After Jiang Jinxiu finished drinking the ginger soup and wiping her hair, she was about to go to the kitchen to boil water for a bath when she saw Gu Xilan come in carrying a bucket of hot water: "Third sister-in-law, there is hot water here, come and take a bath."

"Thank you, have you washed yet?" Jiang Jinxiu took the hot water bucket and sincerely thanked her.

"We've all washed, Third Sister-in-law. This is the hot water I've left for you," Gu Xilan replied with a smile.

Jiang Jinxiu couldn't help but pinch her little face and instructed, "It's almost dawn, you should go back and rest."

The Gu family home does not have a bathroom.

People usually take showers indoors.

Gu Xichen had previously made her a large bathtub.

This is exactly the kind of product that comes in handy now.

Jiang Jinxiu poured water into the bathtub, added some spiritual spring water, and enjoyed a comfortable hot bath.

After a busy night, I felt incredibly sleepy as soon as I relaxed.

"Meow meow meow..."

Master, don't sleep, the water's getting cold. Go to bed and sleep some more.

Orange was barking beside her. When Jiang Jinxiu didn't react, it jumped to the edge of the bathtub and rubbed against Jiang Jinxiu, barking.

After rubbing against the orange for a while, Jiang Jinxiu finally woke up.

"Meow meow meow..."

Master, go to bed, you'll catch a cold if you do that.

Jiang Jinxiu shook her sleepy head and slowly got up to get dressed.

I had just lain down when there was a knock on the door.

Gu Xilan's voice sounded from outside the door: "Third sister-in-law, can I sleep with you?"

The rain was so heavy tonight, my room is leaking, and my bed is all wet.

The Gu family had been repairing their roof recently, and only Gu Xilan's room was still under repair.

The rain came unexpectedly, which was a pity for Gu Xilan.

Jiang Jinxiu got up, opened the door, and welcomed Gu Xilan inside.

Gu Xilan was overjoyed.

The two of them each slept on one side.

Gu Xilan slept inside, and Jiang Jinxiu slept outside.

Gu Xilan fell asleep the moment her head hit the bed, showing just how tired she was. In contrast, Jiang Jinxiu was wide awake.

Jiang Jinxiu listened to the sound of rain outside and looked around the room.

I noticed the ground was a bit damp and a thought flashed through my mind: build a house, a house with a separate bathroom and wet and dry areas.

Jiang Jinxiu thought of the apartment buildings and villas from her previous life, and gradually drifted off to sleep...

The torrential rain lasted all night and finally stopped at dawn.

The summer sun is particularly scorching, especially after rain.

In the countryside, cicadas are a constant presence in summer.

The chinaberry tree outside the courtyard is the cicadas' favorite spot.

Jiang Jinxiu was awakened by the chirping of cicadas.

When I checked the time, I realized I had slept until noon.

Gu Xilan had gotten up sometime earlier and was currently busy outside in the courtyard.

Seeing Jiang Jinxiu come out, Gu Xilan turned around and went into the kitchen, bringing in a few sweet potatoes and a bowl of white porridge to hand to Jiang Jinxiu.

"Third sister-in-law, this is for you. I have to go to work. Mother said you must be exhausted. Just stay home and rest today."

Jiang Jinxiu hadn't worked for a long time. Last night, she went to help with the rice harvest and worked for most of the night. Yang Dongmei naturally assumed that she would be too tired to get up.

Jiang Jinxiu was deeply moved; her mother-in-law was truly thinking of her best interests.

Jiang Jinxiu grabbed Gu Xilan's hand, stuffed several sweet potatoes into her hand, and kept only one for herself: "Here you go, I can't eat this many."

"By the way, didn't the water rise? Where are you going to work?"

“The water has stopped, so the adults went to the hillside to carry the rice back to the drying ground. Those of us who are not strong will be assigned to thresh the rice and dry it at the same time,” Gu Xilan replied.

Jiang Jinxiu didn't know much about these things. She had never done any of these things in her previous life, and returned to the city not long after divorcing Gu Xichen.

Last night when she went to help, she just did whatever others were doing.

She looked around and, not seeing Orange, knew it had run off to play again.

Jiang Jinxiu figured she had nothing better to do, so she might as well go out for a walk and see if she could be of any help.

My reputation has always been bad, so I have to salvage it.

She mixed a pot of spiritual spring water and then went out.

The spiritual spring water she carried was diluted, for fear of being discovered.

Yang Zhaodi came out of the house and saw Jiang Jinxiu's departing figure: "Now she knows how to pretend to be diligent. She wasn't necessarily this diligent before the family was separated."

Sun Xiaomeng, who was holding a child nearby, said, "Sister-in-law, don't say that. After all, she's the third son's wife. If Mother hears this, she'll scold you again."

“Mother is so biased.” Yang Zhaodi said with resentment when Sun Xiaomeng mentioned her mother-in-law.

Before, she had to do all sorts of things when she first married into the family. But the third son's wife has been married into the family for a while now and doesn't have to do anything, and she even eats better than her.

Anyone would feel uncomfortable in that situation.

Sun Xiaomeng ignored Yang Zhaodi's complaints and carried Fangfang into the house.

Seeing her husband about to leave, she said with concern, "Jing-ge, why don't you skip work today and take a good rest?"

Having worked hard all night and not getting enough rest, Sun Xiaomeng didn't want her husband to be too tired.

"Wife, I'm fine. I'll work hard to earn work points to support you and Fangfang. I'll raise you both to be healthy and plump."

"But……"

Before Sun Xiaomeng could finish speaking, Gu Xijing interrupted her, saying, "It's okay, wife. I know you're worried about me. Look, your man still has plenty of energy; he's not tired at all."

While talking, he jokingly held up his biceps to show Sun Xiaomeng.

Sun Xiaomeng blushed slightly at the sight of his well-developed muscles.

As soon as Jiang Jinxiu arrived at the threshing ground, she saw straw fragments flying everywhere, and the entire threshing ground was filled with smoke and dust.

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