CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 278 ONE WIFE SERVING TWO HUSBANDS (PART 1)

"You think I haven’t tried? Laundry, cooking, I’ve done everything, but he doesn’t even look at me, what can I do?"

Xia Guagua’s face changed slightly, her tone also filled with resentment.

Especially at this moment, Gu Jiulian was adding fuel to the fire.

"That’s because you’re useless, you can’t blame others. If you were shameless like that little girl, wouldn’t you be the one in Fengzi’s kitchen now?"

"Alright, you only know how to criticize me. Aren’t you the same, unable to control your gambling husband? Now we’re like crows perched on a coal pile, no one is better than the other!"

After Xia Guagua finished speaking, she ignored Gu Jiulian’s twisted face and went straight back to her room.

After a while, she freshened up, changed into her best new dress, and adorned her hair with a pretty hairpin.

Gu Jiulian changed into clean clothes, and when she saw her daughter all dressed up, she assumed she was going to Lu Yuanfeng’s place and didn’t stop her.

Xia Guagua left her yard and headed towards Wang Fugui’s house, coincidentally bumping into Wang Fugui who was also going out.

Wang Fugui wouldn’t let a beauty who comes to his doorstep go to waste, so he pulled Xia Guagua into an abandoned house in the village, shut the door, and forcefully kissed her, leaving Xia Guagua’s face covered in saliva.

"Oh, little minx, last time you resisted so fiercely, why are you so compliant today? Have you fallen for big brother?"

Xia Guagua didn’t speak, staring straight ahead, and after a while, tears streamed down her face like water.

"You said you’d help me deal with Mu Shuangshuang, but she’s still fine. Didn’t you say you like me? If you like me, help me this time, alright? After this, I’ll listen to whatever you say..."

Seeing the tearful person in front of him, Wang Fugui felt a pang in his heart; it was the first time he ever felt this way.

"Alright, I owe you this time. Take this and mix it into Lu Yuanfeng’s food. After he eats it, you can do whatever you want with him."

Wang Fugui took out a small white porcelain bottle and handed it to Xia Guagua.

"What do you mean? I asked you to deal with Mu Shuangshuang, why are you dragging Lu Yuanfeng into this?" Xia Guagua furrowed her brows and asked unhappily.

"Big brother has seen more women than you’ve eaten salt. Do you think I don’t know what you feel for the Lu Family’s boy?

You like him and want to be with him, right? With this, I guarantee he’ll marry you. But from now on, you’ll have to serve two husbands."

Wang Fugui’s words were extremely lascivious, yet Xia Guagua was tempted.

She didn’t want to really serve Wang Fugui, but was thinking about how to make Wang Fugui and Mu Shuangshuang disappear together.

"Here’s the deal, I’ll drug Yuanfeng in three days, and the next morning, you find someone from the village with the loudest voice to come over. Once Yuanfeng agrees to marry me, I’ll give myself to you!"

"That would be perfect. The Lu Family’s boy marries a wife and I’ll have a warm bed."

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Mu Shuangshuang put the last piece of roe deer intestine into the pot, covered the lid, while Lu Yuanfeng cooperatively added firewood to the stove.

Perhaps it was because of what Gu Jiulian said earlier, but Lu Yuanfeng’s gaze was fixed intently on Mu Shuangshuang, filled with warmth yet mixed with other emotions.

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t take being stared at anymore, so she spoke up, "Fengzi, I didn’t take what Gu Jiulian said to heart at all, don’t worry, I won’t distance myself from you because of this."

Lu Yuanfeng didn’t have many friends, Da Hu and Da Niu counted, but the two brothers often traveled around for a living, and the times when they weren’t around were far more than when they were.

Similarly, Mu Shuangshuang had no friends. Besides the two kids at home, a pet, there were only Lu Yuanfeng and his two brothers.

Lu Yuanfeng felt his throat tighten, the words he wanted to say were swallowed back.

"Fengzi, the braised meat needs to cook for about a half hour. Remember to remove it yourself later. I’m a little tired."

After hustling all morning, Mu Shuangshuang wanted to find a place to rest. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, occasionally nodding off.

Lu Yuanfeng, seeing this, was extremely distressed, looking at Shuangshuang with a worried expression: "Why don’t you... rest at the hill behind? Yuanbao cleaned it up, laid out a cool mat. He usually takes naps there at noon, but today he’s playing with some kids, I doubt he’ll come back."

Lu Yuanfeng wanted Shuangshuang to rest in his own room more, but considering Shuangshuang was a girl, losing his reputation didn’t matter; hers did!

Mu Shuangshuang felt dizzy and it seemed a bit difficult to walk back, so she agreed without hesitation.

Following Lu Yuanfeng up the hill, the vegetation behind his house was quite simple – bamboo and fir trees. From the base to halfway up the hill, it was all bamboo. Maybe because Yuanbao often came up, there was a small, clean path.

Halfway up the hill, a straw mat was laid to one side, Lu Yuanfeng laid it out for Mu Shuangshuang, wiped it with hot water, and while she slept, he was beside her splitting bamboo for chopsticks and bamboo brushes.

Bamboo brushes are even better for scrubbing pots than loofah gourds, but making them by splitting bamboo into strips required skill.

Fortunately, Lu Yuanfeng’s craftsmanship was good; with a carving knife and a bamboo tube, within the time of a stick of incense, the bamboo turned into a bamboo brush.

When Mu Shuangshuang woke up, the ground was already filled with a bunch of bamboo chopsticks and six or seven bamboo brushes.

The first thing she did upon waking was to pick up the items, examining them from every angle.

Mu Shuangshuang knew bamboo brushes, and in the modern world, one could sell for several bucks; as for ancient times, whether they’re valuable, she didn’t know.

Without a doubt, the joy Mu Shuangshuang exhibited made Lu Yuanfeng very happy – he felt his efforts hadn’t been in vain.

"Shuangshuang, take these bamboo brushes and chopsticks home, use them in the house. I don’t know when I’ll make more next time."

Lu Yuanfeng wiped the sweat off his forehead. He hadn’t rested the whole afternoon, yet there wasn’t a trace of fatigue on his face, indistinguishable from someone who had just woken up.

Mu Shuangshuang stared at Lu Yuanfeng for a long time before curiously asking, "Fengzi, why are you so good to me?"

Buying fabric for her, giving her things, even helping with gardening.

Why?

Because of affection, because of love, because I can’t bear to see you suffer!

Lu Yuanfeng recited silently in his heart, but the answer that came out was different: "Because Shuangshuang is also good to me, always inviting me over for meals, and... you take good care of Yuanbao."

"Oh!" Hearing this answer, Mu Shuangshuang felt a bit disappointed in her heart, as if this wasn’t the answer she was hoping for.

But soon, Mu Shuangshuang rallied. "Fengzi, I think there’s something we can do on this mountain!"