Chapter 42: A man who is soft-hearted but not hard-hearted

Shen Zhiyu felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. What did she mean by city women being flashy? And the way Fu Chunmei looked at her, it was like she had found a kindred spirit. Shen Zhiyu even lowered her head to look at her own clothes.

Chen Cuijuan had told her to dress inconspicuously when she went out, the simpler the better, so she wouldn’t be targeted by thieves. And they were going on a long trip, they didn’t know how dirty it would be on the road, so they had to wear something comfortable and durable. Chen Cuijuan had specifically picked out clothes for Shen Zhiyu.

They were durable and comfortable. Although they were a little ugly, they were convenient to wear when going out, and she didn’t have to worry about ruining them. But since she had just arrived and didn’t know anything about this place, she didn’t know the context of Fu Chunmei’s words, so she didn’t say anything. Just then, Gu Ye came back. Seeing Fu Chunmei there, he was slightly surprised and greeted her. “Regiment Commander Gu is back, you guys should eat, thank you for the chili sauce, I’ll come talk to you later!” After she left, Gu Ye went to the kitchen and brought out bowls and chopsticks. He opened the lunch box. It happened that the canteen had chili stir-fried with pork today, so he got a serving of that, and also a serving of stir-fried cucumber.

 The staple food was cornmeal steamed buns. “I got there late, there was no rice left, eat some steamed buns first, we’ll go to Commander Huang’s house for dinner tonight, they also like to eat rice, they should be making rice tonight.” Shen Zhiyu nodded, “Should we bring anything?” In this era, food was scarce, everyone was tightening their belts, and they rarely went to other people’s houses for meals. It was considered rude to go to someone else’s house for dinner.

 It was best to bring something even if you were going to an ordinary person’s house. Not to mention Commander Huang was Gu Ye’s leader. “No need, Commander Huang doesn’t care about those things.” Shen Zhiyu glanced at him, “Commander Huang doesn’t care about those things, that’s their business, it’s our business whether we bring something or not.”

 “Didn’t Xiao He say that we have a supply and marketing cooperative here? I’ll take you to have a look later, and I’ll buy some things back.” The stir-fried dishes here tasted quite good, but they were very heavy, salty and spicy, which was good for eating with rice. It was fine to eat like this during the day, but if you ate like this at night, you would have to drink a lot of water, and you would have to get up several times at night, would you even be able to sleep? Gu Ye obviously wasn’t used to it either. He would eat a bite of vegetables and then eat two bites of steamed buns.

 But he wasn’t picky, as long as he had something to eat, he wouldn’t be so picky. Usually, he would be exhausted after training, he would just eat something at the canteen, but now that Shen Zhiyu was here, he couldn’t eat like he used to. “Okay, if you don’t have to go out for training or missions, I can come back at five to cook.” Shen Zhiyu looked at him in surprise. Although Gu Ye had said he would cook when Chen Cuijuan told him that she couldn’t cook, seeing that he seemed to be planning to do that now, Shen Zhiyu was surprised, but she felt more at ease.

She picked up a piece of meat, “Okay, then if you come back late, I’ll cook.” Gu Ye looked at her suspiciously, as if questioning the truthfulness of her statement. Shen Zhiyu was instantly embarrassed and angry, “……. Gu Ye, if you keep looking, I won’t cook! You can just wait to starve when you come back!” The man smiled and quickly changed his words, “I won’t look, hurry up and eat, eat and then clean up.” She was full after eating one and a half cornmeal steamed buns, the rest went into Gu Ye’s stomach. After they finished eating, they started cleaning up.

They said they would clean up together, but most of the work was done by Gu Ye. He was strong and worked quickly, Shen Zhiyu basically directed, and Gu Ye executed, at most she followed behind and handed him tools or helped him. “Move the bed to the inside, move the table to the window.” “Just move it here, this is the perfect spot.”

 “Yes, yes, do you have any bamboo poles or ropes at home? We can build a clothes rack or a clothesline.” The man could understand Shen Zhiyu’s meaning immediately, Shen Zhiyu followed beside him, and after finishing each task, she would praise him, “You’re so strong!”

“Gu Ye, you’re amazing.” “You’re so tall, I can’t reach this spot, what would I do without you?” “No wonder my mom said that a house needs a man, I didn’t think so before, but I understand now.” The more Shen Zhiyu praised him, the more energetic Gu Ye became. In no time, the house was cleaned up. Shen Zhiyu was exhausted, she sat on a chair and drank some water, her face was flushed from running around with Gu Ye, she panted slightly, “Cleaning the house is tiring, you should drink some too.” “Okay.” Compared to Shen Zhiyu, who was so tired that she couldn’t catch her breath, Gu Ye’s face didn’t change. If you didn’t know better, you would think that Gu Ye was giving the orders and Shen Zhiyu was doing the work. This was nothing to the man, but seeing Shen Zhiyu like this, he mentioned, “We’ll rest today, starting tomorrow, you’ll get up with me in the morning to exercise.”

Shen Zhiyu’s eyes widened instantly. He was serious! And he wanted to exercise in the morning……. How early would they have to get up? “Can’t we do it at night?”

 “The early bird catches the worm, morning is best.” Seeing her act pathetically and weakly, Gu Ye almost softened, “We’ll run two kilometers tomorrow, and then we’ll gradually increase it.

”  ！！！！Two kilometers?! That’s so much! Shen Zhiyu’s legs went weak, she didn’t know what she thought of, her eyes sparkled, she beckoned to Gu Ye and whispered,

“We can exercise at night.” Gu Ye’s first reaction was that he had just said exercising in the morning was best. But when he met her rosy cheeks, he instantly understood that her exercise and his exercise were not the same thing. Gu Ye almost wavered, but he quickly came to his senses, “That’s not real exercise, even if you do, you won’t move, I’ll be the one moving.”

 Shen Zhiyu immediately disagreed, “No way! I’m clearly very tired, okay!” “That’s why you have poor stamina, you need to exercise.”  Great, Gu Ye had his own logical loop. Shen Zhiyu still disagreed. But she didn’t know how to argue with him, she bit her lower lip and said angrily, “Fine, anyway, you already exercise a lot during the day, you don’t need extra exercise at night, then we’ll sleep in separate rooms at night!” Gu Ye frowned, “We’re husband and wife.” “So what if we’re husband and wife, there’s no rule that says husband and wife have to sleep together.”

 Gu Ye: “…… We’ll talk about it at night, sleeping in separate rooms is definitely not going to happen, let’s go out and buy things first.” Shen Zhiyu hummed in response. Thinking about how she had sat on the train for so long and come this far with him, and she hadn’t even rested for a day, and he was asking her to get up early the next day to run with him.

This wasn’t marrying a wife, it was marrying a brother! Two kilometers, she hadn’t even run yet, just thinking about it made her legs ache. She lowered her head and pinched her legs, Gu Ye looked at his wife’s back of the head, he didn’t know why, but he saw grievance in the back of her head. He couldn’t bear it, “We’ll rest for a day tomorrow, I’m asking you to exercise for your own good, be good.” Shen Zhiyu: “???” Why did he suddenly change his mind?

 Looking up at the emotions in his eyes, Shen Zhiyu seemed to suddenly understand. This stinky man, he was soft but not hard! Knowing this about him, she immediately had an idea. Shen Zhiyu lowered her eyes, her smile was about to overflow.