Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

"how about you?"

In the room, after Nan Jinming made the bed for Chu Xiaoran, he was about to leave the room holding a thin quilt.

Nan Jinming curled his lips and smiled carelessly, "I'll go to the next room to sleep. We can't sleep in the same room alone. If it gets out, it will ruin your reputation."

This is the way the world is. Men have a low status, so my father was frustrated and was trapped in the rules of the church all his life. He couldn't get out or break out of the cage. He was locked in a deep wall, and the shackles that he couldn't escape crushed him layer by layer.

When Chu Xiaoran came to his senses, Nan Jinming had already left the room and closed the door. He also considerately left a dim oil lamp in the room.

"Father……"

The next day

Nan Jinming got up early, rummaged around in the utility room for a while, and then took two wooden boards and put them together to make a simple bed.

Last night I made do with a haystack and got by for the whole night. Today I made a bed for it so I don't have to live in shabby conditions.

When Nan Jinming came out of the utility room after finishing his work, he saw Nan Chenliang standing outside the yard fence with a package in his hands.

"Chenliang, why are you here so early? I haven't made breakfast yet."

Nan Jinming was joking with a smile, and there were some dust stains on his hands, which he casually wiped on his waist.

"Sister Jinming, my father told me to quickly send the clothes to my brother. It's not good for a man to wear women's clothes."

Seeing that she was at home, Nan Chenliang pushed open the fence and walked in without worry. The chickens and ducks in the yard were clucking happily, and they were generally happy to see Nan Chenliang coming.

"Thank you, uncle. Xiao Ran is in the room. I don't know if he's awake. It's not convenient for me to go in..."

Nan Jinmingzhuang seemed a little embarrassed, but fortunately Nan Chenliang was a smart man and immediately understood what she meant.

"Sister Jin Ming, go make breakfast and make mine as well. I came to your place so early in the morning and I haven't even had breakfast yet."

"Okay, okay, go ahead."

Nan Jinming showed his big front teeth and smiled foolishly, then turned and went into the kitchen, got some noodles, planning to cook them in the morning.

The smile that Nan Chenliang had on his face when he was talking to Nan Jinming was gone. He walked into the room with a gloomy face, his eyes fell on the bulge on the bed, his steps were heavy, and his slender fingers tightly grasped the package in his arms.

It was not until I arrived at the bed that I saw the person sleeping soundly. Her white face was delicate and attractive, and her dark eyelashes fluttered with her shallow breathing.

You vixen from the city, don’t even think about seducing Sister Jin Ming.

Nan Chenliang stretched out his hand to pull the quilt, but just as his fingers were about to touch the corner of the quilt, the man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and stared coldly at Nan Chenliang who was frozen in front of him.

"What do you want to do?"

Chu Xiaoran knocked down Nan Chenliang's outstretched hand. Nan Chenliang felt pain and retracted his hand behind his back.

"I'll bring you clothes."

Nan Chenliang's tone was not very good, and he stared coldly at Chu Xiaoran in front of him.

Chu Xiaoran obviously didn't believe it. He just noticed someone entering the room, and the footsteps didn't sound like Nan Jinming's. Until he heard the man's movements, he just wanted to see what tricks he was going to play.

"let it go."

Chu Xiaoran stood up, and as he moved, his already loose clothes slipped down, revealing his delicate collarbone and his fair, emaciated chest.

"How shameless!"

Nan Chenliang cursed softly and threw the clothes in his arms onto the bed.

"Mr. Nan is quite shameless. He entered the room so early in the morning without even knocking on the door? He really has good manners."

Chu Xiaoran didn't care about his gaze. He took off his shirt and took out a clean men's shirt from the package and put it on.

"you……"

"Mr. Nan, if you think what I said is wrong, you can ask Jin Ming to come and help us judge it later."

Nan Chenliang was most afraid of making Nan Jinming unhappy. Nan Jinming was the only one in the village who would protect him. Besides, there were very few young women who stayed in the village to farm like she did. They all went out to work. It was also close to Yuecheng, and many people in the village brought their husbands to work in Yuecheng.

Nan Chenliang had a gloomy face and was unwilling to say more to him. He knew that this man had a sharp tongue, but he didn't expect that he was not someone to be trifled with.

"Don't push your luck. This is Sister Jin Ming's home. When I marry him next year, you should get out of here."

"Of course, if you two can get married, I should also send you a gift."

"Humph!"

Nan Chenliang couldn't bear to see Chu Xiaoran's expression, so he stormed out of the room without even closing the door.

"Chenliang, what's wrong?"

