Chapter 37 Entering the door

　Li Feng’s ears twitched slightly, and he blushed unnoticeably, but his face nodded seriously and replied: “It’s internal strength, but whether you can develop internal strength depends on each person’s abilities. Not everyone has this qualification. “

　　”What about me? Can I also practice?” Tang Chunming focused on the question, staring at Li Feng’s paralyzed expression.

　　”No, as you get older, the muscles and veins in your body have become fixed.” Li Feng was also paying attention to his expression, and suddenly he had a sudden realization in his heart. Earlier on Brother Ming was interested in Yu Mu’s skills after witnessing his strength in the village He suddenly regretted in his heart, why did he have to let Yu Mu take the lead at that time? Maybe Brother Ming would only see him in his eyes. Seeing Brother Ming’s dimming expression of disappointment, Li Feng quickly added, “But it’s still good for your body to exercise. If you want to practice after your child is born, I can teach you.”

　　”Okay,” Tang Chunming was indeed disappointed, but seeing Li Feng looking at him eagerly, he reluctantly agreed, “We’ll talk about it then.” He’s too old, but when did this person start practicing? He must have been in his teens when he left Pingshan Village, and he asked with curiosity in his eyes: “Then when did you start practicing? Are your skills comparable to Yu Mu’s? Which one of you is better?”

　　Li Feng was jealous again and regretted his original decision again, but he still answered all questions: “After I left here, I was sick on the way and almost delayed my trip. It was a military doctor who took care of me on the way. After my body was recuperated, I was taught a set of integration methods to strengthen my body. Later, I learned some from other people in the army, and I became like this. Yu Mu’s situation is different from mine, It’s natural brute strength.”

　　Tang Chunming once again saw the hidden expression in Li Feng’s calm expression, as if he was showing off, he had an expression that was saying ‘Praise me, I’m awesome’ Tang Chunming had the urge to cover his face. Perhaps it was too much for him to be looked at by Tang Chunming, so the uncomfortable Li Feng made an excuse and went out: “I’m going to water the vegetables you lie down, and Ah-Lin will accompany your mother obediently.”

　　”Uncle Feng, Ah-Lin will accompany Mother,” Ah-Lin responded obediently, rubbing Uncle Feng’s big hand on his head.

　　Li Feng walked to the door and stopped, turned to look at Tang Chunming on the kang, and said, “If you want to know what happened in the past, I will tell you slowly. None of the things you are worried about will happen.”

   The man walked away after leaving these words. Tang Chunming was stunned for a while before he realized what this man was saying. Was it because of the words he had said to Shen  Fulang before, that’s why he made a promise to him?

　　But when Tang Chunming reacted, he became a little angry. Is this person determined to outdo him? But when he saw Ah-Lin’s bright eyes, he couldn’t say anything to refute. As the person closest to Ah-Lin, of course, he knew that Ah-Lin had a different attitude towards his Uncle Feng, but if Ah-Lin knew that Uncle Feng not only wanted to be an uncle but also a stepfather, would he still trust him?

　　Tang Chunming sighed and placed his palm on Ah-Lin’s head, which Li Feng had touched just now. His mood was a little complicated. As someone from modern times, he felt a sense of joy deep down in his heart when he came to this world full of men. This meant that he could find a man openly without worrying about other people’s strange looks or avoidance. 

Tang Chunming had never tried to find a partner on earth. He hoped that he and his partner could support each other and openly stay together instead of hiding, and end up facing reality and eventually breaking up.

　　But when a comfortable and stable life was put in front of him, he hesitated for some reason.

　　”Mom…” Ah-Ln hugged Tang Chunming’s hand and rubbed it, and then carefully put his little hand on Tang Chunming’s belly. Recently, he often likes to play such little games, and the ‘little one’ inside often responds to him. , “younger brother.”

　　It’s here again. Tang Chunming just wanted to moan. After receiving the response, Ah-Lin smiled widely and showed off happily: “It’s, Ah-Lin’s younger brother.”

　　Tang Chunming had no choice but to be defeated by his son’s smile and compromised again: “Yes, Ah-Lin’s brother.”

　　People with a good relationship with Tang Chunming had no prejudices about his relationship with Li Feng. When Li Feng is helping him with housework, Wang Mo would come over to take a look and then give him a thumbs up. Tang Chunming often couldn’t help stroking his forehead and sighing. If he didn’t want to be called unfaithful, there was only one way to go, and that was to marry after fulfilling filial piety.

