Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 123

“Pfft! You- well, fine. These are the chores I should have been doing anyway. My hands are injured, so it’s right that you wash them!” I’m not going to be polite with him!

Laughter slipped from Liu Sisi, revealing a set of tiny millet teeth. Her dimples became more visible as her eyebrows curved upwards.

“Fine! I wash, so I wash! Didn’t I also wash everyone’s clothes when you were sick?”

Di Yelei looked at her with a smile, an evident smugness behind his charismatic gesture.

Liu Sisi looked incomprehensibly at the clothesline under the eaves. Her face blushed furiously, making her look like a boiled prawn!

On the clothesline were tattered clothes fluttering in the wind. What else could they be but her bellyband?

Swiftly, Liu Sisi yanked the belly band off the line and spat towards Di Yelei, then she covered her face and ran into the house.

He, he, he had washed these most intimate items of hers?

This was too, too much!

As soon as the flush of her face subsided, she remembered it was Market Day today. She decided to visit the Gan Family and the bookstore.

After tidying up, Liu Sisi finally left the room.

“Sisi, are you going out?”

After stacking the chopped firewood into the room, Di Yelei saw her dressed as a boy and asked in surprise.

“Yes! Ye Lei, I work part-time at the bookstore and also serve as a female tutor in the Gan family. During my illness, I failed to notify them in advance, which I feel guilty about. Now that I am well, I ought to visit them. At the very least, I should inform them about what happened.”

Was she going to see that gentleman from the bookstore?

Di Yelei intuitively wanted to object, but remembering how Sisi had been upset about this issue last time, he swallowed his words. After thinking for a moment, he placed the last bundle of firewood into the kitchen.

“You’ve just recovered. You can’t be running around like this. Why don’t I accompany you?”

“Isn’t that quite inconvenient? The children are so small, it’s not good to leave them alone at home. I’m just going to give them a quick visit, then return immediately afterward.”

“No worries at all, the children are sensible and, anyway, the town isn’t far away. We can take the bull-cart and return home very quickly!”

Di Yelei said without allowing for any rebuttals.

There were bull-carts available for transportation once they crossed the river and reached the main road on Market Day. Considering the money she owed, Sisi usually walked to and from the small town. However, today, they decided to take the lush route and take the cart instead.

The bull-cart seemed slow, but was much faster than walking. It was capably quicker than using one’s own two legs. Once in the market, Liu Sisi headed straight for the bookstore.

Contrary to Liu Sisi’s expectations, there were not many customers in the bookstore today. Nan Tianzong, ever the gentleman, was engrossed in his book as if his soul had flown to the realm of gods, not concerning himself with his surroundings.

“Boss! Boss, wake up! Boss!”

She knocked twice on the counter to bring him back from his daydreaming.

The moment Nan Tianzong’s eyes met Liu Sisi’s silhouette, his eyes lit up! His heart pounding in excitement!

“Little Four, you’re here…”