Chapter 145 Bathing by the River
Lin Shu couldn't see whether she was blushing or not, but she could feel that her cheeks were very hot.
She was embarrassed by Aye!
When she was teasing Aye, she was very relaxed and had the leisure to appreciate Aye's shy and helpless look. But if it was Aye who teased her, she would find it hard to bear it?
Lin Shu coughed lightly and asked in a low voice, "Aye, you used to be reserved and flirtatious, but now you've become... openly flirtatious?"
Zhou Ye's eyes burned as he stared intently at her small face. It was only the size of his palm, easily cupped in his. Besides her watery eyes, her nose and mouth were tiny, easily contained within his wide mouth.
Hearing Lin Shu's question, his eyes trembled slightly. He didn't deny it, but actually nodded in agreement, "I've been led astray by you, Shu."
Lin Shu: ...
Ah Ye actually huh? Actually admitted it?
"Hmph, forget it. I'm not going tonight. You still want to party every night, you're so beautiful."
Zhou Ye paused, then suddenly asked, "Ah Shu, why did you ask Xiao Pu to sleep on the inside?"
Lin Shu suddenly fell silent.
Damn it, my little trick was seen through.
Yes, she thought that if she slept on the outside, it would be more convenient for her to go to Aye's bed in the middle of the night. But that didn't mean she would definitely go tonight.
"Aye, after seeing through my intentions, are you overwhelmed with joy?"
Zhou Ye hummed again, and the corners of his mouth secretly curled up, "Yeah, it's so beautiful."
He was not sure at first, but seeing Ah Shu like this... he understood.
He certainly didn't misunderstand.
Lin Shu was amused by her flirty behavior. In fact, she quite liked A Ye's flirting. It was so exciting!
"I won't talk to you anymore. If I tell you again, the chicken mushrooms in my pot will stick to the pot." Lin Shu looked away and stopped looking at him.
But when she didn't want to talk, the man who had been silent just now became more talkative. "Ah Shu, I see that some of the soil in this bucket is covered with a layer of white frost. What is this white frost?"
"This white frost is saltpeter crystals, but this alone is far from enough, so we have to extract it from the soil as well."
"By the way, Aye, I'll keep the iron pot. You can use the clay pot to boil some hot water. You can mix the hot water with the soil later. The effect will be better."
Zhou Ye naturally did whatever she said, but after the conversation just now, he spoke more unscrupulously, "A Shu, I'll boil some more. You haven't wiped yourself tonight, I'll save some hot water for you."
Lin Shu: “…”
She really couldn't say no, especially at that moment when she was fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and stirring the chicken mushrooms in the pot. She was so hot and sweaty that she felt sticky and uncomfortable.
Especially the small clothes worn inside, they were probably soaked with sweat.
"I used to bathe in a bathtub in the Marquis' Mansion." Lin Shu muttered, feeling a little nostalgic.
She really wanted to take a bath. She had thought about saving money to buy a big wooden tub, but then she changed her mind and realized that the house was so small that there was no extra space for the tub. She would have to put it in the living room, but who would take a bath in the living room?
Zhou Ye also knew that there was no room at home for the bathtub Ah Shu wanted. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Ah Shu, when you're done, you can go to the river to take a bath. The river water has been exposed to the sun all day, so it's still a little warm. It's very comfortable to soak in it. You go to the river, and I'll help you watch."
Lin Shu: ...
Damn it, she was actually moved by what she heard!
Every night before going to bed she just wiped her body with warm water, she really wanted to have a full body bath.
Although she thought so in her heart, Lin Shu didn't want to obey Zhou Ye so quickly, and said vaguely: "Let's work first, and talk later."
Zhou Ye looked at her deeply and continued to work, his hands moving more and more nimbly. He pounded the soil in the wooden barrel and added some firewood to the stove from time to time.
If Ah Shu went to the river to wash, the water would not need to be boiled too hot.
After a while, Zhou Ye felt that it was almost done and asked Lin Shu, "Ah Shu, take a look. Is the soil finely pounded?"
"Alright, alright, the water in the pot is almost done. Pour the hot water in and stir it a few times. The saltpeter I need is in the soil, so I need to mix it into the water. After mixing, soak it overnight, and filter the solution out tomorrow. The first time, filter it out coarsely to remove the large particles of mud and sand, then filter it several times with fine linen cloth. The brine that is filtered out will be clear. Put the clear brine into the old clay pot that Aunt Lin borrowed and simmer it slowly..."
Lin Shu spoke slowly and Zhou Ye listened attentively, glancing from time to time at Ah Shu's eyes and eyebrows, which became even more graceful and charming under the light of the oil lamp.
By the time Zhou Ye had mixed the paste, Lin Shu had almost finished cooking the chicken mushroom sauce. The freshly made chicken mushroom sauce was still hot, so she scooped it out and put it in a bowl. She would then divide it into bamboo jars tomorrow. She also scooped out the chicken mushroom residue from the oil in the pot, let it cool, and then put it into the oil jar containing the cooked oil to save for cooking later.
After they finished their work, they looked at each other and hurried away.
"Ashu, let's go to the river?" Zhou Ye asked.
"Go. Wait a moment while I go into the house to get some clean clothes."
Zhou Ye hummed and followed him into his room.
After Ah Shu finished washing, he also wanted to wash.
He went to the river to wash every day, and he would feel uncomfortable all over if he didn't wash for a day.
