Qin Suyun's arm was grabbed by someone, and even if she wanted to turn around and leave, she couldn't do it. She glared at He Zhennan with a little anger, wanting the man in front of her to let her go quickly.
However, He Zhennan had no intention of letting go of Qin Suyun. Even under Qin Suyun's threatening gaze, he deliberately tightened his right hand that was holding Qin Suyun's wrist.
Seeing Qin Suyun glaring at him, the smile on He Zhennan's face became even more obvious.
"Why are you glaring at me? Haven't I shown it clearly enough these days?" No one knew where He Zhennan had learned this trick. He slid his right hand down and deliberately scratched the woman's soft palm.
Waves of itchiness spread from her palms directly upwards, and even her heart became numb and itchy. Qin Suyun's face, which was already slightly flushed, suddenly turned so red that it was about to bleed.
Qin Suyun tried hard to appear less nervous, but it didn't work out. No matter how much she tried to make up her mind, no matter how many times she told herself she was already married and divorced, the bloodshot marks on her face became increasingly obvious, even her ears began to turn red...
"Normally, the normal sequence would be to confess your love first, then go shopping, eat, and have fun together, and then, once the relationship warms up... get married." He Zhennan laughed, "But now the conditions don't allow it. Shopping, eating, and having fun—we can only work together in the fields, chopping wood, and cooking."
"So, what do you think of my performance these days?" He Zhennan changed the subject, his gaze fixed squarely on Qin Suyun's face. His tone was sincere and gentle. "Actually, I think my performance these days is pretty good. If you think there's anything lacking, I can fix it after we get married."
Qin Suyun's eyes widened even further, her almond-shaped eyes almost turning into cat-shaped ones, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Marriage? When did I say I wanted to get married?! I haven't even agreed to you yet, why are you suddenly talking about after marriage?"
How can this guy be so shameless?
Who would confess their love by saying "I want to have a baby with you" right away? If this guy were in peacetime, he would probably be sent to the police station that day!
Qin Suyun's thoughts were written on her face. He Zhennan's eyebrows curved even more. He grabbed Qin Suyun's wrist and slid it forward so that they were holding hands. His slender and powerful fingers dug into her palm, and their hands immediately became crossed.
The palms of the man's hands were covered with fine and dense calluses, which were completely different from Qin Suyun's hands that were cared for with Jade Dew every day.
He Zhennan squeezed Qin Suyun's soft fingers, his face incredibly thick. "We've been living together for such a long time, do you still want to deny it?"
Hello, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Stop being so ambiguous, okay?!
There are three other people living under the same roof with the two of them...
Qin Suyun spoke with difficulty, trying to deny: "No..."
However, before Qin Suyun could deny it, He Zhennan smiled and pinched Qin Suyun's cheek, directly pinching the words she was about to say into her throat, "What's wrong with that? Is there anything wrong with what I said? Do we live under the same roof?"
Qin Suyun: "..."
"Since we live under the same roof, doesn't that mean we're living together?"
“…”
"Since we have been living together for such a long time, shouldn't you be responsible for me? I also help you with housework every day, and I don't even ask for compensation..."
“…”
"Life is long, and since you'll find someone to take care of you in the future anyway, why not find me?"
"I can take care of you for the rest of your life... and when your cats and dogs get old, I can take care of them together."
"So... do you want to stay with me?"
Every word the man said was filled with smiles, sincerity and expectation, and his eyes, which were as dark as deep pools, were filled with infinite hope. This expectation embellished those dark eyes like a night sky full of stars, and bright stars were born in his eyes.
Qin Suyun subconsciously shrank back a little at the starlight in the other person's eyes, but the heart that had been hurt by Chen Zhou and gradually turned cold was filled with warmth again...
She is not a person who likes to pursue passionate love, but she has always been a person with clear goals. What she wants to find is someone who can accompany her quietly, share the joys and sorrows with her, and snuggle with each other for a lifetime.
She longs for family, for affection, and also hopes that someone can always accompany her...
And the promise made by the man in front of her...she also believed that he could do it.
It seemed that because she had been silent for too long and hadn't answered the question, the starlight in the man's eyes seemed to gradually dim, and even the atmosphere became silent...
However, at this moment, He Zhennan suddenly heard a soft and familiar female voice in his ear.
"Okay... then let's be together."
The dim starlight in the man's eyes seemed to burst into bright light at this moment!
A masculine scent hit Qin Suyun's face directly. He Zhennan excitedly pulled her into his arms, restrained her with his arms, lowered his head and kissed the woman in his arms. His hot breath sprayed on Qin Suyun's face, and their lips met.
