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

Shen Yu was so angry she didn't want to talk. Zhou Jingyi asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, I just feel like your mother has changed."

"How could that be?" Zhou Jingyi frowned. "Xiaoyu, did Mother say something to you again? Mother didn't mean any harm, that's just how she is."

Shen Yu: ...

She really couldn't get along with Zhou Jingyi at all.

Forget it, nobody understands her, there's no point in continuing.

……

Once the water in the pot boiled, Yang Fenglan poured in the chopped fish.

Thinking of seasonings, I searched the entire kitchen and only found ginger next to the water tank.

Yang Fenglan washed a piece of meat, smashed it open with a knife, threw it into the pot, and added some salt.

This has always been the Zhou family's way of cooking.

"What a pity, such a good fish." Yang Fenglan sighed.

There's a small pile of ginger at home. We'll definitely be eating meat a lot more often in the future, and ginger is a good thing, so we can't just leave it like this, or it will wilt.

After cooking the fish, Yang Fenglan went to the backyard, dug a ditch, and buried the ginger in it.

The vegetable garden is frequently watered, so the soil is hard and compacted. Yang Fenglan doesn't dare to imagine how dry the land must be.

Anyway, it's definitely impossible to grow grain this year.

After planting the ginger, we started preparing the meal.

The kitchen is a long, open space, quite spacious. Since there are few people in the family, they always eat at a small table in the kitchen, and only when there are guests do they eat in the main room.

"Xiaoyu, dinner's ready," Yang Fenglan called out.

Shen Yu entered the kitchen and saw two bowls of millet porridge on the table, and subconsciously frowned.

Porridge? You steamed rice but couldn't bear to give it to her?

Seeing her disgusted look, Yang Fenglan thought to herself: Eat it or don't, it's up to you.

But on the surface, he smiled very gently, "This porridge was made this afternoon. You didn't eat your portion, so there's some left. I steamed a lot of rice, enough for another day tomorrow. I can't do without yours."

Shen Yu then reluctantly sat down.

During the meal, Yang Fenglan suddenly thought of her adopted son, "By the way, when Jingyi is available, is it convenient for you to take care of him by yourself?"

Shen Yu felt nauseous instantly.

Last night, Zhou Jingyi needed to relieve himself, but he couldn't get up by himself, and she couldn't help him up either. It took her almost half an hour to get up, and she was exhausted.

She has to empty the chamber pot after she poops in it; otherwise, she'll stink all night.

Of course, you can choose to ignore it and sleep in the woodshed, but in the woodshed, you can hear the "scratching" sound of mice gnawing on things as soon as night falls.

Under the straw, there might be gnats or centipedes crawling out and silently creeping into her ear, which would be terrifying.

Shen Yu wanted to sleep in a bed, so she had to make do with sharing a room with Zhou Jingyi, even though dealing with excrement and urine was a disgusting thing.

The only advantage for her is that she no longer needs to find excuses to get rid of Zhou Jingyi, nor does she need to find reasons to avoid his touch—he can barely turn over and can't do anything to her.

"Don't bring up disgusting things while we're eating," Shen Yu said coldly.

"I didn't mean anything by it, I was just asking." Yang Fenglan also felt that the question was inappropriate.

"Is that even a question? It's definitely inconvenient; he's such a big person, I simply can't lift him up."

Shen Yu knew Yang's personality very well. As long as Yang knew her difficulties, she would want to do it herself.

However, upon hearing this, Yang Fenglan simply smiled and said, "You've worked hard, Xiaoyu. A girl as loyal and devoted as you will be a blessing to whichever family you marry into."

Shen Yu paused, "You...are you really willing to let me get a divorce?"

"Why not?" Yang Fenglan put the deboned fish meat into Shen Yu's bowl and began to brainwash her.