In just one week, Lu Desheng became darker, thinner, and looked much older, but he was still in good spirits.

When Ruan Qiqi and the others arrived, Lu Desheng was making lunch. He cooked some noodles and fried two eggs, one for him and one for Lin Manyun.

He only knows how to cook instant noodles, and ever since Lin Manyun fell ill, he has had instant noodles for three meals a day.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Lu Desheng was putting food into the pot, his face shrouded in the rising white steam and his back seemed to be even more hunched.

He was carrying earth in the morning, with his trouser legs rolled up, one higher than the other. His clothes and trousers were covered in dirt, and he looked very shabby.

Lu Ye had prepared a lot of outrageous words, but when he saw the old man's look, he couldn't say anything.

"I've eaten, Dad. Why are you cooking? Where's Aunt Lin?"

Ruan Qiqi asked with concern.

"I'm sick."

Lu Desheng filled a bowl of noodles and took it to the inner room, where Lin Manyun was lying on the bed.

He was allocated a room, which was divided into two rooms with a curtain. The stove was set up outside. Although the conditions were difficult, Lu Desheng was very content. Compared with the time he had to sleep in the open air during the war, this was now like heaven.

Lu Desheng picked up a big bowl of noodles and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Ruan Qiqi took out a lunch box of braised pork from her bag and placed it on the table.

Lu Desheng's eyes lit up. He was not afraid of any hardship or suffering. The only thing that bothered him was not having meat to eat. He hadn't eaten meat for a week and his mouth was dry.

After eating several pieces of braised pork in a row, Lu Desheng felt much better in his mouth. He also wanted to send some meat to Lin Manyun in the inner room. Although he felt a little disappointed with her, she was his cousin after all, and he couldn't eat alone.

"Dad, I'm going to take Aunt Lin's pulse!"

Ruan Qiqi followed him in.

Lin Manyun sat weakly on the bed and ate noodles. She did not look very well, but she ate a lot of noodles.

Seeing Ruan Qiqi, Lin Manyun's heart skipped a beat. She didn't even eat the remaining half bowl of noodles, and groaned, "Old Lu, I feel really dizzy. I don't want to eat anymore."

"If you feel dizzy, just lie down. If you feel dizzy, go back to the city and see a doctor!"

Lu Desheng did not suspect anything and did not notice the joy that flashed in Lin Manyun's eyes.

But when Ruan Qiqi saw it, he realized it was indeed fake.

She rolled her eyes, didn't check Lin Manyun's pulse, walked out and whispered a few words in Lu Ye's ear. Lu Ye's eyes sparkled and he ran out happily.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Ye came back with a mouse in his left pocket and a small snake in his right pocket.

Lu Desheng was concentrating on eating meat and didn't notice their interaction.

Ruan Qiqi took out the mouse and the little snake from Lu Ye's pocket, holding one in each hand, went to the inner room, and without saying a word, stuffed them into Lin Manyun's collar.

Stuff a mouse in the front and a small snake in the back.

"Ah...what is that?"

Lin Manyun's scream resounded through the sky. She didn't see any snakes or mice, but she saw two slippery things moving around in her clothes. She was so frightened that she jumped off the bed quickly, her body twisted as if she had cramps.

It did work. The mouse and the snake crawled into the crotch of the pants and then fell out of the trouser legs.

“Ahhh…”

Lin Manyun's soprano voice filled the entire farm, and she was running so fast that Lu Desheng only felt a gust of wind passing by him, and then she disappeared.

Ruan Qiqi picked up the mouse and snake from the ground and released them quietly.

From beginning to end, Lu Desheng had no idea what happened. He only knew that the sick Lin Manyun suddenly became energetic and started running a marathon.

"Oh my, your little wife is quite strong. She runs faster than a dog!" Lu Ye said sarcastically.

"Dad, Aunt Lin looks much healthier than you. You definitely can't run as fast as her!" Ruan Qiqi immediately responded.

"He pretends to be sick when he's not really sick, and he wants you to cook and serve him just to avoid labor. It's really strange. I've never heard of a master serving his concubine!"

"Dad, you've spoiled Aunt Lin too much. Even though she's your concubine, you can't spoil her like this. She can't stand even a little bit of labor and even pretends to be sick to escape. If Shi Jinghong knew about this, she would definitely make a fuss about it!"

Ruan Qiqi gave a stern lecture.

Lu Desheng's heart trembled and his face became heavy.

"Dad, Aunt Lin doesn't care about you at all. You work so hard, but when you go home you can't even have hot meals and you still have to serve her. I've never seen such an ignorant guest!" Ruan Qiqi was complaining again.

"She is not a concubine at all, she is clearly a concubine. Of course a concubine doesn't feel sorry for the master, she even hopes that the master will die soon!"

Lu Ye sneered.

Lu Desheng glared at him fiercely, feeling very unhappy and even more disappointed with Lin Manyun.

"Old Lu, they are going too far. They don't even look at me as their elder. They even put snakes and rats in my clothes. Do you want to do anything about it?"

Lin Manyun came back angrily. After the intense exercise, her face was flushed, she looked energetic, and her voice was full of energy.

"Are you not dizzy anymore?"

Lu Desheng looked at her mockingly.

Lin Manyun's face changed drastically, and she finally realized that she was now a bedridden patient.

She quickly held her head with her hands and said weakly, "I... I was just scared. I ran around and my head became even more dizzy. Old Lu, they are too bullying. Are you going to do anything about it?"

"Who cares!"

Lu Desheng stood up suddenly and slapped Lin Manyun hard. Lin Manyun fell to the ground with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.

"If you don't want to work, why did you come to the cadre school? You even pretended to be sick. I'm working hard outside, but you're pretending to be sick at home. Lin Manyun, you're really two-faced!"

Lu Desheng was very disappointed with Lin Manyun. The woman he had lived with for twenty-two years now looked so strange and ugly.

"Dad, calm down. Aunt Lin has been living a good life for too long and has forgotten her roots. We just need to bring her back to her roots."

Ruan Qiqi handed over the teacup and pretended to persuade them to reconcile.

"It is easier for the sun to rise from the west than for the mountains to change. " Lu Ye started to make sarcastic remarks again.

"You can't say that. The Quotations from the Imperial Library said it well: all new things are forged through hard struggles. Aunt Lin's petty-bourgeois problems should be reformed through hard work, and there will definitely be results!" Ruan Qiqi said.

"That's right, he will definitely not be wrong!"

The two of them sang the same tune and easily moved Lu Desheng. He also felt that Lin Manyun really needed hard labor to correct her bad habits.

After lunch, Lu Desheng went to find the person in charge of the farm and took the initiative to ask Lin Manyun to carry earth. Women generally don't do this job. Lin Manyun is the first female comrade to carry earth on the farm.

In the afternoon, Ruan Qiqi and Lu Ye went to appreciate the miserable scene of Lin Manyun working. The heavy earth pressed her so hard that she couldn't even straighten her waist. She didn't even dare to be lazy, as Lu Desheng was staring at her hungrily!

After working for only one afternoon, Lin Manyun was exhausted and her resentment deepened, but she endured it.

Her son will definitely come to rescue her!

Three days later, the Lu Jiefang brothers did come back, but they came to ask Lin Manyun for help. It was a bolt from the blue that they were sent to the border. They were not the materials for achieving great things. They would rather die than go to the border!

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