Chapter 90: Will think about it

August 1, 2023Ai Hrist

Xiao Hanzheng couldn’t laugh or cry. What was this all about?

He said: “I admit that I am Mensao, but I don’t admit that I am a pervert. I only have a few desires for my wife.”

Shi Qingluo gave him another look: “If you dare to flirt with other people, I will beat you up until you can’t get out of bed.”

I’ll break your leg, so that you can’t get out of bed, hmph.

Xiao Hanzheng’s eyes overflowed with a deep smile. He leaned into her ear and asked, “Which leg of mine can’t get out of bed?”

Shi Qingluo’s eyes widened, apparently not expecting him to say such colorful words.

She said what was in her heart: “I didn’t expect you to be such a person, Xiao Hanzheng!”

Xiao Hanzheng said with a smile: “I am always the real me in front of you!”

That’s why he said these words undisguised because he wanted to speak to her undisguised.

Well, this was the first time in two lifetimes that he said such a thing, ahem!

He asked again: “Then do you hate it?”

Shi Qingluo shook her head: “Of course, I don’t hate it.”

She held Xiao Hanzheng’s arm with her other hand and said generously: “It’s just sweet talk between couples. Why should I hate it?”

Such a husband made her feel more down-to-earth and interesting.

Besides, which woman doesn’t like her boyfriend or husband to talk love and sweet words to herself?

Anyway, she was just an ordinary person, so she likes to listen to it.

She said again: “You can praise me more in the future, and say more sweet words, I like hearing them.”

Men always like to be sure of their performance.

Xiao Hanzheng breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little afraid of his little wife’s disgust just now.

“Okay, I will praise you more in the future and talk more sweet words.”

He asked again: “What I mean is, do you hate Mensao?”

Shi Qinglou looked up at him and smiled, “I don’t hate it, your sullen look has something special to it, I think it’s quite interesting.”

Tsk tsk, gentle and elegant in the daytime, while gentle and scum in the evening, just think about it!

She liked her husband like that, hehe.

Ahem, she shouldn’t be thinking like that. She shook her head to sweep away those thoughts.

Although he hasn’t heard those kinds of words before, Xiao Hanzheng can understand them literally.

It also has a special taste, as if he had experienced it before.

But he was a little dumbfounded. His little wife dared to say anything, and she didn’t feel ashamed.

But who told him to like her straightforward temperament, what else can he do aside from spoiling his little wife?

The two went up the mountain to pick wormwood leaves and wild chrysanthemums and picked some wild fruits and flowers to go home.

After returning home, Shi Qingluo trimmed the wildflowers and inserted them into the wooden vase carved by Xiao Hanzheng.

It added some color and warmth to the room.

Xiao Hanyi has already spread the word in the village.

The children heard that eels can be sold for money, so they all ran to catch them.

In the afternoon, many children sent the eels they caught to the Xiao Family’s house.

Shi Qingluo didn’t fool anyone, she took out the scale and weighed it for them, and the money was calculated per catty.

It was the first time for the children to earn money by themselves, and they were all so happy.

So during dinner, there were many such situations in the village.

“Father, I made money.”

“Oh, where did you get so much money? It’s more than a dozen coins.”

“I caught eels and gave them to Erlang’s sister-in-law, she gave us the money.”

“What? Can you sell eels for money? How much is a catty!”

“Three pennies a catty, we’ll catch it tomorrow.”

“Oh, it’s 3 pennies a catty. Dalang’s wife is too kind, so go grab more tomorrow.”

“Okay, oh, Mother, why did you take my money away.”

“You are still a child, what do you do with so much money, I will keep it for you.”

“Waaa, my money…”

In a thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain on the other side of Xiaxi Village.

An eleven or twelve-year-old boy returned home with a small bag of chestnut rice and a piece of tofu.

In the thatched hut, two boys and girls who were a few years old, their eyes lit up when they saw this.

They cheered when they thought they will have porridge to drink and tofu to eat this night.

On the bed in the hut, lay a pale middle-aged man: “Where did these come from?”

He was afraid that his son would do something sneaky.

Poverty was not terrible, but it cannot violate the moral bottom line.

Xiao Qingshui knew what his father was worried about. He explained: “Xiao Xiucai’s wife collects eels in the village for 3 pennies a catty. Today I caught 20 catties, and I earn 60 pennies.”

He happened to know a mud ditch with a lot of eels. He would catch eels and cook them if their family have nothing to eat before.

Although it was not delicious, it can barely satisfy their hunger.

When Xiao Hanyi said that he could earn money if he catches eels, he was excited. He went to that place immediately and caught twenty catties.

When he went to the Xiao Family’s house, he regretted it a little, fearing that if there were too many, Xiao Xiucai’s wife would not accept them.

But who would have thought that Xiao Xiucai’s wife was very kind? Not only she gave him sixty pennies, but also rewarded him with a piece of tofu by saying that the eels he caught were plentiful and good.

“She rewarded me with this tofu, so I went to buy some chestnut rice. I’ll make porridge for you and my younger siblings.”

Since their father got sick and their mother ran away, their life became more and more difficult.

They eat wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger every day, and their father’s medicine money for seeing a doctor is long gone.

He was still young, so the team that mined the saltpeter in the village doesn’t want to accept him.

But he still followed to help carry the saltpeter. The patriarch distributed a small bag of saltpeter to him.

He took it to the city and sold it for some miscellaneous grains.

Originally, he was still worried about what to do next, but now, Xiao Xiucai’s wife accepted the eel in exchange for money, which gave him hope.

As long as he can keep exchanging eels for money, he can buy more food, and even continue to help his father get medicine.

Xiao Mu looked at his son’s originally dull face, which had a rare brilliance and felt very sore in his heart.

A small child has to bear the heavy responsibility of the family.

He sat up with support: “Ms. Xiao Xiucai is a kind person, and also a capable person. With her in the village, it will get better and better.”

“You can continue to catch eels recently, and I will recover from my illness as soon as possible, and pick up carpentry work.”

He was a craftsman, but it was a pity that he made a mistake. He picked up a woman who fled famine before.

Who knew that a year ago, that woman suddenly met her ex-husband?

She stole the money from their house and ran away with that person.

He chased after the two of them, but not only failed to catch up, but also got caught in the rain, and fell ill after returning.

Then he became like this. His illness became more and more serious, and in the end, he sold their house and land.

He always felt uneasy, always thinking that he would just die like this.

But seeing his son like this today, he suddenly felt that he shouldn’t have had those kinds of thoughts before.

Xiao Shui didn’t expect that his father would take the initiative to say that he would recover from his illness and go to work.

He was a little excited: “Then you can go to Xiao Xiucai’s house when you recover from your illness.”

“I heard that their family has been recruiting people who know carpentry. The wages are not low, and they also include food.”

In this way, he can take care of his father when he works in the village.

Xiao Xiucai’s wife was a good person. Many people in the village wanted to work in their houses.

He also learned carpentry with his father and will work with the Xiao family in the future.

Xiao Mu suddenly realized that if that woman ran away, then she ran away. It was more important to live their life well.

His son was very talented. If he teaches him well, he will surpass himself in the future.

“Okay, I’ll go to Xiao Xiucai’s house when I feel better.”

If the Xiao Family still recruits people, his skills will not be in vain.