After finishing his meal, Qi Yu conscientiously put away the dishes and chopsticks, pushed open the door and walked out, never to return.
It was late at night, and Li Xiaoxiao tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. She remembered that Qi Yu had been forced to sleep in the woodshed by the original owner of this body. Where would there be blankets in the woodshed? He should be sleeping in the haystack in the woodshed now. In this cold winter, she hoped that nothing would happen to her sickly husband.
The woodshed didn't even have a small, broken door; there was only a tattered wooden plank blocking the entrance. Li Xiaoxiao moved the plank without any effort, and it crashed to the ground with a loud bang, waking Qi Yu. He immediately saw Li Xiaoxiao standing in the doorway.
What was this woman trying to do by smashing the door so late at night? Did she want him to be blown to death by the cold wind all night?
As expected, his true colors were revealed. The tenderness at night was all an illusion. His torment began by not letting him get a good night's sleep.
Qi Yu gritted his teeth: "What exactly do you want to do?"
“You…” Li Xiaoxiao hesitated for a long time, unable to say it. After all, it took courage to let a grown man sleep next to her. But what could she do when the family was so poor that they only had one bed?
She sighed and finally said, "Go to bed."
Qi Yu froze. Wasn't she here to torment him after all? She even told him to go to bed. Did she know what she was saying?
Li Xiaoxiao didn't seem to mind, saying, "You are my husband, it's nothing."
Her overly calm and casual tone annoyed Qi Yu. Why should he be her husband just because she acknowledged him as her husband? What, had she gotten tired of that scholar from Qingshan Academy and come here to humiliate him?
The thought of that adulterer made Qi Yu fling his sleeves and leave.
Why are you angry again? Wasn't she showing concern by asking him to go to bed? What's there to make him angry about?
Li Xiaoxiao was puzzled. Her sickly husband was really hard to please. Indeed, a man's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea!
The two remained silent all night. In the early morning, before Li Xiaoxiao could even open her eyes, she was shaken awake. As soon as she opened her eyes, she was met with Qi Yu's flawless face. Although he looked pale and unwell due to his thinness, his phoenix eyes were bright and his nose was high and straight, making him quite a sight to behold.
Li Xiaoxiao would never admit that she was a lecherous woman; it was all because her husband was too handsome.
No, what was the original owner thinking? Why didn't she cherish such a good husband and instead went to pick wild grass?
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qi Yu felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze, instinctively wondering if this woman was up to something again.
Li Xiaoxiao shook her head to clear her mind; she must have been half asleep last night.
"How many chickens did you buy yesterday?" Qi Yu asked.
Chicken? Li Xiaoxiao yawned and replied sleepily, "Just one."
Waking her up first thing in the morning just to ask about a chicken is just ridiculous.
Qi Yu's expression was complicated. He took out a bamboo basket, which was lined with pine needles and contained a full six eggs!
"Are you sure there aren't any other chickens?" How could a chicken lay six eggs in one day?
Li Xiaoxiao was also surprised. As expected of the divine chicken produced by the space, its quality is guaranteed.
"It is indeed a chicken. I don't know how this chicken is so productive." She shook her head innocently, looking honest and simple.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information from her, Qi Yu stopped asking. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he questioned, "You didn't steal this chicken, did you?"
Li Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. Well, had the original owner's character become so bad that it made people suspicious?
Having the eggs, she didn't intend to be stingy. She immediately boiled an egg custard and steamed the good parts of the sweet potatoes.
This was the first time she had ever had a hot breakfast. Holding the piping hot sweet potato, Qi Yu was in a daze, wondering how long this woman could maintain this state.
After breakfast, Qi Yu went up the mountain again with his basket on his back. The wound on his foot had scabbed over and he could walk normally. In addition, he had eaten a full meal last night and this morning, so he felt energetic again.
"Wait, I want to go too." Li Xiaoxiao tugged at his sleeve.
Qi Yu barely managed to resist the urge to raise that hand. He glanced at her indifferently and said, "Whatever."
It's so cold outside, he doesn't believe this lazy woman can really come up the mountain with him.
The two walked one after the other. Li Xiaoxiao touched the five hundred coins in her tattered purse, sighed, and thought that she had to earn her first sum of money before the end of the year, at least to pay off her debts.
If you have extra money, it would be best to renovate that dilapidated thatched hut.
Time is tight and the task is heavy.
There wasn't much firewood left in the house, so Qi Yu took out an axe to chop some. Li Xiaoxiao wrapped herself tightly in her clothes and wandered around. Seeing that she hadn't gone far, Qi Yu didn't pay her any more attention.
They say that people who live near mountains live off the mountains, and people who live near water live off the water. This place has both mountains and water; it's truly a treasure.
She wandered to a stream in the mountains. The stream was now completely frozen, with a thick layer of ice. With her sharp eyes, Li Xiaoxiao spotted a large, plump, and delicious fish swimming very slowly in the ice.
Steamed fish, fish head with chopped chili peppers, boiled fish fillets...
She was so excited about it that her mouth was practically watering.
"Qi Yu, quickly bring the axe over!" she shouted to the man not far away.
In the dead of winter, the mountains are quiet, and few families are willing to brave the wind and snow to go out.
Qi Yu appeared impatient, but still took the axe.
Upon seeing Li Xiaoxiao staring intently at the fish in the river, he immediately knew what she was thinking. He sneered, "It's no use. The ice is too thick; it can't be broken at all. Otherwise, do you think you'd even have a chance to catch fish?"
Li Xiaoxiao clicked her tongue, as if she had been looked down upon!
She picked up the axe and with a few clangs, the ice cracked. Many fish, eager for fresh air, leaped out of the broken ice and splashed on the ice.
Li Xiaoxiao smiled smugly, turned to look at the man, and waited for him to praise her.
How about that? Aren't I awesome?
Qi Yu felt a tickle in his throat again. Suddenly, he didn't hate Li Xiaoxiao as much anymore. In the past, it was because she had shown mercy that he was able to live until now.
Otherwise, given her brute strength, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand a single punch from her.
Hmph, that scoundrel! She caught so many fish, and he didn't even acknowledge it?
Li Xiaoxiao squatted down and picked up the fat fish one by one, putting them into the basket on Qi Yu's back. The huge basket, which was used for firewood, was immediately filled to the brim with fish, weighing a full two or three hundred pounds.
Qi Yu thought that he was a man after all, so he took the initiative to take on the heavy task of carrying the fish.
"I'll carry it."
However, Li Xiaoxiao looked at her sickly husband with suspicion. With his small frame, she was really afraid that he would be crushed to death by the basket of fish. She hurriedly snatched the basket away, "Let me do it, let me do it."
Anyway, she had inexhaustible energy, after all, she had survived in the apocalypse for so long.
"No need," Qi Yu said with a dark face, but still carried the fish on his back. Who did he think he was?
Li Xiaoxiao sighed sadly. What should she do now that she has discovered her sickly husband has developed a habit of being stubborn?
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