Chapter 138: Getting Brave

From the conversation with Li just now, Zhulan knew that the Li family had no land. Because the family lived in poverty while their grandson was studying, the Li couple had been working as laborers all year round. Zhulan learned that the Li family had two sons. Because the youngest son and his wife died unexpectedly, the Li couple moved out of the eldest son's home and lived with the youngest son's children.

Zhulan admired Li very much, as she gave up a peaceful retirement for the sake of her grandchildren. From the sad tone in Li's voice when she mentioned her eldest son just now, she knew that Li's eldest son didn't want to raise his nephews and nieces, and now there was a deep gap between him and Li and his wife.

Zhulan saw that Li was a little anxious, and said kindly, "Auntie Li, you should go back first!"

Mrs. Li knew that she had left a good impression on the host on the first day, and was afraid that she would not have any work to do. "Madam, I will wait until the front yard is finished before returning."

Zhulan said, "The front yard won't be cleaned up in a short time, you can just come and clean it up tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Li was indeed anxious. Today, the host gave her meat and vegetables, and she wanted to go back and give the children a good meal. "Thank you, ma'am. I will come early tomorrow to clean up."

Zhulan was not going to clean up. She just went to the front yard to take a look and saw that all ten dishes were meat dishes, greasy and difficult to wash. "Yeah."

After Li left with the bowl, Zhulan went to the guest room, where Xuehan was taking care of two little ones. "My dear, there is hot water in the kitchen. Take them to wash their feet later. We will change the place tonight, so you don't have to turn off the oil lamp."

Xue Han saw that her mother looked tired, "Mom, I can take good care of them, you should go to bed early too!"

Zhulan felt the care of the lady and felt warm in her heart. It is true that ladies are like little cotton-padded jackets.

Back in the main room, Zhulan took the hot water to wipe her body and soak her feet, then took out ten taels of silver to give to Zhao Bo tomorrow. The furniture was the silver she had given a long time ago, and the ten taels was the silver for bowls, chopsticks, bedding, etc. In fact, it was less than ten taels, so it looked good to give it in whole money, and the rest was also Zhao Bo's hard work fee.

Zhulan wanted to wait for Zhou Shuren to come back, but she was tired after a whole day's journey. Her biological clock had been activated, and her eyelids started to droop after a while. She felt someone holding her in a daze, but she was too sleepy to wake up.

Zhou Shuren had a good alcohol tolerance and was only slightly tipsy. He sobered up after washing and soaking his feet. After cleaning up, he went to the kang and sat on his quilt. He looked at Zhulan who was sleeping beside him. He thought his quilt must not be warm enough, so he got bold and quickly got out of bed. When he came back, he blew some air and smelled the strong smell of alcohol, which made him satisfied.

He messed up his own quilt, then lifted Zhulan's quilt, put his claws on Zhulan's waist, and pulled Zhulan into his arms. How he felt was very exciting as he had made a breakthrough. He closed his eyes and fell asleep with satisfaction.

The next morning, Zhulan was the first to wake up, because she remembered that Li would arrive early and she had to go to open the door. But now, no matter what the situation was, she was in Zhou Shuren's arms, with his big claws holding her waist tightly. She didn't dare to move and gritted her teeth. She didn't believe that Zhou Shuren was drunk. This man was using alcohol to gain courage!

Zhou Shuren hissed, "What a pinch!"

If you twist it against the skin at 360 degrees, it will definitely turn purple!

Zhulan, "If I don't pinch you, who else should I pinch? You are so brave!"

Zhou Shuren held on to her tightly, "I'm really drunk."

Zhu Lan snorted, "Who are you trying to fool? The foot basin on the ground is not overturned. You are obviously not drunk. Don't think you can fool me just because you smell of alcohol on your mouth."

Zhou Shuren saw the foot basin out of the corner of his eye and made a mistake!

Zhulan felt a little uncomfortable, she and Zhou Shuren were close together, "Don't let go, Li is coming."

Zhou Shuren wanted to continue hugging her, but Zhulan's hands were pinching the skin on his back. If she didn't let go, it would no longer be a 360-degree hold, so she silently withdrew her lingering claws.

Zhulan turned her back, stood up and put on her clothes. The corners of her mouth curled up and then quickly suppressed them.