Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 104

Raspberries were known scientifically as Rubus idaeus, but Veronica referred to them by their common name lest Matthew didn‘t understand what she was referring to. “Is food all you have in mind?”

The two were each holding an umbrella. As Matthew stared at her, the raindrops that fell between them from the umbrellas looked like a thin curtain of rain that lent a beautiful touch to everything.

“It‘s not something to eat? Tsk, who knows what you‘re giving me? I can‘t read your mind, after all,” Veronica said. She felt that Matthew was deliberately keeping her in suspense, but she nonetheless took what he handed to her, only to find that it was an exquisitely made small box. She lowered her head to take a sniff at it, and it had a faint yet pleasant herbal scent,

Matthew said, “This is an ointment that I asked an old traditional medicine practitioner in the neighboring village to prepare. It speeds up the healing of wounds and removes scars.” Women were relatively particular about their appearance and disliked having scars left on their bodies, so Matthew went to a traditional medicine practitioner to ask for the ointment.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Veronica clicked her tongue while opening the box. Seeing the creamy white ointment inside the box that was giving off a refreshing scent, she couldn‘t help but ridicule, “Are you trying to be nice to me? I‘ll take it then.” She closed the little disc–shaped box and put it into her pocket before looking up at him. “Just spill it. What‘s the favor you‘d like to ask of me?” Matthew can‘t be so attentive as to give me an ointment for no apparent reason. He‘s definitely up to something.

Matthew was having a faint smile on his good–looking face just a moment ago. The next instant, however, his expression turned somewhat chilly, and he gave off piercingly chilly vibes, as though he was covered with frost from head to toe. After darting a sidelong glance at Veronica with chilly eyes, he went past her right away.

Veronica couldn‘t help feeling perplexed as she stood where she was while watching the man walk on in the mud. “This is baffling. Why is he angry all of a sudden?” Is it because I didn‘t thank him? She hurriedly caught up to him as they headed for the school together.

It took the pair an hour to get to the school by foot due to the relatively long journey. The heavy rain pattered down as large raindrops splattered down onto the earth with a loud pattering sound, but the sound couldn‘t drown out the voices of the kids reading aloud in school. The kids were reading aloud, as though they were entirely

surroundings with their minds

made of mud bricks, whereas its roof was covered with uiles. As rainwater dripped from the eaves, a man in a blue raincoat climbed up the ladder onto the roof to fix

the rain. As she looked at the

have experienced what it was like to have the roof leaking in his classroom all of a sudden while he

merely glanced at them from a distance.

some were already unpacked, and there were a dozen books that had been drenched in rain. Veronica couldn‘t find anything to collect the rainwater, so she had no choice but

together, whereas there was a class for the third–graders, the fourth graders, and the fifth–graders, respectively. However, there were only

roof. After everything was fine, he trotted up to Veronica and

We came here to take a look because we had nothing else to do. Anyway, it‘s really admirable of you and your wife to stay here in the mountains

already. These kids are the future of our nation, so it‘ll be a shame if nobody cares about them,” Mr. Pearson replied while taking off his raincoat. Then, he hurriedly poured Veronica and Matthew

have to do this.” Veronica quickly stepped forward and stopped

money to the dark–skinned and skinny teacher. “What was given to te school earlier was donated to you guys by our company, whereas this is a token of my regard. Please keep it and use it as living expenses for you and your wife. The kids will only do better when you two are doing better.” Veronica had met Mr. – Pearson and his wife

a woman who cared for nothing but money, but he never thought she would give away 40,000 to Mr. Pearson and his wife at one go, especially because to the best of

have to. You‘ve given us a lot, so you really don‘t have to give us the

hand in an uncompromising manner. “Just take it. It‘s a token of my regard for you and the kids, so please don‘t refuse it.” With that, she took Matthew‘s hand and ran away for fear that Mr. Pearson might give

with yellow mud as they ran in the mud, but Veronica was in a very good mood. Standing on the hill, she sniffed the fresh air after the rain before catching a glimpse of a rainbow at the other end of the hill. “Look, Matthew! It‘s a rainbow! It‘s so beautiful. Come on, Matthew, come and take a picture of