Chapter 29: Fantastic Thoughts

Fu Jingyou was busy making a fire and cleaning up the turtle, and he casually replied:

"Why would you need to be so meticulous when you live alone? A clean sleeping area is enough."

"But you're being too casual!"

Looking at the light coming through the hole in the roof, Lu Miao pouted and muttered:

"You don't have to clean it up too carefully. Holes like this should at least be patched up. Otherwise, when it rains, the water will seep in and corrode the beams, right?"

"So what?" Fu Jingyou didn't care. "If this house collapses, those people will be happy."

Those people?

Which people?

Never mind, it doesn’t matter anyway.

Lu Miao frowned, raised his eyes and criticized Fu Jingyou seriously:

"Of course they'll be happy. It's your interests that are being damaged, not theirs! You say I'm not positive, but I think you're the one who's not positive! You're not positive about life!"

Fu Jingyou was silent for a moment, then asked calmly, "Do you know about poor and lower-middle peasants?"

Lu Miao rested his chin on the handle of the bucket, his clear and beautiful eyes glaring at him lazily: "The poorer, the more glorious, right?"

Fu Jingyou nodded, and Lu Miao shouted in a delicate voice:

"Don't try to bluff me with that. I don't object to the positive thinking of universal love, but I also know that man is made of iron and steel, and if he doesn't eat three meals a day, he'll starve. Only when you have sufficient physical strength can your brain function effectively, and only then can you truly contribute!"

Fu Jingyou reminded her: "If you skip a meal, you'll be very hungry."

Lu Miao's face was filled with anger as she glared at him fiercely.

Fu Jingyou stopped talking.

After reading the novel, Lu Miao knew Fu Jingyou's family background and also knew Fu Jingyou's general future path.

His original life should have been a peak of his life, comforted by the original heroine Gu Ying. However, due to the intervention of the reborn girl Chen Miaomiao, his inspiring life, which was regarded as a role model by many people, was indirectly or even directly destroyed...

Lu Miao never thought of replacing Gu Ying's role of supporting Fu Jingyou, but she definitely didn't want Fu Jingyou to be ruined by Chen Miaomiao.

Lu Miao frowned slightly, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then said seriously:

"Fu Jingyou, I hope you can be as happy as me, but do you know what the secret of my happiness is?"

Fu Jingyou hesitated and shook his head.

Lu Miao continued, "Everything has its right and wrong, but as long as I have a clear conscience, I never blame myself."

"Don't always think you're wrong. You're not wrong, at least that's what I think."

Is Lu Miao stupid?

not at all.

She always believes that "self" is more important than "relationships" and that people should have their own sovereignty and principles. There is nothing wrong with being appropriately self-centered and selfish, because only in this way can one avoid anxiety and internal friction.

Anyone can be nice to you, but no one can be as nice to you as you are to yourself.

Only when you respect and love yourself can others truly look at you and respect you.

If you deny yourself, then what are you in the eyes of others?

"Do you know what the saying 'You can only see a gentleman if you are not tolerated' means? If the world cannot accept you, it is not your problem, it is the world's problem."

This is indeed the case. Fu Jingyou’s unfortunate experience was only due to this special period.

He is the implicated party, not the one who actually made the mistake.

"Don't always care about what others think of you. If you do care, then their eyes and mouths will become shackles that enslave you. They don't really care about you. Even if they do, so what? If they make you uncomfortable, then they are shit. You treat them like dogs..."

Fu Jingyou covered her mouth and said, "Don't swear."

When the rough fingertips touched the soft lips, Fu Jingyou was stunned for a moment, his ears turned slightly red, and he quickly pulled his hand back.

Lu Miao didn't notice this small detail. He just felt like he was going to be pissed off by Fu Jingyou. "Where's your focus?!"

She puffed up her face and pulled Fu Jingyou's arm and shook it, her voice was both delicate and annoyed, "Did you understand what I said to you?!"

"I see. I see."

It's rare for Fu Jingyou to say the same thing twice.

He was of a sensitive background, and even if no one in the village mentioned it, this matter would always be a guillotine hanging over his neck.

For his own sake, and more importantly for He Hongjin and his wife who raised him, he could only choose to be cautious and not expose any mistakes.

Because he has no chance to make mistakes.

However, Lu Miao has her own simple reasons for thinking simple things. She comes from a good background and a wealthy family, which gives her confidence.

Reality is cruel, and it is not so easy to reverse change. Fu Jingyou doesn't like to talk about these topics, but after these few times, he found that the world in Lu Miao's eyes is completely different from the world in his eyes.

This made him envious, and he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He wanted to hear more and see more from her mouth and eyes.

Fu Jingyou's slender, water-stained fingers gently touched her pampered brows.

"Don't be upset, I understand what you mean."

"I'm not unhappy..."

"Okay, I'm not unhappy."

Because her eyes and eyebrows were so bright and delicate when she smiled, Fu Jingyou would always subconsciously worry that she was unhappy when her curved eyebrows frowned.

Fu Jingyou stuffed a clove of garlic at Lu Miao and laughed, his tone carrying a hint of doting that he himself could not detect. "Chop the garlic, as much as you need."

Although the eldest lady had never experienced the sufferings of the world, Fu Jingyou understood her feelings.

Sometimes, Fu Jingyou felt it was ridiculous.

One of them is in the clouds, and the other is rotten in the mud. From any angle, it is impossible for them to intersect, but without any warning, the intersection occurred.

The bad elements and bastards who were wanted by everyone became friends with the female educated youth from the city.

He had never dared to think about it before, but it happened anyway.

If such an impossible thing is possible, what about other aspects?

Maybe what Lu Miao said is right.

Lu Miao reluctantly took the garlic. Her nails had become soft from playing in the water just now. She tried to pick at the hard base of the garlic twice but couldn't get it to work, and she almost lifted her nail off.

She pouted her lips and frowned, becoming even more unhappy. Just when she was about to get angry, Fu Jingyou stretched out his big hand and took the garlic back.

His slender, beautiful hands, like bamboo joints, quickly peeled off a few tender yellow garlic cloves. He muttered "spoiled" in a low voice, and did not forget to hold the peeled garlic cloves in his palm and asked Lu Miao:

"Is this enough?"

"More!"

Lu Miao was not good at working, so Fu Jingyou continued to peel garlic and simply didn't let her do anything else.

Before the water in the pot was boiled for grilling, Fu Jingyou prepared the chili segments, chopped green onions, ginger and garlic according to Lu Miao's instructions, and took out an appropriate amount of bay leaves and peppercorns for later use.

Fu Jingyou didn't get things like star anise, cinnamon, and cumin, but Lu Miao didn't think it mattered, as these were not really necessary for cooking soft-shelled turtle.

She mentioned this simply because she wanted to do a better job of removing the fishy smell; after all, there was no cooking wine available. After completing the preparations, the next step was to process the turtle.

Lu Miao had never done housework and had basically never cooked. However, with the development of the Internet in later generations, she could often see food and cooking videos. But even so, she had never killed a live turtle, let alone handled it with her own hands.