Chapter 33: Wedding Night

Shen Chuning looked up and saw the man’s cold and frightening face, the chill in his deep eyes could freeze a person to death.

Her small body trembled involuntarily.

But she had finally knocked on this door and taken this step; she couldn’t back down now.

She took a deep breath, cheered herself up, and then suddenly threw herself at the man, hugging his narrow, strong waist, “Brother Yubai, tonight is our wedding night.”

As she said this, tears fell, and her cheeks burned.

Zhou Yubai froze in place.

Only when the little woman’s tears soaked through his thin military undershirt, burning his skin, did he suddenly realize what the little woman meant.

At that moment, he felt that his heart, which had just died, came back to life, beating wildly.

It seemed about to jump out of his chest.

His body reacted faster than his brain.

Before his brain could react, his body had already hugged his wife’s waist with one hand, lifted her up, and strode back to their new room.

As he placed Shen Chuning on the bed covered with a red dragon and phoenix quilt, he leaned down and pressed down on her.

Those vortex-like deep eyes stared intently at Shen Chuning, “Are you willing to consummate our marriage with me?”

Shen Chuning, for the first time in her life, did such a bold thing while fully awake.  She was so ashamed she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.

And the man had to ask.

She glared at the man, seeing that although he was tense, he still looked like he wouldn’t dare to move unless she spoke.

She could only bite her lip and nod slightly.

Her nod was like a charge signal for the man.

However, it was the first time for both of them. After a flurry of fumbling, both of them were sweating profusely, but still couldn’t find the right way.

Shen Chuning’s face turned pale, tears rolling down her fair face, she cried out in pain, “Brother Yubai, it hurts!”

Zhou Yubai was instantly panicked, suppressing the beast within him.

Shen Chuning hugged his lean waist tightly, her face quickly turning from white to red.

Biting her lip, she blinked her watery eyes and gave the man a bright smile, “Brother Yubai, it’s okay. They say it hurts the first time.”

Although her mother hadn’t told her these things, many new brides had been married in the village over the years, and every time a new bride came in, the aunts couldn’t help but gossip.

She had also heard a lot about this from the aunts.

Zhou Yubai was so anxious that sweat appeared on his forehead, but because he was afraid of hurting his wife, he didn’t dare to make any movements.

Shen Chuning, with the determination to succeed or die tonight, gave the man great encouragement.

After overcoming the initial difficulties, they quickly got into the rhythm.

Outside the window, on a large tree, two birds were tumbling and playing happily.

A bright moon in the sky shyly hid behind the clouds.

Shen Chuning only thought that she wanted to be a real husband and wife with Brother Yubai, but she didn’t expect the old house to catch fire to be so terrifying.

After the man had a taste of it, he tossed and turned until the sky turned pale.

Finally, she was so tired that her limbs were weak and she didn’t want to move. She had already fallen asleep when the man helped her clean up.

The next day, Zhou Yubai was exceptionally energetic. He got up early and even ran around the village twice as usual to exercise.

Passing the brigade’s breeding farm, he learned that a batch of hens were not laying many eggs and were going to be culled.

Anyone who wanted to buy chickens could buy them.

Thinking of his wife’s thin waist, which he could grasp with one hand, and her delicate appearance, he immediately bought two chickens to take home to nourish his wife.

Although his wife was spoiled by her father and brothers, she had eaten fine grains since she was a child. But after his wife ate them, she seemed to have only gained weight in two places.

Except for those two places being plump, other parts were as thin as a chick.

From now on, it was his turn to raise his wife, and he had to raise all the flesh on his wife’s body.

When he was carrying the chickens home, he happened to meet several aunts from the village who were also carrying baskets to buy old hens.

Seeing the chickens in his hands, the aunts exchanged a suggestive look before greeting him, “Yubai, buying old hens to nourish your wife?”

“Mm.” Zhou Yubai nodded to the aunts and responded.

The smiles on the aunts’ faces became even more meaningful, “That’s good, your wife hasn’t suffered, she needs to be well nourished.”

After Zhou Yubai walked away.

Several aunts whispered and laughed suggestively, “Do you think with Zhou Yubai’s physique, can Shen Chuning’s daughter even get out of bed today?”

Another aunt covered her mouth and laughed, “I’m afraid not. My old man and I, in the first two days after we got married, our legs were shaking when we got out of bed, let alone Shen Chuning’s daughter’s delicate body, which would fall down with a gust of wind.”

Several aunts burst into laughter again.

When Zhou Yubai built the courtyard before, it was only because he didn’t want to come back from his leave and listen to his parents urging him to get married from morning till night.

He didn’t plan to live separately, so his courtyard only had one main hall and two bedrooms. Although he had dug a well and built a shower room, he didn’t build a kitchen.

He carried the old hens back to the Zhou family, slaughtered them, cleaned them, and stewed them directly.

When Lin Shulan came back from work in the morning, she smelled a strong aroma of chicken soup from the kitchen.

She quickly went into the kitchen to take a look.

Seeing that her third son was cooking, she wasn’t surprised.

Because every time Zhou Yubai came back on leave, he either helped her work in the fields or cooked at home.

This son of hers, before, had no faults except for not wanting to get married.

Now that he was married, he was even more impeccable.

However, seeing the chopped chicken pieces on the chopping board, she was still a little surprised, “Laosan, where did you get this chicken?”

Zhou Yubai talked about the brigade selling old hens, “I bought two, stewed one, I’ll give Ningning a bowl first. Mother, you can scoop it from the pot when you eat.”

Zhou Yubai said, taking a large bowl to scoop chicken soup.

Lin Shulan widened her eyes and asked Zhou Yubai, “Ningning hasn’t woken up yet?”