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Chapter 6 Bathing Incident

Su Zhi had collected the spring water when the door rang, and she heaved a sigh of relief. She didn't know whether others could see the spring water. She thought that she would try it on animals or something when she had the chance in the future.

"Wife, why are you sitting on the ground?"

As soon as Shen Zian came in, he saw Su Zhi sitting on the ground without wearing shoes. He immediately hurried over, carried her to the bed, and covered her with a quilt.

"Have you finished planting the wheat?"

Su Zhi said that she had fallen to the ground accidentally, and then changed the subject. After talking for these days, she already knew that the place where she was was like the border between the north and south of China in the previous life, where both corn and wheat could be grown, as well as rice.

After harvesting corn, the Shen family started to plant wheat. There are no machines now, everything is done manually, so it is very hard.

Su Zhi watched Shen Zian go out early and come back late these days, covered in dust. But he heated up hot water for her to take a bath every day, but he only took a cold shower himself, which made her feel depressed.

"I've finished planting. We don't have a lot of land at home, so it's not too tiring."

Shen Zian was busy as he talked. Ever since Su Zhi said that taking a bath more often was good for the skin, he built a simple stove in the house and got a pot to boil water for Su Zhi every day so that she could take a bath. This was the first thing he did every day when he came home, boiling water. He didn't let Su Zhi do it, saying that he was afraid that the ash and heat would be bad for the skin. After she boiled water once, he put the firewood far away.

This was also something that Su Zhi was worried about. She knew that Shen Zian was also criticized by his family for letting her use hot water, and it was the credit of that noisy Sun family. From the woman's shouting, Su Zhi realized that a pot was also worth money, and there was firewood. Su Zhi even thought that maybe Shen Zian was designed by someone to make more contributions in the end in exchange for the quiet later.

Su Zhi later promised Shen Zian that she would not boil water by herself anymore and asked him to move the firewood back. She just suddenly thought that if the firewood was placed somewhere else, it might be burned by that Sun. As a result, from Shen Zian's face, it seemed that this was really the case. Su Zhi was really speechless about Sun.

After boiling the water, Shen Zian adjusted the water and poured it into a large wooden barrel, and Su Zhi's bath water was ready. It was getting dark early now, and lamp oil was expensive. Moreover, Su Zhi was now considered the most wasteful person by the Shen family, and they wanted to kick her out, so they would not let her use more lamp oil. So she had to take a bath while it was still light.

Shen Zian went out. Although they were married, Su Zhi still felt uncomfortable. Let alone the difference between men and women, she didn't want others to see her ugly body. Shen Zian saw that she was resisting, so he went out from the first time. But Su Zhi knew that he was guarding the door for her.

After taking a shower, Shen Zian poured out the water and went to get some food. Ever since the pancake incident that day, he started to bring his food back to eat.

When Shen Zian arrived, the meal was already ready, but had not yet been served.

Sun was serving porridge. She saw Shen Zian coming and took it slowly. She passed the pot to the door and then the vegetables. The one who collected his bow and arrows was the firewood of the Shen family. Shen Zian was in charge of the firewood. While serving porridge to Shen Zian's pot, she kept muttering.

"Humph, fourth brother and his wife eat alone every day. They are so happy, aren't they? It's pitiful that our whole family has to share such a small pot of porridge. Look at how thin your nephews have become. You shouldn't be so pitiful. You also waste firewood every day to boil water for them. Can she become a fairy even if she washes herself? How can country women be so delicate? If you sell the firewood, you can at least exchange it for some white rice, so that your nephews can eat some solid rice and grow taller."

Shen Zian listened to all this without changing his expression. Having lived in this family for many years, he had long been accustomed to it. He just treated it as breeze passing by his ears and continued to live his life as usual.

Since the day when Shen Zian snatched the cake from her, Sun Shi didn't have the courage to snatch food from him again, so she only dared to nag him a few times to make him feel uncomfortable. Of course, she also wanted other people in the family to hear it and feel dissatisfied with him.

Wang acted as if she didn't hear anything. She took the cooked dishes out and didn't leave any for Shen Zian.

"Sister-in-law, leave some food for me."

Shen Zian saw that Wang was carrying away the stir-fried cucumber, so he called her over. He saw that Su Zhi liked this dish. Wang's face darkened, but she still poured some of the food into his bowl. Then she ignored Shen Zian and left with the food.

Sun looked at the food in the bowl and felt uncomfortable again. There were many people in her family, more than ten adults and more than ten children, who were divided into two tables to eat. The portion that was being taken away was from the second table.

