"Sister, speak properly." Ouyang Lei didn't understand what Tian Jing's sarcastic tone meant.
"I told you to go if you dare, so your guts are emboldened by a gun? You should also know that the mountains and forests belong to the state, right? And whatever you find belongs to the team?"
"If you were so capable, why would you need to compromise with me today? Why not just tell me to compromise with you?"
"Heh heh, how would I dare? Sister, don't be angry. I won't bring a gun. Tomorrow, I'll just go in and experience it."
"Mm, go experience it well, and you'll know the benefits of living in the mountains."
The vegetables were harvested outside. Ouyang Lei borrowed a wheelbarrow from Li Zhengguo and asked Lin Guangde to push it to the side of Kuhe River.
After these people left, Li Min and her mother came out.
Chen Suozhu was also released from the kitchen.
The three of them looked at Tian Jing with burning eyes, which made Tian Jing feel embarrassed. "Li Min, Chen Suozhu, go tidy up the ground by the door."
"Yes, sister-in-law."
"Yes, sister-in-law."
Chen Suozhu and Li Min answered in unison and went out with shovels.
Tian Jing couldn't order her mother-in-law, so she had to use a roundabout approach. "Mother-in-law, is your cotton-padded jacket ready?"
"Not yet, I'll do it now."
Tian Jing also got up and returned to the house. The sun was setting, and it was getting a bit cool outside.
Li Zhengguo moved the table and stools from the yard into the main hall. He went back to the room and saw Tian Jing knitting a sweater again. He gently kissed the top of her head.
"Tiantian, you are mine."
"Mm, I'm yours." Tian Jing's hands didn't stop. "Go do something else, don't disturb me. I want to finish your sweater, and I have to knit you trousers too."
"At home, you are the only one without cotton-padded clothes. How did you spend the winters before?"
"I practiced martial arts, exercised, found things to do, didn't let myself stop, or burned the stove."
Tian Jing stopped her work and looked up. "It sounds silly."
"Before, I was a bit silly. From now on, I'll only be silly for you." Li Zhengguo lowered his head and kissed her. "You knit. I'll wait to wear the 'heart-made' ones. I'll go make the bathtub. I promised you a long time ago, but I haven't finished it yet."
"Mm, go quickly." Tian Jing lowered her head and continued. She had to be faster. Her foolish man was so heart-wrenching.
Chen Suozhu quietly approached Li Min. "Minmin, elder brother and sister-in-law are very sweet. Big brother dared to kiss sister-in-law in front of Brother Lei. When will I dare to?"
Li Min glared at him. "You don't dare? What you did scared me."
Chen Suozhu quietly reached out and touched her hand. "Minmin, I want to move up the wedding date. Big brother doesn't agree. Minmin, can you go ask sister-in-law?"
"I won't go." Li Min refused. "I'll listen to my elder brother. Hurry up and work. If you slack off again, I'll tell my elder brother."
"Tell him what?" Li Zhengguo leaned by the courtyard gate, looking at the two people standing very close.
Li Min immediately took a step away from her boyfriend and sold him out for glory. "Brother Suozhu is slacking off."
Chen Suozhu was speechless.
"Big brother, I was just whispering a few words to Minmin."
Li Zhengguo waved his hand. "Hurry up and work."
Then he went into the main hall to get tools and lumber.
Li Min giggled at Chen Suozhu. "Heh heh, with Big Brother and Sister-in-law protecting me, you wouldn't dare disobey."
Chen Suozhu looked at her dotingly. She was someone to be cherished, yet her brother-in-law was unwilling to fulfill their wish.
Lin Guangde came to return the wheelbarrow and wanted to take the opportunity to apologize to Tian Jing. Li Zhengguo chased him away. "No time, go quickly, don't come here often."
Lin Guangde sighed. Brother Lei asked him to get closer to Tian Jing. With Li Zhengguo here, he couldn't do anything.
By nightfall, Li Zhengguo had finished all the wooden boards. They could be hooped tomorrow.
In the evening, Tian Jing's knitted sweater was already at the sleeve division. Li Zhengguo wouldn't let her strain her eyes.
After washing up, he carefully held her in his arms. "Tiantian."
"Mm?"
"My heart is full of you, so full it's sweet and sour. Sometimes I'm afraid, afraid you'll disappear."
Tian Jing offered her red lips. "That silly streak, it's precisely this silly streak that makes me unable to help but like and love you."
Li Zhengguo took the initiative and kissed her gently. "I don't feel silly. For you, anything is worth it."
Tian Jing felt like she was melting under his care. "Is anything really worth it?"
"Mm!" Li Zhengguo said without hesitation.
Tian Jing pushed him away and straightened his body. "Lie flat."
After Li Zhengguo lay flat, she climbed onto him and lay down. "I love the feeling of sleeping on your back, and I also like the feeling of lying in your arms. Tonight, I want to sleep in your arms."
"Okay." Li Zhengguo raised his hand to steady her slender body on his chest and gently patted her back. "Sleep!"
"Zheng Ge."
"Mm?"
"You spoil people too much, you'll spoil them badly."
"You won't be spoiled badly. My Tiantian is a well-behaved girl. Don't you also like to indulge me?"
Tian Jing nuzzled his chest. "Silly, no matter how I spoil you, you're still my big silly."
Li Zhengguo pinched her earlobe. "Don't talk to me like that."
"What's wrong?"
"When you speak to me with such a doting tone, it makes me lose control."
Tian Jing was stunned for a moment, then she smiled. "You've told me your weakness. I'll have a way to deal with you in the future."
Li Zhengguo stroked her hair. "Sleep well. If you don't sleep, I won't let you sleep."
"Okay, I'll sleep."
Listening to the steady breathing in his arms, Li Zhengguo unknowingly fell asleep.
In the early morning, he was woken up by a kiss. The mischievous Tiantian was rebelling on his face with her lips. He tapped Tiantian's nose. "Naughty, get up."
"I don't want to get up, I like to snuggle in your arms."
Li Zhengguo gently embraced her. "Then snuggle."
"Mm!" Tian Jing stopped messing around and lay quietly.
She understood Li Zhengguo's inner anxiety. She also felt the same way, wanting to be in this man's arms all the time, until the end of time.
It was a common problem for lovers, she knew, but she couldn't control it. She'd just go with the flow, since the silly man was willing to indulge her. Su Dan Fiction Network.
Li Zhengguo listened to the gradually steady breathing in his arms and couldn't help but chuckle. This girl had fallen asleep again.
He kept holding her until she turned over in his arms, and he quickly followed, so she wouldn't fall.
After turning over, Tian Jing woke up. "I fell asleep again?"
"Mm, it's fine in winter."
"Ouyang Lei will come. Get up."
After a slow start, Ouyang Lei was already waiting in the main hall.
"You two really know how to sleep, it's ten o'clock."
Tian Jing replied, "No watch, sleeping until you naturally wake up is the happiest thing."
Li Zhengguo replied, "Who let you in?"
"Your brother-in-law. He took your sister away. Your mother went to dig for wild vegetables."
"You didn't chase them away, did you?" Tian Jing sat opposite Ouyang Lei.
"I wouldn't dare. Your sister-in-law said the food is in the pot. I finally understand how you feel living in this deep mountain and old forest. Anyone would want to live this kind of life."
"You're wrong."
"How am I wrong?"
"Do you have a woman who spoils you? Do you have younger brothers and sisters who do housework for you? Do you have elders who let you do whatever you want?"
"If not, could you live this kind of life alone?"
She took the toothbrush with toothpaste that Li Zhengguo had squeezed for her and dangled it in front of Ouyang Lei. "You'll never enjoy this."