Chapter 23 is all about intentionally exposing him

  Cold and sternly shaking his head: "Brother Chu wasn't with his wife last night..."

  Last night they were so loud, his hearing was also very good, and his face was also very thin. He really felt that eavesdropping on other people's husbands and wives was a very unscrupulous behavior. So he dug out two cotton balls from the quilt to block his ears, only then could he sleep soundly until dawn.

  Was there some unexpected change later on that he didn't know about?

  Her face turned cold, her eyes gleaming with a chilly light. When she spoke to Jiuniang, her tone was tinged with suppressed anger: "Brother Chu is injured and can't move easily, how could you let him go out alone?"

  "I thought he went back to his room to sleep..." She also had the intention of asking Chu Dongyang to share a bed with her at that time, but he didn't agree.

  Leng Su heard Jiu Niang's soft defense, scowling at her with a very bad attitude, as if he had completely forgotten what Chu Dongyang had told him. He coldly said, "I'm going out to find Big Brother Chu."

  Jiuniang was stared at by Leng Su's cold face, making her want to roll her eyes at him. His fierce appearance made it seem like if Chu Dongyang disappeared or died, he would kill her to avenge Chu Dongyang.

  "I'll go with you." Jiuniang extinguished the matches in the stove and stood up to follow him out.

  Although she was very unhappy with Chu Dongyang's attitude, Jiuniang would still be worried since he had disappeared.

  As Leng Shu said, Chu Dongyang was injured in the leg and had to walk with a cane. Going out at midnight, what if he encountered danger?

  Jiuniang suddenly realized that she was actually more worried and anxious than she had imagined. Wasn't it because she had feelings for Chudongyang?

  ……

  Cold and stern with martial arts skills, agile and nimble, Ninth Lady had just followed him out of the kitchen when he suddenly vanished from sight.

  Jiuniang stretched her neck forward to see which direction Leng Su was heading in, and as she turned back around, she heard someone calling out to her.

  "Jiuniang, what are you stretching your neck to see so early in the morning?" Yang Shuizi asked with a smile, holding a wooden basin in her hand, having just returned from washing clothes by the small stream. "This smell is coming from your kitchen, isn't it? It smells so good! I could even smell it while washing clothes by the stream and my mouth started watering."

  "I've cooked a big pot of bone marrow porridge. If you're not disgusted, sister-in-law, come to my house for breakfast!" Jiuniang said with a smile.

  "Wow, you guys really hunted a big wild boar yesterday?" Yang's wife smiled and looked at Jiuniang, saying: "Just now when I was washing clothes, several people were discussing it, I didn't think it was true."

  Jiuniang furrowed her brow first, unexpectedly this kind of thing could attract so many people's attention, probably all this should be attributed to that extreme product San Shu.

  "The pork was taken to town and sold, and some rice was exchanged for it, otherwise there would be no rice to cook. The porridge is in the pot, sister can serve herself, I have something to do and need to go out." Jiuniang hurriedly went to find Chudongyang, and didn't say much more to Yang's wife, hastily speaking before leaving.

  "Hmm, the smell is really fragrant, my mouth is almost watering, but I'm not lucky enough to have any, I've already had breakfast, and when I get back, I still need to hang up the laundry and work in the fields." Yang's wife said to Jiuniang as she lifted her feet and headed towards her own home.

  She walked a few steps, suddenly thought of something, and stopped again. She turned her head to face Jiuniang who had already walked quite far away and shouted: "Your Dongyang is sitting alone by the creek early in the morning, don't catch a cold! Jiuniang, you'd better go find him back first before dealing with other things!"

  "Sister-in-law, you said Chu Dongyang is by the stream? Is he still there now?" Jiuniang suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned around to ask Yang sister-in-law loudly.

  "When I came back, it was still there."

  "Thank you, sister-in-law, I'll go bring him back right away." Jiuniang said, and hastily walked towards the creek.

  This fool, didn't he sit by the stream for a whole night?

  When Jiuniang rushed over, she saw Chudongyang stretching out his hand to support himself with a long stick from the stone, and his movements seemed a bit difficult. It was estimated that he had been sitting for so long that his legs were numb.

