"Dad, what are you asking?" Facing Zheng Ren who asked such a question, Zheng Xiu became more and more shy, but still said honestly: "He is a gentleman."
Zheng Ren was relieved and nodded, "It's okay, Dad is just asking. You go and do your work, Dad also wants to go back to the academy to walk around." Zheng Xiu's marriage has been settled, and the rumors outside have nothing to spread. It's time for him to go back and continue teaching.
Zheng Xiu responded and went back to the stove to wash the dishes. Xue
Zhi came back not long after, and he also bought meat and vegetables from outside.
Seeing this, Zheng Xiu couldn't help but laugh and said, "We have plenty of food at home, why did you buy meat?"
Xue Zhi scratched his head, he couldn't explain it clearly, anyway, he felt that it was not good to eat and drink for free at Zheng's house. If he gave her money directly, Zheng Xiu would definitely not accept it, so he thought of buying something back.
The work on the stove was almost finished, Zheng Xiu asked old lady Zheng to go back to the house to rest, and Xue Zhi followed her closely.
The stove room was originally quite spacious, but with a burly man like Xue Zhi standing on it, it seemed cramped.
Zheng Xiu turned around and hit Xue Zhi's chest. It was so hard that it hurt her forehead.
"Why are you following me?" Zheng Xiu rubbed her aching forehead and muttered unhappily.
Xue Zhi looked at her forehead helplessly and said, "Are you okay? I... I just want to see if I can help you with anything?"
Zheng Xiu pushed him out and hurried, "Don't make trouble here, I can do it myself. You should do what you need to do!"
Xue Zhi had no choice but to go back to the house.
The two quilts on the kang were folded and lined up in an orderly manner. Xue Zhi couldn't help but reach out and touch Zheng Xiu's wedding quilt embroidered with cross-necked pigeons.
The silk quilt cover was smooth to the touch.
But it still didn't feel as good as her hair.
Xue Zhi couldn't help but recall the feeling...
After sitting in the house for a while, Xue Zhi was afraid that he would have more wild thoughts, so he got up and left the house, went to the yard, found the firewood in his familiar way, and started chopping with his father and son.
Before noon, Aunt Qian came from home.
As soon as she came in, she saw Xue Zhi chopping firewood in the yard. The short axe was so powerful in his hand that with one axe, the cylindrical firewood was chopped all the way through.
This man worked so efficiently that people liked him no matter how they looked at him.
Aunt Qian smiled and went into the kitchen, thinking that Xue the hunter, apart from other things, had a lot of strength.
"Auntie is here?"
Auntie Qian looked at the stove that was as clean as new and said, "Why did you finish all the work, young lady? Just let me do it! I specifically told the old lady about it yesterday..."
"Well, it's not a big deal. It will be done in a while." Zheng Xiu took off her apron, smiled and said, "But I'll have to trouble you for lunch." She had been busy all morning and couldn't prepare lunch anymore, so she said, "Don't bother. Just steam a pot of rice and stir-fry two dishes with the leftover ingredients from yesterday."
Auntie Qian hurriedly responded, "Young lady, go and have a rest. I'll prepare it for you in a while."
Zheng Xiu was indeed tired and walked out of the stove while pounding her shoulders.
Xue Zhi also chopped all the firewood in the yard and put the mountain of firewood back to its original place.
Zheng Xiu also called him, "Don't be busy, I'm exhausted from all the work."
Xue Zhi lifted his sleeves and wiped the sweat off his face, "Then, what should I do?"
Zheng Xiu said with a smile, "What do you do at home?"
Xue Zhi thought for a moment and said, "I also work and practice boxing at home."
Zheng Xiu said "Oh", "You have finished your work now, come with me to rest."
Xue Zhi responded, put down the axe and followed.
The night before the wedding, Zheng Xiu was exhausted and felt embarrassed. She had not been able to talk to Xue Zhi properly until now. She had prepared some words to say to him.
After Xue Zhi followed into the house, Zheng Xiu sat on the kang, feeling her neck and shoulders were so sore that she beat them while saying, "Come over here, I have something to tell you."
Xue Zhi took a stool and put it in front of her and sat down.
Zheng Xiu said, "I have a few things to discuss with you."
Xue Zhi said, "Just tell me." Anyway, whatever she said was what he would listen to.
Zheng Xiu had already prepared a plan in her mind: "First, from now on, all the money in the family will be under my control." Xue Zhi
immediately took out several dozen taels of silver notes and pushed them in front of her, "Take them all."
After the jade pendant she had pawned before, after deducting the expenses for Xue Shao's schooling and the family's expenses, there was still 150 taels left. Later, when she got married, she spent some money on hiring a wedding party, and now there was only less than 100 taels left.
Zheng Xiu hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant. I just want to say that all the money spent in the family must be reviewed by me in the future." She had heard from Xue Shao before that Xue Zhi spent money lavishly and never cared about anything. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to find good things so often but still couldn't save any money.
"It's okay, it's okay. You can take it. Leave it here with me. I'm afraid it will be gone if I spend it."
