"Not bad. It's good that you can distinguish them. With your help, your future days won't be difficult," Ouyang Lei praised Li Rongguo. He took out the money from the unsold, less presentable vegetables he had helped sell last time. "What about this money?"
Tian Jing waved her hand, "He's clearing land in the south, five *bi* away from my home. You'll see him as soon as you look. Give it to him."
"Why?" Ouyang Lei raised an eyebrow. "Are you two not getting along?"
"No, it's just that his wife's mind isn't quite right."
"Oh." Ouyang Lei didn't press further. Women were difficult to deal with, of course, excluding his sister. How decisive and capable was his sister? She had turned her husband into a servant.
Servant Li Zhengguo thought to himself, 'A single person wouldn't understand.'
After receiving the money, Li Rongguo came to the Li family. "Zhengguo, hold onto this for me. I'll come to you when I need it."
"Alright, but you better remember the amount."
"You wouldn't dare to cheat me. Just keep it separate, no need to keep count."
"No, no." Tian Jing also disagreed. "Ouyang Lei, remember to bring me a pen and paper next time. I need to keep accounts."
"Okay." Ouyang Lei was observing Li Rongguo's changes. "My cousin here has changed a lot. I haven't been here for over twenty days, what happened?"
"Brother Lei, you're too gossipy. That's the precursor to becoming a rambling old man."
Ouyang Lei didn't believe a word Tian Jing said, but since she was indicating he shouldn't pry, he wouldn't.
The vegetables in the two sheds were completely picked, including the last small gourds and eggplants on the vines. Even the green tomatoes were taken. The only thing left was to personally pull up the seedlings and replant them.
Faced with the vegetable sheds that looked like they had been swept by locusts, Tian Jing wished she could pressure Ouyang Lei again.
"Ouyang Lei, are we not eating vegetables at home anymore?"
Ouyang Lei grabbed Lin Guangde. "Did you do this?"
Lin Guangde thought, 'I'm innocent!'
Tian Jing glared fiercely at Ouyang Lei. "If you hadn't said anything, would he dare? Quickly leave some vegetables for me for a few days. We won't eat them, but my wolf cubs still need to eat."
"Wolf cubs?" Ouyang Lei was surprised. "Where? I don't see any?"
"We're talking about serious matters. My wolf cubs are vegetarian."
Ouyang Lei let go of Lin Guangde. "Go and bring a basket of vegetables from Brother Wang's place."
Lin Guangde quickly ran out.
'Despicable!' Tian Jing thought, despising Ouyang Lei in her heart. "My vegetables, half of which went to the supply and marketing cooperative, did you also steal them?"
"Not at all. Brother Wang's place is the same, the same."
'Shameless!' He neither admitted nor denied it, giving vague answers.
Tian Jing waved her hand. "Get out of here quickly. Seeing you irritates me."
Ouyang Lei ran faster than a rabbit.
The wolf cubs weren't eating vegetables anymore?
Mother Li and Li Min felt a sense of relief seeing that the wolf cubs only took a couple of bites of the raw vegetables before refusing them.
Wolves eating raw vegetables was a shocking sight, making one imagine a wolf that had grown into the shape of a rabbit.
Tian Jing picked up a vegetable, held it for two seconds, and threw it back onto the plate on the ground. The wolf cubs then happily went back to chewing.
Mother Li was speechless.
Li Min was speechless.
Li Zhengguo held his wife's hand and shook his head at her, not liking his wife using her special ability for the wolf cubs. "Just starve it for two meals, and it will eat."
"Okay, I won't bother with it." Tian Jing comforted her husband. How terrifying could a nagging man be? She would know if she experienced her life.
She thought the matter was settled, but once they were inside the house, she was nagged again. "Tiantian, wolf cubs need to adapt to their environment. Eating vegetables isn't about spoiling it, it's about... *Mmph*"
Tian Jing helplessly sealed the incessantly chattering mouth with her lips. He was too talkative.
