After dinner, Liu Tangxi took the initiative to take on the task of washing the pots and dishes.

Originally, cooking was a job that Zhang and Zhou took turns doing, with Li doing it occasionally. But after Zhou became pregnant, the job was handed over to Zhang.

After Zhang became pregnant, her mother-in-law, Li, never asked her to do any heavy work, so Zhang had no complaints about it.

Moreover, because Wei Lao San's condition worsened, Li was unable to help her.

Not only that, after finishing all these, Zhang would occasionally go to the fields to work with the men.

Zhou was already somewhat dissatisfied with Liu Tangxi's previous lazy behavior. Moreover, she was now pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to squat and wash dishes and pots.

Now that he saw Liu Tangxi taking the initiative to do it, he glanced at Liu Tangxi.

Not long after dinner, Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu went to the fields again. There was not much work to do in the fields now, just pulling some weeds.

Seeing that nothing was happening in the yard, Li went to the mountain not far behind the house with Zhang.

In order to support Wei Hanzhou's studies, the family not only cultivated land, but also planted a lot of fruit trees on the mountain. Although the money was not much, it was not bad because it was close to the mountain and there was water, so it was easy to take care of.

Liu Tangxi is not a lazy person. After washing the dishes and pots, he went to sweep the yard.

After sweeping the yard, Liu Tangxi glanced at the pigpen and chicken pen by the west wall and walked over.

It was early summer now, and she had faintly smelled a strange odor in the room since she woke up. Although she hadn't smelled that odor for many years, it was also very familiar.

The unique taste of farmhouse.

After enduring for three days, Liu Tangxi finally couldn't bear it anymore today.

He first took a look at the environment in the pigpen and chicken pen, then Liu Tangxi ran into the house, took out a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and nose, and then picked up a broom and went to the chicken pen.

At this time, Zhou came out of the room.

The chicken coop was right next to the room where Zhou lived, and she had heard the noise a long time ago, but she had been embroidering in the room and had not come out. When she opened the window and saw Liu Tangxi's intention, Zhou had to come out.

When she opened the window, she would eat chicken coops. Today, the weather was getting hotter, and because the smell was too strong, she almost never opened the window.

Although she was used to these smells, she still felt a little uncomfortable because she was pregnant.

She had thought Liu Tangxi was a coquettish person. After all, on the first day she came, she personally brought Liu Tangxi a bowl of noodles with a poached egg in it, but he glanced at it with disdain and didn't eat a single bite.

She was very angry at that time.

She cooked for someone herself while being seven months pregnant, and even put an egg in the meal, but was rejected.

Therefore, she was dissatisfied with everything about Liu Tangxi in recent days.

If it weren't for the fact that her father-in-law's condition had really improved and her mother-in-law was so polite to her, she would have been unable to resist scolding Liu Tangxi.

However, she was not a person who would bear grudges. Although Liu Tangxi disliked the meal she cooked that day, Liu Tangxi did help her a lot today, so Zhou also showed kindness to Liu Tangxi.

"Let me help you." Zhou said.

Even though I'm seven months pregnant, it doesn't mean I can't do anything. In farmers' families, people still go to the fields with a big belly.

Liu Tangxi glanced at Zhou's belly and said, "No need, sister-in-law, go back to your room and have a rest. It smells bad outside, and these chickens will peck at people. It would be bad if they get in contact with you."

Zhou wanted to say something else, but Liu Tangxi stopped her and said, "Second sister-in-law, please go back quickly. It's really not necessary."

Liu Tangxi was not a saint either. She knew that Zhou didn't like her, and she didn't expect to be rejected by the crowd.

But she didn't know why Zhou didn't like her. In the book, Liu Tangxi was just a supporting role, and Zhou was a minor character who was not mentioned at all. The author did not talk about this period of farm life, so she had no idea why Zhou was dissatisfied with her.

However, Zhou was already seven months pregnant, and the baby would be due in a few months, so she didn't dare to call her.

In the environment where she lived, even in the countryside, it made no sense to let a seven-month pregnant woman work.

Seeing that Liu Tangxi was determined to do so, Zhou lowered her head and touched her belly, then did not insist any more.

Seeing Zhou go into the house, Liu Tangxi breathed a sigh of relief.

If Zhou gets hurt, she won't be able to bear it. It's better if no one is watching her, so she can use her fists and feet to do the work.

Liu Tangxi found that the pigs and chickens in the Wei family were particularly obedient. Although she had raised chickens and pigs when she was a child, she had never encountered such obedient ones. When she went inside to clean, these animals seemed to understand human language and cooperated very well.

This saved Liu Tangxi a lot of effort.

After sweeping up the dirty things inside, Liu Tangxi took the basket and walked out with the things. As he walked out, Liu Tangxi subconsciously glanced in the direction of the study.

The threatening words Wei Hanzhou said that day were still fresh in her ears. If she went out now, would Wei Hanzhou stop her?

After standing there for a while and seeing that there was no movement in the study, Liu Tangxi walked outside with a basket.

When she came back, Liu Tangxi felt like a pair of eyes were staring at her.

Looking up, it seemed that there was no movement in the study.

Liu Tangxi stared at it for a while, turned around and continued cleaning.

When he was done, he brushed the troughs where the chickens and pigs ate with water and put everything in order.

Looking at the chicken coop and pigpen that he had spent most of an hour cleaning up, Liu Tangxi breathed a sigh of relief and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Although I don't know how long I will stay here, I have to keep the place clean for one day.

After doing all this, Liu Tangxi smelled the smell on his body, quickly went to boil some hot water, went to his room to wash himself briefly, and changed into clean clothes.

