Chapter 143 Promise You to Him as His Mistress
"Get out of my way!"

When Qu Yinfeng saw Xu Yuping kneeling on the ground and hugging her thighs tightly, she not only did not feel soft-hearted, but became even angrier.

Perhaps, even she herself did not realize that the main reason why she was so cruel was because she was worried that she would lose her support, Li Guoqiang.

Or maybe she realized it herself, but was unwilling to admit this selfish idea.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be so angry about Xu Yuping wanting to stay at home.

At this time, Xu Yuping did not notice Qu Yinfeng's thoughts. She hugged Qu Yinfeng's thighs tightly, as if she was grabbing the last straw, and then said with a miserable face: "Mom, you are going to force me to die!"

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Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng fell silent.

No matter what, Xu Yuping was her own flesh and blood, born after ten months of pregnancy. How could she just watch Xu Yuping go to such a dead end?

What's more, based on her understanding of Li Guoqiang, she knew that if she really drove Xu Yuping away, it would definitely leave a very bad impression on Li Guoqiang.

Thinking of this, she struggled violently in her heart, and finally said angrily: "Okay, I won't chase you away, you get up first!"

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Xu Yuping was slightly stunned, then looked up at Qu Yinfeng with some doubt, fearing that if she let go, Qu Yinfeng would chase her out.

"What?"

Seeing this, Qu Yinfeng's face darkened, and then she said unhappily, "Do you still want me to help you up myself?"

"no!"

Xu Yuping's heart tightened, and then she quickly shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant."

As she said that, she quickly got up from the ground, and then asked with some concern: "Mom, are you really not going to chase me away?"

"Humph!"

Qu Yinfeng snorted coldly, then said with disgust: "I wanted to chase you away, but I can't chase you away, right?"

"Mom, I know I was wrong, please forgive me!"

Xu Yuping lowered her head slightly, then pursed her lips and begged for mercy with some embarrassment.

"okay!"

Qu Yinfeng waved her hand, and then said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense to me. If you really don't want to get married again, I can ask your uncle Fu for help and see if we can transfer your household registration back. Then we can live together in the future."

"But you have to promise me that when I get old, you will help raise Dani and find a good family for her."

"How about it? Can you do it?"

"can!"

Xu Yuping was delighted when she heard this, and then nodded quickly and agreed, "I will definitely do it, don't worry!"

"Ok!"

When Qu Yinfeng heard Xu Yuping's answer, she did not feel very happy, and even felt a little depressed.

Compared to letting Xu Yuping stay to take care of Xu Dani, she certainly would rather entrust Xu Dani to Li Guoqiang.

But as Xu Yuping's mother, she really couldn't just watch Xu Yuping become desperate and do nothing.

In desperation, she could only reluctantly give up the good life brought by Li Guoqiang, and prepared to suffer with Xu Yuping and raise Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani together.

"correct!"

After Xu Yuping's joy, she quickly thought of Li Guoqiang, and asked hurriedly: "Mom, what about Qiangzi? What about him?"

"Look what you said!"

Qu Yinfeng glanced at Xu Yuping, and then said unhappily: "You have been staying in this house, what else can we do? We can only let him move out by himself."

"That"

Xu Yuping was slightly stunned, then asked worriedly: "If he moves away, will he still help our family in the future?"

She knew that the reason why her family could live such a good life now was entirely because of Li Guoqiang.

If Li Guoqiang stopped helping her family, then for just her and Qu Yinfeng, let alone the two women, it would be great if they could ensure that they did not starve to death, let alone live a good life.

Therefore, she naturally hoped that Li Guoqiang would continue to help their family in the future.

"What?"

When Qu Yinfeng heard Xu Yuping's question, her brows furrowed suddenly, and she asked angrily, "You've already driven them away, and you still want them to help you?"

"Why are you so shameless? Aren't you afraid of people poking your spine?"