　　Uncle Zhao Liu saw Tang Chunming and congratulated him with a smile, saying that Li Feng was a good man.

     What a precarious fellow! Li Feng is.

     Well, he had to admit that his life had been much more comfortable these days. With Li Feng here, he rarely did other things except cooking.

　　 Tang Chunming tentatively poured some space spring water into the well. He had to consider his physical condition. When he was unable to water, what would happen to the vegetables in the field? What if the taste was bad? The results after the experiment were very satisfactory. The well water had a faint aura unique to space spring water, something inexplicable.

　　That’s why he allowed Li Feng to help him water the fields with well water. Even for those acres, he told Li Feng to use the well water at home. Li Feng did so without any questions.

　　Although he was relaxed, Tang Chunming also had many inconveniences. Whenever he took out things from space, Tang Chunming would worry about whether he would be noticed. He could bring Ah-Lin in and out of the space, but he could not trust Li Feng. But if they were to live together, Tang Chunming didn’t have much confidence that he could hide the existence of space forever.

　　He can only delay it as long as possible so that the abnormality will be discovered with time.

　　Li Feng had harvested vegetables early in the morning and was waiting for the people from Jinji Restaurant to come and transport them away. Just when Tang Chunming had boiled the goat milk and was about to call Ah-Lin over for breakfast, he saw Xiao Shunzi from Jinji and shopkeeper Qi follow Li Feng in.

　　Shopkeeper Qi twitched his lips when he saw Li Feng busy in the yard and greeted him warmly. It seemed that he was going to send a message to the young master. After Tang Chunming ended his filial piety, he would be married to this man. The man had already grandly entered the house even if they were not yet married.

　　Well, it’s better than your opponent digging at your corner.

　　”Tang Fulang, I have found out some clues about what happened last time when I went back. I was worried that Xiao Shunzi wouldn’t explain it clearly, so I came here specially to avoid you worrying.” Shopkeeper Qi said to Tang Chunming.

　　”Let’s talk after entering the house has Shopkeeper Qi had breakfast? If not, let’s have some together.” Tang Chunming invited them into the house.

　　”Okay, then I won’t be polite, Xiao Shunzi, you weigh the vegetables first, and then you can count the money for Tang Fulang later.” Shopkeeper Qi assigned Xiao Shunzi to work. Xiao Shunzi didn’t object. Anyway, Tang Fulang would pack him some breakfast when he left later.

　　Li Feng naturally followed into the house. Since he came to work every day, three meals a day were taken care of by Tang Chunming as a matter of course. Tang Chunming also gradually got used to having one more person at the dinner table, when preparing every meal.  He increased the quantity, as Li Feng ate more by himself than he and Ah-Lin combined.

　　Goat milk, egg pancakes, stewed multigrain porridge soft and tender, Tang Chunming’s own mushroom and vegetable buns, the mushrooms were brought back by Li Feng when he went to the mountains, and the sour bamboo shoots and minced meat stir-fried side dishes sent by Zhang Xiu. After putting it on the table, people will have an appetite just by looking at it, not to mention the aroma that penetrates their noses. Shopkeeper Qi originally ate a little bit of food, but now he just feels that the simple meals are tempting compared to the ones he ate earlier which were carefully prepared by the chef in the restaurant.

　　After Ah Lin obediently called out to shopkeeper Qi, he grabbed Tang Chunming’s clothes and asked, “Mom, Brother Da Mao, and Brother Er Mao’s goat’s milk.”

　　Tang Chunming patted his head: “Don’t worry, I left some in the kitchen, waiting for them to come over and drink.”

　　Shopkeeper Qi almost burst into tears when he heard this. He didn’t realize it until he saw Li Feng put a bowl of goat milk in front of Ah-Lin and another bowl in front of Tang Chunming, who started to drink it with a calm expression. It turns out that Tang Chunming was not joking when he said that goat’s milk nourishes the body. However, smelling the milky smell with a faint floral fragrance, shopkeeper Qi still couldn’t accept the fact that not only children drank goat’s milk.

