Chapter 24
With Zhou Yao's affirmation, Wen Yue became more confident.
Wen Yue looked a little proud, thinking that she had a golden finger after all. After experiencing the afterlife, her vision and aesthetics were ahead of the times. She was smiling and talking, and her smile never shrank back. Her voice became softer: "Nian Qiu said that she will go to the wholesale market in the city to buy materials tomorrow. Oh, by the way, I haven't given her the money yet!"
I didn't understand it at the time.
Li Nianqiu definitely doesn't have much money on her. The money she earns is not only used to cover her own tuition and living expenses, but also the tuition and living expenses of her younger sister Li Xiangdong. Even if she has some, it must not be much.
Wen Yue said, "I'll go give her some money."
Zhou Yao didn't even get to say a word, all that was left before his eyes was the cute little figure, looking happy and excited.
He clicked his tongue, a smile flickering in his eyes.
Never mind, as long as she is happy.
Wen Yue gave Li Nianqiu a hundred yuan and wanted to give her more, but Li Nianqiu refused, saying that a hundred yuan was enough. The two of them had two hundred yuan, which should be enough to buy a lot. She didn't rush home and stayed at Li's house for a while.
"I just heard that my grandma bought your land and went to look for your troubles before." Li Nianqiu just returned home. Because of an accident last night, Li Xiangdong forgot to tell her about this matter. She just remembered it.
Wen Yue nodded: "Zhou Yao has been dealt with. Your grandma shouldn't cause trouble again in the future."
Li Nianqiu nodded slightly, with a somewhat cold expression on her face: "Your man did a good job, this is how it should be. My grandma is very thick-skinned, even thicker than your aunt's. If this is not resolved once and for all, she will definitely come to your house again and again to make trouble until she is satisfied."
She had been battling wits and courage with Old Lady Li for several years and had already figured out each other's temper.
"Your grandmother looks very fierce." Wen Yue recalled the harsh face of Old Lady Li and lowered her voice, as if afraid of being heard: "She must have caused trouble for you two a lot."
Li Nianqiu smiled and said, "It was true two years ago when my parents passed away. She even wanted to sell me and my sister."
Wen Yue hissed.
Li Nianqiu stopped laughing and said calmly, "I told her at the time that if she dared to sell me and my sister, I would definitely come back to take revenge on them. Even if they sold me to the ends of the earth, I would definitely find me and die with them with a knife in hand. No one would have an easy life."
Wen Yue gave a thumbs up, sister is a ruthless person.
She didn't sit there for long. After chatting for a while, she got up and went home.
Zhou Yao was chopping wood in the yard. His bulging muscles were full of wild beauty and vigorous power. No matter how many times you look at him, you will never get tired of it. Hearing the movement, he turned his head and glanced back. His narrow and deep eyes slightly raised, "I'm back."
"Yeah." Wen Yue looked at his muscles for a few more times, eyes curved, "Talk to Nian Qiu for a while."
Zhou Yao hummed and said he guessed it, turned back to chopping wood, and asked within two seconds: "Will you go to the market with me tomorrow?"
Wen Yue uttered an "ah" in confusion.
"Boss Sun, who often brings us goods, has returned from Shanghai. I'm going to treat him to a meal. You can come with us." Zhou Yao said casually, "And get the marriage certificate while we're at it."
Wen Yue suddenly realized: "It's okay to go to the city to eat, but not the marriage certificate."
Zhou Yao immediately stopped chopping wood when he heard that. He frowned and looked over again, a sinister look in his dark eyes: "...What do you mean, you don't want to get the marriage certificate with me?" His expression was a bit fierce, as if he would explode immediately if anyone dared to say no.
"I'm not yet 20 years old, so I can't get a certificate. And you're not even 22 yet, so how can you get one?" Wen Yue rolled her eyes at him and muttered softly, "You think you opened the Civil Affairs Bureau, so you can get one whenever you want."
Zhou Yao: “…”
His expression froze; he had never thought about this before.
He is 20 years old this year, and it seems that his wife hasn't celebrated her 18th birthday yet, which means she has to wait at least two years!
Wait two years!!
Zhou Yao felt as if his eyes were darkening. His thin lips were pursed into a straight line, and his muscles were tense. He said nothing, but chopped wood more and more violently. He didn't know who he thought the firewood was venting his emotions.
Wen Yue ignored him and turned into the room.
After a while, the sound of a sewing machine was heard from the room.
…
The next day, Wen Yue was woken up by Zhou Yao before dawn.
