Chapter 9 Poisoning
Jiang Caiwei choked up, looked at Lu Shiyan pitifully and said, "Cousin, I know you don't like me. But the Lu family is in trouble, and we should unite as one to overcome the difficulties together. You are targeting me everywhere and causing disharmony in the family. It is really petty."
Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes in her heart. What a white lotus! She was so shameless as to covet her husband!
"Third Aunt, overcoming difficulties together is not just talk, but depends on actual actions. If you really want to, you should take good care of Third Uncle instead of always focusing on me and my husband."
Jiang Tangtang said, deliberately leaning closer to Lu Shiyan and said, "If others saw you like this, they would think you still have evil intentions towards my husband and want to do something immoral on the road to exile! You can be shameless, but you can't ruin my husband's reputation."
"You...don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Caiwei blushed and looked at Lu Shiyan's expression in panic.
She really didn't expect that Jiang Tangtang would actually expose her secret thoughts in front of Lu Shiyan today.
Wasn't she always afraid that Lu Shiyan would know how she felt about him?
What happened today.
Jiang Tangtang tried hard to ignore the thin, strong body beside her. She raised her chin and said, "If you don't want to be misunderstood, then watch your eyes and take good care of Third Uncle! Don't keep your eyes on my husband."
After saying that, Jiang Tangtang took Lu Shiyan's hand and said, "Husband, let's go back and cook something to eat!"
At this time, dusk was falling and only his handsome outline could be vaguely seen.
He had been on the road for more than half a month. Many prisoners had tangled hair and a strange smell on their bodies, but he was still as charming as ever.
Thinking about her current appearance, Jiang Tangtang was really afraid that he would push her away and make her lose face in front of Bai Lianhua.
Fortunately, Lu Shiyan was very cooperative. He didn't let her go until they returned to the Lu family's resting place together.
The intimate behavior between the two shocked everyone in the Lu family.
When did the relationship between the couple become so good?
And they came back holding hands?
No matter how surprised everyone was, Jiang Tangtang put the washed sweet potatoes in the hanging pot, turned up the heat and started cooking. Soon, a sweet and greasy aroma emanated from the pot.
The people who were not full to begin with felt even hungrier.
Jiang Tangtang didn't expect that ordinary sweet potatoes, boiled in water, would be so fragrant.
Thinking about how delicious the grapes and cherry tomatoes she took out from the space today were, Jiang Tangtang had a surprising guess in her mind.
Could it be that because of her time travel, the fruits and vegetables grown on the farm have changed?
"Mom, what are you cooking? It smells so good!" Lu Tiantian sniffed hard and said in a baby voice.
Jiang Tangtang said, "The mountain folk call this a yam, but I think it must taste very sweet, so calling it a sweet potato is also a good idea."
"I like to be called Sweet Potato." Lu Tiantian tilted her head and said, "It's as sweet as my name."
Jiang Tangtang scratched her nose and said with a smile, "Then listen to our little darling. Can we call it Sweet Potato from now on?"
Lu Tiantian leaned over and kissed Jiang Tangtang on the face.
Jiang Tangtang was flattered. She picked up a smaller sweet potato with her chopsticks, blew on it, and said to Lu Tiantian, "Try it and see if it's sweet."
Lu Tiantian took it and handed it to Jiang Tangtang first, saying, "Mom, eat first."
Jiang Tangtang took a small bite and said, "It's really sweet. Eat it yourself. There's more here."
Because the larger sweet potatoes take longer to cook, it took a while before the remaining sweet potatoes were cooked.
Jiang Tangtang poked one with chopsticks and handed it to Lu Shiyan, saying, "Try it too."
"You and the kids eat! I'm not hungry!" Lu Shiyan said.
Jiang Tangtang glanced over at a nearby location and saw the two little guys quickly turn their heads away as soon as they met her gaze, looking as if they didn't like her. So she gave him two more sweet potatoes and said, "Then you go feed your two sons!"
This time, Lu Shiyan did not refuse again.
There were still a few sweet potatoes in the pot. Jiang Tangtang kept two large ones for her and Lu Tiantian, and divided the rest between Madam Lu and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Su. As for the others, sorry, there were none.
Everyone in the Lu family who didn't get any sweet potatoes was very dissatisfied with Jiang Tangtang's behavior, but Jiang Tangtang didn't care.
She was extremely tired today. After eating the sweet potatoes, she curled up by the fire and fell asleep with Lu Tiantian.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Tangtang was suddenly awakened by a scream, "Heng'er! Cheng'er! What happened to you?"
Jiang Tangtang's heart skipped a beat and she quickly sat up. She didn't care that her head was still dizzy and walked over quickly.
Jiang Caiwei stopped her and scolded her, "It's all your fault. I told you long ago not to eat anything you don't recognize. It must be because the food you brought back from the mountains was poisonous that they got sick."
"Stop your nonsense! So many people have eaten what I brought back from the mountains, and no one is ill. How could it be poisonous?"
Jiang Tangtang pulled her away and reached out to touch the foreheads of the two children. Just as she had guessed, their foreheads were burning hot.
Everyone got caught in the rain today and rested outdoors at night. The two children are weak, it would be strange if they didn’t get sick!
Jiang Caiwei said, "How come everything's fine? Shi Yan fainted from the poison. The others... maybe they didn't eat enough, or the poison hasn't taken effect yet."
"You're hoping the food I found is poisonous so Grandmother can punish me, right? Unfortunately, I'm going to disappoint you. It's just a cold!"
Jiang Tangtang said to Madam Lu, "Grandma, I know some herbs to treat colds. I'll go find some and make some for them. As long as the fever goes away, there's no need to worry."
"Mom, don't believe her!" Jiang Caiwei said anxiously, "We grew up together, and she doesn't even know what herbs are. The things she found have already made Heng'er and Cheng'er sick. What if she finds some poisonous stuff again?"
"They are my sons! I care about them more than anyone else. I can't possibly harm them." Jiang Tangtang said.
Jiang Caiwei sneered and said, "You even want to snatch away their meager rations, and you still say you care about them? Ask them, does anyone believe what you say?"
Chen immediately echoed Jiang Caiwei and said, "Last time, you almost pushed Heng Ge'er off a cliff just to grab a piece of cake. I believe you when you say you care about food the most, but I don't believe you when you say you care about them the most."
Jiang Tangtang really had no way to justify the absurd things the original owner had done before. She looked at Jiang Caiwei and said, "Do you have any solution? You say I can't do it, so if you can, then do it! Can you diagnose? You said they were poisoned, but have you examined them? You can't just slander me based on your own assumptions without any evidence!"
"You...you...I..." Jiang Caiwei stuttered and was speechless for a while.
Madam Lu said, "Alright, stop arguing. Wife Shi Yan, go pick some herbs first."
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