Chapter 44: Bringing Little Tang Yuan to Meet Grandpa and Grandma

The little episode at the door was not even worthy of Fu Zhengtu's mention.

If he didn't ask, Su Taotao naturally wouldn't bring it up, as if Xia Xiyin had never been there.

Chenchen had just eaten some food in the hotel and was feeling a little sleepy, so Fu Zhengtu carried him to the room to sleep.

Fu Zhengtu found that the little boy had very long eyelashes, especially when he closed his eyes, they were like two rows of dense little fans covering the entire lower eyelid. His chubby little face was white and tender. When he was asleep, his two little hands were raised beside his chubby little face, and his pink little mouth twitched from time to time, looking pretty and cute. Fu Zhengtu could still see a little bit of his mother's shadow in him.

She looks like this when she is asleep.

Fu Zhengtu scratched the child's face with his slender index finger, and his heart softened.

When I came out of the room, Su Taotao was lighting a fire in the kitchen.

Lighting a fire was probably her weak point. As she was putting the firewood on the stove, she puffed up her cheeks and blew into the stove. The way her white little fat cheeks were puffed up looked exactly like dust. The whole kitchen was already filled with thick smoke, but the fire was not even lit.

"Let me do it." Fu Zhengtu took the blowpipe from her hand.

Su Taotao's throat was steaming, and she was about to burst into tears and snot. She ran to the door to get some fresh air, and coughed for a long time before she recovered. She complained, "This stove only knows how to bully me. Xiaohang can light it up immediately, but I can't light it every time after trying for a long time."

Fu Zhengtu lit the fire in no time, opened the window as wide as possible, and found a palm-leaf fan to blow out the smoke. When the smoke in the kitchen had almost dissipated, he said, "Come in."

Su Taotao wrinkled her nose and walked into the kitchen reluctantly. The worst thing about this era was that there was no natural gas and no range hood. It was true that she liked cooking, but it was not summer yet. Cooking a meal in the kitchen was like swimming. She didn't know what to do when summer came.

"Come here." Fu Zhengtu said again.

"What are you doing?" There was only a small space between the stove and the wall, and even Fu Zhengtu, who was over 1.8 meters tall, was already crowded when he stood inside, making it seem particularly cramped.

Fu Zhengtu leaned against the wall to make way for him, and raised his chin towards the small bench in front of the stove: "I'll teach you how to make a fire."

Su Taotao walked over and sat on the only small bench.

Fu Zhengtu leaned down and almost held Su Taotao in his arms.

Fu Zhengtu demonstrated in another stove: "The ashes in the stove must be cleaned first, the firewood is placed in a grid, a handful of pine needles are stuffed in the middle, and then the ignition fuse is placed under the pine needles. After a while, it will burn automatically."

Fu Zhengtu's breath was right beside Su Taotao's ear. Maybe because he had smoked a few cigarettes at the door of the state-owned hotel, his originally pure breath had a hint of cigarette smell, which was pleasant and ambiguous.

Su Taotao's ears felt soft and hot. After all, they had just spent two days having shameless sex, so her emotions were easily aroused.

She quietly moved her chair aside.

"Get it?" A steady and clear voice sounded.

Fu Zhengtu turned his head to look over, and Su Taotao also turned her head to look in his direction. The distance between their lips was less than one centimeter, and they were about to kiss...

Su Taotao subconsciously tilted her head back. The center of gravity of the small stool was not very stable and her butt was about to touch the ground. Fu Zhengtu put his hand under her armpit, circled her slender waist, and pulled her back, and their lips naturally touched.

Su Taotao was startled and tried to hide.

Instinctively, Fu Zhengtu tightened his hands around her slender waist and leaned over her to swallow her breath.

Su Taotao could only close her eyes, tilt her head back and endure it.

In the cramped space, the saliva of each other was exchanged, and the sparks in the stove occasionally crackled, as if applauding and cheering for this unexpected intimacy.

Fu Zhengtu was careful not to let the kiss last too long. When their lips parted, his breathing was still steady, but Su Taotao had already collapsed into his arms, rubbing her neck with one hand. She didn't care about her blushing face or pretending, and glared at him: "Your neck is sore."

The voice is so charming.

Seeing this glare full of affection in Fu Zhengtu's eyes, he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss the corner of her lips, then silently took over her hand to massage her neck.

It was a rare moment of warmth. Neither of them spoke. Even though they were sweating profusely, they did not leave this cramped space. After their necks felt more comfortable, Su Taotao began to direct Fu Zhengtu to do his work.

