Yin Xiaoman washed Dabao's hair with hot water as quickly as possible, and then cleaned both children.
Even so, she was still worried, so she boiled some water with ginger and scallions and forced the two little ones to drink it.
Even though sugar was added, the water was still spicy and choking. But seeing that their mother had a stern face, the brother and sister didn't dare to say anything. They just drank it obediently with bitter faces.
After drinking, Yin Xiaoman drove him back to bed like a chicken.
Looking at the backs of his wife and children walking away, Shen Qingyun felt dizzy and his heart was filled with joy.
Seeing that the kitchen door was closed, he did not dare to force his way in, so he had to fetch water from the well and wash himself clean.
After washing, I found that the door was still not open, so I went to the window and looked inside.
As a result, he saw the two children being forced to pour ginger soup into their mouths. His wife's face was stern, and he felt a pang in his heart even though he was so far away.
This is really infuriating.
He rubbed his eyebrows in frustration.
In fact, after he came to his senses, he already knew why his wife was angry. Even now, Shen Qingyun still feels that it is just washing his hair with cold water and it is not worth making a fuss about.
But he didn't dare say it.
Alas, how could he forget that the wife he married has always been precious?
But her preciousness is not only for herself and her children, but also for him, isn't it the same?
Think about the meals we have every day, think about the hot water and soup that are always available...
When Shen Qingyun thought that from now on, he would become someone that people cared about, he felt fulfilled in his heart.
Knowing that Yin Xiaoman was angry at the moment, Shen Qingyun wisely did not go near her.
He obediently returned to the bedroom, pulled back the quilt, and thought that he would push Dabao into it to sleep for the night, and he thought that everything would be fine when he woke up tomorrow morning.
By then, the daughter-in-law's anger will definitely subside.
As a result, when he finished packing and was ready to call Dabao back to his room, he found that there was no one in the kitchen and even the door of the bedroom next door was closed tightly.
So, the mother and her two daughters have excluded him?
Standing in the living room, Shen Qingyun scratched his head with a wry smile and had to go back to the bedroom.
It is still early now, and thinking about the upcoming competition, Shen Qingyun opened the drawer and prepared to take out paper and pen to write down the next training plan.
As a result, I saw the passbook and money on the outermost layer of the drawer at a glance.
Shen Qingyun couldn't help but be stunned.
He took the things out.
Only then did they realize that Yin Xiaoman had already taken away all the living expenses and coupons needed for this month, but had not touched a penny other than that.
Looking at the neatly stacked pile of banknotes, and recalling the indifferent look in his wife's eyes when she faced him, Shen Qingyun's heart, which had been flying in the air, fell back to earth again.
He suddenly realized that everything that happened before might have been due to him overthinking and deceiving himself.
The girl was very clear about their separation from him and had no intention of living with him at home for a long time.
Yin Xiaoman was really furious at that time and had no idea why he did such a thing.
After returning to the room and watching the two children fall asleep, she was so embarrassed when she recalled the scene that she wished she could crawl under the bed!
She didn't dare to recall or think about her extremely stupid behavior. But even if she closed her eyes tightly, the man's silly smile was still swaying back and forth in front of her eyes, and she couldn't get rid of it.
Yin Xiaoman didn't sleep well all night, but she woke up immediately when the wake-up call sounded in the morning.
Lying in bed, she struggled for a long time, wondering whether she should get up or not.
But when she thought about meeting Shen Qingyun when she went out, she felt so embarrassed that she felt like she was about to explode, and she really couldn't muster up the courage to open the door.
Staying in the house, she heard the rustling sounds of people washing outside gradually being replaced by the sound of trot. She then breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the slight sound of the courtyard door opening outside.
Yin Xiaoman opened the door and went out to prepare breakfast, but from a distance she saw a note placed in the most conspicuous place on the table in the living room.
He picked it up and saw that it was left by Shen Qingyun. It said that they were very busy with training these days and might not be able to make it home for dinner, so he told them to eat their own food and not to worry about him.
Looking at the note, Yin Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she felt a little uneasy in her heart, thinking that everything was too coincidental.
If he was so busy, why didn't he tell me about it during dinner yesterday?
"Mom, I'll go light the fire."
Just when Yin Xiaoman was holding the note feeling a little anxious, Dabao came out of the house rubbing his eyes.
Seeing his open collar, Yin Xiaoman frowned: "Hurry up and put on your clothes, don't get cold again."
After saying that, he reached out and pulled his clothes for him.
With this interruption, she put the matter of the note aside.
As expected, Shen Qingyun did not come back for breakfast.
The three of us naturally ate very quickly.
After cleaning up and looking at the weather outside, Yin Xiaoman decided to go to the place where Uncle Li had told her about going to the beach.
