Pei Zheng suddenly had an idea and said to squad leader Lao Wang: "Uncle Wang, my dad doesn't drink it, but I do. Can you tell me what the benefits of drinking this thing are?"
Pei Zheng knew that deer blood was a magical way to strengthen male sexual function. Others had mentioned it vaguely, and he had listened to it vaguely, but he had no idea what was going on.
Squad leader Lao Wang was diverted by Pei Zheng and started talking: "You are really knowledgeable. Our ancestors in traditional Chinese medicine listed deer blood as the most precious medicinal material. It can not only treat impotence and replenish deficiency, but also treat sprains and lung diseases. In short, it has many benefits. It is said that Emperor Xianfeng drank a bowl of it every day. Don't you think it is a good thing?"
Pei Zheng nodded quickly to indicate that it was indeed a good thing. Squad Leader Lao Wang was right. Who knew that Squad Leader Lao Wang would change the subject and say, "Such a good thing, I took it out to treat your father, but he was not happy. Do you think my kindness was taken for granted?"
Pei Zheng: “…” How come it’s happening to me again?
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Yes, Uncle Wang is very kind. Since deer blood has so many benefits, let's all drink it, including Lu Nong and Grandma Wu."
"Right, Lu Nong?" Pei Zheng desperately winked at Lu Nong for help.
Lu Nong stretched out a finger and said, "One month guard."
Pei Zheng closed his eyes and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I have never drunk deer blood, and I just want to know what deer blood tastes like." Lu Nong tugged at Pei Jinan's clothes.
Pei Ji'an was caught between his son and daughter-in-law. Under the passionate sales pitch of squad leader Lao Wang and the slogan "If you don't drink, you're not a good brother", he had no choice but to agree.
Squad leader Lao Wang was happy and thought to himself, Pei Jinan, you are a hypocrite. Every time I invite you to drink, you refuse. Now this time, finally someone can teach you a lesson.
Since it was Squad Leader Lao Wang who was treating, of course the food and drinks had to be arranged at his house. They returned to the cabin to pick up Mother Wu and Zaizai, and went to Squad Leader Lao Wang's house together.
Squad Leader Lao Wang's home is the most ordinary bungalow on the farm. He has a son and a daughter. His son is 23 years old and works in Beijing. Squad Leader Lao Wang has always hoped that his son could take over his job, but unfortunately his son thought the farm had no future and stayed in Beijing.
The daughter is 20 years old. She was originally studying in Beijing, but she failed to get into university this year. She came back to the farm to accompany Squad Leader Lao Wang for a while. She will go back to Beijing to repeat her studies next year. As for Squad Leader Lao Wang’s wife, she and Squad Leader Lao Wang are divorced and now live in Beijing with her son.
"Now I, Old Wang, am able to eat my fill while the whole family is not hungry. The house is in chaos, so please don't complain." Squad leader Old Wang invited the Pei family in.
At this time, a young girl with a braided hair and a flowered dress came out of the bedroom and said unhappily, "Dad, what are you talking about? You still have me and my brother, so why are you alone now?"
"Cuicui, you're here at the right time. Go and get my best tea and wine. We have distinguished guests at home today. Your uncle Pei and his family are here." Squad Leader Lao Wang instructed his daughter.
Wang Cuicui originally thought that it was just another group of her father's rough friends from the farm, so she didn't care when they came out covered in dust. But who knew that the person who came this time was not someone from the farm, but Pei Ji'an.
"Ah!" Wang Cuicui screamed and hurried into the house.
Squad leader Lao Wang was completely confused when he saw this. "This girl is usually carefree and never shy. Why is she hiding from others this time?"
Lu Nong guessed what Wang Cuicui was thinking, but it was not easy to talk about the girl's thoughts, so he didn't say much. Instead, he changed the subject and asked squad leader Lao Wang curiously: "Brother Wang, who is the owner of the wooden house we live in?"
