Li mother and daughter went out for a walk. Li Zhengguo, with red earlobes, secretly glanced at Tian Jing, "Tiantian, you, you don't worry. If my mother urges too much, I'll tell her that we'll wait until you're twenty to, to, to do that."
"Mm," Tian Jing nodded calmly. Waiting until she was twenty, and then another two or three years, she could leave.
Tian Jing's crisp agreement made Li Zhengguo feel disappointed. He then encouraged himself, since heaven had given him a second chance, he would definitely seize it.
Li Zhengguo tidied up the kang table and collected the bowls. Tian Jing went to the kitchen to check on the stewed meat.
There was too little broth, so she scooped some hot water from the earthenware pot to add. She pushed the firewood in the stove further back, added a few more pieces, and kept pushing them in. She pulled the bellows on the outside, making the flames lick inwards. She wanted to boil water.
Soon, the water in the earthenware pot boiled. Li Zhengguo looked at Tian Jing, "Do you want some?"
"Mm, I'll make some root tea for your mother, and I'll drink some too."
Saying so, she got up and went to the west room. She couldn't just be good to the Li family; she had to take care of herself. Loving others meant loving yourself first. If she neglected herself, others would get used to it.
This body's menstrual cycle was very irregular, only coming three or four times a year. Although her constitution had improved after gaining her abilities, she didn't know when her period would arrive. She also needed to prepare some cotton cloth and cotton. Thinking of all this, she had too many things to buy.
Li Zhengguo followed her in, "That, Minmin is not tight-lipped, don't let her know."
"Mm, I'll only take a little bit. Your mother is weak, so the dosage can't be large."
Afterward, Li Zhengguo truly saw what "a little bit" meant. There was enough for two people hidden in a fingernail's width.
Tian Jing handed the ginseng to him, "You sort them out. For the root that's left, put it by the kang tonight to collect the steam. After Li Min leaves, it will be easier to dry it, as she entered this room directly."
"Okay."
Li Zhengguo took the roll of clothes. He rolled the one intended for sale in leaves, which were green and moist, to keep it hydrated. He then wrapped it in a crumpled piece of cowhide paper, and then wrapped the clothes around the cowhide paper, and put it in the kang cabinet.
For the other root, he wrapped it in a piece of clothing and placed it directly by the kang. The kang was quite hot at this time, so he'd bake it through the clothes first. After he locked the door for the night, he'd bake it further.
Tian Jing had already brewed half a bowl of ginseng water in two rice bowls. The water in the bowls was only slightly more yellow than clear water; if you didn't look closely, you could barely see it. You could smell a hint of medicinal fragrance, though this was for ordinary people. Those who were accustomed to ginseng could smell its medicinal aroma.
Tian Jing was still pondering how to tell Li mother when Li Zhengguo entered the kitchen. She threw the problem to him, "Take it and coax your mother to drink it."
Li Zhengguo grinned, "Okay, I'll go. You drink your bowl."
She didn't know how Li Zhengguo coaxed Li mother, but after Tian Jing drank her bowl of water, he came back with the empty bowl.
Li Zhengguo brought the remaining hot water from the earthenware pot to the west room. Tian Jing, while washing her face, instructed Li Zhengguo.
"Watch the meat in the pot. When it's tender, put it in the vegetable washing basin and cover it with a clay basin. Tomorrow, you'll make two more vegetable basins and focus solely on making the wheelbarrow. We'll use it first when we go to the county town."
"Okay, you sleep. You've worked hard all day."
"Mm." Tian Jing yawned and rolled into the depths of the kang, falling asleep. She was indeed tired, having been busy since morning, and even the best constitution would find it difficult.
Li Zhengguo got on the kang, pulled the quilt over her, tucked in the corners, and seeing that her breathing had steadied, he gently stroked her fine yellow hair before turning to wash himself with the water in the basin.
Tian Jing was woken by the urge to urinate. She glanced outside; it was still dark. The person beside her was breathing steadily. She got up gently. She had drunk a bowl of water before sleeping last night, and it would be troublesome this morning.
As soon as she sat up, she heard the person beside her softly ask, "Where are you going? It's still early."
"I'm going behind the house." Since she had woken up the cohabitant, there was no need to be careful. Tian Jing wanted to get off the kang.
"Stay in the room."
"No."
"Then I'll accompany you."
"No."
Li Zhengguo rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Is it big?"
"Small."
"Then I'll go out. You don't go out, it's cold."
Li Zhengguo didn't give Tian Jing a chance to speak. He scrambled off the kang and left the room.
Tian Jing no longer hesitated and hurried to relieve herself.
After finishing, she slipped back into the quilt and continued to sleep.
Li Zhengguo, in the main room, heard the room quiet down. He returned to the room intending to sleep more but found he was no longer drowsy.
Listening to the slight breathing from the depths of the kang, he felt his heart fill with warmth. His Tiantian was sleeping beside him again. Today was the fourth day Tiantian had entered his Li family.
He had been back for eight days. When he realized he could start anew with Tiantian, the joy made him want to roar to the heavens.
While waiting for Tiantian's arrival, he felt time passed too slowly, wishing he could see Tiantian immediately. But while preparing things, he felt time was too short; there were many things he wanted to give her that he hadn't had time to prepare.
Thinking this, he couldn't lie still. He got up to make the wooden basin, and he needed to hurry up and make the wheelbarrow to take Tiantian to buy the things she needed.
Although Tiantian had dug the ginseng, he couldn't care too much about his masculine pride in front of her. This was what Tiantian disliked the most. What she liked was meticulous tenderness.
Moreover, Tiantian had the ability to make her own life better. He had no right to stop her. He would take her to sell the ginseng and then find acquaintances to buy the necessary items. This was what Tiantian needed, and it was also the rhythm that he and Tiantian could synchronize with.
The burning gaze on his face moved away, and the oppressive feeling beside her disappeared. Tian Jing fell asleep again.
When she woke up again, it was already bright daylight. She got up, took her toothbrush and toothpaste, and put them in the washbasin. She pulled the towel off the clothesline and left the room.
She even specifically said to Li Min, "I'm borrowing your toothbrush. I'll buy you a new one in a couple of days," before brushing her teeth and washing her face.
Li Min was embarrassed and angry, "Sister-in-law, you said you'd let me off!"
"Oh," Tian Jing replied with a mouth full of foam, "Alright, then I won't buy you one."
"Sister-in-law~"
Li mother, who was strolling by the roadside, chuckled. Her own daughter, acting spoiled towards her sister-in-law, who was two months younger than her, felt completely natural.
"Mm." Tian Jing responded to Li Min, "What do you want me to call you for?"
"Hmph!" Li Min turned and went into the kitchen, "I'm calling you for breakfast, lazybones."
"I'm proud of my laziness." Tian Jing spat out the foam and rinsed her mouth, "Lazy people have good fortune." Sudan Novel Network.
"Nonsense." Li Min came out with breakfast.
Tian Jing saw that breakfast was steamed pumpkin again and could only look at Li Zhengguo with hope, "Comrade Li Zhengguo, when we can go to the county town depends on your speed."
Li Zhengguo, who was working by the roadside, came back with his tools for breakfast. "I'll do my best. How about I don't make the wooden basin for now?"
"Okay, wooden basins take too much time. We can just buy a couple of ceramic basins. Let's focus all our efforts on the cart."
"Cart? What cart?" Li Min asked casually as she saw her elder brother and sister-in-law walking in, talking.