Chapter 112 Chapter 112 (Content Modified) Couple's Night Talk (Inside...
Tonight at the Pei family's house, Qin Suyun returned from the restaurant after working, and Pei Jing had just come out of the study. The couple sat and chatted for a while before washing up and going to bed.
She left the thing Lin Chuntao gave her in the shop overnight and took it back tonight.
Although she didn't have such a deep relationship with Pei Jing after she traveled through time, Pei Jing was a good-looking man with a good temper. They got along well in that matter, so she didn't reject it.
The only thing that troubled her was having children. She didn't want to have one for the time being, but contraception was somewhat difficult in ancient times.
Now, with this thing Lin Chuntao gave her, she can feel much more at ease.
In the dark night, she handed the thing to him. Pei Jing thought it was sheep intestines and put it on directly. After putting it on, he felt something was different, but at that time he didn't have the extra energy to figure out what it was.
After the incident was over and the couple came back from bathing, Pei Jing asked about Qin Suyun.
"Wasn't that a sheep intestine?"
Hearing Pei Jing's question, Qin Suyun said, "It's like sheep intestines."
Pei Jing raised his eyebrows slightly. That thing had the same effect as goat intestines, but it was obviously much more effective. He asked in a low voice, "Anything else?"
"besides."
"Give me another one. I didn't have time to look at it just now."
Qin Suyun hissed, but didn't move. She only whispered, "What's there to see? Let's go to sleep."
Pei Jing pushed her and said coquettishly, "Hurry up, I'll just take a look. I won't come anymore."
Qin Suyun looked at his face, feeling somewhat helpless. She climbed up from the bed, opened the cabinet, and took one out.
Under the candlelight, Pei Jing took the thing and examined it carefully. It was very thin yet very elastic. He observed it, frowning and then relaxing. Qin Suyun pursed her lips and said, "What did you see?"
Pei Jing said: "What is this thing made of? The craftsmanship is really amazing."
Qin Suyun: "I don't know either."
Pei Jing: "Where did you buy it?"
Listening to Pei Jing's words, Qin Suyun whispered, "It seems that the caravan from Sindhu brought it here. I didn't ask carefully."
She seemed to have answered, but also seemed not to have answered. Pei Jing was not easy to fool.
He turned his head to look at Qin Suyun, curled his lips and smiled slightly. Just as Qin Suyun was stunned, the man put on the thing in his hand and then pounced on her.
"Again."
Qin Suyun punched him and said angrily, "You have to get up early tomorrow."
Pei Jing: "Just once."
Pei Jing appears to be a gentle and refined scholar, but behind his back he behaves like this, which is disgraceful to speak out.
In fact, Pei Jing really wanted to have a child, but Qin Suyun did not want to have one. They had different opinions on this matter.
In the past, he used sheep intestines, which he could use as an excuse because they were not easy to use. But this thing had no taste, and it looked more elastic than sheep intestines, so it was much easier to use. So he had no more excuses.
He wanted to take a look and then ask if this thing really works.
But he hadn't noticed that he had already used it. If he tried to get to the bottom of it, Qin Suyun would be unhappy, so he had to suppress his unhappiness in his heart.
Afterwards, Qin Suyun felt a little tired. She half-closed her eyes and prepared to fall asleep, but Pei Jing was unusually awake.
The night before yesterday, Qin Suyun went to the countryside. She said that Lin Chuntao was moving and she wanted to have a meal there.
She didn't mention asking him to go with her, not even a word.
She went there and came back with a heavy heart. Yesterday afternoon she went again. This time she didn't even bring her maid with her. She went alone. She was very worried when she went there, but when she came back, the worries disappeared and she felt happy.
Pei Jing was in a bad mood, but if he said some things he was afraid that they would cause a quarrel, so he kept hiding them.
Turning his head to look at Qin Suyun beside the pillow, Pei Jing whispered: "Ayun, when are we going to have a child?"
