Chapter 91: Pick Wild Jujubes and Eat Them

Yun Tangyin quickly stood between the two of them and said, "Second brother is drunk and talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart, sister-in-law. Ah Cheng, let's take Second brother home first."

Fu Yucheng nodded and half-supported and half-dragged Fu Yuanshan into the yard.

Fu Yuanshan was still struggling, yelling incoherently: "I'm not drunk... I'm very sober... Jiang Jianhua, don't pretend to be wronged, I know you don't like me..."

Jiang Jianhua followed behind, and finally couldn't hold back his tears, which fell on the bluestone slabs and left a small wet mark.

After entering the house, Fu Yucheng threw Fu Yuanshan on the kang. He turned over and kept muttering, "If you hadn't been so persistent back then... I wouldn't have married you..."

Jiang Jianhua suddenly stopped and his hands, which were holding the door frame, were clenched until they turned white.

Yun Tangyin quickly pulled her out: "Second sister-in-law, his drunken words can't be taken seriously."

"Drunk words are what's really in my heart." Jiang Jianhua smiled, a smile that was uglier than crying. "I've been deceiving myself all these years. He has me in his heart..."

Fu Yucheng came out and heard this, frowning: "Second sister-in-law, second brother is just stubborn. Last time you caught a cold and had a fever, he ran to see the military doctor in the middle of the night. He came back shivering with cold, but he still stubbornly said he was just passing by."

Jiang Jianhua was stunned: "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Fu Yucheng walked towards the kitchen, "I'm going to make some hangover soup."

Yun Tangyin pulled Jiang Jianhua to sit down: "Think about it, sister-in-law, if Second Brother really didn't like you, would he have lived with you for so many years? Men are sometimes like this, warm in their hearts, but cold on the outside."

That being said, Fu Yuanshan is good-looking and is very popular among female comrades.

Jiang Jianhua has been pretending not to see it all these years. Although she tried hard to learn how to put on makeup and dress up, no matter how hard she tried, her face still looked very ordinary.

As he was speaking, there was a "bang" in the room and Fu Yuanshan rolled off the kang.

Jiang Jianhua was so frightened that he rushed in, only to see him lying on the ground, groaning and shouting: "Water...water..."

She quickly poured a glass of warm water and tried to help him up, but he grabbed her hand, tears in his eyes: "I was wrong... Don't ignore me..."

The contrast between the two is too great.

Even though the two of them had argued so hard that the sky seemed to be falling, Jiang Jianhua's heart softened all of a sudden, and his eyes reddened again: "If you know you're wrong, get up. The ground is cold."

Fu Yuanshan, however, acted like a child and said, "I can only get up if you help me up."

Jiang Jianhua had no choice but to help him onto the kang with great effort.

Fu Yucheng came in with some hangover soup. Seeing this, he secretly winked at Yun Tangyin.

"Second brother, have some sobering soup." Fu Yucheng handed over the bowl.

Fu Yuanshan didn't answer and pointed at Jiang Jianhua: "Ask her to feed it."

Jiang Jianhua glared at him, but still took the bowl and fed him spoonful by spoonful.

Fu Yuanshan opened his mouth obediently and smacked his lips after drinking: "Sweet..."

Jiang Jianhua's face flushed instantly, and he said angrily, "Drink yours."

Fu Yucheng pulled Yun Tangyin out quietly. The moonlight in the courtyard was just right, and the cicadas were chirping, making the courtyard a little more lively than before.

"Look, what did I say?" Fu Yucheng hugged Yun Tangyin, "Second brother is just stubborn."

Yun Tangyin leaned on his shoulder and said, "If it were me, I would have thrown my husband to the ground if he came home drunk like this late at night."

"You're the one who can't bear to throw me away." Fu Yucheng pinched her face, "But if you're really angry, I'll definitely admit my mistake immediately. I won't be as stubborn as my second brother."

"That's more like it." Yun Tangyin smiled, "Go back to sleep. We still have to pick wild dates tomorrow."

The next morning, Yun Tangyin was awakened by the sound of chopping something. She pushed open the door and saw Jiang Jianhua chopping dates into paste in the yard, while Fu Yuanshan was squatting beside him and lighting a fire. The two did not speak, but they cooperated very well.

