Chapter 61 Did things go wrong that night?
Wang Yuqing paused while washing the dishes.
She wondered how there could be such a good man in the world, and she also wondered who his beloved wife was in his previous life. She was so envious of him.
Ji Xuening was also surprised at why he suddenly said those words, because they weren't spoken out of a sense of responsibility, but simply because he wanted to give her a good life.
He had never felt this way before. Even though he knew from childhood that he and she were betrothed, he simply listened to his grandfather and believed that as long as she was good to his family, he would not treat her badly.
Wang Yuqing turned around and gave him a sweet smile: "Okay, I've been waiting." She really was waiting; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so eager to come back.
Ji Xuening's eyes held a gentle yet firm light: "Yes, wait for me."
Wang Yuqing didn't know why she felt inexplicably warm and sweet inside, as if someone had confessed their love to her and promised her a future together. However, the person in front of her was clearly fulfilling Grandpa Ji's last wish.
She tried not to overthink it, quickly washed the dishes, and went back to her room to sleep.
She barely slept that night, constantly looking out the window at the sky, afraid of oversleeping. She even felt a little irritable, wishing she had a cell phone or an alarm clock.
The next day, when she got up, she saw the clock on the wall of the main room read five o'clock. Luckily, she hadn't overslept.
Next, she went to the kitchen to get busy. Unexpectedly, Ji Xuening also got up and took the initiative to sit in front of the stove to start a fire.
The two of them didn't exchange a word and each went about their own work.
Ji Xuening didn't sleep much last night either, because her stomach was very uncomfortable, and she was also worried that Wang Yuqing would be too busy and tired by herself in the morning.
Wang Yuqing was very satisfied with the snails she was making. She added more oil and even cooked them with white wine, making them absolutely perfect.
She ladled the snails out of the pot and gave them to Ji Xuening to try first. She said, "Try it, isn't it even better than yesterday? I added a little more oil and white wine today."
Ji Xuening still felt a burning sensation in his stomach. He looked up at Wang Yuqing's happy and excited smile and couldn't refuse. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll try it."
Wang Yuqing used a bamboo skewer to pick out some meat and held it to his mouth, her eyes bright and clear: "Here, if it's not spicy enough, tell me."
Ji Xuening paused for a few seconds, then opened her mouth and ate the snail meat, saying, "Delicious, spicy enough." It was indeed spicy enough; her tongue felt burning as soon as she ate it.
Wang Yuqing's face was filled with a satisfied smile: "That's good, it's all done!"
Ji Xuening, however, kept staring blankly at Wang Yuqing. He felt that Wang Yuqing's smile was... well, what word could it be? Anyway, it was quite captivating.
Wang Yuqing then poured two large pots of snails into a steamer, lined it with a cloth, covered it with a lid, and then asked Ji Xuening to help tie it to the bicycle.
Then they picked up bamboo skewers, kraft paper, a scale, a snakeskin bag, and a spoon.
She sighed, hands on her hips: "Hmm, not bad, hopefully we can sell them all."
Ji Xuening didn't know what to say, and after a long while, she managed to utter a single word: "Hmm."
When Wang Yuqing left, Ji Xuening insisted on seeing her off, but Wang Yuqing refused and told him to go back and sleep a little longer.
Ji Xuening didn't sleep; instead, she sat by the door and continued making wooden stools.
Wang Yuqing pushed her bicycle past Lei Yongxia's door. Lei Yongxia was also up and waiting. Smelling the aroma, she smacked her lips and said, "Tsk tsk, I was a little sleepy, but this aroma has made me feel awake. It smells even better than yesterday."
Wang Yuqing scooped some out and put it in a piece of kraft paper: "Try it quickly, isn't it even better than last night's?"
Lei Yongxia chuckled and said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
She tried one and gave a thumbs up: "Mmm, not bad, not bad, so delicious! It's spicy enough, I really enjoyed it, but people who don't like spicy food definitely won't like it."
