Following them back to Ah Kun's house in the black market, Wang Qun had already prepared the meal. Seeing that they had finally returned, he was relieved. "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Come on in, you must not have eaten well on the way. The food is ready, I'll heat it up, and we can eat right away."
After bringing them inside, he immediately went to the kitchen and steamed the food he had prepared earlier.
"These rooms are all empty. Your third aunt has been cleaning them all. You can stay here tonight." While Wang Qun was preparing the meal, Huo Songhuai led them to the room to tidy up. The room had been cleaned in advance. They had been keeping track of the time for the past two days, thinking that it was almost time. The kang (heated brick bed) in the room had also been kept warm, and now it was just right.
They put their luggage on the kang (a heated brick bed) and returned to the main room.
After this short delay, the food is already on the table.
"It's getting late, hurry up and eat. There's water boiling in the pot. After you finish eating, go wash up and get a good night's sleep. We can talk about anything else tomorrow."
"Thank you for your hard work, Third Aunt."
"Thank you, Mother."
Thank you, Auntie.
After expressing their gratitude, everyone started eating. They had been traveling for days, eating only cold jerky and flatbread in the car, and drinking only cold water. Even these grown men couldn't stand it, let alone the two women.
Now that everyone can finally have a hot meal, they're all engrossed in eating.
Only Bai Sirui would serve soup to Ruan Shaoke and pick out food for him.
"Eat it yourself, don't worry about me. If you don't eat now, there won't be any left." Originally, Ruan Shaoke had difficulty walking, so they told him to wait on the kang (a heated brick bed) while they brought it to him. However, he considered that this was a fellow villager's home, and moreover, there were elders from the Huo family there. It wasn't like he couldn't walk. He had come all this way, and now that it was just a few steps, he couldn't lie down.
So, with the help of Bai Sirui and Ruan Shaohong, he also came out.
"You're still injured, eat more. The soup your aunt made is quite good, have some more." Saying that, without waiting for Ruan Shaoke to finish his soup, she picked up the bowl and poured him another bowl.
Since Bai Sirui insisted on taking care of him, Ruan Shaoke had no choice but to take his bowl, serve him some food, and add some vegetables to his bowl as well. "You eat too!"
Seeing his wife serving him food, Bai Sirui felt very happy. He ate and drank all the food that Ruan Shaoke had given him and the soup that she had served him.
After dinner, everyone took turns taking a shower.
With his uninjured arm, Bai Sirui half-carried Ruan Shaoke back to their room. Then he took out their clothes for a change and placed them by the kang (a heated brick bed). "After they've finished washing, I'll wash with you. Ruan Ruan said your leg can't get wet yet, so I'll use this plastic bag to bandage the wound. You can just sit and wash." As he spoke, Bai Sirui held the plastic bag up to Ruan Shaoke's wound to make sure it was okay before tearing it open with his bare hands.
"Hey, your arm injury hasn't healed yet, you don't need to use so much force. I think Shaolin can help me wash it later. He can sit on the stool and scrub my back, but I can do the rest myself."
When Ruan Shaoke suggested that Ruan Shaolin wash him, Bai Sirui immediately objected. "No way! Ruan Shaolin is too reckless. I don't trust him to help you. Besides, my arm is almost healed. I only injured the flesh, not the bone. Your injury is in the bone. Didn't you hear Ruan Ruan say you need to take good care of yourself?" As he spoke, he touched Ruan Shaoke's face. Just as he was about to lean down and kiss him...
Then there was a loud 'bang' as the door was pushed open, and then Ruan Shaolin stormed in.
"Bai Sirui, you lecherous scoundrel, how dare you! You shameless scoundrel, I'll beat you to death! You dare kiss my brother? You dare kiss my brother? My brother is someone you ugly thing shouldn't kiss! And you even wanted to give my brother a bath! If I hadn't been worried and come to check on him, would you have taken advantage of him?"
Their tender moment was abruptly interrupted by Ruan Shaolin. The others, thinking something had happened because of his earlier actions, rushed over, asking, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing his older brother and the other brothers arrive, Ruan Shaolin became even angrier. He pointed at Bai Sirui and blurted out all the things Bai Sirui had said about giving Ruan Shaoke a bath and even trying to kiss him.
Just as everyone was at a loss, Huo Haocheng came over and asked, "What's going on?"
Seeing that the captain and brother-in-law had come over, Ruan Shaolin felt as if he had found someone to back him up, and repeated what he had just said to him.
To his surprise, Huo Haocheng, instead of getting angry after hearing this, calmly looked at them and, after confirming that no one would make a move, asked him, "Oh, what did your second brother say?"
The others also realized that it had been Ruan Shaolin who had been talking the whole time, while Ruan Shaoke, the person involved, hadn't said a word.
Now that Huo Haocheng had asked this question, they all turned their attention to him.
Seeing that they were all looking at him, and with the courage that Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng had given him before, there was nothing he couldn't let them know now. Besides, the worst that could happen was that he would be discharged from the army. At worst, they could just follow Ruan Ruan. Having figured this out, Ruan Shaoke looked at the person who had been standing in front of him, reached out, pulled the person to his side, and intertwined his and Bai Sirui's hands. "I'm so glad that he can give me a bath. And Shaolin, he's not a lecher. We've been together for a long time. He's my lover."
"Second brother, you..."
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