Chapter 119: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 119: Cute to Swelling
Xiao Cheng glimpsed a fleeting disdainful look in the girl's eyes, chuckled softly, and said, "As you wish."
Bai Lu happily carried the vegetable basket back to the kitchen.
Xiao Cheng looked at the basket of chili peppers with a helpless raised eyebrow, then picked up a smaller basket filled with vegetables and followed suit.
A moment later, a small "creak" sound came from the courtyard gate.
The gap between the fingers widened slowly. Carrying a school bag on his back, a small figure cautiously peeked inside, checking if the courtyard was empty before quietly stepping in.
After entering, the small figure gently closed the door.
Looking towards the kitchen, carefully identifying the route, the small figure exhaled a breath, tightly gripping something sweet-smelling in his hand. Lowering his head to the lowest point, he quickly ran towards the kitchen.
Upon entering the kitchen, the small figure followed the memorized route to the bowl cabinet, opened the door, swiftly took out a large chicken bowl, placed the sweet-smelling thing inside, put the bowl on the table, and immediately turned around to run out.
The entire time, his head never lifted.
Moreover, he failed to notice that there was a person at the stove.
The other person, holding bundles of firewood in both hands, walked back to the kitchen from the newly built small firewood room behind the house.
A big and a small figure collided at the doorway.
To be precise, the small figure with a school bag collided with the tall and sturdy man's long legs.
Bounced backward step by step, on the verge of falling, a pair of seemingly boneless hands reached out from behind to catch the small school bag, stabilizing the small figure in place.
"Why run so fast? Did you hurt yourself?" Bai Lu wanted to turn Xiao Wei around to take a look, but when the little one turned around, they immediately covered his mouth and the corner of their right eye, eyes watering as if knocked out.
"Did you get hurt?" Bai Lu inquired.
The response was a somewhat dazed, "I'm fine."
Xiao Cheng, who got hit on the thigh, paused only briefly, casting a faint glance at the small figure supported by Bai Lu.
Maintaining his composure, he walked into the kitchen, placed the bundles of firewood on the ground in front of the stove, and used a knife to cut the ropes binding them.
Picking up the firewood, he stuffed it into the stove, covering the existing flames. In no time, a larger fire was burning.
He completely ignored the incident that had just occurred.
Bai Lu gently patted the small one's head. "Did it hurt? Lift your head, let me see."
"It's okay." Xiao Wei lowered his head even further, wanting to leave, but the small school bag was caught again, preventing their escape.
Seeing that the small one didn't lift his head, Bai Lu didn't insist, shifting her gaze to the table. "You rushed in so quickly. What did you put on the table?"
"Honeycomb." Xiao Wei's head lowered again, wishing they could bury his head in his neck.
Bai Lu withdrew her gaze, indeed smelling a strong and sweet fragrance. Looking at the bowl on the table with brownish-black wild honeycomb, she raised her eyebrows slightly. "How did you get such a big piece of honeycomb? Did you buy it on the street?"
"No, it seems there's no honeycomb for sale on the street..."
"Picked it up."
Xiao Wei answered with his head still lowered. "When I came back from school, I saw some senior students poking a beehive. After they poked it down, a swarm of bees chased them away, and they didn't want the honeycomb. So, I brought it back."
"What luck! Honeycomb has many benefits—it can soothe the lungs, relieve coughs, beautify the skin, alleviate fatigue, aid in sleep, and can even be used to make honey water for drinking..."
Bai Lu's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Your luck is really extraordinary. Encountering such a great thing falling from the sky, you'd surely win the jackpot if you bought a lottery ticket!"
Xiao Wei had no idea what a lottery ticket was and remained silent.
Xiao Cheng, hearing the conversation, glanced over, paused for half a second, and then withdrew his gaze, seeming to smile without smiling.
The small stool in front of the stove was low, and the angle of vision from that direction happened to cover Xiao Wei's face.
But Xiao Cheng didn't say anything.
After the meal was cooked and the fire transferred to the frying pan, Bai Lu suddenly remembered that she had to consider the swelling injury of Xiao Wei's Mouth and decided to eat later.
After dinner.
Xiao Wei went to the backyard to feed the old mother chicken. The old mother chicken kept staring at his face, seemingly rolling her eyes.
The little chicks also didn't want to be touched by him.
Frowning with an angry little face, Xiao Wei was about to turn around when a breeze blew, and flowers fell from above.
He paused, looked up, and saw a string of pure white and beautiful chestnut blossoms blooming on the tree, and the petals fluttered down with the wind.
At the same time, in the corner diagonally across from the chestnut tree, on the hidden eaves of the wall, a ladder was hanging.
Wasn't Bai Lu looking for a ladder these days?
Xiao Wei immediately turned and ran back.
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