"Good morning, second sister-in-law." Yun Tangyin greeted with a smile.

Jiang Jianhua turned around with a smile on his face: "Good morning, come over and try the freshly steamed jujube buns."

Fu Yuanshan also raised his head, his ears a little red: "I... I'll go fetch two loads of water."

Looking at his slightly flustered back, Yun Tangyin couldn't help but laugh.

Fu Yucheng hugged her from behind: "What are you laughing at?"

"It's funny that some people are tough on the outside but soft on the inside." Yun Tangyin walked towards the kitchen, "I'll come help too. I'll make some jujube paste cakes for lunch."

When Song Yushuang came out, she saw this scene and smiled from ear to ear: "Looks like we don't need to go pick wild dates today. The ready-made date buns are enough to eat."

"I'm going!" Yun Tangyin shouted, holding up the jujube bun, "I'm picking wild jujubes and making jujube paste cake for Mom!"

Fu Yucheng nodded: "I'll go prepare the backpack."

Fu Yuanshan came back with water and put the bucket on the ground when he heard this. He said, "I'll go too. More people means more help."

Jiang Jianhua quickly wiped his hands and said, "I'm going too! I know where the wild jujubes are sweet."

A group of people walked up the mountain, and the sunlight shone through the leaves, like a handful of golden beans.

Yun Tangyin and Fu Yucheng walked in front, chatting and laughing from time to time; Fu Yuanshan and Jiang Jianhua followed behind, and occasionally Fu Yuanshan would reach out to help Jiang Jianhua, and both of their faces were flushed.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, Yun Tangyin suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, there are so many wild dates!"

Fu Yucheng quickly put down the basket and said, "I'll go pick them. You just stand still and don't move. Be careful not to get pricked."

Fu Yuanshan also put down his backpack: "I'll go too. I'll take the higher ones."

The two men climbed up the jujube tree, while Yun Tangyin and Jiang Jianhua picked up the jujubes below.

Jiang Jianhua picked up a big, red one and stuffed it into Yun Tangyin's hand: "This one is sweet, try it."

Yun Tangyin took a bite and squinted her eyes in sweetness: "Mm, so sweet! Second sister-in-law, you can have some too."

As he was speaking, Fu Yucheng threw down a handful of wild dates: "Catch it!"

Jiang Jianhua reached out to catch it, but the wild dates rolled all over the ground.

Fu Yuanshan saw it clearly from the tree, jumped down from the tree, squatted down to help her pick it up, and his fingers accidentally touched the back of her hand. Both of them suddenly retracted their hands as if they were scalded.

"Let me do it." Fu Yuanshan said in a muffled voice, putting the picked wild dates into the bamboo basket, his ears so red that they were about to bleed.

Jiang Jianhua lowered his head and kicked the stone: "Thank you."

Yun Tangyin was watching from the side and laughed. She nudged Fu Yucheng with her elbow and said, "A grown man is more shy than a grown girl."

Fu Yucheng chuckled: "That's all he can do."

Then he stuffed a wild date into her mouth and asked, "Is it sweet?"

"Sweet!" Yun Tangyin chewed the dates and suddenly pointed behind Fu Yuanshan, "Be careful, there are thorns!"

As soon as Fu Yuanshan turned around, the corner of his clothes was caught by the branches of a jujube tree. He pulled it frantically, but it only made the hook tighter.

Jiang Jianhua couldn't help laughing and walked over to help him: "Don't move, the more you move, the worse it will be."

Her fingers were very close to his back, and her breath brushed his neck. Fu Yuanshan's body stiffened instantly, and even his breathing became lighter.

"Okay." Jiang Jianhua released his hand and took a half step back. "Be more careful next time."

Fu Yuanshan said "hmm", turned around and climbed up the tree again, but his movements were a little more clumsy than before, which made Yun Tangyin laugh.

By the time I had filled two baskets with wild dates, the sun had already risen above my head.

Fu Yucheng suggested: "Let's find a shade to rest for a while. I brought some dry food."