Jane Ning found it irritating to hear him calling her "her" all the time. She then remembered the nervousness in his eyes when she woke up in the early morning, and she suddenly felt unhappy.
Her face darkened. "You're talking about the woman who gave birth to your children. Why are you speaking so coldly, as if you were talking about someone who doesn't matter to you? You're so heartless."
Ding Youtian was bewildered by her sudden accusation. They say a woman's heart is as deep as the sea. If he mentioned Xiu Gu in front of her, what would she say? If he mentioned "wife", who could guarantee that she wouldn't be angry?
Jane Ning saw him facing her sideways, with his head down and a thoughtful look on his face, as if he didn't pay any attention to what she had just said. She couldn't help but get even angrier.
"Ding Youtian!"
"Hmm?" He turned to look at her. "What's the matter?"
Jian Ning rubbed his chest angrily, "Let me ask you, were you afraid that it was her who woke up in the morning?"
"If she could..." Well, she could say her, but he couldn't. He tapped his forehead lightly with a wooden comb, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "According to you, am I afraid or not?"
Jian Ning glared at him, "I'm asking you!"
"Ask me? Yes, ask me." He slapped his palms with a wooden comb, walked around the room half a circle, and raised his eyebrows. "It's a bit cold in this room. I'll bring you the charcoal basin from the main room."
He brought in the charcoal basin, then went to the main room to fetch the bamboo basket for the charcoal. He used iron tongs to dig up the red charcoal that had been buried that morning and added a few pieces of charcoal. After adding the charcoal, he had already thought of an excuse to slip away. "I'm going to check on Erniu and Sanniu to see if they're still squatting in the west room and not sneaking out."
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed into the main room.
He had to run away. He really had no way of answering what Jane Ning asked. He was afraid that no matter how he answered, it would be wrong. The best thing to do was to run away.
"Brother Ding, you're up. Wait a minute. I'll get you some water to wash your face." Meixiang heard the noise, turned around and saw it was him. She threw away the spatula and was about to get some water to wash his face, but was stopped by Qiaofeng who was burning a fire nearby.
"I'll go and get it. I don't want to trouble you!" Qiaofeng stood up, glanced at her, and quickly went to the small room behind the kitchen where toiletries were placed to get the washbasin.
"Brother Ding!" Meixiang stomped her foot.
"I'm going to go see Erniu and the others." Ding Youtian turned and left.
When Qiaofeng brought the wash basin, Meixiang quickly took the iron kettle from the stove and wanted to rush to pour the water for Ding Youtian. However, Qiaofeng did not give her the chance and questioned her in front of the big girl, "You said I was a grown-up girl before, but you are older than me. My master is a man, how can you, a grown-up girl, not be so cautious? Are you trying to seduce my master?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Meixiang blushed. She hadn't expected Qiaofeng to be so sharp-tongued. She couldn't think of any words to shut her up, so she could only throw her hands aside and angrily curse, "Where did this wild hoof come from? Be careful or I'll tear your mouth apart."
"You dare!" Qiaofeng turned around and made a face at her, then raised her head and went to the west room with the water for washing her face.
In the west room, the air was filled with fragrance. Erniu and Sanniu were sitting face to face on a small stool. One of them was gnawing on a cooked sweet potato. Both of them had gnawed until they were as big as little cats.
Especially Sanniu, there were three or four bloody marks on her face from Erniu's scratch. One of them ran across the bridge of her nose, and there was burnt sweet potato peel stuck on the tip of her nose. There were also some around her mouth and on her chin.
The two of them were eating sweet potatoes with relish, talking and laughing. After being locked in the west room for a while, they reconciled and put aside their grudges with a smile.
Ding Youtian came over and saw them like this. He took the bronze mirror on the table and let them look at themselves. The two of them leaned over to look in the mirror and started giggling.
"You still have the nerve to laugh." Ding Youtian actually wanted to laugh, but he was an old father, so he had to hold it in. He said with a stern face, "Hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, let Sister Qiaofeng help you two wash your faces. Then go and apologize to your mother."
"Daddy, can we go play with Ma Qianjin later?" Erniu asked with her head tilted back.
"Daddy can't make the decision on this. I'll ask your mother later." Ding Youtian put the bronze mirror back, and Qiaofeng came in with some water.
"I'll do it myself from now on. If you have time, you can help take care of these two." Ding Youtian nodded at Erniu and Sanniu.
"Well, I will take good care of my two sisters. I'll get the washbasin right away." Qiaofeng ran to get the washbasin and took Erniu and Sanniu by the hand. "Come on, wash your faces and hands with your sister. Look at your faces, they're almost as pretty as if you were performing an opera."
"Sister Qiaofeng, have you ever seen an opera?" Sanniu asked sideways, shaking her hand.
"No, I heard that opera singers all wear painted faces. When I grow up, I'll take you to see it. I know where opera singers are."
Erniu asked, "How big will it be? Will it be as big as Sister Meixiang?"
"What do you want me to do?" Meixiang turned her head and glared at the three of them. When her eyes fell on Erniu and Sanniu, she made two "tsk tsk" sounds and gouged out her eyes at Erniu. She never liked Erniu's bad mouth. Then she looked at Sanniu and said, "She caught you, didn't she? Don't play with her anymore. She's a bad seed."
Qiao Feng was unhappy when she heard this. "How old is she? You say that about her? You are the bad guy! Let's go and ignore her!"
Da Niu also glanced at Meixiang silently. Even if Qiao Feng didn't argue with her just now, she would have argued with her. Da Niu not only looks like Xiu Gu, but also has the same temperament. She doesn't get angry easily, but that doesn't mean she has no temper.
Qiaofeng washed the two little ones, went to the stove to get the rice porridge that had been simmering by the fire, and led them to the main house.
"Master."
"mother."
Erniu was always the quickest to admit her mistakes. She took Sanniu’s hand as soon as she entered and said, “We were wrong. Let’s not fight again. I will never hit my sister again. I promise.”
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