Shen Ai Qiu couldn't convince Shen Zhizhu for a long time. Even the villagers around her stood on Shen Zhizhu's side. She cursed those idiots in her heart.

She was obviously doing this for everyone's good. If something unexpected happened, wouldn't there not be enough firewood? Anyway, Xu Haonan was strong and could hunt, so what if he just put a little more firewood in?

A bunch of idiots.

Although this is what Du Zai De meant, what he wanted to do was to take it step by step and get the word out first so that everyone would have this option in mind.

Then think of ways to reduce the brightness of the firewood, and slowly let everyone point the finger at Shen Zhizhu's family.

Now, everything was messed up by Shen Ai Qiu's impatience.

Shen Zhizhu would not let go of Du Zaide who started the conversation.

"Could it be that the village chief also thinks so?"

Du Zai De laughed it off. Even if he really thought so in his heart, how could he admit it?

"How could that be? I mean that you should not go too deep into the area. After all, wild boars have been spotted there before. Even if you two young couples have experience in defeating wild boars, it is best to stay on the periphery for safety reasons."

Shen Zhizhu was still leaning on Xu Haonan, with a little doubt in his eyes.

"So, didn't my cousin arrange for my husband and I to die under your instructions?"

She pinched her throat and pinched her fingers, looking very natural, but no one found it disgusting. Instead, they thought Shen Zhizhu was angry.

The only people present who knew that Shen Zhizhu was pretending were Xu Haonan and Mrs. Wang.

"What a good child! He just finished his exams and all the firewood at home was burned. In order to let everyone pick up more firewood from the mountains to survive the winter, he bought coal with his own money. Burning coal also costs money. Even though the couple can earn money, the firewood they picked up is free. Now he is forced by his cousin to go to the deep mountains and forests. Oh my God, this child is suffering."

Mrs. Wang's acting skills were superb. She cried like rain, her voice was full of emotion, and she patted her chest as if she was the one who was bullied.

She interacted with every villager through eye contact and body language, and was able to bring the other person into her own emotions.

When she talked about the suffering of her child, she did not forget to turn around and comfort Shen Zhizhu. Although her eyes were filled with tears, she was clearly smiling brightly.

He didn't forget to wink at himself.

Shen Zhizhu was stunned.

[Sister Wang, your acting skills are like those of an award-winning actor. It’s amazing. ]

"Xiao Qiu, you're going too far. That's your cousin's husband. You grew up in the village. You must know the dangers of the mountains. It's really... really disappointing."

"We are both educated people, why is there such a big difference between us?"

The people who came back with firewood listened to what Wang Saozi said completely and joined the team questioning Shen Ai Qiu.

Shen Ai Qiu changed his usual behavior and did not explain his actions and words. Instead, he cursed at the group of people according to what he thought and said.

Shen Zhizhu felt something was wrong when she saw Shen Aiqiu, who was irritable and even failed to pretend to be herself. This was different from her who usually tried to save face at all costs.

[It seems that something must have happened recently. Otherwise, why didn't she meet Li Chunlan and Shen Jianguo when there was such a great opportunity? Or maybe Shen Aiqiu thought she would definitely get into college and was too lazy to pretend anymore.]

Shen Zhizhu touched his chin and analyzed the reasons behind Shen Aiqiu's abnormal behavior in his mind.

Du Manjun stepped forward to divert everyone's attention.

"Shen Zhizhu, I know about the bet between you and Shen Aiqiu. With your grades, it's not easy to win. The test paper is quite difficult. Do you really not want the house deed? If you don't want it, you can just give it to your cousin. Why make a bet? It will be embarrassing if you lose."

"What? What bet?"

Some people did not know about the bet between Shen Ai Qiu and Shen Zhi Zhu, so they diverted their attention and stopped discussing whether to go deep into the forest.

Shen Ai Qiu also regained some of her rationality at this time. She took a deep breath and once again returned to her original arrogant and indifferent appearance.

"Well, it's nothing serious. My cousin just wanted to make a bet with me, saying that if she didn't do as well as me in the exam, she would give me the house deed."

This is probably the only good news she has had recently. Counting the time, the acceptance letter came in just two days, and the grades are also out.

Compared with the people around her, her test scores were about the same, in the upper-middle range.

Hearing this, the villagers gasped. After the topic changed, Mrs. Wang stopped crying and stood beside Shen Zhizhu.

she asked quietly.

"Are you sure you can win? Why are you betting so much?"

Shen Zhizhu gave Mrs. Wang a confident look in return, the meaning of which was self-evident. Mrs. Wang understood and stopped asking questions.

She knew that after getting married, Shen Zhizhu was as smart and sharp as a sharp knife, and he must be confident.

But she was still a little worried.

But in the final analysis, this matter has nothing to do with her.

Du Manjun took two steps, thinking he was very handsome, and came in front of Shen Zhizhu, facing Shen Zhizhu at a 45-degree angle.

"Shen Zhizhu, I used to think you were just someone who followed me around and didn't know how to do anything. I never thought you could design so many clothes, sell them well, and have a heart for studying. I'm really impressed by you."

It was really that Du Manjun's expression was too disgusting. He stared at Shen Zhizhu with pretended affection, half-squinting his eyes and smiling with his mouth tilted.

[Tsk, it hurts my eyes.]

If it were the time when Xu Haonan and Shen Zhizhu had just gotten married, Xu Haonan would never have reacted. But now he naturally covered Shen Zhizhu's eyes.

Because Shen Zhizhu was still half leaning in Xu Haonan's arms, when he covered her eyes, the petite Shen Zhizhu was completely embraced in his arms.

Xu Haonan looked at Du Manjun coldly.

"If there is something wrong with your eyes, you can go get treatment. Don't scare my wife."

Although Shen Zhizhu's eyes were covered, his mouth was not.

"That's right, it's not your fault that you have eye problems, but you came over to scare me, that's your fault. Look how nice my husband is, he even cares about your health."

Du Manjun was speechless for a moment, and he somewhat missed Shen Zhizhu who used to obey his words. Although Shen Zhizhu had many abilities now, the words that came out of his mouth were really unpleasant.

"How could that be? My eyesight is very good. I mean, the results are out. I don't know how you did in the exam. Anyway, your bet is to wait until the day when the admission notice comes out. Look at Xu Haonan, he has only known farming since he was a child. He just learned a little bit and ran to take the exam without knowing the immensity of the world. As for you, although you haven't studied for a long time, at least you followed me in the beginning, so you shouldn't be far behind."