"Come on, let's eat together."
Cheng Shanshan greeted them.
Huo Mingchen raised an eyebrow: "You ate it again?"
Cheng Shanshan raised an eyebrow as well: "Of course, after all, I'm not a stingy person."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Huo Mingchen couldn't help but laugh.
Then he reached out and ruffled Cheng Shanshan's hair, a gesture that drew Cheng Shanshan's displeasure: "Why does it feel like you're petting a dog's head?"
Huo Mingchen was amused, his glassy eyes filled with doting affection: "Now that you mention it, it really does look a bit like that." As he spoke, he even rubbed it a couple more times.
Cheng Shanshan was enraged and jumped up and down, wanting to fight back, but Huo Mingchen was too tall, so she had to get very close to reach him.
Huo Mingchen looked at her so close to him, then pulled her into his arms with a little force and whispered, "There are people eavesdropping outside."
"..."
She originally wanted to resist.
Upon hearing this, her nerves immediately tensed up. She looked outside and frowned slightly: "What do they want to hear?"
"Many, for example..."
Huo Mingchen suddenly leaned over and pecked her lips, a gesture that made Cheng Shanshan blush!
She stared wide-eyed, wondering if she had been taken advantage of.
However, she couldn't resort to physical punishment or verbal abuse at this time, since she didn't know what the person peeping outside meant, and could only wait and see.
So the two of them continued like this for a while, and Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but look outside: "Is he still there?"
"No."
"Why haven't they left yet?"
"Um."
Huo Mingchen responded softly.
But Cheng Shanshan got anxious, broke free, and rolled up her sleeves, saying, "I'm going to see who likes to eavesdrop." Then she rushed out.
But Huo Mingchen stopped her: "Don't go, the person has already left."
Cheng Shanshan was a little unhappy: "Brother Huo, do you know who it is?"
"I don't know."
Huo Mingchen felt a void in his arms and a sense of emptiness in his heart, followed by a strong feeling of loss: "But no matter who it is, it's not a good thing for them to be eavesdropping on us outside. You and I need to be careful these next few days."
...
The next day.
Grandma Cheng arrived right on time.
When she saw Cheng Shanshan, her arrogance from yesterday was gone, replaced by a commanding tone: "I saw that today's meals have already been delivered to you, so hurry up and give them to me."
Cheng Shanshan didn't give it to him directly, but instead pretended to want to keep some. Unexpectedly, Old Mrs. Cheng stepped forward without saying a word and snatched it, saying, "Stop dawdling like your mother. Give it to me now." After saying that, she took the things and left.
When people outside saw Grandma Cheng get the food, they couldn't help but feel envious: "Grandma Cheng, you are such a lucky person. Although one of your family members is mentally ill and the other is dead, you still have a capable person who can take care of you!"
"That's right, so much food. It's said that the county magistrate saved up money to send it over. I didn't expect you to benefit from it all."
"With so much food, aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache!"
Grandma Cheng was displeased and started yelling, "What business is it of yours whether I have food or not? Why are you all going to keep harassing me like this! Get the hell out of here and go somewhere cool!"
The group left dejectedly.
Old Mrs. Cheng had an eccentric temper and didn't have any particularly good relationships with anyone.
So she went straight to her little nest and slowly ate wild vegetables. Even when she fainted in the outhouse due to stomach pain, someone saw her, checked her breathing, and then left her alone.
The next day, when Old Mrs. Cheng woke up, she went to Cheng Shanshan's door and started cursing: "Cheng Shanshan, you brat, how dare you drug your grandmother! You're utterly despicable!"
Having experienced being choked before, she was too afraid to go in alone to face Cheng Shanshan, so she stood at the door cursing in various ways, which quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers.
After she had been cursing for a while, she realized that Cheng Shanshan was not there at all.
The exasperation of hitting cotton with such force made her faint with anger again.
On the other side.
Cheng Shanshan knew that Old Madam Cheng would come, so she timed it perfectly and hid with Bai Jingquan in advance. Little did she know that what she hadn't expected was that something even more difficult was yet to come.
Bai Jingquan happened to be eating and piled a lot of food onto her plate: "Miss Cheng, you've come at the right time. I've already obtained approval for the land from the imperial court, and we're preparing to mobilize everyone to cultivate the land. I wonder if you have any opinions?"
Cheng Shanshan decisively looked at Huo Mingchen beside her: "Yes, Brother Huo, do you have any objections?"
Huo Mingchen is not picky about food.
So he quietly finished what was in Cheng Shanshan's bowl before speaking, "Farming is a good thing, but we must pay attention to the distribution of labor on the land."
Bai Jingquan nodded: "Yes, this is very important." After saying that, he looked at Cheng Shanshan expectantly again: "Miss Cheng, why don't you share your thoughts?"
"..."
Why do you keep holding onto her?
She just wanted to be a quiet, invisible person.
I don't want to get involved in this messy stuff.
However, when she saw Bai Jingquan's expectant eyes, she couldn't bear to refuse, so she asked, "What are you planting? Do you have any more seeds?"
"The imperial court sent a batch," Bai Jingquan said, taking out a list and handing it to Cheng Shanshan. "This has a detailed record. There's wheat, corn, cabbage, and some other grains sent as well. We can have some wild vegetables to go with our barley."
Cheng Shanshan glanced at it and said, "The imperial court seems to be quite conscientious. The food they sent is very filling, and the seeds are easy to grow. However, when you distribute the seeds for planting, you must choose people you can trust."
Bai Jingquan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
"Some people will steal the food." Huo Mingchen added this, and continued to explain: "People haven't seen food for too long now, and some people will have bad ideas."
"right."
Cheng Shanshan meant the same thing.
She knew that after eating wild vegetables continuously, she would crave other foods.
In my past life, there was a scoundrel who cooked and ate most of the seeds that the imperial court had sent from afar. Although that person was eventually punished, the grain was gone and could not be recovered.
This is something we must pay attention to.
Bai Jingquan understood what the two men meant and nodded emphatically: "Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention."
This statement might be a divine prophecy.
The gifts sent by the imperial court this time gave many people hope.
So they worked with all their might and quickly cleaned up the open space, preparing to plant seeds. But then, something unexpected happened.
Someone noticed something was off about the number of seeds. Wang Chao said, "Why does it feel like there are fewer and fewer seeds?"
With their life-saving supplies dwindling, everyone panicked: "What happened? Can things just fly away on their own?"
"Everyone, follow me, I know where it is!"
Suddenly a male voice rang out, and looking in the direction of the voice, it turned out to be Lin Sheng!
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