She walked briskly up to Shen Zhi, tilted her head to stare at his ears, and deliberately asked knowingly, "What happened to your ears? Why are they so red?"

Knowing she would be going up the mountain in the morning, Xu Qinghe combed all her hair up and made a bun.

So when Shen Zhi lowered his head slightly, he saw Xu Qinghe's fair and slender neck, which made his heart itch, and his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

"No, it's nothing."

Seeing Shen Zhi's expression, Xu Qinghe became even more excited, her beautiful, bright eyes looking at him and asking, "Really?"

Shen Zhi felt even more uncomfortable under Xu Qinghe's gaze. He clenched his fist slightly, coughed lightly, said "It's nothing," and ran away without looking back.

Xu Qinghe's eyes narrowed with amusement, and she stood happily at the door for a while before walking into the yard.

When she went in, she saw Shen's mother picking and choosing from her bowl, complaining as she did so, "What kind of rubbish is this? There's not a drop of fat in it, how are we supposed to eat this!"

Shen Zhi, who was opening the door to the main room, retorted instinctively after hearing this: "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Nobody is forcing you."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother immediately exploded, "Your wife bullied me, so you're bullying me too, aren't you?!"

"What do you mean I don't want to eat it! Why shouldn't I want to eat it!"

"I'll take all these things back in a bit."

Shen Zhi said, "No." Then she walked towards her mother.

Before he could react, she snatched the basin away, saying, "This is ours."

Looking at Shen Zhi's cold expression, Shen's mother was slightly taken aback. "What do you mean? What about mine?"

Shen Zhi said, "Go ask Qinghe!" Then, carrying the basin, she went inside without looking back.

Just then, Shen Qinghe walked over, casually picked up two pig intestines, and handed them to Shen's mother, saying, "Hey! These are for you."

Mother Shen's face darkened. "I don't want intestines, I want meat."

Xu Qinghe's expression was serious. "There's no meat."

Mrs. Shen retorted, "Don't you still have that much left in your basin?"

Xu Qinghe: "Those were reserved for us, not for you."

Shen's mother hesitated for a long time before taking the pig intestines from Xu Qinghe's hand, saying as she did so, "He really has forgotten his mother after marrying a wife."

As soon as Shen's mother left, Xu Qinghe asked Shen Chengyue to close the front door.

He went to the water tank and washed his hands. After washing his hands, he looked at the empty yard and felt a sense of unreality.

With a smile, Xu Qinghe walked towards the main room.

When she entered, she saw Shen Zhizheng half-undressing to examine his injuries. Upon noticing Xu Qinghe's arrival, he immediately put his clothes back on.

Xu Qinghe frowned immediately. "What's going on? Let me see!"

Shen Zhi clenched his fists, feigning nonchalance, and said, "It's nothing."

Xu Qinghe didn't believe him and reached out to pull at his clothes. "Let me see."

As she spoke, she leaned her head in, almost touching his chest.

Shen Zhi stiffened slightly as he watched her lean closer, but dared not move, and let Xu Qinghe undress him.

He was wearing his old coarse cloth short jacket today. The fabric was quite old, and when Xu Qinghe gently tugged at it, a tearing sound was heard.

Xu Qinghe was taken aback, muttered, "What kind of lousy quality is this?" and continued to examine it.

Xu Qinghe's heart ached at the sight of the scars covering Shen Zhi's strong, powerful arms.

Despite such severe injuries, he has endured them without uttering a sound until now.

"Why didn't you say so sooner? It was so serious." Xu Qinghe said with a hint of reproach.

Shen Zhi remained calm. He had suffered even more severe injuries on the battlefield, but he didn't feel anything. "It's nothing," he said, reaching out to shield himself.

Xu Qinghe pulled it off immediately, saying, "It's so serious, you need to apply medicine."

"Take off all your clothes, and I'll check if you have any other injuries."

When Xu Qinghe said this, all she felt was worry for Shen Zhi.

Shen Zhi, however, was overthinking things, and her ears turned red again in an instant.

Thinking that the two of them were already engaged, Shen Zhi did not hesitate and took off his shirt, revealing his strong and powerful upper body.

His shoulder and back muscles are firm and well-defined, and there is not an ounce of fat around his waist and abdomen. What is most surprising is that he also has beautiful abs, with each muscle clearly visible.

Although it wasn't the first time she had seen it, every time she saw it, she lingered there, reluctant to leave.

Xu Qinghe glanced at him secretly for a moment before quickly looking away and carefully examining the wounds on his body.

Apart from the new scratches on my arms and chest, almost all the other wounds, large and small, are old ones.

"Why are there so many scars?" Xu Qinghe said, gently stroking the area with her hand.

This startled Shen Zhi, who said in a hoarse voice, "I was injured on the battlefield before."

Xu Qinghe sighed softly, "It's been too difficult."

"Wait here, I'll go get you some medicine." After saying that, she ran to the basket on her back and took out some Panax notoginseng from it.

Panax notoginseng not only has a good hemostatic effect, but it is also very easy to process.

After preparing the Panax notoginseng, Xu Qinghe also fetched a basin of warm water, because Shen Zhi not only had wounds but also bloodstains, and these needed to be treated properly.

Soak the cotton cloth in warm water, wring it out, wrap it around the finger, and carefully remove the bloodstains from the wound. After treating it, Xu Qinghe covered it with the crushed Panax notoginseng root, wrapped it with cloth, and then waited for it to heal slowly.

After dealing with Xu Qinghe, she was about to leave when Shen Zhi grabbed her arm. He looked at her with concern and asked, "How are you?"

When Shen Zhi looked at her like that, Xu Qinghe immediately became embarrassed, her face flushed, and she replied, "It's nothing."

Shen Zhi's voice was low and hoarse, "Really?"

Xu Qinghe: "Really." After saying that, she quickly pushed Shen Zhi away and ran out.

Then they saw Shen Chengyue holding a jar in his hand, counting the money inside one by one.

Xu Qinghe was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Chengyue, you can count?"

Shen Chengyue immediately became dejected, "I know a little, but I can't count."

Seeing his annoyed expression, Xu Qinghe went over and took the money jar, suggesting, "You have to count them one by one. If you can't count them, you can divide them into groups of ten!" She then demonstrated.

Shen Chengyue's eyes lit up immediately. Seeing how interested he was, Xu Qinghe didn't rush to calculate the money. She patted his head and told him to play by himself before going to do other things.

She's the kind of person who has to finish all the chores at home in one go, and if she stops to rest, she doesn't want to do it anymore.

Thinking about the meat in the basin, Xu Qinghe wanted to get it out as soon as possible, and without caring whether Shen Zhi was in the room or not, she rushed in.

When she came in, Shen Zhi was getting dressed. Seeing her rush in again, he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

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