Chapter 59 You haven’t returned yet
"Grandma's dear grandson, are you starving?" Mrs. Liu brought two sugar-watered eggs and looked at the iron eggs with distressed eyes, "Eat quickly, grandma specially put two spoons of sugar in them, they are very sweet."
Tiedan took the bowl and wolfed it down, drinking down every drop of the sugar water.
Chen Guifang secretly curled her lips, Erya would be beaten for eating sweets, Tiedan would have sweetened eggs as soon as he came back, mother was too partial.
She raised her hand and touched Lin Jianshui's arm, and licked her lips in the direction of the porcelain bowl, hoping that her man would have some snacks.
Lin Jianshui didn't understand what she meant, and said bluntly: "You can cook it if you want to eat it. Why do you expect your mother to cook it for you?"
Chen Guifang: "..."
Why did she marry such a bad guy?
“What are you going to eat?” Ms. Liu said with a frown, “You just have to eat every day if you don’t do any work! Wash the bowls!”
Doesn’t she do all the work at home?
Chen Guifang was so angry that she wanted to throw the porcelain bowl at her mother-in-law's face, but thinking about the consequences, she swallowed her anger and went out with the porcelain bowl and chopsticks in frustration.
Lin Jianshan helped Village Chief Lin over and said to his younger brother: "It's late at night, and I'll be working in the fields tomorrow. Let's go back to the house and rest."
Lin Jianshui agreed and returned to the house.
Mrs. Zhou went over to close the door and stood by the door with her head lowered.
Village Chief Lin sat down at the table, "Tiedan, grandpa wants to ask you, where have you been today?"
"On the mountain." Tiedan was a little afraid of grandpa and replied obediently, "There are many wolves."
"Wolf?" Village Chief Lin was stunned and looked around Tiedan, "Didn't those wolves bite you?"
Tiedan shook his head.
Village Chief Lin then asked: "Who caught you up the mountain?"
"Monkeys," Tiedan said, "They robbed me of my money and beat me. It hurts."
Mrs. Liu said distressedly: "Let grandma see where it was hit?"
Tiedan covered his butt and shook his head, "It doesn't hurt now."
"The monkey caught you up the mountain, why are you in the wolf's den?"
"A big monkey threw me over." Tiedan pursed his lips, and his butt almost broke into two pieces.
Lin Jianshan asked anxiously: "Where is the silver? Has it been thrown into the wolf's den too?"
Tiedan shook his head. He was in pain and scared at the time. How could he still remember the money?
"Speak." Village Chief Lin's face darkened, "Didn't you see it or didn't you throw it in?"
Tiedan shrank his neck, "No... I didn't see it."
"Don't scare the child." Ms. Liu hurriedly hugged Tiedan to comfort her and shouted like a sweet grandson.
Mrs. Zhou came forward and said, "Dad, it's late at night. If you have anything to do, you can ask me tomorrow. I'll take Tiedan back to the house to sleep."
Before Village Chief Lin could say anything, Mrs. Liu said, "Hurry up, don't you see that the child is so sleepy that he rubs his eyes?"
Zhou took Tiedan into her arms, looked at Lin Jianshan carefully, and saw that he had no intention of stopping her, then she carried the child back to the house.
Village Chief Lin looked tired and sighed deeply, "Boss, you should also go back to the house. Stay awake at night and take care of yourself. The child is frightened and it is difficult to prevent him from getting fever at night."
"Dad," Lin Jianshan stood still, "that jade pendant..."
Village Chief Lin glanced at him, "Just pretend it's nothing and don't mention it again in the future!"
Lin Jianshan was unwilling to give in, "Our family has suffered such a big loss at the hands of that Shang, who has wiped out all the family wealth, so let's just forget about it?"
"What's the hurry?" Village Chief Lin's tone was meaningful, "There will always be a time when they beg me." On the other side, Shang Wan walked back to the wooden shed through the night dew. He thought that everyone in the family was asleep, but he didn't expect the fire. There was another person sitting beside the pile.
