Chapter 48: Lacking virtue, and even smoking!!

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned.

This… this Lu Yuan is…

At this moment, Kou Yang, who happened to be heading out, upon seeing Su Liyan leading the horse, couldn't help but stutter:

"Su Sister…… how did you come back with Lu Yuan……"

Kou Yang was a bit dazed.

There have been plenty of rumors about Lu Yuan going around the courtyard these past few days.

After all, these past few days nobody has been seen, and everyone basically thought what Gao Xushi thought.

Surely it's because Su Liyan's parents are dissatisfied with Lu Yuan.

Especially recently, Lu Yuan hasn't even been going to work at the Forging Bureau, while Su Liyan still goes to work and then comes back to wash clothes, cook, and tidy the house.

This Lu Yuan sleeps in until nearly noon every day.

Which parent would let their daughter be with someone like this?

So everyone thought Su Liyan's parents had simply detained her, not letting her come back.

These past few days, Lu Yuan must have been kneeling at Su Liyan's gate begging her grandparents.

Su Liyan found it a bit strange, what kind of question is this from Kou Yang……

I am Yuan's woman; if I don't follow him back, who would I follow?

The somewhat dazed Su Liyan nodded and said:

"We finished looking at the in-laws, then came back."

Lu Yuan beside them couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Hey Kou Yang, you clearly don't have your brother in your eyes, huh?"

"Oh dear, this is white flour!! Half a sack!!"

Gao Xushi's shout instantly echoed throughout the courtyard.

At that moment, Gao Xushi was seen standing behind the horse's butt, poking a sack with her hand.

At that moment, everyone instantly turned their gaze toward the sound.

Sure enough, a layer of white flour floated on the outside of the sack.

Of course, just having white flour isn't enough; Gao Xushi then felt a few other sacks and instantly pulled out peanuts, rice, and meat!!

Besides these, everyone naturally saw the wooden bucket revealing four kun heads—no, wait, four chicken heads.

For a moment, everyone was dazed.

"This is white flour, rice, meat… and chicken… what are you guys doing?"

The people in the courtyard asked, faces full of confusion.

Lu Yuan then raised an eyebrow and said:

"Oh, these were given by my father-in-law and mother-in-law; I couldn't refuse, I even said not to bring them, but they insisted."

Lu Yuan showed a look of "what can I do? I'm also in a tough spot."

Everyone: "???"

At that moment, Su Liyan was also checking the items on the horse, suddenly startled, then after flipping through, she suddenly looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Brother, we seem to be missing a basket of eggs; did they fall on the road? How come only half a basket remains."

Lu Yuan: "……"

Then Lu Yuan pursed his lips and said:

"I secretly took some before leaving; we at least need to leave some eggs for our parents to eat, since we have no chickens at home……"

"My wife really is ruthless, she took all the eggs."

"When Lu Yuan was about to leave, he saw this and thought, 'This won't do; how can you do that? I'm not even short on food.'"

"Besides, there are countless delicacies in the world, and eggs make up half of them."

"Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Su Liyan realized it wasn't just about losing them, and then she slightly pursed her lips and said:"

"It's fine; them eating a few fewer eggs doesn't matter, Brother, your stomach isn't good, so you definitely need to eat first."

"Seeing his wife so caring, Lu Yuan couldn't help but grin, reached out and pinched Su Liyan's lovely cheek, smiling and said:"

"It's fine; Brother can just eat some white flour to get by."

Everyone: "???"

"At this moment, Lu Yuan also looked at the dazed crowd around him and said:"

"Alright, I'm done chatting with you; we're heading back to tidy up—my wife still has to go to work, and I need to go back to sleep."

"Mainly because of these crabs."

"They're already half-dead; Lu Yuan needs to go back and steam them quickly."

"Having said that, Lu Yuan picked up the crab basket and walked toward the backyard; Su Liyan immediately took the horse's reins and followed."

"The crowd was full of question marks."

"Listen, is this something a person would say?"

"His wife goes to work, and he sleeps?!!"

"He eats white flour to get by?!!"

"Looking at the items on the cart, besides the grains and such, there are also many mountain products, like some dried shiitake, dried chili, and so on."

"In an instant, everyone understood."

"Lu Yuan, having run out of food in the courtyard, used the pretext of sending Su Liyan back to her parents' home to go ransack her father-in-law's house!!!"

"This thing is severely lacking in virtue!!!"

"It's almost winter; is it easy for a rural family to store this much stuff all year round!!!"

"He just swept it all away!!"

Can this household even make it through winter?

How despicable!!

Really despicable!!

Just listen to what was said—they had four chickens at home, and they were all taken!!

They don't even have a laying hen left!!

This really leaves nothing for the father-in-law!!

"No, how could Su Liyan's parents still let her follow Lu Yuan?!!"

Everyone is really wracking their brains and still can't figure out why this is!!

With such behavior, how could they still let their daughter come back?!!

At this moment, Gao Tingyu beside him gritted his teeth and said:

"Definitely this guy went back and lied again!!"

Everyone hearing Gao Tingyu's words felt they were very much in agreement.

That's right!!

Surely this is the case; this kid is the best at deceiving people!!

These rural folks are so honest!!

Definitely a few words were enough for this despicable thing to trick them!!

For a moment, everyone's feelings became upset again.

They felt a tightness in their chest.

"But speaking of which, the village's surplus grain is too much, right? Look at how much this despicable thing brought back—how could it be so much? Our household might not even have that much food."

Suddenly someone wondered aloud.

However, after saying that, someone beside them then said:

"Nowadays it's not like before; the Imperial Court is now so supportive of artisans and farmers, so future days will still be good. Besides, this despicable thing might have taken everything from his father-in-law's house, leaving nothing!"

Everyone nodded slightly, but still felt something was off.

Even if everyone's life is better now than during wartime, these rural folks wouldn't necessarily eat white flour, right?

Even for everyone, not counting that meal at the Forging Bureau at noon, they wouldn't get to eat it more than a few times a month……

But although it's strange, they couldn't say anything, after all, they did bring it back!!

And it's not like that stuff is fake.

It couldn't be that Lu Yuan bought it, could it?

Lu Yuan doesn't have a penny; these days, aside from that dumpling and fish meal, the rest is just coarse millet noodles!

"If that's the case…… finding a rural wife isn't bad…… look at what this despicable thing brought back—it could keep us going for a while."

Someone felt sour inside.

Everyone also nodded in strong agreement.

Originally everyone thought they'd wait until Lu Yuan couldn't even eat coarse millet noodles, then have a good laugh at him.

As it turned out, this despicable thing took a bunch of stuff from his father-in-law's house to eat!

And now we have to let this guy be smug for a while!!

Just thinking about it made everyone upset; after saying a few more sentences, everyone dispersed feeling unhappy.

Meanwhile, Gao Tingyu at this moment was gazing at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, having heard that this way tears wouldn't fall.

Wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu

Gao Tingyu turned his head and started crying.

Wuu wuu wuu wuu why!!

This is clearly his wife's, those things are clearly his!!

Originally he had said he'd go to Su Liyan's house the day after tomorrow to propose, telling Su Liyan that even if she was secondhand, he wouldn't mind.

As a result……

Wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu

This Lu Yuan is just a bastard, a despicable ghost, shameless, despicable plus smoking!!

(Thanks to the elder brother buffering 1666 book coins, thanks to Jiuye elder brother's 500 book coins, very thanks to both elder brothers, muah muah~)

(End of chapter)