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Under the flickering candlelight, Longyue lay quietly in Li Qingmu’s arms. She was dazed by his handsome side profile. Recalling how she always felt that he was useless and weak in her past life, she really wanted to beat herself up.
This man was obviously very assertive!
Moreover, since he had told her these things, their relationship would only become more intimate!
“Aren’t you afraid, wife?”
He seemed very curious, and there was something inscrutable in his eyes.
“What am I afraid of?”
Longyue was glad that they had become closer. When she heard him under-estimating her, she gave him a disdainful look. “Don’t you know my family background?”
“Te heard a little. It seems that your dad is a high-ranking official in the capital.”
“Hmph! My dad is Pang Wenzheng, the minister of the Ministry of Official Personnel, a second-rank official in the capital. My maternal granddad is the Xiping General, Cao Yin, who guards the southwest border. My mother is the eldest daughter of his first wife. She was influenced by him since she was
young to play with blades and had fought on battlefields. The things that are scary are bloody human remains and severed arms. Do you think that little bit of yours… is enough to scare me?”
Li Qingmu was stupefied.
“Oh, it seems that I am being despised…”he thought.
Li Qingmu was a little disappointed, but immediately after that, he felt happy. They were sharing what was on their minds, which meant they had become confidants.
His eyes drooped slightly as satisfaction flashed across his eyes. “Wife, you’re actually not afraid? That’s great. It’s already late at night. Let’s.
Longyue gently covered his mouth and raised her eyebrows. She raised his thin chin and said in high spirits, “Li Qingmu, I don’t care how ruthless and decisive you are when dealing with the outside world, how frightening you are, or how despicable you are! But you have to treat me and our future
children well. Otherwise… The Cao family’s 18th class martial arts that your wife learned from her mother are not to be trifled with!”
“Hmm… won’t we know soon whether I treat you well?”
“Soon?” Longyue was confused at first, but then she immediately understood and flew into a rage. “Li Qingmu, not again! You scumbag!”
She couldn’t care less if he was a scumbag or not. She was so tired that she fell asleep instantly. When she woke up the next day, her back ached. She propped her waist as she walked out of her room and saw her younger brother-in-law, Ah Qiu, skipping towards her room.
“Longyue, should we go up the mountain?”
“No, I’m exhausted!”
She did not know how long she had been tormented by him last night. In any case, she fell asleep in the end. Her body ached all over today, and she was in no mood to climb the mountain.
“Sigh, the lotus roots are ripe for harvest. Many people have gone to pick the lotus pods to get lotus roots. I want to eat glutinous rice and lotus roots…” As the little fellow spoke, he looked worried.
Glutinous rice and lotus roots? Longyue liked this dish, but she wondered if it was what she was thinking.
“Do you mean stuffing the glutinous rice into the lotus root and steaming it with sugar?”
“That’s right. It’s delicious. It’s so sweet. It’s soft, sticky, and fragrant.”
Longyue narrowed her eyes. Ever since her younger sister framed her and she was chased out of the capital by her father, she had not eaten glutinous rice and lotus roots. Now she was eating so much plain rice in the Li family, she was about to throw up. It was time to expand her palate.
Her mother was a Jiangnan girl who loved to eat sweet foods. So did she. Sweet and soft glutinous rice and lotus roots, sweet and sour fish, sticky silken tofu.
Longyue licked her dry lips and patted Ah Qiu on the head. “Speaking of which, Longyue is feeling a little peckish. Alright, let’s go up the mountain!”
Before setting off, she saw a certain someone walk out of the house and could not help spitting, “Scumbag!”
Longyue and her younger brother-in-law took a bamboo basket and a bucket and went to the mountains again.
This time, they were going to the back of the mountain. There was a huge lotus pond there. The summer season was when the lotus pods bloomed and lotus roots ripened. There were also fish in the lotus pond. If they could get their hands on them, their meal today would be better.
“Ah Qiu, I remember that we don’t have glutinous rice at home. We’ll have to buy glutinous rice from the county city tomorrow.”
Longyue was a little disappointed. Only now did she realize a serious problem. No glutinous rice!
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“Longyue, you can borrow some from the Chen family at the entrance of the village. Their family owns a grain store in the county city. They have plenty of glutinous rice…”
“But we can’t take them for free!”
Longyue frowned. She thought that borrowing money or borrowing food was not good for the little fellow. He would develop the bad habit of not wanting to better himself.
“Then… Then what should we do?”
The little fellow felt that he had made a mistake. He drooped his head and asked listlessly.
Longyue realized that she had been too fierce just now, so she softened her tone and said, “Don’t we have three old hens that lay eggs at home? Send some eggs over later and exchange them for rice.”
“But Meihua is feeding those chickens. She won’t agree.”
“Hmph, she has no say in this family!”
Longyue sounded very domineering. Ah Qiu was delighted, but after a while, he wilted and looked defeated.
Longyue was infuriated when she saw him acting like a coward, and she said gloomily, “What’s wrong?”
“Longyue, I feel uncomfortable at the thought that we’ll have to feed Madam Zhang the food that we’ve worked so hard to get. To be honest, I rather hate my second sister-in-law. Before you came, she often snatched my food. I was about to starve to death…”
Ah Qiu pursed his lips, his eyes looking shrewd. How could Longyue not tell what this kid was thinking?
However, this was what she liked to hear. As long as someone in the family was dissatisfied with Madam Zhang, it would be easier for them to kick her out in the future.
“Pal”
She slapped Ah Qiu so hard that he almost threw up blood.
“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from now on!”
The little fellow’s mood brightened at once as he cried out, “Is Longyue serious?”
“Nonsense. Do you think your third sister-in-law would lie to a little kid like you?”
“Hehe…” The little fellow smiled smugly and lowered his head as he muttered, “Madam Zhang is too fierce. In the future, we’ll find a good wife for Second Brother. She must be gentle and virtuous like Madam Wang. Yes, she must also know how to give birth…”
Longyue was stunned.
‘The two of them chatted and laughed along the way as they dug a pit for Madam Zhang. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the lotus pond. It was still early, but there were already many people around the pond.
Longyue knew that time was tight. It would be even harder to pick them when there were more people later, so she asked Ah Qiu to hold her bamboo basket while she rolled up her pants and waded into the lotus pond to pick the lotus roots.
Longyue was a missy from a wealthy family. Logically speaking, she would not know how to do this, but in her previous life, she was living a hard life. She had suffered all sorts of hardships, and plucking the lotus roots was a piece of cake.
After a while, there were many lotus pods and lotus roots, and even a few carps in the bamboo basket and bucket.
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“Wow, Longyue, you’re amazing. It hasn’t been long and you’ve picked so many!”
The little fellow’s eyes lit up, and they were filled with adoration. Longyue simply smiled slightly. Sometimes, she found this kid’s antics quite enjoyable.
“Heh, Third Madam Li, what are you doing here? Tsk, could it be that you missed me? Hahaha…”
Suddenly, a frivolous and teasing voice sounded from behind.
Longyue tured around and saw a wretched figure on the shore. He was looking at her with a malicious gaze..