Huo Mingchen asked, "What kind of help?"
"Could you help me carry some small things up the mountain tomorrow morning?"
"OK."
Huo Mingchen readily agreed.
Getting something is a very simple thing.
But when he saw Cheng Shanshan arrive at his doorstep the next day with a whole truckload of things, he realized he had been too hasty: "You call these small things?"
Knowing she was in the wrong, Cheng Shanshan could only force a smile and say, "I really can't handle these things, so I can only trouble you to help me. How about you name your price, Brother Huo? I can give you some silver, how about ten taels of silver?"
Faced with her arrogance and wealth, Huo Mingchen rolled his eyes at her.
Without saying anything, he went straight to pull the cart. Seeing this, Cheng Shanshan quickly went to help push and praised, "Brother Huo, you are such a kind person."
Huo Mingchen replied coldly, "You should praise me less in the future."
"Ha ha."
Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but laugh.
The two of them went up the mountain one after the other.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Wan'er witnessed this scene, thus planting the seeds of a future problem...
...
The sunlight grew stronger.
A wisp of smoke rose from the mountaintop.
Once Cheng Shanshan reached the mountaintop, she began to busy herself with various tasks. First, she used the spring water that Huo Mingchen had just brought to wash the fatty meat, then cut it into pieces and put it in a pot for later use.
As the white fat is stir-fried and boiled, it gradually transforms into pieces of golden-yellow cracklings.
The wafting aroma caused Huo Mingchen, who was inside the cave, to feel an unprecedented hunger, and he couldn't help but come out to see what Cheng Shanshan was doing.
When Cheng Shanshan saw him, she quickly picked up a piece of pork cracklings that had just been sprinkled with salt with her chopsticks: "Brother Huo, try this while it's hot." After saying that, she stuffed it directly into his mouth and asked expectantly, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
"tasty."
Huo Mingchen replied with two words.
He always thought that eating was just for filling one's stomach, and that he would eat anything as long as he could get full. But now, after taking the first bite, he wanted to take a second.
Hearing his answer, Cheng Shanshan smiled and quickly picked up a piece to eat: "I think this pot is cooked just right. When I have time, I'll use this to make you some fried pancakes to try."
Huo Mingchen glanced at the pair of chopsticks.
Then, unable to resist glancing at Cheng Shanshan's slightly red lips, he wondered if their relationship could be considered indirect...
Cheng Shanshan was completely oblivious to this, still immersed in the deliciousness of the pork cracklings. When she picked up another piece to give to Huo Mingchen, Huo Mingchen hurriedly turned around: "I'm not eating anymore, I'm going back to work."
Seeing him like this, Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but advise, "Brother Huo, your face is all red from exhaustion, why don't you take a rest?"
"No."
Huo Mingchen's voice came from inside the cave.
Seeing that he was working so hard, Cheng Shanshan felt embarrassed to slack off anymore.
So he put down his chopsticks, rolled up his sleeves and continued frying. In his haste, he finally rendered all the fat into snow-white lard by sunset.
She hadn't planned to move these things away yet, so she had Huo Mingchen move them into the cave and find a place where they wouldn't get in the way to put them away temporarily. She would put them into her spatial storage when she had the chance.
Although she was tired at the end of the day, she felt a special sense of satisfaction.
She even felt that her steps had become much lighter. When she returned to the dilapidated house, she walked in happily and said, "Mom, I'm back. I brought you some pork cracklings today. Let's make some cabbage and pork crackling dumplings later."
"..."
It was unusually quiet.
The surroundings were empty; only echoes answered her.
When Cheng Shanshan returned for the first time, she didn't see Bai Shi waiting for her. There was only a line of words on the ground: Shanshan, I'm back at the Cheng family.
Going back home?!
These three words almost made Cheng Shanshan curse.
So she didn't delay for a moment and immediately ran to the Cheng family, fearing that something might happen to Bai Shi.
Along the way, she considered all sorts of possibilities and even rehearsed how to fight with Old Lady Cheng. In any case, Bai was her only relative, and she absolutely could not let her suffer any harm!
But to everyone's surprise, the scene they saw was the Bai family and the Cheng family sitting around the table eating together...
Her sudden arrival caused everyone to stop eating, and Madam Bai hurriedly stood up: "Shanshan, you're back."
Cheng Shanshan frowned as she looked at Bai Shi and asked, "Mother, why did you come here?"
"I……"
Bai glanced cautiously at Old Madam Cheng: "This is, after all, our home."
These words sent a chill down Cheng Shanshan's spine, leaving her speechless.
“Aunt is right.” Cheng Wan’er smiled and put a piece of meat into Bai’s bowl before continuing, “No matter how bad our family is, at least it’s not leaky. Your cousin made a scene and made your aunt suffer with you. Now that your aunt has come back, you don’t have to put up with it.”
"Cheng Shanshan, if you want to come back, kneel down and apologize to me first!" Cheng Xiulan, standing beside her, looked at her with a face full of anger: "This girl almost buried her aunt alive. She can't expect me to forgive her without showing some attitude!"
Cheng Shanshan clenched her fists, trying to suppress her anger, and asked, "Mother, what do you mean?"
Bai said tremblingly, "Shanshan, apologize to your aunt."
"Make me apologize?"
These words struck Cheng Shanshan like a thunderbolt!
The other three were delighted. Cheng Xiulan looked at her with disdain: "Yes, that's what your mother said. But I'm in a good mood today. If you're sincere enough, kneeling down and apologizing might make me calm down."
They were all lined up neatly.
Everyone looked at Cheng Shanshan.
Cheng Shanshan clenched her fists tightly, her eyes fixed on Bai Shi.
She really couldn't believe that her mother, who had previously said she believed in her, had suddenly changed.
At this moment, Cheng Xiulan added fuel to the fire again: "Your mother already apologized before you came back, and now it's just your turn, so hurry up!"
"Okay, I'll hurry!"
Cheng Shanshan took a step forward.
Cheng Xiulan immediately said smugly, "That's more like it, you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Cheng Shanshan flipped the table over without saying a word!
With a series of crashing sounds, the food, dishes, and chopsticks all fell to the ground. Enraged, Old Mrs. Cheng jumped up and down, yelling, "You wretched girl, are you tired of living? How dare you waste food like this! Wan'er, go close the door! Xiulan, hit her!"
"Okay!"
Cheng Xiulan had already made preparations.
He grabbed the prepared stick and pointed it at Cheng Shanshan: "I don't believe I can't beat you, you little brat!"
"Then let's go."
Cheng Shanshan was fearless.
Unexpectedly, Bai rushed over, slapped her across the face, and scolded, "Shanshan, you've really gone too far."
"..."
Cheng Shanshan stared wide-eyed.
If someone else had hit her, she would have definitely rushed over and torn them to pieces.
But this person happens to be her beloved mother, and also the mother who loves her the most...
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