Chapter 44 : Su Ranran is Shen He’s sweetheart

The two didn’t stay in the house for long and returned to the hall.

The atmosphere in this era was conservative, and even as a couple, they had to be mindful of their image.

Although their time alone was brief and they didn’t speak much, Shen He vaguely realized that his wife possessed something extraordinary. Thinking of this, he felt fortunate that he had cleaned up the traces of her abilities a few days ago.

Otherwise, with the keen attention of the Security Bureau, she wouldn’t be able to withstand an investigation.

The people in the front yard didn’t pay much attention to their brief absence, as it was normal for a couple to have private conversations.

The villagers were busy searching for clothes for the soldiers to change into, as no one knew when the rain would stop. They couldn’t just let the soldiers stand there, soaked.

However, the military had strict discipline, and the soldiers couldn’t accept help without orders from their commanding officer.

The villagers and soldiers were at an impasse for a while.

It wasn’t until Shen He came out and nodded in approval that the other soldiers accepted the clothes handed to them by the villagers. Everyone was moved by the soldiers’ conduct.

When it came to carrying sandbags, they didn’t complain, each one adding a bag to the riverbank. During the rescue, they braved the wind and rain, risking their lives to save these civilians. Now, their clothes were wet, but they refused the villagers’ kindness.

Who wouldn’t admire such an army?

Shen He knew that the rain wouldn’t stop anytime soon. As the villagers had said, they couldn’t let the soldiers wait around in wet clothes, so he quickly made the decision to allow them to accept the civilians’ clothes.

And indeed, this was a disciplined army.

After changing clothes, they washed their uniforms in the rain and hung them out to dry.

Su Ranran had prepared clothes for Shen He in advance.

But when she tried to help him wash his changed clothes, Shen He stopped her.

“I can do it.”

Although she knew her extraordinary water could fully restore her body functions, in Shen He’s eyes, she was still too delicate. Moreover, when he was in the army, he washed his clothes every day, so he didn’t want her to exert herself.

The Shen family knew that Su Ranran was the apple of Shen He’s eye, and they wished she wouldn’t get wet while serving him.

However, outsiders didn’t know the details of their relationship.

At this moment, everyone was in the front yard, and with over a hundred pairs of eyes, someone was bound to notice the couple.

What’s more, Shen He was the dream of many young girls in the team. Even though he was married, it didn’t stop the young girls and wives from secretly admiring him.

When they saw that Shen He didn’t even want Su Ranran to wash his clothes, the young girls and wives couldn’t help but feel envious.

What kind of luck did Su Ranran have?

A woman who had been ruined, was she really worth Shen He treating her like his most cherished possession?

Shen He ignored the prying eyes. At that moment, he was quickly rubbing his military uniform. He had taken off the device from his shoulder, and he would put it on when needed.

He didn’t want to deal with other things and simply asked Su Ranran to keep it safe.

Meanwhile, Su Ranran didn’t care about their gossip. She was sitting on a small stool, which Shen He had somehow managed to get for her. She and Xiao Doudou were eating melon while watching the heavy rain outside. The melon had been stuffed into her by her mother-in-law. Although it was obviously called a melon, it wasn’t as sweet as the improved varieties from later generations, but it was more juicy.

In an era of abundant materials, this kind of fruit would be nothing special, but here, it was considered a rare delicacy.

Didn’t you see how the child next door was almost crying out of greed?

“You’re asking for trouble! What are you looking at? Go back!”

The child who was crying out of greed was Li Xueqiu’s little nephew. Since Li Xueqiu and the strong laborers in the family were arrested, their lives had fallen from the sky to the ground.

Not only was there no meat to eat, but there wasn’t even white rice. They could only eat sweet potatoes mixed with thin rice porridge like before, let alone the snacks they used to enjoy until they were full and sick.

How could they bear this after being used to a good life?

Seeing Su Ranran eating a melon at this moment, several children’s eyes turned green with greed, and they couldn’t stop swallowing.

Zhao Meifang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, was a strong woman. She had been quite the star in the team over the past year. Who didn’t envy her for marrying into a good family?

Now that her husband had been arrested, life had become difficult, but how could she bear being laughed at?

Seeing her children crying because they were envious of someone else’s melon, she was immediately furious.

She pulled the children away one by one, still cursing under her breath.

Those who knew thought she was scolding the children, but those who didn’t know assumed she was scolding some wicked ghost who had eaten the melon and was causing the children to be greedy.

How could Su Ranran not hear that she was venting her anger at her by scolding the children? But since she didn’t name anyone, it would be unfair to take it personally. With a quick thought, she pulled out a handful of candies from her pocket and handed one to each of her little nephews.

The little ones didn’t expect to eat both melons and candies while hiding from the rain. They were so happy it felt like a festival.

Each of them took a candy and ate it with relish.

Now, the children of the Li family became even greedier and cried out loudly.

“Zhao Meifang, your child is greedy for candies, why don’t you give him some?”

Someone winked at her and laughed.

The people around also chuckled.

“That’s right. Your Huzi used to have a pocket full of candies every day. Why can’t he bear to share now?”

Someone deliberately poked at her.

Who didn’t know what the Li family was like now?

Not to mention candies, even brown sugar was hard to come by.

But no one sympathized with them.

How glorious was their family in the past? With Li Xueqiu’s presence, they ate well every day, yet they still looked down on others.

Everyone had waited for their downfall, and now that it had come, they couldn’t wait to rub it in.

Zhao Meifang’s face turned dark with anger, but she was alone and weak. Even though the entire Li family, plus the three sisters-in-law, wasn’t united, how could she dare to argue with them?

Finally, she had no choice but to sternly carry her child away.

Although she left, the gossip behind her didn’t stop at all.

Everyone sighed that the Li family had been too arrogant in the past, and even God couldn’t stand it. Some people speculated that since the Li family hadn’t been released for so long, they most likely wouldn’t be coming back.

The words were spoken as if they had already witnessed the Li family men being sentenced!

Luo Huarong, the third daughter-in-law of the Li family, who had been uneasy, collapsed when she heard this. She didn’t care about her two ignorant sons and ran to the backyard with her face covered.

In the crowd, a tall and thin man had a playful look in his eyes. After a pause, he subtly moved toward the backyard.

No one paid attention to this scene.

Everyone’s attention was focused on the heavy rain outside that seemed to tear through the sky.

The mood, which had been high at the start, gradually became lower.

Although everything had been prepared, what would they do with their other crops in such heavy rain?

“I don’t know when the rain will stop?” someone said, worried.

Others followed suit, sighing.