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Is Mr. Zhang home?

This was Zhou Wu's first time visiting Grandpa Zhang's house, and he didn't know if Grandpa Zhang had gone to the county town today.

"Who?"

Fortunately, Zhang Ye's voice came from inside the house, but it sounded a bit off.

"Master Zhang, I am Zhou Wu."

They heard Zhou Wu's voice from inside, but there was no response for a long time. However, the door opened, and an old woman appeared.

"Scholar Zhou, come in quickly. The old man is not feeling well and is in the inner room."

This woman must be Mr. Zhang's wife.

"What's wrong, Mr. Zhang? Are you feeling unwell? Have you seen a doctor?"

Zhou Wu initially thought the other party had only a minor ailment, but upon entering, he found Master Zhang lying on the bed, extremely weak.

"Oh, it's nothing, just a bit of diarrhea."

"What do you mean 'some'? People are almost completely exhausted from diarrhea."

Grandpa Zhang was still putting on a brave face, but his wife was unhappy and complained from the side.

"Has your aunt seen a doctor?"

Judging from this, it's definitely not just simple diarrhea; it's probably dysentery.

"Hey, scholar, where can we find a doctor in our village? The nearest barefoot doctor is in the next village, ten miles away."

"Hey, old woman, shut up already. What does the scholar want with me? If you want to go to the county town, I'm afraid it's not going to happen today."

Seeing his wife crying and sobbing made Zhang Ye furious, but he was still quite nice to Zhou Wu. After all, Zhou Wu was a scholar and would be respected by everyone, no matter where he was.

"Oh, Mr. Zhang, I'm not going to the county town. I just want to buy some vegetable seeds."

Zhou Wu quickly explained his purpose, as he did not want to disturb Master Zhang too much because Master Zhang was ill.

"Oh, okay, no problem. Go get the seeds for the scholar."

His wife quickly brought out a small bag from the inner room and handed it to Zhou Wu.

"Thank you, aunt."

"Scholar, you're too kind."

Zhou Wu left the money for the seeds and then took his leave so as not to bother him any further.

Today, Zhou Wu plans to go to the mountains to check on the traps and then go home. He won't stay in the mountains for long, since he just received his land and needs to take some time to thoroughly till the land before planting the seeds.

. . . . . .

When they came out of the mountains, their baskets were full of fruit again. Zhou Wu kept sighing, "Ancient times were so much better. The ecological environment was better, and there were so many wild animals. Unlike my original world, where I could probably only see mice as wild animals."

He returned home and abandoned his prey, but couldn't find Li Baiwei. He searched the entire house but couldn't find her, so he figured she had probably gone to the underworld.

Sure enough, when Zhou Wu went to the field, he saw Li Baiwei struggling to swing a hoe and turn the soil. However, with Li Baiwei's small arms and legs, she could only turn over a shallow layer of soil, which was not enough. Moreover, it was already afternoon, and she had not finished turning over the soil, but she was already exhausted.

"Haha."

Zhou Wu couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Li Baiwei's expression.

"why are you laughing."

“That’s not how you translate it, look at me.”

Zhou Wu dodged the hoe, mustered his strength, and swung it quickly. Sure enough, the hoe went deeper into the soil and brought up more dirt.

"Go rest for a while, then go home and cook. This kind of physical work is better left to men."

"Humph."

Feeling discouraged, Li Baiwei could only express her dissatisfaction under the shade of a tree. But thinking about it, she realized that she was really not cut out for farming. Just swinging the hoe a few times was enough to exhaust her.

"Niu Er, what brings you here?"

Li Baiwei had left at some point, but Niu Er appeared in front of Zhou Wu carrying a hoe.

“I heard from the villagers that the village head allocated land to your family. I thought you must be too busy to clear the land, so I quickly finished my own work and came to help you.”

Zhou Wu was deeply moved by Niu Er's honesty and brotherhood. Moreover, after Niu Er joined, the efficiency improved significantly. In Zhou Wu's words, Niu Er was at least as good as two old oxen.

"Alright, Niu Er, that's enough for today. Let's go home for dinner."

Ten acres of land cannot be tilled by two people in a day. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Wu invited Niu Er to come home for dinner. This kind of thing is very common in the countryside. When people help their host family, the host family likes to invite them to stay for a meal to express their gratitude. Besides, Niu Er and Zhou Wu were good brothers. Even if there was no such thing, it would be normal to have a meal together. However, Zhou Wu's family was not well-off in the past.

. . . . .

"What's wrong? Is this your first time here? Please have a seat. You must be exhausted today. Eat more later."

Zhou Wu's son, Niu Er, had been here countless times, but this time something felt different.

"It feels different than before."

"What's the difference?"

"Yes, it's clean now, and it looks more vibrant."

When Niu Er saw Li Baiwei, he finally realized that she was angry. Before, when he came here, he always felt that the huge house was lifeless. Although there was only Li Baiwei now, the whole house was much more lively.

"You two stop chatting and go eat."

Today, because of Niu Er, Zhou Wu specially instructed Li Baiwei to steam some white rice and stew a pheasant, and of course, wild vegetables were still indispensable.

"Just cook some brown rice, that's enough. Why are you being so wasteful?"

This is the second person to say they've squandered their money. Zhou Wu was speechless. Is this what you call squandering money? If I showed you what your lives were like before, wouldn't you think they were living like gods?

"Hey, hurry up and eat, there's some at home."

Like Muramasa before him, Niu Er talked a lot, but it didn't affect his actions at all.

Li Baiwei even specially prepared a large bowl for Niu Er. Niu Er didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up the earthenware pot of stewed chicken, poured chicken soup into his bowl, soaked the rice in it, and then shoveled the rice into his mouth.

"Hehe, it smells so good."

Niu Er's honest praise made Li Baiwei a little embarrassed.

"Eat more if you like it."

Zhou Wu, fearing that Niu Er would feel embarrassed, tore off a chicken leg and put it in Niu Er's bowl.

Finally, Niu Er ate three large bowls in a row, and the earthenware pot of stewed chicken was emptied before he was satisfied.

"Brother Wu, I'm leaving now. I'll come back tomorrow to help you till the land."

"Okay, thank you."

After seeing Niu Er off, Zhou Wu returned to find Li Baiwei still tidying up the table, so he took the initiative to bring the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen to wash them.

“I’ll do it. How can I let a grown man like you do this?”

Although Li Baiwei had only been married a short time and had not yet consummated her marriage with Zhou Wu, she had already become a qualified wife in her actions. She tried her best not to let Zhou Wu do anything, no matter how big or small the household affairs were. Although Li Baiwei didn't know how to do many things and Zhou Wu had to teach her step by step, once she learned, she would basically do everything herself and not let Zhou Wu do anything.

Zhou Wu sometimes felt that this kind of life was pretty good. Although it lacked the convenience and atmosphere of modern life, it felt a bit like going back to his hometown when he was a child, without so much social pressure and the troubles of interpersonal relationships.