"I just had some porridge, why did I go back to the west?"
Zhao Ping put down the rattan basket, walked over, picked up a bowl of porridge, drank it all, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
"Ms. sir, you can't..."
Liu Mengru wanted to stop him, but unfortunately it was too late.
"What's not allowed?"
Zhao Ping turned around and asked.
"this and that……"
Liu Mengru was extremely uneasy and stammered when speaking.
His face also turned as pale as paper.
Finally, he gritted his teeth, picked up the bowl on the side, and drank the gruel in it with one tilt of his head.
Zhao Xiaoxiao sighed, followed suit, and drank another bowl of gruel.
Liu Mengru then continued: "I put rat poison in the vegetable porridge. Since you have drank it, I will accompany you to death."
She said it very firmly.
Zhao Ping breathed a sigh of relief.
The fact that Liu Mengru was willing to die with her proved that she did not hate the original owner, but was extremely disappointed with the original owner and wanted to sell her and her daughter. She was forced into a desperate situation and made this move.
"Why die?"
Zhao Ping said angrily: "I replaced the rat poison. All we drank was wall dust, it's not poisonous."
Before going out, he went to the kitchen to fill some water and smelled a pungent medicinal smell.
Then I found the bag of rat poison.
He didn't make it clear, but just replaced it with wall plaster, just to see Liu Mengru's performance.
Otherwise, the person next to you will be sleeping with you, and you won't be able to get this woman no matter how beautiful she is.
Now it seems that I have not been disappointed.
"The medicine was changed?"
Liu Mengru felt a little weird, but after waiting for a while, she didn't feel any discomfort, and she shivered with fear.
With a pop, he fell to his knees on the ground and begged: "Sir, I bought the rat poison and I put it in the porridge. I accept the beating."
"This matter has nothing to do with Xiaoxiao. She is completely unaware of it. Please, please, don't hit her again..."
"The fire I burned..."
Zhao Xiaoxiao also knelt down beside Liu Mengru, wanting to share Zhao Ping's anger with her.
However, Zhao Ping reached out and pulled them up.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Get up quickly. I said before that I won't hit you again. Of course I keep my word."
"but!"
Then, he said sternly: "I don't want to see this kind of thing happen again when the whole family returns to the West together."
"Now I have changed my ways and will never treat you like I did before."
"Please also give me a chance to change my ways and start a new life."
"I believe that as long as we work hard as a family, life will become more prosperous."
"No, I went into the mountains today and shot a few hares."
"Go and boil a pot of hot water for me. Let's eat rabbit meat tonight."
After saying this, Zhao Ping started to get busy.
Peel, clean and cut into pieces, all in one go.
Seeing this scene, Liu Mengru's dull eyes gradually became brighter.
Since he wants to start a new life, give him another chance.
Having made up her mind, Liu Mengru went into the kitchen to boil water.
Zhao Ping first blanched the rabbit meat, then simmered it in a pot with rabbit oil and stir-fried it over high heat. When it was almost done, he poured hot water over it, added ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum and stewed it vigorously.
When it was almost out of the pot, Zhao Ping sprinkled some coarse salt.
The fragrant rabbit stew is ready.
Zhao Xiaoxiao had smelled the fragrance long ago and was leaning against the kitchen door, drooling constantly, but did not dare to go in.
"Xiaoxiao, how about you come over and try it?"
Zhao Ping called his daughter over, served her a bowl, and warned: "Be careful of scalding."
The little girl didn't care whether it was hot or not, she just blew it a few times and started eating.
As soon as she entered, her eyes lit up.
Delicious!
Never had anything so delicious.
But Zhao Xiaoxiao endured it, handed the bowl to Liu Mengru and said: "Mom, you can eat."
"Haha, what a considerate little cotton-padded jacket."
Zhao Ping rubbed Zhao Xiao's head and said with a smile: "You can eat this, and I will serve it to your mother."
Zhao Ping filled two more bowls, brought them to the square table in the main room, and invited Liu Mengru to eat.
"Me, am I sitting here too?"
Liu Mengru said in disbelief.
Only then did Zhao Ping remember that the original owner was a jerk and would not let his wife and daughter come to the table to eat.
Then she smiled bitterly and said: "Mengru, we are a family, so naturally we have to sit and eat together, so that we can have a family atmosphere."
Liu Mengru looked at Zhao Ping dreamingly, full of doubts in her heart.
Even if a person changes, it cannot happen so quickly, not to mention that there is no trace of the past in all aspects.
It's like a new person.
But the Zhao Ping in front of him has not changed in any way, either in height or appearance.
It’s still the same Zhao Ping.
Liu Mengru was puzzled.
