Chapter 11
11
This time when he returned home, Cheng Yeran earned enough face for Shen Yuntang. At noon, Dad and Cheng Yeran drank two more glasses of wine. The wine was quite strong and made him dizzy.
He initially thought the wine was a prop, but the bottle was actually filled with water, and it turned out to be real wine.
After returning home, he fell asleep immediately. He could even hear himself snoring. He doesn't snore normally, but only when he drinks too much.
He usually doesn't drink in order not to delay things, but this time his father-in-law asked him to drink and was so enthusiastic that he couldn't help but drink with him.
When he woke up, it was dark and he had a severe headache. Shen Yuntang was not around, but he smelled a very fragrant smell of lard.
He got up and went to the kitchen, and sure enough, he saw Shen Yuntang making lard.
And during the time he was sleeping, Shen Yuntang pulled out all the weeds in the backyard and chopped the firewood he had chopped two days ago, and stacked them neatly in the woodshed, as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder. After finishing these two tasks, I went to the kitchen to refine lard and made dinner at the same time.
Cheng Yeran knocked his aching head and said, "Aren't you tired? You make me look like a useless person at home. My main purpose is to accompany you."
After the show was broadcast, he really couldn't find a wife. So many people scolded him for being a scumbag, letting his handsome brother do so much work while he was sleeping soundly in the house.
And this is not the first time he has fallen asleep. The day before yesterday, he also fell asleep alone in his room while his pretty brother was cooking. It happened again today...
Shen Yuntang looked sideways at him: "You are not a waste, you are obviously very..."
Shen Yuntang wanted to say that he was very good and awesome today, and in order to protect him, he ran to quarrel with someone. Cheng Yeran was really handsome and fascinating like this.
Thinking of this, his heart beat faster, but he was too dumb to say a word. He was also shy and afraid that the other party would look down on him after knowing his thoughts.
"What?" Cheng Yeran saw that he was hesitant. He probably wanted to praise himself, but couldn't think of anything to praise. He could only smile and say, "There's no need to embarrass yourself. I'm not that fragile."
Cheng Yeran waved his hand at him: "I'll go find something to do, you go ahead."
After Cheng Yeran went out, he found a shovel and wanted to dig the soil in the backyard vegetable garden.
He had acted in rural dramas before, in scenes involving digging the soil, so he knew how to do it, but he just dug a few times in front of the camera to pretend.
Their vegetable garden was as big as a basketball court. It was full of weeds before, but it looked bare after Shen Yuntang pulled out all the weeds in the afternoon.
The soil on the ground was very hard, and he thought that if he just loosened it up, he could sow the seeds.
As he dug with the shovel, he almost bent the edge of the shovel. He adjusted the angle and tried again. It felt better. After shoveling a few more shovels of soil, he finally found the right way and dug with more enthusiasm.
Although turning the soil was just a repetitive action that looked boring, it gave him a strong sense of accomplishment and was surprisingly relaxing.
After turning over the soil in the vegetable garden, he took the seeds he bought at the market in the morning and prepared to sprinkle them directly on the soil.
This scene happened to be seen by Shen Yuntang who came over to call him for dinner, "What are you doing? Are you an idiot?"
Cheng Yeran: “?”
"The soil is all messed up." Shen Yuntang went to get a rake. "Let's make the soil smoother, and then sow the seeds along the lines made by the rake. Also, some seeds cannot be sown directly. They need to be grown as seedlings first, and then transplanted into the soil after they grow."
Cheng Yeran listened carefully, he found that Shen Yuntang was really a treasure boy. Needless to say, his acting skills were excellent, as he acted really well, and he also knew a lot of common sense in life.
He initially disliked the director team for arranging an idol to play his wife, but now he admires Shen Yuntang. It took him only three days to make such a huge change.
"Why are you looking at me with such a stupid look again?" Shen Yuntang pushed the rake into his arms. "Eat first, and come back after dinner. You can't even take care of a vegetable garden, so what are you going to do with the two acres of land?"