She woke up with sleepy eyes, got up, changed her clothes and got out of bed, opened the door and looked up at the sky. The moon was still hanging on the branches of the trees. The night was dark and it didn't look like it was past five in the morning.
Wen Yue yawned, her eyes full of sleepiness, and complained softly: "Do you have to get up so early?"
Zhou Yao brushed his teeth and replied in a low, unclear voice: "Well, the village is too far from the city, you don't have to rush, I have boiled eggs in the pot, you can eat one later."
Wen Yue rubbed her eyes and half-closed her eyes as she walked towards the kitchen with a light step: "Hmm..."
She stood at the side, brushing her teeth listlessly, with cold water in her mouth, her sleepy head cleared up a little, and after washing her face, her sleepiness disappeared without a trace. She lifted the lid of the pot, and white smoke instantly emerged. She reached out to touch the eggs. As soon as her fingertips touched the eggs, they hissed from the heat, and she took her hand back, taking a breath.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing the noise, Zhou Yao came into the kitchen, looking up while buttoning his shirt. His long, bony fingers were beautiful and powerful, and they were a stark contrast to his white shirt. Under the warm yellow light, his deep and handsome features looked even more three-dimensional and refined, less fierce and more refined. If he wore a pair of glasses, he might be more like a refined loser.
Although she had seen him wearing a white shirt last time, Wen Yue was still a little stunned when she saw him again. She replied stupidly: "My eggs are so hot."
"Tsk." Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his politeness disappeared immediately. He strode over and picked up the egg from the pot, muttering: "What a little ancestor, I will peel it for you and feed it to you, okay?"
He just said it casually, as a joke.
Unexpectedly, Wen Yue nodded and agreed with a smile: "Okay, feed me."
Zhou Yao: ""
Is it true that if you are given a pole, you will climb up?
He laughed, peeled the egg shell in two or three strokes, and brought the white, tender and round egg to Wen Yue's mouth. He raised the corners of his lips and said in a lazy and low voice: "Okay, I'll serve you. Open your mouth."
Seeing the slightly playful smile on Zhou Yao's face, it was Wen Yue's turn to feel embarrassed.
Zhou Yao pinched his egg and touched her plump and beautiful lips, "Open your mouth and eat."
Wen Yue: “…” Such a boring conversation.
"I'd better do it myself." She was not shameless enough. She snatched the already cold egg from Zhou Yao's hand and ate it in small bites.
Zhou Yao clicked his tongue again.
After dinner, the two locked the door and walked out. It was still very dark and the road was not clear. Zhou Yao turned on the flashlight in his hand to illuminate the road ahead and reminded Wen Yue to watch her feet carefully.
She still remembers clearly the incident where she fell flat on her face when she came back from the hospital.
"I know, I know." Wen Yue responded softly, feeling that Zhou Yao was a bit nagging.
The two walked along the path along the ridge of the field to the entrance of the village. There stood two figures, one tall and one short. They were Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao.
"Sister-in-law, brother!" They greeted each other, and their eyes fell on Zhou Yao at the same time, as if they had discovered a new continent and shouted: "Brother, when did you buy those new clothes? They look pretty good!"
Zhou Yao curled his lips and explained calmly with a hint of boasting: "Oh, this dress was made for me by your sister-in-law herself." He emphasized the word "personally" and raised his hand to straighten the wrinkled shirt.
Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao were truly envious and jealous now.
"Sister-in-law! My dear sister-in-law!" Ren Yeliang's eyes showed longing, "I want to..."
Zhou Yao interrupted him with a dark face: "What are you thinking? Get lost. If you want to find a wife for yourself, I'll do it for you."
What are you thinking? This is his wife, she is not allowed to make clothes for other men! Not even his younger brother!!
Ren Yeliang could only swallow his unfinished words with tears.
Damn, Brother Yao is so stingy! But this clothes looks really good, so good-looking, Brother Yao looks so handsome in it, he doesn’t look like a farmer at all, he feels like a scholar from the city... Oh, that’s provided that his brother doesn’t speak, because his mouth directly exposes his true nature, he has no temperament at all.
Ren Yeliang's eyes fell on Wen Yue, and he found that she was also wearing a loose white shirt today. The shirt was a little big, and the hem was tucked into the waistband of her wide-leg jeans, making her legs look very long. Her thick black hair was tied into a full ball at the back of her head, making her originally small face look even smaller. Standing next to Zhou Yao, they looked like a golden boy and a jade girl sitting under Guanyin.
"Brother, sister-in-law, you two are wearing similar clothes today. I can tell at a glance that you are a young couple." Ren Yeliang boasted with a chuckle, "One is handsome and the other is beautiful. How do you say it? A perfect match made in heaven!" Oh, he actually knows how to use idioms!
