Before long, the little dog Benben came running up to Lin Momo with a pheasant in its mouth, looking for praise.
This time, however, instead of praising it when it saw the prey, the owner criticized it: "Silly thing, you're not allowed to catch pheasants anymore."
Lin patted its head and scolded Benben.
Seeing the confusion in its eyes, he patiently explained, "You're not allowed to catch pheasants in the spring. If you catch it, how will it hatch its chicks? Without chicks, we won't be able to eat pheasant meat anymore, understand?"
As he spoke, he patted it on the head twice more.
Whether it can understand or not, it should be able to grasp something from her expressions and body language.
After scolding Benben, Lin quietly took the pheasant from its beak and examined it carefully.
Hmm, his neck doesn't seem to be broken, nor are his legs, but his eyes are tightly closed and he's completely still.
Is he even alive?
She tried to put the pheasant on the ground, but before she could even let go, the pheasant, which had been playing dead, suddenly flapped its wings and ran away.
The strong wings brushed against her face, causing her to fall to the ground with a thud, but fortunately her eyes were not injured.
"Woof woof!" The pheasant that was about to be caught got away, and Benben immediately barked wildly and pounced to chase after it.
"Come back, silly!"
As soon as Lin Momo got up from the ground, she didn't even bother to brush the dust off her bottom before hurriedly calling out.
Upon receiving its master's order, the reluctant Benben had no choice but to stop its pursuit, standing still and watching helplessly as the cunning pheasant slipped away.
Benben was in a low mood all day.
Its inseparable companions left it, and the hunting activities that brought it confidence and joy were forcibly prohibited by its owner.
Its stupid dog life is really miserable!
Benben couldn't understand why its owner had changed so suddenly. In winter, it was always so happy to see the prey it caught, but this time it wasn't interested in the prey at all.
Then what can it use to please its owner?
Ancient people believed that spring is the season when all things grow, but it is also the season when wild animals breed, so hunting should be prohibited.
It wasn't just the literati who thought this way; there was also a tradition among ordinary people of banning hunting in the spring.
This is a good habit.
Lin Momo felt that they should also abide by it.
After disciplining Benben, she became engrossed in the fun of picking ferns, ignoring the impact this had on him.
The forest is full of ferns; there's no way to pick them all.
She and time can only try to capture as much as possible.
Because they are going down the mountain tomorrow.
The two have been up the mountain for half a year, and it's time to go back and visit.
Shi Guang was worried about Shi Xiucai's health and wanted to see if his grandfather had sent him a letter.
As for the Shi family's reaction to this extremely mismatched marriage, will they react excessively?
Neither of them took it to heart.
Since the couple doesn't live with Shi's family, even if they want to break off the engagement, it has to be Shi's own willingness.
Even if Shi Yu were to divorce his son, it wouldn't affect the couple.
Firstly, as long as they don't want to separate, no one can separate them as husband and wife.
Secondly, Shi Guang did not want to stand out from the crowd, pursue an official career and seek fame and fortune. The principles and rules that were valued in officialdom, such as the relationship between ruler and subject, father and son, were meaningless to him.
For Shi Guang, the Shi family consisted of only his grandfather, Shi Xiucai, as a relative.
No one else needs to pay them any attention.
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Because they needed to descend the mountain the next day, Lin Momo and Shiguang returned to the valley in the late afternoon.
With some time before dinner, Lin Momo first washed the ferns she had picked by the pond, then rinsed them with water to preserve them.
With nothing else to do, Shi Guang continued chopping wood in the courtyard.
Another morning has arrived.
After getting up early for her morning exercise, Lin Momo took out her breakfast from her spatial storage: two bowls of eight-treasure porridge and three roujiamo (Chinese hamburgers).
After they finished eating, the two of them went down the mountain hand in hand.
This time, the puppy Benben was not put into the space.
Instead, it followed its owner down the mountain.
Once they reached the foot of the mountain, their view opened up dramatically, and they felt a little out of place after being in the mountains for so long.
This time, they hired a mule cart from the same villager as before and returned to town.
The two people and their dog arrived at their house, only to find the gate tightly shut.
Time has come forward and knocked on the door.
The person who answered the door was a strange servant.
Shi Guang and Lin Momo exchanged glances, and Shi Guang even took two steps back to look at the plaque hanging above them: Shi Residence.
They looked at each other again. They hadn't gone to the wrong place!
The man sized up the young couple dressed in short browns, and seeing their reaction, he immediately hardened his expression: "Who are you looking for? What are you doing in our house? Get out of here!"
Time stepped up the stairs one by one: "This is my home. I should be asking you who you are and why you are in my home."
I haven't lived here for half a year, how did they manage to take over my place?
The servant was forced to retreat by Shi Guang's imposing aura: "You, what do you mean 'your home'? This is clearly our Shi family's home. Get out of here."
"My surname is Shi, why can't I come in?"
Suddenly, a person darted out from inside the door, shouting with delight:
"Ah, young master, young mistress, you're finally back!"
Hearing someone speaking at the door, he recognized the voice immediately as his master's and quickly came out to greet them.
"Uncle Li, what's going on with this person?"
"Young Master, these are the people that Master and Madam brought back. Qingming Festival is in a few days, and they have come to pay respects at the old master's grave."
At this point, Li Dashan seemed to suddenly remember something and explained, "Oh, the eldest young master and young mistress probably don't know that the old master passed away last winter, and the master took the whole family back to his hometown to observe mourning."
"What? Grandfather passed away last winter?" Shi Guang asked in astonishment.
He was even hoping that this time he would receive a handwritten letter from his grandfather.
It was truly unexpected that he had already passed away.
The feeling was like being hit on the head with a club, leaving him speechless for a long time.
Lin Momo, standing beside him, could not hide her surprise.
What?
The old man from that family is gone, and the Shi family has moved into their house. Is this the beginning of a power struggle within the household?
The thought of her venomous stepmother, her power-hungry father-in-law, and her numerous concubines and half-siblings gave Lin Momo a headache.
Yesterday she was thinking that she wouldn't live with Shi's family and wouldn't need to pay them any attention.
Who knew I'd be proven wrong today?
Wait, can her small, three-courtyard house really fit so many people?
There are already quite a few masters, not to mention the servants who serve them.
So where will the couple live?
Without a doubt, their main room has long been occupied by the father-in-law and his wife. I just wonder where they put the canopy bed in the bedroom.
Or perhaps, even their wedding bed was occupied?
Even if you could get your wedding bed back after someone else has slept in it, the thought alone is disgusting.
If that's the case, then it's definitely not worth keeping.
Sigh, if she had known this would happen, she should have put the wedding bed into her spatial storage before she left.
She still really liked that exquisitely crafted wedding bed.
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