"You don't know? Didn't Ji'an tell you?" Squad Leader Lao Wang was surprised. "The wooden house was built by Ji'an himself. He always stayed in the wooden house when he came to visit me. Later, I thought it was a pity to leave it abandoned, so I lent it to an unmarried young man on the farm. On the one hand, it can warm up the house and make it more lively. On the other hand, I don't have to clean it up when Ji'an comes."
So that's how it is, Lu Nong nodded. No wonder Pei Ji'an found a place to live by himself without Squad Leader Lao Wang leading the way.
"Hurry up and sit down. I'll go call Cuicui. This girl inherited her cooking skills from her mother. Let her show you some of her skills."
Squad leader Lao Wang walked to the door of his daughter's room and knocked on it. "Cuicui? What are you doing in there? Come out and meet the guests."
The door was opened from the inside, and in just a few words, Wang Cuicui had combed her hair and changed her clothes. Her hair had changed from a single braid casually tied at the back of her head to a smooth, frizz-free double braid with an emerald green headband tied at the ends of her hair. The two braids were neatly draped on both sides of her shoulders, and her clothes were changed into a popular little dress.
He looks gentle and handsome, like a completely different person.
Squad leader Lao Wang is indeed a straight man among straight men. He frowned in front of everyone and said, "Why did you dress up so nicely when I asked you to come out to cook? And you even wore the new clothes your mother bought for you. It would be a waste of money and clothes to cook in them."
Wang Cuicui pouted and said unhappily, "None of your business!"
Squad leader Lao Wang was helpless. He only had this one lady. The lady was sensible and considerate. He usually couldn't bear to scold her. But now the lady was getting tough. Squad leader Lao Wang could only soften himself. "My dear lady, the family of your father's old comrade-in-arms is here today. You know that my father's cooking is not good. I can only rely on you to show off your cooking skills to the guests. Then I will buy you a new skirt."
Wang Cuicui felt smoothed down by the touch and nodded in agreement.
"Come, come and meet your Uncle Pei," squad leader Lao Wang pulled Wang Cuicui and asked her to call for help. "Last time you were complaining about why Uncle Pei hadn't come yet. Now that Uncle Pei is here, hurry up and say hello."
"Hello, Uncle Pei." Wang Cuicui greeted him awkwardly with her head down, her cheeks flushed.
Others just thought that Cuicui was shy because she saw outsiders, but Lu Nong, who was also a woman, easily saw that Cuicui was not shy because of seeing outsiders, but because of seeing Pei Jinan.
Tsk, male beauty is so tempting.
Squad leader Lao Wang pointed at Lu Nong and said, "This is your Aunt Pei and her godmother. You should follow Pei Zheng and call her Grandma Wu. These two are your Uncle Pei's sons Pei Zheng and Gu Huai. They are younger than you, so just call them brothers."
Wang Cuicui was stunned and stared at Lu Nong in a daze. In fact, Wang Cuicui had a bad feeling when she saw the unfamiliar Lu Nong for the first time, but she would not give up until the end. She was lucky enough to think that maybe the woman standing next to Pei Jinan was Uncle Pei's relative.
Now that she heard with her own ears that her father said that the woman was Uncle Pei’s wife, Wang Cuicui felt confused and sad and wanted to cry. Why?
After more than ten years of not getting married, when she finally grew up and was eligible to marry him, he suddenly got married.
Wang Cuicui was extremely jealous of the women around Pei Jinan.
No one knew what Wang Cuicui was thinking, so after everyone introduced themselves, they started to prepare lunch. Originally, Team Leader Wang didn't want to let the guests do any work, but his family hadn't prepared anything, and there was not enough labor at home. Chopping wood, killing chickens, chopping bones... these jobs all required men to do, and Team Leader Wang couldn't do it all by himself, so he rudely ordered the guests to do the work.
