Farming with kids: My deceased husband returns and I spoil him rotten.

"Mother, Aunt Wang will definitely spread rumors in the village."

"Let her talk, let's go find a doctor to prescribe some medicine for your sister first, that way she'll recover faster."

Gu Nian'er glanced at Gu Pan'er, who was pale-faced, and nodded. Then she adjusted her posture while holding her younger sister and followed obediently behind.

But to their surprise, before they even got off the mountain, Aunt Wang had already started making a ruckus on the other side.

"You wouldn't believe it, but today I went to the bamboo forest to get some bamboo shoots, and before I even got in, I saw two people embracing and kissing in the forest, shameless of them."

"What? There are such shameless people in our village? Did you even see their faces clearly?"

When someone asked, Aunt Wang gave a cold smile and her sharp eyes swept across the crowd, finding Gu Wangshi among them.

The other party wasn't a child; they weren't so easily fooled. Naturally, they glared back without any politeness.

This only fueled Aunt Wang's dissatisfaction, who had been brandished with a sickle by Shang Qing, and she let out a cold snort in her heart.

"The man didn't see clearly, but the shameless woman saw it perfectly."

“If you know one of them, finding the other is easy. Don’t keep it to yourself, just tell us. Our village can’t have such a shameless woman.”

Seeing that everyone was getting increasingly angry and was about to grab something to arrest someone, he slowly revealed Shang Qing's name.

To Aunt Wang's surprise, Gu Wangshi, who was supposed to be nearby listening to the news, had already gone far away and hadn't heard it at all.

"It's such a pity that she didn't hear something so important."

"Aunt Wang, is this really certain? You're going to ruin her reputation by talking nonsense like this."

Hearing others refute her, Aunt Wang let out a cold snort and pointed at Shang Qing and his group who had just returned from behind.

They ignored the stares of the crowd and quickly went back into the house.

Hearing the heavy breathing behind him, Shang Qing immediately put the person on the bed and turned around to catch Gu Nian'er, who was about to lose her sister.

"Why didn't you tell your mother you were so tired? Are you worried that she'd say you're useless?"

“I’m just worried that Mom is too tired. She’s carrying my older sister and such a big basket of bamboo shoots on her back. She can’t even straighten her back. If she has a younger sister on her back, she might not be able to walk at all.”

Hearing her daughter's concern, she simply put the wriggling baby back on the bed before pouring a glass of water for Gu Nian'er.

Just as the child finished drinking, there was a loud knocking on the door.

"No one should be looking for me at this time. Nian'er, go and see who it is for your mother. If you don't like them, don't let them in."

"it is good."

Gu Nian'er stared at a flushed face as she left the room. She had just opened the door and hadn't even had a chance to make a sound when she was violently pushed aside by someone outside and fell heavily to the ground.

Hearing the commotion outside, Shang Qing quickly walked out of the room. Before she could even utter a sound, she saw the menacing Madam Gu being forced back to the door.

"To have a lover so quickly, you must have been having an affair for a long time. It's really a pity for my son who is guarding the frontier, having to support a money-losing girl like you who has no shame."

"What are you saying? Why can't I understand you?"

Seeing Shang Qing's innocent expression, Madam Gu let out another cold laugh, her eyes full of calculation as she looked at the dilapidated courtyard.

Judging from the gleam in her eyes, Shang Qing knew that she was up to something again. She frowned and was about to speak when she was grabbed and her hand was pulled away.

“Don’t blame your mother. We’re doing this for your and the children’s own good. It’s not easy to find someone willing to accept you and this group of people… Why do we have to make them live such a hard life?”

"Mother? What right do you have to call yourself that? From the moment you tried to buy us, you have no right to call yourself that in front of me."

After saying these words, Shang Qing shook off the hands that were trying to control her and hid the terrified Gu Nian'er, who had run away and was clinging to her, behind her back.

He looked up at the woman again, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the fierce glint in her eyes.

"Shang Qing, do you know what Aunt Wang saw in the bamboo forest today? Your reputation is already ruined."

"Marrying Liu Bazi now will still bring you money, but if you keep dragging this out, you'll only end up being kicked out."

Hearing Gu Wangshi's words, Shang Qing sneered inwardly again, but not wanting the child to hear those foul words, he casually pushed her back into the room and closed the door behind him.

Thinking the other party was about to compromise, she smiled and was about to say something more when she felt a chill on her body.

"what have you done!"

"Oh, why are you still here? I thought you had already gone out on your own. I didn't expect someone to be so inconsiderate."

Seeing that she was not going to leave, Shang Qing scooped up another spoonful of well water and was about to splash it on Gu Wangshi.

The other party didn't want this to happen, so they quickly retreated outside the door and continued to hurl insults through the door.

But that had no effect on her, so she naturally ignored it and gently comforted the extremely nervous Gu Nian'er.

"Are you tired? You should rest for a bit."

"I'm not tired, I can keep going. I want to help Mom clean those bamboo shoots."

Shang Qing smiled slightly, but still placed the person on the bed and covered the eyes that refused to close with her hand.

Today was not only frightening, but also exhausting from carrying the child all the way. Gu Nian'er quickly became still.

After finally getting the child to sleep, she wanted to go find Lao Zong and the other man hiding in another room, but before she could do anything, she heard the child groan.

"Mother, Father, come back quickly! Grandma..."

"Pan'er?"

Looking at the child's flushed face, Shang Qing immediately realized that it was likely a high fever due to a wound infection, and quickly wet a cloth and placed it on the child's forehead.

With something cool, Gu Pan'er became somewhat more obedient, but it was not as good as an ice pack, and it would heat up again in a while, causing the child to fuss.

Just as Shang Qing was hesitating about whether to exchange the fever-reducing and anti-inflammatory medicine for the child, the door was pushed open.

The loud bang of the door being slammed open woke up Gu Nian'er and the youngest child, who had finally fallen asleep.

But the child was already used to it and didn't look for Shang Qing. Instead, he reached out and hugged his younger sister to comfort her.

"Nian'er, Mother is going out to take a look, but don't go out unless something happens."

Gu Nian'er nodded obediently, and then, upon hearing Gu Wangshi's voice, she hugged her younger sister even tighter.

Seeing her like this, Shang Qing quickened his pace and saw Gu Wangshi standing outside, blocked by Liu Bazi.

"Really? You've looked through all the houses and there's nothing there, so don't spout nonsense and get out!"

Lady Gu clearly wanted to say something more, but was pushed out of the courtyard.

Even so, she was still unwilling to leave, and without any hesitation, she told Liu Bazi about what happened in the bamboo forest that day at the door.