Sun usually eats at the second table, not because she can't squeeze into the first table, but because the second table is full of children, she grabs the food quickly, so she and her children can eat more. But now that so much of this dish has been divided up, she has to eat less, of course she is unhappy. But she thinks she is right, because Shen Zian usually doesn't eat at the same table with her, so what right does he have to divide her food now? !

Sun spoke righteously. Shen Zian looked at her and said, "Sister-in-law, you can go to eat at my parents' table. Just say I ate yours and you can eat mine."

Of course, Sun Shi would not listen. She would not dare to snatch food too aggressively even if she was eating at the same table with her parents. Only some cucumbers were taken away from this table, which was nothing. But she still felt uncomfortable in her heart. She gritted her teeth in righteousness, and then she saw a girl walking in from outside, and her eyes rolled immediately.

"Zhu'er, dinner is about to start. Why are you in the kitchen? Look at your clean face and your clean clothes. Don't get them dirty."

The girl is the youngest daughter of Shen Youfu, named Shen Zhu. She and the youngest son Shen Ziju are twins of a boy and a girl. At that time, twins of a boy and a girl were very auspicious, so the two children were very spoiled. Because Shen Zhu was the youngest, she was more spoiled. Not only did she develop a habit of not liking to work, but she also developed a spoiled personality. The brothers in the family all spoiled her, and the sisters-in-law all feared her. As long as one of them did not make her happy, she would go to complain to her parents. However, no matter whether she was right or wrong, she would be protected every time, which further cultivated her willful habits.

Shen Zhu was wearing a pink dress and had a delicate face. She was just the age of a flower. Her eyes and eyebrows were full of energy, but it seemed that her eyes were a little too active. She stopped when she walked to the kitchen and didn't move forward, as if she was afraid of dirtying her new shoes. When she heard others praise her, she smiled. But the smile faded when she saw Shen Zian. She called him Fourth Brother and then turned to talk to Sun.

"Third sister-in-law, look at what you said. This is my home, how can you complain about it being dirty? I came here because Dad asked you to take two eggs to make egg soup. Fifth brother looked a little unwell today, so Dad gave them to him to help him recuperate."

Sun was unhappy when she heard this. The eggs in the family always had to be sold for money, and only the fifth child of the Shen family could always eat them. And Shen Zhu could also eat them by chance. It was really infuriating. Obviously, everyone had a share of the chicken. But she still had a smile on her face and said that it was done.

"Zhu'er, you should eat better and replenish your body. I see that your complexion is not good and your skin is a little dry."

"Ah? Really?"

Shen Zhu loved beauty the most. When she heard people say that her complexion and skin were not good, she became anxious and quickly covered her face.

Sun smiled inwardly and said, "It's okay, Zhu'er, you have good skin, but the wind is a bit strong in autumn. I think you should take a bath more often. I heard from your fourth brother that taking a bath more often is good for the skin, so he opened a big wooden barrel for your fourth sister-in-law, and he fetches water and firewood to make bath water for her every day. You can also ask him to get one for you. Anyway, it's the same for one person or two people!"

Shen Zhu looked at Shen Zian and said, "Fourth brother, please take care of me and help me, okay?"

Shen Zian said calmly: "Your fourth sister-in-law needs someone to take care of her. I don't have much time. You should find another way."

Sun Shi fanned the flames, saying, "Well, as a brother, if you find it troublesome to do such a small thing for your sister, how can you expect her to be your support in the future? Fourth brother, you only have one sister, Zhu'er. Do you really want to hurt her feelings for such a small thing? It's just a matter of collecting a little more firewood and carrying a little more water."

Shen Zian glanced at Sun and said, "If that's the case, then let Third Brother do it. I think Third Brother is very free, and Third Sister-in-law loves Zhu'er so much, she will definitely be very satisfied with this arrangement."

When Sun heard how it was her husband who was responsible, she refused to do it and said, "Your third brother is busy. He has been doing too much work these days and his waist is hurting. He can't carry water or chop wood."

"You also said that a bucket of water and a load of firewood are nothing. I believe that Third Brother will not refuse. Oh, by the way, it would be best to make a new bathtub. It doesn't cost much. Just consider it as a gift from Third Brother to my sister."

After hearing this, Shen Zhu narrowed her eyes slightly and said to Sun with a smile on her face: "Thank you so much, Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law. Third Sister-in-law, hurry up and cook. I'll go back first. By the way, Duo Put an egg in it and give Third Brother a drink. The girl will thank him. I will tell my parents that they will be very happy that the brother cares for the girl so much. "

After Shen Zhu finished speaking, she glanced at Shen Zian and walked away with a smile.

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