Chapter 2

Last night, it was pitch black, and she couldn’t see anything. Now, she quickly glanced at the two men, their figures were extremely similar, even their faces were very similar, but their temperaments were too different.

One of them, whose skin was slightly darker, had sharp features and piercing eyes. He was holding two dead animals in his hands, which looked bloody and a bit too serious.

The other one was equally handsome, but his skin was slightly paler and his temperament was much gentler.

Old Mrs. Lu saw her staring blankly: “Still slacking off, go cook!”

The old lady even reached out her hand.

In a hurry, Shen Wu shouted to the man outside: “Husband, I don’t know how to make a fire.”

There was a moment of silence around.

The man, stared at by her pitiful eyes, stopped in his tracks, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the person beside him.

Then he looked at the person behind Shen Wu.

After a while, he pointed a finger at himself, with a question mark on his head: “Me?”

Shen Wu noticed that many eyes in the house were on her, one of them was particularly obvious, the one holding the dead animal, his eyes seemed even colder, his gaze on her was too strong to be ignored.

Even though Shen Wu was slow to react, she realized at this moment that she had recognized the wrong person, and she gave the man an awkward but polite smile: “Mother asked me to cook, but I don’t know how to make a fire.”

“Can you help me?”

Shen Wu, as her name suggests, was charming and beautiful, with a small face like a lotus flower, and her eyes were particularly sincere when she looked at people.

This time.

Even Old Mrs. Lu was stunned, and her goosebumps trembled.

The only one in the courtyard who remained calm was Xu Yin behind her, her calm eyes seemed to have already—become accustomed to it.

The man carried the rabbit into the kitchen, bent down to light the fire, and stuffed the firewood in one by one, his movements were smooth and efficient. When he was sure that the fire would not go out, he looked up at Shen Wu.

He seemed to have something else to do, and he left the kitchen without saying anything.

Only the old lady, Shen Wu, and Xu Yin were left in the room.

Old Mrs. Lu thought of Shen Wu’s delicate appearance: “Fox spirit!”

“He’s a big man, why did you let him into the kitchen?”

The fire was lit, so adding firewood was easy. Shen Wu slowly threw firewood into the stove, her big eyes looked innocently at the old lady: “Making fire? Mother, are you getting old, so you didn’t see or hear?”

The old lady seemed to not expect her to dare to talk back, wasn’t this a scolding for her being deaf and blind? Old Mrs. Lu’s brows were so tightly knit that they could kill a fly.

Shen Wu didn’t care, she had done a lot of physical labor last night, that man was like a plow ox in the field, she was now hungry, filling her stomach was the real deal.

“Mother, where’s the food? If we don’t cook, it’ll be too late, the men in the family have to go to work!”

Hearing this, the old lady felt sorry for the men in the family, she took out a few potatoes from the locked cabinet, thought for a moment and dug out two spoonfuls of corn flour, also took out the jar of lard.

Finally, she counted out seven eggs: “Boil these.”

Shen Wu smiled: “Mother, you can rest assured, leave it to me.”

The old lady looked at Shen Wu’s sincere eyes, which didn’t seem fake, and glanced at Xu Yin: “You help too, since you’ve married into our family, let’s forget about your past grievances.”

After giving instructions, she was still worried, thinking of their past deeds: “Don’t spit at each other in the kitchen.”

Shen Wu was innocent: “Mother, what are you saying, I wouldn’t do that, would I?”

The old lady was a little suspicious, but seeing her sincere gaze, she let her go, her gaze fell on Xu Yin, waiting for her answer.

Xu Yin looked calm on the surface, but she was actually a hot-tempered person, plus her family was wealthy, no one dared to treat her like this, she was already impatient in her heart, but under Shen Wu’s constant blinking, she still reluctantly nodded.

After the old lady left.

Xu Yin said: “Are you really going to cook for them?”

Shen Wu pressed Xu Yin in front of the stove: “You make the fire, I’ll cook.”

“It’s not for them, we have to eat too.”

