Su Qiao was tiny, yet she carried a full basket of bamboo shoots on her back, with more than a dozen small bamboo tubes hanging from her waist. She held a small hoe in one hand and a large rattan bag in the other.
As she walked from the east end of the village back to the Su family home in the west, she had no idea how many astonished eyes followed her along the way.
It was as though they had witnessed something unbelievable.
Su Qiao felt slightly pleased with herself.
The transformation starts now.
And look—without anyone helping her spread the word about her strength, she could promote it herself, couldn't she?
Just as Su Qiao stepped through the courtyard gate, before she had a chance to speak, she ran into her Second Aunt, who was hurrying out.
"Danie, you've finally come back."
"Second Aunt, what happened?"
Su Qiao instinctively sensed that something had happened at home.
She hurriedly dropped the rattan bag in her hand and took the Back Basket off her back as well.
"You child, where did you go? You were gone all morning, and everyone went out to look for you."
"I didn't go anywhere. I just went up the mountain to dig up some medicinal herbs and wild vegetables."
Su Qiao answered as she removed the bamboo tubes strung together with rattan from her waist.
Madam Liu took a closer look at the ground and was immediately stunned. "That many spring bamboo shoots?"
"Where did you get them?"
The bamboo groves nearby had already been dug through by the villagers. Not even a single small bamboo shoot remained.
"Second Aunt, you still haven't told me what happened."
Su Qiao walked to the well, bent down, and drew up a bucket of water. She