TSWPF -Chapter 137 Disgusting

After looking over the chicken farm, Xiang Yunfei went to see the fish pond as well. He was still a little dazed. “Th-this… were all of these ideas thought up by your elder sister?”

That couldn’t be possible, right? How could a woman have such great ability?

But Li Qingning’s nod shattered his assumptions.

“Yeah, all of this was my sister’s idea.” Li Qingning lifted her little chin proudly as she answered.

Now he believed her sister was truly amazing, didn’t he?

Xiang Yunfei turned his head to look at Liu Zhimou, who was talking with someone. In his heart, he still found it a little hard to believe.

Liu Zhimou was so smart—surely these ideas had been his, with Li Qingling just managing them?

He had really never seen such a capable girl…

“What’s wrong?” After finishing his conversation, Liu Zhimou looked up and saw Xiang Yunfei staring at him. He raised an eyebrow and asked.

“Ziqian, were the chicken farm and fish pond really thought up by Qingling?” Xiang Yunfei asked.

Hearing this, Liu Zhimou nodded frankly. “Yes, they were all her ideas.” He knew many outsiders didn’t believe this was Li Qingling’s achievement, but the truth was exactly that. “She… is not an ordinary woman. Without her, forget about going to school—even making a living would have been a problem for me.”

Not only did he not feel ashamed about this, he even felt that being able to marry such a capable wife was a blessing in his life.

Of course, he had once felt a little awkward about it in the past, but after hearing what she said, those thoughts disappeared completely.

Xiang Yunfei stared at Liu Zhimou with his mouth wide open. He hadn’t expected to hear something like this.

This… completely contradicted the education he’d received since childhood.

His grandfather and father had always instilled in him the idea that men were the pillars of the family, that earning money to support the household was a man’s duty. Women didn’t need to worry about such things; they only needed to manage the inner household well.

But… Liu Zhimou’s situation was clearly not like that.

After coming here, the impact on him was simply too great—again and again he was left dumbfounded.

Liu Zhimou glanced at Xiang Yunfei and said calmly, “Close your mouth. A mosquito’s about to fly in.”

His family’s situation was special; it was hard for ordinary families to understand.

Silently closing his mouth, Xiang Yunfei looked at Liu Zhimou with a strange expression.
“Ziqian, so you’re basically being supported by your fiancée?”

“Yes, she supports me.” Liu Zhimou curled his lips into a smile. “No need to be jealous that I have such a good fiancée.”

He must have done many good deeds in his past life to be able to meet her.

Although Heaven took away his parents, it sent her to his side instead. Heaven hadn’t treated him too badly after all.

“…”

Xiang Yunfei sidled up to Liu Zhimou, put one arm around his shoulder, and asked in a low voice by his ear whether he ever felt uncomfortable, being supported by a fiancée more capable than himself.

Putting himself in that position, if he were supported by his fiancée, he would definitely feel like he’d lost face.

Liu Zhimou answered openly, “I am being supported by her. That’s a fact. Why would I feel uncomfortable?”

With a serious expression, he continued, “She works so hard for this family. If I felt uncomfortable about that, I’d really be worse than pigs and dogs.”

Outsiders didn’t know, but he knew very clearly how much Li Qingling had given for their family.

Such a good girl—he would never betray her in this lifetime.

Seeing Xiang Yunfei still looking conflicted, he said calmly, “Every family’s situation is different. You don’t need to tangle yourself up over it.” Someone like Xiang Yunfei, who had grown up in luxury, could never truly understand their circumstances.

So saying more was pointless…

“Want to go fishing?” To keep Xiang Yunfei from continuing to brood, Liu Zhimou simply changed the subject.

At the mention of fishing, Xiang Yunfei immediately tossed those worries to the back of his mind and nodded with a grin.

“Qingning, I’ll leave him to you.”

“Okay!” Li Qingning patted her little chest and answered loudly. “Come on, I’ll take you to dig earthworms!”

She grabbed Xiang Yunfei’s hand and hopped off to dig earthworms.

“What’s an earthworm? Why do we need to dig them?”

After coming to the countryside, Xiang Yunfei had turned into a child who knew nothing, curious about everything.

Li Qingning pouted. How was she supposed to explain that? An earthworm was just an earthworm—what else could it be?

“We dig earthworms to fish.” She shook off Xiang Yunfei’s hand, ran over on her short little legs to grab a small hoe, and excitedly ran to a patch of damp soil to start digging.

“Can you really find earthworms here?”

“Yes…” After just a few digs, Li Qingning unearthed an earthworm. She giggled happily. “Look, I found one!” She picked it up with her hand and showed it to Xiang Yunfei, scaring him into stumbling back several steps.

Staring at the earthworm wriggling in Li Qingning’s hand, he felt goosebumps rising all over his body.

Th-this… wasn’t this way too disgusting?!

How could such a tiny little girl be so bold?

Li Qingning glanced at him disdainfully. “Brother Yunfei, you’re way too timid. You’re scared of even an earthworm—tell me, what aren’t you afraid of?” With a plop, she tossed the earthworm into a small bowl and bent down to keep digging.

