Aunt Wang was really envious when she said this. Li Zhengren had become rich and had brought his parents from the fields to the prefecture and county to enjoy a good life. How could he still look down on Li Da’s three large tiled houses?

　　They are all peasants.

　　The eldest daughter-in-law felt envious and a little depressed when she heard this, “That’s really amazing, no wonder she looked down on him and didn’t even come back to attend the banquet when Zhou Zhou was looking for a son-in-law.”

　　When the Li family lived in a thatched hut, Aunt Wang really sympathized with them and even lent a hand or two. But now that the Li family is doing well and they see the courtyard wall being repaired and the big brick and tile house being built, Aunt Wang feels as if she has been filled with vinegar.

　　But now that I have learned what she said in the past and compared it with the past, Aunt Wang doesn’t seem so sour anymore.

　　If you really want to be jealous, Li Da and his little brother are no match.

　　”People also hate Li Da in their hearts. If Li Da hadn’t split up the family, Li Zhengren could have continued his studies and maybe passed the imperial examination to become a scholar or a juren. Didn’t you see that when Li Zhengren was an apprentice, Old Lady Li was still in the village and had some contact with Li Da. Ever since Li Zhengren became rich, the second branch of the family doesn’t even look at the eldest brother.”

　　”Bah, when Li Zhengren got rich, he took care of his children and mother, but I’ve never heard of him taking care of his brothers. Li Er thought he was just clinging to someone’s thighs and sending him food every year when the season came, but what good could he get out of it?”

　　After listening to her mother-in-law’s scolding, the eldest daughter-in-law thought that it was spineless, but if her husband had such a rich brother, she would be willing to please him. She did not want to eat more for herself, but only hoped that her child would be well, learn to read and write, and get a job in the prefecture or county.

　　You can earn more than 20 taels of silver a year just by picking up abacus beads. Isn’t that better than being a peasant in the countryside? It’s no wonder that the second branch of the Li family is realistic. If they stick to Li Da and anger the people in the prefecture and county, they will suffer a lot.

　　Li family courtyard.

　　Li Zhouzhou pulled a rope in the yard and hung the clothes one by one. Some of them were not washed yet. He was delayed in the morning and it was almost time for lunch.

　　Rural villagers usually eat two meals during the slack season, skipping the morning meal. They eat early at noon, with watery soup, and they also make do with dinner. Only when it is busy, men have to go to the fields and work hard, so they have to eat. Generally, they have pancakes and noodles at noon, and some fried meat and stewed grain rice at night.

　　The Li family is in a good condition and eats three meals a day, but not every meal contains meat.

　　There were only two of them at noon. After hanging up the clothes, Li Zhouzhou rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, then quickly kneaded the dough. While the dough was still kneading, he went to the backyard to pick up a cabbage, cut it in half, and washed it. There was no meat at home, so Li Zhouzhou thought about it and decided to stir-fry it with lard.

　　If he usually eats it himself, he will definitely cook it with noodles and eat it in plain water.

　　Roll out the noodles, cut them, boil the noodles, take them out, and put the fried cabbage on top. The meal is ready, Li Zhouzhou takes it to the main room and puts it on the table. When he turns his head, he sees his husband holding a brush and writing something with his head down by the window in the inner room. His profile is so beautiful, so quiet and beautiful.

　　Li Zhouzhou was just thinking whether to go and call for help, when the noodles clumped up, and then he saw his husband put down the pen in his hand, stretched, tilted his head, and looked over. The two looked at each other, and his husband smiled at him. Li Zhouzhou didn’t dare to look at his husband again, and hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to fiddle with the bowl on the table.

　　He touched his chest and his palms felt hot.

　　”I was so absorbed in writing that the meal was ready.”

　　Gu Zhao stood up, rubbed his wrist, stepped out of the room, and saw Zhou Zhou touching his chest. He couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”

　　”Nothing is wrong.” Li Zhouzhou couldn’t explain clearly. His chest was beating fast when his husband smiled at him, but it’s fine now. He wanted to change the subject and wrung out a clean towel for his husband to wipe his hands.

　　Gu Zhao wiped his hands and the two sat down to eat.

　　Li Zhouzhou saw that his husband was handsome and even ate differently from him. Gradually, he felt that he looked different and couldn’t help but think about the return visit. Although Aunt Wang didn’t say it explicitly, returning home three days later meant that he didn’t value the Gu family. As a result, he didn’t know that he had delayed it.

　　This made my husband lose face in Gu’s family.

　　Li Zhouzhou blamed himself a lot and his face looked a little gloomy.

　　Gu Zhao stopped eating and asked, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

　　”no–“

　　”Zhou Zhou~”

　　Gu Zhao’s tone was obviously soft, without any blame, and even sounded like he was acting coquettishly, but Li Zhouzhou was helpless with such a husband and could not resist him, so he could not help but confess the matter of returning home in three days.

　　Gu Zhao listened and said:

　　That’s it?

　　Isn’t he a man who is married and can be spilled like water?

　　Seeing that his wife was really blaming himself and feeling guilty, Gu Zhao immediately took his hand and began to show off his tea art. He deliberately opened his eyes wide and said sincerely and cutely, “Don’t blame Zhou Zhou. Before I left, my father told me not to go back. He thought I had embarrassed them, so I didn’t remind Zhou Zhou to go back.”

　　Take the blame on yourself, don’t blame your wife.

　　When Li Zhouzhou heard this, he immediately forgot about the guilt of returning home three days ago and asked, “Did your father scold you again?”

　　”He didn’t beat or scold me. It was my own fault. I didn’t study well. I was too thin and small to work in the fields. I couldn’t do anything well.” Gu Zhao hugged his wife’s waist, buried his head in his chest, raised his little face, and said pitifully: “Zhou Zhou, I only have you. Now the Li family is my home.”

　　This made Li Zhouzhou very sad.

　　It sounds like my husband was beaten in the Gu family?

　　I^[1]he didn’t beat or scold him much, but I did beat and scold him.

　　Li Zhouzhou stroked his husband’s hair and only cared about being polite to Gu’s family. He completely lost the remorse he felt for missing the return door when he first heard about it that morning. He just said, “Husband, don’t be sad.”

　　”Okay~ I’ll listen to Zhou Zhou and I won’t be sad.”

　　Gu Zhao said this, pretending to be strong and burying his face in his wife’s chest.

　　Not really sad.