Sun hwa oblivious to the Wang family chaos carefully wrapped the dumplings she had taken so much time to prepare
The filling was made of seasoned manually grinded pork meat and some chopped pork fat with some finely chopped cabbage, leek, bokchoy and scallions mixed into it seasoned with grated ginger, garlic, soy sauce and a bit of chicken stock
All of which was well seasoned and wrapped into the thin dumpling skin which was made from wheat flour, a pinch of salt and water
Once done wrapping each dumpling into a masterpiece, she arranged it all neatly in the steamer them covered it up and added more logs to the fire before downing a bowl of cold water
Then she wiped the sweat from her face using her sleeve and frowned hearing knocks at the door
"Who is it?" She frowned slightly as she walked to the door
"Sister hwa" the voice outside the door was soft, barely audible but hearing the voice even without seeing the person brought back memories
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"Rouxi, you really think I'm pregnant" the massive sun hwa had asked with watery eyes having just retched for the nth time
"Mm, Rouxi's mother is a physician and the signs you have shows that you are pregnant sister hwa
It's a pity to be pregnant for the rouge fifth son
Such a beauty like you wasted" Rouxi sighed helplessly as she handing sun hwa the water bowl to rinse her mouth with
"I didn't want to betray brother Ji" sun hwa tears fell nonstop
The thought of her being pregnant broke her heart greatly
The promise she had made to brother Ji to remsin pure for him
If her father hadn't been involved in several corrupt vices they wouldn't have had to flee Beijing overnight
Brother Ji had promised to come find her and she had waited for half a year already
But she believed he'd come for her and when he did
How would she explain marrying a stranger and carrying a man's seed
"Sister hwa, there's a way to get rid of the child but for your sake
It's dangerous" Rouxi had whispered this thoughts into sun hwa's ear
Whose eyes widened in shock
"Sister Rouxi, you're willing to help me" sun hwa bit her lips as she grabbed Ruoxi's hands in fear of the latter changing her mind
"Why would I lie to you sister hwa, the one I care the most is you
But I'm also scared for you
Fifth son is a bad man but the child is innocent" Rouxi whimpered pitifully
"It's bad enough he forced himself on a woman but running away overnight
Sister hwa has a bright future, can already recognize characters
Can if take the college examinations in a few. Years and get into university" Rouxi cried softly which broke sun hwa's heart thinking about her situation
"I want to get rid of the child" she had said in finality making Ruoxi's lips curl slightly
That night under the covers of darkness, Ruoxi's had met sun hwa in their usual spot and handed sun hwa a thick black horrible looking paste
"This…." Sun hwa frowned seeing the terrible looking paste
"Drink up quickly once the child continues to grow it would be impossible to get rid off" Ruoxi gave her candid advice and the original sun hwa downed the content of the bowl in one goal not even blinking at the bitter taste
Seeing her down the content of the bowl in one gulp, Ruoxi smiled in satisfaction
"It taste horrible" sun hwa Dey heaved
"I should get going now, in case the other household cause trouble with you
Jump into the well
My brothers will save you quickly, if you jump the old matriarch wouldn't dare slight you anymore" Ruoxi left those words before running off
Unknown to her just as sun hwa return to the room
Her stomach churned painfully so much that she threw up all the medicine she had just drank
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Sun hwa unlatched the door revealing a dark skinned thin young girl
"Sister hwa, I was so worried about you" Ruoxi dove into sun hwa's arms once the door opened with tears and snot covering her face which made sun hwa frown
She had to admit to the fact that the original owner was stupid
Keeping such a green snake by her side
It was no wonder she ended her own life due to her foolishness
Sun hwa had no special feelings for this Ruoxi hence she decisively pushed Ruoxi away
However Ruoxi feeling sun hwa was angry only continued to cry pitifully
If anyone didn't know better they'd think sun hwa had bullied her
And with them standing just outside the door the village folks couldn't help glancing over every now and then
But sun hwa wasn't bothered the least bit about Ruoxi throwing a tantrum
"I know you're angry sister hwa, let's go inside and talk things out" as if realizing where she was Ruoxi quickly wiped her eyes and prepared to walk in but sun hwa didn't budge her eye were fixed coldy on Ruoxi without a hint of the familiar warmth
"Why are you here?" She asked directly with both arms crossed over her chest
"Sister hwa…." Ruoxi's voice broke like she was about to cry again but sun hwa's cold faze didn't soften
Let a vixen into her house
Hell no
All the original owners silver and hood things had been snatched away by this stupid woman
Though the original owner had nothing from her family
But her cheap husband had left her enough for her to get by!
"Let's talk inside sister hwa" Ruoxi quickly wiped her eyes and smiled widely
Sniffing the faint aroma in the air, she was even more eager to go into the house
"I didn't invite you to my house , why then are you here Ruoxi?
Are you also eyeing my things hoping I would not live well?" Sun hwa's voice was deliberately loud enough for the whole street to hear making Ruoxi scamper in panic as she tried to cover sun hwa's mouth
But how would sun hwa allow those filthy hands to touch her
"Sister hwa, I know you're mad but slandering is bad
You can be charged in the police station for slandering someone" Ruoxi gritted her teeth in anger, wishing she could flay sun hwa alive
"What you don't eye my things? Then why are you here uninvited,
We aren't close are we?" Sun hwa tilted her head up high awaiting Ruoxi's reply
No one knew about her friendship with Ruoxi of the Liang family as Ruoxi had always met the original owner in secret
"I over stepped" seeing the village folks paying more attention to their interaction Ruoxi swallowed and stepped back
To this sun hwa have a small smile and shut the front door not bothering about Ruoxi and instead whereby about her own things
Anticipating the giggles of Jinyi's kids as they are the dumplings
And by the time Jinyi's third household arrived the sun had dipped
"You didn't have to do so much" Jinlong blushed seeing the table of dumplings and side dishes made from steamed spinach and blanched seasoned cabbages and scrambled eggs
"If you're giving food, you eat" madam Zhou's chopsticks hit his forehead and he lowered his head to eat though his face reddened he continued to eat
"The dumplings are so delicious fifth aunt" the eldest An Ning grinned widely stuffing her mouth full with dumplings so much she looked like an adorable hamster
"If it's so delicious, eat more and study hard to give fifth aunt good results" sun hwa chuckled
"I'll ask study hard and get good results too" An ping the second patted her chest as she made her bold declaration
"You are only two" Jinlong couldn't help laughing out loud watching both his daughters
"Xiao yu also wants to study hard" the patriarch chuckled seeing his youngest granddaughter abandon nibbling on scrambled eggs and dumplings
But instead begun blabbing incoherent words fiercely so much that her chubby white face flushed red
The whole family burst into laughter seeing the three adorable little ones blabbling
"The dumplings are indeed delicious" madam Zhou nodded as she ate, her eyes fixed on the little ones who kept eating nonstop
She was sure they'd all fall asleep once their heads touched the kang
And true to her words the little ones didn't go back with the elders that night instead they slept in the side room of the house unwilling to follow their parents back
Which made the whole family laugh so much their stuffed stomach's hurt
Jinyi helped clean the dishes after which she handed sun hwa a large bundle of hand made sweet potato noodles which was different from the wheat flour noodles sun hwa had bought from the market
"Thanks for the meal" the family thanked her repeatedly and knowing they wouldn't back down unless she accepted their offering
Sun hwa accepted and saw them out after which she see her bath
Scooped out some hot water and went to bath before changing into her inner clothing' and laying on the warm kang to sleep
Tucking herself into the warmth of the sun dried quilt and in no time she drifted off to sleep