Chapter 25

“For both of us?” Ning Jia curled her lips, “I don’t believe the old lady would be so generous to me. I won’t drink.”

“My mother gave it to me to drink, so I’m leaving it for you. You’re weak, so drinking some will do you good.” Li Yao said.

“I don’t want to drink.” Ning Jia returned the cup to him.

Li Yao knew that there was a gap between Ning Jia and the old lady, so it was normal for him to be resistant to the things the old lady gave him.

“If you don’t want to drink, forget it. I’ll drink it.”

Seeing that the cup of turbid water was about to enter Li Yao’s body, Ning Jia hurriedly stopped him: “Don’t drink it either.”

Are the things given by this old woman reliable?

Don’t drink to your heart’s content!

“All medicines are poisonous. Don’t drink it carelessly. What’s more, I don’t think this thing is Chinese medicine. Don’t let it harm you! I see that you are in good health and don’t need anything extra.”

Seeing Ning Jia trying hard to stop him, Li Yao stopped drinking.

He poured the water in the cup onto the ground: “You have a point. If you don’t want to drink it, then don’t drink it.”

It’s late at night.

There was still light on in Li Yao and Ning Jia’s room. Old Mrs. Xu climbed up from the kang and came to the wall in the dark to eavesdrop.

She just didn’t believe it.

I gave my son a strong dose of medicine, but he didn’t react at all.

Soon, there was movement in the house.

Ning Jia: “Hiss…hiss…”

Li Yao: “Does it hurt?”

Ning Jia’s eyes were filled with tears: “It hurts, it hurts so much…”

Li Yao: “Then I’ll be gentler.”

Ning Jia gritted her teeth and said, “It’s okay, just try harder, I can handle it.”

Li Yao: “Okay, I’ll be quick then.”

Ning Jia: “Ah~ah~ah~ah~”

Old Mrs. Xu heard it all in the yard and was extremely excited.

Lao Liu finally started eating meat. He is strong and healthy, so he will definitely make Ning Jia pregnant soon.

In her joy, she kicked the debris piled under the window with a bang.

“Who’s outside?” Li Yao asked.

How could Old Mrs. Xu have the nerve to say that she listened to her son’s words? If this got out, who knows what others would think of her.

The “pulling trouser pocket” incident itself was embarrassing enough for her, and with this added insult to injury, she would definitely be too embarrassed to go out in the future.

“Who’s outside?” Seeing that no one said anything, Li Yao wanted to get up and check.

“Is it a cat?” Ning Jia said, “There were always wild cats running around in the yard a few nights ago. Maybe there are mice in the house.”

“It doesn’t sound like it.”

“Why not?” Ning Jia laughed, “Could it be that someone else is eavesdropping outside? They are all family members, who would do such a shameless thing in the middle of the night?”

“Meow~” Old Mrs. Xu was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would come out to check, so she pinched her nose and imitated a cat’s meow.

“It’s really a cat!” Li Yao said.

“It’s so annoying to hear you yelling in the middle of the night…” Ning Jia bent down and picked up the small basin of foot washing water on the ground. With one foot tapping, he was about to open the window and pour it out.

“Your foot is injured, don’t move. I’ll do it!”

After he finished speaking, he took the washbasin, opened the window with one hand, and poured the water out with a loud splash.

“Ouch!” Old Mrs. Xu was caught off guard and was drenched in water.

“There’s someone!” Li Yao heard the noise and hurriedly opened the door and went out. He took out the flashlight and found that it was his own mother.

She was dripping with water all over and was spitting water out of her mouth.

“Mom, why are you here?” Li Yao frowned, “Are you not eavesdropping outside?”

“What nonsense are you talking about!” Old Mrs. Xu had a dark face, lowered her head, and walked slowly into the house.

When the cold wind blew, she shivered: “Sneezy!!”

Ning Jia, this damn bastard! Why did he pour the foot washing water out of the window! !

Ning Jia was in the house listening to the noise outside, and couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

You deserve it!

She had very sharp ears, and as soon as Old Mrs. Xu stood at the window, she heard the noise.

This old man is eavesdropping at such an old age.

I have nothing to do late at night, so I am only concerned about what is happening on my son’s bed!

You deserve it!

