The next day, as usual, Yang Ruoqing took a detour to visit Bingbing at his house on the way back from sending Luo Baobao and the others to school in the morning.

At this time, Zhou Sheng had already woken up from the wine and was cooking porridge for Bingbing in the kitchen.

The kitchen is not big. The space between the pot table and the kitchen wall behind is only about one meter wide, and there is a water tank.

Zhou Sheng's tall body was squeezed in the middle, and he was hurriedly putting chopped sweet potato cubes into the boiling porridge, which made people feel even more cramped and cramped, making it difficult to turn around.

"Brother Zhou Sheng, are you not going out today?"

A pleasant female voice came into the kitchen. Zhou Sheng looked up and saw Yang Ruoqing standing at the door of the kitchen, smiling and joking.

Zhou Sheng blushed, remembering his ugly appearance yesterday, and immediately grinned, "I drank a few cups of cat urine yesterday and acted stupidly. I made you laugh. I won't do it again in the future."

Yang Ruoqing said: "We don't have anything to do with it. Men, it's not unusual to go out and drink wine to relieve worries."

"I just want to lie down on the table all night because I feel sorry for your family Bingbing. Fortunately, the soybean oil lamp on the table is held on an iron plate. Otherwise, if the oil lamp fell over and started to burn on the table, the consequences would be disastrous."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Zhou Sheng was also frightened and his face turned pale.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it almost caused a disaster." He whispered.

"Qing'er, thanks to you and Uncle Luo yesterday, otherwise, my Bingbing..."

Yang Ruoqing waved her hand, "Our family is in trouble right now. Most of the people in the village are alienated from my family. Brother Zhou Sheng, you are still walking around my family."

"If you are not afraid of being implicated, then it is reasonable for me to help take care of Bingbing. There is no need to thank you. Just say thank you and we will be happy," she said.

Zhou Sheng nodded, "Okay, then I won't thank you for your kindness."

Yang Ruoqing curled her lips.

Watching Zhou Sheng push the last piece of sweet potato into the pot, the piece of sweet potato still had the skin on it that had not been peeled off.

Moreover, if the sweet potato is cut too large and is pushed out of the pot, it will be difficult for the sweet potato's unique soft, glutinous and sweet taste to be perfectly integrated with the rice porridge in a short period of time.

"Brother Zhou Sheng, if you make sweet potato porridge next time, you can try putting the sweet potato cubes and washed rice into the pot together, so that the cooked taste will be very authentic." Yang Ruoqing raised her chin towards the pot and said.

"If you put it down like this, the porridge will be porridge, and the sweet potatoes will be sweet potatoes. If they can't be blended together, the texture will probably not be as soft, glutinous, and sweet."

"And the sweet potato skin must be peeled off, otherwise it will affect the taste."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Zhou Sheng looked at the things in the pot again and said with some embarrassment: "Hey, Bingbing's wife used to do all these jobs. I only learned to cook in the past six months.

"Don't mention the taste. It's good if it's cooked and eaten. I'm not afraid of your jokes, Qing'er. This is my first time cooking sweet potato porridge. I'm a novice! I'm a novice!"

Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but laugh.

"Brother Zhou Sheng, Sister-in-law Fengzhi has been gone for half a year. It's really not easy for you to be both father and mother by yourself," she said.

"Have you ever planned to find another one?" she asked again.

Zhou Sheng was startled when he heard this.

He sighed without making a sound, but covered the pot lid and walked around to the mouth of the stove. His tall body squatted in that narrow area with difficulty, picked up a handful of firewood and threw it into the stove.

The firelight inside the stove danced, reflecting the man's face, which was full of shields and tangles.

"What's up, Brother Zhou Sheng, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Youdao says that men should marry when they are young and girls should marry when they are young. In your situation, it is not easy to raise a child alone."

Yang Ruoqing continued, "Look, this sweet potato porridge can't be cooked thoroughly. If you go out to do things, you won't worry about Bingbing being alone at home."

"But if you don't go out and make money, father and son will starve again."

"If it doesn't work out, just find a woman to live with. You don't have to go to places like Goulan Courtyard to drink wine, waste money, and you still can't find someone who knows how to feel cold and hot. What do you think, brother Zhou Sheng?"

Facing Yang Ruoqing's question, Zhou Sheng lowered his head in shame.

But a muffled voice came over: "Qing'er, I understand everything you said. In fact, I haven't been to Goulan Courtyard in the past six months. I went there yesterday because I was obsessed..."

Yang Ruoqing interrupted Zhou Sheng and said, "Let's not talk about the Goulan Courtyard. Let's talk about your life-long events. Brother Zhou Sheng, what are your plans?"

Zhou Sheng said: "To be honest, I don't really want to find a woman to live with. There are two reasons."

"Qing'er, if you are willing to listen, I will chatter a few more words."

Yang Ruoqing rolled her eyes, "Sister Xindao, I'm standing here at the door and giving you so many mouthfuls of chicken soup for the soul. Isn't that why I'm here?"

"You tell me, I'm listening!" Yang Ruoqing said.

Zhou Sheng raised his head, glanced at Yang Ruoqing gratefully, and said in a muffled voice: "First of all, I'm scared. I'm scared in my heart."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that your newly married wife is a tigress and will eat you?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

Once upon a time, Fengzhi was a tigress.

Zhou Sheng shook his head, "I'm not afraid of tigresses. Bingbing Niang was a tigress in the past. At worst, I'll just listen to her and do whatever she wants."

"What I'm afraid of is that the newly married woman will follow Fengzhi's old path. I'm nice to her, but she'll think I'm incompetent, and then she'll hang out with men outside."

"For the sake of this family and the sake of my children, I can't bear to let her go. However, the feeling of being laughed at by others is really not good. No man would like it."

After hearing Zhou Sheng's words, Yang Ruoqing understood instantly.

It turned out that Fengzhi's two derailments left a psychological shadow on Brother Zhou Sheng. He was afraid of marriage and distrustful of his spouse, so he would rather go to Goulan Courtyard to spend money to vent his anger than get married back.

In this regard, Yang Ruoqing didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only sigh in her heart: What a pitiful man! An honest man is being bullied!

"Then let's talk about the second reason, what is it?" Yang Ruoqing asked next.

This time, Zhou Sheng raised his head and said with a wry smile: "What else can I do? It's an old tradition. I'm afraid the stepmother will treat Bingbing badly."

"I am a man who has to earn money outside to support my family. The children at home are left to women. If she scolds Bingbing, I will feel uncomfortable and feel sorry for Fengzhi."

Yang Ruoqing thought for a while and said: "Actually, whether the stepmother treats the children left behind depends on the individual."

"My third sister-in-law, Liu'er, treats my third brother's first child, Hong'er, as her own."

Zhou Sheng nodded, "Zhao is so virtuous that everyone in the village praises her. But I'm afraid I won't be lucky enough to marry such a broad-minded wife!"

Yang Ruoqing said: "So, when you choose someone, your eyes must be accurate."

"If you have that plan, then you should pay more attention to those around you from now on, or ask your seven aunts and eight aunts to help you keep an eye on them. If you find a suitable person and the person is not bad, then marry him. If the person's character is not good, his appearance is not good,
Chapter completed!