My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Lu Yinheng and Zhou Dalin hunted the wild boar together, and the meat was divided in two, with the two families sharing it equally.

Lu Yinheng, the pigskin seller, asked the Zhou family for their opinion: whether they wanted to keep it to make items themselves, or wait until they arrived in Jiangzhou, exchange it for money, and then split it equally between the two families.

"Sister-in-law, do you still have the spices from the braised meat we used last time? If so, could you please find us a copy?"

Zhou Dalin looked at Ji Yunshuang a little embarrassed and said, "The meat you braised last time was especially delicious. I'm thinking of braising this meat to keep as dry rations. We won't divide the pig skin; consider it your payment."

Ji Yunshuang said, "We also plan to braise the meat to use as dry rations. I'll braise the meat for you when we're done, so there's no need to talk about payment."

Zhou Dalin insisted, "That won't do. I've already taken advantage of Brother Lu by sharing this wild boar with you. How could I possibly take advantage of you again?"

Seeing his insistence, Ji Yunshuang did not refuse again.

She wondered what she could do with that wild boar skin, and then make some suitable items to return to the Zhou family.

After spending these days together, she could tell that the Zhou family were all very nice people.

Furthermore, they frequently borrowed iron pots from the Zhou family, who never charged them for it. For them to charge for simply helping to braise meat seemed rather stingy.

Sending half of the wild boar skin directly would seem too distant.

So after thinking it over, Ji Yunshuang decided it would be better to make something out of the pigskin and give it to the Li family.

Anyway, she didn't plan to sell that pigskin.

Traveling every day causes a lot of wear and tear on her shoes, but it's inconvenient to take out the various sneakers in her storage space.

She had been thinking for a while about how to improve her shoes.

The timing for this wild boar hide is perfect.

However, pigskin can only be used to make shoe uppers. What material should be used for the soles? Should we try to take some of the resources from our storage space out for use?

While Ji Yunshuang was deep in thought, Lu Yinheng frowned and glanced at her several times.

Seeing his father keep looking at his mother, Lu Yanqi's face was almost as red as a bun.

Could it be that Father has been bewitched by that woman?

Should he tell his father about his past life?

On the other side, Hu Quan was also extremely worried.

Seeing that his eldest son not only failed to recognize their predicament but also angrily criticized the Lu family, he couldn't hold back any longer and slapped Hu Xing across the face. "You still dare to talk back, you reckless scoundrel! Is this how I teach you to be a person?"

In the countryside, it is common for parents to beat their children. Hu Xing was also frequently beaten by his father when he was a child.

But ever since he got married and had children, his father has never laid a hand on him again.

This was the first time his father had laid a hand on him since he got married and had children.

He was a little slow to react.

After realizing what had happened, his face flushed red with shame and anger. He said, "Father, this was the Lu family's fault. Why did you hit me? You don't dare to say a word in front of the Lu family, but you're so fierce to your own people."

"You still dare to talk back!" Hu Quanhua's white beard trembled, and his thin, bulging eyes glared angrily. "Did you think about what would happen after you caused this trouble?"

"Anyway, the Lu family doesn't treat us as in-laws, nor do they take special care of our family. Even if the youngest sister breaks off the engagement, it won't have much of an impact on our journey."

Hu Xing said, "Lu Erlang is not a good match for Yaomei. Since they don't care about Yaomei, let's break off this engagement and find her a good match after we get to Jiangzhou."

Seeing that he was completely oblivious to their current predicament, Hu Quan grew even angrier. "There's still such a long way to go. What if we encounter robbers again? Are you planning to let your whole family die because of your impulsive actions today?"

Hu Xing was initially a little regretful, but the more his father said this to him, the more unconvinced he became.

He retorted, "So what if we encounter robbers? My second brother, Da Zhou, and I—with so many men in the family—how could we not protect our family?"

"Don't you know your own limitations?"

