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  Lin Lan returned to Jianxi Village at dusk, and first went to Baozhu's house to hand over the money from selling duck eggs to Auntie Jindai. Auntie Jindai asked in surprise, "Didn't Baozhu come back with you?"

  Lin Lan exclaimed: "Haven't Baozhu Ge come back yet?"

  "Auntie Jin said anxiously: 'No! I thought you'd all be coming back together!'"

  Lin Lan muttered to herself: Where did that Jin Baozhu go? Didn't they ask him to go home and help Jin Dagu do chores? Really, he's not letting people have a peaceful mind. Ye Zi was wandering around.

  To reassure Aunt Jin, Lin Lan deliberately said: "Oh! We parted ways after buying duck eggs, Bao Zhuo said he still had something to do, I thought he would be faster and arrive before me!"

  Auntie Jin finally put her mind at ease, wanting to keep Lin Lan for dinner, but Lin Lan pushed back saying that her family was still waiting for her to go home and eat, refusing Auntie Jin's kindness. After bidding farewell to Auntie Jin, Lin Lan went out the door and caught a glimpse of a black shadow quickly hiding behind the mulberry tree.

  Lin Lan said in a low voice: "Come out."

  A dark shadow slowly emerged, and it was indeed Jin Baozhu.

  "Where did he go?"

  "I...I didn't go anywhere!" Bao Zhu stuttered.

  Lin Lan disbelieved: "Where did she go? Auntie said she wasn't home all day."

  "I... I..." Ba Zhu couldn't get it out anymore.

  "No, no, I...I..." Bao Zhu lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong and muttered: "There are some beggars living near Qili Pavilion recently, I'm afraid to come back alone late at night..."

  Lin Lan's emotions were complex, and she softened her tone: "So, you've been following me all along?"

  Bao Zhu hurriedly explained: "I was just waiting at Qili Pavilion and didn't follow him into the city, really."

  For Baozhu's sincerity, Lin Lan didn't know what to say and sighed: "Hurry back home! Don't let your mother worry."

  Bao Zhu obediently said "oh" and went home.

  Lin Lan returned home to find her older brother Lin Feng wiping the stove with a rag. She was already used to this scene, after all, as long as she wasn't at home, household chores fell on her brother's shoulders, and that lazy woman would save some effort.

  "Brother, let me handle it!" Lin Lan put down the bamboo basket and went to help.

  "Sister, you're back! Hurry up, there's chicken soup in the pot." Lin Feng smiled and lifted the lid of the pot, a strong aroma wafted out.

  Lin Lan was already hungry and her stomach was growling. When she smelled the fragrance of chicken soup, her fingers moved involuntarily, and she exclaimed: "Brother, did you catch a wild chicken?"

  Lin Feng's sword-like eyebrows rose, with a hint of satisfaction: "Today's harvest is not small, we caught two geese, one wild chicken, and a wild boar. The goose was for Old Gray Head, the wild boar was sold to the village chief, just in time for his father-in-law's birthday, and the wild chicken was stewed for us to eat ourselves."

  Lin Lan unexpectedly found a chicken leg in the chicken soup, did the sun rise from the west? Could Yao Jinhua's mouth still save some meat? Or was it a fragrant wild chicken leg.

  "Sister, eat quickly while it's hot." Lin Feng urged, his eyes filled with tender care and affection.

  "Brother... this chicken leg won't be hidden away, will it?" Lin Lan didn't dare to speak out loud, in case tomorrow Yao Jinhua asked her for the chicken leg and she wouldn't be able to produce it.

  "How could that be? This is what my sister-in-law specifically instructed me to keep." As he said this, Lin Feng felt an unprecedented sense of relief in his heart. Jin Hua finally knew how much his younger sister cared about him.

  Lin Lan was shocked and didn't dare to eat anymore. Why did Yao Jinhua suddenly treat her so well? People say that unusual things must have a reason, could it be that Yao Jinhua left saliva on the chicken leg? This kind of thing wasn't something Yao Jinhua hadn't done before, luckily she was discovered or else Lin Lan would have been disgusted to death.

  "Come on, eat up, hurry, little sister has been working hard all day, eat a chicken leg to supplement." Lin Feng smiled foolishly and continued to wipe the stove.

