Reborn in the 1980s: I became a stepmother in the 1980s

Part 188 High energy

Si Nian blinked, thinking she must be seeing things. But when she looked again, she was stunned.

It was indeed the dress she bought yesterday. Though the color was different, the style was exactly the same.

How could this be?

She hurried downstairs, finding the house empty and the lights off. At this time, Zhou Yue Shen should have gone back to the pig farm.

If it weren't for seeing the dress outside, she would have thought he hadn't come back at all. But if he really had returned, she should have sensed something.

She wasn't a light sleeper; she usually felt his presence when he came home. Today, she didn't feel anything, which meant he must have come back but didn't get into bed to rest.

Since he went to the pig farm not long after arriving home, if he had to go to the city, he would likely wait until evening after finishing his work.

So, this man, after a long day, went to the city just to buy her a replacement for the dress?

Si Nian was stunned.

In all her years, even considering her experiences from the book, she had never been so cherished and pampered by anyone. To think someone would go to such lengths, sacrificing sleep and making a trip to the city just for a dress, was beyond anything she had experienced.

If this situation were in the future and it happened to someone else, she would have thought the person was obsessed with their partner. She used to disdain people who were overly infatuated.

But now, the person infatuated is herself.

Zhou Yue Shen, despite being reserved and not good at expressing himself, had done everything he could to make her feel special.

On one hand, it's smart to go out of his way to do this, even if it meant not sleeping all night. On the other hand, he's capable and successful in his own right.

Si Nian admitted she hadn't fully reciprocated or approached their relationship with the same level of emotion. But seeing the effort Zhou Yue Shen put into this, it was hard for her not to be moved.

Perhaps love always feels like it's lacking in some way, and at this moment, she was overwhelmed with a sense of guilt.

She felt that she shouldn't let the man be the only one making sacrifices. Zhou Yue Shen had been running around with her for days, and he was already exhausted. He hadn't slept at all last night. No matter how good his health was, he was in his thirties now. Eventually, it would take a toll on him. She decided she needed to make him something delicious to make up for it. Fortunately, she still had some goji berries and yam she bought earlier, and since she couldn't sleep, she went to the kitchen to pull out the dried goods she had stored. If she started simmering it on low heat in the morning, it would be ready by noon. Si Nian washed some soybeans and also cleaned an old pig's foot that had been smoked and stored. Although the old pig's foot wasn't as tender as a fresh one, the meat was very flavorful, and the cured meat had a stronger aroma, which men particularly liked. People in rural areas also loved cured meat, whether it was stir-fried or stewed—it was always delicious. Si Nian was preparing to stew the soybeans with the pig's foot.

Of course, cleaning it was relatively troublesome. Since it had been cured with salt, it needed to be washed repeatedly. Otherwise, the broth would turn out extremely salty. First, she charred the outer skin over the flame, then placed it in hot water to clean it. After scraping off the blackened bits, Si Nian struggled to cut the pig's foot in half. It wasn't that she didn't want to cut it smaller, but her strength was limited. Being able to cut it into two pieces was already quite an achievement, given the limited chopping tools at home.