Qin Suyun's head was a little congested, and her whole body seemed to be boiling with ignited blood, and her heart was beating like a drum.
He Zhennan kissed Qin Suyun's red lips over and over again until the woman in his arms was almost out of breath, then he loosened his hands a little.
"Originally, I had already made up my mind before coming here today. A few days ago, Dongzi and the others discussed with me the plan to build a new house in the village. No matter what disasters may happen in the future, there's no point in living in your house forever. We'll eventually need our own place to live." He Zhennan held Qin Suyun's hand as they walked along the path back home in the village. Looking at the lush vegetation still flourishing after the flood, he continued, "So... I've already made up my mind. If my confession fails today and you reject me... I'll move out and build a new house with Dongzi and the others."
"If you agree... I will stay in your house and be your husband-in-law." He Zhennan chuckled and placed his gentle gaze on Qin Suyun. He felt that the person in front of him really met his aesthetic standards in every way and he was very satisfied.
Qin Suyun blushed and spat twice, "What do you mean by 'husband of the chieftain'? What nonsense are you talking about!"
"How can I not be your heir apparent? I'm now married into your family... Do you still want to be irresponsible?"
The usually taciturn man suddenly opened his mouth when talking about these things, and there was no sign of stopping at all. Qin Suyun became angry and pinched the soft flesh on He Zhennan's waist. The two of them returned to the Qin family fighting and making noises.
Seeing that the two people who had kept a safe distance of one meter between them when they went out were holding hands with their fingers crossed when they came back, Pang Xiong, who was sitting at the gate of the yard and peeling potatoes obediently, was so surprised that his eyes almost fell out!
After looking at the two men's faces from beginning to end, Pang Xiong withdrew his burning gaze under He Zhennan's warning look.
Qin Suyun felt quite uncomfortable when Pang Xiong's gaze swept over her, and her face flushed slightly. She pretended not to care and coughed twice, "I'll go back first. I still have some work to do in the glass room on the third floor."
Having said that, without waiting for Pang Xiong's reaction, He Zhennan ran straight up to the third floor.
Pang Xiong finally came to his senses after Qin Suyun left and disappeared from his sight. He nudged He Zhennan beside him with his arm and said excitedly, "Boss, are you and Miss Qin finally confirmed? Doesn't that mean I have to call her sister-in-law from now on?"
He Zhennan glanced at Pang Xiong and nodded, with a smile on his face, "Well, from now on, just call me sister-in-law. It's a nice word."
"Oh, boss! You two are finally doing this. Dongzi and Cui Wen were always worried about when you would confess your feelings to Miss Qin. You couldn't hold it back during that time in the cave, but we didn't expect you to succeed after such a long time, even after the flood receded... Tsk tsk tsk! We thought at first that you had given up since you didn't take any action for so long, boss." Pang Xiong stood aside and chattered non-stop, his eyes sparkling with excitement. "Boss, tell me quickly, how did you and Miss Qin become together? What did you say to make Miss Qin agree to be with you?... Telling this story will also teach me how to pursue girls!"
However, no matter how much Pang Xiong talked, He Zhennan remained indifferent. Instead, he stared at Pang Xiong with a cold look, "I see you're so excited, it must be because you haven't done enough work lately. How about this... Starting tomorrow, go up the mountain and hunt two rabbits every day and bring them back for everyone's snack. That's it! So that you won't be idle all day long, thinking about these messy things."
"If you can't hit me...it's probably because your skills aren't good enough. Practice with me when you come back tonight."
What do you mean by learning some techniques to woo girls? It's just that I want to hear his gossip.
Pang Xiong: ...You're just being mean, you're just being mean. You know what kind of person the boss is? And yet you still dare to charge forward!
Now the pheasants and rabbits in the mountains have almost been eaten by humans. Only in the deeper mountains farther away can you find pheasants, rabbits and other wild game. The boss asked him to go up the mountain to hunt two rabbits every day, which is simply harder than climbing to the sky!
As for practicing with the boss...
Pang Xiong almost felt the fear of being dominated by the boss every day in the army...QAQ!
Everyone in the house knew that Qin Suyun and He Zhennan were together before dinner time. Lu Liqing specially prepared a sumptuous dinner to celebrate with the sparrows and rabbits that Dongzi had shot two days ago, as well as the half pig stored in the refrigerator. Qin Suyun followed Lu Liqing to help prepare the ingredients.
This meal not only talked about Qin Suyun and He Zhennan being together, but also about Dongzi, Pang Xiong and Lu Liqing's decision to build a new house.
