Ning Huan called out to Yang Shi, "Sister-in-law, since Xiao Shu likes to eat it, I'll get him a little more. I happen to have some left over here, I'll pack it up for him right now."
Mrs. Yang waved her hand apologetically and said, "How could I possibly accept this? Every family is struggling these days. Your family finally managed to get some meat, how could you give us so much?"
Ning Huan said with a smile, "Anyway, our family can't eat it all, so it would be a waste if the meat went bad."
As she spoke, Ning Huan took a bowl of braised venison from the kitchen and specially ladled out a lot of braising liquid.
He said to Yang, "Sister-in-law, this braising liquid can be used directly to marinate and braise meat. If you have meat at home, you can just steam it in a bowl and soak it in the braising liquid."
Despite repeated refusals, Yang accepted Ning Huan's braised meat.
Hearing Ning Huan's words, she quickly thanked her, saying, "Sister, thank you so much!"
Ning Huan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, there's no need to be so polite. As the saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative! There were quite a few troubles at home the other day, and I'm very grateful that you spoke up for me."
Yang said, "Sister, what's going on? Your sister-in-law can't stand those unreasonable people who come to your door to bully you."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the two turned and went back to the kitchen to cook. During dinner that evening, Ning Huan planned to finish up the things at home over the next couple of days before going to see Madam Pang.
Then, as if she had thought of something, she said to Zhou Jing'an, "Although you are weak and it is inconvenient for you to get out of bed now, it is best not to lie in bed all day. You should move around occasionally without hurting your legs."
Hearing this, Zhou Jing'an nodded and replied, "I plan to get up and practice calligraphy soon. I'm not in good health, so I'll practice for as long as I can."
At night, the three little ones lay in bed, unable to fall asleep.
So they went to Ning Huan's room and insisted on sleeping with her.
The two children pushed open the door and called out, "Mommy, we really want to hear you tell us a bedtime story!"
Ning Huan had just emerged from her consciousness space when Little Three Treasures and Little Four Treasures rushed in, startling her.
Thinking that she had almost been discovered by these two little bundles of joy, she forced herself to remain calm, then patted the heads of the two little ones and said, "You two little bundles of joy, can't you sleep at night because you want to hear me tell you a story?"
The two little ones nodded and said in a spoiled tone, "Yes, Mom, please tell us two stories. We're used to listening to you finish a story before we go to sleep. We can't fall asleep on our own these days."
Ning Huan's heart melted as she watched her two little ones act cute towards her.
She replied with a smile, "Alright, then I'll tell you one."
That night, the three little ones slept soundly while listening to Ning Huan's bedtime story.
The next morning, Ning Huan got up and exercised for a while before the four little ones came out, still sleepy.
When Xiao Erbao saw Ning Huan exercising so early, he asked in surprise, "Mom, you got up so early?"
Ning Huan smiled and said, "That's right, you have to get up early to exercise. It's a kind of exercise, except that it trains your willpower."
Hearing this, Xiao Erbao immediately sobered up and quickly said, "Mom, I promise I'll get up early tomorrow and I won't be lazy again!"
Ning Huan touched Erbao's little face and said, "You are children. If you are sleepy, you can get up a little later."
Then she demonstrated a few movements to the four little ones and had them practice those movements.
She went up the mountain herself, carrying a basket on her back. Just as she was thinking of checking the traps she had set up on the mountain to see if there were any new prey, Niu Dadan followed behind her.
Ning Huan was lost in thought and didn't notice Niu Dadan.
After walking quite a distance up the mountain, she heard a sound coming from the bushes behind her. She immediately called out alertly, "Who's there?"
She turned around and looked back, only to find that there was no one there.
Ning Huan frowned, finding it strange; she couldn't possibly have misheard.
Then he shouted again, "If you don't come out, I'll get rough with you!"
Upon hearing this, there were sparse sounds coming from the bushes, and then a person suddenly stood out from within.
Ning Huan looked over, and this man was the first person she had met since she transmigrated to this world: Niu Dadan.
She looked around and found no one there.
This wasn't a suitable occasion for her to meet Niu Dadan. Ning Huan frowned and asked sharply, "What are you doing here?"
Niu Dadan leered at Ning Huan, then rubbed his hands together and moved closer to her: "Huan Niangzi, don't be so cold to me! We weren't like this before, I remember you were very enthusiastic towards me!"
Ning Huan's expression changed upon hearing this. She didn't know much about this Niu Dadan from the original owner's memories, so she wasn't sure if anything had happened between the two of them.
But now it seems that this daring bull wants to rekindle his past relationship with the original owner.
Unfortunately, the person in front of her was no longer the Ning Huan she knew.
She said coldly, "Niu Dadan, I think what happened at my house before made it very clear that we didn't have any relationship, so you don't need to come looking for me again."
Niu Dadan continued to approach Ning Huan, saying, "Huan Niangzi, your words are so cold, they really hurt me! We didn't have any relations that day, but we didn't have a chance to!"
Hearing this, Ning Huan breathed a sigh of relief.
Niu Dadan's words meant that he and the original owner of this body had indeed not had anything happen between them. This put her at ease.
But Niu Dadan continued to speak to himself:
"Once we've consummated our relationship, you'll realize I'm much better than your sickly husband. Besides, didn't you say before that you liked someone like me? What are you doing with this now, playing hard to get?"
He looked at Ning Huan and noticed that the woman seemed to have changed a lot recently. She seemed to have lost a lot of weight. Although she didn't have a slender figure like Zhou Yan, her full and well-proportioned figure was even more arousing.
Even the pustules and red spots that used to be disgusting on my face have disappeared.
As Niu Dadan got closer, he realized just how fair Ning Huan's skin was. From her fair face to her slender white neck, he couldn't help but swallow hard as he looked down.
Ning Huan squinted, watching as Niu Dadan's hand was about to reach for her. She slightly turned her body to dodge Niu Dadan's hand, and then kicked Niu Dadan's knee, causing the man to kneel down unexpectedly.
"You bitch, how dare you hit me?"
Niu Dadan was somewhat annoyed, and immediately stood up and rushed towards Ning Huan.
Ning Huan chuckled and, as Niu Dadan charged forward, used her hand as a blade to slash at Niu Dadan's back.
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