Ling Shuang suggested taking along his original body's younger brother, Cai Genbao, but this only caused Lin Yi to sneer, "Oh, you're already getting into character so quickly."
Ling Shuang knew that Lin Yi was mocking her for supporting her original family, but she didn't get angry. With a smile on her face, she said, "It seems you haven't done your homework properly. Don't you know that Cai Genbao is a very important person in Zhao Yongqiang's life? If this person hadn't existed in his previous life, Zhao Yongqiang might not have even finished elementary school, let alone high school, college, or even Zhao Yongqiang's marriage. This uncle played a big role in everything he did."
Lin Yi touched his nose and said, "Okay, let's split up. I'll go collect the mountain products, and you go find Cai Genbao. I'll buy the train tickets tomorrow, and we'll try to leave the day after tomorrow."
"Okay." Ling Shuang agreed readily and turned to go to his brother's house.
Lin Yi glanced at the alarm clock on the old wooden cabinet. It was already 12 noon. Zhao Yongliang had left in anger and he didn't know when he would come back. But he was already such a grown-up and not likable, so he didn't want to spoil him at all. Besides, selfish people would not take narrow paths. He would naturally come back when he was hungry, cold, and sleepy.
His daughter and youngest son had been sent out by him to collect firewood and had not returned yet. Usually, his wife and daughter cooked. He was a man of limited knowledge and had a strong sense of male chauvinism. He and his eldest son never cooked. As for his youngest son's insistence on helping his sister, he had no objection.
But Lin Yi doesn't have this idea. On the contrary, he loves cooking. It is one of his most persistent hobbies in his long reincarnations.
Lin Yi prepared to go to the kitchen to make lunch before everyone came back.
The kitchen is in the wing on the west side of the yard. The kitchens of many rural families are located in this location. A slightly greasy cloth curtain is hung on the door frame of the Zhao family's kitchen. It can be seen that it has been used for many years and the original color of the cloth can no longer be seen. Lin Yi finds it an eyesore no matter how he looks at it.
This guy is a Virgo with mysophobia, and many reincarnations have not been able to cure his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
It took great self-control to control his urge to pull down the curtain and wash it thoroughly. He went into the kitchen and looked around. Although it was simple and rough, it was still clean and tidy. It only needed a "little" cleanup before he could light the fire and cook.
An hour passed with the clatter of work. From the gate came the voices of Zhao Yongfang and Zhao Yongqiang, brother and sister. Each sister was carrying a large bundle of firewood, and Yongfang was also carrying a bundle of wild leeks. Lin Yi watched through the window as the two children helped each other unload the firewood. Then he looked at the small spatula and rag in his hands, and at the kitchen, which seemed to have been completely transformed after the layer of greasy mud had fallen off. He felt a little bewildered.
The two sisters washed their hands and faces in the yard with half a basin of water from a water pump. Yongfang then rushed to the kitchen. She opened the door curtain and met Lin Yi's eyes. She paused, hesitant, and tentatively called out, "Dad?"
Lin Yi didn't know what to say. His daughter's surprised look at this moment didn't seem like she saw her biological father, but rather as if she saw a ghost!
Lin Yi coughed to hide his slight embarrassment: "Yeah." He hid the hand holding the small spatula behind his back and quietly kicked the rag that had fallen on the ground into the stove. He said to his shocked daughter, "Clean this up when you have time. Your mother has gone to your uncle's house and won't be back at noon. Hurry and cook."
Zhao Yongfang nodded blankly, and subconsciously stepped aside to make way for the door. Watching her father walk out of the kitchen and into the main room as if somewhat unnatural, she turned back to look at the kitchen: the cement stove top, which usually had a layer of black sludge, had now been scraped off and carefully wiped, revealing the natural gray of the cement. The ground had been swept clean of not a single piece of firewood, and the aluminum steamer curtain hanging on the wall had become shiny. Even the lid of the water tank and the pickle jar had been scrubbed clean as if they were new.
So, what happened during the morning she was out?
"Sister, what are we making for lunch?" Zhao Yongqiang washed the wild leeks he had picked from the mountain and asked his sister as he walked towards the kitchen.
"Ah," Yongfang came back to her senses: "What to eat? Let's eat the leek stuffed box." Yongfang was curious and puzzled about her father's abnormal behavior. She took the wild leek from her brother's hand and told him to go to the warehouse to get two duck eggs. She put the leek on the clean chopping board with the original wood color and began to cut the leek. Well, after cutting twice, she found that the kitchen knife had become much sharper. When she looked closely, the blade was obviously newly sharpened and was shining with a cold light.
Zhao Yongfang: ...
"Sister, sister, where are our pigs and ducks?" Zhao Yongqiang rushed into the kitchen in a hurry with two duck eggs in his hand. He had just come out of the warehouse and glanced at the pigpen next to the warehouse. He found that the door of the pigpen was wide open, but the two pigs inside were gone.
The two sisters were sent out to collect firewood after breakfast. After collecting firewood, they went to the fields to weed the crops. They didn't have a watch, and they only returned home carrying firewood after seeing that there was no one in the nearby fields. Naturally, they didn't know that many changes had taken place at home. Not only were the pigs gone, but the ducks were gone too.
Zhao Yongfang put down the kitchen knife and ran out of the kitchen. When he arrived at the pigpen, he saw that the pigs and ducks were gone.
The two children looked at each other. Dad must know about this. Could it be that a thief broke in during the day? The two sisters were immediately sweating and turned to run to the main room. When they turned around, they found their father standing at the door of the main room looking at them.
"Dad, where are our pigs and ducks?" The livestock and poultry in the house are taken care of by the two sisters. Usually the sisters are very meticulous and they hope to fatten up the pigs and have the ducks lay more eggs so that they can generate more income for the family.
"Don't worry, the pigs and ducks have been sold, and the rat poison has been transferred to someone else. Dad and your mom have a new business to make. Now you go and cook first. After dinner, when your mom and uncle come back, I'll tell you in detail." After Lin Yi finished speaking, he smiled gently at the two children and went to the couple's room in the east. He had just finished cleaning the kitchen and was covered in dirt. He had to change his clothes and take a shower.
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