Chapter 19: The pair of tender white little feet
When Zheng Yunsheng got home, Gu Xiaojiao was carrying the cooked dishes outside the house.
She did not go to pick vegetables that night. She peeled two green beans her parents sent her, cut them into pieces, fried them with the beans, and made some chopped green onion soup.
With one dish and one soup, dinner is settled.
In the countryside, many people eat in the yard in the summer. Not only is it too hot inside, but they also have to light kerosene lamps to see, which is really a waste.
After Zheng Yunsheng entered the yard, he called Gu Xiaojiao, then quickly went into the house and put the book on the desk in the house.
While he was working, Zheng Yunsheng had already washed his clothes at the well next to the wheat field, so after putting his books away, he went to the kitchen to help serve the rice.
The rice in the evening had more rice than corn rice and smelled delicious.
It wasn't that Gu Xiaojiao wanted to live so extravagantly on purpose, it was mainly because in her previous life, she had no shortage of food and drink.
She put too much cornmeal in the rice and found it hard to swallow now.
So when she cooked in the evening, she reduced the amount of cornmeal.
After the food was on the table, the wife and husband sat facing each other and ate in silence.
The yard was quiet, the croaking of frogs in the mountains and fields rose and fell, and the night was peaceful and charming.
"Jiaojiao, what did you do at home during the day?" Zheng Yunsheng suddenly asked.
He is just making conversation.
In the previous life, whenever Zheng Yunsheng came home, Gu Xiaojiao would chatter nonstop in front of him like a sparrow.
Now Gu Xiaojiao stopped talking, and the yard was so quiet that Zheng Yunsheng felt a little uneasy.
It's just that he is naturally taciturn and not good at speaking. Even if he changes in this life, he can't find a topic to talk to Gu Xiaojiao for a while.
When Gu Xiaojiao heard Zheng Yunsheng ask her, she looked up at him and replied casually:
"There's not much to do at home. I just cleaned up the house, fed the chickens, and prepared dinner."
After hearing what Gu Xiaojiao said, Zheng Yunsheng said "hmm" and didn't know what to say anymore.
Zheng Yunsheng was extremely annoyed. He really couldn't understand why he was still so stupid after living a new life!
He doesn't know how to please women at all.
After the meal, Zheng Yunsheng still took the initiative to clean up the dishes.
Gu Xiaojiao looked at the already pitch-black kitchen and said:
"Just clean it up and put it on the stove. You can wash it tomorrow morning. You can't see it now. You can't see it clearly with the kerosene lamp, and you can't wash it clean. It's also a waste of oil."
After finishing speaking, Gu Xiaojiao got up and went back to the house.
The yard was full of mosquitoes, and where she sat her body was covered with bites. She lit mugwort in the house, which made it much more comfortable than in the yard.
After returning to the room, Gu Xiaojiao lit the kerosene lamp, put down the windowsill, then pulled out a wooden basin from under the bed, poured some water from the thermos, and began to soak her feet.
Gu Xiaojiao deliberately did not boil the water in the thermos so that she could use it for foot soaking in the evening.
She had already washed her face.
Zheng Yunsheng originally planned to wash the dishes, but then he saw that the kitchen was too dark and he couldn't see anything by groping around, so he had to give up.
After he closed the kitchen door, he turned and went into the bedroom.
Seeing Gu Xiaojiao soaking her feet, Zheng Yunsheng naturally moved a stool, sat opposite Gu Xiaojiao, took off his shoes, and put his own big feet into the basin.
Although Zheng Yunsheng appeared calm and composed on the surface, he was actually trembling with fear inside.
When his big feet covered with calluses touched Gu Xiaojiao's slender white feet, Zheng Yunsheng felt numb.
In the previous life, it was Gu Xiaojiao who took the initiative to soak his feet with him first.
Gu Xiaojiao was stunned as she watched Zheng Yunsheng's series of actions.
But she couldn't say anything against it. They were now a married couple, so it was fine if they couldn't do things as married women, but she couldn't wash their feet together, either!
There was no other way, Gu Xiaojiao could only give up soaking her feet. She wanted to take her feet out of the basin.
But Zheng Yunsheng stepped on her gently to prevent her from moving.
She looked at Zheng Yunsheng with some anger, but when she raised her head, she met Zheng Yunsheng's gentle gaze.
"Don't worry, Jiaojiao, keep soaking your feet. Soaking your feet in hot water more often is good for your health."
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