Lu Nong fell into serious self-doubt. What had just happened?

After thinking for a long time, she realized that Pei Ji'an didn't respond to her moves at all. He won by being direct and intimidated her successfully with just two sentences.

So Pei Ji'an was trying to scare her?

Right, right, right?

Lu Nong's face fell and he didn't take a nap. He felt that he needed to drink some wine to relieve his sorrow.

The Pei family had a wine cabinet. Lu Nong searched for a long time and found that it was full of white wine. White wine was too spicy and did not suit her taste. Lu Nong had to close the wine cabinet in disappointment and sighed, "Alas... I am a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" A faint voice sounded behind Lu Nong.

Lu Nong: “…”

"Do you know that scaring others can kill them?" Lu Nong said in a more resentful voice than Pei Zheng.

Pei Zheng choked, then regained his normal tone and said, "Who told you to hide your whole body in the wine cabinet in the middle of the day with only your two legs outside? You scared me when I went downstairs, too, okay?"

"You don't understand." Lu Nong stood up and decided to make some coffee. Well, since he was just feeling sad, coffee would do the trick...

Pei Zheng was unhappy when he heard Lu Nong say that he didn't understand. He was not a little brat like Xiao Huai, so there was nothing he didn't understand.

"Did the old man scold you?" Pei Zheng laughed with a schadenfreude. Today, Brother Zhou's car left half an hour late, which meant that the old man did not return to the troops immediately after dinner.

Lu Nong rolled his eyes at Pei Zheng, letting him figure it out on his own, then walked into the kitchen.

Pei Zheng followed Lu Nong into the kitchen and saw her take out a strange small glass pot, scoop a spoonful of black-brown powder into it, and pour hot water into it. After a while, a mellow aroma slowly emanated from the glass pot.

Pei Zheng recognized that this was coffee. He was not an ignorant person. He had been curious about what foreigners ate before, so he went to Western restaurants several times with Shen Jiming and his friends and ordered coffee. Unfortunately, they had Chinese stomachs and could not get used to bloody steaks and bitter coffee.

I didn’t know that you can make coffee at home.

Pei Zheng looked at Lu Nong's skilled movements and thought that his stepmother was just a petty bourgeoisie and was totally out of place in their family.

Lu Nong found the coffee cups and saucers that his godmother had brought out from Li Yuan in the cupboard and poured the brewed coffee into the coffee pot.

He took out two coffee cups that matched the coffee pot and poured a cup for Pei Zheng.

Lu Nong is not the kind of person who must drink coffee. Compared to coffee, she prefers beer and happy water. But who made these two modern products unavailable nowadays?

I can only drink a cup of coffee to comfort myself and get closer to the modern lifestyle.

Pei Zheng took a sip and still found it very bitter. He looked at Lu Nong curiously and saw her take a sip, then another sip, and then... "Tun tun tun" she finished the whole cup of coffee without changing her expression.

After drinking it, he said, "It's a good wine."

Pei Zheng: "..." Is this the correct way to drink coffee?

He picked up the coffee cup in his hand, looked at Lu Nong, then looked down at the brown liquid in the cup. After hesitating for a second, he resolutely raised the cup and imitated Lu Nong's "tumble, tumble".

Lu Nong: “…”

Lu Nong was dumbfounded, "What are you doing?"

"Cough cough cough... You know what, it's not bitter at all when drinking this way." Pei Zheng smacked his lips and savored the taste. He didn't expect that coffee, like tea, would have a sweet aftertaste.

Pei Zheng: "Give me another drink."

Lu Nong: “…” Who is worrying?

"Don't drink too much. This stuff stimulates the nerves. If you drink too much, you won't be able to sleep at night. And you can't drink it in one gulp." Lu Nong was helpless and poured him another glass.

Pei Zheng had a puzzled look on his face, "What about you just now?"

"...Stop interfering in the affairs of beautiful women!"

