When Sheng An Ning returned to the room, Zhou Shixun was not there. She didn't know where he had gone. After she finished washing up, she didn't see him come back either, so she just avoided the embarrassment of lying down at the same time.

It gets dark early, but there is nothing to do.

But this day was so wonderful that after Sheng An Ning lay down, she thought about how to deal with Zhou Shixun, this wooden man, and also thought about what would happen after she returned. Soon, she fell into a deep sleep.

I don’t know when Zhou Shixun came back, nor do I know when he lay down. I just felt very warm in the second half of the night, as if I was warmed by the sun.

When I woke up in the morning, the room was still empty and the bedding was neatly folded.

Sheng An Ning was confused for a while. Did this person not come back, or did he go out early in the morning?

I got up lazily and went to wash up. The yard was very quiet. There were no adults or children around. Only the little cat that was frightened by Zhou Jianhua yesterday was lying under the window basking in the sun.

After Sheng An Ning finished washing up, she still didn't hear any movement. She wondered where everyone had gone.

While she was thinking about it, Niu Chunying came in carrying a piece of meat, weighing five or six pounds. When she saw Sheng Anning, she immediately smiled and said, "You're up. There are still sweet potatoes in the pot. Eat some first. We'll have dumplings for lunch."

Sheng An Ning looked around: "Where's Zhou Shixun?"

Niu Chunying said happily: "I took Jianhua and the other three brothers into the mountains early in the morning. Come on, get into the house."

Sheng Anning pouted. This wooden man actually left her alone at home and followed Niu Chunying into the kitchen.

Niu Chunying smiled and said, "The money for the meat was given by Lao Er. I went there early, so I bought this piece of the best pork belly. Look how thick the fat is."

Sheng Anning was quite surprised. She thought Zhou Mancang had asked Niu Chunying to buy it early in the morning.

Niu Chunying put the meat away, washed her hands and went to get sweet potatoes for Sheng Anning: "The second brother said that we will entertain guests at noon." After that, she said in a low voice: "I guess they are going to talk about the division of the family."

Sheng An Ning was surprised. Didn't they say they would wait until they were done with their work these few days? Why did they suddenly mention the separation?

Niu Chunying was a little envious, but she could only envy him. Who let the second brother have the ability and confidence to come back and ask for a division of the family?

After Sheng An Ning finished eating the sweet potatoes, she heard some noise in the yard.

Zhou Shixun came back with his three children, some of them were holding hares, some were holding pheasants, and even the youngest was holding a string of a dozen sparrows.

As soon as he entered the yard, he started shouting, "Mom, mom, look, my second uncle has brought back so many things."

Sheng An Ning followed out to watch the fun, and was surprised to see so many things. She asked Zhou Shixun in surprise: "Did you make all these?"

Zhou Shixun nodded: "Yes."

Sheng An Ning clicked his tongue twice, and gave Zhou Shixun a thumbs up, with light in his eyes: "How come you are so awesome, a sharpshooter, you make me so proud."

Zhou Shixun felt uncomfortable with Sheng Anning's overly intimate praise: "The weather is warm, and the little animals are out looking for food."

Sheng Anning likes to see Zhou Shixun's shy look, and her smile becomes even brighter: "No, no, no, you are still the best, no wonder so many girls like you."

For fear of scaring Zhou Shixun, I didn’t say the latter part.

Zhou Shixun suddenly became serious: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm going to pack my things, the Party Secretary and Third Uncle will come over for lunch at noon."

Sheng An Ning immediately became interested: "I'll help you."

She really enjoyed skinning these little animals.

Zhou Shixun did not refuse. He went to kill rabbits and pheasants. Sheng Anning went back to the house and got a scalpel.

Whether skinning a rabbit or a pheasant, the entire skin can be peeled off very cleanly and neatly.

Finally, to kill the sparrow, just twist its head and gently slide the scalpel across its neck, and the sparrow will be peeled out intact.

Zhou Jianhua and his two brothers were watching in amazement. They had seen many people skinning rabbits and killing sparrows, but none of them could do it as well as Sheng An Ning. Her movements were quick and neat, without too much blood, and every place she touched was clean.

Zhou Shixun looked at Sheng An Ning's skillful movements and was silent for a moment. This girl didn't even pretend now.

Several people were working hard in the yard.

Zhu Guihua hid in Zhou Erni's room with a sad face. Early in the morning, Zhou Shixun went out for a walk and came back, saying that he would entertain guests at noon, and invited his third uncle, the village party secretary, and several elders. He probably went out to ask around and found that everyone was free.

There is no room for maneuver in this separation.

Zhou Erni lay on the kang, listening to the noise in the yard, and then looked at Zhu Guihua with a bitter face: "My second brother wants to split up the family, it must be that Sheng An Ning who instigated it. She looks like a vixen. She bewitched my second brother and he obeyed her in everything. You see, when she came back, I got into trouble, and Sister Caixia even committed suicide."

Zhu Guihua glared: "Don't talk nonsense, Luo Caixia's suicide has nothing to do with Sheng Anning."

It’s not that she has finally come to her senses, she just doesn’t want to get involved in Luo Caixia’s affairs anymore, and now she’s eager to cut off all ties with Luo Caixia.

In this way, the fact that Zhou Changyun raped Luo Caixia would not be exposed.

But he thought with disdain in his heart that Luo Caixia had looked down on his third child at first, but what was the result? Nothing happened. After this incident, I wonder if she can still get married in the future.

Niu Chunying was chopping the meat while Zhou Shixun lit the stove in the yard to prepare stewing the meat.

Chen Qiaolan came back from outside with her two children and let them play in the yard. She rarely took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Niu Chunying with work.

Sheng An Ning had nothing to do so she just stood there with her hands behind her back watching Zhou Shixun busy: "Brother, are they going to work again?"

"No, my brother took people to the town to get seeds, and the canal has been dug."

Sheng An Ning said "oh", which meant there was no work to do and everyone was idle. Zhu Guihua and Zhou Mancang made no sound and no one knew where Zhou Changyun had gone.

Zhou Mancang is also a magical existence. He coughs for no reason and it feels like he will cough himself to death in the next second.

But he managed to hold his breath without making a sound, like he was dead in the room.

Sheng An Ning was curious, and then looked at Zhou Shixun who was very skilled in frying and stewing meat. He looked very good at it: "How come you are so good at cooking?"

Zhou Shixun answered every question: "When I first went to BD, I worked in the kitchen for more than a year."

Sheng An Ning put her hands behind her back and nodded with satisfaction: "That's good. From now on, as long as you are at home, you will cook our meals."

He teased Zhou Shixun unconsciously, causing his hand holding the spatula to pause for a moment before he hummed lightly.

Sheng An Ning smiled with satisfaction and teased Zhou Shixun, making her feel that life was quite interesting in this hard time.

…

The aroma of the stewed meat in the yard quickly spread in the air. Neighbors could smell it, and even people passing by the gate couldn't help but sniff.

It didn't take long before everyone in the village knew that the second son of the Zhou family wanted to split the family business.

Sheng Anning stood in the sun, squinting at the passers-by who occasionally peeked into the yard, and suddenly felt that her definition of Zhou Shixun as an honest man was wrong.

Stewing meat in the yard, is this the kind of dirty trick an honest person can come up with?