The Marquis' Wife

Lu Xiang's

The smile of the middle-aged man named Miao Kun disappeared. "What do you mean Lu Xiang?" The accusatory look was very clear in his eyes.

"No thanks uncle Kun, I can do it myself" Lu Xiang replied expressionlessly. He had several times hunted wild boar or deer and the residents were very enthusiastic to help but eventually they took more meat than they lived to him, just because he had no family who could help him so many citizens were willing to cultivate him in the name of morals and seniority.

Adelia who came out saw the crowd of people and Lu Xiang who was looking at Kun's uncle, a middle-aged man who was happy to take advantage of the citizens.

"You are so ungrateful, I want to help ease your work" Reply Uncle Kun who expressed 'I am doing this for your good'.

"My job isn't heavy uncle Kun, I don't want to charge you. You're so old, I don't want you to be sick for helping me" Lu Xiang replied with the same expression 'I'm doing this for your own good'.

Adelia smiled amusedly but she tried not to show it.

Uncle Kun became speechless, he became lost for words and could no longer force Lu Xiang to take part in processing the boar and finally he snorted. "Basan stingy, you deserve to be so poor, same fellow citizens you don't want to share"

Lu Xiang just kept quiet, did not comment on Kun's uncle's words but Adelia did not want to be silent to see her husband in such a bully. He put on a sad face and started the play.

"Uncle Kun, why do you say that, this meat is only a little and we want to sell it in the city in order to buy rice and salt. We haven't eaten rice for days, just eating wild vegetables. Why uncle Kun could.... " Adelia sobbed very dramatically, she covered her face so as not to look her slick look.

The villagers watching became pity. Yes, they knew that Lu Xiang's family was very poor and rarely ate a complete side dish, their feelings of compassion deepened when they saw the house and the shabby clothes patched in many parts. They looked strangely at Uncle Kun, accusing him of why they would do that even though they had originally intended to.

"You.. You!" Uncle Kun couldn't speak so angry and left just like that.

Lu Xiang walked into the courtyard of the house leaving the crowd of citizens who eventually dispersed because the show was over.

"Sister Xiang, I'm sorry" Lu Cheng pulled the cloth of Lu Xiang's trousers with a guilty face, because of his screams hence this happened.

Lu Xiang's facial complexion improved, he stroked his sister's hair gently. "It's not your fault, sooner or later they'll also find a way to take this piece of meat"

Lu Cheng lowered his face. He knew that his brother was just entertaining him. Both hands clenched tightly, he wanted to mature quickly and be able to help his brother in making a living.

"Sister. Are we going to eat pork tonight?" Lu Shan who was still very small did not understand what his two brothers were talking about, he was very enthusiastic in asking.

Both Lu Xiang and Lu Cheng smiled at the enthusiastic gazes of their younger brother. "No, this meat's gonna be sold to the city"

Lu Shan's enthusiastic face collapsed.

"But we can eat chicken. Brother caught two at once" Lu Xiang showed two dead chickens inside a bamboo basket.

"Horay. We finally eat meat!" Lu Shan exclaimed in excitement and applauded.

Adelia laughed with delight at the look on Lu Shan's face, as did Lu Xiang and Lu Cheng.

Lu Xiang immediately processed the pig into meat that had been cut into pieces and wrapped it with lotus leaves so as not to be easily damaged and rotten and then began to process the chicken to cook and hand it to Adelia.

"Since there's nothing in the kitchen, I'll just burn it" Adelia said with a smile and walked into the kitchen.

Adelia washed and let the chicken meat that wanted to be burned in the water of the lotus space well so that the water into the meat and make it more delicious and delicious.

"Ahem! I'll help bring the fire to life because your work is so slow" Lu Cheng looked at the haughty Adelia and directly collected the twigs and started the fire.

"You're so good Lu Cheng" Adelia smiled amusedly as she looked at Lu Cheng's flushed earlobes.

Lu Cheng held his lips back from smiling then snorted softly.

Adelia burned the two chickens thoroughly while keeping the fire from getting too big.

Lu Shan and Lu Cheng gulped as they inhaled a very appetizing aroma of grilled meat, their eyes fiercely focused on the meat that was being turned back and forth by Adelia to ripen evenly.

Moments later, the roasted chicken matured, and Adelia cut the chicken thighs to each of them. Lu Shan inhaled a deep breath feeling the delicious aroma of chicken thighs.

"Be careful. It was still very hot" Adelia took Lu Shan's plate and sliced the small piece of thigh meat and placed it back before the little guy.

"Thank you brother Adel" Lu Shan smiled sparklingly, he began to devour the meat enthusiastically.

"Wow. It's very tasty. Brother Cheng, this is really delicious, better than what Brother Xiang cooked" Lu Shan's praise was innocent.

Adelia smiled amusedly and glanced at Lu Xiang who was also glancing at her then clumsy throats made her chuckle.

Lu Cheng rolled his eyes at Lu Shan's words praising Adelia and insulting his own sister unconsciously, but he agreed to his sister's words just by inhaling the smell of the chicken meat. Adelia's grilled chicken is better than her sister's. He began to eat the chicken enthusiastically.

The little family enjoyed a warm dinner.

Adelia cleaned the kitchen and bathed the timid Lu Shan, before she took a bath to go to sleep. He took out soap from within the lotus space but hesitated to use it, the smell of soap will definitely make Lu Xiang who will sleep next to him will be able to smell it but if he does not wear soap it will be very uncomfortable because he is used to it.

Adelia thought for a moment and decided to use it in a vulnerable area with an odor and finished her bath quickly.

Before entering the room, Adelia inhaled a few breaths to prepare herself.

Due to Adelia's illness, she and Lu Xiang have not engaged in intimate activities and do not know if she and Lu Xiang will do so because they are married not on the basis of likes or love.

Adelia became nervous, however, she had to prepare herself for it because she could not resist if Lu Xiang asked her because the status of women in the Dynasty was lower than that of men.

Adelia took a deep breath before opening the door but was stunned by the sight she saw.

The deg!

His heart was pounding and unconsciously his face turned red.