Chapter 3

I returned to the courtyard feeling cold all over, and saw wisps of smoke coming out of the chimney above the roof of my house.

It seems that Nie Minglang is back.

After preparing herself mentally, she walked to the door of the room, gently opened the fire door, and a rich aroma of food rushed into her nose.

She couldn’t help but take a deep breath into the air.

She hadn’t smelled this scent for a long time.

In the end times, the virus not only attacked the human body, but also caused massive pollution to the environment, making it impossible to grow crops in the fields.

They could only search for edible food, such as canned food, instant noodles, ham and other convenient foods.

She couldn’t remember the last time she had a meal like this.

Thinking of this, she swallowed her saliva. Thinking about the delicious food that she would soon eat, she couldn’t help but speed up her pace to enter the room, closed the door, and followed the smell of food to the kitchen door.

The kitchen door was not closed tightly, and Nie Minglang could be seen inside through the crack.

After all, Nie Minglang was a military man. As soon as she reached the door, Nie Minglang turned his head and looked towards it.

Perhaps because of the smoke from cooking, Nie Minglang’s gaze was not as cold and sharp as before.

He just looked at her coldly and turned his head away.

Shu Nian awkwardly put down the hand that was about to greet him, smiled brightly, and took the initiative to speak.

“Well, I just went out for a walk.”

She counted silently in her mind: one, two, three.

The man did not respond. Only the clinking of pots and pans could be heard from the kitchen.

She touched her nose, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Before the end of the world in her previous life, she had never even held a man’s hand. After the end of the world, even survival became difficult and no one was in the mood to think about the love affairs between men and women.

God gave her such a cheap husband out of the blue, and she was a little uncomfortable with it.

Fortunately, not long after, there was a creaking sound from the kitchen door.

The man came out with bowls and chopsticks, sat down at the table, and started eating by himself, as if he ignored Shu Nian.

As the kitchen door opened, the aroma of food became stronger. She drooled with greed and her stomach growled in response.

Nie Minglang paused slightly with his chopsticks and continued to eat with his head down.

Shu Nian looked at Nie Minglang eagerly, then looked at the kitchen. The kitchen was not big, and she could clearly see that the pot was empty at this moment, without a grain of rice left.

Shu Nian: “…”

It was a wrong decision after all! This bastard didn’t even cook for her, and didn’t even leave her a grain of rice!

Cruel, so cruel!

Nie Minglang ate very gracefully, but the speed at which the food was reduced did not slow down at all. In the blink of an eye, half of the food in the bowl was gone.

Shu Nian gritted his teeth secretly, and the villain in his heart was drawing circles crazily.

“I curse you! I curse you to choke to death while eating or drinking water!”

This curse was extremely poisonous. Perhaps because the resentment in her heart was too strong, she did not realize that the curse she had just said was unconsciously uttered.

And Nie Minglang heard it clearly.

Nie Minglang swallowed the food in his mouth, turned around and looked at Shu Nian who was still standing at the kitchen door.

He said coldly, “Shu Nian, I thought you just had no sense of shame, but I didn’t expect you to be so vicious!”

Shu Nian:!

She wanted to slap herself on the mouth. How could she have said what was in her heart? Look, now she can’t explain herself even if she jumps into the Yellow River!

Looking at Nie Minglang’s mocking and disgusted eyes, she wished she could find a place to bury herself!

Just now on the road, I was still thinking about how to explain to them and bring us closer.

Now, Nie Minglang is even more dissatisfied with her!

It’s totally hard to explain!

Shu Nian was extremely depressed at this moment. She wanted to explain to Nie Minglang, but he didn’t even need to open his eyes to look at her.

Helplessly, she had to cover her flat belly and walk dejectedly to her room.

Before leaving, she still did not give up and explained again: “Whether you believe it or not, Comrade Xu and I really just had a misunderstanding.”

After saying that, he went straight back to his room without caring whether Nie Minglang reacted or not.

Returning to the room, she rummaged around and found a piece of snack in a drawer that had been there for an unknown amount of time. After checking to see if it was moldy, she stuffed it into her mouth.

Having lived in the apocalypse for so long, she can eat anything as long as the food is not spoiled.

Moreover, Shu Nian smacked his lips. Hmm, this snack tastes good.

