Dad, Did You Study Today?

Bam!

At midnight, while digging the grave, a weak cry suddenly emerged from the graveyard, scaring Zhou Qing. She threw the hoe away while shivering and almost hit her foot.

Turning around, she saw a young man standing a meter away with one hand on his shoulder and one hand on the tombstone.

Zhou Qing ……

The male lead?

This entrance was a bit of a routine.

The young man’s hand holding the shoulder had blood flowing from the fingers’ crevices.

Zhou Qing glanced at his bloody hands and carefully looked at his feet. She breathed half a sigh of relief.

There was a shadow!!!

“That, I do not know the art of healing.”

The man ……

“Girl, my leg is injured. I can’t get on the horse. Can you help me?”

Zhou Qing ……

Your leg was injured, so what do you mean by holding the tombstone and covering your shoulder?

Frowning, Zhou Qing then noticed that there was indeed another horse behind the youngster, and there were shadows under the horse’s feet.

How did they manage to appear behind her silently?

“Let me help you up?”

The young man nodded, “Thank you, Miss. I will never forget the kindness for saving my life.”

“No need, just pay.”

The man ……

Zhou Qing ……

The embarrassment wasn’t on her, but the shame was on others.

Right!

Touching his clothes and feeling out a piece of silver, the man looked apologetically at Zhou Qing, “That’s all I have on me.”

　　……

After receiving the silver, Zhou Qing nimbly helped the young man onto the horse, then picked up her hoe with a happy face.

The digging of the grave continued.

The original owner hid a tiny jar by the grave. The jar contained a dangle of money that the original owner had secretly saved for herself.

　　……

Zhou Qing returned home only to enter the house in darkness and was almost shocked by the mess inside.

The only furniture in the house was strewn about, and the bed was scattered with covers. Zhou Huaishan was sitting on a bench, panting heavily, covered in chicken feathers.

“What’s the situation?”

Zhou Huaishan squinted at Zhou Qing with a smug look, “You didn’t have a good meal tonight, did you? Dad will make you a chicken to eat.”

Zhou Qing ……

How quickly the identity adapted!

“You killed the chicken in the yard?”

Zhou Huaishan grunted, “Is that food for human consumption? My family raised dogs in the past, and they ate better than that!”

“Then tomorrow morning, people at home will find the chicken is missing.”

Zhou Huaishan gave a ha, “If you do not say anything, I will not say anything. How would anyone know that we ate it if we do not admit it?”

Zhou Qing’s eyes fell on the chicken feathers on Zhou Huaishan’s body.

Zhou Huaishan’s face instantly fell, and said aggressively, “It’s so hard to kill a chicken. It is harder than to get to the sky. Come and pick the feathers for Dad.”

Zhou Qing ……

How did this sound so awkward?

“Your leg is okay?”

“It still hurts a little but doesn’t affect eating chicken.”

Zhou Qing did not pick the feathers for Zhou Huaishan at all. A room full of chicken feathers was enough for her to clean up.

When Zhou Qing finished cleaning up the house, Zhou Huaishan nearly removed the chicken feathers on him.

Zhou Huaishan stuffed all the chicken feathers into the fireplace under the bed, and the small fire that had not yet been extinguished burnt them. The fire suddenly became stronger.

Zhou Qing saw a mud ball with the help of the fire.

“That’s your chicken?”

Zhou Huaishan nodded triumphantly, “There is still a little time to cook and have it. By the way, did you find it?”

Zhou Qing took out a piece of silver and a string of copper plates and didn’t mention anything else.

Zhou Huaishan saw that the silver was only a small piece and said disappointedly, “This is not even enough for a bowl of abalone meal.”

Zhou Qing ……

Speechless, she rolled her eyes and said, “This silver is for you to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.”

Zhou Huaishan stared wide-eyed at her and pointed his fingers at his nose.

“Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone? Me? I’m a dandy. Why do I need it? It’s better to buy me two roasted chickens!”

Zhou Qing ……

“Then I’ll buy you a hoe!”

Zhou Huaishan’s face fell, “Then let’s go with ink, paper, and ink stone. But, daughter, I will tell you in advance, I really can’t write.”

“No need for you to write.”

Before leaving home, Zhou Qing let Zhou Huaishan write words on the ground with a firewood stick. Although the writing was unclear, Zhou Huaishan’s characters were still well-written.

No matter how dandy he was, he was also from a marquis. He must have read books when he was a child.

“Wait for the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to be purchased. You will copy a book to earn money.”

