After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

Mother Lin thought for a moment and said, "Zhizhi, do you think we should give him one thousand taels from the Yin family's compensation as a reward for his kindness in saving you?"

When Lin Yanyu heard her mother's words, she paused for a moment. She wanted to tell her mother that Li Yanqi was not after the thousand taels and that he would never accept it even if she gave it to him.

But seeing her mother's frown, she couldn't bear to say it out loud and make her worry, so she could only say, "Li County Magistrate saved me, and my daughter agreed."

Mother Lin slowly breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her head and continued to chop the bacon, saying happily: "Give him one thousand taels, and our family will be even with him. Otherwise, mother will always feel uneasy."

"Mom, do you dislike County Magistrate Li because of those rumors?"

Mother Lin squatted down, skillfully poured the cut bacon into the basin, and scrubbed it carefully.

"Why do you think so? I've never had any contact with him before, and after hearing so many rumors about him committing crimes and injuring people, I might have cursed him as a thug. But now, regardless of whether those rumors are true or not, even if they are true, just because he saved you and helped your father, I can't thank him enough, so how can I not like him?"

Mother Lin washed the bacon and put it on a plate, then pulled out a fresh, plump cabbage, paused, and continued.

"Mom's intuition about people is always accurate. Li Yanqi has the eyes of a wolf. He is not someone you can easily get along with. Imagine an orphan from outside, with no one to protect him. He survived with his fists. His intelligence is far superior to that of an ordinary person, so it is inevitable that he is cruel and ruthless. Your father and I are both honest people. He is not the same kind of person as our family."

Lin Yanyu wanted to explain a few words for Li Yanqi, and opened and closed her lips several times, but she found that she could not refute anything her mother said. She bit her lip and lowered her head, not even noticing that the leeks in her hands were crumpled into a ball.

Mother Lin threw the chopped cabbage into the basin, looked at her daughter's pink lips with teeth marks, and warned: "Zhizhi, I don't want to make my words too clear, but I know you understand what I mean."

"…My daughter knows."

Lin Yanyu agreed obediently, but she was thinking in her heart: Mother only knows that Li Yanqi is cruel, but she has no idea that in times of chaos, honest people like them will be the ones to die the fastest.

It would have been fine in peacetime, but things quickly turned chaotic. Without a man to support the family, they had no means to survive. From the moment she got home and saw Li Yanqi bringing his injured father back, a vague thought popped into her mind and she wouldn't let it go.

In just an hour, the mother and daughter of the Lin family swiftly prepared six dishes, including fried bacon with garlic sprouts, scrambled eggs with leeks, cold crispy lotus root, stir-fried shredded bamboo shoots, blanched spinach, and one dish of stir-fried shredded radish. They were all common dishes, but Li Yanqi's invitation to dinner was too sudden, and the Lin family had already used up several days' stock to prepare six dishes.

Fortunately, Lin's mother is a good cook, and the dishes placed on the square table in the main room look quite decent.

Mother Lin originally wanted to teach her daughter to call the two people in the courtyard to eat, but thinking of her daughter's behavior just now, she couldn't help but say, "Zhizhi, I'll go call your father and Li Xianwei to eat. I've left some food in the kitchen. If you're hungry, go and eat first without waiting for mother."

After saying that, he turned around and went to the courtyard to call Mr. Lin and Li Yanqi to have dinner.

Mr. Lin held up his right leg and was unable to stand up. His mother tried to help him up several times but failed. Instead, Mr. Lin became breathless and cried out in pain.

"Mei'er, be gentler, be gentler, it hurts, it hurts! Hiss!"

"Mrs. Scholar, let me do it."

Li Yanqi moved Mr. Lin and his chair from the courtyard to the square table in the main room, without blushing or breathing hard, as if he was moving a piece of tofu.

Mother Lin smacked her lips and exclaimed: "Li County Magistrate is truly a young hero."

"Mrs. Xiucai, thank you for your compliment." Li Yanqi lifted his robe and sat down. He glanced at the empty seat without leaving a trace and said with a smile, "Mrs. Xiucai is a good cook. This dish looks better than the one made by the chef of Yingkeju. You have worked hard today. Miss Lin doesn't have to work so hard. Ask her to come out and have dinner together."

"No, no, my crude cooking skills are no match for the chef at Yingkeju."

No one doesn't like to be praised, and Lin's mother is no exception. She couldn't help but smile at the compliment she received, but she couldn't help feeling strange about Li Yanqi's decision to let the two of them have dinner together. Then she reacted.

"Li County Lieutenant, you may not know that according to the rules, female guests in our house are not allowed to eat at the table. We have left some food in the kitchen. Li County Lieutenant, please don't be polite. Eat well and drink well. Please stay company for a while."

Mother Lin placed the wine in front of Li Yanqi and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

He pretended to be a grandson for a long time today just to ask Lin Yanyu to have a good meal with him.

What kind of broken rule is this? After a woman has worked hard to prepare delicious food and wine, she still has to eat in the kitchen full of soot and grass ash?

Li Yanqi was furious, but he still smiled gently and said, "I am treating you two as my elders by staying for dinner. I will dare to call you uncle and aunt."

Mr. Lin had just talked a lot with Li Yanqi, and now he felt that they had met too late. He said happily: "Okay! Okay! Then uncle will shamelessly call you Yanqi."

Li Yanqi stood up and pushed Lin's mother to sit next to Lin Xiucai, and said in a gentle voice: "Aunt, uncle is not able to move around easily, you should stay and take care of him."

Then, he pulled out the wooden stool next to him, frowned and said as if apologetically: "I am an outsider here with you. Miss Lin is your biological daughter. How can you let her stay alone in the kitchen? If I had known that Miss Lin could not eat with her parents because of me, I would not have stayed."

Mother Lin knew what he said made sense. Scholar Lin was unable to move and needed care. She also felt sorry for her daughter eating alone in the kitchen. She heard Scholar Lin say, "Yan Qi is Yan Yu's lifesaver, so she is not an outsider. Go and ask her to come out and toast Yan Qi with a glass of wine."

Lin Yanyu sat down under the gazes of the three people at the table. It was a small square table. Li Yanqi sat on her left, Lin's mother sat on her right, and opposite her was Lin Xiucai, who was in a very interested mood.

Scholar Lin held up one of his legs in a splint, but still raised his teacup to toast, "Yanqi, Uncle Lin believed the rumors before and misunderstood you a lot. Today I will use tea instead of wine to apologize to you."

Yan Qi? Uncle Lin?

Lin Yanyu's pair of big grape-shaped eyes suddenly widened even wider, and she frowned as she looked at Li Yanqi who was also raising his glass.

In just one hour, what kind of magic potion did this bastard Li Yanqi give her father?

"What do you mean by apology or not? Yan Qi has no parents, so I hope you can teach me more in the future, uncle. I'll drink this cup first."

Li Yanqi felt Lin Yanyu's gaze and knew her inner thoughts. He said to himself: Little guy, watch how I deal with my future father-in-law and get you into my bed.

"Okay! Drink! When uncle's leg is healed, I will definitely drink with you again. I won't leave until I'm drunk."

Mr. Lin only hated that his leg was injured. The doctor had expressly forbade him to drink alcohol or eat certain foods. So, drinking tea instead of wine was really uncomfortable. He raised his eyes and saw his confused daughter across from him, and thought of the polite words he had just said to ask her to toast.

"Yanyu, you have to thank Yanqi for your safety this time. Go and toast to him."