Pour a basin of foot washing water over her and see if she dares to do it again next time!

Li Yao returned to the room with a gloomy face. It was obvious that he was also very dissatisfied with his mother’s behavior.

“Mom, are you okay?” Ning Jia forced herself to suppress her smile and acted concerned.

“It’s okay.” Li Yao replied with a serious face, then sat back on the stool and lifted Ning Jia’s foot. “This safflower oil is very good for healing foot injuries. I’ll rub it for you. Just bear with the pain, it will heal soon.”

Ning Jia nodded: “Okay!”

The next day, her foot injury had healed a lot. She leaned on a stick and hopped on one leg to the main room to eat breakfast.

Everyone was at the dinner table, except the old lady.

“Why doesn’t Mom come to eat?” Ning Jia asked.

“She has a cold.” Sister-in-law Bai Jinfeng said helplessly, “Mom said she can’t sit at the table anymore, so she asked me to take the food to the inner room.”

“You’re fine, why did you catch a cold?” Liang Lanlan asked.

Li Xuejiao covered her stomach and said, “Then I won’t come over to eat these few days. I’d better go back to my room to eat, so as not to infect me.”

Ning Jia pressed his mouth and ate without saying a word.

The family hadn’t finished their breakfast yet when Aunt Niu from next door rushed in and shouted as soon as she entered the yard: “Xu Cuiying, you must not take that medicine! Please!”

Old Mrs. Xu was eating in the house when she heard Aunt Niu yelling in the yard. She was startled and hurriedly got off the kang and ran out without even putting on her shoes.

“Niu Dahua, stop shouting, the children are at home.”

Aunt Niu didn’t care about that at all: “I can’t care about that anymore! Old Yang gave the wrong medicine. He gave me animal medicine, which is specially used for breeding cattle and horses! The effect is too strong!”

“What medicine?” Li Chuan was very gossipy. He put down his chopsticks and rushed out. “Who is it for?”

“Go away, go back to your room! This has none of your business!” Old Mrs. Xu hurriedly drove Old Seven back to his room, telling him not to get involved.

Ning Jia and Li Yao instantly understood why the old lady was eavesdropping last night.

It turned out that the medicine she gave Li Yao was…

Ning Jia felt more and more that Old Lady Xu deserved it. What a bad idea she came up with.

Li Yao glanced at Ning Jia, pursed his lips and said nothing.

However, there was a hint of discomfort in his eyes.

An Ye noticed that the two of them had been getting closer recently, so he wanted to take the opportunity to give them a push and use some provocation to provoke Li Yao.

You can’t just leave such a good man unavailable and stay alone in an empty room every night, right?

“Sixth Brother, if you don’t like Ning Jia, just kick her out of the house. Why keep her hanging on? She’s a widow and you’re a bachelor. What’s the point of making the old lady move in?” An Ye said.

“What do you care?” Ning Jia glared at An Ye. “Mr. An, just take care of your own business. Stay out of my business!”

“Say it again!”

“I just said what’s wrong?”

Seeing that the two men were about to fight, a bunch of people were so scared that they quickly covered the table, fearing that the two men would fight and overturn the table like last time.

“Fifth sister-in-law, please be careful with your words. Today is the first time, so I forgive you. If it happens again, don’t blame me for being angry!” Li Yao said with a stern face.

“Oh, you know how to protect me?” An Ye snorted and laughed, “You don’t have to get angry with me. Wasn’t what I said true?”

Li Xu was extremely embarrassed. He quickly covered An Ye’s mouth and said, “Auntie, please stop talking!”

An Ye snorted, sat down again and continued eating.

“Fight, fight, fight! Let’s have a fight, Aunt Five and Aunt Six!” Three-year-old Pan Di was so excited that he waved his little hands.

Liang Lanlan quickly grabbed Pan Di and said, “Don’t talk nonsense, kid. Eat your meal.”

Li Yuan thought: It seems that I have to keep the children away from me in the future to avoid corrupting them.

The house was bustling with activity when a voice came from the loud speaker at the entrance of the village: “Hey, hey, hey, villagers, pay attention! Gather at the threshing ground after breakfast. Our production team has important news to announce! If you come late and miss the opportunity, you can never make it up again!”