Nan Chenliang's eyes turned red due to Chu Xiaoran's anger, but he tried hard to hold back the tears.

"Sister Jin Ming, it's okay. Some dust just fell from the eaves and landed in my eyes."

Nan Chenliang reached out and rubbed his eyes to prevent Nan Jinming from noticing his flaws.

"The noodles are ready. Is Xiao Ran awake?"

"I'm awake and changing clothes."

Nan Chenliang spoke reluctantly, he didn't know how many times he had slandered Chu Xiaoran in his heart.

We just met yesterday, why does Sister Jin Ming care about him so much?

That man's whereabouts are unknown. If his family members come looking for him, it will cause trouble for Sister Jin Ming, which would be annoying.

What an annoying guy! Don't let him get close to Sister Jin Ming.

"Miss Nan."

Nan Jinming looked over in the direction of the voice, and saw that Chu Xiaoran had already changed his clothes and was standing at the door. He was wearing light grey clothes that were a little too big for his body, so he tied a strip of cloth around his waist to secure the clothes.

"Is this dress too big?"

Nan Jinming looked him up and down for a moment, then turned around and placed the cooked noodles on the low table in the yard.

"It fits perfectly, not too big. Thank you, Brother Chenliang, for the clothes."

Nan Chenliang's face looked unhappy. He kept silent, took a rough bowl of noodles and came to the table to sit down.

"Chenliang, Xiao Ran is talking to you, why don't you reply?"

Nan Jinming scolded him, but he didn't really mean to say anything bad about him, but his tone sounded a bit blaming to Nan Chenliang's ears.

"I have nothing to say to him."

Chu Xiaoran lowered his eyebrows, looked at the ground, and said in a resentful voice: "Miss Nan, don't blame Brother Chenliang. It's my fault. I made him unhappy."

Nan Jinming looked at Chu Xiaoran's modest and cautious appearance. Just as he was about to sit on the stool, he turned around and walked towards the door, pulling Chu Xiaoran's arm and walking towards the table.

Nan Jinming's rough fingers rubbed against the fabric of the clothes. Chu Xiaoran was used to it, but he was still startled when he felt the warmth from her palms, and then he regained his composure.

You are so good at pretending, Xiao Ran. You were not like this in the room just now.

"Come and sit down to eat noodles. Chen Liang is such a talkative person. If he has offended you in any way, I will apologize for him."

Nan Chenliang stopped talking, frowned, and looked at the two people who had already sat down. Chu Xiaoran was sitting opposite him, and he could clearly see a sneer on the corner of his mouth, not too light, just enough to hurt Nan Chenliang's eyes.

"Sister Jin Ming, why are you apologizing for me? I didn't do anything wrong."

"Okay, okay, you two should get along well. I have to go weed the fields later, so I might be back late."

Nan Jinming picked up the chopsticks and started to drink the noodles in the bowl on the table like crazy. The noodles were mixed with last night's leftovers, leeks and bacon, which tasted very fragrant, and there was still some uneaten meat in it.

Chu Xiaoran looked at the bowl of noodles on the table and held it in his hands. The etiquette he learned since childhood did not allow him to eat so recklessly and disrespectfully. He could only pick up the noodles and put them into his mouth bit by bit.

"Why are you pretending? Do you really think you are still a rich man?"

Nan Chenliang muttered something, picked up the bowl of noodles and started eating like Nan Jinming.

"..."

Chu Xiaoran didn't say anything. He didn't talk while eating or sleeping. Besides, he was always a man of few words. On weekdays, no one could talk to him except a few servants with whom he had a good relationship.

Later, after Chu Zixuan drove away several servants who were on good terms with him, he had no one to talk to, so he just shut up and never spoke again.

When did the Chu family have its own place?

Chu Zixuan now relied on his status as the eldest son to bully the Chu family. Whenever he was unhappy, he would come to the broken yard to cause trouble for him...

"Chenliang, what nonsense are you talking about? Your uncle has spoiled you."

Nan Jinming glared at Nan Chenliang and saw that he looked a little surprised. Then his eyes turned slightly red and tears began to flash in his eyes.

"..."

Chu Xiaoran was a little surprised at his acting skills. With such acting skills, it would be a waste of his talent if he didn't get involved in family feuds in wealthy families instead of staying in this remote and poor place.

"Okay, I won't say anything more about you. My mother told me to treat you like my own brother and not to be so rude in the future."

Nan Jinming's heart softened when he saw him like this. He picked up the chopsticks and fiddled with the bottom of the bowl, picked out a piece of bacon, and put it in Nan Chenliang's bowl.

"Yeah, I'll listen to Sister Jin Ming."