“…”

Xiang Yunfei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced a bitter smile. He was being looked down on again.

In the city, he feared nothing and dared to play with anything. But in the countryside, he was being despised again and again by this little runt.

It really hurt his pride!

Steeling himself, suppressing his disgust toward earthworms, he forced himself to step closer to Li Qingning. “Qingning, let me help you!”

He had to restore his image in front of this little runt—his tall, mighty image.

Li Qingning glanced at him, then stuffed the small hoe into his hand. “Alright, then you dig.”

She wanted to see whether he was just pretending to be calm.

Xiang Yunfei smiled at her and started digging with the hoe. Whether it was good luck or bad luck, he dug up an earthworm on his very first try.

He glanced at Li Qingning. Seeing no reaction from her, he gritted his teeth, shut his eyes, and reached out with two fingers, pinching the wriggling earthworm off the ground and quickly flinging it into the bowl.

The soft, damp sensation made goosebumps rise all over him again. This was really… really disgusting.

“Brother Yunfei, you’re amazing! Keep digging—we don’t have enough for fishing yet!” Li Qingning clapped her hands, praised him a bit, and then ordered him back to work.

Xiang Yunfei was completely helpless against this little runt and could only grit his teeth and keep digging.

By the end, after handling so many earthworms, he wasn’t even afraid of them anymore.

Seeing they had enough, Li Qingning finally spoke generously. “Alright, let’s go fishing.”

Finally, no more digging.

Xiang Yunfei wiped the sweat from his face and followed Li Qingning with a grin, asking her how to fish using earthworms.

It was a little embarrassing to say—this was his first time fishing.

After coming here, he really felt that countryside kids knew how to have fun.

These next few days, he was going to play properly with Li Qingning.

Li Qingning chuckled. “Brother Yunfei, watch carefully. It’s like this…”

With a snap, she tore the earthworm in half, threaded it onto the hook, and held the hook up in front of Xiang Yunfei. “Got it?”

Xiang Yunfei felt his stomach churn. Covering his mouth and frowning, he nodded.

“Good, then hurry up and do it!”

Li Qingning stood up, tossed aside the hook, and went off to eat candy, looking as if she had no intention of caring about Xiang Yunfei anymore.

Xiang Yunfei looked down at the earthworms. He flexed his fingers, but just couldn’t bring himself to do it.

He looked at Li Qingning for help. “Qingning, could you maybe…” Being worse than a little kid was really embarrassing.

Turning back to look at him, Li Qingning blinked and asked in confusion, “Brother Yunfei, did you forget again? It’s very simple. Tear the earthworm and hook it on.”

He felt like crying without tears…

Xiang Yunfei was on the verge of being bullied to tears by Li Qingning.

“Qingning, don’t bully people.” Liu Zhimou, who had just returned from looking around the pond, heard her words and knew she was being mischievous again.

Since Liu Zhimou had spoken, Li Qingning let out a small sigh and said, fine then.

She quickly fixed the hook for Xiang Yunfei and handed it to him. “When we catch fish later, we’ll grill them, and then go to the chicken farm and catch a couple of chickens to grill too.”

Thinking of the delicious grilled fish and chicken, she swallowed. “Brother Yunfei, whether we get to eat good grilled fish and chicken depends on your skills!”

Xiang Yunfei was a foodie to begin with. Hearing this, his mouth almost started watering.

He nodded vigorously, eyes fixed tightly on his fishing rod, afraid of missing a bite.

But even though he stared until his eyes nearly popped out, he didn’t catch a single fish.

Looking at the two fish Li Qingning had already caught, he felt utterly dejected.
He really was worse than a little kid—ahhh!

“Hahaha, another one!”

Li Qingning laughed loudly as she flung another fish up, grabbed it, and tossed it into the bucket. “Brother Yunfei, let’s go grill fish!”

“…”
He had no mood left.

Seeing Xiang Yunfei hanging his head in dejection, Li Qingning ran over and patted his shoulder. “Brother Yunfei, the first time I fished, I didn’t catch anything either. You’ll catch one next time—don’t be sad!”

She didn’t tell him that her first time fishing had been when she was three…

After her comfort, Xiang Yunfei’s mood improved a lot.

He tossed his fishing rod aside and, like good buddies, slung an arm around Li Qingning’s shoulder as they went off to grill fish together.

Watching them, Liu Zhimou shook his head helplessly and had someone go to the chicken farm to catch two chickens.

Seeing how skillfully Li Qingning cleaned the fish, Xiang Yunfei exclaimed in admiration,
“Qingning, you’re amazing.” You even know how to kill fish.

Being praised like that made Li Qingning float with pride. “Of course! Later I’ll let you taste my cooking. I guarantee you’ll want more after one bite.”

She’d learned these skills from her sister—she was very good at them.

“Mm, then I’ll be waiting,” he said.

Glancing up at him, Li Qingning pointed toward the mountain forest ahead. “Brother Yunfei, can you go pick up some firewood? We’ll need it to grill the fish.”

Xiang Yunfei answered with a “Sure,” then happily ran off.