Chapter 355 Let my mother prick you with needles!
Li Rong's expression stiffened, his slightly dazed eyes suddenly narrowed, and his sharp gaze shot towards the door. The next second, he hooked the empty basket on the ground, stomped his foot, and slammed it against the door with a bang, saying in a deep voice, "Get lost."
"Okay."
Chi Heng's voice outside seemed to carry a hint of laughter, followed by the sound of footsteps fading into the distance.
Jiang Nuanzhi blinked: "Your friend is quite sensible."
Li Rong's face flushed red and then turned pale. After a while, realizing that no one was behind the door, he finally turned his gaze to Jiang Nuanzhi.
"Anuan, it's my fault..."
“You’re not bad, you’re great.” Jiang Nuanzhi interrupted him, her fingers still busy applying the medicine, then she gently pulled his clothes up for him. “Look, as soon as you came back, I didn’t have to do any chores. You cook for me and do the housework. The children are all very happy too. Look, we couldn’t finish clearing the snow outside, but you finished it as soon as you came back. We all looked forward to your return. Everything is different since you came back.”
For some reason, Li Rong's face visibly flushed red, and even his ears turned completely red.
"Anuan, I'm not as good as you say." His long, slender fingers unconsciously stroked the spot where Jiang Nuanzhi had just touched.
"No, I believe you can do better."
Jiang Nuanzhi knew the principle that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. She was never stingy with sweet words, and now she spoke with such sincerity that she probably even believed it herself.
The effect was immediate. Li Rong, blushing with pride at Jiang Nuanzhi's praise, picked up Jiang Nuanzhi's rag and bent over to clean the counter for her.
They climbed up and down, busy and happy. In no time, the whole kitchen was transformed.
Not only were the vegetables washed clean, but the floor was also wiped spotless.
While tidying up the kitchen, Li Rong also prepared food for the livestock and fed them one by one. His strategic thinking as a commander was a game-changer when it came to housework.
He even got Jiang Nuanzhi a small stool so she could sit and watch him work without delaying anything. Jiang Nuanzhi stared wide-eyed as Li Rong bustled around, and a moment later, he handed her a peeled orange.
Jiang Nuanzhi secretly ate half an orange, but it wouldn't be right to keep someone who had just returned from a long trip so servile, so she couldn't help but say, "Li Rong, let me help you?"
"No need, just sit down." Li Rong pressed her down to sit, and even poured her a cup of barley tea: "Soothe your throat, just watch, and if it doesn't work, just let me know."
Jiang Nuanzhi paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, okay."
Li Rong looked down at her, who was blankly drinking tea, and couldn't help but smile. He subconsciously reached out and touched her head.
Jiang Nuan was stunned. She looked up and saw that Li Rong had already withdrawn his hand and turned around to continue helping her to put the doorknob back in the correct position.
Jiang Nuanzhi leaned against the kitchen wall for a while, sipping hot tea and eating an orange. It has to be said...
As soon as Li Rong got home, she truly felt as if half of her burden had been lifted. It wasn't that she was usually so tense, but rather that she felt a sense of relief, as if she no longer had to bear so much responsibility. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright. Ah Nuan, the handle has been replaced. Shall we start cooking now?"
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head and stood up: "Why don't you go out and rest for a while? Perfect timing, I should also meet your friends."
As the host, this behavior is somewhat impolite. Although Chi Heng has done some foolish things, he is still Li Rong's friend. She can't give him face by acting like this.
But Li Rong was so engrossed in his work that he said, "It's alright, I'll clear the snow off the road to the cellar first, then we can go."
Jiang Nuanzhi, both amused and exasperated, grabbed him and said, "The snow is still falling, and it's impossible to clear it all now. Let's take a break."
Li Rong: "But I'm not tired. I'll check the doors and windows for you later, and fix any oversights I find."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
Good physical fitness really makes a difference, huh?
Jiang Nuanzhi felt that if she had done so much work, she would probably need to rest for a day.
It turns out that men are really suited to doing housework. It didn't affect him at all! And this was after he'd been traveling for several days straight. It's true what they say, comparisons are odious.
Jiang Nuan glanced at the radiant Li Rong, who was looking at her almost as if he were asking for credit, and choked. She then ripped off the apron that was being pulled over his shoulders: "I'm done. You need to rest now."
"I really don't."
"Li Rong, don't you want to introduce me to your friends? Do you think I'm someone you can't be seen with?"
"What nonsense!" Li Rong's expression froze. "Anuan, how could I think that? You..."
"That's good." Jiang Nuanzhi smiled. "So, let's go out now."
Then, without saying a word, he simply pulled the person out the door.
Outside, Chi Heng sat on the sofa, chewing an orange through gritted teeth. Behind him stood Sun Wen and Sun Wu, looking embarrassed.
Xiao Baozhu stood with her hands on her hips, staring intently at Chi Heng as if he were a criminal.
Ping'er and Xiao Er were behind Baozhu.
While sewing, Fu Man kept a close eye on the other side, as if worried that Xiao Baozhu might suffer a loss.
The next second, Baozhu picked up another orange, peeled it, and was about to share it with her two older brothers when Chiheng snatched it away.
"Ugh! You're so annoying!" Little Baozhu exploded in anger: "Believe me or not, I'll have my mother prick you with needles!!"
Chi Heng chewed on an orange with a smug look on his face: "Little girl, you're too fierce. You'll suffer for it later. Be good and call me Uncle Chi, and I'll give it to you."
"No way!" Baozhu glared angrily!
The next second, Baozhu saw Jiang Nuanzhi and the other girl come out and immediately ran over: "Mother, he bullied me! Prick him with a needle!"
Chi Heng's smug smile vanished the moment she saw Jiang Nuanzhi. She abruptly stood up, her expression shifting strangely between Li Rong and Jiang Nuanzhi. Then, with a smile, she stepped forward, clasped her hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "I am Chi Heng, greetings to my sister-in-law."
Clearly, Chi Heng was much more serious this time than when they first met. She was a completely different person from her previous carefree demeanor.
This prompted Li Rong to glance at him unconsciously. Hey, he can be serious sometimes?
If Chi Heng knew what Li Rong was thinking, she would definitely scoff. These two dared to do such a thing in broad daylight; judging from Li Rong's behavior, even if the Li family's case is overturned in the future, this sister-in-law's position will be secure. Should they be disrespectful or offend her?
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't know Chi Heng very well, and didn't notice anything different at the moment. She simply patted Xiao Baozhu's head reassuringly, avoided Chi Heng's greeting, and said with a smile, "To be honest, I was impolite just now. I should have welcomed you two in earlier. However, Brother Chi, what you did was really not very fair. But considering that you are my A Rong's close friend, perhaps you didn't mean it, so let's just let this matter go."
After saying that, he poured a cup of tea, raised it to Chi Heng, then clinked it against Chi Heng's cup on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
(End of this chapter)
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