Chapter 5 [Revision]
Wen Yue woke up in the evening. The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the house through the window, casting a warm orange halo on all the furniture in the room.
She got up and sat on the edge of the bed and yawned, tears streaming from her eyes. She heard a rustling sound and turned to see Zhou Yao walking in with the quilt he had taken out to dry before and placing it on the bed.
The cleaned tables and chairs were all moved in, and the room was much cleaner and tidier than before.
"woke up?"
Zhou Yao was only wearing a T-shirt, the knotted muscle lines on his arms bulged with his movements, and his narrow, upturned eyes glanced over. He was already good-looking, and now standing in the light and shadow, his facial features became more profound and three-dimensional, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, tough and handsome.
Wen Yue stared blankly.
She had only seen such a handsome man on her mobile phone in her previous life, and this was the first time she saw him up close with the help of a beauty filter. Her heart was beating uncontrollably fast.
So handsome.
If he had entered the entertainment industry, he would have made a fortune. But unfortunately, he was born too early.
She sighed again.
Zhou Yao frowned, feeling that the person in front of him had a strange look in his eyes.
Of course he couldn't guess Wen Yue's thoughts, his brows furrowed for a moment and then relaxed, he continued to talk to himself: "I'm going to the city tomorrow, you stay at home. Before I leave, I will give you the keys to the kitchen and my room. The food is in the cupboard, you can decide what to eat."
Wen Yue came back to her senses from the beauty and asked, "What are you doing in the city?"
"What does it have to do with you?" Zhou Yao said without any politeness, raising his eyebrows and snorting, "Why, do you want to control me?"
Wen Yue couldn't stand his careless look and snorted, "We are married, husband and wife. I am your wife now, so shouldn't I be in charge of you?"
Zhou Yao remained calm, "Husband and wife? Okay, then I'll move back tonight and we can sleep together. Married couples should also sleep together, right?"
Wen Yue: “…”
Can't say anything about him.
Wen Yue's face flushed, and even the corners of her eyes turned red. The sound of gnashing her teeth came out from between her teeth, and she mumbled the word shameless.
Zhou Yao had very good ears. He heard these two words clearly and was delighted.
How could he be so shameless? Isn't it natural for a couple to sleep together? Of course, he didn't mean to do that now, but he found her expression funny and wanted to tease her.
Zhou Yao also felt that it was good to sleep in separate rooms. At least he didn't have to worry about opening his eyes at night to face a crying face.
"Okay, do you want to cook dinner tonight or should I do it?"
Wen Yue sat up silently: "I'll do it."
Zhou Yao was satisfied, "Okay."
There was a cleaned fish in the wooden basin, so Wen Yue cooked a braised fish, stir-fried some green vegetables, and made a bowl of egg and mushroom soup.
The rich aroma wafted from the kitchen to the house of Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan. The two family members sniffed the aroma, grumbled while eating the food in their bowls that tasted like pig food, and felt very uncomfortable.
Zhou Yao was still the one washing the dishes. Under Wen Yue's gaze, he obediently washed the dishes twice with hot water. His face was very grim, and he washed the dishes very vigorously, almost scrubbing the dishes until they were glistening.
Seeing that he was emotional, Wen Yue sat on the small stool in front of the stove, propped her chin with her hands and said with a smile: "Zhou Yao, you wash the dishes really cleanly. I think there is no one in the whole village who washes dishes cleaner than you."
Zhou Yao twitched his lips and said coldly, "Yeah, there's no one else in the village who washes dishes with hot water twice."
"This proves that we are the most hygienic people in the village." Wen Yue blinked, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in his words, and said in a soft and gentle voice: "You should also think about me. My health is not good to begin with. It's easy to get sick if I eat unclean things. When the time comes, won't you be the one who has to trouble me to go to the hospital for treatment?"
She spoke slowly and clearly, and her soft voice was even sweeter, sounding like she was acting coquettish. The dim light from above shone on the girl, making the lines on her palm-sized fair face even softer, with a soft and radiant glow.
Her almond-shaped eyes are curved, and her long, thick eyelashes flutter like little fans.
If it were someone else, they might have softened their attitude.
However, Zhou Yao was not only physically hard, but also had a hard temper and a cold heart. He was completely unmoved and said with a frown, "I really married a ancestor to myself."
"Don't squat here, go take a shower, or you'll have to reheat the water in the pot later if it gets cold."
Zhou Yao waved his hands impatiently.
Wen Yue: “…Okay.”
Wow, what a bad-tempered man.
She hummed twice, stood up, picked up the wooden bucket and went to the stove to scoop hot water.
Taking a bath in the countryside these days is very troublesome. There are no water heaters, so you have to boil the bath water yourself.
