"You actually let me live in such a place!" Dai Ning really didn't find fault this time. The room was small and damp, and the windows were covered with a single layer of floral cloth. Although it was not cold to live in it in the summer, was this a haunted house
Zhao Yu was not surprised at all. He let Zhao Anan go into the house first.
"Miss Ji," the young man said calmly, "I only have this kind of house in my house, and there is no way to tear it down and rebuild it now. If you are not satisfied with this one, you can look at other ones."
Seeing that Zhao Yu had an honest expression, Dai Ning knew that what he said was probably the truth. She was in no mood to visit other rooms and her expression was gloomy.
Zhao Yu saw the girl tiptoe to take a look at the village chief's house, then look back at his house, made up her mind with difficulty, and went into the house to see people packing up their things.
He didn't expect that Daning would choose to stay.
The bodyguards moved quickly and had already arranged Daning's things, laid out the carpet, and changed the curtains.
Dai Ning said, "You guys go."
The bodyguards left and Zhao Ping had just finished feeding his parents.
Zhao Yu washed his hands and said, "Call Miss Ji to come for dinner."
Zhao Ping didn't dare to go, so he asked his younger sister to go and call.
After a while, Zhao Anan followed Dai Ning in.
Zhao Yu didn't wait for her. He picked up the porridge and ate it silently, but he couldn't help but secretly observe this troublemaker to see what trouble she would make next.
Dai Ning didn't want to talk. She looked at the dark wooden table and stools and had no intention of sitting down.
Qingtuan didn't want to talk either. It took Daining through the time channel and had very little energy left. After watching Daining struggle these days, it realized that this supporting actress was really spoiled and disobedient.
It no longer expects Daning to conquer the male protagonist, it only hopes that Daning will not provoke the male protagonist to want to stab her to death.
Zhao Anan sat on the bench and whispered, "Miss Ji, eat."
Dai Ning glanced at the bowls of porridge on the table. She guessed that the male protagonist might not welcome her very much, otherwise he would have to have a dish to entertain the guests.
She looked disdainful and said, "Forget it. Seeing that your family is so poor, I won't eat your rice. Zhao Anan will ask Uncle Qian to bring me food later."
Zhao Anan listened and nodded: "Oh."
Zhao Yu was disgusted by Dai Ning's attitude of commanding her younger sister like a servant. He finished his porridge with a huff and said to Zhao An'an, "Brother is going, you stay home."
Dai Ning didn't care who went, as long as she had food to eat, and she wasn't afraid of Zhao Yu harming her. After all, he was one of the male protagonists, so Zhao Yu wouldn't do such a shameless thing.
As a Phoenix Man, Zhao Yu is quite qualified in terms of the basic qualities of protecting his family members.
Zhao Yu told Zhao Ping to look after his parents and younger sister, then went out.
After telling Uncle Qian the purpose of the visit, Uncle Qian was well prepared. He knew that the eldest lady would not be at peace in someone else's house.
In fact, out of fear that something might happen to the young lady, several bodyguards were secretly guarding her.
Uncle Qian took out two food boxes and handed them to Zhao Yu.
"Please trouble my little brother to take care of our young lady."
Zhao Yu lowered his dark eyes, said nothing, picked up the lunch box and walked back.
The food box in his hand was divided into several layers and was heavy. He didn't know what was inside it, and Zhao Yu had no intention of exploring.
As he came and went, it grew dark.
Zhao Ping and Zhao An'an were waiting at the door. Zhao Yu asked, "Where is Miss Ji?"
Zhao Anan said: "Inside the house."
Zhao Yu said, "I'll go deliver the meal. Zhao Ping will take An An to wash her face and feet and go to bed."
Zhao Ping looked at the food box in his brother's hand curiously and nodded in agreement.
Zhao Yu went forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a little head popped out of the room.
"Where's my meal?"
Zhao Yu handed it to her. He looked through the door and saw that his originally simple house had completely changed.
Not to mention the soft blanket on the floor, the luxurious big bed filled the room completely, and there were a bunch of dolls on the bed. The curtains were decorated with elegant small floral patterns.
The girl stepped barefoot on the carpet and locked him out.
Zhao Yu had a blank expression on his face and turned to go to Zhao Ping's room.
I thought I would finally have some peace after a busy day, but I didn't expect that as soon as I lay down on the bed, I smelled an enticing fragrance in the air.
Zhao Ping opened his eyes wide. It smelled so good! It smelled so good! He had never smelled such delicious food in his life!
He swallowed suddenly and whispered, "Brother, what does Miss Ji eat?"
Zhao Yu couldn't sleep well either.
Although he was more stable than anyone else in the village, the hard life he had led since childhood and the discomfort of being seven-tenths full made him immersed in the aroma.