Lu Chengjing added two dry logs to the fire, listening to the crackling sound of the burning logs, and gradually drifted away.
Under the orange firelight, the face that was always pale and sickly was given a warm color, like warm jade.
As the saying goes, beauties are seen under the lamp and gentlemen are seen under the moon. Shang Wan felt that Lu Chengjing's face, as long as there was light and no blind spots at 365 degrees, would look good no matter how you looked at it.
She took a clean handkerchief from the wooden pole, wiped her half-dried long hair, walked over, and sat down next to Lu Chengjing, "It's late at night, why are you still not sleeping?"
These words sounded familiar. Lu Chengjing remembered that Shang Wan had said similar words when he visited him in the cell. It was clear that only a few days had passed, but it felt like a long time had passed.
"You're not back yet." Lu Chengjing turned his head and looked at the person beside him. He noticed Shang Wan's rough action of wiping his long hair, and his eyes paused slightly, "I'll help you."
Shang Wan glanced at his immobile right hand and refused, "No, just rest."
After a while, the fox's hands were sore, and she had to help rub them, so she might as well wipe them herself.
Lu Chengjing sighed softly, put his left hand on his right arm, and lowered his head lonely, looking like a pitiful little boy who had been wronged.
Shang Wan: "..."
It's still installed, right? I'm used to it!
"Here, here." She sat closer and put her long hair and scarf on Lu Chengjing's lap, "Wipe it for as long as you want, okay?"
A slight smile flashed across Lu Chengjing's eyes. He gently smoothed the hair on his knees with his left hand, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and slowly kneaded and dried it.
"How long will it take?" Shang Wan tilted his head in discomfort and simply leaned on the thin shoulder of the person beside him, yawning lazily.
"In a moment." Lu Chengjing lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyes crossed his delicate brows, and fell on Shang Wan's long dress that was different from the one when he left, his eyes darkening slightly.
Shang Wan closed her eyes and didn't notice. She didn't open her eyes until Lu Chengjing agreed. She washed the handkerchief and hung it on the wooden pole, then turned around and picked up Lu Chengjing and went back to the wooden shed to sleep.
Although the wooden shed is a simple version, there is enough space inside.
Shang Wan originally separated the two halves with wooden boards, thinking that men and women would sleep separately and then subdivide them after returning from the county town.
But after Xiaohuan cleaned up, it was divided into three places. The left side is separated from the middle by a curtain. Xiaohuan and Yuanyuan sleep on one side, and Shitou sleeps on the other side.
The large space on the right was naturally reserved for Shang Wan and Lu Chengjing. They had already laid out soft bedding and could just sleep there.
Shang Wan: "..."
Don't make Xiaohuan's thoughts too obvious.
She placed Lu Chengjing on the inside of the quilt, turned around and closed the door.
A few rays of dim moonlight filtered through the gaps in the wooden boards above his head. Lu Chengjing could barely see the figure approaching and couldn't help but hold his breath slightly.
Shang Wan glanced at Lu Chengjing's robe and deliberately teased his fox, "Waiting for me to help you take off your clothes?"
"No." Lu Chengjing lowered his eyes, first took off his boots, then raised his left hand to slowly untie his belt. When he took off his shirt, it got stuck on his shoulders, and he blushed slightly in embarrassment.
Shang Wan chuckled and moved closer to help.
Lu Chengjing only felt that the tip of his nose was filled with the light fragrance of Shang Wan, and his whole body became so stiff that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and he didn't dare to look at Shang Wan.
"Okay, let's sleep." Shang Wan pulled another quilt over to cover the two of them, and brushed Lu Chengjing's long hair away to prevent it from being pressed down.
Lu Chengjing closed his eyes and listened to the shallow breathing of the person beside him. He was obviously sleepy but couldn't fall asleep.
Just as he was about to force himself to sleep, a warm hand suddenly reached out and held his cold left hand.
(End of chapter)