  Lin Lan thought that there might be Yao Jinhua's saliva on the chicken leg, and she immediately lost her appetite. She put down her chopsticks and regretfully said: "If I had known that there was delicious food at home, I wouldn't have eaten Auntie Jin's boiled eggs. I'm so full, my stomach can't hold anything else."

  "Have you eaten at Aunt Jin's house?" Lin Feng asked.

  "Yes! I helped Baozhu sell a basket of duck eggs, and Auntie Jin insisted on keeping me for dinner." Lin Lan's stomach growled with hunger as she smelled the chicken soup, saying words that went against her heart, and her heart felt even more depressed.

  "Oh... let's save the chicken soup for now and reheat it tomorrow." Lin Feng said thoughtfully.

  Lin Lan thought for a moment, she was determined not to eat the chicken leg, throwing it away would be a waste, so... Lin Lan glanced at her brother and said: "Brother, let's just forget about eating it! It's too much trouble to heat it up again."

  "No need, I've already eaten, this is left for my sister." Lin Feng pushed it away. To say the truth, as an older brother, he was really ashamed that he couldn't let his family live a better life, especially when it came to his sister. After getting married, not only could he not take better care of her, but instead, she was always taking care of him.

  "Brother, eat, eat! It's hard to go hunting in the mountains every day! You should eat more." Lin Lan coquettishly went to pull her brother down, put the chicken soup in front of him, and forced him to finish the chicken leg.

  Lin Feng couldn't outdo his sister, so he had no choice but to eat the chicken leg.

  Watching her brother eat made Lin Lan feel even hungrier. Alas... there's still dry rations in the bag, I'll just have to wait till I get back home and brew some cool tea to fill my stomach!

  "Sister, what do you think of Bao Zhu?" Lin Feng suddenly asked.

  Lin Lan was taken aback, keenly aware that her brother's question had a deeper meaning. She needed to think carefully before answering, or else she would mislead him and cause trouble.

  "Hmm... Baozhu Ge is a good person! However, don't get any wrong ideas, I just treat Baozhu Ge as an older brother." Lin Lan spoke straightforwardly to avoid any misunderstandings.

  Lin Feng smiled and understood what his sister meant, his sister didn't take a liking to Bao Zhu.

  Yao Jinhua's transformation started with a chicken leg, and what happened next was even more unexpected.

  The next day, Lin Lan got up early as usual, lit the fire and cooked breakfast. Just after finishing breakfast, Yao Jinhua unexpectedly got out of bed with his brother.

  Lin Lan was about to go wash clothes again, and Yao Jinhua unexpectedly said: "Lin Lan! You're really suffering, these were originally things that should be done by the sister-in-law."

  Lin Lan blinked her eyes, wondering if she was still dreaming. Or maybe it was that yesterday when she wasn't at home, Yao Jinhua's brain got pinched by the door.

  Looking at Ge Yang's extremely happy silly smile, Lin Lan suspected again, could it be that the wild boar Ge caught yesterday made Yao Jinhua crazy?

  Only heard Yao Jinhua say to his brother: "Today, I'll go into the city and buy a beautiful piece of flowered cloth for my sister. I'll make her a new dress. Her current clothes are all from last year, and she's grown so tall that they're all too short..."

  Lin Lan is a person who loves and hates clearly, and her principle is: if people don't offend me, I won't offend them; if they do, I'll fight back with one needle; if they still offend me, I'll cut the grass and eliminate the roots. Because of her brother's sake, she has been very tolerant of Yao Jinhua, limiting herself to fighting wits, courage, and verbal sparring, but suddenly, Yao Jinhua made a 180-degree beautiful turn, which made Lin Lan very uncomfortable.

  "Ah! Alright, what else do you want to buy? Tell me, I'll take note." Lin Feng replied cheerfully, his voice louder than usual.

  Looking at the two of them with a wife and husband's respectful appearance, Lin Lan's heart was actually ringing alarm bells. No matter how hard she tried to be friendly, it was definitely not good intentions, Yao Jinhua must have been playing tricks, but what exactly she wanted to do was unknown.

  Lin Lan suddenly remembered Wang Matchmaker, Wang Matchmaker wouldn't come home for no reason, she must have been called by Yao Jinhua.

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