Chapter 87: Sleepless He doesn’t want to be Ah Shu’s sister anymore. He wants to marry…
Zhou Ye was so distracted from his glutinous rice cake that Lin Shu kept asking him, "Aye, is it delicious? How does it taste?"
"...delicious." He replied in a low, hoarse voice.
"How does it taste good?"
Zhou Ye met Lin Shu's bright eyes filled with smiles. His brain stopped working and his thoughts became chaotic and incoherent. Later, he was in a daze and didn't know what he said.
Lin Shu froze in shock, her cheeks, as red as peeled eggs, flushing crimson. She looked more beautiful than a flower. Then she glared at him fiercely, stuffed the remaining glutinous rice cake in her hand directly into his mouth, and shouted, "Zhou Ye, you have no shame!"
After cursing, he ran away angrily.
"Ashu..." Zhou Ye wanted to call her, but in the end he retracted his voice guiltily and turned it into a low murmur.
He remembered, and in his daze, he actually said to Ah Shu: Very sweet, as sweet as your mouth.
Zhou Ye was very upset and wanted to take back his reckless words.
He didn't mean it, and he didn't know why he just replied like that without thinking.
Isn't he no different from those outspoken hooligans?
I guess Ah Shu was really angry with him this time.
Sure enough, when Lin Dashan came back, the family had dinner together, and Lin Shu didn't say a word to him during the meal.
Zhou Ye planned to finish the bamboo lounge chair before dark, but he was not able to complete it because he was restless again.
When he came back from taking a cold shower in the river, Lin Shu had already gone to bed.
Normally she would do something else to help digest her food before resting, but tonight she rested so early. It was obvious that she was so angry with him that she didn't even want to see him.
That night, Zhou Ye was lying alone on his wooden bed, thinking about everything that happened during the day. He tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep. All he could think about was the scene where Lin Shu took the initiative to kiss him during the day.
The more I told myself not to think about it, the more that scene kept replaying in my mind. As I thought about it, my mouth became dry and my whole body became hot. Needless to say, somewhere in my body felt like a dagger.
He had an unspeakable desire for Lin Shu, and his body had already given the most honest response, leaving him no room for excuses.
But he himself didn't understand how things had developed to this point.
At first, he clearly only treated Lin Shu as a younger sister, just like Xiao Pu. He usually took better care of her because he thought that she was too delicate and tender to do any work, and her physical strength was not even as good as Xiao Pu's.
He thought carefully, reviewed it carefully, and recalled the scene when he first met Lin Shu bit by bit, and then he shamefully discovered a fact.
That was even before he met Lin Shu. However, when she asked him softly in the carriage to borrow some water, his mind was captivated by her.
The eyes that Lin Shu looked at him from the carriage were brighter than the star-studded night sky. He was puzzled as to how a person's eyes could be so clear and pure. There was neither arrogance nor self-righteous generosity and kindness in them. Instead, they were filled with joy and a desire to explore this poor and remote place like a child.
That glance not only fell on him, but also inadvertently fell on his heart.
And that slender, white hand not only pushed aside the car curtain, but also made his heart tremble slightly.
But at that time he was prejudiced and thinking about other things, so he ignored these subtle feelings.
Ah Shu was so nice. He had never been to the capital, but he knew that the noble ladies there were definitely not as good-natured as Ah Shu. Her easy-going nature was something few could match.
In his eyes, life was just a mediocre and even painful life, but Ah Shu lived it with great enjoyment.
The water in the mountains and the wind in the forest are all poetic and picturesque scenery when they come to Ah Shu.
In her eyes, there was nothing wrong. Even the gossipy women in the village were greeted with a smile. It wasn't a fake, polite smile, but a genuine indifference. Those uninteresting flowers and trees, those people unworthy of a second glance, all became vibrant scenery in Ah Shu's eyes.
So he knew that he was also alive in Ah Shu's eyes.
When he caught Ah Shu's attention, he didn't show it on his face, but he was actually happy inside. He liked the feeling of Ah Shu's eyes on him.
