Li Yumei was about to speak, but when she saw Shen Chengyi standing aside with a sullen face, she immediately changed her words and said, "It's nothing, don't think too much, sister-in-law. I just saw Lili following Wang Yanhong and running to the educated youth point all day, and I was worried that she would be led astray."
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to go see Lili. Mom has left some food for you, so eat first." After she said that, she turned and went into the main house.
Su Yuehua frowned slightly as she was thinking about what Li Yumei had just said.
After the original owner and Shen Lili had a fight in the bridal chamber, the two could be said to be incompatible, so Shen Lili was hardly mentioned in the book.
“What are you thinking about!” Shen Chengyi’s low voice suddenly sounded.
Su Yuehua covered her chest reflexively and turned around, her face tense as she said, “Chen Chengyi, can’t you make a sound when you stand behind me?”
Shen Chengyi's black eyes were like an eagle, staring at Su Yuehua sharply and deeply, making her feel uneasy. She was obviously a little insecure, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You have a good relationship with your sister-in-law. I remember when we first arrived, you disliked her loud voice." There was no emotion in Shen Chengyi's voice, as if he was talking about someone else's business.
Su Yuehua's heartbeat accelerated inexplicably. She tried to calm herself down, put on a spoiled look, raised her head and said sharply, "I like it. What's wrong? I think my sister-in-law is a good person now."
Seeing that Shen Chengyi’s dark eyes were still staring at her, she added: “I still don’t like your sister, and I dislike her less and less, but now I think your family is pretty good, including you, of course.”
After saying that, Su Yuehua didn't dare to stay for another second, turned around and quickly returned to the room.
Shen Chengyi looked at Su Yuehua's back without saying a word, recalling Su Yuehua's subtle changes in his mind.
When she returned to the room, Su Yuehua saw that hot water was already in the basin.
She took out a folding makeup mirror from the drawer. The woman in the mirror had fair skin, two shiny black braids draped over her shoulders, bright almond eyes, a high nose bridge, and a small, delicate nose tip. She was so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away.
The original owner looked very similar to her, but her facial features were more delicate and her skin was as white as fat. The hostility in her eyes and eyebrows gradually dissipated and became gentle.
She is Su Yuehua, why should she feel guilty?
So what is she afraid of? If she is timid and cautious every day, people will only suspect her.
After she figured it out, she felt relieved. As soon as she finished washing up, Shen Xiaohu came over, “Second Aunt, I’m going to post couplets with Second Uncle later, do you want to join us?”
"Yes." Su Yuehua buttoned up her cotton jacket and wrapped her scarf around her neck for fear of the cold before walking out of the bedroom. She saw Shen Chengyi coming out of the room of Shen Chengzhong and his wife, holding a couplet written on red paper.
Su Yuehua learned calligraphy since she was young, so she could tell at a glance that the handwriting on the couplet could not be written without many years of practice.
Yes! How could she have overlooked such an important point? Personality can change due to experience and environment, but a person's handwriting cannot be changed. If the original owner's cockroach crawled over the same handwriting, wouldn't it be exposed as soon as she wrote it?
Shen Chengyi saw her staring at the couplets, walked up and asked, “What are you thinking about, Xiaohu said you want to post the couplets with me, let’s go.”
"I didn't think about anything. I just thought the words on the couplet were beautiful and wanted to ask who wrote it." Su Yuehua was just curious and asked casually, but she didn't expect Shen Chengyi to answer, "I wrote it."
"What? You can write calligraphy. When we get back to the capital, can you teach me? My handwriting is ugly, and my colleagues in the hospital often laugh at me behind my back."
“You really want to learn.” Shen Chengyi knew Su Yuehua’s character too well, and was afraid that she would be impatient and just talk.
"Of course." Su Yuehua nodded vigorously, as if she had made a great decision, and said firmly: "This time I must practice my handwriting well to show those who laughed at me."
After saying that, afraid that Chen Chengyi would not believe it, he added: "Let them see what it means to look at a man with new eyes after three days of absence."
Shen Chengyi didn’t really take her promise seriously, and said casually: “I hope you will do what you say.”
After saying that, without even putting on a cotton coat, he strode out of the house, pushed the door open, and walked out.
"Chen Chengyi, wait for me, don't you want to wear a cotton jacket?" Su Yuehua pushed the door open and chased out.
"I'm not cold." Shen Chengyi simply replied, holding the couplet and running straight to the gate. He placed the couplet on the gate to measure it, and shouted to the yard: "Xiaohu, where did you take the paste?"
As soon as the voice fell, Shen Xiaohu ran out of the warehouse and raised the bowl in his hand in front of Shen Chengyi, “Second Uncle, I’ll give you paste.”
Shen Chengyi glanced at the little paste left in the bowl, his face instantly sank, and he said in a cold voice: “Shen Xiaohu, I ask you, where did the paste in the bowl go.”
Su Yuehua was still wondering! Why did Shen Chengyi change his face so easily?
Then she saw Shen Xiaohu hiding behind her, her voice a little timid, “Second Uncle, I didn’t eat it, I just tried it.”
After Su Yuehua listened to what Shen Xiaohu said, she looked at the bowl and saw only paste at the bottom of the bowl, and she understood that in the countryside, people used boiling water to cook the white flour and then stirred it into paste.
Nowadays, people in rural areas generally have less clothing and food. Conditions like the Shen family's are considered good in rural areas. They buy some white flour to save for making dumplings during the Chinese New Year. No wonder Shen Xiaohu is greedy.
She pulled Shen Xiaohu in front of her and threatened: “Xiaohu, the noodles for the paste are not fully cooked. If you have stomachache after eating, you will need an injection.”
“Second aunt, I don’t want the injection, I won’t take it again next time, can you please not tell my parents?” After Shen Xiaohu finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Chengyi with concern.
"Okay." Su Yuehua responded, and when she looked up, she found that Shen Chengyi's ears were red from the cold, so she took off the white scarf around her neck and put it on him.
"I'm not cold." Just as Shen Chengyi was about to take off the scarf and return it to Su Yuehua, she grabbed his hand.
Su Yuehua raised her eyebrows slightly and pretended to be angry and said, "Just stay with me if I ask you to. Medical treatment and injections are expensive. I don't want to spend money on your medical treatment."
The moment Shen Chengyi was held by Su Yuehua's soft and boneless little hand, he felt as if his whole body was electrified.
Su Yuehua awkwardly withdrew her hand and said softly, "It's too cold outside, let's finish pasting quickly and go back to the house."
"Yeah." Shen Chengyi responded, reached out to scoop some paste from the bowl, and smeared it directly on the back of the couplet.
When the two of them finished pasting the couplets and returned to the house, they saw Bai Xiuying holding a kitchen knife and preparing to cut the rolled mutton rolls.
Seeing Su Yuehua coming back, she put down the kitchen knife and asked, "Yuehua, how are you going to eat this mutton roll? It's still frozen hard and can't be cut at all. I think we should wait until it thaws tonight."
"Mom, this mutton roll has to be cut while it's hard. It won't be cut thin when it thaws." As soon as Su Yuehua picked up the kitchen knife, she was snatched away by Shen Chengyi, "I'll cut it. I'm strong."
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