Chapter 5 005. Can you have two babies in three years?
Zhou Yi: “…”
For some reason, he seemed to be scolded by Lei Li, although Lei Li didn't say a word.
Zhou Yi hesitated and said, "...Do you use soap nuts to wash clothes? I can't find any. Should we go to the river to wash these clothes or fetch water to wash them?"
"Who has the energy to fetch water to wash?" Lei Li glanced at him. "Why are you asking about the soap tree? Are you going to wash the clothes, or do you want me to do it?"
"Brother Li."
Liu Ye'er, her mother, pulled Lei Li's arm, signaling him to be quiet, and then said to Zhou Yi with a smile, "It's in the river at the east end of the village. The soapberry is in the corner of the kitchen window."
Lei Liu pointed to the location, and when Zhou Yizhen went to get it, she stopped him and said that it was not good for a man to wash clothes like a woman, as he would be laughed at.
"It's okay, make them laugh."
Zhou Yi can't sit still.
In his previous life, whether in school or in the military camp, he was always the hardworking model in the dormitory, washing clothes, socks, tidying up things, mending tears, and also helping his roommates and teammates.
Although he is now marrying into the family, he cannot just eat and drink for free every day without working. Moreover, Lei Li's family is not rich, and can even be said to be a well-known poor family in the village.
A long-sick father, a frail mother, a tall brother, and a shabby thatched house that is so poor that it makes the walls clang.
Playing a single card is a burden, but Lei Li can stack up the buffs directly.
——But no matter how poor he was, he was not as poor as Zhou Yi. He didn’t have a penny on him. He was picked up and saved by Lei Li. He was still wearing clothes and had a crew cut.
Liu Ye'er wanted to say something but stopped herself.
In fact, there was another reason she didn't mention.
The river for washing clothes is the same as the village entrance, both of which are the village’s intelligence stations, and...her son Li Ge’er does not have a very good reputation in the village.
Zhou Yi probably went to do some laundry. Even Lei Li knew how many times he wet the bed when he was a child. How could Liu Yeer dare to let him go? What if the brother-in-law who finally came ran away?
Really ran away.
Lei Li pulled Zhou Yi and ran away, clutching a handful of soap nuts in his hand. "Zhou Yi and I will go wash them. Mom, you stay home and do the work in the fields when I come back."
"Brother Li, have breakfast before leaving..."
“Come back and eat later!”
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The village where Lei Li lives is called Sanlihe Village.
It was built along the Sanli River. Villagers usually use water from this river to wash clothes and vegetables, carry water to water the vegetables, and divert water to irrigate the fields.
There's a place in Sanli River where the rocks are large and flat, and the water flows clear and not too fast. Every morning, the women and husbands of the village go to the river to wash clothes.
They occupied a large rock in groups of three or four, and rubbed their clothes vigorously with soapberry ash when they got them wet.
Just rubbing is not enough, it's too boring.
These wives and husbands would gossip about the latest quarrels, such as which boy got into trouble again, which boy reached marriageable age again, and which new bride had a quarrel with her mother-in-law again.
These are not important now. The latest topic is naturally the poor Lei family.
The twenty-year-old unmarried old man - Lei Li found a live-in son-in-law, a wild man of unknown origin whom he picked up on the roadside in the mountains.
This is so exciting.
It can be chewed over for several years before there is anything new and explosive.
"Brother Li didn't even prepare a wedding banquet, and got married quietly. Do you think he was afraid that the man would go back on his word and run away?"
"Of course he is... Isn't he working outside moving goods? He's also going from village to village slaughtering pigs. Who is this guy so fierce? Maybe he was kidnapped..."
"I've seen that guy before. He's tall and fierce, and he doesn't look like a good guy. This morning, when he went to fetch water, he even scared my Tiger Boy to tears. He doesn't look like someone that Li Ge'er would rob."
All these words fell into the ears of Zhou Yi and Lei Li who had just arrived.
But they were some distance away, and those gossipers didn't see them and were still talking and speculating, mocking and laughing, which was unbearable to listen to.
Zhou Yi frowned: "Aren't you angry? They are speculating about you so maliciously."
"I'm used to it."
Lei Li didn't feel the slightest bit upset. Instead, he wanted to go up and slap each of them in the face. If he slapped them enough, no one would dare to complain anymore.
Anyway, he who is barefoot is not afraid of those who wear shoes.
Lei Li glanced at Zhou Yi and said, "You've been educated? You speak so elegantly. What's the point of testing your malice? It's just a few bad words. It won't hurt you."
"Isn't verbal violence just like grinding meat with a blunt knife?"
“……?”
Lei Li didn't quite understand.
It’s okay if you don’t understand, just do it.
Lei Li boldly brought her newly captured husband into the laundry room. The husband and his wife, who had been bustling like a market, suddenly shut up and lowered their heads and frowned like quails.
There was also someone who greeted Lei Li with a shy smile, "Brother Li, why are you here so late this morning?"
"Auntie, you're up pretty late. It's almost noon and you're still washing clothes. Did you eavesdrop on the gossip last night, or did you get up early to slack off by the river?"
Lei Li smiled with a fake smile.
My aunt couldn't laugh anymore.
There weren't many people washing clothes at noon, and the reason they stayed until now was because Lei Li's story was too exciting and they got so excited talking about it that they were caught by the real person. How could they have the nerve to stay any longer?
Those who were talkative washed quickly and left.
Zhou Yi was confused and asked Lei Li, "Why are they so afraid of you?"
Lei Li glanced at him.
"Aren't you afraid of me too?"
"I'm not afraid of you."
"If you weren't afraid that I would castrate you, you would have run away long ago."
“…”
Zhou Yi choked and said, "I have no household registration, no money, and I don't know where to go if I run away. If you want to fight seriously, you probably can't beat me."
Zhou Yi had been a soldier for ten years and was no less strong than Lei Li. If he couldn't subdue Lei Li, his ten years of service would have been in vain.
"boast."
Lei Li glanced at his lower body and said, "You really can beat me. When I took off your pants last night, you screamed so loudly?"
"…I'm talking about a serious fight."
"Is that the kind of spanking you're talking about? The kind that can give birth to two pups in three years?"
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