But she couldn't control that much. As long as Zhao Ping stopped beating her and Xiaoxiao and the family could live a good life, they would be considered happy.
At this time, guests came to the house.
It's the neighbor's fourth aunt.
Zhao Ping took a rabbit and couldn't think twice about it, so he returned a bowl of white noodles and a few eggs as a courtesy.
Zhao Ping saw her salivating and didn't let her go home empty-handed.
A large bowl of rabbit meat was served.
The fourth aunt was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She praised Zhao Ping so much that she ran home in a hurry.
After the meal, Zhao Ping took out the wild vegetables to dry, then packed up the ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum and wrapped them in cloth.
At this moment, Liu Mengru had already boiled the foot-washing water and wanted to wait for Zhao Ping to wash his feet.
"Mengru, you are my wife, not a servant. I can do this rough work myself."
Zhao Ping refused, thought of something, and continued: "Don't sleep in the woodshed anymore. It's cold at night and it's easy to catch a cold."
"This bed is big enough for our family of three to sleep here."
Liu Mengru nodded silently.
"Great, I can sleep on the bed too."
Zhao Xiaoxiao was so excited that he jumped on the bed.
Zhao Ping was worried that she would not sleep honestly and fall, so he carried her inside to sleep.
When Liu Mengru came back after cleaning up, she could only lie on the edge outside next to Zhao Ping.
Even so, Liu Mengru felt warm inside.
This is the first time she has slept on the bed since marrying Zhao Ping.
There was soft straw underneath and a warm linen quilt on top, not to mention how warm it was.
Liu Mengru was so moved that she almost wanted to cry.
It just doesn’t feel real.
Like a dream.
But this dream was so beautiful that Liu Mengru didn’t want to wake up.
She turned sideways and hugged Zhao Ping tightly.
It seems that he is hugging his own happiness tightly.
Originally, Zhao Ping was a little distraught when he smelled the special fragrance coming from Liu Mengru's body.
Being hugged like this, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he turned over and pinned Liu Mengru underneath him.
"Ms. sir, Xiaoxiao is still here."
Sensing Zhao Ping's strangeness, Liu Mengru hurriedly pushed Zhao Ping away and reminded him.
Snapped!
Zhao Ping slapped himself hard.
"Ms. sir, what are you doing?"
Liu Mengru was startled.
"Let me calm down."
Zhao Ping said: "Mengru, I'm sorry, I just scared you."
"It's not my fault, my husband, I took the initiative."
Liu Mengru stroked Zhao Ping's cheek, feeling heartbroken.
"Stop being so humble to each other, go to bed quickly, we'll be busy tomorrow."
Zhao Ping urged.
But he kept smiling bitterly in his heart, holding such a beautiful wife but unable to do anything.
Then he returned the whole bed and let the little cotton-padded jacket sleep in another room by himself.
And this also made Zhao Ping firm up his goal.
My wife is beautiful, virtuous, gentle, generous, and considerate, and my daughter is well-behaved, sensible, and smart.
I relied on the five thousand years of civilization in my mind to earn money to support my family.
It seems good to live a carefree life in this small mountain village with my wife and daughter.
With this fantasy in mind, Zhao Ping fell asleep in a daze.
What woke Zhao Ping up the next day was not an alarm clock or a dream, but the neighbor's big rooster.
Zhao Ping got up, baked a few pancakes with eggs and white flour sent by his fourth aunt, and cooked a pot of Ganoderma lucidum and wild vegetable porridge before waking up Liu Mengru.
Looking at the sumptuous breakfast on the table, Liu Mengru's eyes were filled with tears.
I didn’t wake up from the dream, that’s great!
"Mengru, you eat with Xiaoxiao, and I'll go to the back mountain."
Without giving Liu Mengru a chance to reply, Zhao Ping picked up the rattan basket and ran towards the back mountain.
The rabbit beam was very successful, winning six out of ten.
Two of them bit off the bark and escaped, leaving only four, which was considered a good harvest.
When I got home, my fourth aunt and the head of the house were already waiting for me.
His name is Li Shou, a businessman from Xiping Village.
The main thing is to send the cloth woven by the villagers, the prey hunted, etc. to the county town for sale, and then purchase some daily necessities needed by the villagers from the county town, and he earns an errand fee.
According to seniority, Zhao Ping should call him Uncle Li.
"Uncle Li, good morning."
Zhao Ping greeted with a smile.
"It is late."
Li Shou said: "If it's any later, we might have to spend the night in the county seat."
Zhao Ping heard the urging in his words, so he didn't waste any more time. He simply told Liu Mengru to take care of his home, and got into Li Shou's donkey cart with four rabbits, several bags of ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum.
