After washing up and bathing, Lin Qiaoyun sat on the bed in her sleepwear, drying her hair.
Even after her hair had dried, Zhao Tiezhu still had not returned.
Instead, her mother-in-law came.
Wang Suhong had seen her eldest son being called into her mother-in-law’s room, so she hurried over to her daughter-in-law’s room.
“Eldest daughter-in-law, I know you’re a good girl. What happened was my fault, and I owe you an apology. You’re still young, so you absolutely can’t let Tiezhu mess around, understand?”
Wang Suhong felt awkward talking about this, but she still wanted to show the proper attitude. Otherwise, her eldest son would probably get upset with her.
“Um, I’ll head back now. I already prepared the gifts for tomorrow’s return visit to your parents’ home. They’re on the table in the main hall. What you and Tiezhu discussed—your father and I both agreed to it.”
After saying those few words, Wang Suhong hurriedly left.
Lin Qiaoyun thought this mother-in-law was quite interesting. At the very least, she did not seem difficult to get along with.
Lin Qiaoyun waited and waited, but Zhao Tiezhu never came back, so she could only climb into bed and lie down by herself.
Getting married, going to the mountains, and everything else today had exhausted her.
She stopped waiting for Zhao Tiezhu and fell asleep first.
At the moment, Zhao Tiezhu’s face was as dark as Guan Gong’s.
No wonder his little wife carried a faint milky scent on her body—she really was an underage girl.
How were they supposed to be husband and wife when she was this young?
Wasn’t this just asking him to make a mistake?!
He did not even dare go back to the room. Instead, he sat in the courtyard and smoked a cigarette he had not touched in a long time.
Only after finishing it did he return to his room.
When he entered, the room was quiet. Judging by the situation, his wife was already asleep.
She was young, sure, but it wasn’t like he couldn’t wait.
Besides, the day after tomorrow he had to return to the army. Once he left, it would probably be another half a year before he came home again, likely not until the New Year.
Thinking about being apart from his wife for so long, what was there to be fussy about?
If he could not eat the meat, at least he should get some soup.
So he stripped off his clothes and climbed into his wife’s blanket, refusing to come out.
Half asleep, Lin Qiaoyun felt hot and cold against her body. By the time she reacted, Zhao Tiezhu had already pinned her down on the bed.
Her clothes had been removed, and just as she opened her mouth to speak, he covered it with a kiss.
“Wife, I don’t care. Tonight, you have to comfort this wounded heart of mine properly.”
Lin Qiaoyun: “……”
After saying that, Zhao Tiezhu buried himself in a soft, warm place and refused to come out.
Comfort my ass, Lin Qiaoyun really wanted to kick Zhao Tiezhu off the bed.
Why was he causing trouble in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?
“Wife, if I can’t eat the meat, at least let me have some soup. I’m already a twenty-six-year-old old man.”
Zhao Tiezhu sounded pitiful as he spoke, while at the same time unable to keep his hands to himself.
Very quickly, Lin Qiaoyun also got swept up in the passion Zhao Tiezhu brought her.
The night was still long.
For lovers, the night had only just begun.
The next morning, when Lin Qiaoyun woke up, Zhao Tiezhu was still fooling around.
“Do you ever sleep? You already played around all night yesterday.”
“I did sleep. I only just woke up too.”
Lin Qiaoyun shoved the clingy man off her.
“Get up already. We still have to visit my parents’ house today. I’m guessing there’ll be quite a show waiting for us.”
“What show, wife?”
“Nothing. Just stand to the side and watch when we get there.”
“Alright, no problem.”
After saying that, the man pressed Lin Qiaoyun back down again.
“It’s still early. The sun’s not even up yet. Why are you waking up so early?”
“I… mmph…”
By the time the two of them finished getting dressed and stepped out of the room, another hour had passed.
Even though they had not gone all the way, they had already done just about everything they should and should not have done. Lin Qiaoyun still felt a little embarrassed.
Yinhua had already prepared breakfast.
The younger sisters-in-law in the family were all very hardworking. The three sisters had agreed to take turns cooking, one person per day, and today was Yinhua’s turn.
“Big Brother, Sister-in-law, come eat! The village says double harvesting season is about to start. After that, everyone will be eating at the communal canteen.”
Lin Qiaoyun froze for a moment before remembering that around this time, communal dining had gradually started becoming common.
She had only ever heard her grandparents mention it before or seen it in novels she liked reading. She never thought she would experience it herself.
Suddenly, Lin Qiaoyun found life pretty interesting.
As Lin Qiaoyun sat eating breakfast, before she even finished, she saw the younger sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law running back from outside.
Turns out they had all been out training.
No wonder every one of them was so capable in the military. If they trained like this from childhood, how could they not be impressive?
Zhao Tiezhu said, “After breakfast, go back to your rooms and study properly. I don’t care what you want to do in the future, but high school is something you absolutely must finish.”
“Yes, Big Brother. We know.”
“Good. You should know that after all my years in the army, the biggest disadvantage I’ve faced was my lack of education.
“Even now, your big brother is still studying. You all need to study hard too, understand?”
“Understood!”
Zhao Tiezhu suddenly turned serious, and the younger ones all responded much louder.
“We’re eating here. Why are you suddenly lecturing everyone?”
“Hehe, wife, I’m just keeping them in line.”
“You all hurry up and eat. While Big Brother isn’t home, you need to listen to your sister-in-law, understand?”
“Got it, Big Brother!”
The younger siblings answered in unison.
Zhao Tiezhu managed his younger brothers and sisters the same way he managed his soldiers—he was way too strict.
After Lin Qiaoyun and Zhao Tiezhu finished breakfast and packed everything up, they headed out.
From the younger siblings, Lin Qiaoyun learned that her father-in-law and mother-in-law had gone into town for errands, while Grandpa and Grandma had not gotten up yet.
That was why her mother-in-law had specifically told her the night before that the gifts for visiting her parents were placed in the main hall.
As for the meat they brought back yesterday, Lin Qiaoyun had the younger sisters rub salt into it to make cured meat. Otherwise, in this hot weather, it would spoil quickly.
The Zhao family had a cellar, and everyone in the family knew how to preserve meat, so Lin Qiaoyun was not too worried.
After giving a few instructions, Zhao Tiezhu grabbed the gifts and took his wife to the Lin family home.
The Lin family had been in a terrible mood these past two days.
Well, everyone except Lin Qiaoyun’s parents.
The night before Lin Qiaoyun got married, she had already discussed things with her parents. She directly transferred their household registration over to the Zhao family.
After all, they had nothing in that household anyway. Soon even food would be provided collectively, so leaving the family would become easy.
Lin Youshui originally did not want to leave, but his daughter had said it clearly—she and her husband would take care of him in old age.
If he did not go, then who would support him later?
Weren’t elderly parents supposed to live with their children anyway?
He saw nothing wrong with it.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.
The Lin family still had no idea that Second Brother Lin’s family was leaving.
Because every single member of the Lin family was busy searching for their missing hidden savings.