Chapter 88 Work Begins

He Wanqing couldn’t utter the rebuttal on the tip of her tongue, overwhelmed by his helpless words and tone. She simply nodded silently. Seeing her nod, Gu Cheng’an took her hand with one hand and carried the backpack with the other, and they walked home together without a word. Even when they met people on the way and greeted them, the couple both put on fake smiles, and only continued on their way home after they were done. Reaching the front door, he let go of her hand, took out his key and opened the door. He pushed the door open and casually put the backpack on the ground. “There’s hot water in the pot, there’s cold water in the washroom, you can mix some and go wash up first.” He Wanqing, knowing she was at fault, looked up at him.

 “I’ll go make dinner.” She was about to go to the kitchen when he grabbed her hand. “What’s wrong? We’ll wash up together after dinner, if you wash now, you’ll have to wash again later?” She looked at him with a questioning gaze. “Dinner is ready, go wash up. After you’re done, we’ll eat.” He let go of her hand, turned around and closed the door. “······” He Wanqing didn’t know what to say to ease the awkwardness between them. “

Okay, go wash up quickly, we’ll eat soon.” He said, bending down to pick up the backpack from the ground and walked into the house. Looking at the man’s departing figure, she finally understood the reason for the silence all the way home. Who would be in a good mood if they came home happily after work, expecting dinner, only to find a cold stove and no one there? If he hadn’t held back and scolded her on the spot when he didn’t find her, it would have been considered good manners. She changed her perspective and switched their roles.

 Thinking about that scenario, she would have been lucky to not use a loudspeaker to scold him, let alone make dinner and boil bath water. Feeling increasingly ashamed, she quickly went into the house, quickly poured herself a pot of hot water, went to the washroom, poured the hot water in, and then flashed into her space to wash up. Knowing she had done wrong, she didn’t dawdle this time. She finished washing up in ten minutes and even washed her hair.

She swirled the soap around in the wooden bucket in the washroom to make it smell of soap before taking her dirty clothes out. She casually put the clothes in the laundry basin, ran back to the room in three steps, and seeing Gu Cheng’an sorting the wild vegetables, she turned around, packed dinner, put it on the kang table, and then whispered, “I’m sorry, I promise I won’t go up the mountain alone again. Don’t be angry, and don’t tell my mom and the others.

” If her mom found out what she had done in the afternoon, she would probably have the whole family come and disturb her peace. “Really?” Gu Cheng’an, who was radiating a “keep out” aura, looked up at her. Seeing her nod again, he got up. “Go sit down and eat, I’ll wash my hands, I’ll be right there.” “Let’s go together!” He had made the meal, and she was the one who had done wrong. How could she eat first? He looked back at her, who was embarrassed, and shook his head. “It’s okay, we’re husband and wife, you don’t have to be like this, eat first! I’ll be right there.” He said, speeding up to wash his hands in the yard. He turned around and looked at the food, then at him outside. He thought about it and decided to wait for him, even though he was very hungry.

 “Why aren’t you eating?” He frowned when he came back from washing his hands and saw her standing there, not eating. “Together.” She said, taking off her shoes and getting on the kang. Before he sat down on the kang, she handed him his chopsticks, and then she picked up her chopsticks and held her bowl to eat. There was a dish of cucumber and meat stir-fry, a dish of stir-fried dandelion, a bowl of fragrant fish stewed with tofu, a bowl of corn porridge for each of them, and cornbread. Soon, they finished eating, and she told him about what happened on the mountain, and then she got off the kang and took out two ginsengs from the pile of wild vegetables.

“This is for Mom and the others. The last time you gave my mom and the others, you didn’t give her any, so give these to Mom.” “Okay!” That’s what she had planned, to give both families the same age ginseng, so that no one would have any objections. “You go to sleep first, I’ll go wash up. I’ll clean up the wild vegetables on the ground tomorrow morning when I get up.” He said, holding his bowls and chopsticks, as he walked. “I know.”

 This time she didn’t refuse. She went to the yard to brush her teeth and wash her face, and after watching him fetch a bucket to wash up, she turned around and went back to the room to rest. After running around all afternoon, she just lay down on the kang and turned over, and she fell asleep. When Gu Cheng’an finished washing and came back, she was already snoring. Seeing this, he knew he couldn’t do anything at night, so he blew out the kerosene lamp and went to bed to rest. They slept soundly all night. After the rooster crowed for the third time, He Wanqing got up. She saw that the man had already cleaned up the wild vegetables, made breakfast, and was helping her get water to wash her face. She shook her foggy head. “

What time did you get up?” How could he have done all her work? If her mom found out, she would definitely twist her ear and scold her. “Very early, go wash up and eat.” He ignored the meaning in her eyes and didn’t mention that he had only slept for an hour. “Okay.” She said, and began to wash up. While washing up, they chatted, talking about what they were going to do today. It wasn’t until they finished eating that they went to the brigade headquarters together, one after the other, and then separated after meeting Shen Ping.

“Sister, here’s your work points book, take it.” Looking at the book she handed over, she nodded and flipped through a few pages. “Nothing happened recently, right?” “No, I marked any problems like you did before.” “Okay, I know. Are you going to the field to weed or cut pigweed later?” She asked in a low voice, looking at the captain who was talking enthusiastically in front of them. “To the field, with you.” She said helplessly, thinking of her mother who was making trouble at home. She turned her head and looked at her, thinking of what Gu Cheng’an had said last night, she opened her mouth, not knowing how to tell her that Su Benjun wasn’t suitable for her. “Sister, just say what you have to say, don’t look at me like that, I’m scared.”

 Sensing her gaze, Shen Ping forced a smile. “I don’t have anything to say, but if you don’t want to live at home, you can go to your aunt.” She had just wanted to say go to her house. She suddenly remembered that she was married and that her house wasn’t big. If she went to live there, it might be awkward. “I know, Grandma said the same thing, Big Aunt and Little Aunt both said that if my mom is too much, I’ll pack my things and go stay with Big Aunt.”

 She was disappointed that her mom was insisting on listening to her aunt this time, but she also knew that besides her dad, she could only rely on herself. Even if Grandpa and Grandma helped, it would only be temporary. She would have to face her mom and her maternal relatives eventually. “You know that’s good. Don’t be silly and stay at home alone. Also, don’t listen to your mom, don’t go to your maternal grandparents’ house alone.”

 Thinking about the things that had made her fifth uncle cut off ties with her in her past life, besides that, she couldn’t think of anything else. “I know, Grandma and Dad, and Big Uncle all said so.” She wasn’t stupid, she had heard so much gossip in the village recently, how could she not be on guard? “Don’t just remember it, you have to do it, or else…” Everyone’s shouts interrupted her next words. Looking at the direction from which the people were coming, her pupils constricted.

The person who interrupted her was none other than her mother, He Cao, who was dragging Xu Weijun, her former lover, behind her. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her clothes were disheveled, as if she had been through a fight. He Wanqing’s heart sank. What was going on? Why did He Cao look like she had been beaten up? And what was Xu Weijun doing here?