He didn't know since when, but he had been wanting that gaze to stay on him longer.
Maybe he didn't really regard Ah Shu as his sister from the beginning, but Ah Shu was too good to be with him, which made him feel discouraged.
For a girl like Ah Shu, the man she will marry in the future should be a learned and insightful scholar, even if he is not a young master from a prominent family. In any case, it cannot be a poor man like him who digs for food in the fields and has nothing.
He was ashamed of himself and knew his own limitations, so from the very beginning he gave up any inappropriate thoughts he had.
He thought he only treated Ah Shu as his younger sister.
In the past, he had never thought about getting married and having children. He was a freak with great strength, living among the crowd, and in order to look like an ordinary person, he never had a full meal.
He couldn't even fill his stomach, so how could he have the time to think about women?
During the period when he was hungriest, he even thought about abandoning his family and living alone in the mountains and forests, becoming a savage.
Without having to live in a group, he didn't have to control himself. When he was hungry, he would hunt wild boar, rabbit, duck, or pheasant, and he could always fill his stomach. If he got tired of eating, he would go out of the mountain and go down to trade for food.
He lived alone and could eat as much as he wanted. He no longer had to be afraid of being disliked for eating too much or being feared for being too strong.
But after selling himself to Lin Dashan, his last hope was also cut off. He owed a favor to Lin Dashan's family and would stay in Tianshui Village for the rest of his life.
He thought he might go hungry for the rest of his life.
But later, Ah Shu came.
He gradually began to feel hopeful again.
He doesn't want to treat Shu as his younger sister anymore.
He wants to marry her.
After figuring all this out, it was already midnight outside. Zhou Ye, who had been tossing and turning in bed before, suddenly felt sleepy and soon fell asleep. He even started snoring, but the snoring was not loud, just a low snoring sound caused by extreme fatigue.
After Zhou Ye figured it out, he slept soundly, but Lin Xiaopu, who was a light sleeper next door, was woken up several times by the sound of his tossing and turning.
The next morning, Lin Xiaopu failed to get up early and woke up with Lin Shu.
Lin Shu was very surprised. "Hey, why did you sleep with me until noon today?"
He took a closer look and said, "There seems to be some dark blue in the eyes. Could it be that he played too wildly with the bamboo water gun and bamboo slingshot yesterday and was too excited to sleep?"
Lin Xiaopu glanced at the neighboring room behind the bamboo curtain with resentment. "Sister, look how long have I been unable to sleep? Brother Aye has woken me up several times! Why is that? He ate a lot at dinner last night. Didn't mother increase the amount for each meal? How could he still be so hungry that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep? Sister, you don't even know how many times he tossed and turned last night, much more than usual!"
Lin Shu: "Uh...why didn't I hear anything?"
When Lin Xiaopu heard this, he looked envious. "It's strange that Sister could hear it. Even if it was thundering and raining outside, you would just open your eyes a little, take a look and then go back to sleep."
Lin Shu was not ashamed but proud. She clasped her fists and said to her, "Thank you so much. I just sleep a little better than others."
Lin Xiaopu's expression became even more resentful.
Lin Shu laughed out loud, "This is Ah Ye's fault. He did so much work yesterday, he should have fallen asleep straight away, but he tossed and turned, causing our little Pu to sleep poorly too. I'll have a good talk with him later."
When Lin Xiaopu heard this, she quickly stopped him and said, "Sister, please don't say anything about Brother Ye. He didn't do it on purpose. He didn't know that he could wake me up just by turning over."
"Actually, when Aye-ge rolled over, the movement was considered light. It's just that the wooden bed he slept on wasn't very sturdy. One of the legs was loose, and even if I put something under it, it still made a creaking noise when he rolled over. It was that creaking that woke me up. The creaking wasn't loud, but I'm a light sleeper, and the slightest movement would wake me up."
Lin Shu thought for a moment and asked, "Xiao Pu, how long have you been like this?"