Qin Suyun heard this in a daze and murmured, "Didn't I say it would be two years later?"
"Why another two years?" Pei Jing asked.
Qin Suyun did not answer, only the sound of her gentle breathing remained.
She fell asleep.
Pei Jing's Adam's apple moved slightly and his head moved forward a little.
"Have you seen Pei Ying?"
In the quiet night, Pei Jing's voice was very soft. If Qin Suyun was really asleep, she would not be able to hear it.
But at this moment, she was so shocked that she woke up from all sleepiness. She knew Pei Ying was in Yizhou by accident. If she hadn't gone to the banquet, she would not have seen the grown-up Pei Ying. Even if she met him on the road, she would not have known that it was Pei Ying, let alone that she would have known that Pei Ying was in Yizhou.
How did Pei Jing know?
Judging from his tone, he already knew it.
According to the plot of the book, Pei Jing is not the biological son of the Pei family. After Pei Ying came back, he acted like a green tea boy in front of the old people intentionally or unintentionally. The two elders of the Pei family were already a little unfamiliar with Pei Ying. In addition, Pei Ying was cold and silent, and was no match for Pei Jing. As a result, the relationship between Pei Ying and the two elders of the Pei family was not very good.
The original body was actually the same. She and Pei Jing tacitly joined forces to exclude Pei Ying. She also wanted Pei Jing to inherit the Pei family's business. If Pei Ying came back, the Pei family's things would fall into Pei Ying's hands.
Qin Suyun will work hard with her own hands to get what she wants, so she doesn't agree with stealing other people's things.
It’s just that she hadn’t found Pei Ying before, so she didn’t care about these things from the Pei family.
She didn't care, but Pei Jing did.
Moreover, Pei Jing should not only care about the property, but also care more about the preference of Pei's father and mother. He has a strong possessiveness.
If Pei Jing hadn't mentioned Pei Ying just now, she wouldn't have thought about this matter carefully.
Pei Jing might not tell others if he had something to say. If Pei Jing had known that Pei Ying was in Yizhou earlier, he would definitely know that Pei Ying and Lin Chuntao were husband and wife. That means Pei Jing knew that she had met Pei Ying.
So he minded? But he didn't say anything? He only said it when she was asleep?
Qin Suyun took a deep breath, slowly opened her eyes, and met Pei Jing's dark eyes.
When Qin Suyun suddenly opened her eyes, Pei Jing looked calm and didn't seem surprised.
"Aren't you asleep?" Pei Jing said.
Qin Suyun: "I fell asleep, but you woke me up."
Pei Jing remained silent upon hearing this. Qin Suyun raised an eyebrow and asked, "When did you know Pei Ying was in Yizhou?"
Pei Jing's lips curled slightly, but his eyes were dim, and he was obviously unhappy, but the tone of his words was still calm.
"I happened to see him by the butcher's stall when I went to the market. I knew about him not long after I arrived."
Pei Jing said this, but it was not true. He thought it was too strange that Qin Suyun and Lin Chuntao were so close, so he wanted to find out Lin Chuntao's identity. He accidentally ran into Lin Chuntao and Pei Ying together, and then he found out.
But he would not tell Qin Suyun about this.
Qin Suyun frowned slightly after hearing his explanation.
"Then you also knew that Madam Lin was Pei Ying's wife?"
"Um."
Pei Jing responded, and then said to Qin Suyun, "Isn't it because of Pei Ying that you are so close to Madam Lin?"
Qin Suyun shook her head, "Of course not."
Pei Jing was a little surprised by Qin Suyun's words. Although he didn't ask, when he learned that Pei Ying and Lin Chuntao were still married in Yizhou, he tacitly assumed that Qin Suyun contacted Lin Chuntao because of Pei Ying.
As a result, Qin Suyun now says no.
"I didn't even know Pei Ying was in Yizhou before. It was the night before last when Lin Chuntao moved into her new home and she introduced us to each other that I learned her husband was Pei Ying."