He had been in the fields all day and was more tired than his younger siblings.
Thinking of the two exquisite food boxes, he covered his brother with a quilt and said in a muffled voice, "Go to sleep."
In the other corner of the room, Zhao Anan was lying in her bed, her eyes fixed on the aroma of Dai Ning's food.
Not long after she was born, her parents became ill. She was raised by her two rough brothers, and the little girl had an even worse life than her brothers.
If she hadn't listened to her eldest brother, she would have followed the scent and knocked on the eldest lady's door.
Rural houses are not soundproof and cannot block out odors. When Mr. and Mrs. Zhao smelled the fragrance, they felt very uneasy.
What kind of important person did the eldest son bring back
Not to mention the Zhao family, Du Tian next door also sat up from the bed.
She glanced at Zhao Yu's house, somewhat puzzled.
Before she traveled through the book, her family was average, but she had eaten good food a few times and could vaguely recognize a few famous dishes. With Zhao Yu's current status, it was good enough to have rice at home, so how could she afford such good food
Du Tian came here through a book. He had lived a hard life in a small mountain village for more than half a month and was a little greedy at the moment.
She ignored the scent, got out of bed and asked her mother.
"Did something happen at Brother Zhao Yu's house?" Du Tian went to pick wild vegetables in the afternoon. After all, she was destined to be the heroine. She had maxed out her life skills and was also a good cook.
Du Yuexiang said: "Miss Ji went to live in his house."
Compared to Du Tian, this woman was even more disturbed. When Du Yuexiang heard that the eldest daughter's surname was Ji, she had a terrible guess. Du Yuexiang was worried and seemed absent-minded.
Du Tian frowned, glanced next door, and made up his mind to find out what happened tomorrow.
No matter what, she must win Zhao Yu's heart, only then can she get rid of her current predicament and live a good life.
No one can ruin her plan.
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Dai Ning didn't sleep well that night.
She brought a bunch of weird things, but she didn't bring the most basic mosquito coils. She was a lucky person. The mosquitoes circled around the tender and delicious young lady all night, and Dai Ning was so angry that she wanted to smash this broken house.
At 5:30 in the morning, she heard some rustling sounds next door and knew that someone had gotten up, so Daning got up quickly.
Zhao Yu is used to getting up very early.
As the eldest son, he had a lot to do every day. He woke up at five o'clock, and first filled the water tank with water, and then went to help his parents go to the toilet. If there were clothes to be washed, Zhao Yu had better wash them at this time. In the hot summer, he would hang them out to dry all day and collect them at dusk.
He had just fetched a bucket of water when a figure appeared beside him.
Zhao Yu knew who it was without turning around.
She smelled very good and walked lightly, but no one in the village could afford perfume.
Zhao Yu guessed that the eldest lady got up so early because something was probably not going well for her.
He turned around and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
The eldest lady squatted down and stretched out her arms with a dissatisfied look on her face.
Zhao Yu lowered his eyes and saw several obvious red marks on her tender arms. If these mosquito bites fell on someone else, it would probably not hurt or itch, but Dai Ning's skin was white and tender, like spotless snow, and these red marks were shocking.
Zhao Yu frowned.
Dai Ning said, "Please light some mosquito coils for me."
"I don't have this kind of thing at home." I'm used to having thick skin and flesh, so who is afraid of mosquito bites? Besides, mosquitoes are not so cruel to the locals.
Zhao Yu saw that she was in low spirits. In just one night, the young lady became a little pitiful. As the day was about to dawn and a few rays of sunlight hung down, the pair of round eyes in front of him actually looked somewhat lovable.
Zhao Yu sighed: "I'll ask Zhao Ping to find some herbs for you to smoke. Don't worry, it will be as effective as mosquito coils."
She pouted and scratched her arm as she felt itchy.
Zhao Yu watched her grab a mark and put down the bucket: "Wait a moment."
He went into the house and came back with a tube of toothpaste.
"It will be better if you apply this."
The eldest lady's face was full of suspicion. She looked at the remaining bit of toothpaste with disdain. She didn't appreciate it, nor did she reach out to take it, as if it was something dirty.
Zhao Yu glanced at her and almost laughed out of anger.
Forget it. He was too lazy to care about her and continued to fetch water.
The water was almost drawn, and Zhao Yu looked over to see that Dai Ning had already left.
It was not until early in the morning when Uncle Qian came to deliver food that Zhao Yu saw the eldest lady pushing the door open. There were several dry white marks on her arms. She must have felt uncomfortable, so she secretly used her own toothpaste to wipe them.
Zhao Yu didn't know why, but he felt like laughing.