Seeing this, Mother Wu and Lu Nong naturally couldn't sit idle either. Mother Wu went to the kitchen to help Cuicui cook. Lu Nong didn't have their cooking skills, so she could only squat by the well in the yard to wash and select vegetables.
Pei Jinan was killing a chicken in the corner. He raised his knife and the chicken slowly stopped moving. Blood flowed all over the floor along the cut. Lu Nong got goosebumps all over his body and quickly lowered his head to wash his vegetables.
Squad leader Lao Wang was holding his son and directing Pei Zheng to chop wood. "Don't point the axe at people. That's right. If you don't hold it firmly, you might hurt others. You need to use your skills and aim at the middle of the wood. Find the right position to test the feel before you raise the axe and chop it down."
Pei Zheng practiced several times but still couldn't get enough energy, which made him a little frustrated.
"Old Pei, come over here and teach your son." Squad leader Old Wang called Pei Jinan happily.
Pei Ji'an ignored him, put the motionless chicken on the ground, letting it bleed slowly, walked to Lu Nong and scooped a basin of water to wash his hands. After washing his hands, he took the vegetables from Lu Nong's hand and started to pick and wash them with her.
"Tsk," Squad Leader Lao Wang shook his head.
Lu Nong looked at Pei Jinan. Pei Jinan was calm and composed, not caring at all about the teasing look from Squad Leader Lao Wang. When she saw Lu Nong looking at her, she glanced at her without saying anything.
Lu Nong rolled his eyes and, while no one was paying attention, pinched Pei Jinan's hand with his fingers.
Pei Ji'an was already experienced in dealing with her mischief, so he calmly grabbed the little white hand, held it in his hand, and rubbed it carefully, while he could still wash the vegetables with his other hand. He was truly a genius at multitasking.
Lu Nong: “…”
Neither of them noticed that their bodies were unconsciously moving closer to each other, and even though they didn't speak, there was a sense of ambiguity between them.
Psychologically speaking, people subconsciously move closer to people they like and want to touch people they like.
Wang Cuicui didn't know anything about psychology. While cooking, she looked towards Lu Nong in the yard. Coincidentally, from her angle, she could see Lu Nong clearly.
When Pei Ji'an walked to Lu Nong's side, Wang Cuicui felt that the picture of them together was very irritating. They obviously did not do anything and said nothing, but it just hurt her heart.
When Wang Cuicui saw Pei Jinan stroking Lu Nong's hand, her face turned red, her heart beat fast, and she was also burning with jealousy.
She stared at Lu Nong, wanting to know how Lu Nong was better than her.
Doesn't it look better?
She is not bad... Well, maybe Lu Nong is a little bit prettier than her. But she is still a virgin. That woman is married for the second time, has a child, and married to Pei Ji'an with a family. It is impossible for her to take care of Pei Ji'an wholeheartedly.
Cuicui was unwilling to give up, and she chopped the meat on the chopping board into paste.
Mother Wu: "..." Isn't this girl too aggressive? Fried pork with peppers or minced meat?
"Girl... I say," Wu's mother hesitated and reminded, "Don't chop it anymore. If you chop it any more, the pot will be empty."
Wang Cuicui came to her senses after hearing Wu Mama's reminder. She poured the meat into a bowl and handed it to Wu Mama. Wu Mama sighed and asked, "How can I use this?"
