Chapter 112: Shocked! Good boy, this guy hasn't even been married yet, and this...
Lin Shu had a severe fever last night and even forgot the vicious words she said in a daze. How could she remember the route Zhou Ye had taken? When Zhou Ye carried her back, she realized how difficult it was for Zhou Ye to come here.
The dirt mountain roads were already rough to begin with, and after a heavy rain, they were even more slushy and difficult to navigate. Some areas were completely puddled, requiring wading through the stagnant water. A low-lying section of the road was completely flooded by the rain. Even after several hours, the water in that section still reached up to a person's stomach, and it had only gotten deeper last night.
When Lin Shu woke up at Dr. Wang Laoling's house this morning, Zhou Ye had already cleaned himself up, so Lin Shu didn't notice how miserable he was at the time. But as the road back got longer and longer, she could imagine how difficult it was without Zhou Ye saying anything.
But Lin Shu didn't say anything, she just slightly retracted her arms that were around Zhou Ye.
There are few pedestrians on the road, and few people are willing to go out when the road conditions are so bad.
Lin Shu tilted her head to look at the lush green rice paddies on both sides of the road and suddenly said, "Aye, I'm craving meat. I haven't eaten the pork I bought yesterday yet."
Zhou Ye hesitated and said, "Ashu, you're still sick, so it's best to eat light food these days."
"Huh? Did Doctor Wang Laoling say that himself?"
Zhou Ye: "...That's not the case." But he guessed that Doctor Wang Laoling didn't say this specifically because the villagers ate vegetarian meals every day.
"I'll just have a taste. Aye, I mainly want to make it for you." Lin Shu rested her chin on his shoulder, her voice soft and gentle.
When Zhou Ye heard this, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with happiness.
"Then I'll do it, and you teach me."
Lin Shu narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Okay, in the future, you can learn a few more dishes, and when I don't feel like cooking, I'll let you cook."
When Zhou Ye said he wasn't tired, he really wasn't tired. He carried Lin Shu all the way easily, so Lin Shu didn't bother to be polite with him and lay comfortably on his broad shoulders.
It was not until they reached the entrance of Tianshui Village that Lin Shu patted Zhou Ye on the shoulder, indicating that she wanted to get off.
"Ashu, you want to come down?"
"Why, are you still addicted to memorizing it? Idiot, it's okay if we're in other villages, but in Tianshui Village, we see other villagers every day, so the less gossip, the better. Otherwise, people will say I'm so sick that I can't even walk."
Zhou Ye nodded and put her down.
However, before Lin Shu had walked far, the soles of her shoes were covered with a thick layer of mud. The more she walked, the heavier her shoes became. The wet mud also splashed onto her ankles, making her feel very uncomfortable.
She suddenly grabbed Zhou Ye again and said, "Forget it, Ye, you've been carrying me on your back for so long, why don't you just carry me back home."
Just let go of the gossip, the most important thing is to feel comfortable.
Zhou Ye didn't ask any more questions and immediately squatted down again, "Come up."
Lin Shu chuckled, "Aye, you're so nice. If you don't want others to gossip about us, when you meet the villagers later, just say this..."
There were few pedestrians on the roads outside the village, but there were still quite a few inside. Some houses had serious leaks and needed to thatch their roofs, so they would go to borrow ladders from other houses. Others had firewood piles without sheds, or their sheds were rudimentary, so they had to borrow some. There was always something going on.
Some villagers did not go out but were cleaning up the accumulated water at the entrance of their own courtyards. These villagers could see Zhou Ye carrying Lin Shu passing by.
Everyone knew that although Zhou Ye was taciturn, he had a good temper and would answer every question, so there would definitely be some nosy village women who would take the initiative to ask about it.
When the other party asked, Zhou Ye replied: "Aunt, we came back from Daoxiang Village. Ah Shu had a high fever last night, so I carried her to see Dr. Wang Laoling from Daoxiang Village."
The village woman was shocked when she heard this. "What? You went to Daoxiang Village last night without Lin Shu on your back? Daoxiang Village?! It's even farther than going to town. How could you go there alone?"
Zhou Ye replied, "I walked there. On the way back, Ah Shu said she felt much better and insisted on walking by herself, but look, she fell asleep again out of exhaustion."
As he spoke, Zhou Ye deliberately showed off several prescriptions hanging around his waist, proving that Ah Shu was indeed ill and would have to continue taking medicine for the next few days.
The village woman uttered "oh" twice, still a little bit unbelievable.
Whenever someone was curious on the road, Zhou Ye would give the same answer.
No one could hear this without being shocked.
The road out of Tianshui Village alone was extremely difficult to walk on, and Zhou Ye actually walked nearly thirty miles carrying Lin Shu on his back!
After this shock, the villagers stopped paying much attention to Zhou Ye carrying Lin Shu back. Besides, she was still sick, and her feet were covered in mud. She must have walked a long way before and asked Zhou Ye to carry her back because she couldn't walk anymore.
Not to mention that Lin Shuren was sick, even if a person was healthy, it would be tiring to walk such a long distance.
That is to say, Zhou Ye is a guy with brute force. Although Lin Shu is slender, she is not skinny. Zhou Ye can actually carry Lin Shu, who weighs dozens of kilograms, to a place as far away as Daoxiang Village, and he is walking at night in the middle of the night!
I remember that when Dr. Wang Laoling was young, he went from village to village to treat patients. He seldom came to Tianshui Village because the two villages were really far apart.
