Chapter 36 Doubting My Body?
In another room, Gu Yanxiao had already brought in the boiled water for washing feet.
Seeing Su Xiangwan walk in, he pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, squatted down, and took off her shoes and socks.
"I...I can do it myself, I can still do it now..." Su Xiangwan hesitated and wanted to refuse.
She's only four months pregnant, not yet at the point where she can't reach her own feet.
"It's okay, I'll take care of it. You sit down and don't get your pants wet."
Gu Yanxiao stopped her, grabbed her soft, white feet, scooped up some water and poured it on them, asking, "Is the water temperature okay?"
He's a man, tough and resilient, so it doesn't matter whether the water is a little cold or a little hot.
She was different; her delicate skin would leave bruises and red marks if you applied even a little pressure.
It would be bad if you got burned.
"Perfect." Su Xiangwan's foot was held in his large hand, and she felt her face getting hot.
Those intimate memories are ultimately just memories, like watching a movie.
But the feeling of him holding my foot now is something that is actually happening to me.
Looking at his dark, large hands holding her fair feet, a unique, ambiguous feeling rose from the bottom of her heart.
Gu Yanxiao carefully washed her feet, dried them, and then used the same basin of water to wash his own feet before getting up to pour the water out.
When I returned, Su Xiangwan was already in bed.
He looked at his wife, Jiaojiao, in bed, a smile on her lips as she looked up at him.
Gu Yanxiao's eyes darkened, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
He said nothing, but silently lay down beside her.
"We'll go to work tomorrow, so you can lock the gate."
Gu Yanxiao's voice was low, still feeling lingering fear about Liu Jiabao's actions towards them earlier that day.
“Okay.” Even if Gu Yanxiao hadn’t said anything, Su Xiangwan was prepared to do it anyway.
She didn't want any random people to barge into her home when she was alone.
This isn't the capital city. This family is new here, and by renting a courtyard and digging a well, they've probably already attracted a lot of attention.
At this point, you can't be too careful.
Another eerie silence fell over the room.
Just when Su Xiangwan thought Gu Yanxiao had fallen asleep, he suddenly spoke again: "I'll finish the work as soon as possible tomorrow and come back to cook."
Everyone has a set amount of work to do, and as long as you finish your work ahead of schedule, you can stop working.
He believed that with his abilities, finishing work early would not be difficult.
"No need, take your time. Don't forget, your body is still..." Su Xiangwan hadn't forgotten that there was still a bullet lodged near Gu Yanxiao's heart!
Although it won't affect daily activities, as long as you don't engage in strenuous exercise, there shouldn't be any abnormalities.
Even so, it's still best to be cautious.
"It's just some farm work. Are you doubting my health?"
Gu Yanxiao turned around and looked at his sweet and soft wife, his expression showing a hint of grievance.
"cough……"
Looking at Gu Yanxiao, who was acting like a wronged puppy for the second time, Su Xiangwan felt her heart melt.
"I don't doubt your health, but you still have a bullet lodged near your heart, so it's better to be careful. As for cooking, I really can do it."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently wrapped her arms around his lean, strong waist, snuggling into his embrace. Looking up at him, she said, "Yan Xiao, I also want to do something for the family. Don't you like my cooking?"
Don't you like it?
Gu Yanxiao was certainly pleased. Putting aside whether Su Xiangwan's cooking was delicious or not, just thinking about how such a delicate girl was willing to cook for him was a happiness that nothing else could replace.
"Then please don't overwork yourself, and don't do anything too complicated. We'll take care of it ourselves when we get back tonight."
Gu Yanxiao raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head, helping her to tidy her long hair onto the pillow so that she wouldn't accidentally roll over on it when she turned over.
She's so delicate; even the slightest tug on her hair will make her eyes water. Yet, she loves beauty and likes to keep her hair long.
So when he accidentally stepped on her hair and made her frown, he kept it in mind.
Su Xiangwan leaned lazily against him, letting him gently stroke her long hair, inhaling the scent of sunshine mixed with soap on his body, and didn't even know when she fell asleep.
The next day, when Su Xiangwan woke up, the Gu family had already eaten breakfast and were getting ready to go to work.
After watching them leave, Su Xiangwan locked the courtyard gate.
With nothing to do, she looked at the vegetable seedlings in the yard and decided to use her mind to retrieve the spiritual spring water from her space and water each and every one of the vegetables.
"Giggle giggle."
Just as she was watering near the chicken fence, several hens stretched their necks and clucked at her.
This is……
Su Xiangwan looked down at the spiritual spring water she had poured into her hand.
Do these chickens want to drink the spring water?
Thinking it over, Su Xiangwan naturally didn't hold back and directly filled a large trough with spiritual spring water for the chickens.
Watching a flock of chickens, big and small, eagerly feeding themselves with the spiritual spring water from the chicken trough.
After one of the hens had drunk its fill, it clucked and darted into the nest. Not long after, it laid a round egg.
Immediately afterwards, another hen ran quickly toward the nest.
Su Xiangwan watched this scene with great pleasure. With the eggs laid by these hens, plus her own secret scheme, she wouldn't have to worry about the supply of eggs at home anymore.
On the other side, after Gu Yanxiao and his group received their share of land, they began to work diligently.
Having planned ahead, Gu's father did not assign Gu's mother and Gu Yanfei any other easy tasks.
Instead, the whole family chose to harvest wheat.
It doesn't matter how much Gu's mother and Gu Yanfei can do, since the main labor force is Gu's father and Gu Yanxiao.
In this way, as long as the family completes the work for four people, they can finish their work together.
To be honest, if they weren't worried that the whole family would be too conspicuous, they would even prefer that Gu's mother and Gu Yanfei stay at home and not have to go to work.
The villagers of Bakeshu Village would occasionally glance at the Gu family and whisper among themselves.
"Weren't you supposed to send eight educated youths this time? I only see seven. And that family, regardless of age or gender, they're all so good-looking. Are the young ones a brother and sister? I wonder if they have boyfriends or girlfriends?"
When Chen Zhaodi heard the villagers talking about the Gu family, she rolled her eyes and sneered, saying, "That man is called Gu Yanxiao. I heard from the Party Secretary that Gu Zhiqing's wife is pregnant and won't be going to work anymore."
"What? Pregnant? Does that mean she's about to give birth and that's why she's not working?" The person who spoke was Cai Chunmei, a notorious gossip in the village.
Chen Zhaodi said with a disdainful look: "She's not even showing yet, and she's already showing off. How rich must the Gu family be to pamper their daughter-in-law and not let her do any work!"
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