A Happy Event in a Farming Family: Marrying a Hunter

"By the way, I went to Qin Zheng's house just now and smelled chicken. Do you think our missing hen was stolen by those two from the second branch of the family?"

Grandma Yun felt as if a huge stone was lodged in her heart whenever she thought about her egg-laying hen mysteriously disappearing.

She couldn't even bear to eat it.

Yun Lai puffed on his pipe, the dim light flickering in the room. "We need evidence for this, otherwise if it blows up and gets out, people will think we're bullying those orphans and widows."

"Once I find the evidence, I'll skin her alive!" the old woman said bitterly as she lay down.

Inside the Yun family's three houses.

Yun Gui lay on the bed, and Zhao Chunzhi held the ointment and applied it to him.

"Ouch, take it easy, you're going to hurt me to death!" Yun Gui grimaced and kicked Zhao Chunzhi, who fell to the ground without daring to fight back.

Who told her to be so heavy-handed?

"By the way, you'd better talk to your second sister-in-law about the menstrual belt. What will you do if Mother finds out!"

“Honey, we can’t keep this a secret forever. What if Mother brings back a village doctor or something and takes our pulse? Wouldn’t that give us away? Besides, we don’t have much money. Didn’t my older brother tell his employer that he’ll get some money every month? Why don’t you go?”

Yun Gui rolled over, laboriously pulled a basket from under the bed, took out a chicken leg from inside, and said disdainfully, "You want me to be someone's slave? Ordering them around? Is this work for a human being?"

"But what if Mother asks about the money?"

Zhao Chunzhi knew that her husband had ambitions, but right now, the most urgent thing was to appease the old woman.

"What are you afraid of? Just heat up the chicken. Eating it cold will upset your stomach."

Yun Gui originally went to watch over the old hen to see if it would lay eggs, but after watching for most of the day, it didn't react. Yun Gui touched the hen's rear end, but there were no eggs. His mouth was also bland, so he secretly caught it and stewed it himself. After all, his mother couldn't bear to eat meat all year round.

"Good Le!"

"Wait, don't go yet, you should go to your second sister-in-law's place first."

Zhao Chunzhi then put down the chicken in her hand. Before leaving, she swallowed hard. She hadn't eaten many pieces of the whole chicken; her husband ate too much.

When she went over, she didn't see Zhou Rong, but she did see Yun Luo standing at the door with her arms crossed.

"Luo girl, where's your mother?"

"Did Third Aunt look for my mother because of her menstrual period?" Yun Luo's eyes flashed with coldness.

Mother is a pushover, always thinking of the Yun family. But she isn't like that; sometimes, being too kind can make her vulnerable to being bullied.

Zhao Chunzhi smiled and said, "I'm just asking if your mother still needs it."

"That would be for the best. Third Aunt still remembers the time she stole some of our meat and had a stomachache all day, right? If Third Aunt dares to play dirty tricks on my mother, or scheme against my mother and younger brother, or stab me in the back, it won't be as simple as a stomachache. Who knows, she might even die!"

Zhao Chunzhi's mouth was big enough to fit a duck egg, and it took her a while to realize what was happening.

"You...you brat, it was you inside the flesh..."

"If Third Aunt raises her voice any louder, Grandma will know that you stole the meat I gave her!" Yun Luo said with a half-smile.

Zhao Chunzhi hurriedly covered her mouth, staring at the person in front of her in disbelief. How could Luo Yatou have become so cunning? She was completely unlike the person she knew.

She stood there stunned for a long time, not daring to utter a single curse.

Damn girl!

Zhao Chunzhi gritted her teeth, but didn't show it on her face. "Luo girl, what are you saying? We're all family, how could I do such a thing? I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now!"

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly left.

You brat, you'll get your comeuppance eventually!

Yun Luo left the Yun family and headed home. She ran into Fatty, who was looking at something in a rather lewd manner as she walked. When Fatty saw Yun Luo, she was startled, grabbed her, and pulled her aside.

"Fatty?"

"Don't make a sound, look..."

Yunlu looked in the direction the fat girl was pointing, and in the moonlight, two people walked towards her. They were Bai Lianhua and Zhang Da Niang's eldest son, Hu Zi.

Tiger is known for being honest and simple. He blushes as soon as he sees a woman, even before he can say a word. He would never do something like going out alone with a woman at night.

He must have been tricked into coming here by a scheming woman.

Shameless!

Fatty nudged Yun Luo, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "Let me tell you, I just saw those two tugging at each other. Who knew Tiger was so good at this? How about we go follow them and see if there's something interesting going on?"

As she spoke, she took out a handful of dates from her bosom, took a bite out of one herself, and handed it to Yunluo.

Yunlu was speechless. "Stop eating. It's not good for you if you keep eating."

"Since you're going to never get married anyway, you won't even let me eat my fill. Besides, how can I get as skinny as you if I don't eat?"

As the two were talking, Bai Lianhua and Hu Zi arrived, not far from them.

"Brother Tiger, look, it's still early. Why don't you walk with me a little longer?" Bai Lianhua said softly, and as she spoke, she had already taken his arm.

Yunluo and Fatty both shuddered; it was disgusting.

Tiger had never experienced anything like this before, and he retreated repeatedly, his face turning as red as a shrimp. "Lotus Sister, if a man and a woman are seen together, it will not be good for your reputation. Let me take you home."

"Does Tiger look down on me because of what happened between Qin Zheng and me before?"

Yunlu frowned. How dare she say that? She squatted down, picked up a stone, and was about to throw it when she hesitated. Instead, she grabbed a date from the fat girl's hand and threw it at the white lotus's head.

With a "thud," Bai Lianhua cried out in pain, "Who is it? How could they be so wicked!"

She looked around, but there was no one there. There was a date on the ground, and her heart skipped a beat. Who threw the date?

Could it be that someone spotted her?

She had her own plans, and what if someone saw them and ruined them? Bai Lianhua forced a smile and said, "Brother Hu, I remembered I have something to do at home, so I'll head back first."

"Sigh!" Tiger felt strange, but didn't ask any more questions. It was good that Lotus Girl was gone; his heart had been hanging in suspense the whole time.

Tiger let out a long sigh of relief and hurried back.

Fatty, having missed the show, was somewhat bored. "Yunluo, what are you doing? What's it to you if someone has a date tonight? Maybe it'll lead to something good."

"My hand slipped. But why did Sister White Lotus suddenly leave in such a hurry?" Yun Luo stroked her chin. How could she tell her the real reason? Aunt Yang had taken good care of their family. How could she let her son be poisoned by White Lotus?

Fatty couldn't figure it out either. After thinking for a while, she gave up, "Forget it, let's go home and eat some dates!"

"Fatty," Yun Luo called out to her, "Don't tell anyone about what happened to Bai Lianhua tonight!"

Why can't I say?

Yunlu thought for a moment and said, "If you promise me, I'll find a way to help you lose weight, how about it?"