Chapter 24
In fact, it was true that Lin Yao asked Gu Shian to move back into the house, but she did not let this guy sleep in the same bed.
Lin Yao only thought that Gu Shian was a guest staying over, and she only gave him half of the house.
——Guests staying over should know the responsibilities and sleep on the floor!
Gu Shian did not have that kind of self-awareness, but fortunately the wooden bed in the east room was big enough. She moved her small pillow and towel blanket to the innermost part, glanced at the green military blanket that Gu Shian brought, and thought of someone's shameless handsome face. She clenched her fist and punched it angrily, then threw his blanket to the side of the bed with a grunt.
Each of us has half of the bed, and no one should disturb each other.
It was drizzling outside. Although the rain was not heavy, small puddles appeared on the ground. The carved windows of the east wing had been closed long ago.
It was humid on rainy days, and the Gu family had all gone to bed. The houses of the wealthy uncle and aunt next door were also dark. Only Lin Yao's house was bright in the whole backyard. If you were not careful, mosquitoes would fly all over the house.
Gu Shian lit some wormwood to smoke mosquitoes. Lin Yao yawned and raised her delicate eyebrows. She wondered why the wormwood was so strong today!
Lin Yao was very delicate. She would take a bath every day in the summer, even when it rained.
Gu Chunmei laughed at her, "It's okay to take a bath in the summer. You take a bath every day in the winter when it's freezing cold."
Lin Yao sneered at her, "You take a bath in the winter too. If you can't take a bath at home, go to the bathhouse outside. At most, you take a bath every two or three days."
Gu Shian put away his rain boots outside, heated up hot water in the kitchen, and carried buckets of water to the bathing shed. He wiped his face with a wet towel, and his face looked angular and tough in the night outside the window.
Lin Yao sat in the room studying the ends of wool. There were three or five balls of wool in a basket. They were in all kinds of colors, such as light gray, soy green, off-white, and bright red. Some were defective wool that Gu Chunmei brought home from the supply and marketing cooperative, and some were old sweaters she had taken apart and replaced. She was thinking about knitting two new sweaters with cute patterns with the wool of different colors.
The kind of thick sweaters popular among the girls on the street now, with a belt tied on and a pair of military green pants underneath, and a big braid tossed, it was so heroic.
Since the Lushan meeting, the political trend at the top has changed, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
Sister Chunmei is going to get married in October, and knitting a sweater and pants will be like adding to her wedding dowry.
While she was thinking, Gu Shian said, "Yaoyao, you can take a bath now."
Is the bath water cool? Lin Yao was sticky all over. She rolled up the coins into a ball and threw them into the basket. She hurried to the bathing shed with the wash basin.
The bathing shed was dark without candles. Lin Yao felt scared and called Gu Shian to bring candles.
Gu Shian held up a kerosene lamp, and the dark shed was instantly lit up with dim candlelight, and the faint scent of wormwood lingered.
It seemed that someone had smoked mosquitoes in advance.
Lin Yao looked at him happily, turned around and drove Deputy Director Gu away.
Half an hour later, Lin Yao finished her bath, feeling refreshed. Her long black hair was wet and smelled of flowers. She wore a small nightgown with a white background and small flowers, revealing her skin as white as snow. The fabric of the nightgown was very soft, and she had several nightgowns of the same style.
Lin Yao stepped on slippers with her snow-white feet and walked lightly back to the east room.
Slippers these days are not as comfortable as in later times. Girls in the county all wear thick-heeled sandals bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. They feel plastic and heavy, and they make a clattering sound when they walk.
Gu Chunmei's supply and marketing cooperative in front has delivered a batch of soft sandals. They are soft and super comfortable to wear.
Lin Yao grabbed a pair of shoes and cut the laces to use as slippers. She carried a wash basin in her hand and went up the stairs.
Gu Shian was reading a military book at the table. When he raised his eyes, his gaze fell on the girl's white and slender ankles. His eyes deepened, but his face was calm.
Lin Yao sat on the edge of the bed and wiped her hair carefully with a clean towel. She was very close to Gu Shian, only two shoulders away from each other. Gu Shian's nose was filled with the floral scent of soap. The man remained silent. Finally, after Lin Yao finished wiping her hair, he got into the quilt and said softly, "Gu Shian, I'm sleepy. Blow out the lights."
Gu Shian responded and the candles on the bedside were blown out.
Lin Yao had been crazy all day, and after taking a bath, she was already tired. At first, she wrapped herself up like a silkworm pupa, but when she felt sleepy, her domineering personality came out. She dozed off, hugged the towel and rolled around, and the rustling sound of the quilt and fabric rubbing against each other was particularly noticeable in the dark.
Lin Yao twisted and turned, and didn't know how she twisted to Gu Shian's side, and happened to bump into Gu Shian's arms.
The girl was soft and graceful, and her nightgown outlined her slender figure. Gu Shian sighed softly, and reached over with his big hand, wanting to add a thin blanket for her, as it was easy to catch a cold on a rainy night.
As soon as he stretched out his big hand, a lightning bolt exploded on the roof outside the window. Lin Yao was surprised. When she opened her eyes, she found Gu Shian's big hand on her waist.
Lin Yao sat up with a towel quilt wrapped around her, staring at him with soft eyes: "Asshole, what are you doing!"
Gu Shian: "........."
He wanted to explain, but Lin Yao didn't care about it and rushed over to grab him.
Unexpectedly, he was entangled by the quilt in his arms and fell into Gu Shian's arms again.
