The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

Feng Xuanyan stood in the yard, listening to the conversation of the family next door, including his cold-tempered grandson.

Feng Xuanxiao felt a little uncomfortable when he heard Jiang Ci talking and laughing with a girl, seemingly discussing food.

This kid usually put on a bad face towards him, thinking that he was born with such a distant and aloof temperament, but when he heard him talking to the girl from the Yan family next door, his voice was so gentle that it could make you cry.

Huh, if you could talk to him in a half-gentle tone, the relationship between their grandfather and grandson wouldn't be so tense.

next day

At dawn, Uncle Seven, Yan Fugui, Zhao San, and Wang Daneng gathered the villagers in the village.

The seventh uncle told the villagers that Yan Shu went up the mountain yesterday and found kudzu root and winter bamboo shoots. Although most of the villagers had never seen kudzu root, they heard that it could fill their stomachs, and they were all so excited that they wanted to go up the mountain and dig it back now.

Yan Ersheng and the three brothers of the Yan family led a team and several hundred strong laborers went up the mountain to look for kudzu and winter bamboo shoots. Although there were a lot of kudzu on the mountain, the ground was covered with thick snow, so it was not easy to find them.

They first went to the area they visited yesterday. Many of the holes dug last night were still there. Yan Ersheng was the first to find a vine. He cut off a section of the vine with the saber on his waist and gave it to the villagers.

After seeing the appearance of kudzu vines, the villagers quickly scattered around to look for them. Some people were lucky enough to find a few vines in a short time.

Yan Ersheng, the three brothers of the Yan family, Yan Dahu, Yan Xiangyang and his son, as well as Qi Tianyi, Qi Tianyuan, Wen Yutang, Erzhu, Shitou and others had dug back a lot of kudzu roots last night. Today they mainly went for the winter bamboo shoots.

A group of more than ten people walked in the direction given by Yan Shu for about half an hour, and finally saw a bamboo forest.

"This should be what Shu'er was talking about." Yan Ersheng glanced around and saw several sprouting bamboo shoots as far as he could see.

Erzhu was very excited: "Miss Yan really didn't lie to us. There are really a lot of winter bamboo shoots here."

Yan Dahu said: "Everyone, don't be stunned, hurry up and dig winter bamboo shoots, and try to get back for dinner at noon."

Aunt Mei, Mrs. Qi, and Erzhu Niang went to Yan's house early this morning to prepare for the noon banquet.

Yan Shu also stayed at home to help. Liu Wenniang said that she was very good at cooking and wanted her to cook it herself. Yan Shu readily agreed. After thinking about it, he decided to use three camphor seeds and five rabbit meat directly to make spiced barbecue. There was ready-made charcoal at home. Years ago, Yan Wen made a simple barbecue rack by himself according to the sketch drawn by Yan Shu, and it came in handy today.

In addition to the barbecue, they also made a dish of kudzu chicken soup, a dish of fried bacon with winter bamboo shoots, and a dish of braised pork elbow, which were paired with a large bucket of fragrant rice. Several women's eyes were opened by such a meal.

"My God, the food we had today was so good, wasn't it?" Aunt Mei couldn't help but sigh.

They didn't have much money left with them after escaping from the famine, and they hardly dared to buy any more food this year. The only bits of meat they ate were the meat buns and pork rib soup sent by Yan Shu's family a few days ago.

Liu Wenniang hurriedly explained: "It's a blessing to have those kids catch so many prey in the mountains, otherwise we wouldn't be able to eat so much meat and vegetables."

Liu Wenniang understands that people should keep a low profile. Even if their family now has enough money to eat meat every day, they still have to act as usual in front of outsiders.

If you're not afraid of people stealing, you're afraid of being noticed. Although the people who came to the house today are all neighbors, you still need to be on guard. What's more, my daughter still has such a big secret hidden in her body, so it's right to keep a low profile.

Yan Shu then praised Yan Xiangyang, Qi Tianyi and Erzhu, saying that the three of them were good at archery and that the five rabbits shot yesterday were all shot by the three of them.

