Chapter 41
Wen Yue and Zhou Yao slept until noon before waking up.
Lunch was prepared by Li Nianqiu and her sister, along with Grandma Fang, and consisted of some simple home-cooked dishes. After Zhou Yao and the other two returned, the house became much more lively. They ate and chatted, and even discussed cleaning up in the afternoon.
Wen Yue: "You just came back, take a rest for two days before cleaning up, there's no need to rush these two days. By the way, how about having hot pot tonight?"
"Okay!" Ren Yeliang raised his hands in approval. "Sister-in-law, you don't know that there are hot pot restaurants in Shanghai, but the taste of those hot pot restaurants can't compare to the hot pot you cook! And people there can't handle spicy food, and I always want to eat spicy food."
Wen Yue's eyes curved: "Then I'll make it spicy tonight."
"Spicy, spicy, spicy! As spicy as possible!" Ren Yeliang responded loudly.
Zhou Yao glanced at Ren Yeliang, then turned to Wen Yue and said, "Ignore him. If he wants spicy food, just put a bunch of chili peppers in his bowl, and then lock the toilet door."
Ren Yeliang cried and said: "Brother, you are so cruel!"
Zhou Yao was too lazy to pay attention to him.
After dinner, although they did not clean the house in the afternoon, they pasted couplets and window decorations on each door. When Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao went out to buy groceries, they also bought two big red lanterns to hang outside the courtyard gate.
The snow had not stopped falling, and the ground outside was covered with a layer of snow. Zhou Yao took a broom and swept away the snow outside the gate and in the yard.
In the evening, a group of people gathered around the coal stove to eat hot pot, leaving the door half-closed. The dim light in the room reflected their figures on the glass windows. Snowflakes were still falling outside, and the occasional whistling sound of the wind was drowned out by Ren Yeliang's loud voice and laughter in the room.
"Nianqiu, bring Xiangdong to the county town for the New Year. We'll celebrate the New Year together, and it will be more lively with more people." Wen Yue extended a New Year invitation to Li Nianqiu.
Li Nianqiu nodded and agreed: "Okay."
After eating the hot pot and cleaning up, Li Nianqiu took his sister to the rented room next door to sleep and rest.
Wen Yue slept for a long time during the day and was very energetic at night. She was not sleepy at all, so she pulled Zhou Yao aside to ask about their time in Shencheng.
Zhou Yao knew he couldn't avoid it, so he deleted and reduced the content, picked out some good ones and said: "I have been learning in the construction team of my father's former friend for the past few months. After I learned it, I took Lao Fang and Ye Liang out to work on my own."
"The government there is very supportive and there are discounts for buying land. This opportunity cannot be missed."
Wen Yue blinked. Zhou Yao was planning to enter the real estate industry. This guy was indeed very sharp-minded and courageous... Although the novel did not describe Zhou Yao's ending, Wen Yue felt that with such ability, he would definitely not be too bad.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Yao asked with a raised eyebrow as he looked at Wen Yue's absent-minded expression.
Wen Yue quickly came to her senses and replied with narrowed eyes: "I was just thinking that you will definitely make a lot of money."
Zhou Yao chuckled twice, "Okay, I'll give you all the money I make when the time comes."
Wen Yue opened her eyes wide, and Zhou Yao's figure was reflected in her clear and bright eyes: "Give it all to me"
"Well, I'll give it all to you." Zhou Yao nodded. He didn't need much money, making money was just a hobby: "I don't want a penny, all is yours."
The girl likes money, he likes making money, they are a perfect match!
Zhou Yao thought happily, unable to hide the smile on his face.
Wen Yue couldn't guess what Zhou Yao was thinking. She just thought his smile looked mean. She raised her hand and pinched his face: "You said that. If you lied to me, huh."
She narrowed her eyes and snorted twice. Her delicate little face, which was the size of a palm, looked particularly cute in Zhou Yao's eyes. His heart beat faster and his eyes became deep.
Zhou Yao leaned over to Wen Yue and restrainedly kissed her on the forehead.
Feeling the cool and moist touch on her forehead, Wen Yue was stunned for two seconds and her face turned red.
