After breakfast, Pei Manning sat on a bench in the yard, and Han Jingchen sat opposite her, checking her wounds.

Pei Manning's two hands were injured, but the right one was much more serious. Not only was it dislocated, but the stone also pierced the flesh on the palm. Although the left hand was only scratched, it could still move.

"It's bleeding again. What medicine did the doctor prescribe for you?"

Han Jingchen opened the gauze on Pei Manning's left hand stained with fresh blood and saw that it was still bleeding. The scar on his palm had opened again, and he frowned immediately.

A pair of flawless white jade-like legs, soft and slender, with mottled scars, brown-red bloodstains and powder on them, looking particularly shocking.

I don't know how she spends the night alone at home.

"The medicine powder is on the cabinet in the room." Pei Manning said.

Han Jingchen took out the medicine powder. Fortunately, Pei Manning had sorted out everything. There was a basket on the cabinet filled with medical supplies, so he could see it without having to look for it.

"I'll clean you up first and then apply the medicine. Just bear with it."

Whenever Han Jingchen was injured, he would roughly sprinkle medicine powder on the wound and wrap it with a bundle of gauze.

Considering Pei Manning was a lesbian, he moved much more gently. He cleaned her wound deftly and applied a layer of medicine powder on her.

"Hmm~" As soon as the powder fell on the wound, Pei Manning couldn't help shrinking and humming. Her voice was low and soft, like a moan, which sounded tingling and numb, and was particularly seductive.

Han Jingchen shuddered as he took the medicine.

He raised his black eyes to look at her, and saw that she was frowning, with cold sweat on her shiny and plump forehead, and her originally rosy lips were bitten to the point of losing their color. In the end, she didn't say anything, and was much gentler when applying the medicine.

However, no matter how gently he moved, the powder sprinkled on the wound still hurt unbearably. Pei Manning bit her lip and hummed softly again, her voice delicate and charming, like a fairy.

Han Jingchen: “…”

This woman...

He clenched his cheeks, gritted his teeth, then tensed his nerves and quickly gave her the medicine and injection.

"Okay, don't let these two touch the water for now, or the wounds will get infected."

At around ten o'clock, Jiang Ye drove back, carrying a lot of things, including rice, flour, cabbage, pumpkin, winter melon, green pepper, cucumber, two pieces of meat, and a live chicken that he got from somewhere.

Even if Pei Manning didn't leave the house, it was enough for her to eat for a while.

"Brother Chen, I've bought all the things," Jiang Ye said as he put all the things in the kitchen and said hello to Pei Manning, "Comrade Pei, are you feeling better today?"

"Much better."

Jiang Ye asked Pei Manning a few questions with a smile, and then pulled Han Jingchen aside.

Han Jingchen glanced at him and said, "If you have something to say, please say it quickly."

"Brother Chen, I have to hurry back to the guesthouse and take the package to the post office to mail it, otherwise the post office will be closed. So... can you make lunch?"

As the Chinese New Year approached, many educated youth who had been sent to work in the countryside tried every means to ask for leave to go home for the New Year. Every train station was crowded with people, and there were simply not many tickets left.

Jiang Ye missed the train yesterday. She couldn't go back to her hometown for the Spring Festival this year, so she had to send the things she had collected back to her hometown, especially some cloth coupons, bacon, mountain products and seafood, as well as buy gifts for her family when she was in Shanghai.

Han Jing frowned, thinking that Jiang Ye was going to say something mysterious: "Okay, this is just a small matter, it won't bother me."

Jiang Ye glanced at Han Jingchen with some disbelief, but Brother Chen was pretty good at catching things in the wild and grilling meat and fish, so he should be able to cook them well, right?

“Then Brother Shen, I’ll go back to the guesthouse first.”

"Go ahead."

As soon as Jiang Ye left, Han Jingchen was furrowed at the pile of ingredients in the kitchen. He definitely couldn't make barbecue because Pei Manning was injured and it was not suitable for her to eat these. So he just made something light and nutritious, stewed a chicken soup, and stir-fried some cabbage.

Han Jingchen worked very efficiently. He wiped the chicken's neck to drain the blood, boiled a pot of water, scalded the chicken for a few minutes, and stripped the chicken of all its feathers in just two moves.

In less than half an hour, Han Jingchen had processed the chicken's internal organs and chopped the chicken into pieces.

However, Han Jingchen usually either ate in the cafeteria, or made some noodles to get by, or caught things in the wild and grilled them, or ate in state-owned hotels. He had never cooked a proper meal.

Chicken soup is easy to make. Just pour half a pot of water, add two slices of ginger and a few mushrooms. As for stir-fried cabbage...how did you stir-fry ginger yesterday?

His cooking can’t be worse than Jiang Ye’s, right?

Pei Manning was standing by and saw Han Jingchen staring at a cabbage with his brows tied in a knot, as if he had encountered some big problem.

"Comrade Han, do you need help?" she couldn't help but ask.

"No need, just sit down!" Han Jingchen said.

"Oh." Pei Manning sat nearby and watched.

After that, no matter how Han Jingchen cooked the dishes, she didn't say anything to criticize him.

Then we saw that Han Jingchen had added too much oil.

He looked at her expression hesitantly, and seeing that she looked calm, he poured the washed cabbage down.

