"Dumplings are delicious, and so are rice balls. When will I go to Lu Qingyang's hometown to take a look? Isn't the capital city interesting?"

Lu Qingyang smiled bitterly. In fact, his real hometown was not in the capital, but in Suzhou.

But now, Beijing can be considered as half his hometown.

"There are a lot of delicious food in Beijing. I'll take you there when the time comes!"

After the two of them returned with the bowl of dumplings, Lu Qingyang began to feed the small animals in the shed.

He deliberately reserved some unseasoned meat stuffing, cooked it, and gave one to each of the carnivorous animals.

One little reindeer was a little special. He made a ball with vegetables and placed it in front of it.

The young reindeer was reluctant to eat it at first, but he took a lick.

Only after I tasted the flavor did I slowly start chewing it.

Compared to other small animals that eat voraciously, this one is the slowest.

Lu Qingyang touched the little reindeer's head, then stood up and gestured.

The reindeer has grown a lot now, much bigger than when we first brought it back.

I can definitely take it to dig ginseng next year.

After feeding the animals, he planned to go to the cowshed.

Zhang Zhongwen's family had not had the chance to eat hot dumplings yet, so he made a lot of them and had more than enough to share with them.

After all, Zhang Zhongwen had given himself an antique, so a meal of dumplings was really nothing.

They had been criticized and were not qualified to share the pork.

We can't even have a meal of home-cooked pork all year round.

Zhang Zhongwen was holding the child and coaxing him, "Finally he fell asleep."

Wei Yuxiu opened the wooden barrel and found that the food inside was almost gone.

"I told you to eat sparingly, but you gave me all of it."

"You are in confinement after childbirth. You must eat well to stay healthy."

During Wei Yuxiu's confinement period, Lu Qingyang often brought food to them, which was why she did not go hungry.

"I have to thank Brother Lu a lot, if it weren't for him..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qingyang came over carrying a rabbit and some dumplings.

"I was thinking, Chinese New Year is coming soon, and you haven't eaten dumplings yet, so I brought some over for you to try!"

"There's another rabbit. I can't eat much, so I'll give it to you guys to take!"

Nowadays, who can't eat? Zhang Zhongwen knew that this was Lu Qingyang's excuse.

"These days, if it weren't for you... we would have all, if not frozen to death, definitely starved to death. Brother Lu, don't always think about us, think more about yourself."

Lu Qingyang shook his head. At first he helped purely because he could gain benefits from Zhang Zhongwen.

But as he got to know her better, he felt that what was most precious was the inseparable and mutually supportive relationship between them.

People are flesh and blood, and they will definitely develop feelings for each other after being together for a long time.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Xiaobao seems to have grown up a bit."

"Yes, children grow up fast, but it's hard for them, as they have to be born in a cowshed..."

Wei Yuxiu wiped away her tears. She could endure any difficult life.

But the child... I really don't want to let her suffer.

At first, I wanted to have a child to leave an heir for the Zhang family.

After giving birth to a daughter, she felt lost, but as she spent more time with the child, she loved the child more and loved her even more.

"It's not a good idea for you to live in the cowshed all the time." Lu Qingyang frowned, "How were you identified as the main class in the first place?"

Zhang Zhongwen explained with tears in his eyes:

"We are not the dominant class at all. At best, our conditions were slightly better than everyone else's. Who knew we would be criticized and sent to the bullpen?"

"Also, the Lord does have a slight relationship with us, but it's as distant as it can be... In the end, someone got jealous and reported us... Alas."

The more Zhang Zhongwen talked, the more uncomfortable he felt.

"Since you two are so distantly related, do you have any relatives with a red background?"

If there is such a relationship, then things will definitely work better.

Zhang Zhongwen thought about it seriously, then sighed and shook his head: "No."

Wei Yuxiu continued: "I do have a relative here, he's my distant cousin! He's a soldier."

"That's right. You have a cousin who is a soldier. This proves that your family has a clean background."

"But...but I have already married into the Zhang family. I am a member of the old Zhang family, and my parents' family refuses to acknowledge me." Wei Yuxiu was extremely embarrassed.

Zhang Zhongwen suddenly had an idea.

Wei Yuxiu also suffered with me...why not...

He hesitated and said, "I do have an idea, Yuxiu. For the sake of our child, I hope you can do it."

"How cruel?"

"You and I have severed our relationship. In today's terms, let's just get a divorce!"

"No! I can't do such a thing. Since we got married, we have always treated each other with respect. You have never gotten angry with me and have taken good care of us. How can I bear to..."

Two lines of tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

The baby in his arms seemed to sense the change in his mother's mood and started to cry loudly.

Wei Yuxiu wiped away her tears and started to coax the child again.

"My dear, you don't want to abandon your father, right?"

"But... this may not be a good solution. If you two get divorced, there will be no relationship. Sister-in-law, you can take the child away, and Xiaobao won't have to suffer in the cowshed. At least you two can be saved."

Zhang Zhongwen sighed: "It's a stupid method, but it's the only method."

Lu Qingyang knew that Zhang Zhongwen would be rehabilitated in three years.

But these three years were too hard for a young child, and the environment here was too bad.

"If that's the case, then there's no marriage certificate between me and Yuxiu! We were just introduced by our parents and got together straight away!"

Lu Qingyang smiled and said, "If that's the case, things will be easier. You two are not married at all."

"Yes, yes, I, Yuxiu, am not married!"

Wei Yuxiu felt pained, but at the same time, she felt torn as she looked at Xiaobao whose face was flushed red.

"Yuxiu, don't hesitate, find a way to leave here first. Your child is weak and can't bear living here for a long time.

But I'm different. I'm strong and can handle it! Once you two are well, I'll be able to move.

Besides, we didn’t have a marriage certificate when we came here, so there’s no question of divorce.”