Li's mother, upon learning her daughter-in-law was menstruating, felt a moment of disappointment before calling her son out.
Li Zhengguo returned to the room with a flushed face. Tian Jing, who was knitting him a pair of wool trousers, looked surprised. "What did your mother say to you?"
"Mother taught me to calculate, calculate, calculate that."
"Calculate what?" Li Zhengguo's shyness made Tian Jing suddenly understand. "Ovulation period?"
Li Zhengguo's face turned even redder. "Yes, that. I really didn't know. Mother said a lot, all using calculations from her era, which I understood even less."
Tian Jing stared at his red face and asked curiously, "Haven't you watched adult films? Haven't you learned about physiology? Haven't you..." *Muffled sounds.*
Tian Jing's string of questions was silenced by a kiss.
After the kiss, she realized. This was a pure man. He even pretended to be profound. She ordered Chen Suozhu to teach Li Min a physiology lesson.
When he finally released her, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Li Zhengguo was annoyed and used his mouth to silence her laughter again.
When he released her again, Tian Jing no longer dared to laugh. She hid in his chest, chuckling.
Li Zhengguo hugged the mischievous woman in his arms with helplessness and indulgence.
At dinner, Tian Jing finally emerged from her room. Li Min, about to lecture her sister-in-law, was glared at by her elder brother.
Li Min surrendered. "Alright, alright. Let's eat first, then talk."
As soon as their bowls were empty, Li Min complained, "Sister-in-law, the meat you stewed is much tastier."
"Who stewed this meat?"
"My mother."
"Then why didn't you stew it?"
"I don't know how."
"But you have a good tongue for tasting."
"Of course, I'm good at eating."
"Tomorrow, stir-fry the pot with soy sauce, scoop out a bowl of meat, stew it for a while longer, and then add some soaked vermicelli."
"Mhm, mhm, I'll listen to you, sister-in-law. Let me tell you, something happened on the mountain today..."
Sister-in-law Niu led a group of people into the mountains and saw three people lying on the ground.
Their positions sparked wild imaginations.
Sister-in-law Niu took the lead. "Oh my~ Second Lai's wife, how did you end up with Li Aiguo?"
"Don't spout nonsense! Can't you see we can't move?"
As Fang Qiuhong spoke, she felt something was wrong. Why could she speak?
Thinking about it, she tried to lift her arm and found she could.
Sister-in-law Niu continued to mock. "Oh, oh, you really can't move. Fingers intertwined, reluctant to part, how can you not be able to move?"
Fang Qiuhong was speechless. She realized she had lifted her left hand, which was indeed intertwined with Li Aiguo's. The situation was unfavorable to her, and the more she spoke, the worse it would get.
She tried to shake off Li Aiguo's hand forcefully but couldn't.
She reached back and nudged her husband. "Second Lai, get up quickly, get up and pull Li Aiguo away."
Lin Er'lai didn't respond. She turned around and found her husband still unable to move.
She then used her right hand to push Li Aiguo and found that he also couldn't move.
Why was she the only one who could move?
Sister-in-law Niu laughed heartily. "Fang Qiuhong, Zhang Fangcao said someone carried Tian Jing to the back mountain. But Tian Jing is at home, she didn't go anywhere. I guessed it must be someone else, but your situation is also strange. Could it be..."
Sister-in-law Niu's eyes darted between Lin Er'lai and Li Aiguo.
Although the three were fully clothed, their positions were too ambiguous, and their state too bizarre.
The villagers' minds began to wander.
"You're talking nonsense! You're on good terms with Tian Jing and deliberately slandering me. Zhang Fangcao is right. It was Tian Jing who was carried into the mountains. We wanted to chase after her to save her, and then we became like this."
"Oh, Tian Jing is fine at home. Who did you want to save?"
Sister-in-law Niu turned and asked the people behind her, "Today, at the team office, did any of you see a woman missing?"
Everyone pointed at the ground with their hands. "Isn't it this woman?"
Fang Qiuhong's chest puffed up with anger. These people, in league with Sister-in-law Niu, were bullying her. She would wait until they begged her and then see how she would humiliate them.
Sister-in-law Niu asked with a smile, "Fang Qiuhong, everyone went to the team office to get their share of pork today. You really picked a good time."
"Don't slander me! I came to dig for wild vegetables."
"Digging with two men? Zhang Fangcao misjudged you and foolishly handed her man over to a wolf."
"You bitch! You're spouting nonsense! You..."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Sister-in-law Niu interrupted her, clicking her tongue. "You keep saying I'm spouting nonsense, but what did I say that was nonsense? Everyone saw it with their own eyes. Clearly, these two men couldn't move, only you could. Yet you were lying between the two men and refused to get up."
"I understand. You see Li Aiguo can't move, so you took the opportunity to touch him a little. It's fine. Since Zhang Fangcao is your good friend, you can do whatever you want. We're leaving, we won't disturb you."
Sister-in-law Niu turned, and the people following her also turned. As they turned, they faced Zhang Fangcao, who was standing at the back.
Sister-in-law Niu walked through the crowd to Zhang Fangcao and said earnestly, "Fangcao, life must go on. Men, it's okay for them to make a mistake occasionally, as long as he comes home at night."
"I understand the pain in your heart. Aiguo is not stable in his ways. It's just a momentary infatuation, and it will pass. See if you want to carry Aiguo back or something. We're leaving now, sigh~"
Sister-in-law Niu led the way, and everyone else followed, casting lingering glances back as they walked.
Zhang Fangcao felt a surge of anger. She didn't know how these three ended up like this, but it was definitely related to Tian Jing.
However, she couldn't accept her husband making intimate gestures with Fang Qiuhong, that ugly woman. Of course, she had to step forward and separate them.
Who knew her husband suddenly slapped her. "Get lost, you idiot."
Zhang Fangcao looked at her husband in disbelief. "You, you can move?"
Li Aiguo also reacted. He tried to shake off Fang Qiuhong's hand forcefully, but he couldn't.
Lin Er'lai could also move. He looked at Li Aiguo, who was trying to forcefully pull away from his wife, and said, "Don't waste your energy. Unless you peel off your skin, you two will be stuck together for three days."
"Ah?"
"Ah?"
Li Aiguo and Fang Qiuhong screamed.
"Why?" Zhang Fangcao asked Lin Er'lai, hoping to hear evidence that was unfavorable to Tian Jing.
"Because this is my second uncle's special adhesive. It will expire on its own when the time comes."
"Your second uncle? He, he..."
"He said he thanked me for giving him this opportunity, and he's no longer interfering with me. It's all your fault for instigating my ambition. Now, the cuckold on my head is secure."
Fang Qiuhong slapped him. "Er'lai, what are you talking about? What have I done to wrong you?"
"You haven't. But for these three days that you and Li Aiguo are inseparable, even if you don't give it to me, others will!"
"Are you blaming me for this?"
"Am I not supposed to? Didn't you believe Zhang Fangcao could get you scar removal cream? Ask her to get it for you!"
Lin Er'lai was full of grievances. His second uncle no longer cared about him, and his backing was gone. He had clearly said not to provoke Tian Jing, but his wife insisted on believing Zhang Fangcao, always hiding together and whispering, and occasionally giggling.
Clearly, Tian Jing's martial arts were so high, and the people his second uncle found were all respectful. Yet these three were still not giving up.
The villagers descending the mountain heard another round of arguing before finally leaving the mountain, still unsatisfied.