“吳姥姥，陸濃姐前面嫁的人待她不好嗎？”王翠翠忍不住想向吳媽打聽關于陸濃的事。
吳媽怪異看了她一眼，警惕地說，“你問這個幹什麽？”
從剛才她就察覺這小姑娘不對勁，看裴寂安的眼神太羞太不自然了，看濃濃的眼神則帶着敵意。
“沒、沒什麽，就是覺得陸濃姐和裴叔相配。”王翠翠讪讪，反應過來自己問了不該問的話，引起了別人的懷疑，只能違心誇贊。
吳媽捂嘴一笑，“哎呦小姑娘你算是說對了，你往外瞧瞧，他們兩個站在一起是不是天作之合？那叫一個郎才女貌、琴瑟和鳴、恩愛無雙……”
王翠翠：“……”老太太你還挺有文化的。
吳媽每說一句話都往王翠翠心上紮一箭，紮的王翠翠心差點碎成八瓣，偏偏吳媽還覺不夠，補刀道：“說到恩愛，這次出來也是姑爺心疼濃濃在家待膩了，遂帶着全家一起出門散心。”
王翠翠聽完後眼圈泛紅，吳媽撇了撇嘴，見好就收。
陸濃把洗好的菜端進廚房，看到王翠翠眼眶發紅，低着頭不理人，不解地看向吳媽，吳媽心虛避開陸濃的眼神。
王翠翠抹了把眼說，勉強扯出一個笑容：“這辣椒太辣了，陸濃姐讓你看笑話了。”
“這有什麽丢不丢人的，快用水洗洗。”陸濃順着她的話安慰，說完以後聽到院子裏老王班長喊她，趕緊應了一聲，朝門外走去。
剛出門就見老王班長拿了一個背簍遞給她，“弟妹，咱家白菜蘿蔔吃完了，你跟老裴去地裏挖一簍子回來，老裴知道菜地在哪，讓他帶你去。”
陸濃拎着背簍走出門口，就見裴寂安拄着鋤頭，另一之手夾着一根點燃的香煙，煙氣絲絲縷縷飄散，裴寂安始終沒有吸一口。
陸濃微微一怔，這是她第一次見裴寂安抽煙，她還以為裴寂安不會抽煙。
裴寂安看到陸濃來了，把煙熄滅，見她盯着自己手裏的煙，說，“老王喜歡抽，走吧。”
言下之意，自己不喜歡抽煙。
兩人一前一後趕到菜地，到了以後看到光禿禿一片泥地，陸濃才知道老王班長說的“挖菜”，是真挖。
白菜拔下來後為了更好的儲藏，會直接在地裏挖個大坑就地窖起來，等吃的時候再挖出來。
怪不得要拿鋤頭。
蘿蔔倒能直接拔，陸濃和裴寂安分工合作，她拔蘿蔔，裴寂安挖白菜。
陸濃的力氣不大，吭哧吭哧拔了很久滿頭大汗才拔了幾顆出來，擡頭一看裴寂安那邊已經脫掉衣服了，舉起鋤頭間肌肉輪廓透過一層單衣若隐若現。
中午太陽毒辣炙烤着地面，白菜窖得深，土厚又硬，并不好挖，裴寂安頭上汗水直流，他又解開了單衣的扣子，汗水順着肌肉滑向更深處。
吸溜，是誰在流口水？哦，是我，那沒事了。
陸濃從一開始偷瞄幾眼，到後來目不轉睛盯着他猛看。
菜挖出來後，裴寂安捕捉到陸濃的視線，低頭看了眼已經被汗水浸透的襯衫，已經濕痕向下漫延到褲子，他停下手頭的活兒，擦了把汗，把濕透了的襯衫脫下，披上外套。
陸濃被捉包後收回視線，不過眼停下來了，腦子還在細細品味剛才看到的畫面，娘哎，流着汗水幹活來的裴寂安性感的要死。
他這人身上的氣質也很矛盾，平時一舉一動優雅從容，身上有種舊時代貴公子的質感，可真讓他光着膀子下地幹活，他絲毫不含糊，熟練的像個村裏常年幹農活的漢子。
可雅可俗。
陸濃想出了神，沒注意到腳下，擡腳就見有什麽花裏胡哨的長條打她腳下穿過，“！蛇啊！！！！”
她三步兩步蹦跶到了裴寂安身上，裴寂安牢牢抱住，蛇也被她吓了一跳，溜之大吉。
過了許久，陸濃還躲在裴寂安懷裏瑟瑟發抖，“完了我肯定被蛇咬了，怎麽辦我是不是要死了？”
裴寂安：“……”
“沒咬到。”裴寂安拍了拍陸濃的背安慰她，确實沒有咬到，她跑的比蛇可快多了，再說那只是一條菜花蛇，沒毒。
“我不信。”陸濃覺得自己腿麻麻的，肯定被蛇咬了。
裴寂安無奈，“那你先下來我給你檢查一下。”
陸濃猶豫随即搖頭，她現在不敢下地，怕又碰到蛇。
裴寂安嘆了口氣，就這麽抱着小祖宗。
過了一會兒，陸濃恢複過來，轉了轉腳脖子好像真沒事哎，這才注意到自己和裴寂安的姿勢不大對，裴寂安身上有股勞作過後的熱浪混着雄性荷爾蒙朝陸濃撲面而來，她低頭就能看到裴寂安完美的下巴和滾動的喉結。
男色惑人，陸濃吞吞口水，手不老實地摸着裴寂安硬邦邦的肌肉。
裴寂安：“……”
軟香在懷，她還不知死活地撩他，撩完以後管殺不管埋，裴寂安差點氣笑出來。
真就笑了出來，胸腔發出低沉的聲音，兩人只隔了一層衣料的衣服微微震動摩擦，陸濃低頭吻住裴寂安。
裴寂安要是再忍得住他就不是正常男人了。
他反客為主，唇齒相交，帶着一股劣質的煙草氣息，與陸濃的小舌嬉戲。
良久，裴寂安松開已經軟倒的陸濃，在她頭頂說了兩個意味不明的字：“利息。”