Wen Yue raised her hand and touched the place where she was kissed, and her words stuttered: "... hooligan."
"How can it be considered hooliganism if I kiss my wife?" Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and curled his lips, smiling very loudly, which made Wen Yue's hands itchy.
In her previous life, she was a homebody with social anxiety. She basically didn't communicate with outsiders except for work, and she rarely had the opportunity to communicate with the opposite sex, so her emotions were relatively simple. But after all, Wen Yue was born in the later era, the era of information explosion.
If you have never eaten pork, have you never seen a pig run?
How can I lose to an old antique from the 1980s?
Wen Yue's sense of victory was aroused by Zhou Yao's smug smile. She narrowed her eyes slightly, raised her hands to hold Zhou Yao's face, her eyes fell on his lips, and leaned forward to kiss his thin lips.
The soft lips parted as soon as they touched.
Wen Yue ran away after the kiss, let go of her hand, rolled onto the bed, hid under the quilt, covered her head, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm asleep."
Zhou Yao: “…”
Zhou Yao: “…”
Zhou Yao was stunned for two minutes before he reacted. His ears turned red and slowly spread to his face. However, his skin was dark and the room was dimly lit, so it was difficult to notice even if he blushed.
"Yueyue." He responded with a hoarse voice: "What were you doing just now?"
Wen Yue was still buried in the quilt, feeling righteous but strong, "Kiss you, is it not okay?"
Zhou Yao's deep eyes melted on the spot. He held back his laughter, patted the bulging part of the quilt, and coaxed softly: "Kiss me again."
"No kiss, I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." Wen Yue said concisely.
Zhou Yao also knew that it was too late, so he said nothing, turned off the light, took off his coat and sweater, and went to bed. He reached out and dug out the girl who was covering him tightly, and dragged her into his arms, holding her with his big hands on her lower abdomen.
Wen Yue had her back to him, motionless.
Zhou Yao rested his chin on the back of her neck, laughed twice, and said in a deep voice: "Go to sleep."
The two of them were very close, and Zhou Yao's body was as hot as a stove. Before, when she slept alone, she had to lie in the quilt for two hours before she gradually warmed up. Now with Zhou Yao, Wen Yue's usually cold hands and feet were now very warm.
This person tends to feel sleepy when warm. Wen Yue's eyelids soon began to feel heavy. She turned over in a daze and snuggled into Zhou Yao's arms, finding a comfortable position and falling asleep peacefully.
Zhou Yao's arms were filled. He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction and hugged the person tighter.
…
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is New Year's Eve.
From five or six in the morning, the sound of firecrackers could be heard all over the city. The New Year atmosphere was much stronger than in later times. Early in the morning, Wen Yue took Zhou Yao, Ren Yeliang, and Fang Shitao to clean up the house.
Li Nianqiu also came with her sister. It was said that the atmosphere in their home was getting tense. She planned to stay in the county town and didn't want to go back. At this moment, Mrs. Li and her family didn't care about her and didn't have time to cause trouble.
This is Wen Yue's first year in this era.
She was wearing new clothes and a red coat that Zhou Yao brought back from Shencheng. She had washed her hair yesterday, and her soft waist-length black hair was draped behind her. She was wearing a scarf she had woven herself. She stood in front of the mirror and in a trance, Wen Yue thought she had returned to the afterlife.
Her outfit is very modern.
Zhou Yao also wore the same black coat. His previously buzz cut had grown a lot longer, and his bangs covered his eyebrows. His eyes were long and deep, and he looked very handsome, like a male model who was about to walk on the catwalk.
Very handsome. After all, his figure is like a clothes hanger, and he looks handsome in anything.
"It's obviously the same clothes, why are we wearing it completely different from Brother Yao?" Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao were also wearing the same black coat as Zhou Yao, but because they were not as tall and fit as Zhou Yao, they looked very ordinary.
Ren Yeliang looked at the handsome and stylish Zhou Yao, then looked down at himself who looked a lot shorter in this dress, and tears of envy were about to fall out.
Zhou Yao ignored Ren Yeliang who was yelling.