The villagers' expressions changed from shock to admiration, and finally they looked at Zhou Ye with meaningful eyes.
Good boy, this guy loves his wife so much even though he hasn’t even gotten married yet.
When the road was clear, Zhou Ye whispered, "Ah Shu, if this continues, the news that I carried you to see Dr. Wang Lao Ling will spread quickly throughout the village. In the future... in the future, you will have no choice but to marry me."
Lin Shu deliberately said mischievously, "If I don't want to marry you, there are many ways. For example, I can ask my parents to adopt you as their adopted son. Then, you will be my brother. It's okay for a brother to carry his sister on his back to see a doctor, right?"
Zhou Ye suddenly fell silent.
Lin Shu gently poked his face. "So you have to treat me well all the time, understand? Don't ever think you can just be perfunctory just because you have me under control. If you treat me well, I'll keep my word and marry you. If you neglect me, or don't treat me as attentively as you did at the beginning, I can regret it."
Zhou Ye recalled the words Ah Shu said to him when she was confused and feverish. Instead of feeling depressed by her manipulation, he felt that her little thoughts were very cute.
With a smile in his eyes, he nodded, "Ah Shu, I understand."
He didn't say more. Ah Shu didn't like him making those promises, so he just did it instead of saying it in the future.
In fact, he was the type of person who only did things and didn't talk. It was only after he had learned his lesson a few times before and asked the old lady outside Baekje Hall who understood her little daughter's thoughts for advice that he became more and more talkative.
The aunt said that young ladies all like to hear promises and vows, but he found that the aunt was wrong again.
Ah Shu is different.
What he said wasn't too corny, but Ah Shu didn't like it.
Since he doesn't like to hear it, he won't say it.
At the Lin family's side, Lin Xiaopu glanced outside the courtyard from time to time. Seeing Zhou Ye and Lin Shu, he immediately shouted into the house, "Mother, they're back! Brother Ye and sister are back——"
After returning home, Lin Shu discovered that her longed-for pork had already been cooked by her mother. Half had been made into smooth pork, and the other half into crispy pork. The smooth pork was smooth in the pork bone broth, while the plum blossom pork was fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Although the weather has become much cooler after the rain and the pork is cooled by spring water, it still cannot be kept for too long, otherwise it will all be wasted.
"Ashu, Aye, have you had breakfast yet? I left some food for you."
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Aunt Wang invited us to have breakfast, but Auntie knows I'm a greedy person, so I must try both the smooth and crispy pork."
Seeing that she was in good spirits now and didn't look like she was unconscious from the fever last night at all, He Guixiang happily went to heat up the meal.
While heating up the food, he said, "Since you haven't been back for a while, I know you probably ate at Doctor Wang Laoling's. But Ah Ye has a big appetite, so he definitely wasn't full. You can still eat more when you come back."
"Mother, I made you worry about me last night."
He Guixiang sighed, "You did scare me, but every mother has experienced fear for their children. Last night, thanks to Ah Ye, your father and I didn't know what to do. Ah Ye carried you on his back and left without a word."
"I know. I've already thanked Ah Ye." Lin Shu glanced at Zhou Ye secretly and continued, "But Dad and Mom have worked hard too. I heard Ah Ye say that you stayed up all night worrying about me and came to see me early this morning in Old Man Liao's ox cart."
As she spoke, Lin Shu came over and hugged her arm, coquettishly saying, "Why didn't Mom and Dad catch up on some sleep after they came back? Dad is nowhere to be seen, I guess he went to the fields again, and Mom too, must have gotten up early to cook again? I'd be heartbroken if you were like this."
He Guixiang smiled and explained, "I slept, but after it got bright, I couldn't fall asleep after sleeping for a while."
"No, no, at noon, Mom and I will take a nap together. Ah Ye, call Dad back and ask him to catch up on his nap."
Lin Xiaopu coughed lightly and said at the right time, "Sister, although I accidentally fell asleep, I am also worried about you."
Lin Shu rubbed her head and chuckled, "I know, I know. You are my sister, how could I not know you? You must not have slept well last night. Come lie down with me for a while at noon."
"Hey, alright."
He Guixiang heated up the food, brought it over quickly, and invited the two to eat.
Lin Shu thought she could eat a few more bites, but she couldn't eat anymore after eating two pieces of smooth meat. Firstly, she had eaten it before, and secondly, her appetite was indeed not as good as before she got sick.
The leftovers couldn’t be kept for too long, and all of them ended up in Zhou Ye’s stomach.
After both of them had eaten, Lin Xiaopu said that the family had also sent a bowl of pork bones and a bowl of crispy pork to Old Man Liao.
He Guixiang explained, "Old Man Liao is truly a man of integrity. When your father and I went to look for him, we thought he wouldn't agree, after all, the road was so difficult to travel on after the rain. But when he heard you had a serious fever, he drove out in his ox cart without saying a word. He then drove us all the way back without even taking a break. After breakfast was ready, I asked Xiao Pu to bring over a bowl of pork bone soup and crispy pork. Oh, I didn't prepare the pig intestines, so we ate them ourselves and didn't serve any to Old Man Liao, nor did we leave any for you."
Lin Xiaopu frowned and said, "When I went there, Old Man Liao was having breakfast. It was just a small bowl of porridge and a small plate of pickled radish. There was nothing else. The porridge was even cold."
Lin Shu frowned, thought for a moment, and then said to He Guixiang, "Mother, how about this? Ask Old Man Liao if he'd be willing to come to our house for dinner. He doesn't have to pay extra, just give us enough food for one person every month."
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