Then, Pei Manning saw that Han Jingchen had only been stir-frying for half a minute and added too much salt.

He turned his head again and looked at her expression. Seeing that she didn't frown, he thought it was appropriate and shoveled the not-quite-cooked cabbage into the plate.

Although Han Jingchen's dishes were indeed very salty, Pei Manning still politely ate a few bites when they were served.

She always takes other people's mood into consideration.

"Okay, stop eating," Han Jingchen pushed the stir-fried cabbage aside and placed the chicken soup in front of her, "This is still edible."

Pei Manning looked at Han Jingchen for a while, and thought she should comfort him. "Comrade Han, actually..." She racked her brains but couldn't come up with an adjective, so she said, "This is the first time we've done this, it's already very good."

Han Jingchen was not comforted, and frowned: "Tomorrow I will bring you food from the state-owned hotel."

…

In the evening, Han Jingchen returned to the guesthouse, and Pei Manning stayed in the Sumi Realm to rest. After all, the Sumi Realm was always as warm as spring, the air was especially fresh, and there was no need to worry about safety.

Although Han Jingchen told her not to touch water, the water in the stream in Xumijie should be fine.

When she had blisters on her hands while farming, she found that bathing in the water from the Xumijie River helped the wounds heal much faster and relieve fatigue.

However, Pei Manning was afraid that the wound would heal too quickly and arouse suspicion.

She simply applied stream water to the injured area on her knee, which was covered in bruises and purple spots. But after applying the stream water, the pain was immediately relieved a lot.

Early the next morning, Pei Manning was squatting in the yard watching the flowers and plants she had planted when someone walked in from the gate carrying something.

Pei Manning turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Li and her cousin's wife.

Mrs. Li looked a little unnatural, but her cousin's wife seemed very arrogant and picky, and looked at her with scrutiny as soon as she entered the room.

"Sister Manning," Sister Li forced a smile, "I heard that you were injured, so I came to see you."

Pei Manning looked at Li's mother again and asked indifferently, "Who is this?"

"Oh, this is my cousin's wife, have you forgotten? I met her last time." Mrs. Li introduced quickly, "Are you talking about this? You two have a lot of history. It's a long story. Let's sit down and talk about it, sit down and talk about it!"

Li's mother was well dressed, wearing several imported watches on her wrists, shiny black leather shoes, a black cowhide bag, and carrying many other things.

Two cans of maltose, a net bag of apples and bananas, and some other high-end nutritional products.

"You are Pei Manning, right? I am Li Jianrong's mother. I came here today to explain the situation to you clearly." Li's mother used courtesy before force.

"oh?"

Mother Li said calmly, "Before, there was a misunderstanding. My son helped you go to the hospital with good intentions, but he didn't mean to do anything to you. I hope you can explain this to the Public Security Bureau. Of course, my son was too enthusiastic and meddled in other people's business, which frightened you. How about this, we will be responsible for your medical expenses, and we will give you another dollar as a shock. What do you think?"

It's a lot of money. Nowadays, the salary of a worker is more than twenty or ten yuan.

Pei Manning understood immediately that this was a way to get out of trouble by spending money. "My dear, this incident was caused by Li Jianrong who asked someone to hit me. As for his purpose, I don't know. I think I have no grudge against him. We have never met before, and I don't know how I offended him. Why would he use such a despicable method to deal with me? As for whether it is a misunderstanding, the comrades in the Public Security Bureau will investigate it clearly."

Mother Li's face turned cold. She tried to talk to him in a nice way, but Pei Manning didn't know how to behave at all. However, for the sake of her son and thinking of what Old Li had told her, she swallowed her anger.

"How about this? In addition, we can help you find a temporary job in the supply and marketing cooperative. Comrade Pei, we should not be too greedy," Li's mother said, half threatening and half warning. "Jianrong didn't do anything to you after all. At most, he just left a little stain. My wife is the vice chairman of the Revolutionary Committee. If you insist on fighting to the death, you will get nothing."

She thought Pei Manning would be scared after hearing this. Anyone would be scared of trying to hit a rock with an egg.

But Pei Manning just said calmly: "Do you mean to take revenge on me?"

Sister Li helped out from the side: "Sister Manning, this matter is not a big deal after all. Let's be lenient. It's good enough to have a piece of land and a temporary job. Many people can't even think of such a good thing. Just listen to my advice."

Pei Manning didn't believe this. She had already offended them. Looking at their condescending attitude, could they really tolerate this?

I'm afraid they'll promise her some benefits first to make her change her mind, and then find a way to retaliate against her after Li Jianrong is released. By then, no one will believe what she says.

Pei Manning spoke slowly, stalling for time: "It's not that I don't forgive people, but I'm just an ordinary person, how can I speak? Everything is handed over to the public security comrades to handle impartially. I believe that the organization will not let a bad person go, nor will it wrongly accuse a good person. If Comrade Li Jianrong is really innocent, the public security comrades will definitely investigate it clearly, aunt, don't you agree?"

Mother Li looked unhappy. She had asked her son privately and of course knew the truth.

Her son was still telling her not to make things difficult for Pei Manning, because she thought Pei Manning was a thorn in her side, and before she could do anything, she had already seduced her son away!

She had said long ago that this woman was simply a vixen.