The small cubicle in the kitchen was used for bathing. Wen Yue filled the water, gritted her teeth, and staggered towards the cubicle carrying the wooden bucket. With every step, the water overflowed a little.
Zhou Yao couldn't stand it any longer, so he dropped his work, stood up and walked over to Wen Yue, snatched the barrel from her hand, and said sarcastically, "If you keep going this way, there will be no water in the barrel by the time we get there."
Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her eyes and looked at the palm of her hand.
The wooden barrel left obvious red marks on her fair and tender palms, which caused a burning pain. She couldn't help but shed tears: "It's too heavy. I can't lift it."
Zhou Yao: "...Why are you crying again!"
"My hands hurt." Wen Yue opened her hands towards Zhou Yao and showed him her palms which were red from being rubbed.
Zhou Yao took a glance and saw that the girl's white palms looked very tender, without any wrinkles at all. She didn't look like she could do any work.
He sighed, thinking to himself that he was an ancestor, and was very puzzled: "I remember that you also worked at your uncle's house, how come you don't have any cocoons in your hands?"
Wen Yue stopped crying, sniffed and muttered softly: "How should I know."
She is still surprised.
When I was cleaning the bathroom in the afternoon, I took a look in the mirror and found that the original owner looked very similar to her, about 80% similar. The only difference was the pear vortex, which she didn't have but the original owner did.
In addition, the original owner's eyes and eyebrows were stained with gloom and sadness because of her daily sorrow and resentment. Her eyes and eyebrows, which should have been bright and beautiful, became a bit gloomy. However, after Wen Yue came, her eyes and eyebrows regained their original grace.
As the old saying goes: The face reflects the heart!
"Okay, go wash." Zhou Yao didn't mean to ask any further questions. After carrying the wooden barrel to the small compartment, he nodded slightly at Wen Yue, motioning her to go wash.
Wen Yue's watery eyes curved into a crescent shape and she smiled again: "Thank you~"
She walked into the cubicle happily, and then her smile froze on her face.
The cubicle was small, only enough for one person. Because it couldn't get any sun, it smelled like rain and dampness. There was a fist-sized drainage hole in the corner, and there were spider webs on the top. There was a small recessed hole at the shoulder, with a small piece of soap inside.
To be honest, seeing this environment, Wen Yue almost didn't want to take a shower.
But today, she was sweating from working, and if she didn't take a shower, she would feel sticky and uncomfortable. Wen Yue finally took off her clothes and took a shower tremblingly, her eyes wide open, her amber pupils moving up and down, left and right, for fear that a spider would crawl out from her head or somewhere else.
Soap bathing is not good for the skin. She hesitated for two seconds, but finally picked up the soap and rubbed it twice. For her, just rinsing with water was no different from not bathing at all.
The moment she put on her clothes, Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
This bath is too exhausting.
"I'm done."
Zhou Yao sat at the kitchen door with his back to the small cubicle. His broad back made him look very safe. Hearing the noise, he turned his head and looked over. His dark eyes instantly locked onto the slender figure standing in front of the stove.
The heat made a blush appear on her warm and fair face. Her wet eyes were still bent, and her lips were pursed. The little pear-shaped swirls appeared on both sides again, making her look sweet, soft and easy to bully.
The rose-red floral dress on her upper body made her skin look even whiter, and it shone brightly under the dim light. The dress was a little too big for her, and her delicate and beautiful collarbone could be vaguely seen at the V-neckline.
Zhou Yao's dark and oppressive gaze made Wen Yue feel a little uncomfortable. She lowered her head and tugged at her clothes and asked, "Am I wearing something weird?"
She didn't bring many clothes with her from the Wen family. These clothes were given to her by her cousin because she was tired of wearing them. Since the Wen family's grandma passed away, the original owner has never worn new clothes. The rose-red floral top on her body was very tacky, but the other pieces were not much different. Wen Yue could only hold her nose and wear them.
Zhou Yao didn't say anything, but his eyes scanned her up and down, his gaze was like an X-ray.
Wen Yue: “?”
Zhou Yao raised his hand and rubbed his chin again.
Hiss, why does this guy look more pleasing to the eye than two days ago? He doesn't care much about beauty or ugliness, he only distinguishes between pleasing and unpleasing. Before, because Wen Yue cried day and night, he actually didn't like her very much, and he felt annoyed when he looked at her for more than one second.
But now, Zhou Yao suddenly felt that this guy was not so unpleasant after all.
"It's a bit strange." Zhou Yao said after a while, "Your clothes are too big."
Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't say it was ugly, and replied with a curled lip: "Of course it's big, this is what my cousin didn't want. Her frame and body are much bigger than mine." It's big, so what? Who made her have no other clothes to wear and no money to buy new clothes?