　　”Shopkeeper Qi, want to drink?” Tang Chunming, who had finished drinking and put down the bowl, saw shopkeeper Qi staring at the bowl in his hand, so he asked. He remembered that shopkeeper Qi’s face didn’t look good when he mentioned this last time. Knowing from Zhang Xiu that milk seemed to be only for children, Tang Chunming was a little confused. He remembered that Empress Cizi drank goat milk in Chinese history.

　　Li Feng paused for a moment while holding the bowl of porridge, looked up at his ger with a wicked smile, and then placed a small bowl of porridge in front of Ah-Lin as if nothing had happened.

　　Shopkeeper Qi blushed again and waved his hands quickly: “No, I didn’t think so. I’ll drink porridge, I usually drink porridge in the morning to keep healthy.” Tang Chunming also stopped teasing.

　　Despite the embarrassment before, Shopkeeper Qi was still full afterward. The ordinary farm-cooked food made him reluctant to stop eating, and he made up his mind to eat more if he had the opportunity in the future. Of course, It would be more complete if Tang Chunming stopped mentioning goat milk.

　　”What happened last time was not leaked from our restaurant.”

　　Shopkeeper Qi’s very affirmative tone made Tang Chunming look at him in surprise. He didn’t think that Shopkeeper Qi would deliberately lie to him because he didn’t want to take responsibility. Then where did the news come from?

　　Shopkeeper Qi continued: “Although I haven’t received the exact information, I suspect that this matter probably spread from the Zhao Laosan from the Zhao family.”

　　”Zhao Laosan?” Tang Chunming was even more surprised. Li Feng stopped clearing the table, and a dark light passed through his eyes. “What does Zhao Laosan want to do? How do you know it’s him?”

　　Shopkeeper Qi patted his belly and said: “The man behind Fumantang Restaurant is named Meng, and there is a young master in the Meng family who happens to be Zhao Laosan’s classmate. Remember what I told you last time about the marriage between Zhao Laosan and the Shen family? Zhao Laosan and his classmates mentioned it when they came to my restaurant for dinner. Someone at the restaurant overheard them and told me.

 After I went back, I inquired about it and was told that one of the people Zhao Laosan treated that day was Meng. The young master of the family, perhaps Zhao Laosan accidentally let it slip while they were chatting. Later, I used some tricks to get the matchmaker to tell the truth, and the person who sent him to be the matchmaker was indeed a member of the Meng family. “

　　Tang Chunming naturally knew that shopkeeper Qi came over last time to do him a favor by telling him that Zhao Laosan was going to marry the Shen family, and the Shen family did not seem to be an ideal marriage partner. In this way, it was completely Coincidental: “It seems to be a coincidence, but most people in my village know that it was your Jinji who came to collect the vegetables, so the news may have leaked from Zhao Laosan and the young master of the Meng family, huh.” Yes. He was careless, thinking that the people in the village had little contact with the restaurants in the town, so he didn’t expect the news to be leaked from here. 

But when he thought about it again, it was true that just one unintentional sentence could make people think that the relationship between him and Jinji is not as open as a buyer and vegetable supplier But whether Zhao Laosan did it intentionally or not, Tang Chunming considered the young master of the Meng family had offended him, the Meng family was completely on his offenders list.

　　” What about the Meng family’s background?” Li Feng, who had been listening quietly, suddenly asked.

　　”There is a young man in the Meng family who is close to the county magistrate. Now he is in the limelight, the Meng family also took the opportunity to expand their business to the county. Naturally, they also want to take the opportunity to defeat our Jinji in this town so that their Fumantang monopolizes the business in Ping’an Town.” Shopkeeper Qi glanced at Li Feng and told the truth.

　　”Your boss has no way to deal with the Meng family?” Li Feng asked again.

　　”That’s not true. I have already expressed my anger with my young master about this matter. The young master said that he would find a way to suppress the Meng family’s arrogance in the county. I will also pay attention to the Meng family’s actions in town and try not to let them disturb Tang Fulang again.” 

Shopkeeper Qi said with an apologetic tone. Although the news did not come from their restaurant, it was because of Jinji that he had implicated Tang Chunlang. He explained these things clearly in case he could not prevent it. Tang Chunming and Li Feng were prepared, and they would not be caught off guard and confused like last time.

　　^[1]The author has something to say: You may think that the folk customs in this rural area are quite open. My setting is only in rural areas. Some of the government officials in the city have more … Continue reading