Chapter 176: Relaxed Heart (Part 1)
Jiang Zhiluo blinked and looked at Cui Hejin, and said softly, "But I don't have the strength. I don't want to move."
When Jiang Zhiluo spoke, there was a coquettish tone in her voice.
Cui Hejin's heart softened like a pool of clear water, and his expression became even softer.
"I'll feed you!"
Jiang Zhiluo was stunned.
She just wanted to see Cui Hejin's reaction, but she didn't expect him to react like this.
Jiang Zhiluo felt a sweet feeling in her heart.
She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.
"Well, I seem to have strength again. Let me do it."
Although it was tempting, she was really embarrassed to let Cui Hejin feed her.
Seeing that she could eat by herself, Cui Hejin did not insist and just gave her the bowl and spoon.
Jiang Zhiluo ate the eggs and drank the brown sugar.
After eating, I felt warm and comfortable.
Cui Hejin took the bowl and spoon away, and when he came back, Jiang Zhiluo lay down again.
But maybe I didn't have the strength, so I didn't even cover myself with the quilt properly.
Cui Hejin went up to the bed and covered her up again.
"Are you feeling any worse?"
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm much better now. You can lie down and sleep too."
She felt embarrassed for waking Cui Hejin up.
She didn't have the strength to speak now, she just wanted to lie down and sleep for a while.
"good."
Jiang Zhiluo fell asleep again.
But Jiang Zhiluo slept very uneasily this time.
In the middle of the night, she was sweating all over and seemed to be mumbling.
“No, don’t…”
"Jin... wuwu..."
"I'm sorry, please don't be in trouble..."
Jiang Zhiluo cried suppressedly even in her sleep.
She dreamed of Cui Hejin being tortured in her previous life.
Her whole body ached, and her heart ached so much that she couldn't breathe.
Cui Hejin heard the noise and got up. Seeing Jiang Zhiluo like this, he knew she was having a nightmare.
He whispered, "Zhiluo, wake up..."
"Zhiluo, it's just a dream, it's okay, wake up..."
But no matter how Cui Hejin called, Jiang Zhiluo couldn't wake up.
He couldn't bear to really shake her hard.
He vaguely heard the word "瑾".
When Cui Hejin heard this word and looked at her again, for some reason, his heart ached.
So unexpected.
When Cui Hejin was stunned for a moment, his hand was grabbed by Jiang Zhiluo.
Cui Hejin came back to his senses and did not pull his hand away. Instead, he held her hand and said softly, "Be good, I'm here, it's okay, it's okay..."
"Be good, don't be afraid, I'm here..."
Cui Hejin gently coaxed Jiang Zhiluo.
Jiang Zhiluo's emotions gradually calmed down.
As if she could sense a familiar breath and a familiar voice, she couldn't help but lean towards the direction of the sound when she was dozing off.
Then Cui Hejin watched Jiang Zhiluo turn over and snuggle in his arms.
He even arched his back gently and found a comfortable position to fall asleep.
Cui Hejin's body was so stiff that he didn't dare to move.
He froze for a long moment, then tentatively pushed the person in his arms and said, "Zhiluo?"
But Jiang Zhiluo was so sleepy that she didn't respond at all.
Cui Hejin didn't dare to use any real force.
He was half lying down, and now he lies down again.
But there was someone in my arms, so sweet and soft, that I couldn't fall asleep at all.
Strangely enough, he didn't reject it, nor did he have any strong resistance.
It felt like something in my heart was quietly loosening.
…
The next morning, Jiang Zhiluo was still confused when she woke up.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a stunningly beautiful face.
Jiang Zhiluo was still dazed and had not yet fully woken up from her dream.
Looking at the person in front of her, she happily reached out and hugged him tighter, even burying her head in his neck and arching her back, as obedient and cute as a kitten.
She's just acting coquettishly.
Cui Hejin looked at her reaction, feeling helpless and amused.
But I remembered what Aunt Zhu said before: women are fragile and sensitive at this time and need to be coaxed.
"Are you awake?"
Jiang Zhiluo heard the voice beside her ear, opened her eyes again and looked at Cui Hejin.
The look in his eyes wasn't the familiar affectionate yet restrained one, so what was this?
Jiang Zhiluo suddenly came back to her senses and realized where she was.
It wasn't the life she returned to in her dream.
Looking at her clinging to Cui Hejin like an octopus, Jiang Zhiluo's face suddenly turned red.
“S-sorry!”
Jiang Zhiluo finally came back to her senses and hurriedly got up from Cui Hejin.
I wish I could find a hole in the ground to crawl into and pretend I wasn't awake yet.
How did she manage to climb into Cui Hejin's arms and cling to him like this?
She didn't seem to have any impression at all.
Cui Hejin then slowly stood up, his arms feeling sore.
He said gently, "You are not feeling well, take a rest first."
"If you feel uncomfortable, call me."
It was as if it wasn't him who was being pestered all night.
He still looked noble and elegant, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Jiang Zhiluo looked up and met his gaze; he was still so gentle and kind.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "It's okay. I'm feeling much better now."
She also has to get up and get busy.
When Mrs. Cui woke up and learned that Jiang Zhiluo was in a special period of time, she didn't want her to do any work and just asked her to rest.
Helplessly, Jiang Zhiluo could only fight for the opportunity to make a fire.
Anyway, it’s not tiring to sit and make a fire.
During these two days, they stayed at home and made a lot of chili meat sauce and bottled it.
When sleeping at night, Jiang Zhiluo tried her best to lean closer, for fear that she would quietly stick to Cui Hejin in the middle of the night.
Would Cui Hejin think that she was taking advantage of him on purpose?
But during the day, everything seemed normal to him.
She knew that when she was unconscious, she was still subconsciously used to relying on him and being close to him.
Not under control at all.
…
Two days later, the bread kiln was ready and Jiang Zhiluo felt much better. After breakfast early in the morning, she made bread with Mrs. Cui.
During these two days, Jiang Zhiluo also prepared some of the things she needed.
I just baked the bread in the morning and took the bamboo to my parents' house in the afternoon.
Last night, she had kneaded flour, eggs, sugar, salt and warm water into dough, and then added lard to knead it into a smooth dough.
There is really no butter here, so I have to use lard instead.
There was no yeast in that era, so we used old dough as a starter to make the dough.
After fermenting overnight, it's ready.
So I can get up early in the morning and make bread.
Making bread is much easier.
Jiang Zhiluo made a big bowl of noodles.
She first scooped out a large bowl of noodles from the bowl and placed it on the working surface, then pinched them into small dough balls.
Then roll the small dough into a rectangle.
"Mom, put some cooked red beans in here."
The red beans were soaked and cooked yesterday and used directly when making bread.
"good."
Mrs. Cui placed the red beans evenly according to Jiang Zhiluo's instructions.
"What should we do next?"
Jiang Zhiluo demonstrated to Madam Cui, "Mother, fold and tighten the edges, then roll it out into dough and cut it into three strips."
Jiang Zhiluo explained as she did it, and Mrs. Cui was watching from the side.
"Now that we have it done, let's braid these three into a knot."
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