My Wife is the World’s Greatest Divine Martial General – Chapter 124

Chapter Sixteen Cooking

Upon learning that Mengyao Gu’s best friend had disappeared, Yu Gu stopped his work and quickly walked to the courtyard gate to welcome Mengyao Gu in.

When Mengyao Gu entered and saw Yu Gu, her already red eyes became even redder, and she began to sob, recounting the disappearance of Juan Liu.

It turned out that when Mengyao Gu and her group of friends gathered, Juan Liu was late, causing everyone to worry a lot.

When people were sent to look for Juan Liu later, they were told … she had disappeared in town yesterday afternoon!

This news was like lighting a powder keg, causing all the girls in the village to panic.

The last time a woman went missing in the village, Mengyao Gu hadn’t even spoken to her much, and she was already very worried. Now that her best friend Juan Liu was missing, Mengyao Gu was even more flustered and didn’t know what to do.

She didn’t expect that disappearances were becoming more and more frequent…

Seeing her husband Yu Gu at this moment, Mengyao Gu felt as if she had found her backbone. She poured out all her worries and fears, wanting to ask Yu Gu what to do next to find Juan Liu.

Facing Mengyao Gu’s dependent expression, Yu Gu was a bit conflicted, not knowing how to comfort his little wife. In Yu Gu’s mind, Juan Liu might not be found. Even several people had gone missing in town, and there was no clue yet. Let alone a village girl missing, it would be even harder to find.

However, Mengyao Gu’s current tearful appearance truly pained Yu Gu…

“Mengyao, there’s something I haven’t told you yet.”

“?”

“Didn’t I go to town before? Later, I noticed there were very few pedestrians on the street. Out of curiosity, I asked someone else… It turns out that not only were women missing in the village, but there had also been several such cases in town, leaving the authorities extremely distressed and without any clues.”

“Oh my god! Who is so brazen? To commit such evil deeds in broad daylight!”

Afterward, Yu Gu thought about it and decided to tell her the truth. It was better to avoid giving false hope and then letting Mengyao Gu face greater pain when disappointed. It was better to have a short pain than a long one, so Yu Gu couldn’t deceive Mengyao Gu now and let her think that the person could still be found.

However, Yu Gu didn’t speak directly. Instead, he first explained the situation in town to give Mengyao Gu a heads-up. If the authorities couldn’t solve the cases of women and children disappearing in town, let alone in the village…

Upon hearing the situation in town from Yu Gu, Mengyao Gu’s face showed shock, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes dripped down unconsciously. Seeing her helpless and pitiable appearance, Yu Gu quickly hugged his little wife and patted her back to comfort her.

After Mengyao Gu’s emotions stabilized a bit, she was no longer as flustered as before and gradually calmed down. Mengyao Gu was naturally a calm person, but when people she knew were involved, she tended to become flustered. If her best friend disappeared, it was like this. If Yu Gu or Qingheng Gu disappeared, Mengyao Gu would probably go crazy and take a radical and dangerous path.

“So, Juan can’t be found?”

“Currently, yes! Unless the authorities have new developments, but none of this is certain… The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. I don’t want you to be happy for nothing.”

“Yes, I understand. I’ll go with others to search around later. Maybe we can find her!”

“Be careful.”

Mengyao Gu’s emotions came and went quickly. After talking with Yu Gu for a while, she became re-energized. She prepared to leave home and search around with others, hoping to find new clues. Yu Gu didn’t try to stop her. After telling Mengyao Gu to be careful, he watched his wife disappear quickly before his eyes, moving as fast as the wind.

Mengyao Gu’s lightness skill was getting better and better. If she practiced for a while longer, she might truly become like a gust of wind, so fast that no one could see her. Fortunately, Mengyao Gu knew that her lightness skill could not be easily revealed, so she restrained herself in front of others and did not show it. Yu Gu also highly approved of this… Speaking of which, at a critical moment, lightness skill was a life-saving ultimate move.

After Mengyao Gu left, Yu Gu continued to sit in the courtyard. However, he did nothing with his hands, just sat there quietly. The gentle breeze blew, ruffling a few strands of Yu Gu’s hair, gradually easing his worried thoughts, knowing that being anxious now was useless. Although Yu Gu wanted to help his little wife find Juan Liu, there were too few known clues, like finding a needle in the sea, with no direction.

Staying at home wouldn’t lead to any solutions, so he needed to go out and gather information. However, when Yu Gu thought of Qingheng Gu, who was studying at home, he ultimately did not leave the Gu family’s home. Kidnappers seemed to be rampant now, so it was still possible for them to sneak into the house… Thinking about this, Yu Gu went up the mountain and cut down a pile of bamboo, loaded it into his space, and brought it back home.

Then, while Qingheng Gu was still studying, Yu Gu took out the bamboo from his space. After cutting it into sections, he used a dagger to sharpen the tips and then buried them at the base of the perimeter wall. He learned this trick from Mengyao Gu and her brother.

Although there were iron nails on the perimeter wall, Yu Gu felt it was still not safe enough. If someone also had lightness skill, they could easily jump over the wall. By placing the sharpened bamboo at the corner, he created a double trap… Could they escape one and then the other? Thinking that someone might suffer because of these bamboo in the future, Yu Gu became very motivated and spent the entire morning sharpening bamboo.

