[{"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-229":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},1303251,1729,"Chapter 229 - 228: Spoiled to No End","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-229",229,"\u003Cp>\"What are you doing out here? Didn’t I tell you to stay inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan saw that Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang had gotten the message, so he finally let go. He walked over to Gu Jiaojiao and spoke in a soft voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was a complete one-eighty, a world apart from the murderous demeanor he’d had just moments before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for his face, they would have suspected he was a different person entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was all threats and violence toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Gu Jiaojiao, he was all gentle whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard them slandering you, so I came out to see what was going on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao replied, her gaze sweeping over the people behind Leng Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shifted the cleaver in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked ready to chop down anyone who dared to badmouth Leng Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought both Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao were crazy. One would start a fight without a word, and the other would grab a cleaver to threaten people just as quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman was still sitting on the ground, wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one paid her any mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Gu Jiaojiao’s eyes were fixed on Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them were getting scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jiaojiao stepped forward, playfully twirling the cleaver with a smile on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you going to take your grandmother and leave? Or do you want to stay and chat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang exchanged a look, then walked over, hauled the old woman up from the ground, and started to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng hurriedly followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old woman was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two unfilial sons! Put me down right now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the head of the family; being carried off like this was a disgrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang turned a deaf ear, terrified that if they slowed down, Leng Yuan would catch up and give them another beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng followed close behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing them all run off, Gu Jiaojiao curled her lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They know what’s good for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she would have demonstrated for them how to chop a radish—right then and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan found it a little amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry about them. This should keep them in line for a good long while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Gu Jiaojiao stopped thinking about the Leng Family and went back to the kitchen to continue mincing the meat filling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan had finished his manuscript, so instead of going back to his room, he helped Gu Jiaojiao knead the dough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man’s strength makes the dough more elastic, resulting in more delicious dumplings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, the two of them ate steaming hot dumplings and chatted, creating a particularly warm and cozy scene in the cold winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The next day.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was snowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy kind, with flakes like goose feathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must have started snowing sometime in the middle of the night. When Gu Jiaojiao went out to use the toilet, the snow was already up to her calves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she was back inside, she had no desire to go out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was freezing cold outside, so Gu Jiaojiao simply sat on the heated kang, leaning against the window to watch the snow fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s actually quite scenic,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan had chopped more than enough firewood, so the room was toasty warm. She was perfectly comfortable just wearing a sweater inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At times, she even felt a bit too warm and would crack the window open to let in a bit of cool air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small square table sat to the side, laden with sunflower seeds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, and various other foraged goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had worked diligently all winter to hoard all sorts of food, and now the entire cellar was packed full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Jiaojiao went to get some pickled vegetables from the cellar last night, she had taken stock of everything inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several vats of pickled vegetables, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had also stockpiled plenty of white flour and millet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yuan had bought fifty-five pounds of rice from town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t a lot of rice, so they had to eat it sparingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there were seven or eight wild pheasants, seven or eight wild rabbits, a large cask of wild boar meat, and some venison. Gu Jiaojiao had dried it all, so they just had to slice off a piece whenever they wanted to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the roe deer meat from before, they had already finished it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next were the dried mushrooms, of which there were hundreds of pounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also plenty of dried green beans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of pounds of pickled vegetables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a great deal of other foraged goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also various other grains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the cellar filled to the brim with food, Gu Jiaojiao felt like the luckiest person in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to all that, there was also the brown sugar she had made herself. She hadn’t used much of it, so there were still a dozen or so pounds left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the New Year came, she could use it to make some fried pastries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gu Jiaojiao was planning for the New Year, a thin figure appeared in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Girl’s hair was a mess, her little face deathly pale. The moment she saw Gu Jiaojiao, tears streamed down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Sister, please, you have to save Xiao Yang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",917,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.759Z",1,"novelbin.me","32faf1fa52913ffbb05db8e9f4268a781239bf55a1cb1da0b92be8d3666037e1","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-230","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-228",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]