Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12079

Without hesitation, Liu shook her head vigorously, "No, I won't be happy. There'll be no point in being a person or living."

"That's right. As long as you're happy, that's all that matters. Being fat or thin is how others see you, but your true self lives in your own heart."

"Qing'er, you're right, I love to hear that. I'm so happy now."

"Haha, as long as you're happy. But Fourth Aunt, for your health, I still have to suggest you drink less sugary water. That stuff is really bad for your health!"

Chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, and lean pork are all good to eat every day, but sugary drinks are really not good.

Mrs. Liu chuckled, "Alright, I've taken your advice to heart. By the way, are you done tidying up here? Let's go sit in the main room for a while, I'm thirsty and would like some of your tea..."

Yang Ruoqing knew that Liu hadn't taken her suggestion to control blood sugar levels seriously and was just giving her a perfunctory answer. Yang Ruoqing was too lazy to argue with Liu; her health was in her own hands.

……

Luo Fengtang returned when the Luo family was having lunch.

This surprised Wang Cuilian, because she had thought that Luo Fengtang would definitely have lunch at the Zhou family's house before returning, but she didn't expect him to come back hungry again.

Yang Ruoqing was not surprised at all. Luo Fengtang probably felt the same way and didn't like eating in that kind of atmosphere. He would rather go hungry than eat.

"After thinking it over, it's better to come back to eat." Luo Fengtang gave a perfunctory answer to Wang Cuilian's question and went back to his room to wash his hands and change his clothes.

He came from that place in those clothes, so he definitely can't wear them anymore once he gets home.

"Auntie, you take the children and eat first. I'll go find some clothes for Tang Yazi."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll save some food for you."

In the dormitory, Luo Fengtang was washing his hands and face in the bathroom. He had already taken off his original coat and thrown it into the bamboo basket next to him.

He was wearing a black undergarment with a white V-neck underneath, and black trousers that looked exceptionally fitted on him.

His waist was particularly narrow and tight, his legs were long and powerful, and further up, his shoulders were broad and his chest was solid.

A truly slim figure when dressed, muscular when undressed, without developing the beer belly and bald patches typical of middle-aged men due to age.

This reminded Yang Ruoqing of the wealthy men and high-ranking officials she had seen in towns before. When they got to the middle, they were all so prosperous that they really looked like French Bulldogs standing upright when viewed from the side!
Seeing a man with such extraordinary looks as Luo Fengtang... to be honest, even after so many years of marriage, Yang Ruoqing still can't get enough of him.

And every time I watch it, I'm completely immersed. Even when I encounter other men, even if it's a top-notch man like Zuo Junmo whose looks and wealth are no less than Luo Fengtang's, or Mu Zichuan from before, or the current magnanimous emperor Qi Xingyun...

Although they were all handsome men, only Luo Fengtang possessed a certain charm that particularly captivated Yang Ruoqing.

Perhaps this is fate, karma. Sometimes Yang Ruoqing wondered, if Luo Fengtang were disfigured on the battlefield and had hideous scars on his face, would she still be infatuated with him?

The answer is yes.

No matter what Luo Fengtang looks like, as long as he is still Luo Fengtang, he is a huge magnet to Yang Ruoqing, deeply attracting her.

"Silly Qing'er, what are you looking at? You're daydreaming."

A gentle, large hand lightly covered Yang Ruoqing's head, and a slightly teasing voice entered her ears.

Yang Ruoqing snapped out of her daze and looked up to meet a pair of doting eyes.

"My man is so handsome, so good-looking, he's like a demon!" Yang Ruoqing said with a smile, tilting her head back.

Luo Fengtang's ears turned slightly red, and he leaned down to whisper sweet nothings in her ear for a while.

Just a second before he seemed about to lose control, Peony's voice came from outside the courtyard, "General, Madam, the Old Madam sent me to deliver a message."

"They said the food had been warmed up twice, and they wanted you to come and eat quickly."

The romantic atmosphere in the bathroom was broken as Luo Fengtang looked down at Yang Ruoqing's slightly swollen lips, his eyes full of amusement.

He gently caressed her lips with his calloused fingertips, which had been worn from holding a sword, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go eat first, and then at noon, will you take a nap with me?"

Yang Ruoqing looked at the sparks in his eyes. Was this "nap" meant literally?
"Mmm~" she said softly. Oh dear, my face was burning. It felt like we were making an appointment!

