Ugly girl only wants to farm

He really didn't know where to look at that moment; the glaring red made his face burn intensely.

He picked up the book and started flipping through it rapidly, not even knowing where he was. He was just trying to hide his anxiety. Couldn't this woman be a little more careful? How could she let something so intimate fall out like that?

He picked up a pot of water from the table and poured it down his throat.

After taking the wet clothes outside, Xu Chaoyan threw them directly into the wooden basin. Her face was still burning hot. Did they think they were doing something? How embarrassing!

"Yan'er, there's ginger soup boiling in the pot. Go and drink a bowl. Don't worry about these clothes. I'll wash them for you after the rain stops."

"Oh, thank you, Mother."

While drying her hair, Meng Jiuxia muttered, "Mom, why didn't you say you'd wash my hair this time? That's so unfair!"

Li Sanniang glanced at her and said, "You're a grown woman now. In two or three years, you should be betrothed to someone. Don't be so lazy all day long and start envying your sister-in-law."

Li San Niang forced the two of them to drink a large bowl of ginger soup, which made Xu Chaoyan cough and wave her hand repeatedly, saying, "Mother, I can't drink anymore."

Meng Jiuxia also had a bitter face; it tasted terrible.

Li San Niang nodded in satisfaction: "It will be better if you work up a sweat."

Meng Jiudong looked at the bamboo shoots on the ground with excitement: "Mom, look how many bamboo shoots there are!"

Meng Jiuxia wore a bitter expression, still vividly remembering the itchy feeling: "Mom, what do we do? She insisted on bringing so many back."

After saying that, he turned his hand over and scratched it vigorously.

Li San Niang also looked at the bamboo shoots scattered on the ground with a worry: "Yan'er, we can't finish them all. They have a bitter taste and nobody likes to eat them."

Seeing everyone's miserable faces, Xu Chaoyan comforted them, "It's okay, the taste of what I make is definitely not bitter. We can just dry the rest and store them."

Meng Jiuxia pouted: "The weather's been awful lately. I shouldn't have believed you and brought back so much stuff. It's made my whole body itchy."

Xu Chaoyan: "It's getting cold, so we can slice it and dry it in the kitchen. This dried product can be stored for a long time, and it'll be good for stewing later."

After saying that, she picked up a knife and started peeling bamboo shoots. Li San Niang also came over to help: "I used to dry these before, but your grandmother always said that they were too tough to chew and would get stuck in her teeth, so we haven't done it at home since."

Li San Niang suddenly realized that she might have said something wrong. She looked up at Xu Chaoyang and, seeing that she was not displeased, changed the subject.

Meng Jiuhe was curious when he heard laughter coming from outside. Since his father broke his leg, there hadn't been such cheerful laughter in the house for a long time.

After he was injured and fell off a cliff, and his grandmother ran off with the woman's dowry, a dark cloud hung over the house, and it was rare to hear his mother laugh out loud.

Meng Jiudong gripped his hand so hard that some bamboo shoots were still stuck in it, and he was almost crying. Li Sanniang took a handkerchief and wiped it clean for him: "I told you not to be naughty, but you wouldn't listen. Now you know what I mean?"

Meng Jiuxia complained, but she still deftly helped to break the bamboo shoots out.

Today's meal was brown rice porridge and pickled vegetables again. Xu Chaoyan smacked her lips a few times, but her stomach was completely empty, and it was rattling when she shook it.

She took a bamboo shoot, cut it into thin strips, rinsed it in water to remove the bitterness, and then went to the vegetable garden to pick a few scallions, chopped them into fine pieces, and sprinkled them on top.

The only downside is that I was out of oil at home, otherwise I would have made some chili oil to pour on it, which would have made it taste even better.

For now, we can only make do with what we have. Today, the whole family enjoyed a bowl of cold bamboo shoot salad with some brown rice porridge.

Meng Jiuhe was also eating these refreshing bamboo shoots for the first time, and he had some doubts about Xu Chaoyan. He had thought she was just a pampered girl who couldn't do anything, but he didn't expect her to know these things.

At this moment, Xu Chaoyan was thinking about drying the bamboo shoots, stewing them with cured meat, and stewing them with chicken. Her eyes followed the sound of chickens clucking and looked into the chicken coop.

Seeing her greedy look, Meng Jiuxia couldn't help but say, "Aren't you still hoping that old hen will hatch chicks for you to exchange for money? Don't even think about it; our family still needs it to lay eggs."

Xu Chaoyan's little scheme was seen through, and she chuckled twice to cover her embarrassment: "Little sister-in-law, what are you saying? Why would I have designs on these hens? I just saw that they were clucking happily, so they must be very happy."

Meng Jiuxia can even feel emotions and be happy when she rolls her eyes; she's really stupid.

Meng Jiuhe had clearly seen the woman drooling over the hen, but now that she was saying these things without batting an eye, he twitched his lips, picked up his bowl, took another sip of porridge, and ignored her.

Li San Niang smoothed things over, saying, "When the winter solstice comes in a few days, I'll slaughter a chicken and make a pot of soup to nourish everyone."

Upon hearing that there was meat to eat, Meng Jiudong danced with joy: "Mom, I want to eat that big chicken leg."

Li San Niang smiled and said, "Here you go, take it all, okay?"

After dinner, Xu Chaoyan said many nice things to Meng Jiuxia to coax her sister-in-law over. The two of them sliced ​​all the bamboo shoots and dried the rest into dried bamboo shoots.

These past two days, she's been eating boiled cabbage stalks with rice. Looking at the plain boiled cabbage stalks, Xu Chaoyan's mouth watered repeatedly. When will this miserable life end? She still needs to find a way to make money.

When she finished her work and returned to the house, she found Meng Jiu staring straight at her. She was a little confused. Seeing his sharp eyes, which seemed like knives, she braced herself and asked, "Husband, are you tired and want to rest? Should I help you lie down and rest for a while?"

Seeing her dazed expression, Meng Jiuhe finally spoke up: "Put your things away properly, don't leave them lying around. What will you do if your underlings see them?"

Xu Chaoyan was completely bewildered: "What is it that I don't know about?"

He glanced casually around him: "Nothing much?"

She wondered to herself if this man was deliberately picking a fight, or if he didn't like her again. It was just the two of them lying together; she hadn't taken advantage of him. This kid was making a big deal out of nothing.

Meng Jiuhe felt as if he had punched a cotton ball. He took a deep breath, turned his face to the side, and pointed to the foot of the bed: "Get that thing away from me right now. It's an eyesore and very indecent."

Xu Chaoyan looked in the direction the finger was pointing and his face flushed red. The little red dress was lying there so casually. He almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Didn't she have any dignity? Couldn't she have been a little more tactful?

When Meng Jiuhe turned around after a long time without any movement, he saw Xu Chaoyan standing there, and his anger flared up instantly.

"Aren't you going to pick them up and keep them for the New Year?"