Hu Quan raised his hand, as if to hit someone again, but Old Mrs. Hu quickly stepped forward to stop him and whispered, "Alright, Jiao Niang is a blessed person and will surely protect our family."

Thinking that things had become much smoother at home after his wife gave birth to their daughter, Hu Quan calmed down a bit.

Old Mrs. Hu continued, "Now that the engagement is off, yelling at them won't do any good; it'll only make you a laughingstock. Besides, aren't you also dissatisfied with the Lu family's way of doing things?"

Hu Quan was completely silent now.

He was indeed very dissatisfied with the Lu family's way of doing things, which is why he didn't interfere much after seeing his eldest son's petty actions.

He originally planned to have his eldest son step forward and give Lu Erlang a good talking-to.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son acted without any sense of propriety and broke off the engagement with the Lu family halfway through the journey.

He let out a long sigh.

"Alright, stop sighing. They might need our help in the future!"

Our beloved bride is a lucky charm! Their family's good fortune might be thanks to her. The marriage is off; they can't rely on our bride's luck anymore. Let's see if they can still hunt so much game then!

The more Grandma Hu talked, the more she realized it made sense.

The Lu family had previously found rice; perhaps it was because their daughter was engaged to them, and good fortune had flowed to their family.

What good fortune could the Ji family, that jinx, possibly have?

Now that the marriage proposal has been called off by her family, good fortune will surely flow back to the Hu family.

After hearing what Old Mrs. Hu said, the other members of the Hu family also became hopeful.

Hu Xing was even more eager to see the Lu family suffer.

Especially after seeing that Lu Yinheng hadn't caught any prey all day while traveling, he felt that his mother's guess made sense.

However, his smugness completely crumbled when the Lu family was braising meat that evening.

In order not to delay the trip, the wild boar meat was not cooked and eaten immediately after it was prepared.

During the day, both the Lu and Zhou families ate the dry rations they had prepared beforehand.

It wasn't until they were resting in the evening that the two families took out the meat they had cleaned earlier and started braising it.

The spices for the braised meat were prepared in advance by Ji Yunshuang under some pretext. To make the braised wild boar meat taste even better, she also picked a large handful of hawthorns from her spatial storage.

These hawthorns were wild hawthorns that she had previously transplanted from the mountains to the black soil to grow.

After being grown in the black soil for a period of time, it tastes much better than the wild kind.

Perhaps it's because many of the fresh spices, like wild hawthorn, come from the black soil of the space, but Ji Yunshuang felt that the braised meat today was much more fragrant than before.

Ji Yunshuang wasn't the only one who thought this way.

The families who fled together thought it smelled so good that their mouths were watering.

At this point, the Sun family couldn't help but resent the Hu family.

If it weren't for the Hu family's commotion that morning, Lu Yinheng wouldn't have refused their help so bluntly.

If they help take care of the wild boar, then they can at least have a taste of the braised meat tonight.

Maybe we can get a bone for each person, just like last time.

They had just seen the Lu family put all the bones, offal, and wild boar meat into the iron pot.

Those offal and bones might have been used to make gifts.

The Hu family is also feeling bad right now.

If it weren't for the annulment of the engagement this morning, even if they didn't get much of the meat, they could at least have gotten some bones to taste!

But now that the two families are so at odds, the Lu family will definitely not send them anything anymore.

Hu Ersao glared resentfully at Hu Xing and his wife, then sidled up to Hu Erge and muttered, "I don't know what they're up to. They had to ruin our little sister's perfectly good marriage. Now look what's happened."

Brother Hu said impatiently, "Alright, things have already come to this point, what's the use of saying all this now?"

"Why are you taking it out on me? Besides, do you think I wanted to say this? It's all because of them that we've been dragged into this."

As Hu Ersao spoke, she glanced at her aloof sister-in-law and curled her lip in disdain!

She doesn't even think much of a fine young man like Lu Erlang; she'd like to see what kind of family she'll marry into in the future.