  "Chu Dongyang, what are you doing here?" Jiuniang walked over and grasped his arm, glaring at him with annoyance.

  "The air is great in the morning, let's go for a walk." Chu Dongyang's pale face flashed with a hint of redness, but quickly returned to normal, pretending to be calm and composed, though his voice was slightly hoarse.

  Jiuniang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and look at him, sneering: "You're really enthusiastic!"

  Chu Dongyang cleared his throat and then continued in a calm tone, "I'm hungry, is breakfast ready?"

  "I thought you'd be full from drinking dew all night and wouldn't need breakfast!" Jiuniang continued to sneer coldly.

  It's just to deliberately expose him!

  She was worried about him, and she was glared at by Leng Shuang with a murderous gaze. As a result, this gentleman sat stupidly by the creek for an entire night, and even calmly fabricated an excuse for himself: "The morning air is good, I came out for a walk." It's really infuriating!

  "You woman, how can you be so unreasonable?" Chu Dongyang finally became angry and ashamed, flung open her hand, and limped away by himself.

  Jiuniang sighed helplessly and followed behind, saying: "Next time don't be like this, Leng Su was worried to the point of tears."

  "...... Chu Dongyang's footsteps stumbled, almost falling over. Leng Su wouldn't cry so easily!"

  "He thought it was me who drove you out and almost killed me." Jiuniang continued from behind.

  "...Leng Shu won't kill you." Chu Dongyang finally regained his calm and collected tone.

  "In any case, if you really have a chance, he will definitely not let me go." Jiuniang pouted, thought for a moment, and asked him: "By the way, how many days does he want to stay at our house?"

  That guy's appetite is also astonishingly large, the fifty kilograms of rice we just bought will probably be gone in a few days...

  Jiuniang was worried about this.

  Chu Dongyang was taken aback and walked silently for several steps before saying, "He won't be leaving for the time being."

  Jiuniang's face turned sour and she kicked several stones in frustration.

  I don't know where Leng Su went to find someone, anyway, Jiu Niang and Chu Dongyang returned home for a while before seeing him come back.

  "Chu big brother, you last night..." Leng Su saw Chu Dongyang twisting a towel to wipe his face and hastily asked.

  But before he could finish speaking, Chu Dongyang interrupted him: "Hurry up and have breakfast, later you go hunting in the mountains and bring back some game."

  With a stern and shocked gaze, he then heard Chu Dongyang continue to say: "Ninth Lady can hunt wild boars, you can't possibly not be able to hunt wild chickens or rabbits?"

  Leng Shu heard this and immediately became displeased, saying: "What's so difficult about hunting a few wild beasts?"

  "From now on, our family's dishes will depend on you." Jiuniang's timely remark was the final nail in the coffin.

  "You——" felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had fallen into an abyss.

  The somewhat suffocating cold stomach was unaffected, still able to eat, and three large bowls of porridge were swallowed in one go, without even a belch.

  Two big men ate very quickly, each taking away three large bowls. Jiuniang looked at the empty pot and couldn't help but let out another sigh.

  This amount of food, 50 kilograms of rice, even if it's cooked into porridge, won't last for several days. I still have to think of a way to make money!

  Jiuniang knew that Chudongyang had taken her bow and arrow to go hunting after giving it to Lengsu, so she asked him for his dagger in a straightforward and confident manner: "You took away my bow and arrow, give me your dagger to use, this is very fair."

  Chu Dongyang raised an eyebrow and said, "My Blood Drinking Dagger has never left my body, nor has it ever left my line of sight. If you must use my dagger, then I need to be by your side to guard it. What do you plan to use the dagger for?"

  "Make a small thing." Jiuniang helplessly shrugged: "If you want to watch, just watch from the side, as long as you lend me the knife to use it's fine."

  Anyway, she couldn't hide her skills from Chu Dongyang forever, he would find out sooner or later. So Jiu Niang didn't plan to keep it a secret either and said: "I'm thinking of making some wooden crafts to sell in town. With your appetites, if I don't work hard to earn money, we'll all go hungry together."

  Chu Dongyang pursed her lips and pinched her brow, feeling a wave of distress in her heart. Sure enough, she had been rejected!

  Digression

  My dear sisters, Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Muah muah!