陸濃恍恍惚惚，覺得自己虧了好像又沒虧。
嗯？恍恍惚惚她好像又看見王翠翠站在不遠處。
不對！
王翠翠真的站在那邊。
裴寂安顯然也看到了王翠翠，不是很明顯的皺了下眉頭，拍了拍陸濃的背将她放下，“能站穩嗎？”
陸濃眼睛還泛着潮意，嘴唇沾着水光，試着站直身子，然後……開始給裴寂安扣上扣子，扣到最頂層。
絕不能讓裴寂安被別的女人看光！
裴寂安無語，卻也任由她行事。
王翠翠也不知道怎麽想的，不僅看了全程，看完之後還不走，不走就算了，這會兒她竟然朝着兩人走過來了。
王翠翠臉色勉強道：“裴叔，飯都做好了你們還沒回來，我爹讓我來喊你們。”
裴寂安眼神冷漠看着她說：“知道了，你先回去吧，我們把菜收拾起來就回去。”
王翠翠咬了咬唇，臉上浮現出掙紮的神色，最終說，“好，那我先回去了。”
說完後迅速轉身離去，她怕自己再多呆一秒就會忍不住哭出來，雖然現在也沒好到哪裏去。
她死心了。
王翠翠從沒見過裴寂安露出過那麽多的喜怒哀樂神色，他總是淡淡的，在所有人面前都是成竹在胸，沉穩可靠，可他在陸濃面前是不一樣的。
他會無奈、會急切、會滿足歡喜……會緊緊抱着她。
不甘心又能怎麽樣呢？她把心給了裴寂安，裴寂安同樣把心給了另一個女人，從這一方面說，他們是一樣的。
陸濃看着走得越來越快的王翠翠，搖頭嘆氣，男色惑人啊男色惑人。
裴寂安對此異常冷漠，動作麻利地替陸濃拔她未完成的蘿蔔事業，拔完後收拾出一簍筐，背起簍筐往回走：“走吧，回去吃飯。”
“等等我。”陸濃怕再遇到蛇，連感嘆都不顧，追在裴寂安屁股後面。
回到家，王翠翠臉上已經什麽都看不出來了，桌子上擺滿了硬菜，裴铮、顧淮乖乖坐在座位上等着親爹後媽/親媽繼父回來。
老王班長熱情地拿出鹿血酒倒給裴寂安滿滿一大杯，“兄弟，喝吧。”
“……”陸濃差點噴出一口水來，咱就是說，老王班長真是個人才，什麽廢話都不多說，喝吧兄弟。
裴寂安擋回去，“一會兒要開車，不能喝酒。”
老王班長一噎，知道裴寂安做下的決定沒人能改變，眼珠一轉，“行，喝不了鹿血酒，喝鹿血總行吧？”
“給，鹿血！”他把鹿血酒倒給自己，給裴寂安倒了滿杯的鹿血，“這回能喝了吧？”
裴寂安接過，倚靠着椅子，态度玩味，“我喝你不喝？”
老王班長“哼”了一聲，“喝，怎麽不喝？今天舍命陪君子了。”
裴铮瞧瞧他爹，又瞧瞧老王班長，怎麽覺得有股火藥味？是發生了什麽他不知道的事情嗎？
不能吧，他一直跟王叔在一起，要他爹真跟王叔起了沖突他怎麽不知道？
怪事。
陸濃抿嘴，覺得老王班長很可能知道王翠翠喜歡裴寂安的事情了，他朝裴寂安發邪火，裴寂安不接茬，兩人很可能要杠起來。
果然，兩人你一杯鹿血酒我一杯鹿血，誰也不認輸。
別人要勸，甚至不知道怎麽勸，大家都能看出他倆不對勁，可偏偏兩人言笑晏晏，臉色滴水不漏，勸他們就像在挑撥一樣。
陸濃幹脆低頭吃飯，裴铮和吳媽見陸濃都不管，他們就更管不了，兩人也低頭吃起自己的飯。
王翠翠看着她爹欲言又止，實在沒忍住，扯了扯她爹的衣服，被老王班長一個眼神恫吓住。
一頓飯吃完，老王班長滿臉通紅，裴寂安仍舊面不改色。
When they arrived, squad leader Lao Wang patted Pei Jinan on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you are my brother, my forever comrade-in-arms, please understand me..."
He didn't say the rest, but Pei Jinan knew it well. He shook hands with squad leader Lao Wang, and everything was said without words. The silent smoke and discord dissipated in the wine.
When the Pei family was leaving, Squad Leader Lao Wang packed a trunk full of local specialties for them. It is worth mentioning that it contained the deer antlers and wind-dried deer blood that he had promised them before.