Zhou Yao felt relaxed and happy after hearing this. He glanced at him and said, "You are quite good at talking. I guess you two didn't have breakfast. I cooked a few more eggs before you left. Take them to fill your stomach."
"I knew that brother would be good to us." Ren Yeliang took the eggs and gave two to Fang Shitao.
Fang Shitao thanked him innocently: "Thank you, Brother Yao."
Zhou Yao ignored him.
Wen Yueqian smiled and stood aside to watch the interaction between the three of them, her eyes moving around Zhou Yao's face twice. On the surface, this man looked very disgusted with Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao, but in fact, he was very good to the two of them. He was a man who said one thing and meant another.
"Eat while walking, don't waste time."
The four of them walked along the bumpy dirt road outside the village.
It was too early now. Normally, tricycle drivers wouldn't come so early, but it also depended on luck. Apparently, they were very lucky today. After walking for a few minutes, they saw a tricycle parked at the fork in the road ahead, with a few people sitting in the back compartment.
Zhou Yao asked them to get in the car.
The rear compartment of the tricycle was a bit high, and Wen Yue stepped on the pedals and was pulled up by Zhou Yao.
He let Wen Yue sit in the outermost seat, and he stuck close to her, with his strong arms passing from behind Wen Yue to hold the iron handrail beside her. The carriage was made of bamboo strips, steel bars and a thick cloth, and it looked very simple. The seats were hard wooden boards, and it was not very comfortable to sit on.
The posture of the two of them was like Wen Yue was curled up in Zhou Yao's arms.
She didn't think too much about it, but she just felt that this tricycle didn't look very safe, so she was a little nervous and grabbed Zhou Yao's wrist.
It didn't take long before the tricycle started moving, and it was bumpy on the bumpy dirt road. Wen Yue felt like her butt was about to be broken into four pieces, and she wrinkled her face and moved uncomfortably.
Zhou Yao sat very steadily, glanced at her and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? There's a needle stuck under your buttocks."
"It's uncomfortable." Wen Yue pouted, "The wood is too hard, it hurts."
Zhou Yao said nothing. He let go of her hand that was holding the armrest behind her back and put it on Wen Yue's waist. He lifted her up by the waist with a little force and put her on his right thigh. "Then sit on my lap."
My palms warmed the skin around my waist through the thin fabric, and my buttocks pressed tightly against the firm thighs.
Wen Yue froze, straightened his back, placed his hands neatly on his legs, and did not move.
But it must be said that Zhou Yao's thighs were indeed much more comfortable than the wooden seat of the tricycle.
Wen Yue was a little uncomfortable at first, but as time passed, her stiff body gradually softened, and she even adjusted herself to a comfortable position, leaning back on Zhou Yao's arm.
Zhou Yaocai didn't dare to move at all during the whole process.
The soft and petite body on his body made him inexplicably nervous, and his heart was in turmoil. He was always worried that if he hugged her too tightly, it would hurt, and if he hugged her too loosely, he was afraid that she would be thrown out. When the tricycle arrived in the county town and he got off the carriage, half of his arms and legs were numb.
"Are your legs numb?" Wen Yue asked a little embarrassed.
Zhou Yao pursed his lips and shook his head, laughing: "With your weight, it's like you have nothing."
Wen Yue touched her face: "I must have gained a few pounds."
After marrying Zhou Yao, she could eat meat every day. As her nutrition improved, she gained weight. Wen Yue guessed that she should weigh about 80 kilograms now.
"Where is she fat?" Zhou Yao frowned and looked over, gazing her up and down for several times, with certainty: "Not fat, she's very thin. She still needs to eat more." He must make his young wife plump and white.
Wen Yue agreed.
It was just dawn, and there were already many people walking on the streets of the county town, most of them factory workers in work clothes. There were also small stalls selling various breakfasts on both sides, with wisps of white smoke wafting out of the stalls.
Wen Yue looked at the scene in front of her curiously.
There are no tall buildings, the tallest is no more than three stories high, and most of the houses are one-story bungalows. Various inspirational quotes are sprayed with red paint on the gray and white walls. There are no cars, and occasionally you can see a few 28-inch bicycles passing by.
A strong sense of age comes over you.
"Where are we going now?" Wen Yue asked.
Zhou Yao: "Go to the station."
Fortunately, they were not far from the station and only took ten minutes to walk there.
The station is very small, with only three buses parked inside.
Zhou Yao gently held her wrist and pulled her onto the outermost bus, taking the middle double seat. The bus seat was more comfortable than the tricycle seat, not as hard, but not much better.