She calculated the date and found that the low tide would be in the morning, so she would be able to catch it if she went out now.
She originally wanted to leave the little ones at Cui Yan's house for a while, but when they heard that she was going to catch seafood, the two children insisted on going with her.
Dabao even swore to her with great confidence that he had followed his father to go to the sea when he was a little kid, and he was very familiar with the place.
Yin Xiaoman was pestered by them so much that he had no choice but to take everything with him.
What she didn't expect was that Dabao really didn't lie and he actually knew a lot about sea fishing.
Even before going out, he reminded Yin Xiaoman to bring salt.
It surprised her a lot.
The beach that Lao Li told them about was not very far away, but they had to pass a reef and the road was very difficult to walk on. If they were not careful, they might get their toes cut by sharp stones or shells.
Fortunately, it is winter now and everyone is wearing thick shoes.
Yin Xiaoman carried Erniu on his back, and Dabao held the fish basket that he had not yet returned to Uncle Li. The three of them walked carefully, and it took them more than ten minutes to finally cross the rocky beach.
After passing the rocky beach, there is a relatively flat beach.
The sand in Haicheng is very fine and golden in color. Under the warm sun, it seems to reflect fine light, which looks very beautiful.
It is much more beautiful than the beach in Yin Xiaoman’s hometown in his memory.
Dabao and Erniu grew up here, so even though they left for a while, they still feel familiar with the place.
At this moment, they could not feel the surprise in Yin Xiaoman's heart. As soon as they arrived here, the two of them suddenly became lively like little animals returning to their home.
Without waiting for Yin Xiaoman's instructions, Dabao took out the coarse salt that he had specially packed in his pocket, bent down and began to search on the beach.
When you see a suitable hole, you skillfully sprinkle fine salt into it, then take out a small shovel and start digging quickly.
Even though Erniu was young, she was not timid at all.
Just as Yin Xiaoman was still gazing at the blue water, she heard two children laughing in surprise. Then she saw Erniu running towards her with her hands raised high, shouting, "Mom, clams! Look, I caught them. They're so big!"
Yin Xiaoman was immediately cheered up!
She quickly collected her thoughts and ran to Dabao with Erniu.
Seeing her coming, Dabao narrowed his eyes and waved at her with his hands full of sand, saying with a boastful look: "Mom, there are so many here!"
Yin Xiaoman rubbed his head in appreciation, then quickly took out some fine salt from his bag and joined them in catching clams.
There are not many people at the seaside at this time. It may be because this kind of shellfish is not filling to eat and is troublesome to cook, so it is not really attractive to people living here.
Occasionally there are a few, mostly concentrated on the other side of the beach.
Looking from their direction, they could vaguely see a few small boats docked there.
"They went fishing before daybreak and are now back. Some people in our village used to do the same thing."
Seeing his mother looking over there, Dabao explained in a low voice beside him.
Yin Xiaoman nodded.
She actually knew all this. Cui Yan told her a lot yesterday.
Although everything is now nationalized, fishermen still rely on the weather for their livelihood. No one can tell how much fish we catch every day.
Therefore, some people secretly use obsolete broken boats to go fishing near the coast to supplement their lives. As long as it is not too extreme, no one will generally pursue it.
Just like Uncle Li, whom Cui Yan took her to see. As the head of the village, didn’t he also secretly catch fish to sell?
It's just that the government won't investigate unless the people report it.
However, Yin Xiaoman really doesn’t worry about such things. Her personality means that she won’t be the kind of person who would pay attention to other people’s lives.
At this moment, her attention was all on how to find more delicious food.
"Mom, there are a lot of seaweed over there, I'll go pick them up!"
Erniu was young and unstable. When she saw her mother and brother bending over to dig sand and pick clams, she lost interest after a while.
Then the little head turned to the green sea cabbage sinking on the beach in the shallow water.
After yelling, the little girl stood up and tried to run without waiting for the adults to reply, but Yin Xiaoman grabbed her and said, "No!"
Erniu was stunned, obviously not expecting her actions to be stopped. She stood there with her little mouth pouting, feeling extremely aggrieved.
"Stay there and don't move!" Yin Xiaoman didn't explain, but glared at his daughter until she got scared and squatted beside her brother, then he turned around and continued doing his own things.
There were sea lettuce in the water, so she had naturally seen it a long time ago.
But it is winter now, and even though the water here is not too cold, she doesn't want to let the children go into the water.
She was already very content just digging for clams, looking for shells and picking up jellyfish on the beach, so there was really no need for her to go into the sea.
Looking at the seaweed floating in the shallow sea and the rocky beaches not far away, a hint of regret flashed in Yin Xiaoman's eyes.