Then she went to the well to fetch water and washed the clothes she had just taken off.

Li and Zhang, who had just hung their clothes on the rope to dry, came back from going to the mountain to see the fruit trees.

Not only did he come back, he also picked a basket of apples.

"Mom, sister-in-law, you're back." Liu Tangxi went over and greeted them.

"Well, I came back and picked some apples that I grew myself. You can try them."

Looking at the apples in the basket, Liu Tangxi swallowed her saliva. Although she couldn't live without fruits, she hadn't eaten them for several days. When she saw the red apples, she really wanted to eat them.

However, despite this, Liu Tangxi still refused: "No, let's keep the fruit and exchange it for money."

She heard it all while she was having breakfast in the morning. Li said that the apples on the mountain were almost ripe and they would be taken to the town to sell.

The third son of the Wei family had been ill for so long that the family's savings had been almost spent. The reason why he still had twenty taels of silver to buy her was that it was the money left for Wei Hanzhou to take the imperial examination. Now the Wei family's wealth must have been depleted.

Although she was afraid of Wei Hanzhou, and had a bad impression of him because he was going to become a treacherous minister, the people in front of her were real people, and she couldn't do anything to steal their food.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law had already been so considerate of the family in just a few days, Li felt very relieved.

At first, she believed the fortune teller's words and secretly used all the family savings to marry this daughter-in-law in order to save her husband.

Her husband was very angry about this. Although her son didn't say anything, she could see that he didn't agree with her behavior.

But now, her husband's illness has gradually recovered, and her daughter-in-law has become graceful, sensible and obedient.

Li felt more and more that she had done nothing wrong, and looked at Liu Tangxi with a kind look: "It's okay, there are plenty of fruits on the mountain, enough for us to eat. And these are fallen fruits, they are not good in quality, and can't be sold for much money, so you might as well eat them yourself."

After hearing what Li said, Liu Tangxi took a look at the apples in the basket. They were indeed of poor quality and some had big scars. So he did not refuse and took an apple out of the basket to wash it.

At this time, Li glanced at the closed door of the study and reminded: "Wash one for the third child as well. He must be tired from studying. I heard that eating more apples is good for the body."

Liu Tangxi was stunned for a moment, but still obediently took one from it.

At this time, Zhang saw the changes in the yard and asked in surprise: "Huh? How come the chicken coop and pig pen are so clean?"

Zhou heard the noise and came out of the house.

"Sister-in-law, you cleaned the place? I'm not saying anything to you, but you're already pregnant, so don't do such things. Besides, the place where these beasts live doesn't need to be cleaned. If you think it smells bad, tell me and I'll do the cleaning." Zhang scolded Zhou.

Zhou glanced at Liu Tangxi's back as she went to the kitchen and said, "It's not me, it's my third brother's wife."

After hearing this, Li also walked over to take a look at the pigpen and chicken coop by the west wall.

Although they would clean the inside every once in a while, it was never as clean as Liutangxi.

Liu Tangxi first carefully washed the two apples in her hands, then used a knife to cut off the scars on them. After cutting, she washed them again.

After doing all this, Liu Tangxi looked at the two apples carefully. He wanted to keep the slightly reddish apple for himself, but thinking of Wei Hanzhou's cold eyes, Liu Tangxi gave up.

Finally, she took a big bite of the green apple.

From the sound, it didn't sound like he was chewing an apple, but rather like he was treating an enemy.

However, the next moment, Liu Tangxi's eyes lit up.

This apple does not contain any preservatives and has never been treated with chemical fertilizers or pesticides. It is a pure natural apple that is really delicious.

Crisp and sweet.

After eating two bites, Liu Tangxi left the kitchen.

Seeing Li and others looking at the chicken and pig pens, Liu Tangxi thought for a moment and said, "Mom, I don't like the smell, so I dumped the pig and chicken manure into the pit behind the house. If the fields need it, we can get it there."

Li smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Liu Tangxi smiled and walked towards the study.

Thinking of the glance just now, when he walked to the door, Liu Tangxi deliberately took a bite of the apple to make some noise.

Seeing Wei Hanzhou looking over, Liu Tangxi handed the apple to him reluctantly with a stern face.

Wei Hanzhou glanced at the apple in Liu Tangxi's hand and took it silently.

Liu Tangxi stopped looking at him and turned away. As she left, she deliberately bit the apple in her hand, making a crunching sound.

Wei Hanzhou raised his eyes to glance at Liu Tangxi's back, then looked at the apple in front of him.

The family had been getting apples for five years, and the variety had never changed. He already knew what the apples tasted like. The ripe apples tasted average, and the ones that fell off were even more unusual.

However, thinking of Liu Tangxi eating the apple with a satisfied look on his face just now, Wei Hanzhou suddenly felt that the apple in his hand seemed to taste good, and he was a little thirsty.

Then, for some unknown reason, he took a bite.

Sure enough, it’s very sweet.

Just as she was about to take a second bite, Liu Tangxi suddenly turned around and said nervously and cautiously, "Husband, I just got chicken poop and forgot to wash my hands. You won't blame me, will you?"

Wei Hanzhou paused in chewing, looked at Liu Tangxi in a daze, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

Seeing that Wei Hanzhou was no longer that deadpan face, Liu Tangxi smiled and said, "I was lying to you~"

Having said this, he took a big bite of the apple in front of him, walked away with a brisk pace, humming a tuneless little tune.

The author has something to say: Wei Sanyang Lengmian: Do you feel happy when you are naughty?

Willow·Pipi Shrimp·Tangxi: Satisfied(^o^)/~,,