The eldest daughter grumbled a lot of complaints, but Uncle Qian was patient and coaxed her. She also made many strange requests, and Uncle Qian took notes carefully.
Zhao Anan watched curiously from a distance, and Zhao Yu turned his sister's little head over.
Don't learn bad habits.
His family couldn't afford to keep such a delicate witch.
There was no signal in the mountains, cell phones were not working well, and there were no entertainment activities. Dai Ning could only look forward to food. She opened her breakfast box, and this time the three Zhao brothers and sisters couldn't help but look over.
A different scent, but still familiar and alluring.
In Dai Ning's lunch box, there was a stack of cute meat buns, a stack of exquisite steamed dumplings, two eggplant cakes, and even pineapple soup and soy milk.
The buns and steamed dumplings are small and exquisite, with skin so thin that you can see the filling, and the dumpling skin is as translucent as crystal.
The eggplant pancake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it tastes delicious when you bite into it.
Not to mention the rice soup stewed in pineapple, which took the cook an hour to make.
She ate alone for a long while, then seemed to remember something. She turned around and saw two pairs of bright black eyes.
Zhao Ping and Zhao Anan stared at her food box without blinking, especially Zhao Anan. In her two lifetimes, she had never seen such a hot light in the little girl's eyes.
Zhao Yu met her gaze and finally felt that his younger brother and sister were a little embarrassed. He pushed them and said, "Look after my parents. I still have to work."
Dai Ning knew that Zhao Yu was a man with great self-respect, so she didn't bother him. She smiled and raised the crystal dumplings in her hand and asked about his younger brothers and sisters.
"Child, do you want to eat?"
The two children couldn't help but look at her. Zhao Yu's face became serious and his voice was heavier this time: "Zhao Ping, Zhao An'an!"
Zhao Ping was afraid that he could not resist the temptation, so he bit his lip and pulled Zhao Anan into the house, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.
It was almost eight o'clock now. Dai Ning, with half a bun in her mouth, watched Zhao Yu take a sickle and go out.
"What are you going to do?" she asked in a vague voice.
Zhao Yu's brows formed the Chinese character "川": "Cutting rice."
The girl ran over and handed him the eggplant cake that she had taken a small bite of. "Don't you want to eat it?"
Zhao Yu was somewhat angry and looked at her.
This look carried a bit of the majesty he usually used to scold his younger siblings, but it had no effect on Daning. She seemed to have discovered something funny and was laughing out loud.
Zhao Yu was so angry that he didn't even look at her, rolled up his trouser legs and walked away.
Uncle Qian sighed as he watched, thinking that the eldest daughter was simply a devil. It was reasonable for her to be staying at someone else's house, but she was not generous enough and even teased the person.
Uncle Qian watched Dai Ning wash up and asked her, "Where do you want to go, Miss?"
Dai Ning thought seriously for a moment: "Is there anything fun?"
"It's July now, and there are many wild fruits in the mountains, including wild sweet potatoes, myrtles, and raspberries. I have contacted several farmers, and they can take us into the mountains at any time."
There are no poisonous animals or ferocious beasts in this area, so it is relatively safe.
Dai Ning said "Oh" and was about to speak when she saw the door of the neighbor's house open and a young girl walked out.
It was Du Tian.
Du Tian didn't wear a skirt today. She was dressed relatively smartly, with boots on her feet and a basket in her hand, and went out alone.
Although her clothes were not elegant, you could tell who she was going to see by looking at her neatly combed hair.
Dai Ning changed her mind instantly and was no longer interested in the wild fruits. She immediately announced: "I want to watch the rice harvest!"
Uncle Qian:
What could be more fun than playing tricks on the male and female protagonists!
Dai Ning looked at her beautiful dress and didn't plan to change it, but she had to change her slippers. She ran into the house excitedly and put on beige sandals.
"Zhao Anan!"
The little girl heard her calling and came out timidly.
"Take me to see your brother harvesting rice."
Zhao Ping, who followed him out, waved his hands quickly: "No, no, An An and I have to take care of her at home..."
Daning took out two imported milk candies, peeled off the candy wrappers, and stuffed them into their mouths.
She curved her cat-like eyes and said, "Take me there quickly."
Zhao Ping choked on the candy and almost burst into tears, but he was reluctant to spit out the sweet candy in his mouth.
Zhao Anan was caught off guard when a candy was stuffed into her mouth. She had a dazed expression and closed her mouth for a long time, cherishing the wonderful taste.
There was candy in the mountain village, the kind of hard candy that cost ten cents, sweet but not very tasty. But imported candy was different. Zhao Anan had never known that candy could be so delicious!
Zhao Ping was very grateful for the candy. He held the candy in his mouth, feeling the sweetness on the tip of his tongue, and said dejectedly: "I'll take you to find my brother."