible mistake, noble households often punished them by caning, beating, or worse, being sold away.
Theft was considered as a serious offense, and currently, Ye Lanxi was hitting them with a twig he found in the ground. They didn’t even dare to protest against the punishment.
At this moment, they suddenly remembered their status as the servants, and although the Ye family had fallen, they were once still people who gave them food and a roof over their heads.
"Is that steward your new master or what?" Ye Lanxi asked sarcastically, giving each of them another strike with a stick. "After this, you should tell your new owner that I was the one hitting you."
He had an arrogant look on his face, full of confidence. "Tell him to come to me."
The servants, one a male and the two others female, were sobbing in the ground while continuously shaking their heads.
They muttered the words repeatedly like a broken chord, "We were wrong, we don’t dare to do it anymore."
Ye Lingyue didn’t interfere. She knew that if they continued to let Steward Du and his servants run amok, it might bite them someday.
She tilted her head. It seemed that there weren’t many loyal and useful servants around.
If their family wanted to survive in this broken place, they would need some manpower to open the lands, make them into farmland, and also take care of them.
At this moment, she was already quite resigned to her current fate. Although she still didn’t want to actively do the system’s quests, she wasn’t as averse to them as she did in the beginning.
Ye Lanxi finally struck them one last time and turned around, walking unhurriedly. All of a sudden, he glanced up and raised his eyebrows.
Realizing he had found out her location, Ye Lingyue jumped down and grinned.
"I have taken revenge for you. What’s my reward?" He asked while glancing at the servants who were struggling to get up. A disdainful expression appeared on his face.
She blinked and put some berries into his hand, popping one to her own mouth.
Ye Lanxi lifted his hand and was instantly speechless. He compared the fruits in her hand and his. His face was full of resentment.
"You gave me unripe ones and enjoyed the good ones for yourself? Do you think I am a garbage container?"
She glanced at him, pointing to his hand. "How can you say it’s not ripe? Try it first!"
Her hand grabbed one, and she put it inside her mouth, walking ahead with a look of someone who had enjoyed a sweet fruit.
Ye Lanxi followed after her, his face still skeptical.
"You don’t want it?" Ye Lingyue’s hand went to grab the berries in his hand, but he evaded her evil claw.
He didn’t doubt her words anymore and popped one into his mouth.
As a result... his face was indescribable and he spat out the thing from his mouth.
Ye Lingyue also spat out hers, laughing as she gasp for breath and also enduring the extreme sour taste.
"You brat, come here!" Ye Lanxi soon recovered, his face flushed with anger. He chased after her all over the forest.
When they returned back home, Ye Lanxi had brought three wild chickens and birds with him. Meanwhile, Ye Lingyue also captured a few rabbits with her traps.
"Third Brother, come here. I brought some fruit for you." Ye Lingyue enthusiastically gave some berries to Ye Lingrui.
Ye Lanxi had a gloating look on his face when he saw Ye Lingrui had taken one and tried to eat it.