[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man":3,"chapter-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-198":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1303320,1729,"Chapter 198 - 197: Leng Yuan Won’t Hit You, Will He?","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>During the winter, people in the countryside usually only ate two meals a day. Gu Jiaojiao normally had three, but since she had taken the oxcart to the County Town and didn’t get back until five, she had skipped lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she walked into the courtyard, the aroma of food greeted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan told Gu Jiaojiao to wash her hands while he went into the kitchen to bring out dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After washing up, Gu Jiaojiao sat at the table and saw that it was set with flatbread, millet congee, and a plate of venison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Leng Yuan wasn’t working his regular job, he went hunting in the mountains every few days, and they had stockpiled a lot of meat at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a steady supply of meat coming in, Gu Jiaojiao didn’t feel the need to be frugal, and they basically had meat every day now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the villagers who couldn’t even get enough to eat, their life felt like celebrating the New Year every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Gu Jiaojiao took out the fabric for making clothes and cut it into smaller pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would take it to Wang Xiuhua in a little while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to making winter clothes, Wang Xiuhua was the expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the quilt, she did indeed want to make one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan’s house had three quilts, all of them several years old. They weren’t very warm anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the quilts were all rather small, not like the large ones from her previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao wanted a quilt as large as those.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she had used up all the cotton coupons she had saved, plus the ones Leng Yuan had borrowed, to buy a large amount of cotton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After setting aside the cotton needed for the clothes, there should be enough left to make one large quilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She measured and cut a piece from the fabric, just enough for the clothes she wanted made. She would take that directly to Wang Xiuhua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clothes could be entrusted to Wang Xiuhua, but as for the quilt, she wanted to sew it herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, bringing out so much fabric at once would surely make people jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Gu Jiaojiao had everything ready, she headed to Wang Xiuhua’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, it was already getting late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan walked her there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the entrance, Leng Yuan didn’t go in. Instead, he instructed Gu Jiaojiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay here for a while. I have to go out for a bit. I’ll come back to get you later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao gave Leng Yuan a puzzled look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He sounded a little cold when he said that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after thinking it over, she couldn’t recall anything happening recently, so she let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Jiaojiao arrived at Wang Xiuhua’s house, she had fabric for a full outfit for Leng Yuan, two items for herself, and an outfit each for Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Xiuhua looked at the fabric Gu Jiaojiao brought over and exclaimed in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re making clothes for Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang, too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Gu Jiaojiao realized that helping Sweet Girl so much might seem strange, so she quickly offered an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiuhua, when I was first sent down to the countryside, I lost all my money. It was over sixty yuan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That child, Sweet Girl, found it and returned every last bit of it to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing how pitiful her situation is now—she doesn’t even have a single decent set of clothes—I just had to make something for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Xiuhua hadn’t realized there was such a backstory to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sixty yuan... a reward is definitely in order for that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But this is a bit too much.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was a mother now herself, and thinking about the hard life Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang had, she didn’t say anything more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, I’ll make the clothes for them as soon as I can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she seemed to want to say something else but stopped herself, ultimately remaining silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao assumed Wang Xiuhua was just feeling bad for her about the cost of the fabric, so she didn’t press the issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the conversation turned to the baby in Wang Xiuhua’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the topic of babies came up, Wang Xiuhua had plenty to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Meanwhile.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dropping Gu Jiaojiao off at the Zhao family’s home, Leng Yuan turned and made his way to the Wang Family’s gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the sky was completely dark. The door to the house wasn’t locked yet, but the streets were already empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once November began, the weather had turned cold, and few people ventured out at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan stepped into the courtyard and called out a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Youcai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, Wang Youcai’s family was in the middle of dinner. When Chen Yan heard the voice, the arm she was using to scoop rice froze for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Youcai frowned. \"It sounds like Leng Yuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan’s hand trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t help but remember Aunt Zhao’s previous warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, she had been genuinely scared, afraid that Leng Yuan would come to take revenge on Gu Jiaojiao’s behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after two days passed with no activity from their side, she had relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, she felt that she was the one who had been wronged this time, and she had even lost two yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she had grown bold enough to start spreading bad rumors about Gu Jiaojiao everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leng Yuan isn’t going to hit you, is he?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Youcai looked completely bewildered. \"Why on earth would he hit me for no reason? What in the world goes through your head all day, woman?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scolding Chen Yan, Wang Youcai went outside.\u003C\u002Fp>",960,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.760Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e810ab7461daf284de387e91d6f450b941579ee69b7524fd8d9c492cfffb61e","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-199","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-197",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]