There must be a lot of good things under those rocks. At the very least, there will always be a few conchs and crabs.
If it weren't for the serious illness she had when she went into the water in the previous winter, which left a deep shadow in Yin Xiaoman's heart, she felt that she might not be able to resist the temptation and might have gone there in person long ago.
"Alas!" She let out a long sigh from the depths of her soul.
Maybe her resentment was so deep that even Dabao could see it.
The little guy hesitated for a moment, then rubbed against her side and said, "Mom, there are rubber shoes under the bed in my dad's room."
"Rubber shoes?" Yin Xiaoman raised his eyebrows and asked back a little puzzled.
Dabao knew that his mother didn’t understand. He also knew that there were many common things that his mother didn’t know or had never seen.
But he was smart and knew that his mother didn't want others to find out, so he would never tell anyone.
He just patiently explained to Yin Xiaoman: "It's black, high-top, and made of rubber. It's waterproof, so water can't get in when you wear it."
He talked and gestured for a long time, and Yin Xiaoman suddenly remembered that she seemed to see a pair of shoes next to the wooden basin at Uncle Li's house that day.
But at that time she didn't know what it was used for.
When she thought that she had a pair of such at home, her eyes suddenly lit up!
Although he did not go into the sea, the harvest still exceeded Yin Xiaoman's expectations.
Not only did they catch a lot of clams, they also picked up a few jellyfish that were brought to the beach by the sea, as well as lots and lots of crabs the size of a fingertip.
There were so many crabs on the beach that when Yin Xiaoman said she wanted to catch them, even Dabao gave her a look of disgust.
Yin Xiaoman curled the corners of his lips, reached out and pressed the little guy's head, but did not explain.
How can a child understand the deliciousness of drunken crab?
It was almost noon when they got home. Even though Shen Qingyun had left a note saying that she might not come back for lunch, Yin Xiaoman still prepared lunch carefully.
And that person did not come back.
In the evening, she took out the soaked jellyfish, cut it into shreds, blanched it, then sprinkled it with fine salt and vinegar, mixed it with shredded cabbage, and finally poured it with hot oil fried with peppercorns.
That fragrance can be smelled even from a long distance...
But Shen Qingyun still didn't come back for dinner.
At night, after sending the two children back to their rooms to sleep, Yin Xiaoman sat on a small stool in the middle of the living room, patiently washing the small crabs he had caught in the morning one by one.
The key to eating crabs is their freshness. They cannot be kept for a long time. Once they are dead, they are completely inedible.
So she had to clean it all up tonight.
The crabs were so small that washing them one by one was not an easy job. It took several hours. By the time they were all cleaned up, Yin Xiaoman felt that his entire back was stiff.
She tried to stand up from the stool, but she lost her balance and nearly fell down!
"careful!"
Just as she reached out to grab something in panic, her arm was supported by a big warm hand.
The hand was very strong, and the moment it touched her, Yin Xiaoman's heart suddenly calmed down.
She subconsciously grabbed Shen Qingyun's arm tightly with her backhand, and held it very tightly, and did not let go until the dizziness in her head passed.
She raised her head and was about to say "thank you", but what she saw was Shen Qingyun's frown.
"What are you doing so late at night?"
The man glanced at the empty basin on the ground and the pottery jar next to it, and rebuked with a look of disapproval.
The gratitude in Yin Xiaoman's eyes disappeared in an instant.
She took a step back and replied calmly, "It's okay," then bent down to pick up the pottery jar.
Before she could reach out her hand, Shen Qingyun had already stepped forward, picked up the pottery jar and placed it on the table beside her.
"What is this?" He looked inside curiously.
This glance made him frown again, and he subconsciously took a step back, even rubbing his arms which were covered with sweat.
"Why are you doing this?" He looked at Yin Xiaoman speechlessly, his eyes very complicated.
What he saw about the passbook and the money last night was a huge blow to him and he couldn't sleep the whole night.
Everything that happened during the past few days of contact with Yin Xiaoman replayed in his mind over and over again like a movie.
The more I think about it, the more melancholy I feel.
This feeling is like a child who suddenly gets a big piece of cake, but before he can be happy, the cake is snatched away by someone else. Then the man told him specifically: "The cake is not for you. It was a mistake. You have to return it to the owner..."
That feeling is better than never having it at all.
When Shen Qingyun got up in the morning, he felt a dull headache and an indescribable panic in his heart.
He suddenly found himself a little afraid to face Yin Xiaoman, afraid that she would look at him with those innocent and straightforward eyes and say to him seriously: "I don't mean to be your wife, don't think too much."
Shen Qingyun felt that if this was really the case, he might be unable to hold it in.
So, he hurriedly wrote the note and fled from home like a deserter for the first time.
