When Zhong Mingwei heard her say that, he suddenly felt like he was on fire. He swallowed the lamb in his mouth in two or three bites. He held Ah Chou's face across the small table, bit Ah Chou's round little nose, and whispered, "It's delicious."
"Gudong!"
The next second, Ah Chou swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.
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"Why don't you let me sleep on the kang?" Ah Chou lingered on the edge of the kang, holding Zhong Mingwei's hand. He didn't want to sleep on the bed no matter what. "I sleep at your feet, so I can't touch you, and I definitely won't infect you."
Zhong Mingwei was not moved at all. He said in a deep voice: "Be obedient, go to bed and take this thick quilt over with you."
Zhong Mingwei was not worried about Ah Chou's typhoid fever. It was just that his knees were badly swollen. Ah Chou didn't notice it because it was dark and he had a blanket on his legs. But if he fell asleep, he would not be able to hide it from Ah Chou. Zhong Mingwei naturally wanted to send Ah Chou to bed.
"Oh." Ah Chou replied unwillingly. She was actually worried that she would infect Zhong Mingwei. So she went to bed with the quilt in her arms, and said sullenly, "It's time to blow out the lights."
"puff!"
Zhong Mingwei blew out the candle and lay flat on the kang, under the quilt. He gently rubbed the cooling ointment, because his knees were sore and swollen after sitting for so long.
"Zhong Mingwei, please don't go down the mountain to buy a house," Ah Chou's voice came from the darkness, "I like it here very much. The scenery is beautiful and it's quiet. The yard is a little shabby, but we can fix it up. Anyway, there are only two of us living here, so there is no need to buy a big house."
"Didn't we say we were going to reclaim land and plant crops?" Zhong Mingwei asked Ah Chou as he wiped the cooling cream on his hands, "How do we plant crops on this mountain?"
"Then we won't farm. Anyway, we have enough money to last us a lifetime," Ah Chou said. After a pause, Ah Chou continued, "Zhong Mingwei, don't be angry when I say this. Although I said that we will farm in the future, I don't think so in my heart."
Zhong Mingwei's voice sank: "Are you worried that my leg won't heal?"
"No, your legs will definitely heal. Aren't they already recovered so well now? They will definitely be well in the future," Ah Chou said hurriedly, sighing with sadness. "But I still don't want you to farm. Zhong Mingwei, I'm really afraid that your legs will be injured again. Although I usually don't say it, I'm always worried about it. Whenever you get off the kang to walk, or go to boil water to cook, I'm always worried, afraid that something will happen to you. Zhong Mingwei, I really feel sorry for you. It hurts to see you limping and huddled in front of the stove to boil water, not to mention letting you work in the fields. Zhong Mingwei, I know I may be too hypocritical, but I'm really worried. How much suffering have you endured along the way because of these two legs? How much hardship have you endured? I really don't want you to suffer twice and suffer twice."
Zhong Mingwei didn't say anything, but his Adam's apple moved violently a few times.
"Zhong Mingwei, don't be angry. I would never say this to you normally, for fear that you would feel bad, discouraged, or that I would not be able to continue." Ah Chou spoke each word calmly, with no ups and downs in her tone, but tears were gently sliding down her eyes. "Zhong Mingwei, I don't need you to work hard to support your wife and children like other men, nor do I need you to work hard. Even before we had the five hundred taels of silver, I thought so. You just need to be a good... a good husband to me, that's enough."
"Zhong Mingwei, I don't want you to suffer even a little bit, nor do I want to worry about you all the time, so Zhong Mingwei, I will be fine in the future, I will be willing to buy new clothes, eat donkey-hide gelatin, and I will no longer go down the mountain to fetch water. I will love myself, I will take care of myself, and I will try my best to be a wife who will not make you angry or worry." Ah Chou wiped her tears and continued in a low voice, "You should be fine too, don't worry about how to stand up, don't force yourself to do things you don't want to do or can't do for the time being, don't suppress your anger when you are angry, and laugh out loud when you are happy. Zhong Mingwei, I don't care about your past, but from now on, I want you to live a comfortable and happy life, do you understand?"
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