Pei Zheng thought of Lu Nong leaning over the wine cabinet to look for wine just now, and looked at her in wonder: "...You are not drinking coffee as wine because you can't drink alcohol?"

The more Pei Zheng thought about it, the more he realized the truth. He despised Lu Nong for not daring to drink real wine, and was angry at himself for being a fool and imitating Lu Nong, so he sarcastically said to her: "Will you get drunk if you drink coffee?"

"Haha, that shouldn't be the case, right?" Lu Nong's stupid mentality was seen through and he laughed dryly.

Pei Zheng: "Humph, you coward, aren't you just being scolded by the old man?"

Lu Nong was speechless: "...When did I ever say that I was scolded by your father? No, no, no, stop imagining."

"What is brain supplement?" Pei Zheng was puzzled, but he roughly understood what Lu Nong meant. "Then what are you worried about?"

Lu Nong: “…” Can I tell you that your dad said to try it tonight, little brother?

In fact, she is a little afraid of marriage. Although Lu Nong has married Pei Ji'an, they have not become real husband and wife after all. They have been living a secluded life. In Lu Nong's heart, this model is at best a roommate relationship.

But once they become real husband and wife, there will be no turning back. Not to mention that Pei Jianan is obviously not the type who can be dumped after a short time, more importantly, Lu Nong regards marriage as sacred. In her mind, marriage is like that between uncle and aunt, with trust, equality, and undoubted love, and they can share both joys and sorrows.

Not to mention trust and equality, how difficult is it to share weal and woe?

A few years later, it was soon the ten years of catastrophe, and countless loving couples severed their ties and fled apart when the disaster struck.

In the novel, the original owner died in the first half of the catastrophe. After her death, Pei Ji'an's future was unhindered and soared. In other words, although the original owner was able to survive the catastrophe safely, Pei Ji'an did not marry her without paying a price.

If the original owner lived a few more years, would Pei Ji'an still choose his wife over his future? Even if Pei Ji'an chose his wife, would he really be able to not feel resentful when he thinks about it in the future?

Lu Nong didn't want to die so early, so this problem became a problem between Lu Nong and Pei Jinan.

In addition, there are the values, personalities, living habits, etc. that are shaped in different eras. They are different in every way, and if you look closely, you will find that they are all flaws.

No matter what, the bottom line is that Lu Nong was not ready.

But she couldn't tell Pei Zheng about these things, so she could only shake her head and sigh, "Alas..."

"Do you really have a gigolo out there?" Pei Zheng guessed in horror.

Here it comes again. Lu Nong couldn't help but roll his eyes. "You're really wasting the imagination in your little head if you don't write a novel."

"Why is that?"

Pei Zheng pursed his lips, "Is it because of my mother? My aunt said that day..."

Lu Nong hadn't thought about this before, but after being reminded by Pei Zheng, he realized, oh yes, there is a hidden danger here.

She immediately became interested in eating melons, rolled her eyes, and said with a pitiful look, "Are you going to tell me about your parents?"

"They..." Pei Zheng said.

"Yeah." Lu Nong looked expectant.

No, Pei Zheng stopped after saying just two words. Is Lu Nong the kind of person who would look so pitiful?

Based on Pei Zheng's understanding of her, obviously not.

Lied to him again! Pei Zheng glanced at Lu Nong and said leisurely, "It's easy for you to know. Why don't we exchange secrets?"

Lu Nong put away his expression and said, "Good boy, you have learned how to fish."

But will she admit defeat? Impossible. If I don't let you know how many eyes Lord Ma has today, I won't be named Lu!

Lu Nong put his hands on his hips and said, "Okay, how about we play a game and ask each other questions. If you don't want to answer or can't answer, how about having a cup of coffee?"

Humph, when the time comes and you drink a bellyful of coffee and run to the restroom, don't blame her for being cruel.

