When Xie Jingming came back, Lin Chuxia was cooking there. The vegetables had been washed, and sausages, pork, and eggs were cut. She was preparing to fry sausages, seaweed and egg drop soup, and a plate of green vegetables and braised pork. It was absolutely delicious. A meal.
(fry sausages)
(seaweed and egg drop soup)
(a plate of green vegetables)
(braised pork)
Of course, the so-called braised pork was cooked by Lin Chuxia herself. It was simmered till it was cooked and brown sugar was added. It was particularly fragrant.
When Xie Jingming came back, he took a bath with cold water immediately. Seeing Lin Chuxia cooking, he went over to help light the fire.
Smelling the fragrant food, when it was cooked, no one was sitting at the dinner table chatting leisurely. They were tired and hungry, and they were working hard to finish the meal.
Especially the braised pork, which is so cooked that when you take one bite, the aroma of the meat comes out, and it’s also sweet, so delicious!
Xie Jingming looked at the meat on the dinner table and thought about the meat he had brought back a few days ago. It seemed that it was not enough, but he couldn’t go to the market town recently. He raised his head and looked at Lin Chuxia, “No need next time. There are so many vegetables to cook; they are just enough to eat.”
Xie Jingming was worried that after two days of no meat, eggs, and sausages, only vegetables, the three little cubs would start crying and clamoring for meat again.
“I want to eat.” Lin Chuxia didn’t say anything sensational or anything like, ‘I’m worried that you’ll be exhausted from working in the harvest’. She just said it lightly, but Xie Jingming’s next words were paused. Around the mouth… um…
He is a man, and his wife wants to eat meat. How can he not give it to his wife to eat if he has meat? Is this still a man? As a man, he should not veto his wife’s idea of eating meat but work hard to earn money to buy meat. !
“Okay, eat!!” When the harvest will be over, he will go out to buy more. Suddenly another question came to his mind: “Isn’t the pork I bought a few days ago still smelly after so long?”
Lin Chuxia rolled her eyes. Staring over, “That’s because I preserve it well; otherwise, you would think where the sausages that people cook for weddings in summer and autumn come from.”
She said this because she wanted to tell Xie Jingming that she was not a special person, and other people also had secret recipes for preserving food. As for what it is, I won’t tell you, and don’t ask, I won’t tell.
Xie Jingming understood the subtext; since it was not moldy and smelly, it’s okay.
After dinner, Xie Jingming went to wash the dishes, and Lin Chuxia went to wash the clothes.
After washing the dishes, Xie Jingming was worried that it would take a long time for Lin Chuxia to wash clothes alone. After all, there were eight sets of clothes in total for the clothes he changed out of the bath yesterday and the clothes he changed out at noon today.
When Xie Jingming passed by, there were many women at the laundry place. When they saw Xie Jingming coming to help, they all couldn’t help teasing, “Oh, Jingming is here to help with the laundry.”
“Jingming, you love your wife so much. I’m jealous of you.”
“Jingming can do laundry, but our old man can’t do it.”
Everyone was praising her, some envious, some teasing. Somewhat contemptuous… various emotions, but with a hint of wonder and sparkle.
Men… can also wash clothes!
Xie Jingming looked very calm when he was made fun of by the women in the village, as if it were not a big deal.
In the military camp, he lived alone and washed his own clothes. He didn’t think it was difficult to wash clothes at all. Couldn’t he just rub and wash them with soap and water?
With Xie Jingming’s help, Lin Chuxia did wash better. It was almost over, but when word spread about it, some domineering and cruel women in the village used it as an excuse to reprimand their husbands.
Xie Jingming can help with laundry; why can’t you?
Of course, that’s a story for another day.
After washing and drying the clothes, they took the time to take a rest. They still had to go to work in the afternoon!
At three or four o’clock in the afternoon, shortly after they went to the fields, it started to rain heavily, which scared the people in the village and hurriedly put them away. The harvested wheat was harvested and put into bags and sent back, as well as peanuts, corn, and other dropped grains!
Because the weather had been gray these two days, the captain did not dare to let people expose the grain to the sun. But if they are not exposed to the sun, they will easily grow sprouts if they are piled together. The two people at the drying farm are very nervous about the weather.
By the time they packed up and sent the food back to the warehouse, the heavy rain had already soaked everyone. They all took their bamboo hats and walked quickly towards home.
For example, at this time, Lin Chuxia and Xie Jingming, one wearing a bamboo hat and the other wearing a straw hat, some of the rainwater came diagonally, so they hurried home to boil water for a bath!
As soon as they got home, they saw three children standing under the eaves outside the house, looking at them with a voyeuristic gaze. He walked a little faster. Lin Chuxia frowned. “Why don’t you go home when it rains? It’s easy to get wet at the door of the house.”