"How big is two acres of land?" Cheng Yeran asked him.
"It's as big as several vegetable plots." Seeing him like this, Shen Yuntang was very afraid that he would continue to be a hands-off boss.
It would be fine to plant a vegetable garden, but if he added two acres of land, and also had to cook and raise some poultry at home, Shen Yuntang felt that he would be exhausted to death.
He is not made of iron, and one person cannot do so much work.
"Do we have to dig everything by hand?" Cheng Yeran had used machines in all the rural dramas he had acted in before. From turning the soil to sowing to harvesting, everything was done by machines, and even sowing was done by drones.
They are from an ancient background, so they definitely can't use those machines.
For dinner, Shen Yuntang fried the dishes with lard, which were more delicious than those of the previous two days. At noon, Shen's mother stewed chicken for them and brought them a bowl of it back. The dinner was also very sumptuous.
After dinner, Shen Yuntang did not rest, but took him to rake the vegetable garden.
During these three days, Cheng Yeran was so tired that his whole body ached. In the end, his eyes became numb and he no longer had any of the fun he had in the beginning.
After finishing his work and finally being able to go to bed, he saw Shen Yuntang sewing pillowcases with an oil lamp on.
"Aren't you afraid of working yourself to death? Your health is the capital of revolution. Don't work too hard." Cheng Yeran felt a little sorry for him. He would not be happy if this little idol didn't become popular after this show was broadcast.
"The pillow is simple, I can finish sewing it in a short while. Didn't you say yesterday that you felt uncomfortable sleeping without a pillow?" Shen Yuntang had long been accustomed to a life of being busy from morning to night.
"How do you sew this thing? Seeing you working, I can't sit still either, so teach me." Cheng Yeran quickly got up from the bed and followed him to learn how to thread the needle.
"Go away, you're a man and you can't do this? Go and take a rest." Shen Yuntang pushed him aside.
"You don't let me do this, and you don't let me do that, so what should I do? Just to provide companionship?" Cheng Yeran wanted to laugh every time he heard him say that as a man, you shouldn't do this. How could he, a man, so naturally detach himself from the identity of a man? And I always keep it in mind.
Dedicated, so dedicated!
"You farm the land. Other people's land is farmed by men. Women and their husbands are responsible for delivering meals, taking care of the house, and raising children." Shen Yuntang looked at him and couldn't help but sighed: "You don't look like you can farm, so I'll accompany you."
"How can you be so nice? If you were a girl, I would definitely fall in love with you." Cheng Yeran had been rumored to be homosexual before, and the program crew has now found a man for him to be his wife. He wants to clarify his sexual orientation in front of the audience.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shen Yuntang's face darken.
Shen Yuntang snatched the needle and thread from his hand and blew out the oil lamp: "People won't die if they don't use a pillow."
Shen Yuntang was lying on the bed covered with straw, unable to sleep due to anger. How could she be so cheap that she stayed up late at night to make him a pillow, and he said he liked women!
It is true that there are many men who only like women and not boys.
But they are already married, and Cheng Yeran still keeps saying such things. It's like a provocation to him. How can they live a good life together in the future?
However, their marriage only lasted three years, and Cheng Yeran didn't have many days left to live. Thinking of this, Shen Yuntang was not so angry anymore.
The next morning, Shen Yuntang cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge, boiled two eggs, and steamed some dry grains.
He was going to make some bacon, dry some vegetables, and make some pickles.
I have to buy some chickens next time I go to the market. My family doesn’t have enough money to afford eggs and meat all the time, and I don’t know how much the harvest will yield…
He had been sitting there for a long time waiting for his meal but Cheng Yeran didn't come out.
"Are you being lazy again? It's too late to get up at this time." He rushed into the room, thinking of dragging the person down. But when he rushed into the room, he saw Cheng Yeran sitting on the bed, sewing a pillow with needle and thread in his hands.
"Do you think this is the right way to sew?" Cheng Yeran looked at him with a face that wanted to win praise, and handed him the sewn pillow.
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