Chapter 3
He Qin nodded without saying anything.
The man who was lighting the fire smiled and said, "Today is your wedding day, so let's have a good meal. Let's make brown rice and bacon."
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself to you, sister-in-law. My name is Lingyi. The ones outside are all my brothers, ranked by numbers. You can just call me Lingyi. Please take a seat, sister-in-law. The meal will be ready soon."
The man told Lu Xiaobai his name, and then he realized that these people might not be biological brothers, but sworn brothers, because they and He Qin looked no older than Lingyi.
but……
Lu Xiaobai looked up at He Qin and asked, "What is brown rice?"
As soon as Lu Xiaobai finished speaking, He Qin and Lingyi looked up at the same time, looking at Lu Xiaobai as if he were a monster.
But then he nodded. In this kind of poor mountain village, most people eat corn rice and beans. The rice production is low and has to be paid into the national treasury, so not many people eat it. It is normal that this young man has never seen it before.
He Qin showed a hint of displeasure on his face, and Ling Yi showed some sympathy on his face. His sister-in-law was so beautiful, well-behaved, and a good boy. Any man would like her.
Even if he got married and became their sister-in-law, it could not stop them from loving him.
So he said kindly, "Brown rice is just rice, but without all the husks removed. It's very filling, and I bought it especially for you."
Bought it for him?
Lu Xiaobai looked at He Qin cautiously. The other party had a very ugly face and didn't say anything. He was a little scared, but still nodded. No matter who it was bought for, as long as it was rice, it was fine.
He was very afraid of this kind of place. There was not even rice and he would starve to death.
Lu Xiaobai figured it out, looked at He Qin again, and seeing that the other party ignored him, he carefully moved to the other side of the table and sat down, waiting for his meal obediently.
While waiting, I turned around and looked. The houses here are made of mud and wheat husks. Although they are made of mud, they do not fall off dust or dirt. The walls are flat, regular and strong. They look a bit ugly, but they can shelter from wind and rain.
However, Lingyi's "wait a while" made him realize what the ancient "wait a while" meant, because he felt like he had been waiting for more than an hour before Lingyi said, "It will be ready soon. I'll cook."
Lu Xiaobai lowered his head in disappointment, and his stomach rumbled a few times.
He Qin, who was dozing with his eyes closed across the table, finally looked up and threw a green fruit to him like a magic trick.
"Thanks."
Lu Xiaobai's eyes lit up when he saw the fruit. He happily took it and took a bite, almost spitting it out: "So sour..."
He looked at He Qin angrily, lowered his head to spit out the sour saliva, and put the fruit back in front of He Qin.
He Qin took a deep breath. It was the first time he had encountered someone as shameless as Lu Xiaobai. He angrily said in a cold voice, "Eat it!"
This sound frightened Lu Xiaobai, but he looked at the sour fruit on the table with a tooth mark on it, suppressed his fear and shook his head: "This... doesn't taste good..."
Hearing his rebuttal, He Qin stood up instantly, but before he could say anything, Lingyi rushed out quickly, pressed He Qin's arm, and whispered a few words in his ear.
He Qin then sat down, but his expression was still not good.
Lu Xiaobai didn't dare to sit with him anymore. She held back her tears, stood up and ran back to the room she had just been in. She sat at the head of the bed, crying while looking at her worthless little package. She took off the woman's robe and put on a white cloth dress that didn't look particularly ugly.
What is going on? Why did he suddenly appear in this place and be bullied by these barbarians?
Lu Xiaobai sat at the head of the bed and cried pitifully. When Lingyi came to call him to eat, he felt very distressed and thought that he must have a good talk with his elder brother later.
"Sister-in-law, it's time to eat."
Have a meal?
It was almost noon now, and Lu Xiaobai was already hungry. When she heard about eating, she stopped crying, wiped her tears, got up and went to eat.
Lu Xiaobai ran to the kitchen happily, but was dumbfounded when he saw the two dishes, a pot of soup, and six bowls of rice: Why, so shabby?
Also, why isn't the rice white?
Why does bacon not smell fragrant but greasy instead?
Lu Xiaobai stayed at the door. Everyone thought that Xiaobai had never seen brown rice before, and everyone began to feel distressed: "Sister-in-law, come quickly. Don't worry, marry our eldest brother, and you will have rice and meat and eat your fill every day."
"W-what?"
Eat this every meal?
Lu Xiaobai almost fainted after hearing this. In his previous life, he was very picky about what he ate. He had never seen this kind of brown rice before.
He never ate this meat because it was so greasy. Now that he was told that he would have to eat it every day, Lu Xiaobai burst into tears.
Seeing that he was so moved that he cried, Lingyi quickly pulled him to sit next to He Qin, gave him a bowl of rice, and used a serving chopstick to pick up a large piece of fat for him: "Sister-in-law, eat quickly."
Lu Xiaobai looked at the fat in the bowl and his face turned pale instantly. With trembling hands, he picked up the crystal clear piece of fat and sniffed it. A greasy smell hit his nose, making him scream, drop his chopsticks and run out to vomit...
He Qin: ...
Zero One and his brothers: ...
Lu Xiaobai squatted outside the door and tried to vomit, but because he was too hungry and hadn't eaten a single bite of food since last night, he couldn't vomit anything.
He Qin's face looked very ugly. This country boy was really getting more and more greedy. He even disliked the fat meat!
Although he doesn't eat it, no one can dislike his food!
Lu Xiaobai vomited so much that her face turned pale and her head felt dizzy. Seeing that her elder brother didn't care about the new wife at all, Lingyi could only bring a bowl of water over and said, "Sister-in-law, drink some water and rinse your mouth."
"Thanks……"
Lu Xiaobai's voice was weak and he took the bowl and took a sip: "Can I just eat rice? I don't want to eat meat..."
"Okay, come, sister-in-law."
Lingyi helped the person to He Qin again, picked up the meat with the serving chopsticks, and even pushed away the rice grains next to the meat.
Lu Xiaobai's complexion looked better then. He lowered his head and took a mouthful of rice. Tears began to fall again and he slowly put down his bowl and chopsticks.
He Qin finally couldn't help it and angrily scolded: "Pretentious, Lingyi."
Lingyi immediately put down the bowl: "Here."
"Go buy some corn and feed him only corn from now on!"
Zero One: ...
Lu Xiaobai hadn't swallowed the rice in his mouth yet. He didn't know what corn was, so he could only look at Lingyi with his big innocent eyes.
Lingyi quickly mouthed to him: Eat some, eat some.
Lu Xiaobai now has no parents, no home, and he has nowhere to go except with this man.
And I wonder if the corn they are talking about is even more unpalatable than this brown rice. What if...
Lu Xiaobai stiffened his neck and swallowed the unpalatable brown rice in his mouth. Then he held the bowl and ate half a bowl and a half while crying. Finally, he put down the bowl and ran away because he could not eat any more.
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