Ding Youtian raised his right palm: "My wife, I swear to heaven that things are not what you think. If I have offended Miss Meixiang in any way..."
"Why are you panicking? What's not what I thought? I don't even know what happened, what can I think?" Jian Ning interrupted him, rolling his eyes. "Besides, if swearing is effective, what's the point of having a government office? If you do something bad, you can just swear to the sky, haha!"
Ding Youtian recounted the entire incident to her: "...and then Sister Tian came in and saw her collapsed on me. That's what happened. If a husband tells even a single lie, I will be struck with lightning!"
"You think I was struck by lightning but survived, so you're lucky enough to be that way, right?" Jian Ning's face turned cold. "Ding Youtian, let's make a deal."
Ding Youtian's heart sank, and he felt something was wrong. "You tell me."
Jian Ning said seriously, "If you're interested in that girl, I'll help you. We'll get divorced, and you can take her away. I'll also give you two hundred taels of silver, and I'll raise the child by myself. You can come back to see them once a month, no, twice, is that okay?"
So there's just one more person?
"No. Raising children is our shared responsibility."
"You don't have to take responsibility, really. I won't blame you. Why don't you think about it again, don't rush to refuse, and give yourself a chance, okay?"
"My dear, please think it over carefully. If you insist on a divorce, I will tell Dabao and the others the truth. It was you who didn't want me anymore and drove me away. My dear, are you sure you still want a divorce?"
"Ding Youtian!" Jian Ning lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, "Do you have any shame? How old is Meixiang? You can be her uncle, and you still cuddle with her, bah! How shameless! Flies don't bite seamless eggs. If you hadn't flirted with her, how could a little girl like her get involved with you for no reason? Why doesn't she go after her son instead of my disciple, but instead comes to pester you? Humph! I'm trying to save face for you and let you go, but you don't know what's good for you, do you? You have to refuse a toast and drink a penalty, don't you?"
Jian Ning glared at him with bared teeth and claws, and almost couldn't help but want to smash his dog head with the spatula in his hand to see if he dared to attract bees and butterflies again.
Ding Youtian said calmly: "I have to drink the toast and I have to drink the penalty drink."
"You! What do you want?"
"What do you want, my lady?"
"Are you stuffing your ears with donkey hair? I've made it very clear what I want. I want a divorce! A divorce!"
"May I ask the reason for your divorce, so I can explain it to Dabao and the others."
"You...you are not a good husband and you seduce an ignorant girl. How shameless!"
Ding Youtian said "Oh" and the corners of his lips slowly curved up. "May I ask if my lady is jealous?"
"What?"
Jane Ning was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and her fur instantly stood up.
"I'm jealous of you. How could I be jealous of a young girl who's still wet with milk?"
What kind of international joke is this? How could she be jealous? She just felt like her chest was blocked by Meixiang and Ding Youtian, and she couldn't breathe in or out, which made her feel uncomfortable.
It turns out that TV dramas are all lies. Don't they say that women in ancient times followed their parents' orders and the matchmaker's words? She brought Liu Xiazi some hangover soup, and when she walked into the kitchen, she could see clearly that Meixiang was hugging Ding Youtian tightly with both hands, and Ding Youtian was holding her hand tightly as well.
In modern times, Meixiang is just an underage middle school girl. How could she be so bold as to think about the father of four children? It must be that bastard Ding Youtian who was playing ambiguous with her and gave her some kind of hint, otherwise how could she dare?
What a bastard!
She would not be jealous of Meixiang. She did not take Meixiang seriously at all. She just couldn't stand Ding Youtian. That's right, she simply couldn't stand Ding Youtian's lack of self-discipline. He relied on his good looks to deceive ignorant girls.
The dumplings rolled in the pot. Seeing Jian Ning's angry expression, Ding Youtian's lips curved even higher. He scooped half a ladle of cold water and poured it in. He looked at Jian Ning, suppressed a smile and said tentatively, "My lady, since you know that she is a young girl with only breast milk, you will no longer suspect that your husband has any improper thoughts about her, right?"
"My wife is as beautiful as a fairy, as long as she is not blind..."
"Did the blind man provoke you?"
He was halfway through his words when Blind Liu stepped in and glared at him with an unhappy face.
"Master, you said you were here sooner or later, but you suddenly stepped in, picked up a sentence mid-sentence and started to blame me. I have seen people picking up things, but I have never seen people picking up insults. Besides, I would never dare to curse Master behind his back no matter who I curse!"
"Well, you're not scolding me, an old blind man, but your wife?"
“Master!”
Ding Youtian was so frightened that he almost dropped the firewood stick in his hand. He waved his hands and said, "I dare not scold my wife. Master, please don't say anything nonsense. I wouldn't dare to do that even if I had the guts."
"Hmm? You don't dare scold your wife anymore? So you're more afraid of your wife than of the old blind man?"
"oops!"
Ding Youtian dropped the fire poker, stood up, bowed three times to Blind Liu, and begged for mercy.
Blind Liu's face became even more drawn. "You are still short of three incense sticks. If you give me three more, I, an old blind man, will have to eat the offerings."
"Puchi!" Jane Ning couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Forget it, if you can't afford to offend, you can avoid it. Ding Youtian bowed to Liu the Blind and ran away.
As soon as he left, Blind Liu winked at Jian Ning, "Are you happy now? I, the old blind man, have taught your bad apprentice a lesson. Do you have any share of the dumplings in the pot?"
Jian Ning pursed her lips and smiled: "Of course there is. It's impossible that there is no one else's without yours. Now that you've sobered up, do you still want to drink?"
"How could an old blind man like me be drunk? Ma Fuquan threatened to drink me down. He just recovered from his injuries, so I pretended to be drunk to save his face."
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The dumplings were cooked. Huo Jincheng ate one. Ah Man asked expectantly, "Are the flatbreads at my aunt's house especially delicious?"
"Daddy is hungry. Everything tastes good now." Huo Jincheng said as he stuffed another one into his mouth. He finished thirty-four in one breath before putting down his chopsticks.
His followers devoured the food voraciously, praising it generously and giving thumbs up one after another. Needless to say, Yang Jinyu felt that the dumplings made by his master were good enough to open a shop and would surely be packed with guests.
When Xiao Shi woke up, he also ate about ten. Jian Ning didn't add any chili peppers to the cakes, so he insisted on eating them with his left hand, holding the spoon. He was sweating profusely. Jian Ning knew that his wrist would be extremely painful after the anesthesia wore off, so she asked Yang Jinyu to take out the medicine she had given him, which included a packet of painkillers.
Xiao Shi asked her, "Will taking painkillers affect wound recovery?"
Jian Ning shook her head: "Your way of doing this won't work. On the contrary, the pain stimulation is not conducive to wound healing. But don't take too much. For the first three days, just take one and a half tablets every day when you feel particularly painful."
Before leaving, Huo Jincheng quietly asked Jian Ning, "What happened to Meixiang?"
"It's okay. Maybe she was splashed with boiling water when cooking the dumplings. I'll take a look at her later." Jian Ning didn't believe that she couldn't cure Meixiang, so she kept her and wanted to see if Ding Youtian dared to be reckless again. If he did, she would catch him and use that as an excuse to kick him out.
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