Zhou Tao, Zhou Lei, and Zhou Lin, who were squatting outside the door eavesdropping, exchanged glances, covered their mouths and chuckled, and quickly went to quietly report back to Zhao Shi.
Several neighbors also came to watch the commotion, but they were too embarrassed to approach the bridal chamber. They just stood in the courtyard with Zhao and the others, watching the three siblings eavesdrop.
Hearing the two talking, Zhao guessed that the veil had already been lifted, so she quickly instructed her youngest daughter, "Tao'er, take the food that the kitchen lady prepared on the plate to your eldest brother and sister-in-law. Don't let your sister-in-law go hungry. After she finishes eating, it will be time for the wedding ceremony."
Zhou Tao responded, picked up the wooden tray on the table, smiled at her mother, and said she was going to see her sister-in-law first.
After that one sentence, Li Mai and Zhou Quan didn't speak again; they just sat there silently.
Zhou Quan looked down at her legs, wondering if she would be disgusted with her. Should she bring up the matter of her legs?
Li Mai lowered her eyes and pondered. If her previous superpowers were still there, and the spiritual spring in the space was still there, that would be great. She could let him soak in the spiritual spring water often and see if it could heal his leg in combination with her superpowers.
Thinking of the space, she had a sudden thought and closed her eyes to concentrate on sensing its existence.
Unexpectedly, when she was sensing the existence of the space with her mind, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, her body swayed, and she almost fainted.
Zhou Quan quickly moved to support her and asked softly, "What's wrong? Are you hungry?"
Li Mai slowly opened her eyes, met his gaze, and stared blankly into space.
In fact, at this moment her consciousness was still in her sea of consciousness. She saw that her space had followed, and her spiritual spring and those medicinal fields were still there.
That's wonderful!
When she withdrew her divine sense, she met Zhou Quan's questioning gaze.
"What's wrong?" Li Mai quickly sat up straight and asked.
"You swayed just now, it seemed like you almost fainted, are you hungry?" Zhou Quan asked softly, while slowly withdrawing his hand that had been supporting her arm.
The hand that had supported her arm still felt a warmth, just like the warmth her hand had given him when he took her out of the bridal sedan chair.
"Huh? I'm not hungry..."
"Coo coo..."
Her words and the rumbling of her stomach sounded at the same time. Li Mai was quite embarrassed. When she met his suddenly smiling eyes, her ears also felt hot. She coughed lightly and said, "I am a little hungry."
In the original owner's memory, just three days ago, after eating a bowl of vegetable porridge cooked by her grandmother, she went up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs as usual.
But when she returned home at noon, she was greeted not with the meal her grandmother had prepared, but with the devastating news that her grandmother had committed suicide by drinking rat poison, and that she herself had also died.
He then remained unconscious for three days, barely eating anything, only drinking some water when he went inside to look for something.
Thinking of this, a hint of sadness appeared in Li Mai's eyes.
At that moment, not only did the grandmother and granddaughter die, but he himself also died in that world. However, he was luckier than the two of them, as he survived by borrowing Li Mai's body.
Zhou Quan could clearly sense a trace of sadness emanating from her, and he felt a pang of unease in his heart. Was she being treated poorly in her own home?
Did she not get to eat anything at noon when she got married?
"Wait a minute, I'll go ask Mom to bring you some food!" Zhou Quan said softly, and started to get out of bed.
Zhou Tao, who happened to be standing by the door, heard this and quickly knocked on the door. "Big brother, Mom asked me to bring you and sister-in-law some food."
Zhou Quan stopped just as he was about to get down, and Xiao Tao arrived at the perfect time.
"Come in!" he called out.
With a creak, Zhou Tao pushed open the door and came in. She glanced at her older brother first, and seeing the faint smile on his face, she felt reassured. Her brother must be satisfied with his new sister-in-law.
When her eyes met Li Mai's face, she let out a soft "ah"!
Huh? No way, is your sister-in-law really that beautiful?
Good heavens, what incredible luck my brother has had! He's a cripple, yet he's met such a beautiful wife!
Pshaw, don't look down on your older brother for being paralyzed!
It must be that God sent my sister-in-law to save my brother. Look at the smile on his face! He rarely smiled when he saw them before.
Zhou Tao glanced at Li Mai, smiled at her, and walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). In her heart, however, she felt like a groundhog was involuntarily screaming and complaining.
"Sister-in-law, these are dumplings that Mother asked me to bring to you and your brother to symbolize harmony. Have some, because you'll be going to the wedding ceremony soon." Zhou Tao quickly and clearly explained what her mother had told her, and sweetly called her sister-in-law.
Li Mai looked at Zhou Tao, a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pair of big, expressive eyes that seemed to speak volumes. When Zhou Tao looked at her, Li Mai could feel her affection and acceptance of her.
She smiled back at her and said, "Thank you!"
She didn't know her name yet, and it wasn't appropriate for her to call her "little sister" directly.
They call themselves "elder sister-in-law," not "younger sister-in-law," or "brother's wife."
At this moment, Zhou Quan reached out and took the plate from Zhou Tao's hand, placed it in front of Li Mai, and said softly, "Her name is Zhou Tao, she is my second sister. I have an older sister above me and two younger brothers below me. There are five siblings in my family."
Li Mai said "Oh," and added, "Thank you, little peach sister. Would you like to eat with us?"
"No, no, you and my brother can eat. I'll go back now. Goodbye, sister-in-law!" Zhou Tao was happy to hear her sister-in-law call her Tao'er. She waved to Li Mai and left happily.
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