“Could it be that you’re not hungry after working all night?”

Not mentioning it was fine, but when she did, Xu Yin’s stomach rumbled: “Hungry.”

But she also thought of something else: “You really didn’t recognize your husband just now?”

Shen Wu glared: “You recognized him? Why didn’t you remind me.”

Xu Yin scratched her head: “It’s not that I wasn’t sure.”

“It was just a small kerosene lamp, how could I see clearly? I thought his appearance was good, so I pushed him down, thinking of making a ghost of love, but I didn’t become a ghost, instead I was transported to this ghost place.”

She said, pinching a piece of firewood with her thumb and forefinger, and threw it into the stove.

Shen Wu said: “It’s no blame on us two.”

This era was no different from blind marriages, age, name, birth chart, once both parties exchanged, the parents nodded, they were inexplicably married, last night, when they got into bed, it was the first time they saw each other.

The original owner didn’t have much impression of her own husband, but she had a strong impression of Xu Yin, she had been staring at her enemy all the way.

She even secretly stretched out her foot to kick Xu Yin.

However, the two were mortal enemies, Xu Yin was not kind either, she spat at her.

When their eyes met, they were mocking each other.

As for her own husband, she had some impression, but not a deep one, she only knew his name—Lu Xuan.

Xu Yin was a rich second-generation who never touched spring water with her ten fingers in her last life, burning firewood made her uncomfortable.

She looked at Shen Wu: “This, this kind of life, why don’t we just get a divorce?”

“Those two men are good-looking, but we’ve slept with them, let’s just find a way to live our own good life.”

Shen Wu frowned and recalled: “I remember this is 1973 in the book, we two, where can we go to live a good life?”

“Without an introduction letter, we can’t even leave the county, and even with an introduction letter, we don’t have a job, what if we are caught as vagrants in the city?”

Xu Yin also thought of the special era described in the book, she was annoyed: “What should we do then?”

While talking, Shen Wu didn’t stop working, she dug out a large spoonful of lard, and still felt it was not enough, she added another half spoonful, the lard encountered high temperature, instantly smoked, Shen Wu threw the potato shreds in, the earthen stove made a sizzling sound, and the aroma rose with it…

Shen Wu hid her small face in the smoke while the room was filled with white smoke: “Let’s see first, stabilize and find other ways out.”

Xu Yin was a rich second-generation who studied art in her last life, besides art, she also practiced equestrianism, music, but all of the above were because of her excellent martial arts skills, her parents let her learn to improve her external temperament.

However, these were all things that ordinary people couldn’t afford.

Shen Wu knew her because Shen Wu was not a good person, she fished for rich second-generation, she went to learn flower arrangement and met Xu Yin, who was also improving her “cultivation”.

Shen Wu had a good figure and a charming face, as for learning to cook, it was because someone said that if you tie a man’s stomach, you tie a man’s heart.

It’s just that she wanted to fish for rich second-generation, but she was also a face dog, those who looked ugly and liked her, she couldn’t swallow, those who were handsome and rich, this was a scarce resource, in the end, she didn’t fish for any men, but she became very good friends with Xu Yin, who learned flower arrangement with her, the two even became best friends.

Knowing that she was short of money, Xu Yin even invested in her, giving her the sidelines of her family’s business, Shen Wu lived a good life.

Now, in this era, she felt responsible for taking care of Xu Yin.

While covering the oil smoke to prevent it from getting on her face, she said: “Don’t worry, when there’s a chance to divorce, I’ll tell you.”

Xu Yin threw another piece of firewood in disgust: “Okay, then you divorce, I’ll follow you…”

Xu Yin’s words had just landed, a figure blocked the kitchen light, the kitchen suddenly darkened, the change in light made Shen Wu look out the door.

She saw a familiar man, still carrying a processed rabbit in his hand, broad shoulders and narrow waist, with his back to the light, from this angle, she couldn’t see his face, Shen Wu had a bad feeling rising from her tailbone—