“Mom. ” “It’s leaking at home.” Dazai turned and pointed inside the house. Xie Jingming had been out for half a year, and no one had checked the tiles at home. So something would happen as soon as it rained.
She didn’t know when it broke. It didn’t leak the last time it rained. However, it’s been a long time since it rained last time.
“Well, let me take a look.” Xie Jingming walked into the house with long legs to see where the rain was leaking. He first filled the basin with water and then went up to replace the tiles.
“It’s raining. If you climb up to the roof now, won’t you slide down?” Lin Chuxia was still worried about this. Moreover, it was easy to get wet. If he slipped down, he would be injured for who knows how many days.
“No.” He didn’t realize this problem when he went home last time. No one except him checked and replaced the tiles on the roof of the tiled house. There were leaking areas one by one. There was no need to wait for the next day; just do it today. Even at night, the house can be flooded with water.
Of course, this statement is slightly exaggerated.
However, the rain has become lighter now. He wonders if the rain will get heavier at night. He brought a ladder; there is still a small pile of tiles next to the house.
Lin Chuxia helped hold the ladder, occasionally helped with tiles, and pointed out where the rain was leaking, but it was usually visible to the naked eye.
After finishing cleaning up the tiles, Lin Chuxia, who was fine, was about to boil water for a bath when she sneezed. She didn’t dare to delay anymore, so she quickly changed clothes and then boiled water.
The three children were not wet yet, and Lin Chuxia was the first to take a bath.
Xie Jingming, who climbed down the ladder from the roof, was also wet all over. He took off his shirt and threw it into the bucket.
When Lin Chuxia came out of the shower, she saw Xie Jingming, who had taken off his shirt, and his strong and beautiful muscles were displayed in front of her.
The moment she saw it, Lin Chuxia was stunned. This… Xie Jingming’s muscles are pretty good… Hahaha…
“Hurry and take a shower. Come on, don’t catch a cold.” She blushed slightly, then pretended to be confident, and quickly went in so as not to get in the way here.
Xie Jingming looked at Lin Chuxia’s embarrassed expression and smiled with his raised lips. He said nothing more and prepared to take a shower.
Lin Chuxia ordered him to wash in hot water!
Otherwise, you will catch a cold!
While Xie Jingming was taking a bath, Lin Chuxia was preparing to make dinner. When Xie Jingming finished taking a bath, the three little children were preparing to take a bath, and he went to fetch water.
It wasn’t dark yet, but it was raining, so he didn’t plan to do any other work. After taking a shower, he started eating, washing dishes, and sleeping.
It was no different from usual. When he went to bed at night, he felt that the bed next to him was being crushed, and the slightly hot temperature came from the places he could touch.
“When are we going back to the army?” Lin Chuxia was exhausted today and couldn’t wait to leave with Xie Jingming.
“Let’s wait until the harvest is over.” Xie Jingming is still very concerned about food. For example, it is still raining now. If it rains these days, it may have to be harvested in the rain tomorrow. Otherwise, the wheat seedlings will be weighed down. On the ground, it will be difficult to do.
“Oh…” After thinking about the time, Lin Chuxia sighed. It seems that it will still take a long time.
“It’s coming soon. You don’t have to go with me tomorrow. You’ve been in the rain all afternoon, and you don’t know if you’ll catch a cold. You just forgot to make some ginger soup and drink it to warm yourself up. Xie Jingming suddenly remembered it now. This is what happened.
No one noticed at the time.
“I’ll make you some ginger soup!” After saying that, Xie Jingming got up directly, lit a kerosene lamp as soon as he got out of bed, and went to the kitchen to make ginger soup for Lin Chuxia.
“Uh… no need, I think I’m fine!” Lin Chuxia thought it was just because of the rain. To be honest, when she was taking a shower after being caught in the rain, she really forgot to make ginger soup.
Xie Jingming didn’t listen to Lin Chuxia’s “no need” and directly dug the ginger to cook. Under the firelight, the shadows were swaying. Under the dim yellow light, his straight facial features seemed to soften.
Standing by the kitchen door and looking at Xie Jingming, Lin Chuxia’s heart was touched for a moment.
Finally, she lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Sitting at the table, she specially called the three little guys who were not asleep to drink ginger soup together. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, it was still a precaution.
When she lay down again, she thought she would have random thoughts. After all, it was a tender attack and a physical body on fire… Ahem, but as a result, not long after she lay down, the ginger soup was warm, and with the sound of raindrops outside the house, she fell asleep.
Xie Jingming turned his head and glanced at the woman on the pillow. Hearing the long breathing, he gradually fell into sleep.
During the following harvest days, Lin Chuxia stayed at home with her three children. Xie Jingming was responsible for going to the fields. After the rain and the weather cleared, it was a good time to harvest grain again.
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After the harvest, which was finished more than half a month later, Xie Jingming rested at home for two days, then packed up his things with Lin Chuxia and prepared to go to the army.