Unexpectedly, Pei Zheng was not afraid. Instead, he crossed his arms and said with disdain, "Okay, but drinking coffee is boring. It won't make you drunk. If you want to drink, drink wine."

Lu Nong: “…” You’re learning bad things too quickly, aren’t you?

"You are not an adult yet, why are you drinking? Believe it or not, your father will beat you up!" Lu Nong threatened him.

"Just think of it as risking your life for a gentleman. Do you want to play? Can't you afford it?" Pei Zheng stood up straight and said condescendingly.

"…" Help! You can't even use such a word. Which of them is the one who traveled through time?

"Okay, come on, who's afraid of who?" Lu Nong agreed reluctantly. She was fine with mixing red wine, beer and cocktails, so white wine should be fine too, right?

Pei Zheng snorted, walked out of the kitchen, opened the wine cabinet, took out several bottles of wine with different decorations one by one, and read them to Lu Nong one by one: "Feitian Maotai 53% original liquor, Shaodaozi, Jingzhi 62% liquor, Fenjiu Zhuyeqing..."

Lu Nong was shocked: "So much, where did your father get so much wine?"

"My dad's comrades-in-arms gave it to him. They were from all over the country. Every place has its own specialty wine, but he doesn't usually like to drink it, so he ended up collecting a lot of it."

Pei Zheng finally chose Feitian Moutai. He had wanted to taste this wine for a long time, and now he had the chance.

Lu Nong felt something was wrong. "Your father doesn't like to drink, but his comrades-in-arms sent him wine?"

Pei Zheng glanced at her and said, "Have you ever seen him like other things?"

Lu Nong: “…”Okay, I understand.

Pei Zheng opened the bottle, took out two small wine glasses, filled them up, and asked Lu Nong, "How should we drink if you can't answer?"

Lu Nong held up a finger.

Pei Zheng: "One cup? Okay."

Lu Nong shook his head and said, "One bite."

Pei Zheng looked at her with disdain, but Lu Nong didn't care. She was not an impulsive person and knew what it meant to do things within one's ability.

Lu Nong: "Listen to the rules. You must answer the first question. From the second question onwards, refuse to answer and drink a sip of wine. I'll go first. Why did your father divorce your mother?"

Pei Zheng was silent. He didn't expect Lu Nong to ask the key question directly. After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Because someone fell in love with someone else and wanted freedom."

Hiss... Lu Nong turned the words around in her mind, and after thinking about it, she realized that the "someone" Pei Zheng was talking about was his biological mother Shen Yimei. The novel did not clearly state who it was, only saying that the relationship between the male protagonist and his biological mother was average, and as a result, the female protagonist and her mother-in-law were not close either. It turned out that the truth was like this.

It was Pei Zheng's turn to ask, "How did you know my father? And how did you marry him?"

Lu Nong thought Pei Zheng would ask about whether there was a gigolo, but she didn't expect him to ask this. She wondered if Pei Ji'an had never told Pei Zheng about her origins?

"These are two questions. Decide which one you want me to answer."

"The last one." Pei Zheng said depressedly.

Lu Nong shrugged. In fact, these two were the same question. She told Pei Zheng that her ex-husband had entrusted the original owner to Pei Ji'an after he died in the battle.

Pei Zheng was completely shocked. He never expected this to happen. He always thought that the relationship between Lu Nong and his father was that his father took the initiative to fall in love with Lu Nong and married her. He was wondering why the iron tree suddenly blossomed.

Lu Nong: "It's my turn now. When your aunt came, why did your father say that he was also a country bumpkin?"

Pei Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Maybe my dad was raised in the countryside when he was a child. I heard that during the war, my dad was left in the care of his fellow villagers by his grandparents, and was brought back after liberation. But I don't know the details."

He had overheard these things from the conversations of his elders. The elders, including his father, never told him about the past. He only knew that his father and Uncle Gu were brothers. It was only later that he overheard that the hometown where his father lived when he was a child was Uncle Gu's home.

