“Don’t worry, mother will be fine.”

When Jian Xiu saw the two man charging at her with hoes, she swiftly dodged.

Then she lifted the rattan whip she had just taken from Grandma Liu and whipped it fiercely toward the two man.

With a quick spin, she raised her right foot and easily knocked the two women to the ground.

“Ow…”

Just as the two were preparing to get up and fight again, the village head, Zhang Wen Yuan, walked in, followed by her second sister-in-law, Chen Shi.

“What are you doing in broad daylight?” Zhang Wenyuan looked at the chaotic scene in the courtyard and asked.

Seeing the village head arrive, Grandma Liu immediately scrambled to her feet, limping as she walked up to Zhang Wen Yuan.

“Village head, you came just in time. Come and see, which wife dares to strike her mother-in-law?”

Zhang Wen Yuan was surprised when he saw the marks on Grandma Liu’s body.

After all these years, he knew Grandma Liu had been hitting Jian Xiu, but he had never heard of Jian Xiu ever fighting back.

“Village head, Granny is lying! It was Granny who hit my mother first! If my mother hadn’t fought back, she would’ve been beaten to death!”

Before Jian Xiu could speak, Liu Tou, the boy, had already spoken for her.

Jian Xiu thought: “Your mother is already dead from being beaten.”

“Zhang Lao Tou, I’m not saying this to you, but the entire Zhangjia Village, it’s always noisy at your place. Whether it’s this issue or that, can’t you ever be quiet?”

“The village head, you shouldn’t say it like that. In the Fourth Branch, the family is big, but there’s less labor, so they eat more. Take a look at Zi Xuan, the medicine alone costs a lot every month…”

“Bang…”

Before he could finish, a loud crash came from inside.

“It’s father, he must have fallen off the bed again!” Liu Tou said anxiously.

He immediately ran toward the dim room that belonged to their Fourth Branch.

Seeing this, the village head, Zhang Wenyuan, naturally followed.

However, when Zhang Wenyuan entered the room and saw the situation, his brows instinctively furrowed.

“Old Zhang, I remember when Zi Xuan fell off the cliff, the doctor told you not to let him stay in such a damp, dark room while he recovered. Didn’t you hear what the doctor said?”

“The village head, you’re wrong. Our yard is this small. Where else can he stay if not here? We wanted to give him a better room, but we simply don’t have it.”

“You can switch rooms, let him stay in a better place until he recovers. Look at him, he’s gotten so thin…”

Hearing this, Jian Xiu immediately realized that this village head was actually quite reasonable.

Thinking that she would have to communicate with him more in the future, Jian Xiu immediately stepped forward and said:

“Uncle village head, you may not know, but Zi Xuan, when he was working as a guard, gave all the money he earned to the public funds. Our Fourth Branch didn’t keep a single coin. But now, Zi Xuan is in this state, and neither father nor mother cares. Not only is the room and food an issue, but even the doctor hasn’t been called in for a whole year. He’s been sleeping in this room all this time. You tell me, aren’t they trying to kill him on purpose?”

As she said this, Jian Xiu began crying loudly.

Her appearance of being wronged made anyone who saw it feel pity.

At first, Jian Ning had just been pretending, but for some reason, the more she cried, the more genuine it became.

She thought of how kind Zhang Zi Xuan had been to her.

Even though he knew how dangerous being a guard was, he never hesitated to work hard so they could live better.

He had never once considered backing out.

He was honest and straightforward, and he shouldn’t have suffered such hardships, but fate seemed cruel, making all the bad things happen to him.

She was grateful that she had transmigrated into this world. Otherwise, she didn’t know when this miserable life would end.

Jian Xiu was clear that the only way to change the life of this family was to split off.

Only by doing so could she completely sever ties with the Zhang family and live her own life.

In her previous life, she had no family, no friends, so it didn’t matter where she lived.

But now that she had transmigrated, she decided to make the most of it and live a vibrant life.

What’s more, with three children who supported her, staying and making this life work was even more perfect.

While thinking this, she suddenly heard a “ding dong” sound in her head.

“Master, master, I’m Keke, congratulations on successfully activating your system!”

“What? What system?” Jian Xiu asked, completely confused.

The sudden voice made everyone around her turn to look.

Seeing their gaze, Jian Xiu immediately stopped talking.

She realized that her behavior was strange, so she continued pretending to be sad and sorrowful.

“Master, master, you can communicate with me through your mind, no need to speak out loud.”

Upon hearing this, Jian Xiu instinctively thought, “Mind? What mind?”

“Just like this. You don’t need to speak. Whatever you think in your mind, you can tell me. I am your system, and I can hear you.”

“Ah? So, tell me, what can my system do?”

“Well, this system is essentially a supermarket with everything you need.”

Jian Xiu was immediately excited when she heard this.

“Really? Do you have medicine that can cure Zhang Zixuan?”

“Of course!”

“Then why are we waiting? Quickly give me the medicine!”

Knowing that there was medicine, Jian Xiu immediately felt a sense of relief.

“Not yet,” Keke replied bluntly.

“Not yet? What do you mean? You can’t get it? Or what? Be clear, explain yourself…”

Jian Xiu bombarded Keke with questions.

“It’s not that, it’s because the system hasn’t been upgraded yet. The system has just been activated, and without an upgrade, it’s useless.”

“How do I upgrade it?”

“I’m not sure how to upgrade it exactly. I only know that if you collect fresh plants, herbs, or anything new and unusual, you’ll earn points.”

“And these points can be used to buy things?”

“That’s right, points can be exchanged for money, and with money, you can buy things from the supermarket. Of course, the supermarket needs to be upgraded first. The higher the level, the more items it will have.”

“How do I know which plants the system will accept?”

“Don’t worry, if any plants or things around you are accepted, I’ll alert you to dig them up or find them,” Keke explained patiently.

After hearing Keke’s explanation, Jian Xiu immediately understood.

Heaven hadn’t been unfair to her; it had given her a supermarket system.

But for now, the most important thing was still to split off.

With this supermarket and her post-apocalyptic survival skills, Jian Xiu was more confident than ever that she could take care of her family and thrive.