Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1308 - 1310: Stone Mountain

As soon as Xiaoxiao mentioned going up the mountain, Xiaoxiao’s mother quickly stopped her, "Dear, it’s so dangerous up there, you better not go, especially since you’re a girl."

Zhong Family’s elder aunt also chimed in, "Isn’t that right? You’re the only daughter of our old Zhong Family, you can’t go to such a dangerous place."

Their words of concern warmed Xiaoxiao’s heart, but if she didn’t go, she wouldn’t know the actual situation. Moreover, if her own family members didn’t dare to go, how could they persuade the villagers?

With a smile, Xiaoxiao said, "Mom, Aunt, don’t worry, I’ll be careful. Besides, if our own family members don’t dare to go up the mountain, how can we persuade the villagers? If the villagers hear about this, who knows how they’d talk about our family, saying that we don’t go but send them to their deaths. Please, don’t say again that our family shouldn’t go up the mountain."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxiao’s mother and aunt felt she made a lot of sense and quickly said, "We won’t say it anymore, we won’t."

They couldn’t let everyone keep gossiping about their family; lately, people had been talking a lot about the old Zhong Family.

"Big cousin, let’s head up the mountain now. I want to see what’s going on up there and think about how to persuade the villagers."

Seeing Xiaoxiao’s determination, knowing she was set on going, he thought to himself that if there was any danger, he would step in to protect her first, and stood up, "Alright, let’s go now."

At this moment, Zhong Dalong spoke up, "I’ll go too."

The mountain is too dangerous, he couldn’t let his little sister be in harm’s way.

Xiaoxiao looked at her big brother—he was there during the incident, would he have any psychological obstacles?

Thinking it over, she decided to let him go; even if there were obstacles, they had to be overcome.

Seeing the kids heading up the mountain, Zhong Family’s elder uncle couldn’t stop them and just said, "Go ahead, be careful."

Zhong Father also nodded.

Xiaoxiao handed the child to her mother, did a bit of preparation, and followed her two brothers up the mountain. They took a horse-drawn carriage; this was Xiaoxiao’s first trip to their Stone Mountain.

Riding a horse-drawn carriage, it wasn’t far at all. Xiaoxiao initially thought Stone Mountain was like the mountain behind Yang Family village but it turned out it was nothing like that.

After climbing a lengthy uphill slope, the first thing they arrived at was a large compound, with a row of houses, and quite a lot of stones in the yard.

The original Xiaoxiao wasn’t a tomboy-type of girl, and since Stone Mountain was mostly for men, she had never been there before either.

Upon entering the yard, Zhong Dalong began introducing it to his sister, "Sis, this is our family’s stone yard. The workers rest and eat here."

Xiaoxiao glanced around; the houses were all constructed with stones, very sturdy, and inside, it wasn’t much different from ordinary farming households.

After looking around, they took Xiaoxiao to the stone quarry.

As soon as Xiaoxiao entered, she was stunned by the various stones.

There was a large pile of rubble, another pile of hairy stones, and many stones of various sizes like those used for paving.

What amazed her the most were the many semi-finished products, stone lions with their mouths holding large balls that couldn’t be removed.

In this place without power tools, everything was crafted by hand, stroke by stroke, and Xiaoxiao was deeply impressed.

Over there, there were other semi-finished products, an exquisitely crafted stone table set that made Xiaoxiao’s eyes sparkle. With such craftsmanship, their five families took nearly twenty years to save up just two thousand taels, which surely seemed too little.