"They were moving into a new house that night, so I didn't say anything. I thought about it and decided to go back to find Lin Chuntao and talk about it."
Pei Jing's heart was in suspense. He asked calmly, "What would Pei Ying's reaction be if he knew we were in Yizhou?"
Qin Suyun smiled and said, "It's a bit annoying. He asked me not to tell you that he is in Yizhou. He probably doesn't want to come back to this family."
Pei Jing frowned, somewhat unconvinced.
Qin Suyun said: "If he wants to come back, I think it's his responsibility. We can just do our own thing. If he doesn't want to come back, that's his business and has nothing to do with us."
Pei Jing didn't respond, so Qin Suyun asked tentatively, "What do you think?"
Pei Jing was stunned for a moment, not quite sure what Qin Suyun meant. "What?"
Qin Suyun said, "What do you think about Pei Ying? I originally thought you didn't know he was there, so forget it. Now that you know, are you going to tell your parents or keep it a secret? What do you think?"
Pei Jing remained silent after hearing this. He looked at Qin Suyun but found it difficult to speak.
Qin Suyun just said, "I know you don't want Pei Ying to be in this family. I know what you're thinking, but I think feelings are accumulated over time. Even if Pei Ying comes back, your parents will still have feelings for you."
Pei Jing felt that what Qin Suyun described was an ideal situation. The two elders felt indebted to Pei Ying, so they were cautious, but Pei Ying had a cold personality, so there were many barriers between the two sides.
He had met Lin Chuntao. If Pei Ying had brought Lin Chuntao back with him, given Lin Chuntao's attitude towards people, the estrangement between Pei Ying and the two elders might have been eliminated quickly.
He is Pei Ying's biological son, but he is not. He knows where he came from and is just a substitute for Pei Ying.
Pei Jing didn't want to tell Qin Suyun about these dark and obscure thoughts.
"If he comes back, won't you feel embarrassed?" Pei Jing asked Qin Suyun. Qin Suyun said, "He and I are childhood playmates. At most, I can call him big brother. What's embarrassing about that?" Qin Suyun thought of Lin Chuntao. Even if Pei's parents knew that Pei Ying was in Yizhou and wanted to call him home, if Lin Chuntao didn't come, Pei Ying would definitely not come either.
Since everyone lives separately, it's like having another relative, and there won't be any problems at all.
"Besides, Lin Chuntao may not come back home with me, and Pei Ying will definitely not come back either. We can each live in our own place and not disturb each other."
After thinking for a while, Qin Suyun continued, "I think you can take the initiative to tell your parents. That way, your parents will remember your kindness. Madam Lin and I have similar interests, and we will definitely interact with each other in the future. Maybe one day your parents will find out, and by then, they might even blame us."
After saying this, Pei Jing nodded.
Qin Suyun said, "Then tell me if you've made up your mind. I need to talk to Madam Lin about this. Otherwise, if I tell her rashly, Pei Ying will be unhappy and it will affect the relationship between Madam Lin and me."
Pei Jing: “…”
"What's so good about that, Madam Lin?"
Pei Jing suddenly asked, Qin Suyun smiled and said: "It's a secret, she will be my half-sister in this world from now on."
Pei Jing thought of his two cousins-in-law from his uncle's family. They seemed to be in harmony on the surface, but they were actually jealous and quarreling behind the scenes. He said to Qin Suyun, "If he really comes back, you and Madam Lin will be sisters-in-law. Will you still be so close?"
Qin Suyun was unhappy with what she said. She said very seriously, "We are not sisters-in-law. You and Pei Ying are."
Pei Jing: “…”
Some are impossible to refute.
The next day, when the cock crowed, the system reported the location of the mushrooms, and Lin Chuntao got up with them.
Pei Ying's eyelids kept twitching. He said to Lin Chuntao, "My eyelids keep twitching. Do I feel like I'm going to have bad luck today?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Left eye or right eye?"
