The young couple from the farm fights back

The next day, Jiang Li came to the kitchen early to prepare breakfast. Aunt Hu had recently sent a lot of sauerkraut and pickled plums to their house.

Jiang Li steamed a few steamed buns, cooked a small pot of millet and red date porridge, scooped a spoonful of animal oil, added ginger, and poured in the chopped sauerkraut and stir-fried it.

Ang'er got up early today. When Jiang Li got up and changed her clothes, the little guy opened his eyes and smiled at her foolishly.

Jiang Li had no choice but to carry the little guy on his back. When he smelled the fragrance, Ang'er's little mouth, which was sucking his fingers, kept drooling.

The food at home has gradually improved in the past few months, and the child's face has visibly gained weight and is no longer as skinny as before.

Jiang Li still remembered the first day she bathed the child. Heng Ge'er's thin body and his chest ribs were clearly visible, which made people feel sad.

By this time, Zhou Chunfeng had also woken up and went to the yard to wash and brush his teeth. Zhou Chunfeng had made several toothbrushes out of bamboo and pig bristles in his spare time, and Jiang Li ground homemade charcoal, poria cocos, and mint leaves into a powdered toothpaste, which was particularly convenient and refreshing for cleaning.

When Zhou Chunfeng came to the kitchen, Jiang Li didn't even raise his eyebrows, and instructed him to take out the dishes from the cabinet and wash them in the yard.

The guilty look on his face as he avoided the question would make someone who didn't know think Jiang Li had gone out to steal last night.

Zhou Chunfeng didn't say a word, suppressing the smile on his face the whole time, and took out the dishes and chopsticks to wash them at the well.

Heng'er and Jing'er were still asleep, so the couple took their youngest son to have breakfast first. An'er ate the millet porridge with a spoonful of it, and it was delicious.

Zhou Chunfeng ate a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and took An Ge'er from Jiang Li's arms: "I'll hold him, you eat slowly."

Jiang Li lowered her head, not daring to look at Zhou Chunfeng at all, and responded softly.

Until Zhou Chunfeng left the kitchen, Jiang Li wanted to slap himself twice.

[Oh my god, why is she so guilty? It's not embarrassing at all!]

It was obviously a joke, why did she take it seriously?

Maybe Zhou Chunfeng wanted to see her like this on purpose. Jiang Li thought about it, composed herself, and when she came out of the kitchen after eating and drinking her fill, she looked serious as before.

The door of the second room was open, and you could see that Heng'er and Jing'er were already awake. Zhou Chunfeng was helping the two little guys put on their clothes, and Ang'er was crawling around on the bed with his little butt sticking up.

Jiang Li came into the room to help put shoes on the child. Zhou Chunfeng lowered his eyes and glanced at Jiang Li, with the corners of his mouth curled up but he said nothing.

Yi Jing held Jiang Li tightly with her short arms, and said softly, "Mother~"

Among the three children, Jing Ge'er was the most spoiled. Jiang Li pulled the child away with a smile: "When you wake up, go to the yard to wash up, otherwise the delicious millet porridge will be gone."

When Yijing heard about food, he immediately opened his sleepy eyes and nodded repeatedly.

"Eat, it's delicious~"

Jiang Li stood up with a smile and picked up his youngest son from the kang. "Take them to wash up. I'll go back to the house to get you some money so you can go shopping in town later."

"Okay." Zhou Chunfeng responded, picked up Yijing, and took his eldest son out of the house.

Jiang Li put twenty taels of silver and a hundred copper coins in her purse. She had a lot to buy today. The millet and flour at home were almost gone, and she needed more seasonings and condiments. Cotton and fabrics were expensive, and if Zhou Chunfeng could find an old hen, that would be another expense. It was always good to have extra supplies; after all, they would be used at home.

It happened that today was the market day in the town. Zhou Chunfeng took the purse and carefully told Jiang Li and the child to stay at home well.

Then, he went to Uncle Zhou Er's house to meet Dashuan, and they drove the ox cart into the city together.

Jiang Li was also restless at home. After taking the two children to have breakfast, he asked Yiheng to take Yijing back to the house. At the same time, he gave Hengge a task to recite simple and catchy poems.

