Bai Lu's thoughts drifted further and further away, unaware that someone had sat down next to her until a piece of meat appeared in her bowl. The fragrant aroma awakened her cravings.
She blushed and came to her senses, then lowered her head to eat her rice.
A soft chuckle seemed to come from the man's ear, and then another piece of meat appeared in the bowl.
It wasn't fatty meat; it was twice-cooked pork, all lean except for a thin layer of skin. She ate it quite often.
The night was cool and still, but the atmosphere at the dinner table tonight was better than the previous two days. It wasn't as tense and volatile as it seemed, and although there were still chili peppers, the spiciness had been reduced considerably.
Xiao Wei felt that the chestnuts were somewhat useful, and that his efforts in burying them for so long were not in vain.
So, after dinner that evening, Bai Lu suggested that she wanted to use the chestnuts he had stored to start a small business with him.
Without a second thought, Xiao Wei pushed the responsibility onto Xiao Cheng. The house belonged to Xiao Cheng, and naturally, the chestnut tree also belonged to Xiao Cheng.
He was just helping to pick up the chestnuts that had fallen on the ground, knock down the ones that hadn't fallen, wash them, and put them in bags for storage. You should ask his older brother how to decide.
Bai Lu lay on the bed, facing the wall, the blanket not yet covering her, folded into a straight line and placed in the middle of the bed.
Just as she was racking her brains for how to start the conversation, a large hand suddenly reached out and covered her stomach. The cool touch seeped into her skin through her sweater, and she instinctively tried to slap it away.
Just as she raised her hand, a deep male voice sounded behind her ear: "Don't move."
Is he touching his own child?
Bai Lu was like prey whose life force had been seized by a hunter; her body was stiff and she dared not move. Every nerve in her body was taut, and her mind was blank, as if she had been shot. Her nascent thoughts turned to ashes.
My heart was pounding in my throat, and I was so careful with my breathing that I tried not to contract my stomach, afraid of giving myself away.
Bai Lu isn't the type of person who loses her appetite when she's angry; on the contrary, she eats even more. Even though she takes a walk in the yard after meals to aid digestion, her belly is still slightly bulging.
But no matter how much you drum it up, a fake is still a fake.
With a pregnancy costing 30,000 yuan, she was ultimately in the wrong and had to speak up first.
"I……"
The first word had barely left her lips when her hand, which was casually resting on the inside of the bed, was suddenly grasped by a large, cool hand and turned over.
I slipped a small object into my hand; its sweet fragrance drifted from my palm into the still space on the bed.
By the dim light, Bailu could see what was in her hand: a bright white maltose candy.
In those days, maltose didn't have colored wrappers; it was simply cut into small squares, small oval pieces, or irregularly shaped small candies and sold by weight.
She paused for a moment, then turned around, her clear, bright eyes fixed on the man lying on his side, the words stuck in her throat, swirling and turning.
But upon meeting that calm, cold, and unchanging face, they vanished into thin air in an instant.
Xiao Cheng seemed to know she would turn around. His deep eyes looked past the folded blankets and focused on a certain spot. From the beginning until now, he had been staring at her without ever looking away.
"Why are you looking at me if you don't want some malt candy?"
Xiao Cheng pulled out another piece of malt candy from somewhere and stuffed it into the mouth of the girl who was staring blankly at him.
Her eyes were so bright, like the radiant moon surrounded by countless stars, sparkling and clear, pure and captivating, stirring a surge of desire within him…
"Did you buy this for me?" Bai Lu suddenly asked.
The maltose in my mouth melted on my tongue, sweet, and slid from my throat to my heart.
Xiao Cheng's ears turned a tiny red as she stared intently at him.
He withdrew his gaze and his hand, which had slipped away as she turned, and asked casually, "Not tasty?"
"tasty."
She's an honest and good girl.
"Hmm." Xiao Cheng replied succinctly.
His tone was indifferent, as if nothing was wrong, but Bai Lu had sharp eyes and noticed that the corner of his lips slightly curved.
What a repressed yet arrogant man!
Bai Lu suddenly realized that he wasn't actually that difficult to talk to, so she immediately pulled the blanket that was lying across the middle of the bed back over herself and turned to face him directly.
Holding a maltose candy under her face, she smiled sweetly: "Was the roasted chestnut I made today delicious?"
The roasted chestnuts were placed on the octagonal table in the main room. After dinner, she saw Xiao Cheng take one and eat it.
Xiao Cheng thought of the sweet chestnuts in the paper funnel, his brows furrowing slightly. He looked up and met Bai Lu's expectant eyes and her smile, sweeter than any roasted chestnut.
She nodded slightly: "Not bad."
Bai Lu smiled even more brightly, like a blooming sunflower: "I want to take the roasted chestnuts to the street to sell."
The chestnuts are his, as long as he agrees.
The fact that unassuming chestnuts could generate income should have been a happy thing, but Xiao Cheng frowned after hearing this. "Did I not give you money, or are you out of money?"
"No, no, I still have money."
Bai Lu almost couldn't keep up with Xiao Cheng's train of thought. How come they weren't on the same wavelength? "What I mean is, since the chestnuts are just sitting there anyway, why not sell them for money, make the most of them, buy more of what we need, or save them for other purposes? Wouldn't that be great!"
"Moreover, our chestnuts are picked from our own trees, so there's almost no cost involved. There aren't any roasted chestnuts for sale on the street yet, so we have a unique recipe. It's a fresh product, and people who haven't tried it before will be curious, so business is sure to be good."
She thought that after a reasonable explanation, Xiao Cheng would definitely agree. However, after listening, Xiao Cheng's originally calm face instantly turned as gloomy as the sea.
He lay back down, his dark eyes fixed on the mottled mosquito net top, his body pressure dropping to its lowest point.
His voice, which had been light and indifferent before, was now as cold as a still pond: "There aren't many chestnuts left, you can keep them for yourself."
Is this a disagreement?
Bai Lu immediately threw off the covers and got up: "But I can't eat that many. Chestnuts can be stored in the sand, but they will dry out if stored for too long. I will save some for you to eat, and you can keep all the money from selling them, okay?"
Xiao Cheng remained unmoved, pulled the cord to turn off the light, closed his eyes, and coldly refused.
"sleep."
Bai Lu found him utterly inexplicable and unreasonable; he was perfectly fine just a moment ago, and then suddenly changed his mind.
He doesn't need to sell the chestnuts, and the money from them is his; why would he refuse such a good deal?
Why refuse without any reason?
Does being a bully give you the right to act arbitrarily, be unreasonable, and be even more unreasonable than a woman?
Bai Lu grew angrier the more she thought about it, and with a "crunch," she bit down on the maltose she hadn't finished eating and chewed it until it was completely crushed.
He buried the one in his hand under the pillow, lay down with a belly full of anger, and forcefully pulled the blanket over his head.
sleep! ! !
The temperature suddenly dropped to freezing at night.
Xiao Wei had just had a good night's sleep when he woke up the next morning and felt the low pressure again.
And this time, it's exceptionally terrifying.
Because of the terrifying low pressure originating from Xiao Cheng, it spread throughout the entire house. Even the old hen in the backyard, after laying her egg, dared not cluck anymore, as if she knew the weather was about to change.
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