In fact, Nan Jinming put some leftover bacon in the three bowls. There was only one piece in his own bowl, which he now gave to Nan Chenliang.

Nan Chenliang's face turned slightly red, he knew that Nan Jinming picked up some meat for him because he loved him, but he would rather lie to himself that it was a love story between a man and a woman.

"..."

Chu Xiaoran was speechless and even felt that Nan Chenliang was being too sentimental. It was true that people who were deeply in love were unaware of themselves. Nan Jinming didn't seem to know what expectations his younger brother had of him.

"Okay, I'm done, you guys take your time eating."

Nan Jinming wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, pursed his lips, savored the taste of the noodles, turned around, walked to the eaves of the utility room, picked up a sickle, and was about to go out.

"Sister Jin Ming, I'll be waiting for you at home. Come back early for dinner."

"it is good!"

Nan Jinming opened the fence and walked out without even looking back.

"She doesn't seem to like you."

Chu Xiaoran looked at Nan Chenliang, who was younger than him, and expressed his opinion directly.

"What does it have to do with you? Sister Jin Ming and I have been childhood sweethearts. If she doesn't like me, could she like a poor kid like you?"

"Whatever you say."

After Chu Xiaoran finished the noodles in the rough bowl, he was about to reach out to take the bowl of noodles that Nan Jinming had just finished, but unexpectedly Nan Chenliang snatched the bowl away.

"I will help Sister Jin Ming wash her dishes. You don't need to help."

Chu Xiaoran looked indifferent. He stood up, walked towards the kitchen, scooped a spoonful of clean water from the water tank into the wooden basin, and started to wash.

Nan Chenliang finished the noodles in his bowl in two bites, then took Nan Jinming's bowl and went to the kitchen.

"Get out of the way when you're done washing."

Nan Chenliang's words were targeted, and Chu Xiaoran could understand it. After all, anyone would be furious if the person he had liked since childhood suddenly gave his attention to someone else.

Sometimes I feel that Nan Chenliang gets angry in front of me, and when he is angry, his face puffs up like a fat white bun.

"please."

Chu Xiaoran took out the bowl, turned it upside down on the table to let the water drip, then took two steps back to make room for Nan Chenliang.

"Why are you pretending? My sister Jin Ming is simple, can a man with a deep mind like you stay away from her?"

After hearing this, Chu Xiaoran knew that he had a deep misunderstanding of him.

"I didn't intend to do anything to your sister Jin Ming. She just happened to save me when I was injured, and I had nowhere else to go, so I stayed here temporarily."

After Chu Xiaoran finished speaking, he felt a little regretful. Why did he have to explain so much in front of Nan Chenliang? After all, the house now belonged to Nan Jinming, and Nan Chenliang was just a distant relative and they had no blood relationship.

"You'd better be sensible and keep your distance from Sister Jin Ming. If I find out that you seduced her one day, I will make sure you don't get into trouble."

"You don't learn well at a young age."

Chu Xiaoran said this and walked out of the kitchen. The air outside was filled with warm summer breeze, which blew across his neck, making him feel warm and comfortable.

"Jin Ming! Are you out weeding again?"

Chu Xiaoran, who had just arrived at the field and had not yet lowered his head, saw Aunt Ma coming over on the ridge carrying a dung bucket.

"Yes, the land has not been completely weeded yet."

"This corn is tender. Eat it quickly in the next two days, or it will become old later."

"Okay, where are you going?"

"It's on the northern slope. It's hard to grow anything there. I planted some vegetables and I carried manure to moisten them."

"That's a good thing. That piece of land is really not easy to grow crops on."

Nan Jinming talked to Aunt Ma for a few words, and Aunt Ma walked away with the dung bucket on her shoulder. Nan Jinming bent down and started weeding.

The sun came out early, so it's not very hot now. At noon, the sun will be so hot that it will kill people. Nan Jinming plans to clear the grass later and go into the back mountain to see if there is any game in the traps he dug, so that he can take it back home as a snack.

Now that there are more people in the family, cooking can’t be taken lightly. Looking at Chu Xiaoran’s skinny appearance, he must have suffered a lot.

Nan Jinming shook his head. Why did Chu Xiaoran’s face always appear in his mind?

The village where Nan Jinming is located is called Lai Fu Village, which is accessible in all directions. There is a mountain in the back which is where the hunters in the village hunt. There are many kinds of animals and game there, but everyone knows about recuperation and hunting game also depends on the season. Now is the breeding season, and there are very few hunters in the mountain.

Nan Jinming would not hunt any ferocious beasts. At most he would dig a hole and be thankful if he caught some rabbits or something.