Thinking of this, Wen Yue felt depressed again.
Although she didn't save much money in her previous life, she still has hundreds of thousands of dollars in her bank account. This person really needs to enjoy life in time, otherwise she might die one day.
Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and shifted his gaze to her slender wrist: "Also, eat more in the future. You are so thin, and people who don't know about it will think I am abusing you."
Wen Yue raised her hands and looked at them.
This body is indeed very thin, the kind of thin that is unhealthy, it feels like there is only a thin layer of skin and no flesh on the body. It is 1.6 meters tall but weighs only about 70 kilograms, which is indeed too thin.
Due to malnutrition, the ends of her hair looked like dead grass, messy and yellow, not pretty at all.
Wen Yue pinched her wrist, recalling the nutritional meals she had seen in her previous life, and replied in a gentle tone: "...Well, I will eat more."
"Okay, I'll leave the key behind the window when I go out tomorrow, remember to take it when you wake up."
Wen Yue nodded: "Okay... By the way, can you buy some shower gel and some soap? Bathing with soap is not good for the skin." I don't know if there is shower gel at this moment, but there must be soap.
She was not sure whether Zhou Yao would agree or not, so she looked at him hopefully, her wet eyes blinking non-stop, unconsciously showing her coquettishness. Her thick and long eyelashes were like a small fan, seemingly able to fan into people's hearts.
Zhou Yao frowned, not understanding the situation: "Is there something wrong with your eyes?"
Wen Yue was angry: "...Your eyes are the ones that have problems."
"Then just lie there and blink. Okay, I'll buy it. Go back to your room and sleep." Zhou Yao responded readily. At the same time, he walked into the compartment, took out the wooden barrel inside and planned to take a bath.
He is exceptionally generous with his money.
Wen Yue was happy again and smiled: "Thank you~" and then quickly left the kitchen.
After Wen Yue's back disappeared behind the door, Zhou Yao scooped out the hot water in the pot, added a lot of cold water, took a good bath in the cubicle, and then went back to the room to sleep.
The original owner and Zhou Yao slept in separate rooms before Wen Yue came, and she was very grateful for this.
Although Zhou Yao is handsome, she is not brave enough to sleep in the same bed with a man she has only met for one day. She cannot accept it. Sleeping in separate rooms is great!
Zhou Yao, who was sitting on the other side of the wall, fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, while Wen Yue tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
One is that I slept too long in the afternoon, the second is that I was worried about something, and the third is that I am used to my bed.
She was thinking about what she should do next.
Wen Yue couldn't bear to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life. Although some people in later generations said that in the 1980s, gold was everywhere and money was easily made, Wen Yue knew her own limitations and it was not realistic for her to start a business to make money.
She was afraid of trouble and tiredness all her life, so she found a job as an elementary school art teacher. She only taught two classes a week and didn't need to communicate with parents. It was very easy. Occasionally, she would take a few orders online. The money was not much, but it was enough.
In addition, she has two three-bedroom, one-living-room houses in the city center left by her parents. She lives in one and rents out the other. She has no mortgage pressure and lives a very easy and happy life.
Accustomed to a lazy life, Wen Yue could no longer endure the hardships of starting a business.
A faint sigh echoed in the dark room, followed by a sound like baking pancakes, and I tossed and turned. I didn't know how much time had passed, but I finally fell asleep in a daze. Halfway through my sleep, I vaguely heard rustling sounds outside and Zhou Yao's low voice.
He seemed to be talking to someone.
Wen Yue tried hard to open her eyelids. The night outside the window was still dark and as dark as ink. Her eyelids felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds, so she simply turned over and continued to sleep soundly.
The sound of someone turning over in the house was particularly loud in the night. Zhou Yao immediately stopped talking and covered the mouth of Fang Shitao, who was talking quietly like a mosquito.
"Keep your voice down!" Zhou Yao glanced at him calmly, "Don't wake her up."
“…”
Fang Shitao looked aggrieved, and he had already spoken very, very, very quietly!
Zhou Yao waved his hand, motioning them to go outside and talk.
Ren Yeliang looked at the tall figure in the night and grinned, "Brother Yao is really worried about his sister-in-law. They have a really good relationship. When will they give birth to a nephew or niece for us to play with?"
"Get out." Zhou Yao raised his foot and kicked Ren Yeliang on the butt, raised his eyebrows and said, "You know shit."
He was simply afraid of waking Wen Yue up and then starting to cry again. This guy's eyes are like water coming out of a well, and they can't stop crying. It's annoying just thinking about it.
Also, what does it mean to give birth to nephews and nieces for him to play with?
Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself to see if you are worthy! Can his daughter and son be easily played with? What a beautiful dream!
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