Chapter 8 Do you want me or not?

Mingzhu's heart was pounding. It seemed unreasonable that she could not draw water from the well even though she lived in this era.

But she could not do other things, but she could do these nonsense things!

She explained without blushing or beating her heart: "When I was born, some people said that I had a conflict with water and was prone to water disasters. So when my grandpa was alive, he never let me draw water. My grandpa and aunt did this kind of thing at home."

Sure enough, Jiang Duo withdrew his scrutinizing gaze after hearing this explanation.

He walked forward and took the rope from Mingzhu's hand. His tall figure stood there, making Mingzhu look even more petite and slender, and invisibly shielding her from the scorching yellow light.

Jiang Duo just swung the rope towards the well, and the bucket sank to the bottom.

Mingzhu: "..."

Eyes: Got it.

Hands: Roll!

Jiang Duo pulled with his strong arms and easily lifted up a bucket of water, and then changed to another bucket. After

both buckets of water were drawn, Mingzhu took the initiative to carry the shoulder pole forward, hooked the two buckets, half squatted and put the shoulder pole on her shoulders, but -

her thin shoulders couldn't lift it up at all!

Seeing the little woman's tender and sweet face turn red in an instant, Jiang Duo frowned. His young wife who was about to get married was really too weak to take care of herself.

He bent down silently, holding a bucket in one hand, turned around and walked towards Mingzhu's house with big strides -

Mingzhu was stunned, and when she reacted, she hurriedly picked up the shoulder pole and trotted after him, but she saw Jiang Duo carrying two buckets and walking very fast, and she couldn't catch up with him!

Tsk, the young and strong rough man is really smelling!

Jiang Duo went straight into the courtyard. The small courtyard that was messy at noon had been cleaned up at this time.

It seems that she has been busy this afternoon.

He entered the house. Although the kitchen was simple, it had been cleaned up as well. After seeing the location of the water tank, Jiang Duo walked over and poured the water in.

The water tank is not small, it can hold at least four buckets of water.

He turned his head to look at Mingzhu, "You stay at home, I'll go fetch two more trips of water."

Mingzhu nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

Jiang Duo had just taken two steps out, and when he heard the thank you, he turned his head and looked at Mingzhu unconsciously...

People say she is unreasonable, but the more he looks at her... the more well-behaved and sensible she is.

Jiang Duo lowered his eyes, then picked up the bucket and left.

Mingzhu looked at the setting sun, and had to prepare dinner.

But there was no flour or rice at home, and the staple food was either sweet potatoes or corn cakes.

Thinking of the little tricks her grandmother taught her to make cornmeal cakes, Mingzhu's eyebrows turned, and she grabbed two handfuls of soybeans from the small pot and soaked them in water.

Afterwards, she came to the cellar carrying a small white porcelain basin...

Thinking of what happened here in the morning, her cheeks were burning. She was too embarrassed to say that her legs were still sore after working all afternoon!

Without thinking any more, Mingzhu quickly took a few potatoes and came out.

A few minutes later, she washed the potatoes, peeled them, cut them into strips, put them in the basin, soaked them in water, and then processed the fish caught in the afternoon.

When Jiang Duo came back with water for the second time, he saw Mingzhu squatting in the corner of the yard, holding a knife in his hand and staring at the fish in the basin, hesitating to take action.

He thought Mingzhu didn't dare to kill the fish.

Jiang Duo put down the water and walked over. Just as he was about to help her, he saw the little woman quickly and neatly scaled the fish, and cut open the fish's belly with a knife.

Jiang Duo's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he only felt that Mingzhu's technique was very skillful.

Mingzhu, who didn't know there was someone behind her, was still carefully dealing with the fish's entrails. She was a very good emergency doctor, and things related to anatomy were not difficult for her.

Noticing a shadow blocking her from behind, Mingzhu looked back and saw that it was Jiang Duo who came back. A sweet smile appeared on her face.

"Is the water tank full? You are really amazing. If I fetch water myself, it would take at least an hour!"

Jiang Duo: "..."

With this smile, she looked like a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old again.

He walked over, half-knelt on one knee beside the basin, and reached out to help.

Mingzhu took the opportunity to pull the basin to her hand and said, "Don't get involved. I can do this. Go sit in the house for a while. There is water in the kettle. If you want to drink, pour it yourself. I won't be polite to you."

Jiang Duo didn't move, raised his eyes and looked at her. After a moment of silence, he said, "I want to ask you a question. I don't want to pick on you. It's just that if you want to get married, there are some procedures that must be followed."

Mingzhu didn't think much about it, and nodded readily, saying, "Ask."

"I heard... your grandmother is a daughter of a capitalist family?"

Hearing this, Mingzhu frowned. This was indeed the case in the original owner's memory, but few people should know it.

"Who told you?"

"The village chief, he just talked to me and mentioned this matter."

Mingzhu thought it might not be as simple as just a conversation.

The village chief is clearly trying to sow discord!

Mingzhu's originally tender face showed some anger, "Yes, my grandmother used to be such a person, but my great-grandfather was the first to devote himself to the country. In order to support the country, he donated all his property. My grandmother became a battlefield nurse at the age of 17 and saved countless lives! As for my grandfather and father... they both died, but they were heroes until the last moment!"

After that, she looked at Jiang Duo, "If you think that my background is not worthy of you, then let's call off our marriage."

Her sonorous words fell into Jiang Duo's heart word by word.

How could it be that her family was not worthy of him?

It was because he had never known the situation of Mingzhu's family that she was worried.

Seeing that the man in front of her was silent, Mingzhu hurriedly washed the fish blood off her hands, stood up and said, "I'll go get you the betrothal money."

Seeing this, Jiang Duo suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Mingzhu's wrist. Even without using any force, he could easily pull the person to stand still and unable to move.

He frowned and looked at the impatient little girl in front of him, frowned and said in a dull tone, "Don't think too much, this has nothing to do with your background."

Mingzhu raised her eyebrows. Did he want to say that he didn't look down on her background? Or... didn't care about it?

But if he didn't care, why did he ask?

Mingzhu looked at the serious Jiang Duo and suddenly wanted to tease him. She smiled and asked with a faint smile: "So? Captain Jiang, don't you say the main point? Do you want to marry me or not?"