Chapter 155 Can't Let Her Go

"It's nothing, I just thought it's better to stay at home. It's not too far, so I came back." Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Lu Qiniang: "?? Are you crazy! It's more than ten miles! After a day's work, you walk another ten miles back. Tomorrow before dawn, you have to walk another ten miles?"

Even the strongest person can't stand this kind of torture!

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Xiao Yan smiled and looked at her already untied hair. "Did I disturb your sleep?"

"Why are you disturbing me? You are really—come in! Go and rest. I'll get some water for you to soak your feet and relieve your fatigue. Do you want to take a bath?"

Lu Qiniang knew that Xiao Yan loved cleanliness.

"I can do it myself."

"What are you doing here?" Lu Qiniang was furious. "Go back and sit down!"

She went to the kitchen to boil water, while Daya was kneading dough in the kitchen to make noodles.

This is the fastest and is easier to digest if eaten at night.

Lu Qin's mother was burning a fire there, feeling a little guilty. "Daya, was the tone I used when talking to your father just now too harsh? Hey, I wasn't harsh to him, I was..."

"I know, and Dad knows too. Mom is worried about Dad." Daya smiled gently, "It's okay, Mom. Dad knows you care about him."

"I'm not concerned about him," Lu Qiniang said a little embarrassedly, "Tell me, it's over ten miles away, in the dark, why did he have to come back?"

"Maybe he's worried, so we mothers are at home." Daya said.

"What's there to worry about?" Lu Qiniang felt a little warm in her heart, but she said.

Daya changed the subject, "Mom, there's another possibility. Dad just can't adapt to the big bunk bed there, but he's too embarrassed to say it."

"That's really possible. But I didn't expect Yun Ting to be able to adapt. It's not easy."

Yun Ting: I am so tired that I almost fall asleep while standing.

As long as I can lie down and rest, not only a big bunk bed, even a pigsty will do.

On the first day of service, Yun Ting had six large blisters on his hands and feet.

Xiao Yan told him, everything will go smoothly and tomorrow will be even better.

Listen, is this human language?

Yun Ting slept like a pig with resentment towards Xiao Yan, completely unaware that Xiao Yan had secretly run back home.

After taking a shower, Xiao Yan poured out the water himself and went to the kitchen to eat noodles.

Lu Qiniang used a towel to twist his hair.

Daya had already gone back to her room to sleep, leaving her place to the two of them.

"You washed your hair last night before you left, why are you washing it again today?" Lu Qiniang complained, "When will this be done? If you go to bed with wet hair, you'll have a headache tomorrow."

"I always feel like it won't be clean if it's not washed." Xiao Yan lowered his head to eat noodles with a smile in his eyes.

They wanted to sleep together and didn't want to be disliked by Lu Qi's mother.

It has to be home, where you feel at ease and don’t want to leave for even a day.

This was actually his idea from the beginning.

He just knew that Lu Qinniang would firmly oppose it, so he "executed it first and reported it later."

Xiao Yan finished all the noodle soup, and the big bowl looked as clean as if it had been licked.

Lu Qiniang knew just by looking at him how much work Xiao Yan had done today and how tired he was.

"Come on, go on. Go back to your room and lie down to sleep. I'll get a brazier and help you dry your hair before you go to sleep."

"fine--"

"Hurry up."

Xiao Yan could only obey.

He lay on the kang. Lu Qiniang moved a chair, put two bricks under the bed, then found a brazier and lit the charcoal.

"Luckily, I bought charcoal in advance because I was afraid the price would go up due to the cold weather." Lu Qiniang muttered to himself as she dried his hair. "Close your eyes. Why are you looking at me? Don't worry, I won't burn your hair."

Really, no trust at all?

Xiao Yan closed his eyes obediently, but the corners of his mouth were always raised.

Lu Qin's mother helped him dry his hair and stayed awake. She then went out to wash all the clothes he had taken off today and hung them outside.

I still felt uneasy, so I went back to the kitchen to make noodles. I sprinkled more flour on them to prevent them from sticking, and put them in the cupboard for fear that they would be eaten by mice.

This way, you can go downstairs early tomorrow morning and save time.

Think about it again, Xiao Yan has to walk such a long distance, if his shoes are not comfortable, his feet will get blisters.

Maybe it has already caused blisters.

Lu Qiniang found some cotton and put another layer under his insoles to make it more comfortable to walk in.

It was already dark when Lu Qiniang finished her work and finally lay down on the kang.

Normally she would fall asleep as soon as she touched the pillow, but today she was thinking about getting up early and not oversleeping to send Xiao Yan off, so she couldn't fall asleep.

Knowing that Xiao Yan was a light sleeper, Lu Qiniang didn't dare to disturb him. She lay flat on her back, not daring to breathe loudly, let alone turn over.

But suddenly, an arm was placed on her.

It was Xiao Yan who turned things around.

Moreover, he came closer.

Lu Qinniang's old face flushed red, and she could even feel the hot breath of Xiao Yan on her neck.

She didn't dare move.

If they moved and Xiao Yan woke up, it would be so awkward for the two of them to look at each other.

Ah Huang, look at you, why are you so stubborn and refuse to sleep on the kang?

No, this won’t work.

Lu Qiniang decided that after daybreak, she would move the extra bed in Yunting's room into this room.

It was okay for Xiao Yan to put his hand on her, she knew that Xiao Yan didn't do it on purpose, he was just asleep.

But what if it’s the other way around?

Will Xiao Yan think that he did it unintentionally?

If he misunderstood and thought I was interested in him, that would be so embarrassing!

By then, he would probably feel embarrassed to stay at home and would move out overnight.

No, no.

Xiao Yan had nowhere to go at the moment, and if he moved out he wouldn't even have a hot meal or hot soup.

So, for Xiao Yan's sake, she had to sleep separately from him as soon as possible.

Xiao Yan felt encouraged when he felt that Lu Qiniang did not move and did not push him away.

Slowly, he got used to it, he firmly believed.

Lu Qiniang: This is probably what it feels like to lie in a coffin like a corpse. It’s quite tiring.

So just live well and don’t die.

Not everyone can stand like a corpse.

She has started to have back pain.

She didn't even know when she fell asleep.

When I woke up, Xiao Yan was gone.

"Daya, where is your father?" Lu Qin's mother asked hurriedly.

"Mom, my dad passed away a long time ago. I saw the noodles and cooked them for him, and he ate them. He said he wanted to eat leek dumplings tonight. The leeks can be cut directly at the door, and you just remember to buy the meat. If there are any river shrimps, buy some too, and I'll fry some for him. He's tired from work, and he needs something oily."

"You're coming back!" Lu Qiniang was shocked. "How can you travel thirty miles back and forth every day?"

If you can walk for two or three hours on the road and then work for six hours, how can you survive?

Daya said, "My father said that he couldn't sleep in another place. Even if it was hard, he was willing to go back and forth every day."

"I really am..." Lu Qiniang cursed, "How come he was infected by Yun Ting? He's so disobedient and makes me worry!"