Shen Jiaojiao called Jiang Yue out, and the two of them worked together to kill the pheasant. Afterwards, Shen Jiaojiao went to the kitchen to get hot water to scald and pluck the pheasant feathers. Shen Jiaojiao often cooked at home, so she was very quick and efficient. She quickly processed the pheasant and chopped it into pieces.

Jiang Yue also washed all the wild vegetables and mushrooms clean.

After finishing the steaming dumplings, Wenxi wiped the sweat from her nose and forehead with a handkerchief, quickly cleaned the pot from which the dumplings had been cooked, and then went straight to stew the mushroom and chicken soup.

"Xiaoxi, isn't it too early to start making chicken soup now?" Shen Jiaojiao asked.

“Everyone is working in the fields right now, so they can’t smell the aroma. If we wait until everyone is home at night to make it, what do you think people will think when they smell the aroma? Everyone else is eating coarse food, but our house is filled with all sorts of delicious aromas every day. What do you think people will think of us?” Wen Xi reached out and tapped Shen Jiaojiao’s head. “You should think more before you do things.”

This is why Wenxi keeps the grains in different rooms, so that even if someone enters their kitchen, they won't find anything good for a while.

Pheasant meat is relatively tough and dry, so it needs to be stewed for a longer time. Therefore, Wenxi started stewing the pheasant early, and also washed and chopped a few potatoes. When the pheasant meat can be pierced with chopsticks, then add the mushrooms and potatoes, which are easy to cook.

Two hours later, the fragrant mushroom and chicken soup was ready. The three of them sat around the table, enjoying the steaming hot mushroom and chicken soup. They were incredibly satisfied.

"Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, the guy who helped us pull weeds today is called Qian Liang. Don't think he's a good person; he's actually a scoundrel..."

Upon hearing that there was some juicy gossip, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue couldn't help but move closer, eagerly anticipating what Wen Xi would say next.

Wenxi swallowed the chicken soup in her mouth before saying, "Today I met an aunt on the mountain. She told me that this Qian Liang is just a sly and lazy person who doesn't do any proper work and doesn't earn work points properly. He's coming up to us because he wants to trick a wife into coming home with him."

“My aunt also told me that Qian Liang has mistresses in several teams, but they are all women whose husbands have passed away. Some of them are older than him, but he doesn’t like them when it comes to marriage. He only knows how to take advantage of them.”

“He thinks we newcomers don’t know anything about him or what kind of person we are, and that we’re easy to fool. You all need to be smarter from now on. As soon as he appears, turn around and run, understand?”

Wenxi was unaware of Qian Liang's private affairs, but she was very clear about his purpose. She just couldn't understand why Qian Liang's goal in this life had become her.

And then there's Lu Xiaoyun; his target has also become her.

But it doesn't matter, she can handle it. If they target Shen Jiaojiao or Jiang Yue, she'll have to spare some attention to protect them.

Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded repeatedly after hearing this, indicating that they understood and did not want to have anything to do with anyone.

"Xiaoxi, it seems like Qian Liang's target is you. You'd better be careful in the future," Shen Jiaojiao said thoughtfully. Qian Liang seemed to have come to help Wenxi pull weeds today, so his target should be Wenxi.

"Don't worry, I'll protect myself and won't give him a chance to do anything." Now that she knew his purpose, she would naturally be more careful.

After all, one wrong step could lead to utter ruin.

Wenxi and her two friends were enjoying a delicious mushroom and chicken soup at home, while Qian Liang was toiling away weeding in the rapeseed field. He was doing all three people's work by himself, and Captain Qian was constantly circling around him, so he didn't even have a chance to slack off.

Qian Liang grew angrier the more he thought about it. Nie Xiulan had confidently told him that he could get close to Wenxi in this way, but he couldn't even say a word. If he were to announce in the village that Wenxi was his girlfriend, everyone would say that he was daydreaming and that a toad was trying to eat swan meat.

Of course, he absolutely had to eat this swan meat, and he also wanted her to bear him children and serve him well.

When he finished work, Qian Liang winked at Nie Xiulan, signaling her to come to his house that night. He threatened that if she dared not go, he would let everyone know she was a slut the next day.

Nie Xiulan shrank back in fear at Qian Liang's gaze. She regretted not going to Qian Liang; she should have gone to some good-for-nothing from another village.

The hooligans from other villages don't know her, so even if they get caught, they won't implicate her. But now she and Qian Liang are in cahoots.

It's all her fault for being so preoccupied with revenge on Wenxi that she lost all ability to think. But the die is cast, and she has no choice but to go ahead. She believes that if the two of them join forces, they can definitely make Wenxi spend her whole life in the countryside, suffering and despairing forever.

Just imagining such a scene filled Nie Xiulan with a sense of power.

As for herself, as long as she keeps these things a secret and no one knows about them, once she returns to the city, no one will know about them, and she can still marry Lu Xiaoyun.

That's right. Although she and Lu Xiaoyun weren't engaged, they did grow up together and were each other's parents' favorites.

Lu Xiaoyun was the son-in-law that her parents were most satisfied with, and she was the daughter-in-law that Lu Xiaoyun's parents wanted. No matter what happened, they would eventually get married.

But Wenxi was different. She would whisper sweet nothings in Qian Liang's ear, making him torment Wenxi every day to vent his anger for her. The more Wenxi was tormented, the happier she was.

Wenxi and the others drank mushroom and chicken soup in the afternoon and were quite full. Wenxi didn't want to cook dinner, so she made dough and pancakes. Two pancakes for each person, along with the mushroom and chicken soup, and that solved their dinner problem.

That night, Nie Xiulan went out again. Having learned from her experience, she was no longer timid and did not cover her face with anything. Since Qian Liang already knew it was her, there was no point in hiding it anymore. Unless Qian Liang's side completely failed, she would have to find someone else.

In short, she would never let Wen Xi go, and she would never let Wen Xi have an easy time. Now, whenever Nie Xiulan thinks of Wen Xi, her eyes reveal a kind of obsession, and she wishes she could kill Wen Xi.

Some people dislike someone from the first meeting, and dislike them even more afterward. Especially since Lu Xiaoyun was interested in Wen Xi, she disliked Wen Xi even more. She wouldn't let anyone affect her relationship with Lu Xiaoyun. Once her family allowed them to go back home, she and Lu Xiaoyun would get married directly.

Arriving at Qian Liang's house, Nie Xiulan knocked on the door. The door opened the next second, and Qian Liang eagerly picked her up. He buried his head in Nie Xiulan's neck, kicked the gate shut, and then walked into the house.

In the pitch-black room, the suppressed sounds of lovemaking soon filled the air.