The next day
After breaking free from the dream and regaining consciousness, Zhang Tao felt dizzy and pulled the blanket tighter around him, mumbling incoherently.
"Qianniang, bring me a bowl of hot water."
After a while, when he didn't hear Mo Qian respond, he called out again with a displeased expression.
"Qianniang, bring me a bowl of hot water!"
A gust of cold wind blew in through the crack in the window, instantly waking Zhang Tao up.
Upon seeing his surroundings, he suddenly remembered that he had slept in the west room yesterday, and Mo Qian hadn't opened the door for him.
She was very annoyed, and also felt a feverish sensation in her body, which made her even more resentful of Mo Qian.
After putting on his cotton-padded coat, Zhang Tao opened the door, and a world of white greeted his eyes.
It was last night's snow.
The weather is getting colder.
Zhang Tao rubbed his hands together, breathing out warm air, and then walked out of the room toward the house where Mo Qian lived.
"Mo Qian, open the door!" Zhang Tao banged on the door.
"Mo Qian, get up and boil some water."
Stop banging! If you want hot water, go boil it yourself!
Upon hearing Zhang Tao's voice early in the morning, Mo Qian, with annoyed at being woken up, spoke impatiently.
"Open the door quickly!" Zhang Tao was somewhat displeased after hearing Mo Qian's words.
They thought Mo Qian was being unreasonable; she couldn't even take care of her own man, so how could she be a wife!
She's not nearly as virtuous as Li Meizi at all!
No matter how much Zhang Tao knocked on the door, Mo Qian had no intention of getting out of bed to open it for him.
After knocking for a while, Zhang Tao felt his body temperature getting lower and lower, and his forehead getting hot, so he stopped lingering at the door.
Instead, he went to the kitchen to boil some water first, so he could have a hot drink to warm himself up.
Because he hadn't been in the kitchen for a long time, it took Zhang Tao quite a while to get the fire going.
An hour had passed by the time Zhang Tao finished boiling the water.
Zhang Tao first filled a bowl with hot water and held it in his hands to warm it.
After it cooled down a bit, I took a few sips and then felt a warmth spreading through my body.
After I calmed down, my stomach suddenly growled.
After rubbing his stomach, Zhang Tao found a few sweet potatoes in the kitchen, chopped them up, and threw them into the pot.
After eating, I figured it was about time, so I hurriedly went out to work.
I was originally planning to argue with Mo Qian, but now I don't have the time.
After Zhang Tao left, Mo Qian heard the door close, but she just turned over and went back to sleep.
They didn't take it to heart at all.
In the past, when the original owner was alive, she would get up early no matter how cold the weather was to prepare hot water for Zhang Tao to wash his face and make breakfast.
But now that it's her turn, she naturally won't do these thankless and tedious things.
When Mo Qian woke up, it was already broad daylight outside.
Ya Ya and Hu Zi also opened their big, round eyes and lay obediently in the quilt.
Without making a sound, she woke Mo Qian.
"Mom, you're awake?" Ya Ya said happily when she saw Mo Qian wake up after sensing the movement beside her.
"Hmm, are Yaya and Huzi still sleepy? Your dad came knocking on the door so early in the morning without even checking the time," Mo Qian complained to Zhang Tao.
"Mom, I'm not sleepy."
"I'm not sleepy either, I went to bed early yesterday."
"That's good. It's cold outside, so you two stay in bed. I'll go make you breakfast," Mo Qian said to the two children after getting up.
Then, she left the room and went to the kitchen. Seeing the mess in the kitchen, Mo Qian felt a little annoyed.
At this moment, his desire to drive Zhang Tao out reached its peak.
After getting off work, Zhang Tao remembered that Li Meizi's family hadn't chopped firewood yet. Now that it was getting cold, there were many places where firewood would be needed, so he went to Li Qiuju's house.
"Brother Zhang, why did you come all this way in this cold weather?"
"Your sister-in-law didn't stop you at all." Li Qiuju quickly invited Zhang Tao into the house after seeing him arrive.
I poured him a cup of hot water.
“Sister Li, didn’t it snow yesterday? I remember we hadn’t chopped the firewood in the kitchen yet.”
"I'm just worried about not having enough firewood, otherwise it will be difficult to cook."
"There are two kids at home, it wouldn't be good for them to go hungry," Zhang Tao said with a smile, scratching his head.
"This is so inconvenient, you've gone to all this trouble to come all this way."
“I can chop it slowly too.” Li Qiuju’s face showed concern after hearing Zhang Tao’s words.
"That won't do. You're not used to these rough jobs. I'm a grown man, I can finish them in no time."
Zhang Tao spoke a few more words with Li Qiuju, and after drinking the hot water, he went directly to the kitchen, chopped up the firewood with an axe, and piled it up.
Before long, the firewood was chopped.
Upon seeing this, Li Qiuju quickly brought Zhang Tao a bowl of water.
"Brother Zhang, sit down and rest."
"Thanks to Brother Zhang today, otherwise I don't know how long it would have taken to finish chopping."
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Zhang Tao said with a smile after drinking the water that was handed to him.
"Brother Zhang, don't leave today, stay for dinner."
"I just traded some soft tofu with my neighbor, and I also have a few eggs. Brother Zhang, why don't you eat here?" Li Qiuju said gently.
"These good things should be kept for you and the child."
"I'll just grab something to eat when I get back," Zhang Tao said, making an excuse.
“That won’t do. It’s always been Brother Zhang who takes care of me like this, which is why I can make a living. He even chopped so much firewood for me today.”
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