The young couple’s faces were flushed red from the spice. Su Yunyi ate while looking at the blueprints Xiao Ze had drawn, and discovered that he had actually planned for an indoor toilet.
This discovery made Su Yunyi extremely satisfied. The one thing she had never gotten used to since transmigrating into this book was the rural outhouse. She was already very careful to rinse it with water before each use, but it was still incredibly difficult for her, a modern person, to adapt.
“Xiao Ze, plan a place to bathe, it doesn’t need to be big, just enough to fit a bathtub.”
Looking at the girl’s sparkling eyes, Xiao Ze muttered to himself, “Spoiled.”
But not annoyingly so.
Xiao Ze had almost forgotten her past life’s laziness, her tantrums, and her rolling on the ground.
“You didn’t say no, so I’ll take that as a yes. You stay home and renovate the house, and I’ll work hard to earn work points to get grain for our family.”
Su Yunyi ate with her cheeks puffed out, saying heartwarming words with a light touch.
A knock came from the door.
“Those people again?”
Xiao Ze frowned, put down his bowl, and went to the door, “Who is it?”
“Brat, you’re not even opening the door for your mother.”
Xiao Ze opened the door sheepishly and called out, “Mom.”
Su Yunyi quickly came out, still holding a bowl of freshly served rice and meat: “Mom, you’ve come at the perfect time! Come help us eat some rabbit. Xiao Ze and I are about to burst.”
Before Xiao mother could speak, Su Yunyi had already stuffed a bowl of rice and rabbit into her hands.
This daughter-in-law, who thanks someone for helping her eat? She must be afraid of embarrassing herself.
Xiao mother looked at Su Yunyi with affection.
This child truly has a good temper and personality, using gentleness to overcome strength, and completely taming her hot-tempered son.
“Yunyi, Mom is here to help you move things.”
Hearing this, Su Yunyi felt as if struck by lightning.
Her face turned pale.
“Move… move where?” She instinctively looked at Xiao Ze.
Seeing her like this, Xiao mother was secretly delighted. It seemed her third son and daughter-in-law had a good relationship.
Knowing she had misunderstood, she quickly explained: “Xiao Ze told me that your house is being renovated these days, and it’s dirty and messy. He’s a man and can sleep in the yard on a cot, but it’s inconvenient for you, a young wife, to stay here. You should stay at my place for a few days until the house is finished, then you can come back.”
Su Yunyi hadn’t expected him to be so thoughtful and felt a surge of emotion.
She lowered her head and smiled.
The smile was still on her face when a deep male voice came:
“When you go to Mom’s, be more diligent.”
Heh.
She had been thinking too much.
“You child, what nonsense are you saying to your wife?”
Xiao mother playfully hit Xiao Ze a couple of times, then finished her rice in a few gulps, laughing, “My appetite has been spoiled by you. Nothing I eat back home tastes good anymore.”
After eating, Xiao Ze was left to wash the dishes. The mother and daughter-in-law chatted and laughed as they packed Su Yunyi’s belongings.
Xiao mother, thinking the young couple wouldn’t be able to live together for a while, winked knowingly: “Yunyi, Mom will take your bag home for you first. Tomorrow, after your rehearsal, you can come directly to my place for dinner. You two should have a good talk tonight.”
With that, she left with Su Yunyi’s bag on her back, giving Xiao Ze a knowing wink before she departed.
Xiao Ze pretended not to understand his mother’s gesture and went straight to wash up before lying down on the bed.
Su Yunyi had danced all day, and then spent a long time by the stove making rabbit, so she was covered in sweat and felt sticky and uncomfortable.
She had boiled water in the kitchen for a long time. As soon as she heard him get into bed, she grabbed her small bucket and basin, closed the doors and windows of the main room, laid her clothes on a small stool, and began to wash herself.
Su Yunyi once again lamented how difficult life was without a shower.
Xiao Ze, who was almost asleep, heard the rustling sound of water outside the door and guessed what Su Yunyi was doing. His Adam’s apple bobbed, and his deep eyes were filled with a surging tide, appearing even darker than the night outside.
He closed his eyes again, but then heard a scream from outside the door.
Without thinking, he rolled out of bed and rushed out of the inner room.
As soon as Su Yunyi’s scream stopped, she saw the man’s figure already standing in the middle of the main room.
She quickly grabbed her clothes from the stool to cover herself.
The glimpse of white she had just seen made Xiao Ze’s throat instantly dry.
He turned his back: “What are you screaming about?”
Su Yunyi said aggrievedly, “There’s a mouse in our house, it just ran past me.”
“Go inside quickly, I’ll deal with it.”
While he had his back turned, she quickly put on her clothes and rushed into the inner room in three quick steps.
Su Yunyi’s face turned red. In her previous life, she had never had a romantic relationship, and now she had been seen naked by someone.
Although this person was her nominal husband, in her heart, she had always only considered him a partner to work with.
There was only a kerosene lamp on just now, and she figured he hadn’t seen clearly. Thinking this, Su Yunyi felt much better.
Not long after, a series of crackling sounds came from outside the door.
“You can come out now, I killed it.”
Su Yunyi first peeked her head out and saw the man’s tall, slender figure carrying something as he pushed the door open.
A moment later, he returned with a frown, standing blankly by the water 缸.
Su Yunyi realized he wanted to wash his hands and was afraid of dirtying the water 缸.
She quickly went into the room to get the soap she had bought last time and handed it to him, then poured the remaining hot water onto his hands: “Wash with this, it’s cleaner.”
Sensing the man’s gaze on her, Su Yunyi felt extremely unnatural.
After pouring water on him, Su Yunyi returned to the main room to clean up the mess.
After everything was tidied up, the couple lay down on the bed.
“You.”
“You.”
They both spoke at the same time.
Xiao Ze chuckled: “You go first.”
“Tomorrow, after my rehearsal, should I buy some meat for Mom and the others?”
Xiao Ze knew his older brother and sister-in-law’s temperaments and advised her: “You can just pay for your living expenses at Mom’s, don’t buy things, to avoid future trouble.”
“Oh, then I’ll pay a little more, including your share. I’ll bring you food when I come back from rehearsal.”
The moonlight shone through the window onto the girl’s dark hair. Her hair was soft, making her fair little face look very docile.
Xiao Ze grunted and turned his back to Su Yunyi.
She was staying here because she had nowhere else to go, right?
Xiao Ze, who had lived a second life, was not someone who didn’t know his own limitations.
He had done so many foolish things, and his temper was bad. Their family had nothing. How could she genuinely want to be with him?
Not long after, she heard the girl’s steady breathing behind her.
Xiao Ze rolled out of bed and went to the yard to take a cold shower.
The next day, Su Yunyi drank her vegetable porridge with a refreshed spirit. Seeing Xiao Ze’s slightly tired eyes, she asked him doubtfully, “Didn’t you sleep well?”
“Yeah, there were mosquitoes.”
She turned her head to look at Xiao Ze, only seeing the tip of his red ear.
“Then after my rehearsal, I’ll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some mosquito repellent and bring it back. You’re already tired from renovating the house, so you can’t afford to not sleep well.”
The girl’s eyes sparkled as she looked at him.
Xiao Ze awkwardly turned his face away.
“Your time is almost up, aren’t you going?”