"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Ye Yun opened the door and saw Lin Shuyue standing at the door.
"I was about to go to the fields to take a look, so I let you know."
"Going to the fields, what for?"
“If you want some boiled corn, break off a few and bring them back to try. You and her… stay at home. If you go out, lock the door; I have the key!” Lin Shuyue said, looking at him with a complicated expression.
"Yes, I know, sister-in-law." Ye Yun nodded.
Lin Shuyue didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
Watching the door close, Ye Yun returned to the house and leaned against the door, letting out a heavy sigh of relief.
Just then, laughter rang out. Su Yue, with her beautiful legs crossed, looked at him with a playful expression and teased, "Why are you so nervous? You look like you've done something wrong."
"Of course I was nervous, sister-in-law, weren't you nervous just now?" Ye Yun sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
Su Yue blushed and retorted, "That was just a subconscious reaction. I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I be nervous?"
"Yes, sister-in-law is right." Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Su Yue gently kicked him with her jade-like foot and said, "Your sister-in-law Shuyue has gone out, and now it's just the two of us at home."
"So?" Ye Yun turned to look at her.
"Don't you...want to do something?" Su Yue winked at him.
Ye Yun was slightly taken aback, then quickly turned her head away. "I don't understand."
"Tch, you blockhead, no wonder you're single." Su Yue kicked him in dissatisfaction, but Ye Yun remained motionless, lying on his side with his back to her.
After a while, Su Yue kicked Ye Yun again and said, "The internet at home is slow, it's no fun. How about we go out for a walk?"
Ye Yun sat up and looked at Su Yue, asking, "Where does sister-in-law want to go?"
“By the river, didn’t you used to catch fish there all the time? I remember once when I passed by there, you caught a yellow eel that was more than half a meter long and even showed it to me!” Su Yue recalled.
"Ah, sister-in-law, you still remember!"
"Of course I remember! That was the first time I'd ever seen an eel. I thought it was a snake, and you scared me!"
Ye Yun smiled faintly and said, "In that case, let's go for a walk by the river. Maybe we can catch a few eels and make them as appetizers for you tonight."
"Yay, let's go catch eels!" Su Yue cheered happily, raising her hand.
As a former leader of the village children, Ye Yun didn't need any tools to catch eels; all he needed were his hands and a bucket to hold them.
"Is this one enough? Don't you need gloves or anything?" Su Yue asked curiously from the doorway, carrying a small bucket.
Ye Yun, who had locked the door, turned around and said to her, "Eels are very slippery. You can't catch them at all if you wear gloves. You can use those special tongs for catching eels, but I don't think we have any at home. Your hands are enough."
"Okay, let's go then!" Su Yue said with a look of anticipation.
The two left the village and came to the riverbank outside the village, where a large area of reeds grew, which was very beautiful.
"Walking on the country road, the old ox returning home at dusk is my companion..." Ye Yun sang as she walked.
"Wrong, your companion is me, how could I be Old Ox!" Su Yue said, dissatisfied.
"Oh, right, it should be 'My beautiful sister-in-law is my companion'," Ye Yun corrected the lyrics.
"Ugh, this is so low-class. Your lyrics don't flow at all," Su Yue said disdainfully.
"Not going smoothly? Let me think... 'The woman returning home is my companion.'"
“The woman who has returned home!” Su Yue nodded in satisfaction. “Not bad, this sounds more elegant.”
As they walked, humming tunes, the two exchanged few words, yet their silence conveyed a profound connection.
"I used to think the countryside was a great place and I always wanted to come and visit, but I never had the chance."
"No opportunity? Is it because there's no time?"
Su Yue shook her head. "There's plenty of time, but the main problem is that I have no one to keep me company. Your brother Sanqiang is either socializing or seeing vixens, so he doesn't have time to spend with me. Although he comes back occasionally, he leaves right after we chat, and he doesn't have time to wander around the village at all."
"Then you can come by yourself, sister-in-law. Isn't it better to wander around by yourself?" Ye Yun asked.
Su Yue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Alone? How lonely would it be to be alone? I don't know anyone in the village, most people don't get along with me, and I don't like interacting with them. You come back here for a visit, then don't even have a place to stay, and then you have to go back? Just think about how exhausting that would be!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yun immediately realized there was some truth to it. "It's true, you really can't get by in the village without someone you know well. If it weren't for my sister-in-law being here, I wouldn't be planning to stay here either."
"Yes, no matter where you are, you need a place to stay. How pitiful it would be if you didn't even have a place to stay!" Su Yue sighed.
"It's alright, I'm back. If you're ever feeling down and want to come back for a stroll, just come to my place. I'll cook for you and keep you company. If you don't want to go home at night, you can stay at my place too. I already made room for you when we were renovating a few days ago, and the blankets and bedding are all new," Ye Yun said.
Su Yue's eyes lit up, and she looked at Ye Yun with surprise, "Really? You're all ready?"
"Of course, I always keep my word."
"Oh my, you really are my good little brother. Your sister-in-law has been loving you for nothing." Su Yue happily cupped his cheeks.
"With you saying that, I'm relieved. You must come back often in the future, and please don't mind!"
"How could that be? I wish my sister-in-law could come back more often, so I could see such a beautiful woman all the time."
"Ha, so that's what you were planning, you little pervert."
The two chatted and laughed, and before they knew it, their eyes were filled with even more affection and tenderness, looking only at each other.
Soon, the two found a riverbank, where Ye Yun discovered several eel burrows.
"There should be eels here. I'll go down and look for them. Sister-in-law, you stay on the shore and don't get dirty," Ye Yun said, rolling up her sleeves and wading into the water.
Su Yue waited on the shore, looking expectantly at Ye Yun in the water.
The water level in the river wasn't very high, only up to the calves, not past the knees.
Ye Yun skillfully examined the several holes, sticking his fingers into the eel's hole to make noise, hoping to force it out from another opening.
After a series of actions, the eel darted out from another hole. Ye Yun, who was already prepared, grabbed it with one hand and quickly grabbed it with the other.
The slippery eel writhed in his hand, trying to escape, but Ye Yun's two-finger technique clamped its body tightly.
"Great! We caught it!" Watching this exciting scene from the shore, Su Yue cheered excitedly.
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