Lin Chuxia packed all the valuable things into her supermarket to avoid encountering a team of thieves on the road. The bag contained at most daily clothes plus daily necessities. It looked nothing like the whole family was moving.
The allowance was all given to Lin Chuxia, and now there was no private money left.
“Yes, we have to go out in a hurry. Moreover, I prepared a rope to tie the child with us; otherwise, I heard there were many kidnappers and thieves on the train!” Lin Chuxia said with a bright smile.
When Lin Chuxia said that she was well prepared, he nodded very seriously. “Indeed, things have to be gaurded, especially valuables, and you have to carry them with you, but I’m here; don’t worry too much.”
Of course, this sentence refers to the three children, and the traffickers did not dare to rob them directly in front of him.
“Well, I believe you.” Lin Chuxia nodded with a smile and looked at Xie Jingming with bright eyes. “What time did you buy the train ticket?”
“It’s eight o’clock tomorrow morning, so we should set off at dawn. I have asked the team leader to borrow the tractor, and the work points during our harvest period have been exchanged for food stamps.” Xie Jingming told Lin Chuxia about his plan.
Although the captain was a strict man, he really didn’t hide the fact that Lin Chuxia and family were going to join the army with him, because this kind of thing was glorious, and he was living his life and didn’t feel the need to hide it.
Therefore, people in the whole village started talking a lot, especially about Lin Chuxia; they didn’t know how envious and jealous they were of her.
The Xie family didn’t expect that they would leave. However, they remembered that Xie Jingming furiously came to settle accounts with them half a year ago and beat up both their sons, almost breaking their legs. Auntie Luo Tang was really a little worried and too timid to create fuss.
The people of the Li family were still complaining about Lin Chuxia snatching their chickens. “So what if she joins the army? I still don’t know whether life in the city can be compared with that in our village.”
“Lin Chuxia still has vision, not like Lin Qiu Shuang that girl; if she had chosen Xie Jingming, she wouldn’t have been like this now.”
“It’s all fate…” Everyone was talking about it; some were envious, some were jealous, and some were ready to step on Lin Qiu Shuang.
Lin Qiu Shuang was stunned when she found out that Lin Chuxia was actually going to join the army. In her previous life… nothing like this had ever happened.
Why can Lin Chuxia go to the army?
Looking at Lin Qiu Shuang’s jealous and ferocious look, Sun Xiangxue still doesn’t know what’s going on. Isn’t she just jealous of her cousin?
Tsk, how caring did this stinky bitch show in front of him back then? No one knew she was just faking it.
“You are jealous again. You can’t be jealous. You have married me, Sun Xiangxue, so don’t worry about others.” Sun Xiangxue also said with a bit of sarcasm, You are my wife; why do you always pay attention to other men? Do you want to cuckold me?
“What nonsense are you talking about?” “Hey, isn’t it? Don’t think I didn’t see it. When Xie Jingming was working, you always stared at him with those eyes.”
Sun Xiangxue stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qiu Shuang’s hair. He became angry when she mentioned this.
Don’t treat Sun Xiangxue like a turtle!
Lin Qiu Shuang was pulled by the hair, and she screamed in pain and started fighting with Sun Xiangxue again. Bitch man, you beat your wife; it’s domestic violence! You must die a good death!!!
After a fight, Lin Qiu Shuang once again returned to her parents’ home to bring in reinforcements. People in the village were used to it. Hey… Back then, she was so willing to marry him, but now it’s turned so ugly.
People in the Lin family also felt that they had no face to show, especially Mrs. Lin. For Lin Qiu Shuang’s own good, she even coaxed her several times. When living with a man, you should not be hard-tempered. You should also be soft when you should.
Lin Qiu Shuang refused to listen and felt that Mrs. Lin no longer loved her.
Mrs. Lin was so angry that she didn’t even want to deal with her nonsense.
………
Back to the beginning, on the day when they returned to the army, Lin Chuxia’s family got on the tractor early in the morning and headed towards the county train station, with their faces filled with expectations and hopes for the future.
The tractor driver was surprised when he saw so little luggage!
“Mom, are we going to take the train? What does the train look like?”
“It must be better than the tractor!”
The little guy with a sweet voice asked, full of childishness. Beside him, Xie Jingming was chatting with three little guys about taking the train and about the military building in the army.
“There are the friends of our Dazai’s age …Erzai and Sanzai can also play together with them. Moreover, Dazai is not young anymore, and he will be able to go to school in the next year.”
He said the children’s plan; Lin Chuxia didn’t interrupt at all because Xie Jingming had already told her before.
T/N :- Hello dear readers, I hope you are enjoying the story so far. We are almost at the end but not yet. Hehehe, that means the end of the novel is at chapter 35, but there will be 15 side stories more.
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