Zhou Huaishan stared wide-eyed again, with a face of disbelief, “Earn money? Me? Daughter, you want me to earn money?”

How funny was this!

“If you don’t make money, then how can you study? If you don’t study, then your character will be ruined.” Zhou Qing said without good humor.

Zhou Huaishan looked bitter and whispered aggrievedly, “I thought you’d support me.”

Zhou Qing laughed out loud at him.

“I will support you when I find a way to earn a living. At present, the fastest way for us to make money is for you to copy books. You copy first, and you will not have to do it when I earn money.”

Zhou Huaishan sighed, “Then you hurry up.”

Zhou Qing ……

At first, she had Zhou Huaishan copy the text. She thought of it only as a transitional means. After all, she couldn’t earn a few dollars from writing.

Now it appeared ……

She had to let Zhou Huaishan make more. Otherwise, he would not take the initiative to study.

Zhou Huaishan felt that Zhou Qing was looking at him strangely. His heart was agitated, “Daughter, you will not harm me, right? The two of us may not be related, but we’re as good as related to each other!”

Zhou Qing showed her teeth and smiled, “What are you thinking about? Is your chicken cooked yet?”

Zhou Huaishan slapped his head, “I almost forgot.”

Zhou Huaishan squatted before the fire stove and used tongs to pull the mud ball from inside.

“It should be cooked, daughter. Hold on, Dad will crack open the mud shell, and the chicken thighs and wings will be yours.”

Saying that, Zhou Huaishan raised the fire tongs towards the mud ball to crack down.

The fire tongs fell, and the mud ball cracked open a slit.

Zhou Huaishan dropped the fire tongs and used his hands to break the mud shell.

Then ……

Zhou Qing watched as a hairless chicken struggled to escape the mud shell.

Zhou Qing ……

The scene was too exciting, and Zhou Qing fell on the bed laughing. She dared not laugh aloud and held her stomach, rolling back and forth.

“You did not kill and directly wrapped it with mud?”

Zhou Huaishan ……

The hairless chicken was trying to escape, and Zhou Huaishan feared it would scream. When the chicken struggled and jumped out, Zhou Huaishan pounced on it like a starving wolf and used his shirt to cover it to death.

“I knocked it then, and when I saw it didn’t move, I thought it was dead… Motherf*cker, I didn’t think it would be alive after all the hair was plucked!”

Zhou Qing covered her head with a quilt and laughed out, similar to the cry of a goose.

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Zhou Huaishan covered the chicken and could not help but laugh out loud.

In the end, the two did not eat the chicken. Zhou Qing placed the chicken in the kitchen, and she planned to cook it first thing in the morning.

After instructing Zhou Huaishan on several things, Zhou Qing slept in Zhou Yao’s house.

The Zhou family’s main house did not do anything.

Zhou Huaishan and Zhou Huailin were responsible for farming, Mrs. Zhao and Zhou Yao were responsible for growing vegetables, and Zhou Qing took care of the three meals at home with Zhou Ping, raising pigs and chickens, washing clothes, and so on.

The next morning.

As usual, Zhou Qing got up early and started sweeping the yard and cooking.

Mrs. Sun was lying on the bed listening to the commotion outside and smiled coldly at Old Zhou. “I said that the second child is pretending, and you want to pay a doctor. The family has so little money. It is insufficient for Yuan to study, so there is no spare money.”

Old Zhou sighed, “In the future, be kinder to the second and third.”

Mrs. Sun spat, “I’m not a stepmother!”

As she spoke, the day dawned.

Just as Mrs. Sun got up, Mrs. Wang rushed to the room.

“Did the second family know they were wrong?”

“Mother, Qing’er stewed the chicken!”

When she heard that, Mrs. Sun almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

The chicken was the one she kept to lay eggs.

Even if she wanted to stew it, she had to wait for Zhou Yuan to return and stew it for him to eat.

“That little brat! She wants to kill me!” Mrs. Sun’s whole body shivered angrily, and rushed towards the kitchen.

Mrs. Wang followed closely behind her.

The third family was already seated when Mrs. Sun rushed into the kitchen.

Zhou Ping looked at the large pot Zhou Qing brought, “Sister, chicken this early in the morning? It’s not even my birthday yet.”

Zhou Qing put the pot on the table and patted Zhou Ping’s head, “Are there a lot of question marks on your head?”

“Who told you to kill the chicken!” Mrs. Sun stood at the door and roared.

She interrupted the joyful atmosphere of being able to eat chicken in the house.