"It's only because Qiangzi is kindhearted. If it were someone else, let alone vacating the house for you to live in, it's doubtful whether you can even enter this house."

"Anyway, I don't have the face to ask Qiangzi to take care of our family anymore, so you'd better give up on this idea!"

"I"

Xu Yuping opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Then, she thought of the delicious bone and meat noodle soup she had eaten last night, the hot bath she took last night, Li Guoqiang's handsome face, Li Guoqiang's calm and warm eyes, and the heartwarming scene of Li Guoqiang telling stories to Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia. The shameful thoughts that had been suppressed in her heart suddenly emerged like wild grass after rain.

Then, she gritted her teeth, her voice trembling slightly, and said softly: "Mom, how about... how about letting me go and warm Qiangzi's bed, so that he can always take care of our family."

"Anyway, I haven't gotten pregnant in all these years, so there's no need to worry about anything going wrong."

"That's right, I just don't know if he wants me?"

"you"

Qu Yinfeng was startled when she heard this, but she quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice, "Have you thought it through?"

"Ok!"

Xu Yuping nodded, and then said with a flushed face: "I have thought about it. Qiangzi has done so much for our family. Apart from this method, I can't think of any other way to repay him!"

Hearing this, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but think about it carefully in her mind, and then she soon realized that the method Xu Yuping mentioned was indeed the only way for them to continue to maintain a good relationship with Li Guoqiang.

However, what worries her is whether Li Guoqiang is willing.
After all, Xu Yuping is more than ten years older than Li Guoqiang! As she thought about it, she suddenly thought of her granddaughter Zhu Caixia, and then asked hesitantly: "Ping'er, do you think we can marry Xiaoxia to Qiangzi?"

"This"

Xu Yuping was slightly stunned, then frowned and said, "This doesn't seem right! Xiaoxia is only 14 years old, isn't it too early to get married now?"

"Besides, do you think a man as capable as Qiangzi would be interested in a little girl like Xiaoxia? We can't let Qiangzi wait four or five years before marrying Xiaoxia, right?"

"Fine!"

When Qu Yinfeng heard what Xu Yuping said, she was immediately disappointed, then nodded and sighed, "Then let's do as you said just now. I will find an opportunity to test Qiangzi's attitude in the next two days to see what he thinks."

"If he really wants to, I will promise you to him as his mistress. If he doesn't want to, we can't force him. You will just have to live a hard life with me from now on!"

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Xu Yuping nodded hurriedly and agreed, "I'll listen to you."

After saying this, she felt a little embarrassed but more than that, she was looking forward to it.

Just as she was thinking about how she could be with Li Guoqiang without being discovered if Li Guoqiang agreed to this, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the house, and then saw Li Guoqiang pushing open the door and walking in.

"Auntie, Sister Yuping, you are all here! I just happen to have something to discuss with you."

Li Guoqiang saw Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping standing at the door, and without thinking much, he quickly greeted them.

"What is it?"

Qu Yinfeng smiled slightly, then asked softly.

“It’s about me building a house.”

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly replied, "I just went to discuss building a wooden house with Uncle Fu! He said that we educated youth cannot build our own houses somewhere else now. We need to wait until the spring of next year, and the brigade will build a unified educated youth site."

"So, he gave me an idea to tear down the shack next to our outhouse and then build a wooden house."

"At that time, as long as we don't break through the wall and each of us has a separate door to go in and out, we won't have to worry about people gossiping."

"What do you think of this idea?"

"Oh my goodness!"

After hearing what Li Guoqiang said, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but praise with joy on her face: "This is a really great idea. Why didn't I think of doing this before?"

At the same time, Xu Yuping also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said happily: "Great, in this case, Qiangzi, you don't have to move away!"

"Row!"

Seeing that Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping both agreed with this idea, Li Guoqiang nodded and said, "Then I will go and tear down the shack, and then go to the mountains to cut some wood."