Lu Nong: “…” You are worthy of being me, Lao Wang.
Plans could not keep up with the changes. They originally wanted to go further north, but they spent too much time on the farm and had to return.
After getting in the car, Lu Nong was worried that Pei Jianan might feel unwell after drinking too much deer blood. "Are you okay? If you're not feeling well, we can leave tomorrow."
Pei Jinan shook his head, "It's okay, I won't joke about your safety. Besides, it's inappropriate."
It is indeed inappropriate. I believe that Squad Leader Wang is eager for Pei Jinan to leave as soon as possible.
Over there, Wang Cuicui and Lao Wang stood at the farm gate, watching the jeep disappear into the dust.
"She's gone, don't think about her anymore." Squad leader Lao Wang said seriously with his hands behind his back without even looking at the young lady.
Wang Cuicui suddenly looked at her father beside her, "Dad? Why are you..."
"How should I know?" Squad Leader Lao Wang exhaled, "I found out too late. If I had known my daughter had this idea earlier, I would never have let Pei Ji'an come."
Wang Cuicui bit her lip: "It's not his fault, it's my fault."
"Of course it's none of his business," Lao Wang said darkly. "If it were his business, I'd beat him to death."
"Girl, give up as soon as possible. You two are not a match for each other. Even if I don't stop you, it's not that I look down on you, but you can't subdue Pei Ji'an." Squad leader Lao Wang said.
Wang Cuicui was not convinced and wanted to refute, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't continue. Without Lu Nong, could she really get Pei Jinan?
Thinking of Pei Ji'an's bone-chilling indifference, Wang Cuicui shuddered and completely gave up.