Luo Fengtang, however, was poised and generous. He took the clean coat she brought in, unfolded it, and began to put it on neatly, without any attempt to hide the fact that she was right next to him.

Yang Ruoqing then tidied her hair slightly in front of the mirror, and her top, which had been somewhat disheveled by him during their intimate moments...

The two tidied themselves up and soon left the house hand in hand.

The sun is shining brightly outside, and the winter plum blossoms in the courtyard have not yet faded, while the forsythia and peach blossoms are already eager to bloom.

Luo Fengtang took her hand and walked towards the kitchen in the backyard. Along the way, he said to Yang Ruoqing, "Only when I get home do I feel that life is real, and I feel much more clear-headed."

I spent the entire morning at the Zhou family's house. To be honest, I was surrounded by an invisible yet present atmosphere of oppression, sadness, confusion, and emptiness.

That was the decay brought about by the death of life; it felt as if everything the eyes saw had lost its color, and everything the nose smelled had lost its odor.

The whole world became black, white, and gray.

Only when he returned home did Luo Fengtang feel like he had come back to life.

Yang Ruoqing could completely understand his feelings. Although he was a great general, death was commonplace for him. After all, on the battlefield, corpses lay everywhere and blood flowed like rivers.

However, the experience of death during wartime is different from the feeling of death experienced while on leave at home, or the experience of mourning the passing of a relative.

“Aunt Da’e was so ill, her passing is a relief for her. Tang Yazi, don’t be sad,” Yang Ruoqing said.

Luo Fengtang said, "Actually, I don't have much of a relationship with Aunt Da'e. I just felt down when I saw my uncle and cousin Zhou Wang looking like that."

Yang Ruoqing nodded. "That's called empathy. Although my uncle and cousin Zhou Wang are very sad right now, I believe that as time goes by, even the strongest emotions will be gradually soothed."

Of course, people in this world are different, and there are exceptions.

But that would be another tragedy. I just hope there are fewer tragedies in the world and that everyone can be positive.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's work together to send Aunt Da'e off on her final journey. Come on, let's not think about those things now. Let's go eat first, and then go back and get some sleep." Yang Ruoqing took Luo Fengtang's hand and quickened her pace.

Her quickened pace gave Luo Fengtang a misconception.

Is Qing'er getting anxious?

He nodded to himself and quickened his pace.

After Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang had eaten and drunk their fill, and after exercising in the quiet afternoon, they fell into a deep sleep in each other's arms. Meanwhile, things were in an uproar again at Sixi's house in the village.

Liu also came to the outside of Sixi's courtyard to watch the excitement. She came after lunch and called over a few gossipy women she usually chatted with. They brought small stools, filled their pockets with melon seeds, and sat down at the foot of the wall of a house not far from Sixi's. They cracked melon seeds, chatted, and kept their eyes fixed on the gate of Sixi's courtyard, which was about ten meters away.

The lock, forged from icy black iron, still firmly guarded the courtyard gate.

There was no dog hole in the courtyard wall, so the entire Si Xi family had to climb over it to get in and out.

The worst part is that they only have one ladder, and that ladder can only be placed on one side of the wall. Whether it's placed on the inside or the outside, one of them has to jump down from the wall.

The wall was as tall as a grown man. Climbing over it wasn't difficult for Sixi's father and his sons, but it was tough on the women in the family.

The children, in particular, cannot go out to play all day long.

Children are naturally playful and mischievous, especially children in villages. Keeping them at home is a nightmare!
In particular, their friends were also very mischievous. When they learned that the few of them couldn't get out, they all came to the gate of the courtyard and peeked through the cracks in the door, playing with all sorts of fun things to deliberately provoke the friends who couldn't get out.

As a result, the two children of the Daxi family cried all day long without closing their mouths.

No matter what Da Xi's wife did, she couldn't coax them. In the end, Da Xi lost her temper, pinned them both down on her lap, and gave them a severe beating.

The children's bottoms, still wearing open-crotch pants, were swollen from the beating. This stopped the children's crying, but Da Xi's wife felt sorry for them, and it was her turn to wipe away tears.

Erxi's wife is currently resting and recovering from childbirth inside the house, and she can't go out regardless of whether the gate to the yard is locked or not.

But do you think this won't have any impact on her?