He spent the whole day in the camp today, making plans, writing reports, and training with the soldiers, keeping himself busy.
Gao Chong helped him to buy all three meals.
Seeing him like this, Qi Feng was very moved. He offered to help him several times, but he was always fooled by making up various excuses.
Even when facing his old friends, he was too embarrassed to express his inner uneasiness.
But even though he was so busy, he was always thinking about this matter, especially at mealtime.
I always subconsciously wonder: "What delicious food did my wife make for lunch?" "Will they mention me?" "Will they leave some food for me?"
Often I’m so absorbed in thinking that I don’t even realize what I’m putting in my mouth.
After writing the report in the evening, he went to check the post again, and even stood at the sentry post with the sentry for a while. This is a common thing for him. When he is busy, it is common for him not to go home for several days.
But today, the more he stood, the more panicked he felt, as if something in his heart was about to burst out.
In the end, he suddenly figured it out - it turned out that he liked his young wife even more than he thought.
There is absolutely no way he would let her go, let alone hand her over to someone for that damn thing called "letting her pursue a better life"!
What is a "better" life? Can’t being with him be “beautiful”?
If not, make it beautiful!
After thinking this through, Shen Qingyun felt relieved all of a sudden.
He knew that if Yin Xiaoman still wanted to go to school, whether it was high school or college, he would still support her and would do his best to help her achieve her wish.
But if you want a divorce, that's not possible.
Call him shameless, impudent, and a bastard...you can say whatever you want, but he will never let go of her hand.
There is no emotion that can be cultivated slowly.
She could accept two children, but Shen Qingyun just didn't believe that he couldn't warm his wife's heart?
After so many years of military service, the most important thing he learned was to be tough, strong and not afraid of losing.
No matter how many difficulties and dangers lie ahead, we must move forward bravely and never shrink back.
In Shen Qingyun's dictionary, words like deserter simply do not exist!
Therefore, even if his wife's heart was like a piece of stone, he was determined to warm her up.
After realizing this, he didn't want to stay in the camp for even a minute longer and ran back home as fast as he could.
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he saw his wife staggering and looking about to fall, which almost gave him a heart attack!
The words of rebuke came out of his mouth.
Seeing that his wife's expression had obviously become cold again, Shen Qingyun wanted to beat himself up.
I just hate myself for being so stupid. !
But it was too late to say anything now, Yin Xiaoman had already picked up the pottery jar as if he didn't exist.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Shen Qingyun quickly reached out and grabbed it: "Where should I put it?"
"Kitchen." Yin Xiaoman didn't compete with him and turned to clean up the wooden basin on the ground.
After taking the things into the kitchen and placing them next to the stove as instructed by his wife, Shen Qingyun had nothing to do.
But he had no intention of leaving and just hung around Yin Xiaoman aimlessly.
Yin Xiaoman was a little confused by him.
Isn’t he angry and has been avoiding me?
What is this doing?
When Yin Xiaoman went into the house to get his rubber shoes in the afternoon, he saw the passbook and money thrown on the table by the man.
She immediately understood the meaning of the note.
When she thought of the man's delighted look when he gave her the money, she rarely felt a little guilty and began to examine whether her behavior had hurt the man's self-esteem and made him feel embarrassed?
She waited until so late at night because she actually wanted to explain something to him.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the door, this person started to scold me without asking any questions.
All the guilt that Yin Xiaoman felt in his heart suddenly disappeared.
She turned her back and began to season the crabs without paying any attention to the man.
Shen Qingyun wandered around for a long time, and finally shamelessly moved behind Yin Xiaoman, leaned over her shoulder, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Crab." Yin Xiaoman didn't even turn his head.
"I know it's crabs. How do you plan to eat these little crabs?"
Shen Qingyun came over with the intention of getting closer to his wife, but he saw her taking out the best rice wine and pouring it into a ceramic jar.
Suddenly my heart ached and I wanted to grab it!
It must have been many years since they last saw wine since the disaster, let alone such good wine, which was obviously brewed from pure grains!
Shen Qingyun opened his mouth several times, but he didn't dare to say anything.
He was still rational at the moment, and knew that the current situation did not allow him to make decisions. No matter how good the rice wine is, it is left by the father-in-law, and it is the daughter-in-law's freedom to use it however she wants.
But smelling the rich aroma of the wine and watching the aged wine gurgling into the ceramic jar containing the little broken crab, he couldn't help but lean his head forward again, taking a deep breath, wanting to smell more of the wine.
Yin Xiaoman had never been so close to anyone before, let alone a man.
Shen Qingyun's chest was pressed tightly against her back, and his warm breath brushed past her ears, making her scalp tingle in an instant.
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