When Kapok returned home, Li Xiufeng and Qu Xiangming were sitting in the living room waiting for her.

"Kapok, are you back? The meal is ready, go sit and eat" Li Xiufeng got up and pulled Kapok to the table.

"Xiang Ming, come too!" After the two sat down, they called Qu Xiangming again.

"Okay!" Qu Xiangming responded, and came over and sat down as he spoke.

"Godmother, Qu Xiangming, why do you always wait for me to eat! Seeing that I didn't come back, you should eat by yourself first, I won't starve myself after all" Kapok said a little angrily, every time they care about themselves so much, they always feel a little unbearable.

"We're not hungry anyway, so it's okay to wait for you! Besides, there is no point in one less person, so eat it! I make spicy chicken, aren't you the most greedy for this! Li Xiufeng smiled and said, picked up the spicy chicken and sent it to the bowl of kapok.

"Yes! Kapok, don't think about it, eat quickly," Qu Xiangming said and added some other dishes to the kapok bowl.

"I'm sorry! I won't go home late in the future, I'll definitely come back early" Kapok said very movingly, in order not to let the closest people wait for him, he should also come back early, not to mention how warm the people who are waiting for themselves are.

"Hmmm! Eat it! Li Xiufeng said.

"There is so much nonsense" Qu Xiangming ruined this warm atmosphere very unfunny.

"Hey~ just your mouth," Kapok scolded.

"I don't speak! Eat" Qu Xiangming lowered his head and chopped rice vigorously.

"Don't make a fuss about you two! Eat obediently," Li Xiufeng said as the head of the family.

"Got it, who told him to talk a lot!" Kapok said innocently.

"By the way, godmother, do you still have money in your hand? I won't give you some more" Kapok remembered, recently buying vegetables, rice, and meat, these were all bought by Li Xiufeng in the village, and he was afraid that she would not have enough money, so he asked.

"Enough, a lot! Rest assured! It's not enough, I'll get it from you."

"Then godmother, don't be reluctant to use it! Buy whatever you want, if you don't have enough money, look for me" Kapok didn't want Li Xiufeng to be too frugal, and several times I saw that Li Xiufeng liked something but never bought it, obviously reluctant to pay.

"I will, don't worry!" Li Xiufeng gave a reassuring look.

After the three of them finished eating, Kapok cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Qu Xiangming moved in the yard to eliminate food, Li Xiufeng burned the footwashing water, and after Kapok finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, the footwashing water was also hot, because of ancient customs, Kapok and Li Xiufeng poured water to wash their feet after washing their feet.

It was dark and oppressive, and there was no entertainment, so several people went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, Kapok got up as usual, and after breakfast, Zhang Yan came, and Kapok and Li Xiufeng warmly entertained her.

"Sister Zhang Yan, do you have time to come to me? Busy man," Kapok quipped.

"Why don't you welcome me?" Zhang Yan smiled and reached out to pat the kapok.

"Why! How's that! Welcome! Kapok replied with a grin.

"You two sisters talk slowly, I'll feed the horses" Li Xiufeng doesn't like to mix with their children.

"Okay, auntie"

"By the way, why don't you see Gongzi Qu?" Zhang Yan asked suspiciously.

"I know you're not coming to see me, wait, I'll call him, he's in the house" Kapok deliberately teased Zhang Yan.

"Good! Then I'll sort out my emotions," Zhang Yan said with a slightly red face.

Kapok, entered the guest bedroom and brought Qu Xiangming out.

"Kapok, what are you telling me to do when I sleep well?" Qu Xiangming said with a hazy yawn.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, you know sleep, there are guests coming, you help me entertain" Kapok taught Qu Xiangming a lesson.

"Okay, okay! You women are trouble," Qu Xiangming waved his hand helplessly.

"Qu Gongzi" Zhang Yan saluted politely.

"Hmmm! Miss Zhang," Qu Xiangming replied.

"Oops! You two are really funny, and Miss Zhang, the son of Qu! It's really awkward, just call it by name" Kapok felt unnecessary, and it was not the first time they met and met for the first time.

Because Kapok's ideas are different from those of ancient women, the two are also accustomed to Kapok's words and style of doing things, but they just smile and don't speak.

"Qu Xiangming, there is no firewood at home, you can help me chop some firewood! Sister Zhang Yan, go with you! Didn't you say last time that you hadn't been up the mountain for a long time and wanted to go and see it? I won't go with you today if I have something to do, okay? Kapok wanted to take this opportunity to let the two of them be alone, and if there was no chance, they would create opportunities.

"Okay!" Zhang Yan was naturally happy.

"Miss Zhang, is it okay to be a woman? Or maybe it's still at home! The road on this mountain is not easy to walk," Qu Xiangming asked very gentlemanly, not thinking too much.

"Okay! I've been up the mountain, and we don't pay attention to the people in the countryside, so we can go anywhere," Zhang Yan hurriedly responded.

"That's good! Let's go! Qu Xiangming said and went to the back basket to get a machete.

With that, the two walked out slowly, and Kapok looked at the backs of the two and grinned.

"Slow down, you two! Qu Xiangming cut more, don't be in a hurry to come back," Kapok shouted with a smile.

"Okay!"

Qu Xiangming and Zhang Yan walked slowly, neither of them spoke, and they didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere was very awkward.

