Chapter 24 Loving Couple
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat." Aunt Wang's powerful voice rang out outside the main room.
Su Ying looked up and saw her walking in with two large bowls in her hands, smiling.
"Wait a minute, you two. There are two more dishes. We can eat soon."
Su Ying stood up and said, "I'll go help Auntie."
"Oh, no, no, don't be polite, it will be ready in no time."
Aunt Wang was really efficient. Soon, three large bowls were brought to her.
Zhang Shan and his friends also came over with bowls and chopsticks.
"We don't have much good food in this country, so you just have to make do with what you have."
Aunt Wang cooked five dishes in total, including a fish, two vegetables, an egg fried with radish, and a stack of fried peanuts. Su Ying had no idea whether such a meal was good or not. She just felt that it was really a luxury to be able to eat several dishes in one meal!
The staple food was coarse grains. Su Ying directly took the bowl and started eating with big mouthfuls, not at all shy.
When Aunt Wang and the others saw her like this, they thought that they must have been starving in the mountains, otherwise how could a nice girl finish a bowl of rice in just three mouthfuls?
"My dear, don't just eat rice, eat some vegetables too. This fish is delicious. Try it."
"Well, thank you." Su Ying picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it directly into her mouth, but the next second, it was stuck.
"This fish is, well, boney."
Seeing this, Xiao Jin could only pull a stool and sit next to her, then pinched her mouth and asked her to open it.
Su Ying felt uncomfortable and wanted to push him away.
"Don't move, I'll help you get it out."
Su Ying didn't move after hearing what she said. She saw Xiao Jin directly put the chopsticks into Su Ying's mouth. When the chopsticks were taken out again, there was a fish bone on them.
"alright."
Su Ying swallowed and her throat felt better.
Aunt Wang pushed the eggs towards Su Ying apologetically and said, "There are too many bones in this fish. Why don't you eat more eggs, young lady?
Even though Su Ying was thick-skinned enough, she still felt embarrassed. Could she say that this was the first time she had eaten fish in her life?
In the last days, water sources have suffered from varying degrees of pollution. Even if there are still fish in the water, they can no longer be eaten. Her understanding of the past world comes mostly from reading materials and receiving information from her comrades. She never imagined that fish would be so difficult to eat.
"I'll be more careful next time."
Xiao Jin glanced at her and picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it into the bowl.
Although Su Ying felt a little embarrassed, she still ate three bowls of rice in a row. Even Zhang Shan and his friends couldn't eat as much as she did.
Just when Su Ying was about to put down her chopsticks, a bowl of white fish meat was pushed in front of her, "Eat it."
Although Su Ying thought the fish tasted good, the bones made her feel a little depressed. "I'm full."
Xiao Jin held his bowl and said without even raising his eyelids: "All the thorns have been picked out."
Su Ying looked at him in surprise. She felt that the sun was about to rise in the west. This man was actually picking out fish bones for her with his own hands.
But the meat was already placed in front of him, so there was no reason not to eat it. "Thank you." After saying that, he picked up the fish and ate it.
Xiao Jin saw that she was content with the meal and lowered his eyes to hide the smile in his eyes.
In the eyes of Aunt Wang's family, the interaction between the two is a loving couple.
After eating, Aunt Wang asked Zhang Shan to clean up his room and let Su Ying and the others sleep there that night.
"Young lady, the roads in the wilderness are not easy to travel at night. You should rest here tonight. Tomorrow they will go to the town to sell wild boars, and then they will take you there. If you can't find your family, go to the county government to report to the officials, and the officials will help you."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Aunt Wang smiled and shook her head. "More than a decade ago, my husband passed away. I had a hard time raising four children. It was only with the help of kind people that I was able to survive until today. I'll go get you some clothes so you can wash up and have a good sleep tonight."
"good."
Aunt Wang found a set of her old clothes for Su Ying, and got the second son's clothes for Xiao Jin. Although the second son was the biggest among the brothers, the clothes still looked too small for Xiao Jin.
After Aunt Wang left the room, Su Ying looked at Xiao Jin with the clothes in her hand and said, "Shall we wash together?"
Xiao Jin's eyes twitched. He was a stranger and not her real husband. How could she say such words without changing her expression!
"Need not."
"Forget it, I'll wash it myself." She had wanted to wash his hair because she was worried that it would be inconvenient for him, but since he didn't need it, she just let it go.
After Su Ying finished washing, Xiao Jin went to the bathroom at the back with the help of Zhang Shan.
Su Ying sat outside the house, enjoying the night breeze, thinking about the situation of her two children and Mother Zhao and the others. Although Jiang Yang had martial arts skills, she didn't know whether he was reliable or not, and whether he could protect them.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Su Ying turned around and looked at his handsome face bathed in the moonlight, and she was stunned.
The gray cloth shorts seemed a little small on him. The sleeves even went far beyond his elbows, and the trouser legs only reached his calves. She knew before that he was tall, and now it was even more obvious.
After bathing, his long black hair fell freely in front of him, covering his distinct features and making his whole face look much softer, but also highlighting the exquisiteness of his facial features.
Su Ying had to admit that this guy was really good-looking.
"I'll wait for you."
Zhang Shan helped Xiao Jin sit down in the house and couldn't help but tease him, "Brother Xiao and your wife have a really good relationship."
Su Ying happened to hear these words when she entered the room. Would she say that Xiao Jin wanted to eat her alive before?
"You guys take a good rest, I'm going back to sleep too."
"Thank you for your help."
Zhang Shan left the room and closed the door for them.
The furnishings in the room were simple, with only a table, two chairs and a bamboo couch. The couch was not big, and it would be a bit crowded for two people to lie flat on it.
Su Ying touched her almost dry hair and fell directly on the bamboo couch, "I'm going to sleep, you can do whatever you want."
Xiao Jin watched her move her body as far as possible towards the bamboo couch and knew that she was trying to leave room for him.
Xiao Jin did not sleep on the bamboo couch, but sat on a chair and closed his eyes to rest.
“Oh, oh…”
Su Ying woke up to the sound of roosters crowing. She opened her eyes and saw Xiao Jin sitting on a chair.
Su Ying stood up, cursed him in her heart for being pretentious, and without paying any attention to him, she opened the door and walked out.
Aunt Wang and the others had woken up a long time ago. When they saw Su Ying coming out, they smiled and said, "Young lady, you are awake. Go to the backyard and wash up. The kitchen has made some pancakes. After you eat, pack up and get ready to leave with Shanzi and the others."
"good."
Su Ying went to the backyard, fetched some well water for washing, and then entered the kitchen, where there were a few brown rice cakes, which should have been left for them.
Su Ying returned to the house carrying the basin of water and the pancakes.
"Wash yourself, eat and get ready to go."
"kindness."
(End of this chapter)
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