She then asked, "Won't everything get cold by the time you get to the county market?"
Wang Yuqing said, "Isn't it summer now? It's okay if it gets cold. In fact, snails taste even better when they're cold."
Lei Yongxia ate a few but couldn't bear to eat them all, so she quickly sent them back inside and then came out embarrassed.
Just then, Lei Yongxia's son, Lei Jun, needed to help the brigade buy things in the county town, so they hitched a ride, and loaded their bicycles and snails onto the vehicle.
Chen E boarded the tractor later. Seeing Lei Yongxia and Wang Yuqing chatting and laughing, she stood beside them with her arms crossed, occasionally letting out a soft hum.
Lei Yongxia teased, "Qing'er, have you and your fourth brother... you know?"
She tapped her two thumbs together.
Wang Yuqing was quite surprised. She glanced around and whispered, "Aunt Lei, why are you asking that? Of course not. If it were, and someone reported us, we'd be finished."
Lei Yongxia also lowered her voice: "It's fine as long as it's not out in the open. If someone reports it, that's just pure despicable. Look at you, you haven't even done 'that' with her yet?"
Wang Yuqing lowered her head, her face slightly flushed: "No."
Lei Yongxia stared at Wang Yuqing for a while, then clicked her tongue and said, "I've noticed that you've gotten quite plump since you came to the Ji family a few days ago, and your complexion is much better. You look so radiant, I'm even tempted by you. Why isn't Ji Laosi tempted? Is he impotent?"
Wang Yuqing's eyes widened as she recalled Ji Xuening, who was bursting with hormones and incredibly sexy. How could he not be good?
She gave an awkward smile: "It shouldn't... be... not possible, right?"
Lei Yongxia nudged Wang Yuqing with her elbow: "So you're hiding it from your auntie, aren't you? Did you really not do anything last night? You're all so young, and Grandma's not home, so you didn't get carried away? You have no idea how many girls in our brigade and other brigades have their eyes on your man."
"Tell me about your husband. Standing in the middle of a group of men, he makes the people next to him look like Tian Gen (a character from a Chinese novel).
Wang Yuqing was quite shocked. She never expected that rural women in this era would use such crude language, and say it so directly.
Chen E chimed in with disdain, "Thunderstorm, Yu Qing is still a young woman, why is she asking this? Does she think she's some shameless old woman like you?"
Upon hearing this, Lei Yongxia glared at Chen E and said, "You little moth, who said you're a shameless old woman? I was chatting with Qing'er, what are you doing interrupting? What's wrong with me asking a question? Haven't you ever experienced anything like this before?"
Chen E blushed and glared at her: "Thunderstorm, you dung beetle yawning, don't let your mouth stink, what you're saying is suffocating."
Upon hearing this, Lei Yongxia deliberately breathed on Chen E repeatedly, saying, "Do I have a foul mouth? I'll make you stink to death."
The two people behind them started arguing, and Wang Yuqing originally wanted to mediate, but the two of them started cursing at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Several more women and children got on, making the car crowded.
The women all asked, "Xiao Wang, can you really sell this for money? Don't lie to us. Who would buy it? They're everywhere. We don't even glance at them normally."
Wang Yuqing said, "It can be sold."
The women exchanged glances, each with a mocking expression. One of them, an unmarried woman, said sarcastically, "You city folk really eat everything. Putting aside whether this is even edible, I can smell how much oil you put in. Tsk tsk, what a waste! The money from selling it won't even cover the cost of the oil, haha."
The woman continued, "Isn't your family so poor you can't even afford to eat? Your grandma even got poisoned from digging up wild vegetables, and you're still so extravagant? What on earth is Ji Xuening thinking...?"
Wang Yuqing originally wanted to give her a good scolding, but she didn't need to do anything. Lei Yongxia and Chen E actually joined forces to scold her until she cried and got off the bus halfway.
Wang Yuqing: "..."
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