Arrival in Another World 014, Suspicion
Lianyi looked up at the man with a red face and ears, because last night she had vowed to earn back the money she spent herself, but now she was going to drag him down to starve together.
"Where's dinner?" The man asked again.
Embarrassing.
She raised her head and saw the clothes that had not been taken back in the yard, and suddenly thought, "Dahu, is there a pawnshop here?" At this time, she didn't care if the man would suspect her or not. After all, as someone born and raised in Suzhai Village, how could she not know if there was a pawnshop?
Those kinds of things can be found in town, what village has them?
The man glanced at her lightly and couldn't tell what she was thinking, then turned around and walked out.
Ripples followed him out, seeing the tall figure of the man leaving the yard, and did not make a sound to stop him, but shrugged. I guess he went to find something to eat, which is good, temporarily solving her worries. Although the man was married into the family, he couldn't just rely on his wife to support him, could he?
Another clear night, with the arrival of nightfall, a full moon rises, it's almost the 15th of the month.
Su Lianwei took down the clothes in the room, folded them neatly one by one, and put them into the wardrobe. Then she wetted a rag and started wiping off the dust habitually. The room which was once dusty now became tidy and clean. She wasn't concentrating on cleaning, actually she was finding something to do for herself, but her mind kept thinking about Sun's illness.
After a while, Da Hu returned with a wild rabbit and two pheasants in his hands.
Looking at Su Lianwei who was wiping the dust, "Rice." The thrifty man uttered a single word and threw the wild game he had caught into the kitchen, then turned around to chop wood in the yard.
Lian Yi raised an eyebrow, quite appreciating this silent "new colleague", and walked into the kitchen to start dealing with the game meat.
When reading, Su Liangwei was among the top in anatomy class. In her freshman year, she dissected mice, and in her junior year, she dissected rabbits. Now, running to the kitchen to process game is simply a waste of her talent. Although there was no scalpel, only an almost rusty kitchen knife, this knife in her hand seemed to come alive, skinning and disemboweling with ease.
When the man had just finished chopping wood and entered the house, a rusty kitchen knife was handed over. "Grind it."
The man took over the kitchen knife, "En." He turned around and went out again, and soon heard a steady and powerful sharpening sound.
The man sharpened the knife, and Lianyi threw the cleaned game into the water basin to wash it clean. The two of them worked silently, exchanging only a word or two at a time, looking quite strange yet harmonious in another way.
When the man re-entered the kitchen, the knife handed over to him was shining like new, reflecting a cold light under the dim oil lamp, and he thought to himself that even if this knife couldn't cut through iron, it could at least cut off a hair.
Taking the gleaming knife, Su Lianwei thought of the Sun family, the man was weak due to lack of potassium and malnutrition, not just the man, but also the child who urgently needed nutrition. The chicken in her hand, although not a domesticated one, should also be very nourishing, she hesitated again and again.
"Ah, Da Hu, there's something I want to ask of you." She felt a bit embarrassed, not being used to speaking in such a humble and pleading tone.
The man who was just about to turn around and leave stopped in his tracks, turned his head sideways and looked at her, waiting for her to finish speaking.
Lian Wei gritted her teeth, the patient was in a critical condition, what did her face matter? "Can't you just give away one of these wild chickens and consider my share given? I won't eat dinner tonight, this chicken will be considered as me eating it."
The man's icy eyes showed a hint of puzzlement, "Send who?"
It seems like there's a play, the mood is pleasant, and the tone is also quite cheerful. "It's like this, just now Eldest Sister Sun came to find me, you should have seen that Eldest Brother Sun is ill and needs some nourishment, but the Sun family's situation must be that they can't afford meat, so... this wild chicken, I want to send one to their home, to alleviate their urgent need."
The man's eyes were even more astonished, he turned his body sideways, staring at her with a scrutinizing gaze.
Ripples stunned, could it be that he didn't want to give in?
The man stretched out his hand, with slender fingers and calluses on his palm and fingertips. "Give it to me, I'll send it over."
"Alright, okay." Lianyi hastily got up, found a piece of oil paper, wrapped the cleaned wild chicken in it, tied it with twine, and handed it over. The man took it and turned to leave.
Su Lian suddenly felt a great sense of relief, as if the heavy psychological burden had been lifted. Looking at Da Hu's cold and distant back, she also felt a strong affection for him. "Wait, Da Hu."
The man who was about to leave on a long journey stopped again, and in the darkness, his eyebrows furrowed impatiently.
A plump figure ran out of the kitchen, a white face with a faint smile. The smile was not at all pretentious, making people feel comfortable. "Since there's no staple food, I plan to roast this rabbit and chicken, is that okay?"
"Alright."
"You don't eat sweet, so you're doing spicy mouth?"
"Alright."
Maybe she was in a good mood to begin with, but seeing Da Hu like this made her feel even more affectionate. "Alright, I'll go and come back early." This man looked cold on the surface, but he was actually very considerate.
The man hesitated for a moment, then turned and left, disappearing into the night in no time.
Lianyi returned to the kitchen, processed the remaining rabbit and wild chicken, dried them with oil, found two new furnace hooks to wear, ignited a fire to roast, flipped and roasted while sprinkling some spices upwards.
Su Lianwei wasn't naive enough to think that Da Hu was worried about her walking at night, volunteering to send the wild chicken. The man was always on guard against her, and she knew it, just as she was also on guard against him.
Both of them have secrets, if they are smart, they will keep it tacitly understood and that's for the best.
And the big tiger's true purpose in sending the chicken was, as Su Lianying had thought, to probe for weaknesses.
The sudden change in Su Lianwei's temperament made him have to be on guard, after all, there was a task at hand, and he had to be cautious. The former Su Lianwei, although contemptuous, did not pose any danger, and no precautions were needed. But the current Su Lianwei made him feel extremely uneasy, how could one person change so quickly and so greatly? If it weren't for her unchanged appearance and plump figure, he would have thought that this person was not Su Lianwei at all.
When he returned from the Sun family and learned about all that had happened in the Sun family, he became even more uneasy, with murderous intentions rising up.
As soon as he entered the hospital, he smelled a strong fragrance. Except for the three sweet and greasy sweet potato cakes in the morning, he didn't eat anything else. His stomach growled with hunger.
"You're back? Come on in and have some food, you must be exhausted." Liang Wei smiled slightly, genuinely happy at the thought of the Sun family finally getting to eat some long-awaited meat.
The man's mind kept replaying the scene of Sun Jia's family kneeling on the ground, grateful and respectful. A female demon who had been lazy for over a decade suddenly became a great benefactor? Previously lazy and incompetent, she suddenly became diligent and capable? Previously clumsy and inept, now she suddenly had good culinary skills?
No way, this is impossible! Who is she?!
Digression
A friend reminded Yatou that leaving a blank space is shameful, so... Yatou didn't know what to say, and just asked: Have you eaten?