They had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they received a red envelope from Grandma Fang. Although the money in the red envelope was not much, it was still a thoughtful gesture from the elders.
After a simple breakfast, they set out on the road back to the village.
It is a custom to worship ancestors on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The village was also very lively. As soon as they returned to the village, they ran into Li Mingjin and his wife. Li Mingjin's wife had just given birth to a big fat son last month. Because Li Mingjin's wife had made a lot of money before, the couple smiled brightly when they saw Wen Yue and Zhou Yao, and even stuffed a red envelope for Wen Yue.
"I heard that you went to Shanghai." Li Mingjin pulled Zhou Yao aside to smoke and chat.
Zhou Yao bit the cigarette butt lightly and nodded.
Li Mingjin: "How is it in Shanghai? I heard the salary there is very high, but it's really not..."
"It's quite high." Zhou Yao held the cigarette between his slender fingers and slowly exhaled the smoke. The white smoke misted his dark eyebrows. He said in a light tone: "But it's hard to find a job in Shanghai without any acquaintances. Do you want to go..."
Li Mingjin nodded: "Yes, I can't make much money at home, and I don't want my son to be like me, facing these lands every day."
"If you want to go out, come with me after the New Year and follow me." Zhou Yao thought that his team was short of manpower, so he could take Li Mingjin with him. After all, he was from the same village, so he would feel more at ease knowing him well.
Li Mingjin glanced sideways: "Fuck you"
"Well, my team is short of people. It will be tiring, but you won't be let down." Zhou Yao nodded.
Li Mingjin frowned: "... Let me think about it, when are you leaving?"
Zhou Yao glanced at Wen Yue who was teasing Li Mingjin's fat son. She was wearing a red coat and a scarf, and her face looked smaller. Her cheeks were rosy, her eyebrows were curved, and her smile was gentle.
"Let's celebrate the Lantern Festival," he said.
Li Mingjin: "Okay, I'll tell you when I've thought it through."
Zhou Yao nodded slightly.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Yao and Wen Yue separated from Li Mingjin and his wife.
They went back to Zhou's house. Zhou Sanbo and Liu Cuicui were at home. Zhou Erbo and Lin Fang had a quarrel and divorced. What shocked Wen Yue was that although the two were divorced, Lin Fang still lived here... Oh, the widow Liu who was said to be pregnant with Zhou Erbo's child also moved in.
When Wen Yue first learned about this, she was shocked. She thought, "Is this okay? Isn't it embarrassing?"
When she and Zhou Yao came back, they saw the pregnant widow Liu. She looked much younger than Lin Fang and was also pretty. There was a little boy of four or five years old with her, who should be the child of her deceased husband.
"It's Zhou Yao and Yueyue, right?" Widow Liu saw the two of them, her eyes swept over their clothes, and asked with a smile: "Have you had breakfast? If not, there are some glutinous rice balls in the kitchen. I'll make two servings for you."
Zhou Yao ignored her.
Wen Yue smiled distantly: "Thank you, we have already eaten."
Their room was still locked, Zhou Yao took out the key and opened the door. It had been so long since he came back, and the room was full of dust. Wen Yue sneezed several times even when she was standing at the door, and she covered her nose with her hand.
"Don't come in." Zhou Yao turned his head to look at her, and did nothing after entering the room. He glanced at the room and came out again, locking the door: "Let's go up the mountain."
Holding incense and yellow paper in their hands, they went up the mountain to pay respect to their grandparents and parents. On the way, they met many people from the same village, who learned from Ren Yeliang that Zhou Yao had taken them to Shencheng.
In the past, when they saw Zhou Yao, they would mutter behind his back that he was idle all day and had no future, but now they praise him in front of him, saying that he is capable and will definitely have a bright future just like his father.
Zhou Yao didn't feel anything about these words, and had only one expression from beginning to end. If it had been before, someone would have said that he was uneducated and ignorant, but now people say that capable people have a temper.
They didn't chat for long before Zhou Yao and Wen Yue returned to Fang's house.
Grandma Fang and her family also returned after offering sacrifices to their ancestors.
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