They didn't plan to build a luxurious house, they just planned to build two wooden houses in the area of the village center that had been cleared.
This wooden house doesn't need to be too big, 2 bedrooms and 1 living room are enough. This way, whether Dongzi or Pang Xiong get married and have children in the future, they will at least have a place to live. If there is really no room, can't it be expanded again?
From the end of August to the beginning of September, the good weather and good harvests almost made everyone's originally uneasy mood better.
There was no way to get things like charcoal and cement, so wooden houses became the preferred material for almost everyone to build new houses. After the animals and plants mutated, they couldn't get anything else from their countryside, but the trees in the mountains were inexhaustible.
Just by picking two or three big trees, people can build a house with two bedrooms and one living room.
What's more, the wood that Dongzi and his friends used to build the house had been collected a few days ago. They were all high-quality fir trees. After they were cut down, they were placed outside to dry. Now the temperature is high, and although there will be a sun shower from time to time, these woods still dry very quickly.
To be honest, the task of building new houses was not initiated by He Zhennan and his friends, but by the disaster victims from Yunhai City who had been staying in other people's homes. When they were in Yunhai City, even if their home conditions were poor, they still lived in old residential areas.
No matter how good the environment in the community is, it is much better than the countryside. Now that I am staying in other people's homes, I am really not used to it.
What's more, many families are about to have new babies. Under such circumstances, everyone's demand for houses becomes even greater.
So a few days ago, after seeing that the work in the fields and the village was finished, some people who planned to build a house made an appointment to go to the mountains to cut wood. Each person only needed to cut down two or three trees, and then a large group of people would drag the trees back, or they could just divide the trees in the mountains and drag them back.
As the wood for building the house was dried, everyone started to build the house. The construction of the wooden house was very fast, especially since everyone did not have too many requirements for the house, so the speed was even faster.
From the initial leveling of the land to building the house, it can be completed in two or three days if you are quick, and just over a week if you are slower.
Therefore, within less than two weeks, Dongzi and the other two planned to move into their new houses in the center of the village. Along with Dongzi and his family, Cui Wen and the Qiu family also built a new house, which was even located very close to Pang Xiong.
The night before moving, Qin Suyun and He Zhennan hosted the dinner and invited Dongzi, Cui Wen and others to have dinner together. Originally, Qin Suyun also invited the three people from the Qiu family.
He Zhennan and Cui Wen are good brothers, and he doesn't have any deep hatred with the three members of the Qiu family. Even for the sake of He Zhennan and Cui Wen, he has to take a step back and get along well with the Qiu family, at least on the surface.
However, the three members of the Qiu family did not seem to appreciate her kindness, so the other family of three did not show up on the day of the dinner.
Lu Liqing snorted in her heart. Considering how the three members of the Qiu family had watched someone die without helping them on the mountain, they certainly wouldn't have the nerve to come here for dinner!
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On the dining table.
"Boss, originally it was the three of us who should have treated you to this meal, but I didn't expect that it would be you guys who treated me to this meal." Dongzi scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly, "After all, we are the ones who built the new house."
"Yes! Boss, you are so nice to us!" Pang Xiong drank a glass of wine and said with a smile.
"This meal wasn't invited by me, but by your sister-in-law. If you want to thank someone, thank your sister-in-law." He Zhennan held Qin Suyun's hand, with a smile on his face. "In my opinion, there's nothing good to invite you guys to. Your houses are all built in the same village, less than ten minutes' walk away. I really don't see why there's anything good to invite you to. Only your sister-in-law would think of inviting you to dinner. She said that everyone would be happy after the new house was built, and you guys have been dealing with house matters recently, and you haven't had time to go looking for anything in the mountains."
"Hehehe! Boss, you don't have to tell me, we also remember my sister-in-law's kindness!" Pang Xiong patted his chest and said, "When we go hunting in the mountains in a few days, I will definitely hunt two more rabbits for my sister-in-law!"
Cui Wen and Dongzi also quickly expressed that they would bring the prey back to their home.
Qin Suyun waved her hand and said with a smile, "No need, you should take it back and eat it yourself... I have big black beans here, and Zhennan, so we don't have to worry about food at all... You haven't had time to harvest a crop of food here yet, and you can take these prey back to exchange for food."
"There's no rush to exchange for food. We brothers are quite skilled, sister-in-law, don't worry!"
"By the way, sister-in-law, when will our eldest brother have his wedding? These days, we can't hold a large wedding, but we still need to invite two tables of friends for a meal... When the time comes, the three of us will cover all the meat for the banquet for you two, sister-in-law and eldest brother!"
