The guards were so shocked by Gu Beiyi's chicken-stealing that they almost fainted, while Gu Beiyi successfully caught two chickens!

The two chickens weren't particularly plump or tender, but they started clucking as soon as they spotted Gu Beiyi. Gu Beiyi didn't want to be discovered by Madam Du, so he reacted quickly, striking with both hands simultaneously and grabbing the chickens by the neck, silencing their cries.

He quickly came out of the chicken coop, put the two chickens together in one hand, wrapped his other arm around Rong Sheng's waist, and leaped away from the Gu family, returning to the thatched hut at the end of the village.

Back at the thatched hut, Rong Sheng looked at the two chickens in Gu Beiyi's hands and said, "Why did you catch two? Aren't you afraid that if Madam Du finds out, she'll blame you for this?"

You're a jinx now, not an ordinary person. That black-hearted Du is capable of framing and slandering others.

Gu Beiyi smiled calmly: "Since we're here, let's make the best of it. What's there to be afraid of? Are the Gu family officials or even relatives of the emperor? Why should I be afraid of them?"

Rong Sheng was speechless, but since Gu Beiyi didn't care, she naturally wouldn't either. Dealing with vicious women from the countryside was very simple.

Back at the thatched hut, Gu Beiyi sat down in front of the fire pit to start a fire without Rong Sheng having to ask him to.

Seeing this, Rong Sheng smiled sweetly, then went to wash the pot and add water, and then went to prepare some seasonings for the grass-fed chicken. After the water boiled, they killed the chicken and plucked its feathers.

Gu Beiyi tried to ignite the fire with flint for a long time, but the water in the pot remained ice-cold.

Rong Sheng helplessly wiped his hands, walked over, and took a closer look.

The next moment, Rong Sheng's expression turned strange: "Gu Sanniu, the grass in your hand is wet!"

How could wet kindling possibly catch fire? You idiot!

"Can't we ignite something wet?" Gu Beiyi pretended to know nothing, staring intently at the helpless Rong Sheng.

Rong Sheng rolled her eyes, turned and left the kitchen, then found a handful of dry kindling and handed it to Gu Beiyi: "Use this to start a fire!"

Gu Beiyi pretended not to know anything, put down the wet kindling in his hand, took the kindling Rong Sheng handed him, and examined it over and over, "Sheng Sheng, are you sure this can be lit?"

Was he playing dumb? Or was he deliberately toying with her? Either way, Rong Sheng thought her future husband was incredibly immature!

It's childish; they've somehow managed to reduce their IQ to that of a three-year-old.

"You'll see once you try it!"

Gu Beiyi chuckled to himself, struck the flint, and sparks flew from the tinder. In the blink of an eye, the tinder was covered in flames: "Sheng Sheng, you're amazing! If I had known that wet tinder wouldn't light, I would have gone to find dry tinder. I wasted half a day."

Rong Sheng said meaningfully, "So you know you wasted half a day!"

If it weren't for the surgery she had to perform tomorrow, she would definitely have played along with Gu Beiyi, pretending to be clueless and acting silly, like children playing house. However, Rong Yu's heart surgery tomorrow requires her to stand for a long time, so she had no desire to do so.

Gu Beiyi knew Rong Sheng was a little unhappy, so he silently added firewood to the fire pit and boiled the water.

As soon as the water boiled, Rong Sheng killed the chicken and plucked its feathers.

Gu Beiyi helped from the side. Because of their experience in killing and plucking chickens last time, both Gu Beiyi and Rong Sheng seemed much more composed this time.

After the chickens were slaughtered, their feathers removed, and they were washed clean, Rong Sheng sent Gu Beiyi away to find grass leaves, because there were two big roosters, so a lot of grass leaves were needed.

At the same time, he also asked Gu Beiyi to clean up the chicken feathers and blood in the kitchen to prevent Du from finding out and causing unnecessary trouble.

Gu Beiyi originally didn't want to do it, after all, he wasn't the real Gu Sanniu, but seeing Rong Sheng's worried look, Gu Beiyi went along with Rong Sheng's wishes and quietly cleaned up the chicken feathers, chicken blood and other things in the kitchen.

But Gu Beiyi didn't dump these things into the latrine. Instead, he had his guards deliver chicken feathers and other filth to the Gu family's house. The chicken feathers were scattered in the Gu family's courtyard, and when the night wind blew, the chicken feathers flew everywhere.

Tomorrow morning, when Mrs. Du gets up, she will surely find that her rooster has been stolen, slaughtered, and even brazenly left its feathers at the Gu family's house. She will definitely cause a ruckus all morning.

And that chicken blood?

Gu Beiyi instructed his guards to take the chicken blood to Madam Du's room and place it in front of her head. He planned that when she got up the next morning, she would knock over the wooden basin containing the chicken blood, causing it to spill all over the floor, which would take her a long time to clean up.

If it weren't for the fact that Sheng Sheng needed to treat Rong Yu's heart ailment tomorrow, he would have taken her to the Gu family to see how furious Madam Du was and how chaotic things were at the Gu family's place.

After giving the instructions, Gu Beiyi sent his guards to find grass leaves and wash them clean. He stood not far from the kitchen, arms crossed, watching Rong Sheng busy in the kitchen.

After the guards returned, Gu Beiyi took the washed grass leaves and went back to the kitchen.

Rong Sheng had already prepared everything, and was just waiting for the grass leaves to come over so he could wrap the chicken up.

So Gu Beiyi returned just in time. She quickly wrapped the two chickens up and put them into the stove to roast slowly.

When the grass-fed chicken was cooked, Rong Sheng asked, "Gu Sanniu, have you thought of a way to let us be together openly? Winter is coming soon, and it will be very cold at night. I won't be coming out to cook for you."

Gu Beiyi's lips curled into a wicked smile: "You'll find out soon enough!"

"So mysterious." Rong Sheng was speechless, but she really wanted to know what her future husband would do to get the villagers to accept her.

After the grass-fed chicken was roasted, Rong Sheng did not stay to eat with Gu Beiyi, but instead took her leave.

Gu Beiyi knew that Rong Sheng had a battle to fight the next day, so he personally escorted Rong Sheng home.

The next day, Rong Sheng woke up and found that Madam Xu and Rong Dong'an were already up. It was already bright outside. She quickly got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and said, "Mother, I'm hungry!" Rong Sheng deliberately shouted at the top of her lungs.

Upon hearing Rong Sheng's voice, Madam Xu hurriedly returned to the east wing: "Sheng Bao, you're awake. The food is in the pot, it's warm. Go and eat after you wash up."

"Mother, have you eaten yet?"

"You've already eaten!" Seeing that Rong Sheng was sleeping soundly and peacefully, they didn't wake her up, so only Rong Sheng and Rong Yu hadn't eaten yet.

Rong Yu is going to have surgery, and he cannot drink water or eat anything before the surgery, not even a little bit.

Rong Sheng chuckled: "Then I'll go wash up and eat now."

After Rong Sheng finished washing up, she saw Rong Dong'an had set the food on the kang table. When he saw Rong Sheng coming over, he waved to her and said, "Sheng Bao, come here, Daddy will have breakfast with you!"

Rong Sheng understood why Rong Dong'an was doing this. She calmly got onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and sat opposite Rong Dong'an: "Father, are you worried that Sheng Bao is talking big and won't be able to cure Fourth Brother's heart disease, right?"