In the narrow living room, Nie Minglang was holding chopsticks and looking at the closed bedroom door, a faint light flickering in his eyes.

A dog will never change its eating habits! This woman rarely speaks the truth!

…

After finishing the only two snacks he found, Shu Nian touched his stomach and finally managed to appease his stomach.

This snack was bought by Nie Minglang, but the original owner didn’t like it, so he threw it into the drawer.

Although the original owner’s family lived in the countryside, they were well off and had four older brothers and one older sister.

My parents are also open-minded. They don’t favor boys over girls and treat all their children equally.

She is the youngest and is spoiled by the whole family.

The other children in the village started helping with housework at the age of five or six, working in the fields, collecting grass for pigs, etc., but the original owner had never done any housework.

Not to mention farm work, she can’t even cook.

She and Nie Minglang have been married for three years, and it has always been Nie Minglang who has been cooking. Even if Nie Minglang has to go out for something, he will prepare the meal in advance and she can just heat it up and eat it.

In the past, many people in the compound came to Nie Minglang to complain, but no one was caught in the act.

Today was the first time that Nie Minglang saw it with his own eyes.

It was also the first time that Nie Minglang did not leave any food for her.

Nie Minglang could have eaten in the army cafeteria, but he cooked for her every day. Judging from his past life, he was a good man.

Good at making money and cooking!

But the original owner just looked down on her. They slept separately for three years after their marriage. The original owner slept in the master bedroom, while Nie Minglang just casually built a wooden bed in the woodshed.

The two lived there for three years.

During these three years, the original owner never let the other party touch her once.

It was because the original owner thought that the other party was “ugly” and not worthy of her. If it weren’t for her age and bad reputation in the village, and she had never found a suitable family, she would never want to marry such an “ugly man”!

Thinking of this, Shu Nian rolled his eyes.

There was definitely something wrong with the original owner’s eyesight. She thought such a handsome guy was ugly!

In fact, there was another reason why the original owner looked down on Nie Minglang, and that was because she already had a crush on someone, the bad boy from their village.

Erlaizi is seven years older than her, and she has always dreamed of getting married when she grows up.

But before she grew up, Er Laizi got married and shattered her dream!

On the day Erlaizi got married, she cried so much that her sleeves were wet.

You can see how sad it is!

Thinking of the appearance of Er Lai Zi in his memory, Shu Nian almost vomited out of disgust. My goodness, that man who looked like a toad turned out to be the ‘perfect male god’ in the original owner’s mind!

It’s really unbearable to watch!

She said that looking at it any longer would hurt her eyes!

She shook her head, drove the eye-catching ‘toad’ out of her mind, and began to look around the room.

Originally this was Nie Minglang’s bedroom. After she came, Nie Minglang moved out, and now she is the only one living in this bedroom.

She was sitting in the Land Rover at this time, her eyes scanning every corner of the room.

This room is twice as big as the room Nie Minglang is currently occupying. There is a table and two stools in the middle of the room, and a large wardrobe against the wall. She is sitting on a double bed covered with pink sheets.

There is a small dressing table at the head of the bed.

The dressing table is very beautifully made. It can be seen that Nie Minglang put a lot of effort into it to be able to get such a dressing table in this remote area.

There is a palm-sized mirror on the dressing table, and there are two glass bottles and a small box on the table.

She walked over and opened them. One of the bottles contained facial oil.

The other can was white powder, which, from memory, was something like loose powder.

Put the glass bottle down and open the small box. Inside is red lip balm, which is similar to the lipstick in later generations.

This was made by the original owner himself. The original owner loved to tinker with these things.

But she is not too stupid. Although she will apply these things when she goes out, she applies them very lightly and most people can’t see them.

I just feel that she looks better than others.

The original owner’s maintenance over the years has not been without effect. Her panel does look much better than others.

But the original owner liked these things, but Shu Nian didn’t.

She had never been interested in these things since she was a child. Before the end of the world, she was a student at a medical university. Compared to these bottles and jars, she was more interested in medicines.

Then she walked to the closet and opened it. The closet was filled with all kinds of clothes.

My goodness, how much does it cost to buy so many clothes these days.

She stroked her chin and smacked her lips, complaining.

“This Nie Minglang is such a sucker!”

After looking over the supplies, I realized that it had already gotten completely dark outside.

She yawned, rubbed her sore eyes, washed up quickly, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.