Li Zhengguo happily hugged the person in his arms. Standing on his toes was too tiring; hugging was better.
But before he could kiss enough, the person in his arms fell asleep.
He took a forceful bite, a symbolic punishment, and then held the person, lying down on the bed together to sleep.
Ever since Tiantian became pregnant, she would wake up as soon as she left his embrace.
Tiantian thought to herself, 'When did I not know this? Didn't I just wake up normally after getting enough sleep?'
Li Min tiptoed away from the door of the west room. She wanted to find trouble with Suozhu ge, why couldn't he coax and take care of her like her elder brother?
Chen Suozhu, busy planting seedlings, was nagged by his fiancée for the entire afternoon.
He got angry and simply pulled her into the Li family's kitchen and kissed her fiercely.
"Little doll? Can a little doll be as talkative as you?"
"Suozhu ge, you dislike me. You dislike my nagging."
Chen Suozhu helplessly kissed her mouth again, the one that always accused him unfairly. What if he didn't say anything? He would use actions.
The final result of his actions was him raising his hands in surrender. He wanted to get married~ His fiancée was too good at imitating him, he couldn't take it.
Li Min whispered seductively in the ear of Chen Suozhu, who was struggling to control his changing body, "Suozhu ge, let's be secretive. As long as we don't have a baby, it'll be fine."
Chen Suozhu pushed her away and rushed out of the kitchen.
Li Min was left speechless.
Li Min finally seized the opportunity when her elder brother left and slipped into the west room, locking the door.
"Sister-in-law~"
Looking at Li Min's red, swollen eyes, Tian Jing asked, "What's wrong?"
"Sister-in-law~" Li Min's tears fell again. "Suozhu ge doesn't like me."
Tian Jing would never believe this, no matter what. She saw clearly how much Chen Suozhu liked Li Min, and she also saw clearly how troublesome her sister-in-law could be.
"Did he say that?"
"No, he showed it with his actions."
'Actions?' Tian Jing raised an eyebrow. Could her sister-in-law understand actions?
"Then tell me, I'll analyze it."
"... He pushed me away and ran. He's also planting seedlings with Grandpa Chen and doesn't give me a chance to get close."
Tian Jing truly sympathized with Chen Suozhu. On one hand, there was his seductive fiancée, and on the other, there was his elder brother who wouldn't allow them to marry.
"Do you know the consequences of having relations?"
"Isn't it the same as you? Sleeping in the same bed every night after marriage?"
Tian Jing sighed helplessly. Fortunately, they lived in such a remote mountain village. If they were outside...
"There are two types of men. One sleeps first and then deals with the consequences. The other truly cherishes his fiancée and doesn't want her to be discovered having premarital relations and be pointed at by others. He endures his body's changes and doesn't cross the final line."
"Suozhu ge is the second type?"
"What do you think?"
"But, but, Zhang Fangcao and Li Aiguo, right after getting engaged, they slept together."
Tian Jing slapped her shoulder. "If you want to learn from her so badly, why did you break off ties with her? Go find her, go find her right now."
Li Min was pushed out of the west room, still a bit dazed. Her sister-in-law was angry. She had angered her sister-in-law. Would her elder brother kill her?
No, she had to call for backup.
Although Chen Suozhu didn't believe his sister-in-law would get angry at Minmin, he couldn't stand his fiancée's pestering and could only accompany her to apologize.
The door to the west room opened, revealing her elder brother's stern face. "While the seedlings have just been planted and the crops haven't been harvested yet, get the wedding done. A married daughter can't stay home."
*Bang*, the door to the west room closed again.
Chen Suozhu stared for a long time before understanding what his elder brother meant.
He mechanically turned to look at his fiancée. "Minmin, how did you anger sister-in-law?"
"I didn't anger her. I just told her... and then she got angry and pushed me out."
Chen Suozhu was speechless.