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Chapter 156: Chapter 157 _1
Xu Clan twisted her slender waist, "I’m going to sleep for a while, you wash the bowls. If there’s nothing else, go and pull out the weeds in the vegetable garden, and plant some other vegetables."
"Okay, I’ll come back and do it after I pick up some firewood."
Tan Zhengyuan immediately agreed.
Widow Xu cursed silently, calling him useless, but outwardly she remained composed as she returned to her room.
Tan Zhengyuan washed the bowls, then leaned against the door to listen for a while. With no sound from outside, he sneaked out.
Ah, how had he fallen to the point where he was ashamed to show his face?
After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered Hu’s Clan and the two children; it seemed like a long time since he had been back.
He had taken all the silver coins from home; he had no idea how the three of them were managing.
Tan Zhengyuan hesitated for a moment, but still turned back.
No matter what, that girl was his own flesh and blood.
Just as he entered the courtyard, Tan Zhengyuan was lured by the aroma of meat; he had already forgotten why he had come back in the first place.
He lifted the lid of the pot, used chopsticks to fish out a piece of meat, placed it on a plate, and began eating next to the stove.
After just one bite, his eyes, which were usually dull, suddenly lit up; the meat was delicious!
The meat was stewed until tender, the flavor of the spices permeated the flesh, and each bite left a fragrant taste in the mouth.
Tan Zhengyuan squinted his eyes, eating with great satisfaction.
These days while staying at Widow Xu’s house, Widow Xu, who had a penchant for tasty food, also ate meat every few days.
But each time, there were only one or two slices of meat; when could he have such big chunks in one go?
It didn’t take long for him to polish off a big chunk of meat.
"If I had known, I wouldn’t have eaten so much at noon. Otherwise, I could have eaten another pound," Tan Zhengyuan grumbled discontentedly.
Humph, he had been worried that woman and the two kids would starve to death.
He hadn’t expected them to be living well at home, the sight of the big pot of meat was comforting.
Suddenly, Tan Zhengyuan remembered that there wasn’t a single child at home, so where had the silver coins come from to buy the meat?
In Tan Zhengyuan’s mind, what was in his house belonged to his house and couldn’t possibly belong to anyone else.
The next second, Tan Zhengyuan burst into the room, grabbed Hu’s Clan, who was napping, and beat her up fiercely, cursing as he did so.
"You harlot, now I see your true colors, you filthy thing! Can’t live without a man, can you?"
Hu’s Clan woke up, and seeing Tan Zhengyuan, her anger flared up.
She could endure his absence for such a long time, but she couldn’t stand being beaten up immediately upon his return.
"What are you going mad for? Let go of me!" 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Hu’s Clan struggled fiercely, but as Tan Zhengyuan was on top of her when she woke up, she was at a disadvantage and couldn’t free herself from his grip.
Enraged, Tan Zhengyuan didn’t hold back in his assault, and soon Hu’s Clan’s face was marked with bruises and purple welts.
