Ye Moxun wasn't embarrassed when his intentions were exposed. He nodded frankly, "I know there's a stream in your space, so you're not short of water. I haven't taken a bath in more than half a year. We live under the same roof and see each other every day. You don't want to always smell my sour stench, do you?"
After a pause, Ye Moxun said confidently, "My appearance is almost the same as in my previous life. I was the school heartthrob from kindergarten to high school. It was recognized by the whole school. Talent scouts couldn't wait to sign me up because of my heaven-defying looks."
"Wait, from kindergarten to high school, so you only lived to high school before being reincarnated?" Song Tantan grasped the key point. She was secretly delighted, as if she had caught the other party red-handed. It turned out to be a younger brother, five years younger than her.
Unfortunately, he's now three years older than her, so he's become the older brother.
Ye Moxun's face stiffened. He had miscalculated. He had only wanted to trick her into giving him water to bathe, but he had accidentally revealed his secret. He was a little annoyed, but he didn't show it.
"That's not the point..." He wanted to say something to change the subject.
"That's not the point, of course. The point is that you're so confident and your self-praise is truly impressive. Young man, you've successfully caught my attention. I'm willing to give you a big bucket of water so you can wash yourself clean and let me see just how stunningly good-looking you are."
Song Tantan's mood improved considerably. Regardless of whether Ye Moxun's appearance was truly astounding, his passionate and self-praising performance had pleased her.
So she very generously gave Ye Moxun two large tubs of water. Half an hour later, Ye Moxun finished his bath and came out wearing a set of clothes covered in pudding.
"Let me see." Song Tantan rushed over impatiently, staring at his face.
Her skin was so fair it was almost translucent; her peach blossom eyes were crystal clear, reflecting two tiny images of Song Tantan in her dark pupils; her thin lips were slightly pursed; and her features were exquisitely shaped…
Song Tantan looked somewhat dazed. After struggling for a while, she finally managed to utter two words. She gave a thumbs-up and praised without reservation, "Two words: perfect."
"I never exaggerate," Ye Moxun said seriously.
"No, your looks absolutely deserve the title of 'heaven-defying'." Song Tan was completely convinced; to be honest, she almost drooled over your appearance.
"Judging from your behavior and the tone of your voice, you were quite old before you transmigrated, probably even older than me. You might never have had a boyfriend, which is why you're drooling over me." After eating and drinking his fill and taking a bath, Ye Moxun started acting recklessly again.
This guy holds a grudge. He's upset that Song Tantan said he'd be reborn at eighteen, even though she phrased it euphemistically. He still feels like she's insulting his short life.
"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I was twenty-three years old before I transmigrated, five years older than you. Whether I've ever been in a relationship or not is none of your business. So what if you had a relationship early? No wonder you couldn't even go to university." Song Tantan tilted her head back, widened her eyes, and tried her best to look fierce.
Her voice was soft and sweet, and her face was chubby. Her arms and legs were small, which put her at a disadvantage in terms of presence. Although Ye Moxun was thin, he was not short. He was a whole head taller than her and looked down at her.
"I didn't have a puppy love." Ye Moxun looked into her big, round, watery eyes and subconsciously retorted.
"Hahaha, you dare to laugh at me? If you didn't have a boyfriend in your youth, it means you've never had a girlfriend either. We're in the same boat. What right do you have to laugh at me?" Song Tantan put her hands on her hips, her face full of smugness.
"...This matter is settled, let's turn the page. It's my fault. You can play by yourself. I'm going to check if Uncle has woken up yet." Ye Moxun said this and left in a hurry. He didn't know why he always couldn't help but provoke Song Tantan with his words, but reason told him that if he kept talking nonsense, he would really be out of food in the future.
He still needs Song Tantan's help, so he has to be careful not to really provoke her, or he'll end up losing more than he gains.
Song Tantan hadn't seen Song Zhuiyan return and found it strange, so she went out to look for her. On the way, she met Zhu Xiu and asked her if she had seen her aunt.
"I didn't see it. When we were gathering firewood, we also looked for water. We circled around the mountain for a long time but couldn't find a water source. Without water, we can't cook rice, so we can only fry rice." After saying that, Zhu Xiu went back to her lodgings, covered in sweat.
"That's right, water is more important than food," Song Tantan slapped her head, realizing she had forgotten about that.
The village wells had all dried up, so she couldn't fill them with water. She had to find somewhere else. She looked at the blazing sun that was already beginning to set in the west, and then at the mountains not far away. She sighed heavily, "The task ahead is arduous and the road is long."
"Auntie, where are you? Come quick! I found water! There's water here!" A little person climbed up a tree, put their hands to their mouth like a megaphone, and shouted with all their might. Their sweet voice echoed throughout the mountain.
Song Zhuiyan was just worried about not finding a chance to escape when the four children followed her closely, saying they wanted to find water with her and help her gather firewood. This made it impossible for her to find Tantan to give her water. Fortunately, Tantan solved the problem in time.
"Tantan found water, let's go check it out." Song Zhuiyan, carrying a bundle of firewood on her back, took a long stride and darted more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye, successfully shaking off the few little tails.
"Ah Zhu, does the heroine look down on us?" She ran so fast, as if she was hiding from something.
Ah Zhu, who is eleven years old this year and the oldest among the children, scratched his head and said uncertainly, "Probably not? They're probably just too happy to hear that water has been found, so they're rushing over to check it out too." If they're too late, the water might be all gone.
Song Tantan put the water in a crevice in the rocks, which was located halfway up the mountain from the village. After turning off and walking a few dozen meters further, Song Zhuiyan walked back, and it took her about 15 minutes to get there.
"The sound is nearby, but it's actually quite far away. I'm exhausted." Song Zhuiyan sat casually next to Song Tantan, sitting on a huge rock with a crevice next to her, from which water was bubbling out.
The crack in the rock was small, but you could clearly see a pool the size of a water vat inside. What was amazing was that it was a stone pool with a slightly steep slope. When water was put in, it slowly gushed out. At that moment, the water that gushed out was being collected in a bamboo bucket and poured into a wooden bucket.
The wooden barrel was placed in the space by Song Tantan beforehand, and then taken out.
Song Tantan gave Song Zhuiyan a bottle of mineral water to drink. Just as the latter finished drinking, the four children came over. Song Tantan quickly threw the empty bottle back into her spatial storage.
"There's water! There's water!" the four children shouted, and without saying a word, they rushed to drink the water. The one who won the first shoveled his head into the bucket and gulped it down like a water buffalo.
"It's my turn to drink, you'd better make way." The group of four drank the water directly from the bucket, having been thirsty and hungry for so long. They finished half a bucket of water before they were done.
Before long, the others arrived. Song Zhuiyan symbolically carried half a bucket of water and then left with Song Tantan, reminding everyone before she left.
“Line up to get water. There’s only a little water left on the whole mountain. If you grab it and spill it all, you’ll die of thirst.”
"Heroine, this is a spring, right? The water inside should be enough for us to drink for several days," Zhu Xiu said with a smile.
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