Chapter 19 Sharpening a knife by his bedside

Gu Yanxiao glanced at her, but did not answer her question. Instead, he said, "It's actually a good thing for her to go to the countryside."

He said that for a reason; he had already prepared to deal with Gu Yanni.

But then I received news that she was going to the countryside.

This saved him some trouble. After all, if he took action, and Old Master Gu found out, he would likely face a lot of trouble.

They're about to go to the countryside, so it's best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

"Good news?" With Su Xiangwan's keen intelligence, she guessed Gu Yanxiao's meaning from just one sentence.

She immediately tugged at his sleeve gently: "After all, you and she are related by blood. You shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing."

He's a soldier, and he's destined to become a division commander.

If you turn against your own relatives, you will inevitably be used against you by your political enemies when you rise to a high position.

Therefore, it's better for her to do these things.

Seeing the undisguised concern on her face, Gu Yanxiao reached out and ruffled her hair, saying, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. The train's here, let's get on!"

Since it was a sleeper car, it wasn't particularly crowded when they boarded.

These days, most people who can afford sleeper tickets are people of a certain status.

So they didn't encounter any bizarre situations like fighting over a bunk.

After placing their luggage on the luggage racks and under their bunks, the group was able to rest peacefully.

Unfortunately, their five seats were not in the same cubicle, but separated by a partition.

Su Xiangwan and Gu Yanxiao were in the middle and lower bunks on this side.

As for the other side of the partition, Gu's mother was on the lower bunk, and Gu's father was on the middle bunk.

Gu Yanfei could only climb up to the top bunk with a heavy heart.

After settling in, it was time for lunch.

Gu Yanxiao went to the hot water station, filled a lunchbox with hot water, placed the steamed buns on the lunchbox, and they were heated up in about ten minutes.

Worried that Su Xiangwan might lose her appetite while traveling, he took out a jar of meat sauce and placed it on the table.

Su Xiangwan leaned lazily against the pillow, took the steamed bun Gu Yanxiao handed her, and nibbled on it, alternating between a bite of bun and a bite of meat sauce.

Opposite them were a couple in their thirties and a middle-aged man.

From the moment they boarded the bus, the woman in the couple, Li Zhaodi, was constantly busy arranging their luggage and helping the man take off his clothes and shoes.

Busy until lunchtime, she quickly took out the steamed buns and pickled vegetables she had brought with her and placed them in front of her husband, Cai Baogen.

At this moment, Cai Baogen, sitting opposite, watched Gu Yanxiao busily taking care of Su Xiangwan.

Especially when she saw Su Xiangwan not only munching on a steamed bun, but also enjoying the fragrant and oily meat sauce.

Compared to this, the steamed buns and pickled vegetables in my hand suddenly seemed so hard to swallow.

In particular, the person eating the meat was actually a woman!

He snorted coldly and said, "I've never seen such a lazy and greedy woman. In our countryside, a woman like you wouldn't be enough even if you were beaten three times a day."

After saying that, he didn't forget to instigate Gu Yanxiao, saying, "Hey bro, you can't treat your wife like that. You can't spoil a woman like that. If she's not behaving, a couple of beatings will make her behave."

“Look at my wife. Since she married into the family, she has served my parents and taken care of my meals and sleep. If she dares to be disobedient, I will beat her until she cries for her parents. She has never dared to raise her voice in front of me.”

"So, I think you're a woman who deserves a beating. What kind of woman is expected to be waited on by her husband? And what kind of meat is this? Is it something for lowly creatures like you to eat?"

Su Xiangwan never expected that her honest eating would attract hatred.

In particular, to avoid attracting attention on the train, Gu's mother deliberately avoided making any heavy meat dishes and instead prepared steamed buns and meat sauce.

However, after seeing the other person's eyes constantly glancing at the meat bun in her hand and the meat sauce on the table, she understood perfectly well what the other person was thinking.

Before she could speak, Gu Yanxiao looked coldly at Cai Baogen: "My wife, I'm willing to treat her well. What, do you have a problem with that?"

Cai Baogen's face twitched: "Hey buddy, I'm doing this for your own good. How can you let a woman eat meat..."

"Who's your big brother!" Gu Yanxiao's face darkened, and a murderous aura emanated from him.

Seeing this, Su Xiangwan quickly reached out and tugged at Gu Yanxiao, signaling him not to be angry.

She glanced at the woman beside Cai Baogen, who stood timidly but with a hint of resentment in her eyes, and sighed, "Actually, you're right. What couple doesn't fight and bicker? When we first got married, my husband hit me too. Once, he hit me so badly that I was bedridden for three whole days..."

Gu Yanxiao, standing to the side, was stunned, looking at Su Xiangwan with eyes full of grievance: When did he ever hit his wife? He didn't remember. It was always his wife who hit him, okay?

Separated by a wall, Gu's parents and Gu Yanfei stared wide-eyed at each other: Yan Xiao (the eldest brother) actually beat his wife? And beat her so badly she was bedridden for three whole days? When did this happen? How come they didn't know?

When Cai Baogen heard Su Xiangwan say this, and she still looked aggrieved, he snorted and continued to point and gesture: "A woman like you deserves to be beaten, but if you beat her so badly that she can't get out of bed for three days, then it's fine."

He paused, then added, "After all, I'm bedridden and can't move. Who will do the housework? Who will wash the clothes? Who will cook the meals?"

As he said this, his eyes kept looking at the meat sauce in front of Su Xiangwan.

Just then, Su Xiangwan spoke up again in a low voice, "Aren't you wondering why he used to beat me like that, but now he's stopped and is busy taking care of me?"

"Could it be because you're pregnant?"

Cai Baogen asked, and seeing Su Xiangwan's slightly protruding belly, he suddenly realized and sighed, "What's there to be afraid of with a baby in her belly? Just whip her back with that bamboo stick. It'll hurt, but it won't hurt the baby. That's how I dealt with my wife when she was pregnant!"

Su Xiangwan chuckled: "Of course not."

As she spoke, she glanced indifferently at Li Jinhua beside her: "It was after he beat me so badly that I was bedridden for three days that I suddenly came to my senses and spent three days sharpening a knife at home."

"Sharpening a knife?" Not only was Cai Baogen bewildered, but Li Jinhua was also confused.

“Yes! Every time my man falls asleep, I sharpen a knife by his bedside.”

Su Xiangwan sighed, her expression bordering on morbid madness: "That knife, sharpen it to a gleaming shine! One strike and it can cleave a stick as thick as a bowl in two! Not to mention how sharp it would be if it were used to cut a person's neck!"