Chapter 119: Someone Says One Word and Says Another
Although Lin Shu hadn't interacted much with Old Man Liao, she could tell he had a stubborn streak. If Ah Niang had gone to invite someone to dinner and directly stated her purpose, she might not have gotten them to come. Now that Ah Ye had found an excuse to replace the roof and invited someone to help out, there was no way Old Man Liao would refuse.
Whenever a family in the village asks for help, such as building a house or putting up a wall, most people will not refuse unless they are really unable to do it.
The family that asks for help will tacitly provide two meals a day for the other party. After all, work cannot be done in vain, and people will continue to help you only when they are full.
So after Aye said this, Old Man Liao would definitely come to help, and he had no reason to refuse two meals a day.
He Guixiang had come to her senses by then and said, "Yes, Brother Liao, thank you for troubling me for the past two days. You and Ah Ye should go ahead and get busy. Ah Shu and I will call you once we have breakfast ready."
Old Man Liao really didn't refuse, but he repeatedly emphasized, "Just make some food for me, sister-in-law, but don't make too much."
He Guixiang smiled but did not respond.
Let’s forget about the next few meals, but this first one is supposed to be a treat, so how can we be too perfunctory?
"Aunt, then Old Man Liao and I will get busy first." After Zhou Ye greeted He Guixiang, his eyes fell on Lin Shu and did not move away for a long time.
Lin Shu glanced at him and said, "Why are you looking at me? Go and do your own thing."
This idiot, it would be fine if he stared at her like that in front of his family, but why did he stare at her like that in front of outsiders? Was he afraid that others wouldn't know that they were in love?
"Nothing. Ah Shu, what I want to say is, if you need my help with anything, just shout at me. I can hear you no matter what I'm busy with." Zhou Ye said.
After saying this, he and Old Man Liao went back to work.
Lin Shu: ...
Does this count as flirting and running away?
If... this is considered as Aye's love words.
Lin Shu's eyes couldn't help but bend into two crescents.
Aye's love words were quite practical and she found them very useful.
The thatch for the roof had already been woven. Zhou Ye had also brought the mud and river sand to the courtyard and piled them up there. He had also borrowed tools like shovels in advance.
"Dad Liao, I don't have much experience in this. I'll listen to you. What's the ratio of yellow mud to river sand? How much chopped straw should be added? And do you think the yellow mud and river sand I prepared are enough?"
"Hey, you should ask me about this. I've helped many families in the village build houses, so I'm very familiar with this..."
Lin Shu listened for a while with her ears perked up, and laughed at Zhou Ye for being quite good at pretending. He obviously knew all of this, but now he pretended to be a half-baked person.
After listening for a while, she became uninterested and continued with her own business.
Mushrooms are difficult to clean, so they need to be washed early. Stewing fish is easier.
Wait, fish stew...
Where's her fish?
Where are the fish!!
There is a fish pond at home, and there are many fish in the pond, but how does she catch them?
Did she have to drain all the water to catch fish? How long would it take to drain the entire pond? Besides, she only needed four or five fish.
But she had no fish basket or fishing net, and even if she wanted to catch fish one by one, she didn't have a fishing rod.
Otherwise, use fish vine to drug all the fish in the pond?
This won't work either. The fish pond is large and deep, and the water drains out slowly. If we put so many fish vines in there and the water isn't replaced in time, all the fish in the pond will be killed.
Lin Shu suddenly had an idea!
She shouted directly at Zhou Ye, "Aye——"
Zhou Ye and Old Man Liao were already mixing mud. When they heard Lin Shu calling for help, Zhou Ye immediately said something to Old Man Liao, then took a few big steps towards Lin Shu, "Ah Shu, what's wrong?"
Lin Shu glanced furtively at Old Man Liao, tugged at Zhou Ye's sleeve, and whispered, "Aye, my mother and I are planning to make that spicy fish stew we made last time, but the fish are kept in the pond, and we don't have a fishing net at home, so we can't catch them. I was thinking we could temporarily remove the fence at the outlet, and have one of us hold a backpack and catch the fish. Once we've caught enough fish, we'd have to quickly put the fence back in place. You know, I can't do this alone, so I'm asking you to help me."
Zhou Ye looked at her deeply and said, "Ah Shu, why do you have to be polite to me?"
This sounded insignificant, but Lin Shu always felt that he was only saying half of the truth.
His complete words should be this: They kissed and hugged each other last night, and she even felt the natural talent of his private parts. Now that they are so intimate, is there any need to be so polite?
While no one was paying attention, Lin Shu secretly twisted Zhou Ye's arm. The arm was so firm that she couldn't even pull it. But that didn't matter. What mattered was that she whispered a threat, "If you say anything nonsense again, I'll come and scare you again tonight."
When Zhou Ye heard this, his eyes dimmed for a moment.
Does Ah Shu call that a bluff?
He was indeed frightened at first, but if it was a scare like this, he wanted it every night.
But Zhou Ye's words were the opposite of what he was thinking, "Ah Shu, what happened last night...is not good. Let's not do it again."
He lowered his voice to a very low level, making sure only the two of them could hear.
Lin Shu: ...
What does it mean to say one thing and do another? Isn't this what it means to be honest?
Even though Zhou Ye leaned down to speak, Lin Shu was still some distance away from his ear because he was too tall. She tiptoed and leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "Aye, I like your body because it's much more honest than your mouth. I've discovered that your mouth is the hardest on you. Oh, that's not right."
Lin Shu suddenly smiled mischievously, "You have something even tougher than your words. Ah Ye, I forgot to ask you last night, did you hide a dagger in your body?"
