After dinner, all the members of the Lin family seemed to have discussed and directly told Lin Wanning to wash the dishes and clean up.
Lin Wanning looked at everyone in confusion. She didn't mind washing the dishes and cleaning up. She was just a little puzzled. Her family had never asked her to do this before.
She stood up without saying anything and started to clean up the dishes. But before she could reach the chopsticks on the table, Zhou Huai'an snatched them away.
"You've been tired all day on the mountain. Go take a bath and have a good sleep. I'll take care of these things."
When Zhou Huai'an said this, his eyes unconsciously turned cold. He didn't know why, but he was still quite uncomfortable. He felt that Lin Wanning's parents didn't love her as much as he thought they would.
But then he thought that maybe they were tired after a day's work.
At this thought, the iceberg between his eyebrows melted a bit.
At this moment, all the members of the Lin family had their lips upturned. They thought that Zhou Huai'an was not a male chauvinist. If he got married, he would definitely help Wanning with the housework.
Lin Wanning stood there stunned. She saw the joy in the eyes of the Lin family members as if it was about to overflow. She immediately understood what was going on.
She just pursed her lips and smiled. She would let her parents and her lover fight it out themselves. Anyway, both sides loved her and she loved them. So she didn't interfere. She simply pretended not to know anything.
At nightfall, Lin Wanning took a bath and lay on the bed. It was still the same room. But after what happened last time, Lin Wanning directly turned her back to Zhou Huai'an.
This made Zhou Huai'an very aggrieved. He had been here and only rested now. He had cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom. He had even chopped a lot of firewood at the kitchen door.
Although he wasn't deliberately trying to be nice, he still hoped that Lin Wanning would wipe the sweat off his face or be considerate. But Lin Wanning didn't appear from beginning to end. He was so disappointed.
Lin Wanning directly covered her head with the quilt and pretended not to feel anything. She directly turned off the lights and went to sleep.
On the way here, Zhou Huai'an had fantasized about the two of them being intimate... But when he got here, there was only a cold and hard bed. Even if he wanted to take a look at Lin Wanning's face at nightfall, he couldn't.
...
The night passed without any surprises.
Zhou Huai'an knew that he was at his mother-in-law's house. He had to get up early in the morning and behave well.
He got up early in the morning and silently took the water bucket and went out to carry water. Lin Wanning was still lying in bed in a daze when she was directly woken up by Chen Shufen.
"Don't let Zhou Huai'an leave today."
"Why? If there's something going on in the army, he definitely has to leave." Lin Wanning rubbed her eyes with her hands. Her hair was like a chicken coop.
"Mom, do you have something to say?" Lin Wanning got up from the quilt, lazily stretched and slowly got out of bed and put on her shoes.
Chen Shufen could tell that her daughter seemed to be missing a tendon. Clearly, the two of them were dating and her daughter had feelings for him. Why didn't she know how to take it further?
Just like this, not too cold and not too hot. Even if she did a good job of guarding, it seemed to be useless.
"Of course, there's something. If there's nothing, why would I tell him not to leave? Also, change your clothes and go to the well in the village to pick up Zhou Huai'an. He's carried several loads of water since early this morning."
"Take a towel and wipe the sweat off Zhou Huai'an."
Although Chen Shufen was testing Zhou Huai'an, she felt that it didn't stop Zhou Huai'an from getting along well with her daughter.
"This... It's early in the morning. I haven't washed my face yet?" Lin Wanning struggled in the room in confusion.
"Take the towel and go directly to the well to wash. Then after you're done washing, go to the captain's house."
"Recently, the brigade is going to clean the fish pond. They said that every household has to send someone to help. Your father's body isn't good and your elder brother has to go to work. We thought it would be better for Zhou Huai'an to help. It seems that the families who help can get a few more fish."
Lin Wanning's peach blossom eyes blinked. What was all this?
From the beginning, she had never heard of this. Why did this suddenly come up?
"Mom, are you trying to test Zhou Huai'an?" Lin Wanning narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Shufen.
"Let's go, let's go. Don't worry about what we're trying to do. Anyway, you should be more careful. Use your brain. Don't just think about making money and getting supplies for the family all day long. You're not young anymore. You should think about yourself."
What could Lin Wanning think about herself? It was just that she had gone up the back mountain and her parents were worried. This was clearly trying to make her and Zhou Huai'an take it further.
Now that her parents' bodies were getting better and better and she and Zhou Huai'an were in love, they could really consider taking it further.
"Okay, I'll listen to mom." Lin Wanning took the towel that Chen Shufen gave her and went to look for Zhou Huai'an with her hair loose.
At this moment, Zhou Huai'an was wearing a white undershirt. He threw the water bucket into the well and pulled up the water. Because he was using force, the muscles on his arms instantly became well-defined.
The young women in the village who were standing in the back waiting in line had never seen such a handsome man before. He was tall with long legs, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Especially now that Zhou Huai'an was wearing something thin.
The tight lines on his upper body were unreservedly shown in front of everyone.
The young women on the scene blushed when they saw this. Song Shuyao, who was standing in the back row, got up early in the morning and saw Zhou Huai'an busy. She followed behind with a water bucket and pretended to fetch water.
She saw these young women in the village with red faces and whispering in a low voice.
She rolled her eyes in annoyance. In her eyes, how could these bumpkins be worthy of a man like Zhou Huai'an? Even if they took a look, Song Shuyao felt that they were not qualified.
If it wasn't for Zhou Huai'an lowering his status and coming to the village for Lin Wanning, how could these rural women have the chance to see such a top-notch man?
But it was morning now. Lin Wanning hadn't come. Song Shuyao felt that it was very likely that she was sleeping. That meant that this was the best opportunity for her to get close to Zhou Huai'an.
She took the water bucket and walked forward without saying a word when the young women in the village were too shy to look at Zhou Huai'an.
She placed the water bucket beside Zhou Huai'an's water bucket and opened her eyes innocently and purely. "Brother Zhou, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here."
When Zhou Huai'an saw that it was Song Shuyao, his eyebrows immediately furrowed. He had already made it very clear to her and her family before. So this Song Shuyao shouldn't have any more thoughts that she shouldn't have.
"Yes, I'm fetching water." Zhou Huai'an answered indifferently and distantly.