The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

It rained all day, but the sky finally cleared up as evening approached.

After sleeping all day, Yin Baicai felt so tired that her bones were soft. She came out and stretched, then paused, looking at the mud washed up by the rain in the yard.

There's so much yellow mud, how can anyone walk on it? I just hope it dries by tomorrow.

Thinking that the mud courtyard was indeed not good, Yin Baicai suddenly had an idea: once her house was repaired, she would fill the entire courtyard with gravel.

Li Mo hadn't seen Yin Baicai for a day and couldn't muster the energy to do anything.

He sat listlessly on a small stool, staring intently towards the courtyard gate, hoping that Yin Baicai would suddenly push the door open and come in.

The sky cleared up, and Li Mo happily took Li Zhe's hand: "Uncle, let's go to my parents' house."

Li Zhe thought that the muddy road was difficult to walk on, but not only Xiao Mo, he was also not used to that young man not talking to him all day.

Suddenly, Li Zhe noticed that there were still quite a few spare ribs left from the day he bought and had been frozen. He thought he might as well take some over for Cai Ge'er to eat.

Li Zhe patted Li Mo's head. "Okay, we'll go to Cai Ge's house later."

Li Mo smiled happily.

Li Zhe carried the spare ribs and Li Mo on his back, walking towards the end of the village.

Yin Baicai, who was making dinner, heard someone knocking on the courtyard gate. She put down what she was doing and went to open the door.

Strange, it's almost evening, who would come to my door!

As soon as Yin Baicai opened the door, she saw Li Zhe and his nephew standing at her door.

Li Zhe looked at Yin Baicai, whose hair was slightly messy, and handed her the things in his hand, saying, "Xiao Mo said that my cooking is not good, so he asked me to bring him here for you to cook for him."

Li Mo, perched on Li Zhe's back, smiled happily at Yin Baicai.

Yin Baicai called the "uncle and nephew who were freeloading" inside, saying, "Wait here, I'm going to make you a different kind of ribs today."

Looking at Yin Baicai's sticking-up hair, Li Zhe really wanted to reach out and smooth it down for him.

Judging from this guy's appearance, he probably slept at home all day.

The soil in the yard wasn't completely dry yet, so Yin Baicai asked Li Zhe to move the small table under the eaves.

Li Mo hadn't seen Yin Baicai all day and had been following him around the whole time.

Seeing that Yin Baicai was living in the kitchen, Li Zhe really wanted to invite her to stay at his house, but he was afraid that Yin Baicai would think he was being presumptuous.

Yin Baicai turned her head and saw Li Zhe's eyebrows were tightly furrowed. "Li bully, what's wrong? Is something the matter? Your eyebrows are furrowed like an old man's."

"nothing."

Yin Baicai brought out the dishes and called out, "Never mind, hurry up and bring out your bowls to eat! I'm starving."

After finishing her meal, Li Mo lingered with Yin Baicai, saying, "Mo Mo doesn't want to leave, I want to sleep with you."

"Little Mo, my bed can't fit two people." Yin Baicai thought about her small, shabby bed, which was only about 1.5 meters wide. She could only sleep with her legs curled up. If Li Mo slept in it, she was afraid it would be difficult to even turn over.

Finally, thanks to Yin Baicai's persuasion, Li Mo gave up the idea of ​​sleeping with him and went back with Li Zhe.

At night, Liu Xiaoqing sneaked out of the house while his father was asleep.

He figured that since it had rained all day, Tian Wenyan must not have gone back to town.

He just wanted to explain to Tian Wenyan that he didn't not want to see him, but was just being kept at home by his father.

Arriving at the gate of Tian Wenyan's house, looking at the not-so-high fence, Liu Xiaoqing moved a stone to stand on and peeked out.

Seeing that the candles were still lit in Tian Wenyan's room, I realized how hard Brother Wenyan was working. It was so late, and he was still reading diligently.

Inside the house, Tian Wenyan was still reviewing his storybook!

He truly envied the scholars in those tales who could eventually marry noble ladies. If only he could also have a fleeting glimpse of a stunning young woman...

Liu Xiaoqing picked up a stone from the roadside and threw it at Tian Wenyan's windowsill.

Tian Wenyan, who was lost in his own fantasy, was startled. He opened the door, carrying a candle, and came out. Turning his head, he saw Liu Xiaoqing, who was perched on the fence, waving her hands at him.

He frowned. What a country bumpkin! He was actually perched on the fence – how outrageous!

Tian Wenyan glanced into his mother's room and figured she was probably asleep.

Holding a candle, she walked over quietly, opened the courtyard gate, and leaned out.

Liu Xiaoqing quickly got off the stone she was using as a stepping stone.

Tian Wenyan asked with displeasure, "Qing-ge'er, what brings you here to see me?"

Even if Liu Xiaoqing was slow to notice, she could sense that Tian Wenyan was unhappy.

Lowering her voice, she said, "Brother Wenyan, are you angry? Is it because I didn't come to see you? Actually, it's not that I didn't want to come, it's just..."

Before Liu Xiaoqing could finish speaking, Tian Wenyan interrupted him, "Qing-ge'er, I've heard everything from my mother about your father beating my mother. I can't tolerate your father bullying a widow like my mother. We should have nothing to do with each other anymore."

While resting at home today, Chen Jufen exaggerated the story of Zhang Ke bullying her to Tian Wenyan and explicitly forbade him from having any further contact with Liu Xiaoqing.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoqing panicked and hurriedly grabbed Tian Wenyan's sleeve, "Brother Wenyan, listen to me, actually it's..."

Tian Wenyan immediately shook off the hand that was pulling on his sleeve. "Qing-ge'er, I hope you will respect yourself. We have no relationship, not now, and not in the future."

He then turned around and closed the courtyard gate.

Thinking to myself: It's a bit of a loss that someone who didn't make new clothes and shoes for themselves will have to spend money to buy them later!

However, I never intended to have anything with this guy; he was just someone I was teasing.

I never expected that this person's father would dare to bully my mother. My mother raised me with great difficulty!

After hearing Tian Wenyan's words, Liu Xiaoqing left the house looking dejected.

When he returned home, he saw his father standing in the yard with a candle in his hand, looking unhappy.

When Zhang Ke saw her younger brother return with tears streaming down his face, she thought he had been bullied by Tian Wenyan.

She stepped forward worriedly, "Qing-ge'er, why are you crying? Did someone bully you? Tell me, and I'll go settle the score with them."

Liu Xiaoqing didn't say a word, and ran to her room in tears.

The sound of the door closing echoed in Zhang Ke's ears.

Zhang Ke looked worried; it seemed she could only ask again tomorrow.

If Tian Wenyan dares to bully my son, I will definitely skin him alive.

Back in the room, Liu Xiaoqing pulled the blanket over her head before she dared to wail.

Why doesn't anyone want me? What is it about me that I'm worse than others? Even the bully Li would rather propose marriage to the village's cunning shrew than to me.

Now even Brother Wenyan is doing the same thing. It's clearly Aunt Jufen's fault, but he blames it all on Father and says it has nothing to do with him.

But when he packed his things, he also...

Is it really as my father said, that he just wants to take advantage of me?

Zhang Ke stood outside Liu Xiaoqing's house all night with a candle in hand, fearing that something might happen to him.