"You...your ex-husband couldn't be Uncle Gu, right?" When it was Pei Zheng's turn, he asked hesitantly.

His father is not a compassionate person at all. He will take care of his comrades' children, but will never agree to such a ridiculous thing as marrying a comrade's wife. If he does it, it is only because that person is special to Pei Ji'an.

"Yes, do your mother and your aunt have a good relationship?" Lu Nong continued to ask the previous question.

"Yes, very good. My mother, my aunt and Ye Huihui's mother were once the three golden flowers of the compound and also the best friends." Pei Zheng took a deep breath, still immersed in the fact that Lu Nong was Uncle Gu's wife. No wonder he liked little Gu Huai so much, it turned out that he was Uncle Gu's son.

"Do you love Uncle Gu?" Pei Zheng didn't know what kind of answer he wanted to hear.

Lu Nong said nothing and lowered her head to take a sip of wine. How could she love Gu Weiguo when she had never seen him?

It was so spicy, so spicy, so spicy! Lu Nong quickly picked up the coffee and took a big sip, which relieved the spiciness.

No, seeing that Pei Zheng was about to take the rhythm away, Lu Nong quickly asked Pei Zheng a question that he absolutely dared not face: "Do you like furry things and small soft things?"

Pei Zheng: “…” Fry, you’re so cruel.

He took a sip of the wine and smacked his lips. It was indeed Feitian Moutai, specially made for foreign guests.

"You give my dad so much tonic soup, do you dislike him?" As for what he disliked, Pei Zheng didn't say, but those who understood would understand.

Lu Nong: “…” @Pei Ji’an, your eldest son is worried about you every day and is almost dying of filial piety.

Lu Nong glanced at Pei Zheng and drank.

The two of them went back and forth, the questions became more and more difficult, and they drank more and more wine. In the end, they spent an entire afternoon slowly finishing a whole bottle of Moutai, and both of them fell asleep on the table after drinking.

Lu Nong thought Pei Zheng had a great alcohol tolerance, but it turned out that he was already drunk after just a few drinks. He was even worse than her. As the saying goes, a weak drinker has a bigger alcohol addiction. She laughed disdainfully at Pei Zheng, and then she fell down completely.

In the evening, when old lady Wu went downstairs to cook, she saw two drunkards lying on the dining table in the living room, one on each side, and the whole house was filled with the smell of alcohol.

Mother Wu: “…”

"Nong Nong?" Mother Wu walked to Lu Nong and tried to wake her up.

Lu Nong struggled to avoid her, "No, I'm not drunk."

Mother Wu went to Pei Zheng again, but Pei Zheng was sleeping like a dead pig and couldn't be woken up no matter what she did.

Mother Wu sighed. She had no way to help the two people upstairs. If one of them accidentally fell, it would be a disaster. She had to go to the kitchen to cook some hangover soup and wait for Chief Pei to come back so that he could find a way to get the two people to bed.

After a while, a car horn was heard outside the yard, and Pei Jinan came back.

Mother Wu walked out of the kitchen and looked at Pei Jinan.

Pei Ji'an rubbed his brows, "What's going on?"

How could Mother Wu know? She stammered and was speechless.

"Let's help them upstairs first."

Seeing that Pei Ji'an looked unhappy, Xiao Zhou lowered his head and hurried to Pei Zheng, took his arm and walked upstairs.

Only Lu Nong was left. Wu Ma was naturally unable to help her. Pei Jinan walked up to Lu Nong, was startled by the smell of alcohol, frowned, and picked her up. Lu Nong obviously did not sleep well, and was awakened by Pei Jinan's action. She said drunkenly, "What are you doing? Go away, I don't want you to hold me."

Pei Ji'an ignored her, carried her upstairs and put her on the bed in the bedroom.

As soon as he touched the bed, Lu Nong jumped up and sneered at Pei Jinan, "Hey, monster, show your true form to me!"

Pei Ji’an: “…”