Chapter 114 Do you know how many we use in one night?
Su Yunyi didn't quite believe it, but since it was Qin Suisui who said it, she stopped doubting it and nodded happily. She then tossed the candy in her hand and said, "Okay, I'll take this candy back and make some water chestnut cakes. I'll send you more tomorrow!"
When they got home, it was already noon. Pei Jiuyan was unusually present at home, climbing up the ladder.
Qin Suisui was startled: "Ayan, why are you climbing so high?"
"I'm going to inspect and reinforce the roof, in case it leaks later."
Qin Suisui nodded, put the things she bought into the kitchen, took out only ten catties of salt, and secretly put the rest of the salt into her spatial storage.
She noticed a 50-jin bag of rice and a 30-jin bag of flour, along with a jar of oil, next to the rice bin. She then looked towards the roof and asked, "Ayan, we still have plenty of rice and flour at home, why did you buy more?"
Pei Jiuyan had already come down from the roof. While washing his hands, he answered her, "I saw that we still had some food coupons and oil coupons at home, so I bought more during this stockpiling season."
He paused after speaking, then looked at her again: "I told you, I can support you. If you need to buy anything, just use the money and coupons from the family. Keep your own money and coupons and spend them slowly in the future."
Qin Suisui quickly realized what he meant. Every few days, she would secretly add a little rice to the rice container, as well as oil and flour. Over time, the rice and flour in the kitchen were always left uneaten.
Today, Pei Jiuyan saw that the grain and oil coupons in the cabinet hadn't been touched, so he assumed that she usually paid for the rice, flour, and oil herself, which led to this incident.
She couldn't help but laugh, and deliberately said, "Does our whole family spend all of your money? What's the point of saving my money then?"
Pei Jiuyan frowned: "That's not just my money. I've said it before, I earn money for you to spend, what's mine is yours."
"Besides, I'm a grown man, it's my duty to support my family. You can keep your own money to buy things you like."
The answer was the same.
Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh.
From the time she was five years old, after she started corresponding with Pei Jiuyan, Pei Jiuyan would send her some money almost every two months. At first, she was too young to have an account, so the money was sent to her mother's account.
Later, when she got older, Hua Qing was no longer willing to act as the "money-passing machine" between the two of them, so he simply opened an account for her. Now, the money was transferred even more frequently, from a few yuan to tens of yuan. He would transfer money to Qin Suisui almost every two months.
Hua Qing had asked Liu Qianyun about the money and subtly advised her not to give the child so much pocket money, as it was all going to her little foodie.
Liu Qianyun said that they had almost never given Pei Jiuyan pocket money, and they didn't know where the money came from. They investigated for a while but couldn't find out, so they gave up. Anyway, the kid hadn't done anything illegal or criminal, and he knew that having a wife was a good thing.
Therefore, Qin Suisui has never suffered because of money since she was a child. Not to mention that her family was already wealthy and her parents gave her enough pocket money, even if she spent more than her allotted each month, Pei Jiuyan would give her more to "make up for it".
Back then, Qin Suisui was like a proud peacock, asking him in her letter, "Brother Ajiu, I have enough pocket money to buy snacks! You've given me so much pocket money, I can't even spend it all! Besides, if you give me all your pocket money, what will you spend it on?"
Pei Jiuyan's reply was as brief as ever: "I earn money so that you can spend it."
At that time, Qin Suisui did not understand the meaning of the word "earn". She only thought that he was like her, with pocket money given by his family. Now that she thinks about it, did Pei Jiuyan also do some kind of work to earn money back then?
As she reminisced about the past and tidied up the pile of things Pei Jiuyan had bought, Qin Suisui felt a sweet warmth in her heart. Although she and Pei Jiuyan hadn't grown up together, he had been a constant presence in her life, accompanying her through every happy and sad moment.
Pei Jiuyan bought a variety of things, including kerosene, military candles, flashlight batteries, and even military raincoats and rubber life rings, all of which are essential items for disaster relief.
He somehow managed to cut down a few thick logs and came back to reinforce the front and back doors of his house.
Qin Suisui sorted everything out and put it away. Finally, her eyes fell on the several rolls of kraft paper packaged with red star patterns on the table. She picked them up curiously and saw the words "Family Planning for the Revolution" printed on the front.
Qin Suisui immediately threw the thing onto the table as if it were burning her hand. Before she turned 20, she didn't consider pregnancy and childbirth, so they usually... used protection.
But Pei Jiuyan was the one who bought these things. When things got intimate, he would take them apart, and she was too embarrassed to look at them. So she never knew that they were actually like this.
Pei Jiuyan had just finished his work and walked in from outside. He frowned when he saw Qin Suisui's flushed face, and then when he saw the family planning supplies on the table, he immediately realized what was going on and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Qin Suisui was annoyed with him, but didn't know where to nitpick, so she pointed at the pile of family planning supplies and, though she was being unreasonable, started to find fault: "If you're going to hoard supplies, fine, but why did you buy so much of this stuff? Is it edible or something?!"
Pei Jiuyan leaned casually against the cabinet, his hands in his pockets, tilting his head slightly as he looked at her with a teasing expression, his voice ambiguous: "What do you mean, 'what'?"
Qin Suisui's face turned even redder. They had already done it, so why didn't he feel embarrassed at all when he talked about it? What a shameless person!
She stammered and continued to nitpick: "...Even if it is...you don't need to buy so many!"