Pei Ying said, "Everyone jump."
"As the saying goes, if your left eye twitches, you'll have good luck, and if your right eye twitches, you'll have disaster. Believe it or not, it won't happen."
After Lin Chuntao finished speaking, Pei Ying laughed, "Then I'd rather not believe it."
Pei Ying was butchering the pig, always using a knife, and she warned, "Be careful with the knife."
"Um."
Today, Lin Chuntao called Lin Jiaye and others to pick beans, so she will not go to the county town.
But she hadn't gone into the mountains to pick mushrooms for several days, and the system reported again. She set off with Pei Ying and the others, carrying a backpack, and went into the mountains by herself halfway.
When it was just getting light, she picked up half a basket of pine mushrooms and earth mushrooms. She walked around in the mountains again and picked up some purple-skinned blue-headed mushrooms, then carried them back home.
When Lin Chuntao got home, Lin Jiaye and the others were also at home. Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer were lighting the fire, probably because they had just gotten up.
Seeing Lin Chuntao coming back with mushrooms on her back, Lin Jiaye and the others opened their mouths wide.
"Sister Chuntao, did you go to pick mushrooms?"
"Well, I haven't gone to pick mushrooms for several days. I went for a walk and picked up some miscellaneous mushrooms." After Lin Chuntao finished speaking, Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer ran out of the kitchen.
"Sister, you didn't go to the county town?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "No, aren't we going to pick beans today?"
Hearing Lin Chuntao's words, Lin Chunhe also laughed, "I thought you went to the county town and was just about to light a fire to cook noodles."
We said last night that we would have noodles with meat sauce this morning. The meat sauce was fried last night, and Lin Chuntao also kneaded the dough and put it aside. This morning, we just need to stretch the dough and cook it.
When Lin Chuntao was not there when she woke up in the morning, Lin Chunhe prepared to cook for Lin Jiaye and the others. Unexpectedly, before she could finish cooking, Lin Chuntao came back.
Lin Chuntao carried the mushrooms into the house and put them down. Lin Duoer looked at the mushrooms inside and asked, "Sister, do you want to wash a few and cook some noodles?"
"It's too slow. Let's wash and stir-fry the meat for lunch. After we finish eating in the morning, let's go to the fields first, while the sun is not shining and it's not hot."
Lin Duoer responded and scooped water to wash Lin Chuntao's hands.
Next to the stove, Lin Chunhe put an iron pan on the stove, added some oil and stir-fried the garlic cloves. Lin Chuntao washed her hands and went over to put the minced meat that she had fried last night into the pan, stir-fried it, and then added water.
The fire in the stove was quite strong and the water in the pot boiled in a short while.
Lin Chuntao kneaded the dough, stretched it into thin strips and put it into the pot. When the soup started to boil again, the noodles were almost cooked. Lin Chuntao added salt and pea tips.
Once the pea tips are cooked, the noodles are ready to eat.
Lin Chunhe went to get a bowl, and Lin Chuntao started to serve the noodles. As she did so, she said to Lin Duoer, "Bring eight eggs over, and make some poached eggs."
After the eggs were cooked, they were scooped into a bowl, poured with soup and served on the table. Then Lin Chuntao called Lin Jiaye and the others to come in and eat.
Lin Jiaye and the others looked at the full bowl of noodles on the table, which had an egg on it, and swallowed their saliva. Lin Chuntao said, "Everyone, have breakfast first. Chunxing and the others came back late, so we will have lunch later."
Lin Jiaye and the others rubbed the back of their heads a bit sheepishly. Was this just to fill their stomachs? There was minced meat and eggs, and the soup was still drizzling with oil. The whole room was filled with the aroma of noodles, and their stomachs were rumbling with greed.
Lin Chuntao was a little hungry after taking a walk outside, so she handed them some chopsticks, sat down and started eating.
