Chapter 19

Shen Wu was exhausted, her legs were weak and sore. Hearing that voice suddenly, she was a little dazed.

He kept pestering her, and it seemed that if she didn’t say anything, they would just stay like this. Tears welled up in Shen Wu’s eyes: “I don’t know.”

She suddenly bit him hard on his shoulder.

Making him stop being naughty.

Seeing that she wouldn’t say anything, Lu Xuan’s eyes darkened slightly, and he became more indulgent.

In the end, Shen Wu didn’t even want to breathe anymore.

She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Xuan’s drunkenness had subsided after all that physical exertion. He looked at the woman on the bed, her skin white and flushed.

He thought that she would wake up soon, and she would grumble about how dirty she was now.

Lu Xuan changed his clothes and went out to get water again.

He cleaned the woman on the bed briefly.

He lay down beside her and pulled her into his arms. He wasn’t drunk anymore, nor was he sleepy. He stared intently at Shen Wu…

Even in her sleep, she was still frowning.

Lu Xuan couldn’t help but think about what happened at the Shen family during the return visit. He wondered how much grievance this little ancestor had suffered in the past.

When Shen Wu woke up, Lu Xuan was playing with her hair.

She opened her eyes in confusion: “What time is it?”

There was no clock in their room. Lu Xuan pulled open the curtains and looked outside: “It must be almost time for work to end.”

The light from outside the window shone in, making everything feel real. Her whole body ached, her body and soul felt like they were separated. She stared at Lu Xuan with wide eyes—

As if questioning him about what madness he was doing now.

Lu Xuan also saw his handiwork. He scratched his nose: “I was drunk.”

Shen Wu raised her foot and kicked him.

Don’t think she didn’t know, drunk people couldn’t do that, they couldn’t even get up. It was just a lie made up by men.

Lu Xuan didn’t dodge, he let her kick him on his chest.

The thin blanket also slid down as they moved. Shen Wu’s own body was unsightly, and as the blanket slid down, Lu Xuan’s wasn’t much better either. The bite marks from her teeth were clearly visible on his shoulder, and there were also nail marks.

Shen Wu glanced at it.

“Forget it, we’re even.”

“Go get me some clothes, I’m going to cook.”

Lu Xuan got up and got her clothes, helping her get dressed. He looked at the sky outside: “I’m going out for a while.”

It was almost dark. Shen Wu put on the high-necked shirt again.

When she came out.

The others were also getting off work one after another. When they learned that the fish and buns were from Xu Yin’s family, Old Lady Lu’s mouth was beaming.

She had disliked Xu Yin the other day, but now she couldn’t see anything wrong with her.

Long Yujiao whispered to Old Lady Lu: “Third sister-in-law and Fourth sister-in-law came back together today.”

Her voice was low, only Old Lady Lu, who was next to her, heard it.

She turned to look at Shen Wu: “Old Three’s wife, what did you bring?”

Although Shen Wu didn’t hear what Long Yujiao said, there was indeed this plot in the book. Old Lady Lu was instigated by her and knew that Shen Wu didn’t bring anything. She yelled at Shen Wu for a while.

She couldn’t stand to look at Shen Wu.

Shen Wu shrugged: “I didn’t bring anything. My mother even wanted you to send her a roast chicken and a pork leg.”

Old Lady Lu’s eyes widened when she heard such a request. Roast chicken and pork leg, her family couldn’t even afford to eat those!

Then she looked at the fish that were still alive and kicking in the water.

She said with a sarcastic tone: “They are all married daughters, some families love their daughters, but some families…”

These words did have some impact on the original owner. After being instigated like this, she became even more jealous of Xu Yin, but it didn’t work on Shen Wu. She gave Xu Yin a look without leaving any trace.

Xu Yin looked at Old Lady Lu: “It’s not for you to eat, what are you happy about?”

Hearing Xu Yin’s sudden words, Old Lady Lu’s smiling face hadn’t adjusted yet: “What?”

Xu Yin raised her voice again: “This is what my mother specially prepared for me, it’s not for others to eat, what are you happy about?”

This time her voice was loud enough for everyone to hear.

Old Lady Lu’s smiling face completely disappeared.

Xu Yin didn’t care about other people’s opinions. She held the fish and said to Shen Wu: “You cook delicious food, I want you to cook for me, I can give you half of it, will you cook?”

“I’d be an idiot if I didn’t cook with fish! Cook!” Shen Wu snatched the fish.

The two of them quickly moved away from each other, looking like they disliked each other.

Shen Wu held the fish and smiled at everyone around her: “It seems like having a skill is a good thing, even your enemy has to come to you.”

Old Lady Lu looked at Shen Wu’s flushed face, and she felt that her smile was very irritating.

Lu Xuan came back and saw everyone surrounding his wife. He thought they were making things difficult for her, so he hurried in.

He was also carrying a wild chicken.

He squeezed in, seeing his wife smiling, then he saw his mother’s face was ashen.

Old Lady Lu saw him coming and vented her anger on him: “You came back this afternoon and didn’t go to work, what were you doing?”

What was he doing?

Lu Xuan thought about the nonsense he did in the afternoon.

Of course he couldn’t say it. He raised the wild chicken in his hand: “Fourth brother brought fish back from his in-laws, I was afraid my wife would be unhappy, so I went to catch a wild chicken.”

Old Lady Lu heard her son’s words, and she wasn’t even as happy to see the wild chicken anymore.

Shen Wu looked at the wild chicken, then at Lu Xuan.

Was he afraid that she would be bullied and went to catch it?

He seemed to be really putting his words into action.

Shen Wu looked at Xu Yin and arrogantly raised her chin: “If you want to eat chicken, we’ll cook together tonight.”

Xu Yin: “Deal!”

Shen Wu turned to Old Lady Lu: “Mother, if everyone in the family wants to eat meat, the seasonings and side dishes will be up to me.”

“Everyone has been working all day, and they’re all tired. We few came back for a visit and didn’t do any work, so we’ll cook a delicious meal for everyone, so everyone can eat comfortably.” Shen Wu said this to everyone.

Now she didn’t need to say anything.

Everyone looked at Old Lady Lu. The children were the most excited.

“Grandma! Just agree to Third Auntie.”

“Grandma!”

…

Even the men in the family, who were the most calm and didn’t think they should care about cooking, couldn’t help but look at Old Lady Lu. They usually only had potato shreds, but the Third Sister-in-law’s cooking was different from everyone else’s. Not to mention that there was meat and fish now, it was like New Year’s Eve.

After a day of work, who wouldn’t want to eat something good.

They were already salivating at the thought.

Old Lady Lu was helpless when she saw everyone looking at her. Clearly, this Third Sister-in-law had a bad temper, but now everyone was on her side.

She took out the key to the cabinet from her pocket. Before handing it over, she didn’t forget to say: “Eat less! Use less oil.”

Shen Wu took the key, gave the chicken to Lu Xuan to deal with, and soon Lu Ye also brought the fish and squatted next to his third brother to deal with the fish.

Even the children were helping Shen Wu wash vegetables, peel garlic, and peel garlic.

Everyone was very happy.

In the kitchen, Shen Wu opened the cabinet that Old Lady Lu cared about the most. Inside were white sugar, red sugar, dried chili peppers, star anise, and some soybeans, mung beans, white flour, yellow noodles, and sorghum flour. This was clearly the most important asset in the Shen family…

Xu Yin wasn’t interested in these things, but she was interested in the high-necked shirt that Shen Wu had changed into at night. She put her arms around her and circled her twice, her eyes full of gossipy smiles. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she directly unbuttoned her shirt—