Nan Quanyou sighed: "Ah, I've always felt that this marriage is unsuitable. Wenxuan's father is the village chief, and your father... well, to be honest, Wenxuan's father has suggested a few times that he wants to call off the engagement. But I've seen how much you like Wenxuan, and I thought that without him, life might seem hopeless to you. So I've been playing dumb, dragging it out."
Nan Feng said, "Father, I've realized now that even if Wenxuan and I get along well, life will not get any better. Yesterday, he pushed me into the water tank, who knows what he'll do to me tomorrow? Isn't that right?"
Nan Feng tried her best to speak in the local accent.
"Yes, yes. Ah, Fengfeng, what happened to you? You've suddenly become sensible. But that's a good thing. Let's go home. Your father has made you some good food."
"Really? What's the delicious thing?"
"You'll know when we get home."
...
Returning out of breath to the house, Nan Feng's stomach was already grumbling from hunger. She first went to lift the pot lid, only to find half a bowl of wild veggies and a small bowl of dried fish in the pot.
How would this be enough to fill up her stomach after a day's work?
However, these were the most luxurious things in their house.
Nan Quan You said, "Your Uncle Lan went fishing in the river this morning, and Aunt Lan delivered some to us in the afternoon. You eat."
Having said that, Nan Quanyou swallowed his saliva. It seemed that he hadn't eaten a bite.
Nan Feng served the dried fish and the wild veggies onto plates, along with the two sweet potatoes at the bottom of the pot, and called out to Nan Quanyou: "Father, you should eat too."
"Your father isn't hungry. I've just had my fill of sweet potatoes."
"Half the dried fish for each of us, and half of the wild veggies for each of us. If you don't eat, I won't eat either, making everyone hungry."
Nan Quanyou had to come over and grab two pieces of dried fish with his hand, but he only ate two pieces, and then refused to eat any more. He went to chop wood by himself in front of the room, leaving all the leftovers for Nan Feng.
Nan Feng sighed, looking at their home that was barren and destitute. She made a firm decision to make their home a better place.
...
"Father, I am going to fetch a couple of buckets of water from the river," Nan Feng said after dinner, lifting two wooden buckets from the house.
Seeing this, Nan Quanyou quickly asked, "Why are you fetching water at this hour? Wait until tomorrow."
"I want to boil water for a bath," Nan Feng said.
As soon as her words fell, Nan Quanyou was stunned.
The girl has never liked to wash her hair or take baths since she was young, bathing once a month at most. As time went on, Nan Quanyou let it be.
Now his daughter suddenly wanted to take a bath, this was really... the sun rising from the west.
"Well, then you go. The riverbank is slippery, be careful."
"Okay, I will be careful."
Watching that tiny figure carrying two large buckets of water, Nan Quanyou couldn't help blaming himself. It's all his fault that his leg wasn't working to carry the water for his daughter.
Upon reaching the river, the sun had already set. There was no one by the river, but luckily it was still light.
Nan Feng carefully crouched on the bank, about to put the buckets into the river.
At that moment, she suddenly screamed, "Ah--"
She got scared by the "demon" in the water and sat right on the riverbank, fortunately not falling into the river.
She had been trained as a special agent since she was young and later became a policewoman. Of course, she had strong psychological strength. However, despite being mentally strong, she was significantly frightened by the demon in the river.
Catching her breath for a good while at the bank, her emotions slowly calmed down, and her mind regained its calmness.
Demon? There are no such things as demons in the world, even if this is ancient times.
That thing in the water... yes, that reflection, it's herself!