Chapter 302 The Bath Room

Wei Yang had always been unhappy about Wei Zhao marrying Old Chen.

Old Chen is not only much older than Wei Zhao, but he has also been married and has a child with his ex-wife. Even if Old Chen is gone, the child's biological mother is still alive. It's not Wei Zhao's place to take care of him. Why would he be so eager to be someone's stepmother? Wei Yang has long wanted to knock his third sister's head off.

Wei Zhao glanced at him and said, "Keep your voice down. Let's be accommodating to her for a while and not upset her."

Wei Yang glanced at his sister but didn't say anything more.

Even if there's one more person in the family, his salary would be enough, but that only applies if they're family.

Song Lubai wanted to pull Wei Yang aside and whisper about Chen Yu, but when she saw that the curtains in Wei Zhao's room had been drawn up, she could only sit down at the table with her food.

Because of the watermelon sauce and soybeans, the mushrooms were stained with red oil, making them very appetizing and delicious.

The mushroom stems were crisp, while the caps were smooth and tender. The flavors of scallions, garlic, and chili peppers made the mushrooms even more fragrant. Even though Chen Shaohua and the other two don't eat chili peppers, they couldn't stop eating and ate two bowls of sweet potato rice.

Wei Zhao watched Song Lubai cook the dishes the whole time. She felt that Song Lubai's cooking process was similar to hers, but Song Lubai's dishes tasted better than hers.

Song Lubai doesn't think her cooking is particularly delicious. Her cooking skills are definitely not comparable to those of restaurant chefs, but she can control the amount of salt and add flavorful ingredients when stir-frying. Her cooking skills are just at the level of home-style cooking.

But the children ate without even looking up, praising her cooking as even better than what they could find in restaurants.

Everyone agreed that the mushrooms were delicious and strongly requested that Song Lubai take them to other places to pick more mushrooms during this time.

The whole pot of sweet potato rice was completely devoured, and the vegetables were all eaten clean. After the meal, the water in the pot boiled again.

After filling the two teapots, Song Lubai also filled the pot.

When Wei Zhao entered the room, he saw that Chen Yu had only eaten half of the rice in his bowl. He frowned and said, "Finish your rice."

Chen Yu silently picked up her rice bowl and began to eat rice in small bites.

Wei Zhao walked around the room and asked, "Do you want to have a room by yourself, or sleep with me and Dongyang? If you want to have a room by yourself, you can have the room inside. Dongyang and I will sleep on the floor outside and use a curtain to separate a small room."

Chen Yu lowered her head and said softly, "I'll stay in the same room as you guys. I don't dare to sleep alone."

Wei Zhao crossed his arms and looked at her, saying, "You've seen it too, this is how things are here. From now on, we'll have to find work together. Take a good rest these days and don't think too much. It's poor here, and everyone is only thinking about how to fill their stomachs. My sister-in-law is the same age as you. From now on, if you don't want to call her 'Auntie,' you don't have to. Just call her Comrade Song. You two are about the same age, so you should be able to get along."

Wei Zhao brought Chen Yu here to escape that environment, but she is currently relying on her brother. If Chen Yu does nothing in the future, she will be a burden on the family. Saying this now is to prepare her mentally in advance.

Chen Yu silently finished his mouthful of rice, which made his throat ache, and Wei Zhao took the bowl and went out.

For Chen Yu, the sweet potato and mixed grain rice tasted strange. The sorghum inside was harsh on the throat, and the brown rice and coarse corn kernels didn't taste good either. The sweet potato was sweet, and the vegetables were salty with a hint of spiciness.

Although she didn't eat white rice every meal in the past, her living conditions were much better than they are now.

She didn't know how Wei Zhao and Chen Shaohua had adapted to their current lives.

Her father's house used to be fully furnished, but now the place they live in looks like it's just a place to sleep.

Although the environment was simple, she felt much more relaxed because there was no one she knew around.

Wei Yang squatted there nailing wooden sticks, and Song Lubai whispered to him, "Chen Yu suffered some bad things before. My sister said she has some psychological problems. You should be careful about your attitude in the future."

Wei Yang scoffed inwardly. His sister had brought home a tyrant who needed to be waited on.

He glanced at her and said ambiguously, "You're quite generous. With one more person coming, we'll have to spend extra money on food. Don't you care?"

Song Lubai spread her hands and said, "They're already here, we can't just send them away, can we? They were brought by your sister, what can I say? Conflicts are not good for family unity, so helping her is just doing a good deed."

When Wei Yang tried to pinch her face with his dirty hands, she slapped him away. "From now on, if any men in our neighborhood hit women, don't get involved. If it gets too serious, I'll talk to them. But if someone hits me, then you can come and support me."

Wei Yang asked in surprise, "Why? What happened?"

Song Lubai recounted what had happened at Miao Feng's house that day.

She wouldn't suspect Wei Yang just because Tang Xuewen was a smart aleck. To avoid such things in the future, she could only keep Wei Yang out of the picture.

After listening, Wei Yang paused for a moment and said, "If I'm not home, don't get involved."

It wasn't easy to get these two-meter-long wooden sticks. Wei Yang cut all the sticks to the same length, nailed them in a row, and stood them up to take a look.

To form a bathroom, there were gaps between the wooden sticks.

Song Lubai said, "Once it's fenced off, you can hang a regeneration cloth inside and then you can't see it."

Wei Yang thought so too.

Lay the bricks, dig a circle of holes around the bricks, put the nailed three wooden sticks into the holes one by one, and then cover the holes and the bottom of the wooden sticks with mud. After the mud dries, the base wall formed by the wooden sticks will be firmly rooted in the soil.

After Song Lubai assisted Wei Yang in driving three wooden walls into the ground, Wei Yang then secured the last wooden wall, which was only forty centimeters wide, and began to stabilize the connection with ropes.

Looking at it from afar, Song Lubai thought the bathroom was really too shabby.

After washing his hair, Wei Zhao stood in the courtyard combing it, also staring at the "bathing room".

Chen Yu stood quietly by the doors and windows, watching the scene inside the courtyard.

The conditions here were worse than she had imagined, but the family had been trying to improve their living conditions.

She knew what kind of life Wei Zhao had lived before, but she didn't expect that Wei Zhao could be so comfortable after arriving here.

The bathroom is all set up, but we're missing a renovated sheet.

The supply and marketing cooperative was already closed at this time, and Song Lubai was thinking of going to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to buy some rice.

Regeneration cloth doesn't require a coupon and is very cheap, but it's very flimsy, and sometimes it's not even in stock.

After finishing their work, the group sat under the shed and ate watermelon.

Song Lubai glanced into the room; the person by the window had long since disappeared.

After the courtyard wall was built, no neighbors came to visit when Song Lubai was cooking, which had obvious benefits.

As darkness fell, Wei Yang stood guard in the courtyard, while Song Lubai carried a basin of water into the bathroom and hung a felt blanket by the door.

The ground is made of bricks, so the water won't make the ground muddy. Although there are gaps between the wooden sticks, it's already completely dark, and the candlelight in the house can't reach this side, so it still feels safe to wash here.

After she finished washing and left, Wei Yang went in.

After taking turns showering, the two went back to their room, closed the door, and comfortably lay back on the bed.