C8

When Shen Jingli returned home, it was almost dusk. Seeing the hoof prints on the door, he felt uneasy.

Their home was a run-down one in the village, so poor that there wasn't even a pile of trash. Normally, they wouldn't even bother to take a glance at the village's hooligans. With so many hoof prints on the door, they probably had bad intentions.

"Shen, how did you make that tofu you sold today?"

When Shen Jingli first entered this world, he discovered that there was no tofu in this world, thus he asked the Sister-in-law Chen for some beans and made them into tofu to sell. He wanted to earn some money and fix his old house, as well as take a few pieces of cloth and make some clothes for his family.

He made a few kilograms of tofu yesterday and went to the market with the Sister-in-law Chen today. As tofu was fresh, many people didn't want to make a small white mouse for a taste, so he set up a stall for a day and sold two of them. When it was late, he brought them back.

The Sister-in-law Chen actually trusted him a lot, and without hesitation, she had tasted his tofu. She felt that the tofu was very tender and tasty, and that the ingredients were easy to obtain.

Shen Jingli was worried that something might have happened at home and he didn't even hear Sister-in-law Chen's words. Sister-in-law Chen dragged him and asked again.

"Sister-in-law, I don't have time today. I'll tell you in detail another day." Shen Jingli replied as he hurriedly entered the house.

Sister-in-law Chen was a tactful person, she thought that Shen Jingli did not want to reveal his skills, so she did not ask further.

Shen Jingli went into the kitchen to put things away and wash his hands before entering the living room. Mu Jin and Mu Chen sat on the brick bed, both of their expressions were solemn.

"Did someone come to our house to cause trouble?" Shen Jingli thought, could it be that someone from the Mu Family had come to cause trouble again? Could it be that last time, he did not anger Mu Chen to death, and now, he wanted to use force and settle this once and for all?

After buying him, she took him to see a girl. That girl beat him up, scolded him, found someone to teach him how to seduce men, said that she wanted him to seduce Mu Chen, that he would seduce her, become the man's wife, and make Mu Chen into a joke.

"Nope." Mu Jin replied gloomily.

Looking at the situation, he knew that something was wrong. However, Shen Jingli also knew that it was impossible to know anything from the two of them, so he changed the topic and asked, "Did you guys eat lunch?"

He had just gone to the kitchen to put the food in, and seeing that the kitchen was clean and the lid untouched, he guessed that they had not eaten lunch.

The moment lunch was mentioned, Mu Jin's stomach rumbled as his face flushed red from embarrassment. He buried his head in his knees and said softly, "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry."

"Alright, I'll go and prepare dinner right away." Shen Jingli laughed lovingly, and caressed Mu Jin's head, "Come over and help me deliver the tofu to the Sister-in-law Chen next door."

"Alright." In the end, he smiled at Shen Jingli. After a while, he felt that something was not right and asked, "Sister-in-law, what is tofu?"

"It's a kind of food that is ground into a pulp with beans and then solidified into a lump." Shen Jingli explained in a simple manner. When he went out in the morning, he left two pieces of tofu ice in the well, intending to cook dinner for Sister-in-law Chen. However, he did not finish selling the tofu he brought out.

"So it's food." Mu Jin had no interest in how tofu was made, he only wanted to know if it was tasty.

Shen Jingli made grass fish tofu, fried a few cornmeal pancakes, fried some fern vegetables, and even cooked some porridge.

His family was poor, and the main ingredients such as the noodles and rice were on credit. He had always been reluctant to make white rice because he was afraid that he would be so poor that he could only eat sweet potatoes every day.

This was the first time Mu Jin had seen tofu, and the first time he had seen a piece of white tofu in a pottery pot. He licked his lips, and when Shen Jingli wasn't paying attention, he picked up a piece to eat, and the tofu was cooked just right.

"Sister-in-law, this tofu is so delicious." Mu Jin was born in a rather bitter life, and the moment he was born, Mu Chen immediately went to the front lines. His mother, Yufeng, was a soft and gentle person, and was basically not a match for his father's concubines.

In order to support their beloved concubine, they had to treat him and his son with extreme harshness. On the other hand, because Mu Jin was born prematurely, he had to eat Chinese medicine to recuperate his body, thus making him extremely weak.

He hadn't eaten many good things, so he was happy with a piece of tofu. Seeing that he liked to eat, Shen Jingli kept placing dishes of tofu, fish and fern into his bowl, afraid that he would get hungry.

"Eat more. Only after you've eaten your fill will you be in good health and be able to study properly." Shen Jingli truly felt sorry for Mu Jin, he had been an elder at home in his previous life, the older sisters had pampered him. Although the old man was very busy, he had treated him very well and had never suffered in front of him.

Shen Jingli's gaze was as gentle as water and in Mu Chen's eyes, the heart that had been still for a long time could not help but throb madly, a ripple appearing on it.