"Don't worry, this bit of cold air can't do anything to me." He casually wiped the water droplets off his face.
"Come on up!"
"Okay, coming!"
When he returned from the river, Su Nianxue quickly picked up his clothes and draped them over him, saying, "Put these on, be careful not to catch a cold."
"You help me put it on!" He grinned and stretched out his arms.
"Pretentious! Wear it or don't, it's up to you." Su Nianxue rolled her eyes at him and walked away.
"Su Nianxue, let me tell you, if you want a donkey to run, you have to feed it grass."
I just caught two fish for you, and I'm still wet, and you've already forgotten all about me.
"You didn't even try to coax me. Be careful, next time you order me around, I'll quit." He still stubbornly refused to dress himself.
"Don't you know who in your family loves to eat fish the most?"
You dare threaten me?
"Fine, I'll go on strike at noon and show you. Then you can eat raw fish!" She glanced at him sideways, thinking how spoiled he was.
"How could that be!"
"My wife has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Do you think she'd let me eat raw fish?" He dared not be presumptuous any longer and quickly picked up his clothes from the tree stump and put them on.
"No, you're wrong! My heart is made of stone, completely rigid."
"I'll get a new heart made of steel tomorrow, so it's impervious to water and fire," she said lazily, arms crossed.
"Steel is too precious, how can you use it like that? I still prefer your red heart." The two chatted and laughed as they pushed the cart back home.
"Yanbai's wife, what are you doing?"
"The well is already secured, why are you collecting so many stones?" A village aunt asked curiously when she saw the two carrying a cart full of stones.
"Oh, I picked them up to use as paving stones in the yard." She didn't say directly that she was building a flower bed, afraid that people would think she was being pretentious.
“Who uses gravel to pave their yard? They’re so young, they must have been scammed.”
The two pretended not to hear her muttering and pushed the cart away.
However, word soon spread that they had built a flower bed.
The very next day, Gu Yanbai drove a donkey cart and brought over a load of flower seedlings from elsewhere.
"Where did they come from?" Su Nianxue asked, pointing to the flower seedlings on the car.
"I have a friend whose father loves tending to flowers and plants the most."
I dug some up from them.
"What kinds of flowers are there?" Gu Yanliu ran over with great interest, turning over the flower seedlings on the cart.
"There are chrysanthemums, roses, azaleas, and orchids. Let's plant them first, and if it's not enough, I'll go dig up some more."
"Brother, I want some roses. Do your friend have any?"
Gu Yanbai: "I don't know. I'll go to their house and ask when I have time!"
"Okay, brother, then don't forget." She ran to Su Nianxue's side again and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have any favorite flowers?"
Su Nianxue glanced at the flower seedlings on the cart and smiled, "I like all the flowers."
"It would be wonderful if the yard were filled with flowers all year round!"
"So what if there are flowers all year round? That's easy." Gu Yanbai picked up a seedling and carefully placed it into the hole he had dug.
"Brother, you're amazing! You can get anything." Gu Yanliu said with a smile as he turned around while helping to dig the hole.
"That's right, you're only realizing it now?" Gu Yanbai said smugly.
"Brother, why are you so immodest? You're getting all worked up just because I said you're fat!"
The three of them chatted and laughed as they transplanted all the seedlings from the cart into the flowerbed.
Soon, the news spread throughout the village, and everyone had something to say about it.
"Hey, this family must have a lot of free time. They even want to grow flowers at home. Aren't there all kinds of flowers on that mountain?"
"Who says otherwise? With that kind of free time, you might as well go up the mountain and cut some grass!"
"How old is that old man? He still has to have grass delivered to his door every day!"
"Oh dear, poor thing! If I were a junior member of my family, I would have given her a good thrashing."
………
Su Nianxue and the others were unaware of the crickets chirping behind the villagers.
One day, when the two elderly women went up the mountain, they saw Grandpa Gu cutting grass.
The two men's eyes flickered, and they walked up to him, feigning a smile, "Grandpa, cutting the lawn!"
You're so hardworking, even at your age, you don't seem to want to take a break.
Not only does he go up the mountain to herd sheep every day, but he also has to cut grass for his granddaughter-in-law's family!
In my opinion, it should be the young people who do it; otherwise, they'll have too much free time and easily get distracted and waste their time.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Gu's face immediately darkened. "I say, you two old women, have you eaten too much?"
They even dared to stir up trouble in our family right in front of me.
What business is it of yours what happens in our family? I'm doing what I want, it's none of your concern.
Instead of wasting time talking, you should mind your own business first!
His sharp retort made the two elderly women lose face. "Why are you so impulsive? We're just standing up for you!"
"What am I complaining about?"
"I'm happy to help my own family's younger generation, what's it to you?" Old Master Gu didn't give them any face at all.
The two elderly women slunk away.
In the evening, the old man carried a bundle of hay to their house.
The two sisters-in-law are busy making tofu!
Upon seeing him, Su Nianxue quickly ladled out a bowl of soy milk from the pot. "Grandpa's here! You must be tired! Have a bowl of soy milk to quench your thirst!"
The old man took the bowl from her hand, took a sip, and looked around at the flower bed in the corner. "You little rascal, you're quite skilled. You've built it quite well!"
"It was just some leftover cement from building a well at home. He was afraid of wasting it, so he helped us build two flower beds."
"It's very good." The old man nodded repeatedly.
He glanced at the yard; the family had acquired a donkey, a well, and a flowerbed, making the house feel more and more alive.
That's great!
Gu Yanliu carried the fodder and went to feed the donkey!
These days, the donkey has been a great help to them, and she couldn't bear to see it go hungry.
Su Nianxue was a little embarrassed. "Grandpa, from now on, let us take care of cutting grass ourselves."
You must be tired from running around in the mountains every day, you should take a break.
Since the donkey came to their house, the old man has been the one cutting grass for it.
The old man waved his hand, "It's nothing, just a small favor!"
Besides, all I have to do on the mountain is keep the sheep from running around; I'm quite free.
It's just a few bunches of grass, I just cut them down without thinking.
Grandpa is still young; he's not at the point where he can't cut grass yet.
"Grandpa, thank you!" The old man always helped them in any way he could, which moved Su Nianxue deeply.
"You silly child, we're all family, what's there to thank me for?"
"Oh right, that brat isn't home again?" He glanced around the house but didn't see him.
"Oh, he went to town on business, he'll be back soon!"
"Alright, you guys get back to work, I'll head back now!" The old man sat for a while and then left.
The next day, just as the two were about to go home, Zhou Mingjie was waiting at the intersection.
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