Zhao Jing cleaned himself up before entering the kitchen.
Two ceramic bowls were placed on the table, both steaming.
"What did you cook?"
Zhao Jing sat down and saw a bowl of porridge.
His bowl contained about half a bowl of rice, while the bowl of the little girl opposite him was just rice soup.
"Why don't you scoop some rice for yourself?" Zhao Jing asked with a frown.”
The little girl waved her hand and said,"I'm not very hungry."”
"I had a bowl of porridge with my husband in the morning and rice soup in the afternoon.”
Lin Anan ate two meals a day at home.
He had been at Zhao Jing's place for two days and basically had three meals a day.
There were leftovers before, and they could fill their stomachs with rice soup.
Zhao Jing ignored her.
However, there were no side dishes today. How could she just drink some rice soup?
Zhao Jing stood up, walked to the stove, and lifted the lid.
There was only a little rice soup left inside, and a few grains of rice floated below.
It seemed that almost all the rice in this pot of porridge was in his bowl.
They ate almost the same last night.
Zhao Jing couldn't help but feel helpless.
"Did you drink a bowl of rice soup yesterday afternoon?”
Lin Anan didn't dare to lie and said,""I've had enough."
"This is the time for my body to grow," Zhao Jing said helplessly.”
"How can this be enough?”
"Grow?"
Lin Anan tilted her head, seemingly confused by Zhao Jing's words.
She was already seventeen years old. Could she still grow?
Zhao Jing picked up the chopsticks and tapped the little girl's forehead with the tip of the chopsticks.
"You're only seventeen, of course you can grow older.”
"Come, eat some rice too."
Zhao Jing gave some rice to Lin Anan.
Lin Anan quickly covered her bowl and said,""I don't want it, my husband will eat it!"
Zhao Jing frowned slightly. The little girl seemed to be afraid that he would be angry, so she slowly moved her hand away from the bowl.
"It's done, it's done!"
Seeing that Zhao Jing's bowl was almost empty, Lin Anan became anxious.
She held Zhao Jing's hand and looked at him pitifully.
"Husband, I don't want so much rice.”
Zhao Jing couldn't help but smile when he saw her expression.
Sitting next to the little girl, Zhao Jing instructed,""Alright, get me some more rice soup."
Lin Anan quickly got up and added more rice soup to Zhao Jing's bowl.
The two of them sat down and drank the porridge in their bowls.
Zhao Jing added a small piece of cerealose to his porridge, but he also added some rice soup to dilute the taste.
"Added sugar?"
Lin Anan took a sip of the rice porridge with a hint of sugar in it. Her big eyes narrowed happily.
Hearing Zhao Jing's question, she turned around and said,""Yeah,"
"There's no more food at home. I'm afraid that you won't be full, so I added some sugar for you.”
"Is it sweet?"
In fact, the sweetness in the porridge was very light, but Zhao Jing smiled and replied,""It's very sweet."
"You're really thoughtful."
Lin Anan was overjoyed to receive Zhao Jing's praise.
She lowered her head and gulped down the remaining rice soup in her bowl.
Zhao Jing couldn't help but laugh when he saw her cute little face.
When there were two or three mouthfuls of porridge left, a shout came from outside.
Before Lin Anan could come back to her senses, she saw Zhao Jing finish the rest of the rice soup in two or three mouthfuls.
"Anan, you clean up in the kitchen.”
"Don't go to the front hall yet."
After Zhao Jing finished speaking, he quickly left.
Lin Anan finally remembered.
Her husband's uncle and Zhao Family Village's leader had brought a matchmaker to her house today.
He had probably just returned from Lin Family Village.
Lin Anan tightened her grip on the bowl, and her big eyes, which had been bright because of happiness, dimmed a lot.
She got up and cleared the dishes. She heard a conversation in the front hall.
Her husband told her not to go to the front hall…
Even though she wanted to hear what they were saying, Lin Anan still stayed away from them.
……
In the living room.
Zhao Jing invited the clan leader and his uncle to sit down.
The other clansmen had already gone back.
The clan leader looked furious. He glanced at Zhao Jing but didn't say anything.
Zhao Jing's uncle, Zhao Youtian, was also a little angry, but he suppressed his anger towards his nephew.
"Jing 'er, that Lin family is simply unreasonable!”
Zhao Youtian felt disgusted when he thought about what happened in the morning.
"After doing such a thing, you still dare to shamelessly say that you didn't do it.”
"He said that he wants us to bring her back and confront her face to face.”
"Later on, your granduncle got angry and said that he would report this to the officials and let the county magistrate handle this matter. Only then did they admit it.”
