Chapter 27 Water Bubbles
When they found their vegetable garden, Lin Shuhe and Liu Zhengying were digging soil, while Lin Jingyun and the other two were behind them planting seedlings, watering them, and then digging soil to fill the holes.
Seeing them coming over, Lin Jingyun said excitedly, "An'an, come and plant vegetables, it's a lot of fun."
Lin Yi-an joked, "You don't find digging fun anymore."
Lin Jingyun said regretfully, "My uncle and aunt won't let me dig." Actually, she really wanted to dig.
Liu Zhengying put down her hoe, went to the water bottle to drink some water, and when she heard what she said, she chuckled and said, "Digging is tiring. If you want to play, just take a ladle and help water the plants."
Lin Jingyun: "Auntie, I also helped plant these vegetables. When they're ripe, send me a video or take a picture so I can show them off."
Liu Zhengying smiled and said, "Okay, come again during the New Year, and you can eat the vegetables you grew yourself."
Lin Jingyun's eyes lit up: "Then I'll shamelessly come and visit with An'an's family for a few days during the Chinese New Year."
Liu Zhengying smiled broadly: "Alright, all of you come on over."
Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "Now you can show off too. While they were traveling during the National Day holiday, you were doing farm work."
Lin Jingyun: "Why didn't I remember?"
She believed everything she heard and looked at Ye Lingzhi: "Zhizhi, hold this water ladle for me, I need to film a video to post on my WeChat Moments."
After Liu Zhengying finished drinking the water, she went to dig in the soil again. Lin Yi'an walked over and said, "Mom, let me dig. You take a break."
Liu Zhengying stopped her from digging: "It's such a small patch of land, you'll finish digging it in no time. Don't get your clothes dirty."
“I’ll do it.” Zhou Mingshi followed behind Lin Yi’an, then bent down to pick up the hoe from the ground, looked at Lin Shuhe, and tried to dig a hole by imitating his movements.
Liu Zhengying looked at his leather shoes and said, "Mingshi, give me the hoe, don't get your shoes dirty?"
Zhou Mingshi: "It's alright, there are shoes in the car."
Liu Zhengying found it amusing; that was hardly what she meant. The vegetables on this plot of land weren't even worth the price of a pair of his shoes.
Zhou Mingshi didn't even look up and said, "Auntie, you should rest."
At first, he wasn't used to it, but after a few strokes, he became more and more skilled with each stroke.
Seeing that his movements were quite skillful, Liu Zhengying went back to fill the soil for them.
Assistant Chen was pleased to see that his boss was even helping his future mother-in-law with chores; Mr. Zhou was getting better and better at pleasing his future wife.
Lin Yi'an said, "Take a break after you've been digging for a while."
Zhou Mingshi: "Not tired."
Lin Shuhe said, "It's not much land, just dig a few times. You've never done manual labor before, and your arms will hurt if you work too hard for too long."
Zhou Mingshi: "Okay." He really didn't feel tired.
The vegetable garden wasn't big, but there were many of them. By the time they finished digging up this plot, they had already planted the vegetables over there.
A group of people carried buckets and hoes as they walked home.
Upon arriving home, Lin Shuhe, Liu Zhengying, and Ye Lingzhi went to the kitchen.
Looking at the mud on his son's shoes, Tan Qingwen smiled and asked, "Did you all help plant the vegetables?"
Assistant Chen said, "President Zhou even helped dig the soil."
Tan Qingwen: "Will he be able to dig?"
Assistant Chen: "The digging went quite well."
“When he was a child, his school asked him to grow flowers and vegetables, and he did it very well.”
Tan Qingwen looked proud. After speaking, he looked at his son and saw him stride towards the faucet by the sink. He went back to his room, got his slippers, and put them next to him before going to the kitchen to talk to his future in-laws.
Zhou Mingshi washed his hands and changed his shoes.
Assistant Chen came over to wash his shoes and, seeing him looking at his hands, asked, "Mr. Zhou, what happened to your hands?"
Zhou Mingshi: "Let a bubble form."
Assistant Chen: "Why are there bubbles? Were you digging in the dirt just now?"
Lin Yi'an put the hoe into the storeroom, came out, heard their conversation, and walked over: "Let me see."
Zhou Mingshi handed his hand to her to see. Lin Yi'an took his hand and saw that there was a blister: "I'll go back to my room to get a silver needle to pop it and then apply some disinfectant."
Zhou Mingshi: "Okay."
Lin Yi'an went back to the house to get the silver needles.
She quickly came out, walked to Zhou Mingshi's side, took his hand, carefully popped the blister, and the liquid inside spilled out. She gently pressed it with a cotton swab.
Once the overflowing liquid had been mostly absorbed by the cotton swab, she took another cotton swab, dipped it in disinfectant, and slowly applied it from the center of the blister outwards.
After applying the ointment, she said, "All done. I'll take the things inside."
Zhou Mingshi sat in the chair, looking at her serious face: "Mm."
Lin Jingyun asked from the side, "Is my An'an alright?"
Zhou Mingshi: "Naturally."
Lin Jingyun said with a smile, "My An'an has many other good qualities, and you will gradually discover them in the future."
Zhou Mingshi: "We have a lifetime to discover each other's strengths."
Lin Jingyun was surprised that her future brother-in-law was quite sensible. An'an was right; an arranged marriage didn't necessarily mean unhappiness.
Free love doesn't necessarily guarantee happiness. Take her, for example. She and Su You have been together for so many years, breaking up and getting back together, breaking up and getting back together again. Lately, she has been feeling increasingly exhausted. The endless arguments have made her feel utterly bored.
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