In the evening, Lin Xiangyi and Xie Qingxiao had prepared dinner before Xie's father and mother came back. There was no meat, so they fried leeks with four eggs and made a plate of shredded potatoes.
Lin Xiangyi added the oil before cooking, and her hands shook so much that she almost added too much.
Xie Qingxiao almost died of laughter when he saw her frightened look on her face. He thought she was exaggerating too much, which made Lin Xiangyi so angry that she wanted to strangle him to death.
When Xie's mother came back and saw this, her heart was bleeding again. She had the urge to hide the oil and eggs or never let the couple cook again.
Of course, she just thought about it and didn't really do it.
She thought desperately, just eat, and then see what these two prodigal sons will eat after you finish eating!
In the evening, after taking a shower, Xie's father came back to the room and saw Xie's mother with a conflicted look on her face. He was angry and amused, and said, "If we make eggs again tomorrow, let them do their own part, and don't do ours."
"What you said, isn't it letting them eat alone? They definitely don't want that!" said Xie's mother.
Although she was angry at Xie Qingxiao for being a jerk and felt that Lin Xiangyi was too spoiled, she knew that they were not selfish people. Moreover, Xie's mother asked, "If they eat alone, would you be happy?"
Father Xie was speechless. Indeed, it was one thing for them not to want to eat, but it was another thing for Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi to eat alone and ask them not to eat.
"What should we do?" Xie's father said, "There are only about ten eggs left at home. If we eat them, they will probably be gone by tomorrow."
"I will get up early tomorrow morning and prepare our own lunch so they don't have to deliver it to us," said Xie's mother. "That way they don't have to cook for us."
Father Xie thought it was a good idea, but he also had an idea: "It's not a good idea to just sit there and eat up all the money. We have to let Xiao and his wife work to support themselves. Xiangyi just got married, so we don't need her to work in the fields with us this month. Let her stay at home and do some light work like washing clothes and cooking."
"But Xiao can't stay idle like this any longer. Let him go to the fields with us tomorrow!"
"Okay." Mother Xie was not the kind of mother who doted on her children. She nodded and said, "They are probably asleep now. Let's talk to him tomorrow morning."
"Okay, let's get up early tomorrow to make breakfast, then wake up Axiao and let him sleep a little longer," said Xie's father.
"You go to sleep, I'm going out to drink some water," said Xie's mother, and turned off the light when she walked to the door.
"Aren't you going out to drink some water? Why are you turning off the lights?" said Xie's father.
"Every bit of savings counts. Electricity is so expensive!" Xie's mother muttered.
"Then be careful not to fall!"
"I understand. We've lived here for many years. Didn't we walk this way before there was electricity? How can you be so delicate?" Xie's mother said, walking out of the main room in the dark.
At this time, the lights in the west room had been turned off.
Lin Xiangyi was forced to lie on a man's chest, feeling the violent ups and downs of his breathing, and her face became hot.
Hearing the man's increasingly heavy breathing, she couldn't help but look up, but was pushed back by the man the next second.
Lin Xiangyi could only hum: "You, please keep your voice down. The soundproofing here is poor. What if my parents hear it?"
"I can't hear you!" Xie Qingxiao kissed her ear and urged her to hurry up.
Lin Xiangyi: “…”
Her hands are really going to be broken.
Half an hour later, Lin Xiangyi refused to continue, so Xie Qingxiao did not force her and held her to sleep.
The next day, Xie Qingxiao woke up first again. He glanced at Lin Xiangyi. They slept in each other's arms last night, but he didn't know when Lin Xiangyi broke free from his arms and shrank into the corner.
"No conscience!" Xie Qingxiao said in a low voice and turned over and got up.
"Are you up?" Xie's mother and father had already gotten up and prepared breakfast. They were just about to go and wake up Xie Qingxiao, but they didn't expect that he got up by himself?
In the past, he always slept until noon before getting up. Of course, at that time, he usually came back very late.
"Well, why are you here so early?" Xie Qingxiao yawned.
"It's too sunny in the afternoon. The sun isn't so strong in the morning. If you finish your work earlier, you can come back earlier." Mother Xie glanced at the west room and asked, "Is your wife still not awake?"
"No," Xie Qingxiao paused and added, "She is too tired."
Mother Xie immediately understood what Xie Qingxiao meant. He was afraid that Xie Qingxiao would think his wife was lazy, so he explained it to her specially.
Xie's mother laughed out of anger, it is true that a son should not be kept when he grows up... Oh no, this son has never been kept!
"You don't have to explain it in detail," Xie's mother rolled her eyes at Xie Qingxiao. She was also an experienced person, so how could she not know about the newly married young people... ahem.
However, her son was able to wake up early the next day full of energy after fighting all night, but Xiangyi's child...could it be that her body is too weak?
When Xie's mother thought of Lin Xiangyi's thin body, she no longer felt so sorry for her meat and eggs.
Just eat it, we are all family. Aren’t the meat and eggs kept for our family to eat?
Mother Xie thought about it and said, "I made breakfast and left a boiled egg for you and your wife. Why don't you just not eat it? Let your wife eat it to replenish her body. She looks too weak. If she accidentally gets pregnant, I don't know how hard it will be!"
Xie Qingxiao: “…” He doesn’t even let him touch his wife, so where does the child come from?
He seemed to have forgotten what Lin Xiangyi had said about her pregnancy. Or rather, he didn't believe that it was true that Lin Xiangyi knew about her pregnancy in just three days.
However, he also felt that Lin Xiangyi was too weak and needed more nourishment, so he said: "Okay, give it to her!"
Xie's mother: "By the way, your father and I have already prepared lunch..."
"That's perfect," Xie Qingxiao said, "My wife and I are going to the county town today. I was just about to tell you that we might not be back for lunch. We'll cook the meal and keep it hot for you to eat when you come back. Since you've already cooked it, we don't have to."
"..." Mother Xie: "Are you going to the county town?"
Xie's father also asked: "What are you going to do in the county town?"
"Something," Xie Qingxiao said perfunctorily. If he directly said that they were going to see if there was any business to be done, Xie's father and mother would probably be furious. It would be better to wait until it was confirmed before speaking.
Xie's father and mother looked at each other and swallowed their words about asking him to go to the fields with them to work today: "Well, okay."
Forget it, let him play with his wife for another day, and then let him go to work in the fields tomorrow. One or two days won’t make a difference.
Xie Qingxiao had no idea that his old father and mother were worried about how he and his wife would survive in the future.
Not long after Xie's father and mother finished breakfast and went out to work, Lin Xiangyi woke up.
After breakfast, Lin Xiangyi went to the well to wash clothes, while Xie Qingxiao picked up a bucket to fetch water and filled the water tank at home.
When the two finished their work, it was almost ten o'clock. They went home to rest for a while and then rode their bicycles to the county town.
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