She carried her youngest son on her back to the backyard to water the vegetables, then chopped up the chicken grass she had picked from the mountainside yesterday evening and scattered it in the pen. Before she knew it, it was noon again.

Old Zhou's family.

Zhou Xingyue could never have imagined that the Ouyang family was actually in the town and came looking for her so quickly.

Yesterday evening, she asked her third brother to deliver a message to a designated shop in town. Unexpectedly, before noon today, everyone from the Ouyang family came looking for her.

When Mrs. Lin and her son's family saw the other party, they were shocked, delighted, excited, and even looked flattering.

Look, everyone is wearing the best material.

Lin also heard that these people were just servants of Master Ouyang's family. The fact that they were just servants was so respectable showed how wealthy Master Ouyang's family was.

Zhou Xingyue originally thought that it would take at least a few more days, so that she would have more time to interact with Ouyang Xuan. But now that someone from the Ouyang family came, she couldn't keep them.

She quickly concealed her inner disappointment, and greeted people with a polite and tactful smile. Her behavior was graceful and elegant, a rarity among maids from farm families.

Ouyang Xuan came out of the house. Although the cold in his body had improved a lot after taking medicine, he was knocked unconscious and thrown into the river. Fortunately, he was floating on the water with his back, but he still looked very weak.

The Ouyang family's stewards were heartbroken when they saw their young master in this state. They wanted to bring the young master back to the city as soon as possible and arrange for the best doctor to treat him.

"Thank you, Madam Zhou, and the two elder brothers of the Zhou family for your care. I will never forget it." The young man was handsome and elegant, and did not lose his manners at all because of his frail body.

Lin quickly lifted up Ouyang Xuan's bowing hand and said with a smile, "Oh, look at what you said, young master. My daughter Yue'er has been kind since she was a child. Seeing you in trouble, I couldn't bear to watch you die. So I thought of you going home to recuperate. If you miss us or my daughter Yue'er in the future, you can come to see us anytime."

When Zhou Xingyue heard what her mother said, she immediately felt nauseous. Mother, can't you take it easy? How can you speak so plainly?

"Mom, please stop talking. Yue'er just did a little favor. We can't let Mr. Ouyang think that we did it on purpose." Zhou Xingyue smoothed over the issue and looked at Ouyang Xuan's expression cautiously.

Everyone in the Ouyang family is an experienced businessman. They saw through the plan of this country bumpkin at a glance. They really didn't want to roll their eyes and ridicule this old woman who was so bold as to want to get close to their young master.

Ouyang Xuan did not show it on his face. After all, it was a life-saving favor, and it would be difficult for him to turn his back on the person. Then, he winked at a manager.

The steward quickly pulled out a bulging purse from his sleeve pocket and said, "Thank you, ma'am, for saving our young master yesterday. It's truly a great favor, but I haven't had time to prepare a generous gift. This lunch box is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope you won't mind."

When Lin saw the big purse, her eyes almost popped out, a bright smile spread across her face, and she reached out to take it.

Zhou Xingyue stopped him: "Mother, how can we accept such a generous thank-you gift from Master Ouyang? As the saying goes, no merit is too great to accept. Besides, we only did a small thing, not worth mentioning."

Lin was startled at first, as if something had flown away from her grasp, but when she met her daughter's gaze, she immediately came to her senses.

Oh yes, what kind of thank you can get from a purse? Yue'er saved Master Ouyang's life, and their family's goal should be to make Master Ouyang marry her.

When Zhou Laoer and Wang Shi first saw the purse, their hearts almost jumped into their throats. How much money would such a bulging purse cost? Unexpectedly, the younger sister actually stopped them from accepting it.

Zhou Laosan, who has always been the most snobbish, is now very clear-headed. He saw through his younger sister's thoughts yesterday. As a brother, who doesn't want his sister to marry into a rich family in the future and bring her brothers to make a fortune together? This little bit of gratitude is of no use at all.

Xiao Lin stood silently behind the crowd holding her little girl, not daring to speak or look around the whole time.