By the time Lin Shu finished whispering and stepped back, Zhou Ye's ears had already turned red.
He immediately looked around the yard as if he was guilty of a crime. The hot sweat that had not seeped out while he was working just now suddenly seeped out, gathered into beads, and then formed into strands that flowed down from his temples.
Zhou Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and abruptly changed the subject, "A Shu, how many fish do you want to catch?"
Lin Shu chuckled softly, but ultimately let him go. She followed his lead and said, "Catch four big grass carps. If they're smaller, catch five. You like them, too, don't you? I'll make some more."
"I'll go and get it right away. I'll call Old Man Liao to help, you just do your own thing." Zhou Ye picked up the empty backpack and left, looking like he was escaping.
Lin Shu covered her lips and smiled secretly.
When Old Man Liao followed Zhou Ye to see the fish pond behind the house, he was shocked.
Oh my God, this fish pond is so beautiful!
His oxcart was constantly carrying people back and forth, not only to town but also to visiting relatives in the village, or those going to distant villages with large amounts of luggage, and so on, would often ask him to drive the oxcart. Therefore, Old Man Liao didn't need to specifically ask anyone for information; these people would just chat and gossip on the cart, about this family and that, and he would know almost everything that was going on in the village.
He had heard a lot of gossip about Lin Shu. Someone had mentioned before that she liked to order Zhou Ye around, and that she was going to dig a fish pond. At the time, he'd overheard it and thought it was just a minor argument between the two of them, but then...
As a result, they dug such a big fish pond?
The bottom of the fish pond was paved with pebbles, and water plants such as calamus were planted on the edge of the pond. He could see clearly how many fish were swimming in the clear water!
There are so many big fat fish at the bottom of the water!
Look at the water outlet again, it turns out that the mountain spring water is directly brought here by a long bamboo tube!
The mountain spring water rushed into an object made of a bamboo tube, and the water flowed up and down like a small waterfall, which was very beautiful.
"Dad Liao, hold the backpack over here at the water outlet. I'll pull open the bamboo fence, and soon the fish will follow the current and swim into the backpack."
Old man Liao came back to his senses and nodded quickly, "Okay, leave it to me."
He originally thought that he would need help to catch fish in the fish pond. Now that he saw it, he thought, it’s such a big fish pond with so many fish, someone must help!
Aye boy also said that it wasn't just because he was here today that they caught fish to eat, but that their family often eats fish. If that's the case, then he won't be polite.
There were stairs on the inside of the outlet, but only a simple slope on the outside, which was connected to the drainage ditch dug by Zhou Ye outside.
The flowing mountain spring water is clean, and it won't be dirty even if there is a pond full of fish. Old man Liao rolled up his trouser legs and stood directly in the ditch, holding an empty backpack to block the water outlet, waiting for Zhou Ye to release the fish.
Zhou Ye's fence was deep, not only with two layers inside and outside, but also surrounded by several large stones, making it very solid. It was precisely because of its solidity that even the heavy rain did not wash the fence down.
However, Zhou Ye did not take it lightly. Yesterday, he went upstream along the bamboo tube that diverted water, stabilized the wooden racks that supported the bamboo tubes, and reinforced the water jars used to store water at the source.
At this time, Zhou Ye first moved a few large stones, then held the bamboo fence with both hands and slowly pulled it up.
Without the obstruction of the bamboo fence, the water flow at the outlet that was originally dispersed by the bamboo fence suddenly merged into a large stream and flowed out.
Old man Liao held the empty backpack tightly to prevent it from being washed away by the water.
The two of them concentrated and calmed down.
After a while, a big fat grass carp really swam towards this side along the current.
In the past, there was a bamboo fence blocking the way, and fish would turn back if they couldn't get out when they swam here. But at this time, this big fat fish swam out of the water outlet unimpeded, and this time it swam into the big backpack carried by Old Man Liao.
Old man Liao exclaimed, "Aye boy, I caught you!"
"Dad Liao, please don't say anything. We need to catch a few more."
Old man Liao glanced at the big fat fish in the basket and said, "Such a big fish, isn't this enough?"
Zhou Ye explained: "I have a big appetite, so we usually stew four or five fish in a big pot at home."
Old Man Liao: ...
He knew that Zhou Ye had a good appetite and a big appetite. Everyone in the village knew it and it was no secret. After all, this kid was big and had great strength, so he must have eaten a lot. But he didn't expect that his appetite could be so big!
After being frightened for a moment, Old Man Liao stopped talking and continued catching fish.
However, after catching five or six in a row, Zhou Ye still didn't call for a stop, and Old Man Liao was confused.
Only after eight fish jumped into the basket did Zhou Ye tie the bamboo fence back up.
He was very strong, and it seemed like he didn't have to use much effort, but nearly half of the bamboo fence was deeply embedded in the ground. Finally, he tamped the soil around it, moved the big stones back, and pressed them down carefully.
After doing all this, Zhou Ye took the backpack from Old Man Liao and only kept the five grass carps in the basket. He threw the remaining crucian carps back into the fish pond.
"Are we really going to stew all five grass carps?" Old man Liao still found it hard to believe.
Eating five grass carps in one meal? These grass carps are quite large.
Zhou Ye hummed and replied, "I have a big appetite, and Ah Shu is always worried that I won't have enough to eat, so she insists on making more. Whatever she says is what it is, and I listen to her."
The shock on Old Man Liao's face disappeared, and he was speechless.
Fortunately, he was young once, otherwise he would not have known that Aye was showing off to him.
It's a great thing to have a wife to love, but you're already showing off before you even marry your wife!
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