Chapter 40: The Villain Is Not That Bad
"Hurry up and eat," Lu Jiao urged, patting his head. "I'll bring it to you after you eat."
The Youngest Child immediately turned around and ran over to finish his breakfast for the sake of eating even more delicious food.
"How come you suddenly thought of going to your parents' house?" Xie Yunjin asked lightly as Lu Jiao turned back to face him.
The previous Lu Jiao had been married to the Xie family for four years, but had only gone back to see her parents a few times. Why is this woman, who doesn't even have any relationship with the Lu family, thinking of visiting the Lu family?
Lu Jiao said quickly, "Earlier, my mother sent five taels of silver over to let me buy medicine for you."
Xie Yunjin abruptly raised his head and looked up at Lu Jiao, his eyes wide in surprise, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Mother-in-law really made him unable to pick out the slightest flaw. He had never been to his in-law's house because of Lu Jiao in the past four years, but after he was paralyzed, his mother-in-law immediately sent rations and money and asked Lu Jiao to properly take care of him and strengthen their relationship.
On the other hand, his own parents had disliked him since he was a child. Later on, they started to treat him well when he became the prime breadwinner of the family. In the end, what was the result? Because he was seriously injured, he was kicked out right away.
Xie Yunjin thought of the money he had brought home over the past few years and felt as though all of his hard work had been fed to the dog. It turned out that he was always the same in their hearts as before.
They treated him with kindness all these years because he made enough money to support the whole family by himself. The wide smiles on their faces when he came home was because of the hard-earned money he used to bring back home, but he naively thought he was different in his parents' hearts than before.
As Xie Yunjin's aura became more and more cold, his handsome face seemed to be covered with layers of frost.
Lu Jiao looked at him and understood that he must be thinking of something bad, so she didn't say anything for a while, and finally opened her mouth when she saw that his expression had softened.
"You also know that my parents' family doesn't have much money. Most of the money mother gave me must be borrowed. I'm worried that she may have a conflict with the family because of this money, so I plan to return the money."
"We should indeed," Xie Yunjin said, nodding.
Right now, he was in a bad mood. He didn't want to talk to anyone right now. He didn't want to eat those delicious dumplings with braised pork, either.
Furthermore, he's not sure if his legs will ever get better. If it doesn't, he won't be able to repay the favors he owes in this lifetime.
Seeing that he didn't want to eat anymore, Lu Jiao didn't force him, instead she simply changed the topic.
"Tomorrow, before I go back to my parents' house, I will prepare lunch for you first, and then I will tell the second grandma to take care of you. In addition to that, today I plan to go around the village to see if anyone has a puppy, and I will bring one back to raise it."
As soon as Lu Jiao finished speaking, the four little ones who were eating happily all stopped and turned to stare at her.
This time, even the eldest child was no exception. The second child was the first one to break the silence. He asked excitedly, "Mother, do you want to raise a puppy?"
"Yes, if there is a puppy who can protect you all, I can rest assured."
The second child nodded vigorously, "Well, let's keep it, then."
The third child excitedly ran to Lu Jiao's side and promised her, "Mother, I'll eat less and give my portion to the puppy."
"Mother, I won't eat this. I'll leave it for the puppy," the youngest child followed, as he brought over the remaining dumplings in his bowl.
Lu Jiao was so amused. She was just discussing the matter of raising a puppy with Xie Yunjin, but these little fellas were already so overjoyed. It seemed that no matter what era, kittens and puppies were especially popular with children.
"Hurry up and eat as soon as possible. Come with me to go around the village after you've finished eating to look for one."
"Okay."
The four little guys ran to the table and ate with their heads down because they were afraid that if they were slow to eat, Lu Jiao wouldn't bring them along.
Seeing that Xie Yunjin had no objection to her decision, Lu Jiao went out with the remaining dumplings. In the kitchen, she served a bowl of dumplings for herself. She also took five large and tender peaches from the space, washed them, and brought them all to the east bedroom.
There are many types of fruits in the space, such as peaches, grapes, watermelons, strawberries, and cherries, but she couldn't offer them to the four children without raising suspicion.
The four little beanies in the room were taken aback when they saw the peaches in Lu Jiao's palm.
They were familiar with this fruit. There are a few people in the village who grow peaches in their fields, but their peaches are small and green and not at all tasty. Even if they are red, they are still small.
The peaches in Mother's hands are big and red, and they look delicious at first glance.
Lu Jiao motioned for the quadruplets to eat peaches and said to the eldest child, "Bring one to your father to taste."
She needed to get Xie Yunjin ready for surgery as soon as possible, but he had not even eaten much earlier.
"Daddy, eat quickly," the eldest child said as he walked towards Xie Yunjin, holding a big peach in his hand.
The peach drew Xie Yunjin's attention. He was familiar with this fruit, but he had only seen such a tender and bright-red peach a few times before.
There are people in the county who sell them for a high price, but where can you get such peaches in a small town such as Qili Town?
Xie Yunjin squinted suspiciously at Lu Jiao, who glanced at him and quickly understood that he was suspicious, so she explained.
"Yesterday, I went to the town to sell the Ganoderma lucidum, and happened to see the shopkeeper of the Medical Hall eating these. I bought some from him for the four children to try."
Xie Yunjin pondered over her explanation for a while. He had heard that the shopkeeper of the Medical Hall came from a big place, so having such peaches was not unusual for him.
He thought about it, looking at the eldest child, and said softly, "Eldest Child should eat it himself."
"I already have one," the eldest child said, with a shake of his head.
When Xie Yunjin saw that there were four peaches kept on the table, he told the eldest child, "Give it to your mother."
No matter what the origins of this woman are, he can't ignore the fact that, so far, she has no bad intentions towards their family. On the contrary, she is very kind to them.
Lu Jiao raised her brows after hearing Xie Yunjin's words. Oh, so he knows how to offer her some food. It seems that the big villain is not that bad.
But she has a lot of them in her space, so eating peaches is not really uncommon for her.
"You eat it. I've already eaten one."
After Lu Jiao had finished speaking, she lowered her head to eat the dumpling. The eldest child insisted on feeding it to Xie Yunjin, so Xie Yunjin reached out and took a bite.
The eldest child smiled as he looked at him, "Daddy, how is it? Is it delicious?"
Xie Yunjin couldn't express how surprised he was. This peach was very sweet. As soon as he ate it, the sweetness spread throughout his whole mouth. It was the first time he'd eaten such a big and tender peach. Is that why his reaction was so exaggerated, or is this peach really special?
"Sweet, go on, eat it."
The eldest child turned around and walked up to the table, smiling. As each of the four little boys grabbed a peach and ate it, all of them felt content.
It's so delicious. So sweet.
"Mother, you should eat it too," the youngest child said, as he took his peach and walked over to Lu Jiao's side, bringing the peach to Lu Jiao's mouth.
Lu Jiao refused. "You eat it yourself. Mother has eaten it."
The Youngest Child continued to stubbornly hold up the peach to Lu Jiao's mouth. Lu Jiao realized that this little boy could be pretty stubborn at times, so she pretended to bite it.
Seeing as even the second child and the third child also wanted to bring over their peaches, Lu Jiao quickly said, "Now hurry up, I'm heading to the village to see who has a dog. Those who are unable to finish their peaches, I will not be bringing them."
The four little boys didn't waste any more time, and each of them ate their peach swiftly.
Lu Jiao got up and put away the bowls and chopsticks. All of the four little boys turned to follow her out the door, but the eldest child was a little hesitant, so he remained in the back.
If he goes along, who will look after Daddy?
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