In the room, Lin Xiaopu had already fallen asleep. On the other side, snoring sounds could be heard from He Guixiang and Lin Dashan's rooms.
The room was quiet.
Lin Shu, like a thief, tiptoed to take out her spare clothes, including the underwear she was wearing, from the box in the corner of the room.
When she went out, Zhou Ye was already waiting in the yard, carrying a backpack with a set of clothes in it.
After Lin Shu came over, Zhou Ye naturally took the clothes from her hand and put them into the backpack. When his eyes fell on the satin dress inside, he quickly moved away as if it was burned.
"Ashu, follow me and I will take you there." Zhou Ye said.
Lin Shu muttered, "It's not like I haven't been to the river before."
"I'll take you to a more secluded place. There are huge rocks in the river that can hide your figure, so you don't have to worry about being seen."
"Okay."
In the courtyard, the two were still walking separately. As soon as they walked out of the courtyard gate, Zhou Ye immediately grabbed Lin Shu's hand and said, "It's dark outside and the road is not clear. Ah Shu, I'll hold your hand and walk with you."
Lin Shu laughed at him, "Why don't you just carry me on your back?"
She was just joking, but Zhou Ye immediately moved the backpack to the front, and without squatting down, he grabbed Lin Shu's arm with one hand and pinched her waist with the other hand, and threw her high up. With a low cry, he turned around again, and before Lin Shu could react, she had already landed on Zhou Ye's back.
Lin Shu punched him on the shoulder and said, "Next time you do this, can you please say something first?!"
Zhou Ye: “…Yeah.” He thought Ah Shu liked it.
Because he found that Ah Shu liked those postures that allowed him to show his strength, such as picking her up, holding her buttocks and kissing her, and making her feet completely off the ground.
"Aye, are you really carrying me? It's not late at night. Who knows who might come out to get some fresh air and see us like this?"
"Look, go ahead. I'm carrying my future daughter-in-law on my back, so what's there to say? Besides, everyone in the village knows you're my future daughter-in-law."
Lin Shu clicked her tongue twice, "Aye, listen to your self-righteous tone. It's only been a few days and you've become so shameless. You are no longer the Aye I knew. Give me back the brother Aye I used to have!" As she said that, she pulled his ear.
When he pulled it, he realized that Aye's ears were burning.
"It seems that Brother Aye, you are not as shameless as you appear. Look, your ears are red and hot. You can even cut them off and use them as snacks." Lin Shu said, and couldn't help laughing.
"Ashu, be careful, stop twisting and turning, or you might fall down." Zhou Ye looked calm.
"You won't let me fall. If you can't carry me steadily and make me fall, I won't want you to carry me anymore, okay?" Lin Shu smiled and pinched his ear for fun.
Although she couldn't see Ah Ye's expression, Lin Shu guessed it was a mixture of helplessness and sweetness. However, Ah Ye was always good at pretending, so it was possible that she looked serious but was secretly happy in her heart.
In the past, it had felt like a long way to the river, perhaps a quarter of an hour, but with Ah Ye carrying her, it felt like they had arrived in no time. They weren't even going to the river directly ahead, but further upstream. The place they finally stopped at was not only lush with vegetation along the riverbank, but also had several large rocks in the river. The river in Tianshui Village was shallow to begin with, and the riverbed was covered with beautiful pebbles, crystal clear, like a stream.
"Aye, the water seems a little shallow." Can we take a bath if it's so shallow?
Zhou Ye said, "Ah Shu, it only looks shallow. Once you get in, squat down and the water will reach your shoulders. Later, go wash behind the big rock in the middle of the river. The rock will hide you so others can't see."
Lin Shu couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Who are you talking about?"
Zhou Ye didn't respond, but just said: "Ashu, go ahead, I'll wait for you here, call me if you need anything."
As he spoke, he had already consciously walked behind a big tree on the shore, with his back to the river.
Lin Shu stopped teasing him. They had been walking in the mountains for a long time today. Although they walked and rested, they were still a little tired after a day.
Looking back, Aye was standing behind the big tree like a wooden stake, with his head hanging down, looking very honest.
Lin Shu believed he wouldn't peek. But if he did see anything, she wouldn't mind. After all, he was her boyfriend. If Aye wasn't a bit old-fashioned, she would really like to try love before marriage.
In her previous life, most people followed the principle of living in the moment. Although Lin Shu was relatively conservative, she actually agreed with this. However, because she could not even fill her stomach and her requirements were a little too much, she really did not find someone who suited her, so she remained single until her death.
But now she has it, and since she has it, she will naturally follow her own wishes, so that her new life will not be in vain.
"Aye, I'm going to take off my clothes." Lin Shu said deliberately.
Zhou Ye hummed, "Ashu, don't worry about washing, I'll watch you."
Lin Shu muttered "idiot" and took off her clothes without worry, not even leaving her underwear behind.
When taking a bath, you have to take off all your clothes to feel comfortable.
Zhou Ye is actually not as old-fashioned and honest as Lin Shu thought.
He simply didn't look, and didn't deliberately cover his ears. So he heard the rustling sound of clothes being taken off behind him, the splash of water as Ah Shu stepped into the river, and the sound of her legs stepping in, step by step, towards the center of the river, and finally reaching the big rock in the middle of the river and squatting down.
Soon, the sound of river water splashing on the body was heard.
Ah Shu must have scooped up the river water and poured it onto her shoulders and neck, then onto her outstretched arms and chest...
As Zhou Ye listened, images emerged in his mind and he was sweating profusely without realizing it.
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