Zheng Xiu folded the banknote and put it in the wooden box at the head of the kang. There were also some jade articles that Xue Zhi gave when he proposed marriage.
"Second, I will teach the child in the future, and you are not allowed to interrupt."
Xue Shao's careless education made Zheng Xiu feel distressed that he had grown up so maturely. Especially when she thought about how Xue Zhi went up the mountain to hunt and left Xue Shao alone at home for a whole month.
Xue Zhi nodded like crazy.
"The third question, can you find some other way to make a living?"
Hunting depends on the weather and strength. When the weather is bad, or when you are old and weak, you can't make a living by doing this. Anyone who has some land and some foundation at home will not do this kind of business. She was very careful when she said this, for fear that Xue Shao would feel that his business was looked down upon.
Xue Zhi frowned and thought silently. After a long time, he sighed and said, "I've thought about it for a long time. Apart from my strength, I don't have any other advantages... Should I go back to help the emperor fight?" He said the second half of the sentence very lightly, as if he was mumbling.
Zheng Xiu didn't hear clearly what he said next, she just said: "There is no rush, we need to think carefully about what to do in the future."
Xue Zhi nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to whatever you say."
Zheng Xiu smiled brightly, she felt that Xue Zhi was as obedient as a big dog.
Thinking of dogs, Zheng Xiu also remembered, "Where is Ji Lei? Did you leave it at home?"
Xue Zhi nodded, "There were so many guests yesterday, and I was afraid that Ji Lei would scare strangers, so I didn't bring him here."
"Then go and bring him here after lunch today." Dogs are the most spiritual, and Ji Lei is so psychic, it would be bad if he misunderstood his owner and abandoned him.
As they were talking, Aunt Qian was already shouting outside: "Girl, aunt, come out and have a look, there's a big black dog outside!"
Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi went out to see, and saw a big black dog with black hair and a majestic demeanor standing in the yard. When he saw them, he wagged his tail happily and barked twice.
Ji Lei actually came here by himself!
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but marvel: "Ji Lei is so amazing that he can find the way from the village to the town."
Xue Zhi smiled proudly: "That's nothing, our Ji Lei is amazing." After all, he has trained a military dog for many years, and he is also very useful on the battlefield. This ability to find the way is nothing.
Zheng Xiu teased Ji Lei for a while, and then found two old bowls at home and washed them clean, one for him as a bowl for food, and the other for her as a bowl for water.
Ji Lei seemed to feel Zheng Xiu's love, and his tail wagged more happily, and he stretched out his tongue to lick Zheng Xiu's fingers.
Xue Zhi, who was standing aside, felt sour. He hadn't touched her little hand yet, but this puppy got there first!
After squatting and playing with the dog for a while, Zheng Xiu also felt tired, so she stood up, went to the well to wash her hands, and went back to the house to rest.
Xue Zhi glared at Ji Lei with hatred. Ji Lei was not as cheerful as before, and he tucked his tail into the corner of the yard.
Zheng Xiu walked back and forth in the house, stretching her arms. She stretched her body according to the yoga movements she had seen in her previous life.
After Xue Zhi came in, she put down her hand awkwardly and explained, "I just feel a little sore in my body, let's move."
Xue Zhi said, "Your movements are quite strange, be careful not to hurt your meridians. Let me help you relax."
Under normal circumstances, Xue Zhi would not have made such a suggestion, but seeing Zheng Xiu touching and rubbing Ji Lei just now, and letting Ji Lei lick her fingers, he felt really sour in his heart.
Zheng Xiu didn't think much about it, and sat down obediently, "My neck and shoulders are very sore."
Xue Zhi responded, stood behind her, and touched her shoulders.
Zheng Xiu's shoulders were as sharp as a knife, and her waist was as thin as a rope. Just sitting there normally made Xue Zhi's heart beat faster.
He controlled the strength, found the meridians, and rubbed her through her clothes with appropriate intensity.
Zheng Xiu suddenly felt a lot more comfortable. She didn't expect that Xue Zhi, who looked rough and clumsy, not only gently helped her remove her phoenix crown yesterday, but also massaged her shoulders today. It was really impressive.
She felt comfortable, but Xue Zhi was so nervous that he was sweating. He was afraid that he would hurt her if he was not careful.
After rubbing for about a quarter of an hour, Zheng Xiu felt embarrassed and said, "Okay, I feel much more comfortable now." She thought that if she didn't say it, Xue Zhi's straightforward character would allow him to keep rubbing her.
Xue Zhi stopped, and Zheng Xiu turned around to see that he was sweating all over, and there was a faint red under his dark skin.
Zheng Xiu stretched her arms and shoulders, and felt a lot lighter, so she said, "You must be tired, you take a rest, I'll go see if lunch is ready." After saying that, she went out.
Xue Zhi sat down and wiped the sweat off his face, then touched his chest where his heart was beating like a drum, and couldn't help but chuckle.
This marriage is so worth it!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but put the hands that had just rubbed Zheng Xiu's shoulders to his nose and sniffed...
"Dad! What are you doing?!" Xue Shao shouted out of the blue, almost scaring Xue Zhi to death.
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