Chapter 61 You're that wicked stepmother!!!
"Madam Jiang, shall we go in now?"
As Lu Zhong spoke, he cautiously glanced behind him and saw the divine doctor carrying a medicine box and using it to shield his head as he moved in this direction. He immediately felt more at ease and thought that his choice today was extremely wise.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded, her feelings unclear, and followed him into the house. Along the way, she picked up the broom that had fallen to the side and righted the overturned chicken feed trough. She then carefully put the basket aside.
Lu Zhong, watching from the side, blinked blankly and said, "Wife, you seem quite familiar with my brother's place."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Yes, it's very familiar, extremely familiar."
The dilapidated house was something she had painstakingly cleaned up over several days.
"Mother! You're back!"
Just as Lu Zhong was filled with confusion, he suddenly heard a clear, crisp girl's voice.
Looking up, she saw the little girl excitedly leaning against the window. After shouting, she immediately ran out of the house in her little shoes and jumped into Jiang Nuanzhi's arms.
"Mom, you're finally back! My brother's cooking is terrible. I want to eat Mom's cooking."
"What do you want to eat?" Jiang Nuanzhi picked up the child directly.
"Mom's cooking is delicious! It would be even better if there was golden fried rice! Baozhu dreamed about it last night!"
"Okay, Mommy will make golden fried rice for you today." Jiang Nuanzhi touched Baozhu's little face and then asked, "Where are your brothers?"
Xiao Baozhu pointed, but before she could say anything, Xiao Er came out of the house and smiled when he saw her: "Anuan, you're back?"
Then, she looked curiously at Lu Zhong beside her, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Uncle Lu, what brings you here too?"
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded knowingly and said to Baozhu, "Baozhu, you should also say hello to Uncle Lu."
Jiang Nuanzhi had guessed it too; this Lu Zhong was undoubtedly the Uncle Lu the children had been talking about yesterday.
I remember Ping'er also said that he gave her ten taels of silver.
Thinking of how penniless he was today, Jiang Nuanzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she still had to return the ten taels of silver to him.
So, she didn't actually earn those two taels of silver. It wouldn't be fair for her to treat Li Rong's illness and then accept money from his brother.
Fortunately, we found two pieces of gold in the trap, which now seems like a worthwhile investment.
Lu Zhong was stunned. He pointed at Jiang Nuanzhi, then at Li Xiaoer, then back at Jiang Nuanzhi, and finally his gaze settled on Xiao Baozhu's face. He said, "You call him brother? You call her mother? So you're this kid's mother? Their stepmother? The wife your brother bought?"
Li Rong, who was inside the house, could hear everything that was happening outside. He had been on edge all day.
In fact, he was already able to say one or two words this morning.
The first word he said to Jiang Nuanzhi was "no".
Having regained some strength, he grabbed Jiang Nuanzhi's clothes. Jiang Nuanzhi nodded very seriously, even praising, "Yes, this is cloth, it's healed really well."
The second word he said to Jiang Nuanzhi was "run".
He received a glare from Jiang Nuanzhi in return.
Jiang Nuanzhi said, "You're the fat one! I don't even mind how you look now, but you're complaining about me being fat? If you can handle it, great; if not, I'll throw you out!"
Then Li Rong fell into a long silence.
It wasn't intentional; it was just that I really used up all my strength.
He dared not close his eyes all day, because if he did, he would hallucinate, as if he saw Lu Zhong appearing in front of him with Jiang Nuanzhi's head.
At the same time, they held onto hope, thinking that Jiang Nuanzhi might have escaped unscathed and successfully returned home.
Unexpectedly, not only did he wait for Jiang Nuanzhi to return, but Lu Zhong also came back with her.
"Run! Run!"
Suddenly, he didn't know where the strength came from, and he managed to utter two words in one breath.
Li Junping frowned slightly upon hearing this, and blew on the medicine in the bowl: "Is it hot? If Father feels it's too hot, then put it aside for now. Judging from the noise, it seems Uncle Lu has arrived. I'll go out for a bit and come back to feed you the medicine later."
As they were talking, they went out of the house.
"Uncle Lu, Anuan, how come you came back together? Did you meet on the road?"
Li Junping came out of the door and looked at Lu Zhong with a bit of curiosity, frowning slightly.
He remembered clearly that Uncle Lu had said he was going to kill Zhao Xiyue.
He didn't know if he had succeeded. He glanced at Jiang Nuanzhi and Xiao Baozhu, but ultimately didn't ask.
Lu Zhong was so shocked his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He stared intently at Jiang Nuanzhi for a long while before finally saying, "You really are their stepmother! That wicked woman!"
Jiang Nuanzhi put Xiao Baozhu down: "Are there other women here?"
The next second, with a clang, Lu Zhong drew his broadsword from his waist: "So you're the witch who abused children and bewitched the general! Today I'm going to teach you a lesson."
Lu Zhong was already tall and imposing, with a full beard. Now, his eyes were wide with rage, making him look like a living Yama, which immediately terrified Xiao Baozhu, causing her to burst into tears and cling tightly to Jiang Nuanzhi: "Mother! Mother! I'm scared! I don't want Uncle Lu in our house!"
Xiao Er's eyes widened immediately. He ran in front of Jiang Nuanzhi and spread his arms to block them, saying, "You bad guy, what are you doing!"
Lu Zhong was also startled by this, and his broadsword fell to the ground with a thud. He hurriedly squatted down to explain, "Um, I'm not a bad person. You... don't cry, I... I... I was just worried that you would be bullied, I was just trying to scare you, you wicked stepmother, please stop crying, okay?"
In just a short while, Lu Zhong's forehead was already covered in fine sweat, and his face was flushed red with anxiety.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at it and suddenly burst out laughing. She picked up Baozhu and gently patted her back to comfort her.
Then she looked at Lu Zhong and said, "Hey, do you think I look like a wicked stepmother?"
Lu Zhong stared blankly at Jiang Nuanzhi, almost subconsciously shaking his head.
Yes, he met this person twice, and she didn't seem like a wicked stepmother at all.
"Do you think your big sword can scare me?"
Meeting Jiang Nuanzhi's slightly teasing gaze, Lu Zhong shook his head again.
"Isn't that all? It was just a misunderstanding. Hurry up and put away that big knife. Then go wash your hands and stay here for dinner tonight."
Lu Zhong blinked his large, copper-bell-sized eyes twice and then replied, "Oh."
He obediently picked up his broadsword and sheathed it.
They then scooped water from the water vat and poured it into the wooden basin.
While he was washing his hands, he suddenly changed his mind, frowned, and said, "Why should I listen to you?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Since Li Rong is your elder brother, and I am now your elder sister-in-law, is there anything wrong with listening to me?"
(End of this chapter)
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