She took the opportunity to change the subject.
“Come and close the door. The mosquitoes are flying in and biting my hands full of bumps. If you like being outside so much, sleep in the yard tonight with your chicks.”
Su Yunyi quickly stood up: “I… I don’t want to sleep in the yard.”
After speaking, she squeezed past the man blocking the door and walked straight into the house.
She entered the house, took off her shoes, and quickly climbed into bed.
Xiao Ze glanced at the girl, who only had her eyes exposed. The girl felt his gaze and quickly closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.
In the darkness, Xiao Ze hooked the corner of his lips, blew out the lamp, and got into bed.
Perhaps it was the darkness that gave her courage, Su Yunyi tentatively said, “Xiao Ze, let’s go to work at the team tomorrow.”
“No, if you want to go, you go by yourself.”
Su Yunyi didn’t expect to be rejected immediately. She pitifully tried to persuade the man, “I don’t know anyone here, and I don’t know how to get there. I heard that if you have work points, you can get a lot of things.”
“Not interested. I still have to go to the mountain tomorrow. If you really want to go, find your eldest sister-in-law to go with you. Don’t tell me you don’t know where your eldest sister-in-law’s house is.”
After speaking, he turned over and faced away from Su Yunyi, looking like he didn’t want to talk to her.
Su Yunyi extended her finger and poked the man’s back.
The man’s muscles instantly tensed under her finger. Just as Su Yunyi was about to speak.
Xiao Ze had already flipped over and pinned her beneath him. They were so close that their breaths intertwined. Xiao Ze extended his thumb and massaged her rosy, soft lips, “What, meddling in so many things? Are you eager to be a real couple with me?”
The male pheromones rushed at her. Su Yunyi turned her face away to avoid his touch, trembling unhelpfully, her eyes also involuntarily stinging.
“Don’t talk nonsense. I just don’t want anything to happen to you.”
Since it had come to this, Su Yunyi decided to go all out, her voice trembling slightly, “Although they say you have a bad temper and are very fierce, you caught fish and rabbits for me. I think you’re a good person, and I don’t want anything to happen to you. I know you dug up valuable things on the mountain. I’m afraid that if someone deliberately targets you, what will you do if they report you to the Public Security Bureau?”
Xiao Ze didn’t expect her to think this way. His heart softened, but he still spoke mischievously, “You didn’t want to marry me in the first place. Wouldn’t it be better if something happened to me? Then you could rightfully return to the city.”
Speaking of this, perhaps the lingering will of the original owner still existed, and crystal tears uncontrollably slid down, “That’s not my home anymore.”
She sniffled and continued to sob, “Anyway, we’re both sleeping in the same bed now, so I’ll stay here and won’t go anywhere.”
The girl’s tears slid onto his hand, as if burning his heart.
“Are you made of water? Where do you get so many tears! Don’t cry, go to sleep! If you don’t want to go, then don’t. I can still afford to feed you.”
Su Yunyi seemed determined not to give up until she achieved her goal.
“So, are we going to work tomorrow?”
Xiao Ze rolled back to his position and lay flat, looking at the dark ceiling, a smile curving his lips.
“Yes.”
The next day, Su Yunyi was woken up by Xiao Ze. His movements were not exactly gentle.
“Lazy woman, you said you wanted to go to work, but you can’t get up.”
When the two of them appeared on the open ground next to the village office, carrying hoes and wearing straw hats, everyone’s jaws nearly dropped.
That lazy bum from the Xiao family was actually coming to work.
Xiao Ze’s mother was overjoyed and praised Su Yunyi a hundred times in her heart.
Those who usually got along well with Xiao Ze’s mother gathered around her and teased, “Sister Xiao, things are different after getting married, aren’t they? Your third son looks like a changed person.”
“Isn’t that right? He never listened to me before, no matter what I said. Now he finally listens to his wife. Thank heavens.”
Xiao Ze’s peripheral vision was always on Su Yunyi’s face. Seeing her staring curiously at the team leader speaking and nodding constantly.
“Silly girl.”
“What did you say?”
Su Yunyi seemed to hear him speak but didn’t hear clearly. Just as she was about to ask him, he had already shifted his gaze.
“Listen carefully.”
The team leader still took care of these two newcomers, assigning Xiao Ze to spray pesticides and Su Yunyi to pick cotton.
Su Yunyi had never picked cotton before, so she could only follow Xiao Ze’s mother to learn.
At first, looking at the white cotton, she thought picking cotton was very therapeutic.
But after a while, it wasn’t like that anymore. The cotton plants weren’t tall, and after picking cotton for a while, Su Yunyi felt like her waist was about to break. Coupled with the hot and humid weather, she was drenched in sweat, and she felt her underwear was wet.
“Su Yunyi!”
She saw Xiao Ze walking towards her from a distance. Just as she was about to greet him, she saw his eyes were stern and his face was like ice.
Xiao Ze, who walked up to her, put down the medicine bucket on his back and roughly pulled off his shirt, draping it over Su Yunyi. He was only wearing a vest, exposing his tanned physique to the sun.
“Put it on.”
His deep voice suppressed his anger.
Su Yunyi didn’t understand, “I don’t want to. It’s already hot, and if I wear your clothes, I’ll get heatstroke.”
Xiao Ze frowned deeply and looked at her chest.
Su Yunyi followed his gaze and saw it. It was bad. There was a long tear on the front of her clothes, likely caused by the sharp edges of the opened cotton bolls. Her underwear was faintly visible as she moved.
Su Yunyi noticed the hooligan she had met on the way to the commune last time. He was standing not far from her, eating melon seeds and staring at her. Without thinking, she knew he must have seen the torn part of her clothes.
Su Yunyi felt a chill run down her spine.
She couldn’t help but move closer to Xiao Ze, using his tall figure as a cover, and quickly fastened her buttons.
“Brother Ze, you’re good at this. Bringing your little wife to work while everyone else is working, and you two are being lovey-dovey.”
Su Yunyi looked up and saw Xiao Ze’s jaw tighten. With fierce eyes, he was about to walk towards the hooligan.
There were so many people here. Even if he wanted to teach him a lesson, it wasn’t now. Su Yunyi tightly grabbed him when she suddenly heard a hearty female voice.
“Pah, Zhang Feifei, shut your stinky mouth, you scoundrel who does no good deeds, slandering a diligent little wife with baseless accusations.”
It was the older sister who had given her fish soup that day. Su Yunyi was so moved by this simple kindness that she almost shed tears.
“Stupid woman, why are you meddling? If you keep talking, I’ll come to your house tonight. Anyway, your man isn’t here.”
Zhang Feifei was enraged by the scolding.
“Come to my house? My marriage is a military marriage. Aren’t you afraid of being shot? Come if you dare.”
Amidst their argument, someone had already called the team leader.
The team leader had great authority.
After a few words, Zhang Feifei left resentfully, casting another glance at Su Yunyi before he left.
Su Yunyi’s scalp tingled at his lewd gaze.
The team leader glanced at Xiao Ze and his wife. Seeing Su Yunyi wearing Xiao Ze’s clothes, he probably guessed what had happened. He dispersed the onlookers and urged everyone to speed up their work.
Xiao Ze lifted the large medicine bucket with one hand and slung it onto his back, continuing to spray pesticides.