Lin Xiaopu shook his head. "I can't remember, about two or three years."
Lin Shu calculated the time and had a guess in her mind: "You are so young and you feel so light. Maybe the medicine you took has such a side effect. Once you stop taking it, you will gradually get better. Let's go to the pharmacy in town to see a doctor tomorrow. A Ye has already arranged a bullock cart with Old Man Liao. Let's go together with A Niang in the bullock cart."
When Lin Xiaopu heard this, all his fatigue disappeared, and he said with great energy, "It's just because you're slow, sister. Otherwise, my mother and I can walk to town without any problem."
"Oh my, you are so powerful! If you had a tail behind you, it would be sticking up."
Lin Xiaopu hugged her waist and laughed, "Sister, I've always wanted to ask, why is your waist so thin? My waist is thin because I don't have much flesh on my body, it's all bones, but you have flesh on your body, flesh on your chest and butt, so why is your waist so thin?"
Lin Shu was speechless for a moment. "What do you mean by meat? I've been teaching you for a while, but can't you use words more elegantly?"
"Elegant? But I've only been learning for a short time, and I can't think of any elegant words yet."
Lin Shu put her hands on her hips and raised her head, twisting her waist towards her, "Why can't I think of it? You are so well-proportioned, with a protruding front and a curved back. Which one doesn't sound better than this pile of flesh like you?"
Lin Xiaopu couldn't help but laugh at her, "Sister, you have no shame in praising yourself like this."
Lin Shu hummed softly, "I can come up with better words to praise her, such as lotus emerging from water, pure as ice and jade, skin as white as snow, and appearance as celestial as jade..."
Lin Xiaopu was amused by her, "Sister is almost a fairy, but my sister is indeed more beautiful than a fairy! My sister is a fairy who has come down to earth!"
"Pfft, my sister is actually a flatterer."
After washing up, the two sisters went to the courtyard. He Guixiang had already steamed the brown rice for breakfast. After Lin Xiaopu drank the medicine, she put a small grain of rock honey in her mouth and squinted her eyes with satisfaction.
Now that there is sugar at home, she is not afraid even if she has to drink bitter medicine every day!
Lin Shu drank some mountain spring water to moisten her throat, then remembered something and went straight to the place where Zhou Ye was working on bamboo in the yard. Sure enough, she saw that the bamboo lounge chair that had not been finished yesterday was already finished!
He Guixiang on the other end of the line explained with a smile, "Aye got up early in the morning and first went to the mountains to fill the small water jar with mountain spring water. Then he started working on this bamboo lounge chair. It was just finished when your father passed away. He even lay on it to try it out. It was so comfortable that he didn't want to go to work in the fields. He was grinning as he left. Believe it or not, he will brag about this bamboo lounge chair to others later! Ah Shu, this bamboo lounge chair you and Aye made is really good. It can be used as a small bed for sleeping. Your father is very satisfied!"
"As long as Dad likes it, that's good. After all, I asked the laborers in the fields to come here, and Dad has been tired these days. Mom, I'll ask Ye to make a bamboo rocking chair, and Mom will definitely like it. Then let Dad sit on the bamboo reclining chair, and the three of us will take turns sitting on this bamboo rocking chair!"
"Okay, Ah Shu is thoughtful, and Ah Niang will be waiting."
While chatting and laughing, Lin Shu's eyes inadvertently fell on the clothesline in the yard, and she saw two pairs of trousers hanging on it.
The trousers were particularly long, and it was obvious that they belonged to Zhou Ye at a glance.
Zhou Ye worked hard every day and sweated a lot. Every night after taking a bath in the river, he would change out of his daytime clothes. He didn't let his mother help him, but washed them himself and brought them back to dry.
It wasn't surprising to see his pants on the clothesline. What was strange was that there was another pair of pants next to them, clearly new, as if they had been washed and hung there this morning.
Lin Shu's gaze suddenly became subtle.
It couldn't be what she thought...right?
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