Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 129 You old man, you've got some strength!

She seemed to have touched his beard, and even pulled out a tuft of it.

Upon closer inspection, wasn't that the old man who defeated the bandits that day?!

The old man also recognized Li Ruru; it was this woman who had pulled off his beard.

"It's you!"

"It's you!"

The two of them spoke at the same time.

Li Ruru was excited, while the old man was flustered.

Li Ruru shouted into the house at the top of her lungs, "Lazybones, get up! Our savior is here!"

Although she didn't know why he had come to her house, it was always a good thing that he had come.

She was overjoyed and would never kick her savior out.

The old man hurriedly took a few steps back, frowned, and rubbed his ears. This woman's voice was too loud.

He had happened to save this woman and her family last time, and now that they saw him, they couldn't help but weep and kowtow in gratitude.

He was born disliking noise and excessive intimacy with others.

He cupped his hands in apology and said, "I'm sorry to have bothered you. I'll be going now."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Li Ruru grabbed his sleeve and scolded him, "Hey, why are you leaving? It's raining. Come inside."

The old man thought he could just find another place to take shelter from the rain, and didn't want to trouble Li Ruru.

Before he could speak, Chu Xiu and Chaochao ran over.

The two men were so excited to see their benefactor that they stamped their feet and tugged at his sleeves.

"Uncle, come in and have some tea," Chu Xiu said.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll make you something delicious," Chaochao said.

The three of them pulled on one person. Li Ruru tugged at his sleeve while muttering, "You old man, you're pretty strong."

As the group struggled, the light rain turned into a downpour.

Li Ruru called into the house again, "Peipei, Xiao Wu, Yishan, come here quickly."

Soon, the three of them arrived at the gate in the heavy rain. What was a protracted battle of three people pulling one person turned into six people pulling one person.

The old man stubbornly refused to compromise until he saw that everyone was soaked because of him, at which point he said somewhat embarrassedly, "Well... then come in and have some water."

"Why didn't we just go in earlier?" Li Ruru muttered again, what a stubborn old man.

The rain was getting heavier, and Qiqi jumped onto the chicken coop and took shelter under the grapevine.

It looked at the people in the yard with a puzzled expression. Humans are so strange. Do they like to get wet in the rain?
Everyone ran into the house, and Li Ruru said, "Everyone, quickly wash your faces and change your clothes."

"There's hot water in the pot," Xiao Yishan said softly.

The crowd dispersed in a flash.

Li Ruru changed into clean clothes and washed her face before remembering that she had left her savior standing alone in the main room.

She smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, please wait a moment."

Li Ruru knocked on Chu Xiu's door. He had just changed his clothes and opened the door, saying, "Godmother, you wanted to see me?"

Li Ruru: "Take a set of your clean clothes."

Chu Xiuli picked out a set of luxurious clothes and handed them to Li Ruru: "Is this alright?"

Li Ruru shook her head: "No need for something so nice, just that coarse linen coat."

"Alright." Chu Xiu quickly took out a dark blue robe from the cabinet.

The old man sat quietly, just looking for an opportunity to leave, when Li Ruru walked over quickly, handed him a piece of clothing and said, "Go and change quickly, don't catch a cold."

"I'm fine," the old man refused. He was in good health, and a little rain wouldn't make him catch a cold.

"Go quickly!" Li Ruru pushed him into her room without saying a word, teasingly saying, "Don't worry, I won't peek."

The old man was entering a woman's room for the first time and felt awkward, unsure of where to put his feet.

Li Ruru's room was clean and quiet, with a faint fragrance in the air.

He took a deep breath and quickly changed his clothes. He knew that if he didn't change, the old woman would never let him out.

That person was both stubborn and enthusiastic.

By the time he had changed his clothes, Xiao Wu had already lit the stove.

He greeted him warmly, saying, "Old man, come and warm yourself by the fire."

The old man walked over somewhat reluctantly, first forcibly pulling him into the house, and then insisting that he change his clothes.

He realized that everything in this family had to be done through hardship.

If he didn't sit down now, that kid would probably drag him over by force.

Sigh, rather than being dragged around, he might as well sit down obediently on his own and avoid any physical contact with others.

"Here, have a roasted sweet potato first, the food will be ready soon." Xiao Wu enthusiastically stuffed the roasted sweet potato and potato into his arms.

The old man frowned as his newly changed clothes were smudged with black ash.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu scolded, "Xiao Wu, be careful, you've gotten the old man's clothes dirty."

The old man's lips twitched; these weren't his clothes.

Xiao Wu chuckled and said, "It's alright, it'll be clean after a wash when the weather clears up."

The laundry detergent my godmother gave me is amazing; it can remove any kind of stain.

"Grandpa, please use this." Chu Xiu brought over a plate and a spoon.

The old man nodded in satisfaction, carefully peeled the sweet potato skin with his fork, scooped out a piece, put it in his mouth, and savored it.

Xiao Wu was a worldly person; just by seeing how he ate sweet potatoes, he knew that this guy was either rich or noble.

Only wealthy people eat so leisurely.

Poor families either can't afford to eat, or occasionally there aren't enough to go around, so they have to fight for it.

Who has the mood or time to slowly savor it? They just want to swallow it whole.

"Grandpa, try this, it's called a potato." Xiao Wu eagerly handed over a roasted potato.

This time, he put it directly into the old man's dish.

"Oh? Potatoes?" The old man squinted, carefully examining the small object on the plate.

How do you eat this?

"Grandpa, it's just like a roasted sweet potato, it's delicious," Chu Xiu said.

"Oh." The old man slowly scooped out a spoonful of potato, the yellow flesh steaming hot.

He took a small sip, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Wow, this is delicious!"

Li Ruru brought in the food and happened to see this scene. She immediately understood that this person was also a foodie.

"Dinner's ready!" Li Ruru placed a plate of large plate chicken on the table.

Peipei and Chaochao followed closely behind, carrying four plates of main dishes.

Stir-fried cured pork with pickled green beans, sweet and sour pork ribs, Kung Pao chicken, and braised lion's head meatballs.

Xiao Yishan and Yinyin served four cold dishes: peanuts in vinegar, shredded vegetables, tomatoes with sugar, and spicy and sour konjac tofu.

Finally, Li Ruru placed a large jar on the table and said, "Here, I'll serve you rice."

The pink, carved bowl was quickly filled with white rice.

Li Ruru looked at the old man and said, "There's not much to eat at home, so please make do with this."

The old man was so shocked he didn't know what to say. You call eating so much meat and vegetables "just making do"?

Who calls eating plain white rice "making do"?

Who is this family? How come they eat so well?
Forget about that. This place is not safe to stay any longer. He should finish eating and leave quickly.

"Take this silver." The old man took out five taels of silver and placed them on the table.

Li Ruru stared at him intently and said, "What are you doing? Have we neglected you?"

How could anyone be so irritating? She kindly invited him to dinner, but he insisted on paying.

(End of this chapter)