Lin Yao: "!!!"
The man's slightly sharp and tall outline was right in front of her, and the refreshing and pleasant hot breath enveloped her. Lin Yao wanted to break free from Gu Shi'an's tight confinement. If he didn't let her go, then he wouldn't let her go. But this dog man stared at her with a pair of deep and narrow black eyes, which made Lin Yao's face flushed. She simply kissed the man's thin lips.
Gu Shi'an laughed softly and deepened the kiss.
Humph, sooner or later she would be eaten by Gu Shi'an, so she might as well take the initiative.
It was pouring down outside the window, and it seemed like there was no end to the rain. That night she was like a small boat tossed up and down in the storm...
*
The next morning, it was gray outside. The storm that had been raging all night turned into small drops of rain, forming a transparent rain curtain between the sky and the earth.
The kitchen of Mr. Gu's house was leaking again. Zhang Cuilan put a clay pot on it to collect the rainwater and chattered to Gu Mancang, "The roof was just repaired, and it just happened to leak again after a few days. The tiles now are not as affordable as before. Everything is expensive outside, the price of noodles and rice has increased, but the wages have not increased. Alas, I counted and I need to replace five or six tiles. One tile is one cent. I'll give you one dollar. Don't forget to go to Wang Shi after work. The carpenter bought ten tiles. Chunmei brought back breakfast, which is still warming in the pot. "Boss, this kid has been to the police station before dawn, and there are several scratches on his face, just like those caused by a kitten..."
Gu Manycang was used to keeping silent. He always listened to whatever the old woman said. After eating breakfast and drinking porridge, he responded to the old woman's voice and went out to the steel rolling factory with an umbrella.
Zhang Cuilan was also busy feeding the pigs at the pig farm. Before leaving, the mother woke up her daughter.
It was almost 7:30. If she didn't get up for work, she would be late.
As for the old son and Yaoyao, these two children couldn't be awakened no matter how hard she tried. So she simply didn't wake them up.
Gu Chunmei got up yawning and wiped her face with some cool water. She was so absorbed in reading the novel Yaoyao gave her last night that she stayed in the quilt with a flashlight until 11 or 12 o'clock before going to bed. She didn't know whether it was raining or windy, but she didn't hear anything and slept very soundly.
Gu Chunmei looked towards the east room. Yaoyao hadn't woken up yet.
Oh, she didn't know when her elder brother would be able to fight for his reputation and catch Yaoyao.
Gu Chunmei grabbed some cakes and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Lin Yao slept until noon before getting up. When he woke up, he felt sore all over and was covered in sticky sweat from the heat. The sheets under him were clean and crisp, without any wrinkles. Gu Shian was long gone. Next to the bed was a neatly folded square tofu military blanket. The sheets were not the same pattern as yesterday, so someone must have changed them.
She stayed out for a long time, thinking about what happened last night, she couldn't help but cover her face. She tried to take the initiative yesterday but failed, and was suppressed by Gu Shian...
Lin Yao shook her head, her stomach growled, she simply stopped thinking about it, and wanted to get out of bed to have breakfast, but the moment she got out of bed, her legs became weak and she almost fell...
She trembled and staggered down the stairs like a crab, fortunately Dongzi, the little boy, didn't get up. When Lin Yao was washing her face, she saw her floral nightgown and underwear on the clothesline, her face turned red, and she quickly moved the clothes to a corner where no one could see them.
Gu Shian, this guy, just wash the clothes, why hang them in such a conspicuous place is asking for trouble.
Lin Yao rolled her eyes, she must make him kneel on the washboard when someone comes back tonight!
It's okay not to kneel on the washboard. Sleeping on the floor for half a month is no better than this.
In short, don't think about living comfortably.
*
This morning, the commune canteen steamed cornmeal steamed buns with pickled radish in chili sauce. The porridge was wild vegetable porridge. The quantity was not large, but it tasted good.
Lin Yao washed her hands, broke off half a piece of steamed buns, and sandwiched a piece of pickled radish. It was sour and spicy, and the more she chewed, the more fragrant it became.
But she didn't like spicy food. After eating half a piece of steamed buns, she felt hungry, so she stuffed half a piece of bread and had breakfast with wild vegetable porridge.
It was past ten o'clock when the little brat Gu Shidong came out of the house rubbing his eyes. As soon as he came out, he started yelling and saying that his elder brother did not sleep in the house last night, and the quilt on the small bed was gone. His elder brother was abducted by aliens!
The brat had just heard the teacher at school talk about outer space, aliens, and spaceships, and he had been fantasizing about meeting aliens these two days.
Lin Yao was speechless and didn't want to pay any attention to this boy.
The rain stopped outside at noon, and the water in the water tank of the old Gu family was empty. Lin Yao sent Gu Shidong to fetch water.
Now it doesn't cost money to use water, but next year when the big compound is equipped with tap water, people will have to pay for water.
Gu Shidong also realized by now that his elder brother's quilt was in the east room. It seemed that his brother slept in his sister-in-law's room last night.
The brat was grinning merrily. Lin Yao was sweeping the house with a broom, and was so embarrassed that she got angry. "What are you laughing at? Why don't you go fetch some water?"
Gu Shidong chuckled and ran away. He didn't dare to disobey his sister-in-law, or he would be in trouble when his elder brother came back.
The brat just ran out and came back with a bucket of water. "Sister-in-law, Lin Daguo's egg is here!"
Lin Yao: ???
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