Absolutely. My older brother's two kids were making a scene, and then my sister-in-law started crying. The atmosphere in the whole family was tense.

Moreover, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law got angry, and she went back to her room in a huff and refused to cook lunch.

My mother-in-law has been beaten so badly by my father-in-law that she's lying in the house like a dead dog.

Sanxi and her husband are at her parents' home and haven't returned.

The remaining men in the house all needed to eat, so what were they going to do? Erxi came in and pulled the new mother up and pushed her into the kitchen to cook.

"Erxi, you have no conscience! I'm still in my postpartum period, I can't burn it!"

"You have the nerve to be in confinement after giving birth to a girl? You've been lying in bed for half a month, what a terrible state you've been in! Hurry up and cook, or I'll slap you!"

"Well, you guys are cowards when it comes to outsiders, but you're experts at beating your wives and kids!"

"What did you say? Try saying another word! I'm in a bad mood today, don't force me to take action now!" Erxi's face was fierce, and he immediately raised his big hand and held it above the woman's head.

Erxi's wife was so frightened that she dared not provoke him any further, and quickly limped to the kitchen.

She didn't want to have a girl either; it's just bad luck, the goddess of fertility isn't favoring her!

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I thought it was a son, so I ate a lot and the baby weighed almost eight pounds.

She risked her life to give birth to a baby girl, and her wounds were so badly torn that they were unsightly. Even after half a month of rest, they were not necessarily healed.

While cooking in the kitchen, even the slightest movement aggravated her wound, causing Erxi's wife to burst into tears from the pain.

So this meal was cooked with the woman's tears and resentment.

After Erxi's repeated urging, the food was finally served.

Erxi's wife was already exhausted, and she started bleeding again. She went to bed without even eating.

The little girl was lying in bed, crying loudly from hunger, but Erxi didn't care. Erxi's wife, crying, hugged the little girl to her arms, unbuttoned her clothes, and fed the child...

What a heartless family!

She used to dislike Xiu Hong, partly out of jealousy that Xiu Hong had a good life, not only having a strong family to support her, but also a husband like Sixi who loved and protected her.

So whenever her mother-in-law targeted her fourth brother's wife, she, as the second sister-in-law, always liked to fan the flames.

Even last night, she seemed to be enjoying the spectacle and wasn't afraid of things getting out of hand.

Today, when these chores fell to her, and she was treated roughly by Erxi and met with indifference from the whole family, she suddenly realized something.

That is, her jealousy of Xiu Hong will not change.

However, she was truly heartbroken about this family.

Her daughter had been crying in bed until her voice was hoarse, and no one cared. Even her father, Erxi, seemed indifferent.

This family deserved to be trapped in the yard and unable to leave, and the mother-in-law deserved to be beaten to a pulp; it's all retribution.

This family deserved it for running into Xiu Hong!

Inside the main room, Si Xi's father, Da Xi, and Er Xi, father and sons, sat together eating.

Whether the food suited their tastes or not was no longer important, because the three men were not focused on eating and drinking.

Right now, all they're thinking about is how to show sincerity to the second wife so that Xiu Hong will be willing to open that damned lock!

"That damn lock, I don't know what kind of dead bones it's made of," Erxi said angrily, chewing on a peanut. "It can't be chopped with an axe, it can't be sawed open, and it won't even break a skin if you burn it with fire. You'd have to take the whole door down!"

Da Xi glanced at Er Xi and said, "No wonder that lock can't be opened. Liu tells everyone that the lock was lent to Xiu Hong and Sixi by those two from the Luo family."

"They say the lock was forged from millennia-old ice iron that has been lying silently at the bottom of the sea for tens of thousands of miles, and that it was used to lock up the national treasury!"

Si Xi's father and Er Xi were dumbfounded!

"My goodness! No wonder our axe and saw were chipped and ruined. Turns out that lock is something special!" Erxi exclaimed in surprise.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted. "If we take the gate off the yard and sell it with the lock, wouldn't we be rich?" Erxi asked again.

Si Xi's father looked at Er Xi with a dark face, as if he were looking at an idiot. "How could I have given birth to such a pig-headed person like you? How could you say such a thing?"

Da Xi shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "Second brother, you really dare to think. Let's not even talk about whether the Luo family will raze our house to the ground if you sell the Luo family's things. Let's just say that someone bought the lock. They can't open it without the key. The buyer may have money, but they're not crazy!"