"Raise your hands!" Ning He glared at him unhappily.

He Shaochuan raised his arms obediently and let Ning He take off his clothes.

The work vest was taken off, revealing his wheat-colored skin, well-defined abdominal muscles and strong arms.

Ning He couldn't help but clear her throat, then she stopped the following movements, turned around abruptly, and spoke in a somewhat stiff tone.

"Take the rest off yourself."

Ning He took off all her clothes, got into the wooden barrel, and sat with her back to him.

He Shaochuan watched helplessly as the woman's slender, fair body entered the barrel, leaving only her beautiful, flawless breast bones exposed.

The sound of running water echoing in the kitchen also made his mind a mess.

In the end, He Shaochuan compromised. He took off the last bit of barrier on his body and stepped into the wooden barrel.

The originally large wooden barrel suddenly became crowded because of He Shaochuan's joining.

Not to mention that the water level was just right, but because of his addition, it rose sharply and overflowed a lot.

Listening to the sound of running water, Ning He felt sad: "It's over, this will waste even more water."

Meeting the man's deep gaze, Ning He took back what he had just said.

Not only does it waste water, it also wastes her time.

…

I took a two-hour bath.

Ning He deeply understood what it felt like to turn warm water into ice-cold water.

In the end, not only was the water cold, but she was also exhausted.

The whole person collapsed on him.

He Shaochuan dried her body, changed her into dry clothes, picked Ning He up and gently placed her on the bed.

He kissed the corner of her mouth and said softly, "I'm going to tidy up the kitchen and will be back soon."

Ning He covered her head with the quilt and didn't want to talk to him.

He Shaochuan couldn't help but chuckle when he saw her childish look.

I quickly cleaned up the kitchen and when I returned to the room, Ning He was already fast asleep.

He reached out and held her in his arms, closing his eyes contentedly.

Ning He got up early the next morning. He Shaochuan returned to the team. Ning He took Qian Lin and the dry goods brought back from his hometown to Compound No. 1.

She wanted to give this bag of dry goods to Jiang Minke. When she arrived at the gate of the compound, the guard saw Ning He and saluted her. Seeing this, Qianlin hurriedly returned an imperfect salute.

Ning He nodded to the guard and took Qian Lin in.

After knocking on the door, Aunt Sun hurried over to open it.

When she opened the door and saw Ning He, Aunt Sun's eyes lit up: "Xiao Ning, you're back?"

Ning He smiled and handed the things in his hand to her: "Yes, I just came to give Teacher Jiang some local specialties."

Jiang Minke, who heard the noise in the room, called out to Aunt Sun, "Who's here so early in the morning?"

Aunt Sun turned around and said, "Madam, it's Xiao Ning, she's back!"

Soon, the sound of footsteps was heard in the room. Jiang Minke appeared at the door. When he saw Ning He, he enthusiastically pulled them into the room.

"Why didn't you tell me you were here? Come in and sit down."

After pulling them to sit on the sofa, Jiang Minke asked Aunt Sun to make tea.

Ning He waved his hand and said no, then handed the thing in his hand to Jiang Minke: "Teacher Jiang, this is a specialty from my hometown. I'll give it to you to try."

Jiang Minke glanced at the things in the bag and couldn't help but said, "I was expecting Huaizhi to bring back some local specialties, but I didn't expect that the couple would be reluctant to come back after going home to propose marriage for so long. In the end, it was Xiaoning who brought me the local specialties."

Ning He was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Master Jiang and Nian Bai haven't come back yet?"

Jiang Minke nodded and couldn't help complaining, "That's right, young people who are just dating are so sweet. They've been gone for so long, but they're still reluctant to come back."

Ning He looked at Jiang Minke's expression and realized that she might not know what happened in Daliu Village, so Ning He didn't intend to tell her.

Firstly, telling it out will cause unnecessary trouble, which is not good for reciting lines.

Secondly, Ning He knew Jiang Minke's personality, and what she said would only make Jiang Minke worry.

"Maybe Teacher Jiang took Nianbai out to relax. We have a lot of beautiful scenery there. Next time, Teacher Jiang can bring the chief and Xiaoyu to visit me."

Jiang Minke smiled and nodded: "Okay, on the day Huaizhi and Nianbai get married, we'll have a chance to go over and have fun."

Ning He came here today not only for the local specialties, but also for the college entrance examination.

As the school principal, Jiang Minke knows the most about education. If you want to know which school is good or which teacher teaches well, you can always go wrong by asking Jiang Minke.

"Teacher Jiang, I came here today and wanted to ask you, which night school is better around here?"

Jiang Minke asked in surprise: "Xiaoning, are you planning to go to night school?"

Ning He nodded: "Teacher Jiang, I have read the book you gave me before. The knowledge points are quite difficult. I want to find a school to ask a teacher to help me consolidate the knowledge points before the exam."

Jiang Minke nodded and said, "It is indeed more efficient to go to night school than to learn on your own. I remember there is a night school in the market, and the teacher there is still teaching in my school. I will ask for you later."

Ning He smiled when he heard this: "Okay, thank you Teacher Jiang."

Jiang Minke patted the back of Ning He's hand: "What do we say thank you to each other?"

Xiaoyu heard the noise and ran down from upstairs. When he saw Ninghe, he pestered Ninghe to eat what she cooked.

"Aunt Xiaoning, although the food in the cafeteria is delicious, it's still far inferior to what you cook. I miss your cooking, especially the fried chicken!"

Xiaoyu couldn't help drooling when he thought of the delicious fried chicken.

Jiang Minke was about to scold Xiaoyu but was stopped by Ning He.

"Teacher Jiang, if Xiaoyu likes it, just make it for him. It's okay to eat it once or twice occasionally, it's not like he should eat it often."

Ning He smiled and said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, you and Qian Lin play for a while. Aunt Sun and I will go make fried chicken."

"Great!" Xiaoyu jumped up happily.

After a while, he took Qianlin upstairs to his room to play.

Ning He followed Aunt Sun to the kitchen. In order to let Xiaoyu eat fried chicken at any time, Ning He taught Aunt Sun how to make fried chicken.

The whole process from marinating to coating with flour and frying in a pan.

Until the aroma of fried chicken wafted out of the kitchen and echoed throughout the house, even Xiaoyu and Qianlin upstairs could smell it.

The two children ran down from upstairs excitedly.

"Auntie Xiaoning, it smells so good. The whole house smells like fried chicken. Is the fried chicken ready?"

Ning He came out holding a plate of golden fried chicken.

She smiled and said to him, "Yes, come and eat!"

Xiaoyu was not afraid of the heat and wanted to stuff it down in one gulp, but Jiang Minke stopped him.

Ning He went to help Aunt Sun bring out other things and filled the entire table with them, all of which were Xiaoyu's favorite foods.

After lunch, everyone was very satisfied.