"Yes, yes, yes! That's a good idea. Boss, how long will it take for you to get married? We're looking forward to the wedding!"
"You have to listen to your sister-in-law on this matter." He Zhennan kicked the ball to Qin Suyun.
Qin Suyun gave He Zhennan a cold look, but the smile on her face never faded.
Everyone chatted and laughed at the dinner table. That evening, everyone returned to their own homes. Only He Zhennan stayed at the Qin family...
He Zhennan helped clear the dishes while jokingly saying, "Everyone's urging us to get married. What do you think? ... I think this is a great idea. Let's set up two tables at home and invite friends over for dinner."
"It's only been a few days? I'll have to see how you perform before I decide!" Qin Suyun stuffed all the dishes in her hand onto He Zhennan and glared at him. "Wash these dishes first, and then we can talk about other things!"
Although she had been married once before, Qin Suyun should have been calmer than He Zhennan. However, for some reason, whenever the topic of marriage came up, Qin Suyun couldn't help but feel a little nervous and at a loss.
In fact, in this kind of doomsday caused by natural disasters, even the laws that originally restricted people's behavior have become useless. The word "marriage" is almost the same as having it or not. As long as she and He Zhennan have a good relationship, they can continue to be together in the future.
If something unexpected happens between them, even if there is a marriage certificate, the final result will still be disappointing.
Qin Suyun took a deep breath and decided to wait until the decision came naturally. It seemed too hasty now.
………………
Time passed day by day.
From early September to mid-to-late September, the sun showers that used to occur one or two times a day gradually stopped.
At first everyone was quite happy.
After all, in the past few months, everyone was soaked in rain almost every day, and everyone felt a fear of water.
Even someone like Qin Suyun, who had already prepared herself mentally, felt that after being oppressed by floods and heavy rains for such a long time, she probably wouldn't like rain for a long time.
but……
It's not a big deal if there's no rain, but if there's no water, that's a big problem...
As the sun showers stopped, the sunlight in the sky became stronger day by day, and the temperature in the air became much higher day by day. The scorching sun hung high in the sky every day. The temperature was 38 degrees yesterday, and it will rise to 42 degrees today!
The river on the side of Wanxi Village was originally a small river. In just over ten days, most of the water in the river had dried up.
Every time we drew water to irrigate the fields, we felt apprehensive, as if if we drew a little more water every day, the river would dry up...
In such hot weather, people's mood gradually became anxious.
Faced with such a situation, Qin Suyun almost subconsciously thought of the high temperature drought in her dream.
Although the timing of this drought is a bit off, judging by the situation, it should be correct...
Just like that, time goes by.
The temperature outside was so high that even the asphalt roads in the city began to melt. People's panic spread again. With the previous natural disasters, almost everyone thought about the drought. Many people began to choose to store water, filling up those sealed containers one by one. Some large oil drum storage boxes were especially popular.
In Wanxi Village.
If it weren't for the mutated plants, which were far more resistant than those previously available on the market, the crops in the fields would have died long ago. Fortunately, although they look wilted now, they are still alive, and some of the corn is even blooming.
But when the heat wave outside blew, the flowering corn seedlings swayed and seemed to wilt a little...
The old farmers in the village stared at the crops in the fields and were almost worried to the point of not being able to eat. Especially those who had seen the severe flood and planted rice thinking that there would be no water shortage for a long time, they almost wanted to die!
In such a short time, even if the rice grows vigorously, it will not be able to bloom and bear fruit!
However, even if they work hard every day, the amount of water that evaporates from the paddy fields is more than what they get by working hard every day to draw water from the river for irrigation.
Especially in such hot weather, mosquitoes, rats and ants are hard to guard against!
In such a hot day, Qin Suyun's family is probably the only one in the whole village who lives a relatively comfortable life.
The solar panels can collect enough electricity for her every day, so the air conditioner in the living room of her home has never stopped. Big Black Bean and the others don’t like to go out in such hot weather. They even go out to look for food in the evening when it’s not too hot, and then go home before dawn to catch up on sleep at home during the day.
The scorching sun shines on the ground during the day. Even though their physical fitness has undergone a qualitative leap in that mutation, they still feel that the sun outside is too strong. It is not so bad in the mountains and forests, but in those places without the shade of trees, it is so hot that even their hair is about to fall off!
However, it was on this day...
Qin Suyun discovered that the blue-and-purple macaw at home seemed to be a little bald, especially on the back and the top of the head, which was particularly obvious.
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