Pei Jiuyan bent down and leaned close to her, his face almost touching her cheek, before speaking in an even more suggestive voice, "Do you know how many we use in one night? Nothing to do at home during a typhoon..."
How many? How many? How would she know?! All she knew was that she hadn't slept a full night since!
She quickly took a step back, her face contorted with rage before he could even finish speaking: "Get rid of the 'men'! That's for you! For you alone!"
A hearty laugh escaped Pei Jiuyan's throat. He pulled the raging girl back and held her tightly in his arms: "Alright, alright! It's all mine, it has nothing to do with you. Don't be angry, I'll go put it away myself. You go sit on the sofa and rest for a while, we'll eat in a bit."
He offered her a way out, and Qin Suisui naturally accepted it. It wasn't a big deal; there was no need to dwell on it.
She huffed and puffed, pointing her round, white fingers at the pig offal by the kitchen door: "Then you wash those things!"
Pei Jiuyan turned his head and looked over, and choked for a moment. Qin Suisui had also taken this thing out to eat yesterday. The braised offal was indeed delicious, but before it was braised, even though the dirt had been washed away, it was still... very smelly.
She definitely shouldn't touch these dirty things.
He reached out and patted Qin Suisui's head: "Okay, leave it there and don't move."
Qin Suisui thought he had agreed.
But after lunch, when she took a nap and came downstairs, she saw Song Yunlai and Chi Donglin squatting miserably by the well in the backyard, washing the three sets of pig offal.
Seeing Qin Suisui come down, the two men greeted her in gruff voices: "Little sister's awake? Get away from her, this thing stinks."
"It tasted pretty good last night, but I never expected it to smell so bad!"
"Ah Yan is a real scoundrel. He specifically made the two of us come to do the work. After pickling bamboo shoots, we reinforced the yard, then the vegetable garden, and after that, we put up windows. Now we have to clean this stinky sewer. What the hell was he doing?"
"He said he went to buy soda, because my sister likes to drink that stuff..."
"Oh, oh, oh, then we should buy more and stock up, so we can come over and get a few bottles to drink..."
Qin Suisui felt a little embarrassed by what they said. She realized that while she had been sleeping for so long, they had all done so much work.
She hurriedly poured two glasses of sweet rice wine with a little ice from the kitchen and handed them to them: "Brother Yunlai, Brother Donglin, you've worked hard. Have some sweet rice wine, and I'll go cut some watermelon for you."
Since the watermelons in the space started growing, Qin Suisui had already transplanted some to the small vegetable garden in the front yard. Now the watermelons there have also grown, and with the help of the stream in the space, one or two ripen almost every day. As a result, there is a constant supply of watermelons at home. Pei Jiuyan picks one every day and hangs it in a wooden bucket to the well to keep it warm, so that she can eat it when she wakes up from her afternoon nap.
Seeing her coming over, Song Yunlai quickly waved his hand: "Go, go, go, go over there. It's dirty here, don't get your clothes dirty. The watermelon is in the well, we can lift it up ourselves in a bit."
Chi Donglin nodded in agreement: "That's right, little sister. There's still some sweet porridge with water chestnuts ahead. I don't know which girl gave it to that brat Yunlai. It's really delicious. We saved a bowl for you. Go and try it. Your brothers will finish washing it soon and get the watermelon ready for you."
To be honest, Qin Suisui had already gotten used to Chi Donglin and Song Yunlai's attitude towards her.
It's often said that to see if a man treats you well, look at how his friends treat you. If his friends respect and care for you, it means that this man truly cares about you, which is why his friends wouldn't treat you badly.
Although she had never met Pei Jiuyan since childhood, she would occasionally hear Chi Donglin and Song Yunlai laughing and calling her "little sister" when they talked on the phone.
Now that they've come to Qiongtan Island, the two of them are treating her like their own elder brothers, caring for and protecting her. This is all because of Pei Jiuyan. They value Pei Jiuyan as a friend, so they will cherish those who cherish Pei Jiuyan as well.
Qin Suisui felt very lucky.
She chuckled softly and said "Mmm!" before returning to the living room with light steps.
There was indeed a bowl of porridge in the living room. As if worried it would get cold, the bowl was half-submerged in hot water to keep it warm, ensuring it wouldn't get too cold or too hot, so she could eat it whenever she got up.
How thoughtful! She couldn't help but laugh again, which made her even more determined to study the matter carefully and try to completely cure the remaining poison in Chi Donglin's body.
Yes, the poison in Chi Donglin's body was not completely cured. The poison he was poisoned by was not exactly the same as that in Wen Lian. Wen Lian was poisoned by a single type of poison, while the poison in Chi Donglin's body was probably a mixture of two types. She only cured one of them to ensure that Chi Donglin would not be in danger of death in the future, but he still... could not have children.
Strangely, even her "Meridian Flow Acupuncture" technique couldn't completely neutralize this poison. Lately, she's been researching detoxification methods whenever she has free time. Fortunately, she's single now and probably isn't in a rush to have children...
As Qin Suisui fed herself porridge, she pondered the matter of detoxification... but... hmm? Why does this porridge taste so familiar?
What kind of porridge did Donglin just mention? Was it sweet porridge made with water chestnuts?
It should be water chestnut porridge! A specialty from Suzhou, made by Sister Yunyi?
Sister Yunyi... has taken the initiative?
hey-hey!
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