soon!

Due to her spreading of the news, the whole village knew that Su Zhiruan had a childhood sweetheart, her cousin Erniu, whom she had never met, who had returned and moved into her house. The two had even given each other tokens of love when they were young.

There are many young men in the village who secretly like Su Zhiruan. When they heard the news, they all became as wilted as eggplants hit by frost.

After doing all this, Su Zhiruan returned to his home leisurely.

At this time, dusk was approaching and the sky was gradually getting darker. The villagers who had gone to the fields to farm packed up their farm tools and prepared to go home.

Su Zhiruan walked around her small yard. She thought this yard was very good. She could use it to grow some slightly expensive herbs. She could grow them herself and wouldn't have to go to the back mountain to collect herbs.

The yard is very large, but there are not many rooms. In addition to a kitchen for cooking and a bedroom, there is an empty cowshed. There are no cows in the cowshed, but some farm tools that have not been used for a long time. Most of the remaining open space was used by the original owner to dry herbs.

Su Zhiruan found a hoe from the cowshed and prepared to reclaim the idle wasteland in the yard. She came out with the tools, rolled up her trouser legs, and prepared to start working.

But at this moment, she saw a person standing at the bedroom door, it was Fu Huaichu.

"What are you doing?" The young man came over after seeing her. After thinking for a while, he felt that his tone might be different from the gentle cousin Erniu in her description. It was a little too cold, so he added, "Ruan Ruan, what are you doing?"

"I'm hoeing the land. I'm going to plant some herbs on half of the land and some vegetables on the other half so that we can eat." Su Zhiruan quickly got into the role. She wiped the sweat off her head with a smile and continued to work with the hoe. But as if she suddenly remembered something, she dropped the hoe, walked closer to Fu Huaichu, and pushed him. "Cousin Erniu, you're still seriously injured. Why are you out here? Go back quickly. You need to stay in bed and rest now. You can't walk around."

Fu Huaichu didn't move. Su Zhiruan pushed him but he didn't move. She looked up at him in confusion and continued, "Don't worry, I'll cook after I finish hoeing. Just bear with it."

"I'm not hungry." Fu Huaichu looked at the little girl in front of him who wanted to push him back, and he became curious. He did not go back to the room, but sat next to the chair where the herbs were drying. "I'll sit here and watch you."

Su Zhiruan watched him slowly move over and sit on the chair, his eyes still looking towards her. She nodded, "That's fine, but Brother Erniu, you'd better not walk around, lest your wounds tear open. Just sit down and watch."

"Okay," Fu Huaichu nodded slightly.

In the darkening dusk he looked somewhat docile.

Su Zhiruan almost laughed at this idea. This was the Crown Prince who was decisive and ruthless, who regarded human life as worthless and had no interest in women. He held absolute power over the entire dynasty.

If he hadn't been seriously injured, he wouldn't have been able to sit here and watch her farm.

Su Zhiruan was sighing in his heart while working hard to reclaim the wasteland.

"Ruan Ruan," when Fu Huaichu called her nickname again, it seemed much more natural.

Su Zhiruan looked up and saw the man holding his chin and looking at her thoughtfully. When he saw her looking at him, his expression changed to confusion in an instant.

He continued, "You said we were...childhood sweethearts. What were we like before that? How old were we when we separated? I've forgotten everything. I just want to hear you talk about it and see if I can remember."

Su Zhiruan nodded readily, waving the hoe while reciting the words she had prepared long ago.

"Brother Erniu, we met in the clinic. We were both young at that time, only about three or four years old." Su Zhiruan saw that he was sitting obediently and listening attentively, so he continued, "After we met, you came to Sujia Village and lived for a while. At that time, I told you that I was an orphan without parents, and you said that you would accompany me until we grow old. We exchanged tokens of love and agreed that if you were unmarried and I were unmarried when we grew up, we would become a good match."

After Su Zhiruan finished speaking, she smiled. Fortunately, it was getting dark now, so her smile was fleeting.

Fu Huaichu sat in the dark, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Su Zhiruan finished quickly, he dropped the hoe and went into the kitchen, preparing to cook slowly but methodically.

She had just come into this world today and had done so many things. For a moment, she felt a little sleepy and yawned.

Fu Huaichu appeared at the door of the kitchen without knowing when. He looked at her and asked, "Is there anything I can do?"

"No, no, Brother Erniu, I know you really want to help me cook, but you are injured, go back and lie down, wait for me to cook for you," Su Zhiruan quickly cooked porridge, she patted the dust on her hands, turned around and curled her lips, "Brother Erniu, weren't you still seriously injured in your arm this morning and couldn't hold the spoon? How come you can help me now?"

Fu Huaichu: "...I'll go back first."

"Okay, okay, go back quickly, the meal will be ready soon." Su Zhiruan quickly cut the vegetables and prepared to stir-fry another dish.

The bedroom was not big, but there were two beds in it, one of which was used by Fu Huaichu. Su Zhiruan put the other bed behind the curtain and took out the bedding.

After she made the bed, she went to the kitchen to check on the food. The vegetable and meat porridge was almost ready. She scooped it out and fed it to Fu Huaichu one spoonful at a time, just like she did at noon.

Afterwards, Su Zhiruan cleaned up the dishes and walked into the room.

The two didn't say anything more. Through the curtain, they could only feel each other's breathing.

Su Zhiruan was too sleepy and fell asleep.

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* The next ten days passed in this dull manner.

If there was any change, Su Zhiruan could clearly feel that the vigilance in Fu Huaichu's eyes when he looked at her was becoming less and less.

From being deeply suspicious at the beginning, I now have no doubts about the meals she cooks, the medicine she applies, and can help her take care of the herbs.

His injury gradually improved.

Until one day, Su Zhiruan went out of the village to see a doctor, and Fu Huaichu also wanted to explore Sujia Village, so he followed her out.

As a result, he had only taken a few steps when he heard someone calling him.

"Erniu? You must be Erniu, right? Oh, this boy, I haven't seen him for a few years and he looks so handsome." When Uncle Sanyou saw Su Zhiruan, he guessed that the person next to her should be her cousin Erniu. In order to show that he has a wide network of contacts, Uncle Sanyou walked up to them cheerfully and said loudly to them, "I heard from Ruanruan that you are here to see her? When you go to the wedding, don't forget us uncles!"

When they heard that Erniu, the cousin Su Zhiruan brought home, came out with her, the people working in the fields immediately came over.

"I know, I know. Will Ruan Ruan's childhood sweetheart be able to drink at the wedding soon?"

"Get married early, have a child, and live a good life. This is more important than anything else."

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"Uncles, stop joking. We still have to see a doctor, so we'll leave first." Su Zhiruan smiled and waved his hand, pulling Fu Huaichu away. (End of this chapter)