Zhao Jing frowned when he heard that.
In such a family, the little girl had suffered a lot as a burden.
Then, Zhao Youtian took out a piece of silver.
"Their family returned our betrothal gift of two taels of silver. You can take this first.”
The Lin family saw that the Zhao family village did not make a big deal out of it. Instead, they talked to them privately.
They thought that there would be a turning point in this matter, so they raised their spirits and refused to admit it.
He still wanted to bite back.
In the end, the Zhao Family Village Chief said that if the Lin Family Village continued to deny it, they would try to slander the people of the Zhao Family Village.
Then he would bring his clansmen to report to the officials!
By then, the entire Lin family would be imprisoned. Their son, who was studying in the Academy, would not be able to return to the Academy.
Only then did the Lin family become afraid and were willing to reconcile with them.
However, they insisted that their family had lost a daughter for nothing.
He definitely could not have his daughter back, so he was only willing to return the betrothal gift of two taels of silver.
When Zhao Jing heard this, he couldn't help but sigh at the shamelessness of this family.
Zhao Jing didn't reject the silver piece and took it directly.
This matter was considered over.
However, the clan leader's expression was very ugly.
After the clan leader left, Zhao Youtian asked Zhao Jing privately.
"Jing 'er, tell Uncle honestly.”
"What is Lin Anan's personality like?”
"Uncle knows that you're kind-hearted, but you've also seen that the Lin family is not easy to get along with.”
"If this girl's character is really bad, then we have to make plans as soon as possible.”
"Uncle, I told you yesterday." Zhao Jing smiled.”
"Lin Anan is really nice."
"Although she's a little skinny, she's very obedient and works very nimbly.”
Zhao Youtian didn't try to persuade him anymore, seeing that he was indeed quite satisfied with Lin Anan.
They were all in the village anyway. If they really found out that Lin Anan had any bad intentions, they would be able to escape.
The villagers would not let her stay here anymore.
Zhao Youtian nodded and said,"You're about the same age.”
"I'm all grown up now, and I know what's going on.”
"Although you're still studying, you're the only one left in your family.”
"That's why Uncle still hopes that you can give birth to a child as soon as possible so that the house will be more lively.”
"By the way, if Lin Anan can't give birth after a while, First Uncle will find another woman for you.”
Zhao Jing was speechless.
Uncle, why did the topic suddenly change to this?
However, judging from his uncle's expression, he did not have a good impression of Lin Anan.
Zhao Jing had no choice but to make Lin Anan accepted by the villagers step by step.
Zhao Youtian patted Zhao Jing's shoulder with a smile when he saw his face.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll go back first.”
"Later, your brother Wen Gao will come back from the Academy. Later, he will go to Uncle's house for dinner.”
Zhao Youtian said and was about to leave.
Zhao Jing quickly called out to him.
"Uncle, wait."
After Zhao Jing finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the inner room.
Zhao Youtian looked at him in confusion, not knowing what Zhao Jing was going to do.
Soon, Zhao Jing took out another silver ingot.
"Uncle, here are ten taels of silver to return to you.”
Zhao Youtian said unhappily,"I only returned ten taels yesterday. You can keep these ten taels and spend them."”
"When I go back to the Academy next month, I have to hand in my cultivation and buy pen and paper.”
"Now that there's someone in your room and your clothes are so old, go cut some cloth and make a few new clothes.”
Hearing Zhao Youtian's rejection, Zhao Jing couldn't help but feel warm inside.
He smiled and said,"Uncle, take this."”?
"I received ten taels of silver when I submitted my essay today.”
"Later on, I got ten taels of silver from the Liu residence.”
"I don't lack money to spend now.”
After listening to Zhao Jing's account of what happened today, Zhao Youtian held the piece of silver in his hand and thought about it all the way home.
Zhao Youtian's wife, Madam Li, looked at the piece of silver in his hand with a thoughtful expression.
"What's wrong, Master?" he asked.”
"Where did this silver come from?"
Zhao Youtian returned to his senses and handed the silver to Consort Li.
"This is what Jing 'er returned to our family.”
"Aiyo, it's only been two days, and Jing 'er has already returned us twenty taels of silver." Madam Li shouted in surprise.”
"I heard from the villagers that Jing 'er has gotten lucky again today.”
"Among the scholars in the city, what prize did you get? The reason was ten taels of silver!”
"That Lin Anan looks skinny and small.”
"I didn't expect it to be a prosperous husband.”
" Yes," Zhao Youtian replied sullenly. However, he felt much less conflicted.
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