Chapter 42: The Man Is Getting Better and Better

Shen Chuning quickly got up and went out of the courtyard.

She saw Father Zhou, the three Zhou brothers, her father, and her two brothers were already busy building the kitchens.

Her tense mood immediately relaxed.

After greeting her two fathers and brothers, she took the mung beans and went next door.

Lin Shulan was cutting the leftover cabbage and lettuce from the field, preparing to dry them into dried vegetables to eat slowly in winter.

Hearing Shen Chuning say she wanted to make mung bean soup for those building the kitchen, she quickly wiped her hands, “Okay, Ningning, Mother will help you with the fire.”

Shen Chuning smiled, “Mother, you do your work, I’m just cooking mung bean soup, it’s not a lot of work, I can tend the fire myself.”

Lin Shulan didn’t insist, saying, “Okay, if you need help later, just call Mother.”

With many hands making light work, the kitchen in the small courtyard was built that afternoon.

In rural areas, building a stove used to require specially inviting someone to look at the feng shui orientation, but now that the old ways were being broken, it was naturally impossible to look at feng shui openly.

But Father Shen, fearing that the stove wasn’t built well and would affect his daughter’s marriage, secretly consulted the old almanac hidden at home, and then found the best stove builder in the village to build a stove for Shen Chuning.

The day after the kitchen was built was Shen Chuning’s return visit to her parents’ home.

Shen Chuning was tossed around by her husband again last night, and when the aroma of meat buns reached her nose in the morning, her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

“Wife, wake up, we have to go back to see Dad and your brothers today.” The man’s magnetic voice sounded in her ear, along with hot breath on her earlobe.

Shen Chuning jolted awake.

But she was still too sleepy to control herself, yawning and tears flowing down.

Zhou Yubai leaned over and directly kissed the tears rolling down her face.

Shen Chuning was already sensitive, and when he did this, her body trembled uncontrollably.

She couldn’t help but think of the tricks the man had played last night.

Who would have thought that such a cold and fierce man outside would be like a rascal in bed, coaxing her with various tricks.

When she got up and looked in the mirror, she found that there were some dark circles under her eyes.

She couldn’t help but glare at the man, “It’s all your fault! Look at the dark circles under my eyes, what will people think?”

Not only were there dark circles under her eyes, but there were also marks on her neck.

She had told the man last night not to leave marks where others could see them, but the man hadn’t listened at all.

Even a high-necked shirt couldn’t cover them.

She originally wanted to tie a scarf to cover them, but it was such a hot day, if she tied a scarf, wouldn’t it be like trying to hide something obvious?

The village aunties’ mouths were so loose…

Zhou Yubai, usually fierce outside, was now as docile as a quail in front of his wife, immediately raising three fingers to promise, “Wife, I promise, I won’t leave marks in obvious places tonight.”

Shen Chuning widened her eyes at his promise, “You’re coming again tonight?”

Was this man made of iron?

Not only was he as hard as iron, but he didn’t know what tiredness was, right?

Zhou Yubai looked at his wife’s wide eyes, thinking his wife was extremely cute.

He hugged his wife’s slender waist, rubbing his chin against her tender white neck, “Wife, I only have five days of vacation left before I return to the army.”

Hearing the man say this, Shen Chuning also felt a sense of loss.

After Shen Chuning finished washing and dressing, the couple sat down at the table.

Zhou Yubai had made millet porridge, meat buns, and stir-fried cabbage in the morning.

Shen Chuning knew that Zhou Yubai could cook, but she didn’t expect his cooking skills to be so good.

Unexpectedly, his buns were soft and fluffy, the meat filling was fragrant and rich, and they were exceptionally delicious.

Although she could cook, she wasn’t good at making dough. She admitted that if she made buns, she definitely couldn’t make them this delicious.

With delicious food, her little emotions instantly disappeared.

Her bright eyes looked at the man in surprise, “Brother Yubai, these buns are really delicious.”

As she spoke, she took a big bite of the bun, stuffing her mouth full, her cheeks bulging, like a little squirrel stealing food, extremely cute.

Zhou Yubai looked at his wife’s cute appearance and listened to her praise, his heart felt like honey.

“Wife, if you like them, I’ll make them for you often.”

“Mm-mm.” Shen Chuning happily nodded heavily, blinking her big eyes and asking him, “Brother Yubai, whose cooking skills did you learn to make buns from?”

“I learned from our cook’s chief,” Zhou Yubai said gently, “Our army is stationed in the north, where they mainly eat dough-based foods, and the cooks in the cooking squad make delicious buns and steamed buns, so I learned from them when I had nothing to do.”

“Then when I go to your army, I’ll learn from them too.” Shen Chuning said happily.

Now that she could cook without being suppressed, she quite enjoyed cooking.

Zhou Yubai saw a flash of surprise in his eyes when he heard her words, “Wife, are you willing to go with me to the army?”

“Um…” Shen Chuning pondered for a moment, “Mm, yes. But not now, I want to wait until my eldest and second brothers get married before going with you, can you understand?”

She still had to stay in the village for now.

In her dream, her father died in a quarry accident.

The quarry hadn’t started recruiting workers yet, she had to wait for the quarry to recruit workers and prevent her father from going to the quarry for the fifteen kuai subsidy.

Her eldest brother died because he had no money, she had to earn more money and leave more for her family.

Her second brother occasionally went to the black market, according to the dream, the situation in the black market would be extremely severe in the next year, she had to remind her second brother not to go to the black market anymore.

Since she had that dream, she wouldn’t allow anyone in her family to follow the same path as in her dream.

Zhou Yubai understood the Shen family’s situation and knew that their siblings’ relationship was deeper than that of ordinary siblings.

He nodded, reaching out to rub Shen Chuning’s soft hair, “My own wife, of course I can understand.”

Shen Chuning: …

She found that since she told the man not to be fierce and not to speak so simply, the man was getting better and better, sweet words coming naturally.

After breakfast, Zhou Yubai took Shen Chuning to the commune supply and marketing cooperative to buy gifts for her return visit.

Shen Chuning habitually grabbed the back of the bicycle seat.

But after riding a few steps, the man’s magnetic voice came from the front, “Wife, hug me.”

Shen Chuning blushed and looked around. They hadn’t left the village yet, and they would pass by the place where the villagers worked today, and if the aunties saw them, they didn’t know how they would gossip about her!

She whispered, “Hug you after we leave the village, otherwise, if people see us… it’s not good…”

Before she finished speaking, the bicycle suddenly jolted.

Her hands couldn’t hold the back of the bicycle seat firmly, and she instinctively hugged the man’s strong waist.

Shen Chuning: …

She suspected that the man did it on purpose, but she had no proof.