"Go and wash the pig's intestines." Su Taotao loves to eat pig offal, but is afraid of washing it, so Zhou Linglan usually washes it after she buys it back.

She originally thought Fu Zhengtu would refuse, but unexpectedly he took it aside to wash without saying a word.

Su Taotao stuffed a clove of garlic into the vermicelli and told him, "Don't wash off the vermicelli. Just clean it out. Then cut it into the length of your finger and make a circle of cuts on the back. Don't cut the fat here. Can you do it?"

There will only be two adults at the base. Although Fu Yuanhang is very capable, he still has to go to school and help take care of Chenchen. If all the housework is put on her alone, she will be exhausted. So she must let Fu Zhengtu know that the home belongs to them. Even if he is earning money to support the family, he can't just act like a big boss when he gets home from get off work and do nothing.

Fortunately, although Fu Zhengtu looks unconnected to the real world, he is actually a good worker.

After washing the intestines, he cut them more accurately than Xiao Ding from the state-owned hotel, using facts to prove whether he could do it.

When Su Taotao saw his hands with distinct veins holding the knife, she was actually more nervous than he was. She couldn't help but tell him, "Your hands are for experiments. Be careful when you use the knife. Don't hurt yourself."

Fu Zhengtu nodded: "I will."

The next step was easy. Su Taotao ordered him around, asking him to rinse the pot and blanch the food, to use a spatula to stir-fry, and to cut onions and chop garlic. In short, she basically just waved her palm-leaf fan and moved her mouth during the meal, while Fu Zhengtu did all the work.

But even so, she was still sweating from exhaustion.

Su Taotao waved a palm-leaf fan while asking Fu Zhengtu, "Is it hot in the base? Are there electric fans?"

Fu Zhengtu thought for a moment and said, "It's surrounded by the sea on three sides and it rains often. It's not as hot as here. There are electric fans in the laboratory, but not at home."

Su Taotao asked again: "Can I buy one from that store? It's too hot, I really can't stand it."

There is no way that the countryside has no electricity, but there is electricity at the base, and she doesn't want to let herself suffer.

Fu Zhengtu nodded: "There should be a fan ticket in the ticket I gave you. If you don't have it, you can exchange it and buy it." ×|

Su Taotao smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to life at the base. So what else should we bring with us besides clothes and bedding?"

Fu Zhengtu said: "Just bring clothes, and only bring bedding for the long voyage. You can buy other daily necessities when you get there."

Su Taotao couldn't agree more and kept nodding: "The quilts at home are hard and heavy, and I also find it very troublesome, but isn't it convenient for us to have a car?"

Fu Zhengtu: "The car has to be returned to the city and then the train can be taken."

"Ah~~" Su Taotao bit her lip, "I thought we could drive directly to the base. Things have to be simplified again and again."

Su Taotao counted on her fingers again: "There are milk powder tickets in the ticket you gave me. I was thinking about whether I should buy it and bring it with me. Fortunately, I didn't buy it. In fact, I also wanted to bring some dried goods that my mother dried and the pickled vegetables that my mother pickled are also delicious. It seems that I can't bring them.

You can’t bring Chenchen’s wooden horse either, but you have to bring Chenchen’s quilt. He has to hold it when he goes to sleep at night, and he’ll cry if he can’t find it. You can’t bring all the storybooks either, so don’t bring the ones that Xiaohang can memorize…”

As she was reciting, Zhou Linglan and Fu Yuanhang arrived home.

Su Taotao asked Fu Yuanhang to wake up Chenchen to eat.

Even when it was time for dinner, she was still discussing with the two children seriously about what could be brought to the base and what could not be brought.

Zhou Linglan occasionally interrupted and gave some suggestions.

Fu Zhengtu ate the delicious meal, listened quietly to his wife's mumbling and his family's soft voices, and was looking forward to the life he would experience when he returned home.

When they were almost done eating, Fu Zhengtu suddenly said, "Mom, please prepare some more dry goods. We will take Chenchen to meet grandpa and grandma on the way this time."

Su Taotao didn't react for a moment to who the grandparents Fu Zhengtu was talking about were.

Zhou Linglan asked her excitedly, "Does Taotao want to say hello to her family first?"

You know, the daughter-in-law hasn't been home once in the past few years since she got married. Even if she doesn't say it, you know that there must be conflicts with her family. A girl from the city who marries to the countryside to suffer is interesting to anyone who cares about a girl. Her son has never met his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and Chenchen has never met his grandparents even though he grew up. It is hard for Zhou Linglan not to be excited.

Su Taotao bit the end of her chopsticks and blinked. What road? What grandparents? Who were she saying hello to?