Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

Liu Wuqing stood behind the low wall outside the courtyard gate with a dark face. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and stood still, waiting for the man to bring the hunting dog into Cadre Wang's house. Only then did he enter the courtyard and his own house.

Since coming here, Liu Wuqing's self-esteem has been crushed and trampled into the dirt. He can't support his wife and children, so he has to let them suffer here with him. He can barely earn his own food here. Most of the food for his wife and two children is earned by his wife alone.

Zhou Leng would exchange the collected and prepared herbs with the villagers for some food. She also mostly exchanged the pheasants and rabbits she hunted in the mountains for coarse grains, and all the wild vegetables she picked were dried and kept for consumption in the winter.

When Liu Wuqing was chatting with people who knew him at the reform center, they always told him that he had married a good wife. The more they said this, the more incompetent he felt. Day after day, he was filled with inferiority complex.

As time went by, the people in the reform center watched the Liu family's life getting better and better, and some of them turned from envy to jealousy. Because of jealousy, they made up a story that the pheasants and rabbits Zhou Leng hunted were secretly given to him by Chen the hunter in the village, and that the two of them did something in the mountains to get these things.

Lies are passed around, and over and over again, slowly they become the "fact" in the mouths of others.

Zhou Leng covered the meat with a cloth and hid it in the deepest part of the wooden shelf. She was going to call the two children back from the opposite door, and she met Liu Wuqing who was about to enter the house when she opened the door.

Eyes facing each other.

Zhou Leng knew from the other person's expression that he had heard the man's mocking words. She said calmly, "You're back, so go to the opposite door and call the two children back. It's dinner time, and the two children can't stay here any longer."

Liu Wuqing nodded and turned to go to the opposite door to pick up the child.

During dinner.

Zhou Leng cooked cabbage slices and stewed potatoes, and put mixed flour pancakes on the side of the pot. After she cleaned up the stove, she took the pancakes and dishes into her house.

The Wei father and son did not let Zhou Leng wash the pot. They added water to the pot which still had some soup in it, put in a few handfuls of dried wild vegetables, and also put two pancakes on it. This was their dinner.

After Zhou Leng entered the house and put the food away, he locked the door from the inside so that others would not open the door directly.

The Liu family of four sat on the kang. The wooden table was made by the couple themselves after they came here. Fortunately, Zhou Leng had learned a lot from the old man in his previous life. Even without iron nails, the table could be made sturdy by using bamboo and wooden nails.

The four of them ate their meal slowly without saying a word.

After Zhou Leng heard no more noise coming from the kitchen, she went to the wooden rack and took out a handful of sliced ​​wild boar meat. She turned to the dining table and casually put the meat into the vegetable bowl.

The other three people's gazes were fixed.

Liu Tingyan covered his mouth with one hand and his sister's mouth with the other hand. His eyes were wide open, as if in shock and confusion.

Liu Wuqing's face did change, as if he was unbearable and angry. Today, he heard what Chen the Hunter said and the sudden increase in the number of people at home. His inner uncertainty reached its peak. He was not happy and did not believe that his wife was the kind of person that others said she was, but the seeds of doubt had already been planted in his inferiority complex.

Zhou Leng glanced at her cheap husband with sharp eyes, and she whispered: "A saint measures others' hearts by their hearts, and their emotions by their emotions. A villain measures stones by their liters, and judges others by their own self."

Liu Wuqing's expression became even uglier.

Zhou Leng looked at the two children who were still covering their mouths and said, "Eat quickly, but don't tell anyone, okay?"

Liu Tingyan looked at his father, then stared at his sister, and only let go of her hand after she nodded. He picked up a piece of meat for his mother, father, and sister respectively, and then picked up a piece for himself. He didn't rush to eat, but put down his chopsticks and imitated the way a wild boar's legs pawed the ground, then asked:

"Mom, is that it?"

Zhou Leng nodded.

Liu Tingyan whispered, "Mom, eat more. You work hard every day."

Zhou Leng touched the child's head, and then the three of them lowered their heads to eat. Only Liu Wuqing's expression was unpredictable, with confusion and shame.

The man who was once proud and arrogant because of his talent actually became a person who suspected his wife of infidelity because of life difficulties and external environment. He even doubted himself and life extremely and became an extremely inferior person.

Liu Wuqing opened and closed his mouth and whispered, "I heard what Chen the Hunter said at the door. I was just being mean."

Zhou Leng replied, "He is just taking advantage of the situation. How do you know he knows where you are? Don't forget that he has a very smart hunting dog. I am afraid he will join hands with Wang. There are so many people in the village, but Wang can get dozens of kilograms of pork. You should be smart. Even if you want to be Wu Dalang, I am still Pan Jinlian."

"I see. I was wrong."

After Liu Wuqing finished speaking, he picked up the bowl and started eating. The meat should have been very delicious, but now it tasted like chewing wax. He regretted his dark thoughts.

Not long after the Liu family had finished dinner, when the four of them were sitting on the kang to rest contentedly, a voice came in from outside the door:

"Old Liu, come with me to the village office. I have something to discuss with you."

When Zhou Leng heard that it was Wang's voice, she looked up at Liu Wuqing, whose expression was changing unpredictably, and said, "Go ahead. Don't worry about me. I will make sure that whoever comes will never come back."

Liu Wuqing looked up at his wife. His eyes were extremely complicated, showing both guilt and uneasiness.

"Is Old Liu at home? Stop pretending to be dead." The voice outside the door seemed urgent.

Liu Wuqing put on his cotton coat and went out. Before leaving, he said, "I'll be back soon. You..." He left without saying the rest.

Zhou Leng smiled indifferently. It didn't matter whether he was worried that she would cheat on him or that she would suffer a loss. She just had to do her job well.

five minutes later.

A man's voice sounded outside the door: "Mrs. Liu, your husband suddenly fainted in the village office. Come with me to check on him."

Liu Tingyan stood up from the kang in fright.

Zhou Leng reached out to take the cotton coat and put it on, pinned the kitchen knife on her back, touched the child's cheek soothingly and said, "Don't be afraid, Mommy will go check, Daddy is fine. You lock the door after I go out, okay? You and your sister stay home. Mommy and Daddy will be back soon."

Liu Tingyan threw herself into Zhou Leng's arms and said, "Mom, be careful."

Zhou Leng kissed his adopted son and daughter on the forehead, then walked out amidst the two pairs of worried eyes.

The person waiting outside the door was none other than Hunter Chen.

Hunter Chen is over 1.8 meters tall, with a strong build and broad shoulders.

Zhou Leng couldn't see the other person's face clearly because he was wearing a dog-skin hat. He only heard him say anxiously, "Old Liu, come with me quickly."

Zhou Leng quickly replied: "What's the matter? Didn't my man just get called away by Officer Wang? Why did he faint?"

"Who knows? Come with me and take a look."

Zhou Leng replied: "Please show me the way, big brother. I'm not very familiar with the village."

The man replied: "Don't worry, I'm very familiar with the village, just follow me closely."

The two of them walked quickly, one in front and the other behind.

Zhou Leng watched as the other party led her in the opposite direction of the village office. She followed the other party's footsteps calmly, but the cold light in her eyes was sharper than the cold night.