After finishing the last piece of bamboo, Yu Gu stretched his somewhat stiff palms and then relaxed. It was already time for lunch, but because Mengyao Gu had gone out to look for someone, the house was very quiet.

While Mengyao Gu had not yet returned, Yu Gu secretly entered the kitchen and began to prepare some simple meals. In ancient times, there was a rule that gentlemen should stay away from the kitchen. Even though this was a fictional dynasty, there were no exceptions. Most men here felt that the kitchen was a place for women, and it was inappropriate for men to enter. Of course, in places like restaurants, the chefs had to be men. However, since it was a job to make money, no one said much about it.

But Yu Gu was not an ancient person. Having transmigrated from modern times, he did not have such prejudices. The classic saying “Women hold up half the sky” made Yu Gu feel that men did not have to be superior to women; reasonable division of labor was the best solution. It’s just that Mengyao Gu was very stubborn. When Yu Gu wanted to help in the kitchen before, Mengyao Gu directly refused. When Yu Gu used “Why can Qingheng Gu enter the kitchen?” as an example to question her, Mengyao Gu decisively said that once Qingheng Gu returned to school, she wouldn’t let him do such things anymore.

Mengyao Gu’s rebuttal this time was excellent, and Yu Gu didn’t want to argue with his little wife, so he could only go along with her. At most, he would contribute elsewhere to prevent Mengyao Gu from getting tired. Now that Mengyao Gu was not here, hehehe…

“Brother-in-law, aren’t you afraid my sister will scold you?”

“Juan Liu from the village is missing, and your sister is out looking for her with others. She hasn’t returned yet, so we’ll probably have to wait a while… This lunch will be just the two of us, and we’ll save some food for your sister.”

As he spoke, Yu Gu washed the rice and added water to the pot to cook it. When it was almost cooked, Yu Gu scooped out the rice from the pot and placed it in a wooden barrel specifically for holding rice. Then he added water to the pot and placed a bamboo rack. Finally, he put the wooden barrel on the rack, and it was almost done.

As Yu Gu steamed the rice, he waited and couldn’t help but miss the good times of modern society. In modern times, it wasn’t this troublesome. You just plugged in the rice cooker and waited for half an hour, and the rice would cook automatically.

“Brother-in-law, I didn’t expect you to be so skilled!”

“I secretly watched your sister cook and learned quite a bit.”

“But doesn’t the book say that gentlemen stay away from the kitchen? Men should focus on important matters, and cooking in the kitchen is women’s work.”

As it was nearing mealtime, Qingheng Gu stopped reading and sat on a small stool watching Yu Gu busy himself. When Yu Gu finished steaming the rice, Qingheng Gu finally asked the question. Although Qingheng Gu’s thinking was much more advanced than that of ordinary ancient people, his basic common sense was still similar. For example, regarding the matter of men not being allowed in the kitchen, he thought the same way as others. Qingheng Gu had never seen any man around voluntarily enter the kitchen in his life. Even the rough men in the countryside made their wives cook and refused to step into the kitchen. However, Yu Gu broke the convention, which made Qingheng Gu very confused.

“You can’t say that. ‘Gentlemen stay away from the kitchen’ actually comes from the full quote: ‘As for gentlemen and beasts: seeing them alive, they cannot bear to see them die. Hearing their sounds, they cannot bear to eat their flesh, therefore gentlemen stay away from the kitchen.’ The meaning is that the difference between gentlemen and beasts is that they cannot bear to see living creatures die when they see them alive, and cannot bear to eat their flesh when they hear their sounds, thus gentlemen stay away from the kitchen.”

“Huh? Why haven’t I read about this? Does the book write these things?”

“…You haven’t read enough. When I go to town, I also go to bookstores to read a bit when I have time. So, you truly regret not reading more when you need it. You still need to work harder… To continue with the meaning of staying away from the kitchen, my understanding is that it refers to hypocrites who say they cannot bear to eat animal flesh but eat more heartily when it is cooked into dishes. If you truly have this idea, then you might as well go to the mountains and become a monk, eating only vegetarian dishes and tofu every day, without having to hear the mournful cries of dying animals.”

What Yu Gu said was like opening a new world for Qingheng Gu. However, after a quick thought, Qingheng Gu began to get confused again… How did his brother-in-law know so much? And that sentence “As for gentlemen and beasts,” he had never seen it in any book. However, after hearing Yu Gu say that he went to bookstores in town to read, Qingheng Gu immediately looked at him with admiration. He thought that his brother-in-law, despite his outwardly dissolute appearance, was actually very diligent and studious! And he had a very good memory. In this case, he couldn’t fall behind! From now on, he must study and recite even harder, not falling too far behind his brother-in-law!

My Wife is the World’s Greatest Divine Martial General

My Wife is the World’s Greatest Divine Martial General

My Wife is the World’s Greatest Divine Martial General, 我老婆是天下第一神武女将军
Score 7.6
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: , Released: 2020 Native Language: Chinese
When others transmigrate, they become nobles and generals—how could commoners do that? But why, when it’s my turn, am I directly farming in the countryside??? This plot seems off, and I’m even a son-in-law who married into someone else’s family… Not to mention a group of terrible relatives coming to visit, and having to support my young wife and her younger brother. Fortunately, I have a spatial ability, so no trouble is actually trouble. Wait, wife, you’re still too young—you’ll need to wait a few more years to push me down!

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