"It will take about two hours to get to the city." Zhou Yao sat near the corridor and leaned over to whisper, "If you feel sleepy, just lean on me and take a nap. I'll call you when we get there."
The hot breath touched Wen Yue's earlobe, making it a little itchy. She fluttered her eyelashes and whispered, "I'm not sleepy now."
Zhou Yao: “Okay.”
After more than half an hour, the empty seats on the bus were reduced by more than half, and the bus finally started moving, slowly leaving the station.
Wen Yue was initially interested in looking at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, but the scenery along the road was just like that. Occasionally, you could see some farmhouses, but the rest was just trees.
In addition, the road was not very smooth, and the car was shaking and swaying, just like sitting in a cradle. The shaking shook Wen Yue's sleepiness out.
She yawned slowly and her upper eyelids slowly stuck together.
Zhou Yao was thinking about this when he suddenly felt his arm sink. He turned his head and saw that the little girl who had just said she was not sleepy had fallen asleep.
Her sleeping face was peaceful and beautiful, with her red lips occasionally smacking.
Zhou Yao slightly adjusted his sitting position, sank down, and gently placed Wen Yue's head on his shoulder so that she could lean more comfortably.
Staring at Wen Yue's whorl of hair, the corners of his lips curled up.
…
Two hours later, the bus entered the city and stopped at the city station.
Wen Yue was woken up and looked over blankly and confusedly.
Zhou Yao reached out and pinched her face twice: "We've arrived."
Wen Yue reacted slowly. He just said "oh" blankly and sat there motionless.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Yao couldn't help but laugh twice, then he held her wrist and pulled her out of the car.
It was around eight or nine o'clock now, and the temperature outside was quite high. Wen Yue came back to her senses immediately after being exposed to the sun.
She blinked and looked around.
What I saw was a rather large two-story building, with white exterior walls stained with other colors, and several cars of different sizes and colors parked around it. The first floor was probably a waiting room, and I could vaguely see people sitting inside.
Wen Yue looked around while following Zhou Yao forward.
The bus station is not very big. I saw the entrance within two minutes. There is a row of ornamental trees planted outside the door. The green leaves are very eye-catching. The city looks more prosperous than the county town. Although there are no high-rise buildings, the rows of two- and three-story buildings are also very eye-catching.
Light yellow, white, and the original color of the bricks, all kinds of exterior walls are fresh and natural. People riding 28-inch bicycles pass by with bright smiles on their faces.
Although this era is not as prosperous and fashionable as later generations, it is more vital and infectious, giving people a feeling of comfort and relaxation.
Wen Yue was like a curious baby, with her almond eyes wide open, her eyeballs and neck rolling around, looking up and down, left and right, in all directions, with a strange light shining in her eyes.
Wow--
In the eyes of Zhou Yao and the other two, her appearance was like that of a 'country bumpkin coming to the city for the first time'.
"How about it, sister-in-law? The city is much bigger than our small county town." Ren Yeliang said with a smile, "There are movie theaters and department stores here... There are none of these things in the county town. Next time you have time, ask my brother to take you here for a good stroll."
Wen Yue smiled and turned to look at Zhou Yao with sparkling eyes: "Is it okay?"
She also wants to see the department stores and cinemas now, which feels very novel!
"Sure." Zhou Yao's dark eyes moved slightly, "It's still early before the appointment time, we can go and see it now."
He had strong execution ability and immediately stopped two pedal rickshaws passing by.
“Do you want to go to the department store?”
The rickshaw driver grinned and said, "Let's go! Get on the rickshaw!"
Before Wen Yue could react, Zhou Yao pushed her into the car.
“…”
For a moment, I couldn't tell who wanted to go shopping in the department store.
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One more
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The following is an irresponsible short play. It has nothing to do with the author. It is just a small clip that suddenly popped up when the author was taking a shower. You can watch it for fun.
Zhou Yao injured his leg while racing and had to rest in the hospital. When he was bored, he was watching short videos and accidentally clicked into a new live broadcast room with no audience.
He was about to quit when he heard the anchor softly say, "Welcome Z to my live broadcast room."
The sound is very comfortable.
Zhou Yao lifted his eyelids and took a closer look, and found that the young anchor was also very good-looking, with light makeup on her face, which was pleasing to the eye.
He paused his withdrawing finger and threw a gift at random.
The anchor was surprised and smiled sweetly: Thank you Z for the gift! Hey, you are the first audience member to give me a gift, thank you
Zhou Yao couldn't help it and spent a few of the most expensive gifts just to see the little anchor's smile a few more times.
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