Saying these words made them all feel that it was everyone's credit to have such a sumptuous meal today.

Li Cuiju smelled the fragrance from all the way. Early this morning, the old lady went to Yan Ersheng's house across the street. When she left, she only took that dead girl Qiaolan with her, without even asking her a question.

Li Cuiju felt unbalanced all morning, especially when she smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the next door. She was so greedy that she couldn't stand it anymore.

The men in her family also had a share in the prey she killed last night. Why shouldn't the old woman let her eat the meat?

Hum, she was going. Not only was she going, but she also had to get her money back.

After rolling her eyes a few times, Li Cuiju walked towards a pair of children who were playing in the yard, held one in each hand and walked towards the door.

"Mom, why are you dragging us here?"

Li Cuiju couldn't speak, so she pointed at the Yan family across the door. The smell of meat made her stomach sour, and she couldn't help but speed up her steps.

Yan Shu deliberately made more dishes for lunch today and wanted to send some to Huan Ying and Wu Ming next door.

Jiang Citian went out before dawn. He didn't say what he was going to do. Yan Shu guessed that there was something important that he needed to deal with urgently.

She never likes to ask too much about him. She will tell him what he wants to say, and she won't ask too much about what he doesn't want to say. Everyone has their own secrets, and even the most intimate relationship requires their own private space. Yan Shu has always paid great attention to this point.

Putting the prepared meals into the food box, Yan Shu had just walked to the door of his house when he met Li Cuiju pulling two children.

The two met across from each other, and Yan Shu blocked the door and stared at her coldly.

Li Cuiju's eyes flickered a few times, then she pushed the two children in front of her, pointed at the children and then at the Yan family yard, which seemed to mean that the children missed their grandma.

Yan Shu saw her gesture and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

"I can just take the child in."

She had not forgotten what Li Cuiju said to slander her outside the temple gate. Although she had been silenced by the poison, she was clean, but from the bottom of her heart she did not want to have anything to do with Li Cuiju.

Old Mrs. Qi is also a discerning person. When she came here today, she only brought her youngest daughter with her. Unexpectedly, Li Cuiju came as soon as she smelled the smell, and even took her two children as a shield.

Yan Shu held the food box in one hand, and held Er Niu's little hand with the other.

"Can my sister take you to eat sweets?"

When the two little guys heard that there were candies to eat, they had long forgotten about the cheap mother behind them. After all, the children were young and only thought about candies. In addition, Yan Shu was beautiful and had a gentle smile. The guy didn't have any precautions against her. He nodded his head and followed Yan Shu through the door.

Yan Shu walked a few steps, turned around and glanced outside the door. Seeing Li Cuiju staring at her with anger on her face, she curled her lips and smiled.

"The child has been delivered. Sister Qi, please go back and do your work."

This tone made it clear that she meant to issue an eviction order. Even if Li Cuiju was thick-skinned and wanted to eat meat, the host family would make a sound to evict her. She could not continue to refuse, so she could only turn around and leave in angrily, feeling sorry for her in her heart. Yan Shu gritted his teeth with hatred, wishing to tear this little bitch to pieces.

Yan Shu snorted slightly and pulled the two children back to the yard.

After taking out the candy, fried peanuts, roasted chestnuts, and some snacks that they bought years ago, Xiaoyu from Aunt Mei's house, Wen Yutang's sister Wen Moer, and several other younger children in the yard were all present.

Yan Shu placed the snacks on the Eight Immortals table in the main room and called the children to come over and eat by themselves, while she carried the food box to the next door.

The door to the next door was closed tightly. Yan Shu raised his hand and knocked twice. After a while, there was a sound of footsteps.

The courtyard door opened in response, and Ying Si came out.

"Is Miss Yan here to see the master? The master went down the mountain early in the morning and will not be able to come back for a while."

Only then did Yan Shu know that Jiang Ci had gone down the mountain today. He had gone out before dawn. Could something have happened if he left in such a hurry?