"Also, when Uncle Fu's family built a house and built a kang a few years ago, they just happened to have some fire bricks and cement left over, which is almost enough for me to build a fire pit."

"If everything goes well, it won't take long before I can move in."

After saying that, he turned and walked out, ready to start the demolition project.

"Qiangzi, let me help you!"

Seeing this, Xu Yuping hurriedly shouted something, then took a step forward and followed.

When Qu Yinfeng saw this, she immediately stopped and planned to let Li Guoqiang and Xu Yuping be alone together to cultivate their relationship. This way, it would be easier for her to talk to Li Guoqiang about that matter later.

Soon, Li Guoqiang took Xu Yuping, carrying a shovel, hoe, hatchet, axe and other tools, and came to the slightly dilapidated shack next to the outer room and took a closer look.

This shack was originally used to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep, rabbits and other poultry and livestock, but due to an incident at home, it has been abandoned for many years.

Not only was there several holes in the roof, but even the wooden frame used for support had been somewhat eaten away. It seemed as if the entire shack could be knocked down with just a simple push.

After observing carefully for a while, Li Guoqiang did not waste any more time and ran directly to the courtyard wall behind the shack, taking a wooden stick to push the support of the shack.

As he continued to exert force, the shack began to shake and finally collapsed.

Then, he and Xu Yuping cleaned out all the rotten wood one by one and piled them on the open space on the other side.

By the time they finished their work, it was already noon.

Seeing this, Qu Yinfeng hurried over and called them into the house to eat, and gave the task of bringing hot water and a towel for Li Guoqiang to wash his face and hands to Xu Yuping.

When Li Guoqiang sat on the kang and watched Xu Yuping wring out the hot towel she handed him, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand and said, "Sister Yuping, I can do it myself!"

After saying that, he reached out to take the towel, wiped his face carefully, and then just as he was about to put the towel into the basin to wash it, Xu Yuping suddenly reached out and snatched it away.

He looked at Xu Yuping's determined look, was slightly stunned, and then said nothing, letting Xu Yuping wring the towel again and hand it to him.

At this time, he just thought that Xu Yuping wanted to express her gratitude and apology to him in this way, and he never expected that the other party had already entered the role of concubine in advance.

After a while, he washed his face and hands under Xu Yuping's attentive service, and then sat in the main seat, eating the chicken stewed with mushrooms made by Qu Yinfeng with a very comfortable look on his face.

Xu Yuping and Zhu Caixia, mother and daughter, were not as reserved as they were last night and they enjoyed their meal very much.

Zhu Caixia even dared to snatch the chicken leg from Xu Dani, as if she had completely changed into a different person.

After finishing his meal, Li Guoqiang took a short rest, then took his hatchet and pulled the sled to the back mountain.

Since the wooden house he was building was only a temporary residence, he did not go out of his way to look for good wood. He just found a small forest and started working with a hatchet.

Originally, Xu Yuping wanted to come with him, but in order to use the small world to transport wood and get the rewards from Jin Die, he could only find an excuse to let Xu Yuping stay at home and be responsible for leveling the ground.

Before long, he had chopped down 10 trees, then trimmed off the branches and got 100 logs and more than kilograms of firewood.

Then he piled all the firewood on an open space at the foot of the mountain to dry slowly, and then used a sled to pull 60 pieces of wood home in batches.

By the time he finished his last trip, it was already completely dark and he was extremely tired.

In fact, if he didn't need to avoid people discovering Jin Dad's secret, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. He could just ask Xu Guangfu to help call some people to come over to work and then pay them some wages.

When Xu Yuping saw that Li Guoqiang brought back so much wood in just one afternoon, she was immediately impressed by his strong working ability, and then she hurriedly served Li Guoqiang the prepared food and warmed liquor.

Then, without even bothering to eat, she ran directly to the bathhouse and boiled a large pot of hot water so that Li Guoqiang could eat and drink his fill and take a good hot bath. She completely took care of Li Guoqiang as if he were her man.

(End of this chapter)