Chapter 23: Xiaozhen Reports

Although she didn’t say anything, Lin Xinghua figured it out.

The five yuan was for his flour, green beans, and labor.

“She’s good at keeping track, I don’t know if she’s silly or not.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” You guess.

They had a simple dinner.

Xie Lin’an came back very late tonight, Ye Xiaozhen waited until eight o’clock and still didn’t see him.

For a time when people worked from sunrise to sunset, this was serious overtime.

Ye Xiaozhen washed up and went back to her room, she didn’t sleep, she went into the kitchen.

Her 300-square-meter kitchen was temperature and humidity controlled, it was more comfortable than staying outside.

Most importantly, she discovered a secret.

There seemed to be no concept of time here, for so many days, the strawberries and lychees were still fresh.

Even the strawberry butt she had bitten off two days ago looked like it had just been bitten.

But that wasn’t right, if time didn’t pass, how did the buns and dumplings cook?

Just as she was thinking, she heard the sound of the gate rattling outside, she knew it was Xie Lin’an coming back.

Ye Xiaozhen quickly came out of the kitchen and pretended to be asleep in bed.

“Lin’an, you’re back?”

Xie Lin’an, who was parking his car, looked up and saw his grandpa still sitting under the eaves, fanning himself.

“Grandpa, it’s so late, why aren’t you asleep yet?”

“I’m waiting for you.”

“Waiting for me? Didn’t I tell you I’d be back late today?”

“Oh, I can’t sleep anyway, I’m just enjoying the cool air here.”

“Enjoying the cool air? Aren’t you afraid of mosquitoes biting you?”

“There are no mosquitoes, I smoked them with mugwort this afternoon, they’re all dead.”

“What about Xiaozhen?”

“Xiaozhen is asleep, she left some delicious food for you, go wash up quickly, I’ll go get it.”

Lin Xinghua turned and went into the house.

Xie Lin’an took out a towel with three holes in it, pumped a bucket of water, dipped the towel in the water, and splashed it all over himself from head to toe.

Then he soaped his whole body and washed in the corner of the yard.

It was dark, no one could see him except for the moon in the sky.

After washing, he changed into clean clothes and felt comfortable.

A bowl of rabbit meat, buns, and dumplings.

Xie Lin’an was startled, “What’s this? You not only steamed buns today, but you also steamed dumplings?”

“Yes, do you know how much money we made today?”

“Ah? You made money again?”

“Yes, we made fifteen yuan, she gave me five yuan. Lin’an, what do you think she means?”

Xie Lin’an stuffed half a bun into his mouth and mumbled, “What do you mean?”

“Hehe, I guess she gave me five yuan because it was for my flour, green beans, and my labor.”

“Ah?” Xie Lin’an quickly swallowed the bun in his mouth and said, “She understands all that?”

“Yes, I think she understands everything, she just can’t speak.”

Xie Lin’an thought about it while eating.

He wondered if she really understood.

“She hits Ye Zhengguo and Sun Qing when she sees them, but she’s so good to the old man, what does that mean?”

“What does it mean?”

“You little rascal, it means she knows who’s good to her.”

Xie Lin’an thought it made sense.

Lin Xinghua said, “Treat her well, if you don’t treat her well, she won’t say anything, but she’ll remember it. Her brain doesn’t work that way, it’s useless to explain.”

Xie Lin’an nodded eagerly.

He picked up a piece of rabbit meat, it was spicy and fragrant, “Hey, this rabbit is cooked well, did you make it, Grandpa?”

“What did I make? I went to cut mugwort this morning, Xiaozhen made it at home, I’m eating it now.”

“Xiaozhen made it, hehehe, I’ve found a treasure.” Xie Lin’an laughed foolishly.

Xie Lin’an went back to the room and saw Ye Xiaozhen lying on the bed motionless, he thought she was already asleep, so he tiptoed in and didn’t dare to disturb her.

He was tired from a day of work, and he was also quite sleepy, he fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

The next day, he didn’t go to work at the dam because he had promised Ye Xiaozhen to take her to buy shampoo.

People in this area liked to go to the market early, usually they would leave as soon as the sun came up.

Usually, around ten o’clock in the morning, there wouldn’t be many people left on the street.

So the peak time for the market was usually between seven thirty and nine thirty.

They got up at five thirty, then washed up and ate breakfast, and left at seven.

Ye Xiaozhen was still sitting in the “child seat.”

She wanted to sit in the back, but Xie Lin’an insisted on letting her sit in the front, and she couldn’t twist his arm, as a speechless fool, she couldn’t do anything to him.

Xie Lin’an said, “My bike has a seat in the front and back, it was modified for the convenience of taking my grandpa and third uncle. When they were little, they always fought over who got to sit in the front, you’re not even willing to sit in the front.”

Ye Xiaozhen was speechless, the back seat was fine, but the front was a homemade child seat, I’m an adult… forget it, don’t even bother, big men don’t understand.

Going to the market today, there were many familiar faces on the road, they all looked at them and laughed and talked, it was so annoying.

Xie Lin’an didn’t care at all, he was quite proud.

But she clearly heard someone say that he was a big fool, a sucker, he married a foolish wife and was still happy.

“Xiaozhen, we’re going to my third uncle’s house later.”

Ye Xiaozhen was stunned, why go to her third uncle’s house?

“I don’t understand anything about shampoo and cream, my third aunt is a teacher, she understands, we’ll ask her.”

Ye Xiaozhen thought, maybe we shouldn’t go, he doesn’t know what her third aunt did the other day.

The old man was also amazing, he kept his mouth shut, he didn’t say a word.

“Third Aunt said I’m a fool, she doesn’t want me to go to your house.” Ye Xiaozhen said foolishly.

“Ah?” Xie Lin’an slammed on the brakes, Ye Xiaozhen almost flew out, she was scared and quickly hugged his neck.

“Xiaozhen, what are you saying?”

“I said Third Aunt said I’m a fool, she doesn’t want me to go to your house.”

Xie Lin’an asked suspiciously, “Do you know who my third aunt is?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded, “I know, the sister who came with Xiaowen the other day.”

The woman who came with Xiaowen, who else could it be but his third aunt?

“Why didn’t Grandpa tell me?”

No wonder the old man was so tight-lipped.

“What did she say?”

Ye Xiaozhen lowered her head and didn’t speak.

Xie Lin’an asked again, “Besides saying she doesn’t want you to go to our house, what else did she say?”

Ye Xiaozhen shook her head, after a while, she said, “Xiaowen said that you married a fool, and his parents are going to cut off ties with Grandpa.”

Xie Lin’an: “…”

Xie Lin’an clenched his fist and pounded it on the handlebars, “Hmph, you Li Mei. Let’s go, I’m going to settle the score with her.”

Ah?

This…

She gave ten yuan as a gift, should I tell him?

Forget it, I’ll tell him.

“Third Aunt gave money.”

Xie Lin’an was stunned, “Gave money?”

“Yeah, she gave it to Grandpa, she said she wouldn’t come to the wedding.”

From her few simple words, Xie Lin’an almost guessed the scene and all their words.

Xie Lin’an said, “Does she think it’s embarrassing that I married you, so she gave money and won’t come to the wedding?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded eagerly.

Xie Lin’an looked furious, he was about to bite his teeth.

He pedaled the bike as fast as he could, and soon he arrived at his third uncle Xie Zhili’s house in the city.

His third uncle was actually home?