My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

When Yang Fenglan returned home, Zhou Jingyi was in the yard, walking with a cane.

"Mom, I feel that in a few days I'll be able to walk on my own without my crutches!" the boy said with a smile to Yang Fenglan.

"That's good."

"Mother, once I'm fully recovered, I'll go into the mountains to hunt and sell the meat. Once I've saved up enough money, I'll go and bring Xiaoyu back. What do you think?"

Zhou Jingyi's eyes curved into crescents, revealing a clear expectation.

Yang Fenglan turned her face away sadly.

The world is impermanent.

In the book, Zhou Jingyi is Shen Yu's devoted admirer. He is very fond of Shen Yu, and even after being arranged to marry the villainous second female lead, he still remains chaste for Shen Yu.

He died of depression in his early twenties.

If he knew that the girl he liked had gotten married, I wonder how heartbroken he would be.

We still need to advise that prevention is better than cure.

"I don't think it's very good," Yang Fenglan said.

Zhou Jingyi's expression immediately changed. "Mother, don't you want Xiaoyu to come back?"

"I don't want to. She's so lazy. I don't want to serve another person." That was the only thing Yang Fenglan could say in order to dissuade her adopted son.

He also listed Shen Yu's various shortcomings.

Zhou Jingyi fell silent.

He likes Shen Yu and doesn't want a divorce. He was forced into it last time and signed the divorce papers in a fit of anger, and he has regretted it every day since.

He can't help but think of his beautiful wife when he closes his eyes, and he worries that she's not doing well in her husband's family.

"Xiaoyu left because I'm useless. If I were successful, she would come back."

"You're wrong, she simply doesn't like you."

"No, if she doesn't like me, why would she marry me?"

Yang Fenglan: ...

How is she supposed to explain this?

Because the bride price was high?

Because you can't disobey your parents' orders?

Or perhaps it's because after she married into the family, she met someone she liked even more?

Young people, without experiencing the harsh realities of society, often fail to understand many things.

Yang Fenglan shook her head and went inside to cook.

Zhou Jingyi took good care of his leg every day, and after ten days, he no longer needed his crutches.

I saw Dr. Zhang, and he said the bone had completely healed.

Zhou Jingyi happily took his hunting tools and went to find Xiao Yuanshan.

During this period, Xiao Yuanshan also stockpiled a lot of food in Nanshan.

Perhaps due to the drought, it was difficult to hunt in the South Mountain, and after returning empty-handed several times, he stopped going up the mountain.

Yesterday, Xiao Yuanshan caught a few fish in the Qingshui River. Right now, he's at home making salted fish.

Seeing Zhou Jingyi arrive, she was quite surprised, "Your leg is healed?"

"Alright, Uncle Xiao, shall we go hunting in the mountains?"

"There's no prey, so going there is pointless. But we can go fishing; fish are easier to catch now than before."

"How could there be no prey?" Zhou Jingyi didn't believe it.

"It hasn't rained for half a year, the mountains are still barren, there's no dew in the forest, and small animals all go deep into the mountains to find water, so you can't catch them." Xiao Yuanshan told him about the situation in the mountains and suggested that he go fishing again.

Since Xiao Yuanshan refused to go into the mountain, Zhou Jingyi gave up the idea of ​​going in.

When he arrived at the riverbank, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The once clear Qingshui River has now become a small stream.

It seems that, just as his mother said, the drought will continue.

Zhou Jingyi casually put a few earthworms into the fish basket and quickly caught two big fish.

I happily took it home.

Because of the hot weather, meat doesn't keep well. Yang Fenglan can only eat some meat on market days, frying some shredded meat to keep, and it will only last for two days at most.

I haven't eaten meat properly for a while.

Seeing the fish made my mouth water.

Yang Fenglan immediately instructed Zhou Jingyi to clean both fish.

She started washing rice and cooking, planning to invite her best friend over for fish that night.

After Shen Yu left, Xu Yingying came to the house quite often, but every time she came, she would pickle vegetables with her mother and then leave, never getting to eat a proper meal.

According to her, although she cooks separately from the Xu family, she doesn't dare to buy meat. If that family smells the aroma of meat, they'll find fault with her in a sarcastic way.

After draining the rice water and placing it in a steamer, Yang Fenglan instructed Zhou Jingyi to keep an eye on the fire before heading out to the Xu family.