"Qu Gongzi, I heard that Kapok said that you are leaving, when is it?" Zhang Yan said casually on a topic.

"I'm not sure either, look! When the time comes, I'll go," Qu Xiangming said confusedly, with a slight melancholy tone in his tone.

"Oh, can I see you off when you're gone?" Zhang Yan asked nervously, for fear that Qu Xiangming would not agree.

"Yes! It's good to have a friend to send it," Qu Xiangming said gently.

"Why friends?" Zhang Yan asked a little sadly.

"Yes! You are a good friend of Kapok, that is also my friend of Qu Xiangming" Qu Xiangming didn't understand the meaning, and thought it was because he understood the meaning.

"Oh!" Zhang Yan said in a somewhat depressed mood, and when she thought about what Li Xiuniang and Kapok told her, she instantly cheered up and smiled.

"What are you laughing at? It's so stupid" Qu Xiangming looked at Zhang Yan with some amusement.

"Nope! I just figured something out," Zhang Yan said with some embarrassment.

"Oh! Then you're kind of funny."

"Really? I think so too," Zhang Yan said unceremoniously, causing Qu Xiangming to laugh.

"Sure enough, he is a friend of Kapok, and his temperament is endearing," Qu Xiangming said.

"This is the second time you've mentioned Kapok, can we not mention her? I'm me, she's her, I'm her friend, but I don't want you to describe me like that" Zhang Yan looked at Qu Xiangming very seriously and said, the light in her eyes almost made Qu Xiangming unable to take her eyes off, such a woman is the second time Qu Xiangming has seen her.

"Okay," Qu Xiangming said unconsciously.

The two chatted with each other, and soon reached the halfway up the hill, Zhang Yan took the machete, and cut the dry firewood in the half-back basket after a while under Qu Xiangming's shock.

"No, Miss Zhang, you have ...... speed and strength" Qu Xiangming said in surprise, in his eyes, women are all beautiful women who do not go out of the door and do not touch the spring water, and there are already many women with heroic personalities like Kapok, not to mention that Zhang Yan looks very gentle, and she does all kinds of physical work inside, so Qu Xiangming was very surprised.

"Hehe, don't make a fuss, I've been doing these jobs since I was a child" Zhang Yan said indifferently, the children of the peasant family all grew up like this, but the relationship between doing more and doing less is the same.

"I still admire you, I'll chop the remaining half of the basket of firewood, you rest" Qu Xiangming didn't want to be looked down upon by others, so he took the machete with great interest, although the power was there, but the speed was slow, Zhang Yan was guiding on the side.

It had been a long time since the basket was filled with firewood, and Qu Xiangming was sweating profusely.

"I'll wipe your sweat" Zhang Yan gently picked up a handkerchief to wipe Qu Xiangming's sweat, because Qu Xiangming was quite tall, Zhang Yan had to stand on tiptoe to be able to, Qu Xiangming stared at Zhang Yan's face in a daze, seeing that she frowned because she couldn't wipe her height, and saw her smile happily after wiping it, her teeth were white like pearls, her skin was also white, and her body had a faint fragrance, Qu Xiangming's heart was pounding.

"Okay," Zhang Yan said after wiping the handkerchief.

"Oh!" Qu Xiangming retracted his mind and replied.

"Let's go! It's not safe on this mountain," Zhang Yan was afraid of encountering any danger.

"Hmmm! Okay" Qu Xiangming picked up the basket as he spoke, and the two of them prepared to go back.

The road back was relatively rugged, both of them walked very slowly, Qu Xiangming walked in front, Zhang Yan was behind, and finally the two of them reached the bottom of the mountain.

"Alas! Don't move," Zhang Yan suddenly stopped Qu Xiangming.

"What's wrong?" Qu Xiangming turned his head to look at Zhang Yan suspiciously.

"You have a poisonous spider on your neck, this kind of spider my eldest brother taught me to recognize, it is poisonous to bite, don't move, I'll pick it off for you" Zhang Yan said and grabbed the spider with his hand, but the spider climbed up Zhang Yan's palm, and then bit the palm, Zhang Yan was in pain, "Hiss!" "Yes.

"Are you alright?" Qu Xiangming asked worriedly, she was helping herself to catch the poisonous spider bitten, so she didn't want her to have anything to do.

"It's okay, let's go back! There should be a poisoning reaction after a while," Zhang Yan was relatively calm.

"Okay, I'll hold you"

"No, you're carrying firewood on your back! I'm okay myself," Zhang Yan postponed.

"Oh well! Can't hold on and tell me."

"Yes, I see"

So, the two of them quickly rushed to Kapok's house, and finally arrived at the gate, Zhang Yan fell to the ground with a bang, it seems that this spider is quite poisonous, and it has worked so quickly.

Qu Xiangming hurriedly threw the back basket aside, picked up Zhang Yan and ran to the small courtyard.

"Kapok, come out quickly, Miss Zhang is injured" Qu Xiangming shouted, and Kapok ran out when he heard the voice.

"What's going on?" Kapok asked with a puzzled face.

"She's been bitten by a poisonous spider, bring your ancestral potion and feed her it"

"Okay, you take her to the bed first, I'll go back to the bedroom to get the potion" Kapok said and went upstairs, Qu Xiangming carried Zhang Yan into his room.

Waiting for Kapok to take the spiritual spring water and give it to Zhang Yan to drink, Qu Xiangming gave a sigh of relief.