At first, they ate it politely in small bites, but after taking a bite, they couldn't stop. It was so delicious that everyone ate it up in a hurry, even drinking up the soup.
Lin Chuntao feels that pea tips are the most delicious vegetables in the world. Whether you eat them in soup or noodles, whether you cook them in soup or serve them cold, they are always delicious.
After finishing this bowl, everyone's stomach was full.
Lin Chuntao brought a backpack and went to the fields with Lin Duoer, Lin Jiaye and others, leaving Lin Chunhe at home waiting for Lin Jiahui and Aunt Guizhi.
The sun was slowly coming out and more and more people were gathering at the market.
Pei Ying had just sat down after a busy period and was ready to take a break.
A strange yet slightly familiar voice came: "Brother."
Pei Ying slowly looked up when he heard the voice.
No wonder his eyelids twitched as soon as he woke up. It turned out that something bad really happened to him.
"What's up?"
Pei Ying replied coldly. Pei Jing said, "Are you done with your work? Let's chat for a while."
Although he was unhappy, Pei Ying still followed him to the side. The two stood face to face. Pei Ying frowned and asked, "Did Qin tell you I was here?"
Pei Jing shook his head: "No, I knew you were here a long time ago, but I didn't say it."
Pei Ying raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, "Then why are you looking for me now?"
Pei Jing: "Ayun said that she and Madam Lin are half-sisters. If they interact more, it's inevitable that Mom and Dad will know you're here too. Then they'll blame us for keeping it a secret, so I came to tell you that I'm going to tell them you're here."
Pei Ying took a deep breath in annoyance.
"Whatever you want, I won't go back."
Pei Jing: "I don't really want you to come back, I just want to say that."
Pei Ying snorted and ended the conversation.
Pei Jing left. Lin Chunxing looked at Pei Ying who was walking back, then looked at the man who was leaving. Her eyes moved slightly: "Brother-in-law, who is this person?"
Pei Ying thought Lin Chunxing didn't know about this, so he just said, "It's Lady Qin's husband."
Lin Chunxing said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
When I got home at noon, Lin Chuntao and the others had already picked a lot of bean sprouts and they were piled up against the courtyard wall.
Pei Ying immediately muttered to Lin Chuntao, "I was wondering why my eyelids were twitching so early this morning. Turns out something bad really happened."
"What's the matter?"
Pei Ying said, "Pei Jing came to see me."
Lin Chuntao frowned slightly, "What do I want to do with you? Ask you to go back?"
Pei Ying chuckled, "He said he came to tell me that he was going to tell the old couple about my presence here."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Let him say what he wants. If you want to go back, then go back. If you don't want to go back, then we won't go back."
Pei Ying's eyes flickered as he listened to Lin Chuntao's words, and then he smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm already married into the family, so why should I go back home?"
Lin Chuntao: “…”
That makes some sense.
After Pei Jing returned from the market, he told his father and mother about this matter immediately.
When the two learned that Pei Ying was also there, and in this county, they were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. Pei's mother grabbed Pei's father and Pei Jing's hands in panic and was about to prepare to meet Pei Ying.
Father Pei was also a little confused. He said, "No hurry, no hurry."
Mother Pei: "How can I not be anxious? What if he runs away again..."
Pei Jing said, "Mother, he won't run away this time. My eldest brother is married and working in the county town. I just went to see him. Give him some time to recover. I'll take you to see him tomorrow."
Pei's mother held Pei Jing's hand tightly and asked how they met and who Pei Ying's wife was.
Pei Jing said, "Mother, speaking of which, you've met my sister-in-law. It's all fate. Ayun's good friend, Madam Lin, is my brother's wife."
Mother Pei was surprised. Pei Jing continued, "A few days ago, Madam Lin moved into a new house, and Ah Yun went to a banquet. That's when she ran into my eldest brother, but she wasn't sure. I went to confirm it before coming back to tell my parents."
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