Chapter 45 How is it possible not to protect my family?

When Yu Xiangwan was cooking in the kitchen that day, Lu Yingzheng came back early to help light the fire.

Suddenly, she heard Lu Yingzheng's voice.

"Thank you."

Yu Xiangwan paused while cooking. "Thank you for what?"

【Brother, what are you talking about? 】

[I am not the roundworm in your stomach, so why should I be thankful? ]

Lu Yingzheng found it funny. He bent his long neck and fanned the flames in the stove.

The firelight reflected on his handsome face, making his usually inky black eyes seem a little warmer.

"Thank you for being so kind to Xiao Xiao and for being willing to teach her slowly."

Yu Xiangwan snorted, and his hands kept moving: "I also treat Xiao Xiao as my sister."

Even if Lu Yingzheng didn't listen to his inner voice, he knew that Yu Xiangwan would definitely not lie this time.

Sure enough, the next second he heard Yu Xiangwan's thoughts.

[Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to change Xiao Xiao's fate.]

Yu Xiangwan said arrogantly: "This has nothing to do with you, it's just that I love Xiao Xiao."

"I know." Lu Yingzheng knew it a long time ago.

In front of Yu Xiangwan, the names of mother and sister are a hundred times more useful than his own.

"I'm the older brother and she's the younger sister, so it's inevitable that there are things I'm not aware of. Thank you for helping her to point them out."

Yu Xiangwan knew that Lu Yingzheng must care a lot about Lu Yingxiao.

She discussed Xiao Xiao's education with him.

"Xiao Xiao has a quiet temperament. When he goes to school, there is a chance that he will be criticized or, in more serious cases, bullied."

No matter what era, there are always campus bullies.

"You and I should check and fill in the gaps. Please pay more attention to Xiao Xiao's mental state. Don't let others bully him."

She glared at Lu Yingzheng and said, "You must not keep things quiet for the sake of your classmates' and their parents' face."

"I will not allow anyone to bully Xiao Xiao, no matter what the background of those people's parents is!"

"If you bully Xiao Xiao, I will definitely fight back. If you dare to hold me back—"

It was obvious that Yu Xiangwan was not yet satisfied.

Lu Yingzheng was helpless: "Can you make a fuss about me being the stepbrother?"

How little confidence does Yu Xiangwan have in him?

"If I can't even protect my own family, how can I protect the people?"

Lu Yingzheng can say this and he will definitely do it.

Only then did Yu Xiangwan feel relieved.

The sound of shoveling vegetables became crisp: "Okay! Remember what you said today."

[Hehe, I will also return to you what you said to me before, so that you can show off at that time! ]

Lu Yingzheng shook his head and went to serve the dishes.

Tonight we had fried eggs with leeks, a small dish of mackerel, porridge, and cakes.

"Eat well in the morning, eat enough at noon, and eat less at night," Yu Xiangwan said, "We will eat like this in the future to stay healthy."

"It doesn't mean you can't eat enough at night, just eat more easily digestible food."

Lu Yingzheng knew that Yu Xiangwan must have learned these statements from modern times.

He nodded: "Okay."

Lu Yingxiao is a loyal fan of Yu Xiangwan, so he nodded without much hesitation.

Yu Xiangwan hadn't even finished his meal yet and was already thinking about the next one.

She looked at Lu Yingzheng and said, "There won't be anyone around later, so remember to bring back the fish basket."

Lu Yingzheng: “I haven’t forgotten.”

Just after dinner, without Yu Xiangwan urging him, Lu Yingzheng walked away.

He understood very well and did not open it privately. He took it to Yu Xiangwan and said, "I didn't touch it. Open it and take a look."

Every time Yu Xiangwan opens the fish basket, she feels as surprised as if she had opened a blind box.

Under the gaze of Lu Yingzheng and Lu Yingxiao, she opened the fish basket with great interest.

“Plop!”

The quiet Xiao Xiao also became excited and spoke: "There really is a fish!"

Lu Yingzheng thought to himself with amusement: "Could it be fake?"

Yu Xiangwan looked at the two big fish and several small loaches in the bucket and smiled happily.

"It's fine if you have it, let's do it tomorrow... No, we have to take care of it first. We are going to the county town tomorrow, and we don't know when we will be back."

She looked at Lu Yingzheng: "When can you usually come back?"

"I will definitely be back in the afternoon." Lu Yingzheng said.

Yu Xiangwan: "Okay, then we'll eat one fish tomorrow night and the other fish the day after tomorrow. We'll make loaches into loach sauce, which can be mixed with noodles or dipped in pancakes."

The best eater in the family is Yu Xiangwan, and no one has any objections.

…

the next day.

Yu Xiangwan pulled Xiao Xiao up.

"This is the last chance to indulge before school starts. After this time, I have to concentrate on studying."

Yu Xiangwan never thought that she would repeat to others what her elders had nagged her before.

[No, I can't say too much. It will be annoying if I say too much.]

Lu Yingzheng didn't expect Yu Xiangwan to have such an awareness.

After breakfast, the family members went to work or took the bus.

"Wanwan!"

Yu Xiangwan turned around and saw that it was Zheng Yu.

She smiled and took two steps forward: "Waiting for you, I just want to see if the car has arrived."

They wanted to take a ride to the county seat.

Zheng Yu walked up to her and said, "Then it must have arrived."

"Some sisters-in-law went early and wanted to get a good seat."

Zheng Yu had taken the bus to the county seat several times before and was more familiar with the situation.

Yu Xiangwan and Zheng Yu walked over while chatting, and took a look, and it was true.

Many sisters-in-law were already sitting there.

And the Zheng Yu effect is as obvious as ever.

As soon as the sisters-in-law saw Zheng Yu, the atmosphere instantly became quiet, which could be said to be a confession that they must have talked about Zheng Yu behind his back before.

Zheng Yu looked at Yu Xiangwan helplessly, expressing his opinion, "That's how it is."

Yu Xiangwan smiled at Zheng Yu and greeted the sisters-in-law.

"Hello, sisters-in-law!"

The atmosphere became lively again.

Yu Xiangwan said: "Zheng Yu and I arrived a little late."

Zheng Yu looked at Yu Xiangwan, smiled with everyone else, and nodded: "Hello, sisters-in-law."

The sisters-in-law couldn't hide the surprise in their eyes.

Zheng Yu, who has always been arrogant in their eyes, actually greeted them?

Some sisters-in-law started communicating with their eyes.

Zheng Yu poked Yu Xiangwan, and Yu Xiangwan saw it without being pointed out.

But since the mouth is on someone else's body, she might as well say something else.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Yang was also there, and they sat together.

"Sister-in-law, Zheng Yu and I were just talking about the wild vegetables you picked for us two days ago. After boiling them in water and adding some seasonings, they are very refreshing."

Mrs. Yang waved her hands.

Zheng Yu said the second sentence of the day: "Sister Yang, next time you go up the mountain with Wan Ye, call me. I want to eat some wild vegetables, too."

Mrs. Yang was surprised for a moment, then laughed and said, "Okay, I'll definitely call you."

The other sisters-in-law started to lift their eyebrows and eyes again. They looked at each other, and I didn’t know if they could understand each other.

By then, on Zheng Yu's side, with Yu Xiangwan as a lubricant, Zheng Yu and Mrs. Yang started chatting, and they actually had a good chat.

When Yu Xiangwan heard them talking about mushrooms, he suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have asked you, sister-in-law, to buy a few kilograms of dried mushrooms and sent them to my mother today!"