The couple was like pancakes, they didn't sleep the whole night, and the bed was creaking all night long as they tossed and turned.
When Ye Chenghu woke up in the morning, he rubbed his eyes and asked, "Mom and Dad, why are you noisier than at home? The bed was creaking all night, and I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes."
Lin Xiuqing's cheeks suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and her scalp felt slightly numb. They clearly didn't do anything last night, but her son said this. Normally, they must have woken him up when they were doing something.
Ye Yaodong also coughed awkwardly, "Mom and Dad are worried about something, that's why they tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. Don't go out and tell others about it."
"Oh, what's bothering you?"
"Don't ask if the child doesn't understand."
The sound of their talking woke up the younger ones, and they all got up.
As a result, the couple was even more embarrassed when they left the room. The second nephew looked at them with resentment, "Aunt, uncle, why did your bed make noises all night? I couldn't sleep all night. Look at my dark circles, they are bigger than yours."
"Ah? My second cousin already knows about it, but you won't let me tell anyone, Dad or Mom!"
Lin Xiuqing suddenly wanted to beat her eldest son to death!
Mrs. Lin also patted her second son awkwardly, "What nonsense! My aunt and uncle just can't sleep."
"Just because you can't sleep, can you disturb others? Aren't you all also not getting much sleep because of the noise? I'm sure I'll fall asleep in class today."
"Hurry up and eat your porridge and go to school. Why are you talking so much, kid?"
He mumbled a few words before pouring the rest of the porridge into his mouth, put the bowl down, and went to school with the others carrying his schoolbag.
The couple pretended to brush their teeth and wash their faces as if nothing had happened, but in fact, they were extremely embarrassed. At her mother's house/mother-in-law's house, they were misunderstood to have the bed creaking until dawn. They came out of the house with dark circles under their eyes, and their son stabbed them again...
Everyone else in the room pretended they knew nothing. In fact, nothing had happened. It was just that the old house had poor sound insulation and everyone couldn't help but think too much.
After they washed up and had breakfast, they planned to go back.
Lin's mother was also packing up things from the house and the fields to take back with them, and the stove was covered with bottles and jars.
"This is tea oil, and this is rapeseed oil. They are all squeezed in our workshop. Now that you have separated from your family, you can take a barrel to your new home. This jar of honey was taken by your aunt a few days ago, and these two large jars of sour bamboo shoots are for you to take back and eat slowly. Before we separated from your family, I didn't take too much. There are so many people in the family, no matter how much, it won't be enough..." Lin's mother pointed at the bottles and jars and said naggingly.
"Also, this morning, I asked your father to dig up a sack of taro and pick seven or eight large pumpkins. He saw that you wouldn't get up so soon, so he went to the mountain to pick persimmons. He said he would pick half a bag for you to share. He also packed two buckets of salted persimmons from the day before, and will take them all back for you..."
Lin Xiuqing opened her mouth in surprise, "Mom, you prepared so many things, how can we take them back? I still have two children to hold and hug."
Ye Yaodong also quickly agreed, "Yes, there are too many. We also grow pumpkins. We don't need to bring them from so far away..."
"It's okay. You probably pulled out all the edible vegetables in your house during the two months you were building the house. After the separation, each family will cook their own food, so you won't have much to eat. I'll pick some more for you to take back."
"You don't have to worry about not being able to take it back. I've thought of it for you. Let your father push a cart to take you to the town to take a bus. After you load the things on the cart, you can take the bus all the way to the entrance of your village to get off. The entrance of your village happens to be on the side of the road, so the buses going to your town will pass directly by. It just takes a few more trips to get them back after you get off the bus. It's not a big deal."
"I have prepared most of the things for you. They are all packed in sacks and baskets in the yard. I will move them to the cart later. I just forgot to ask your father to pick some ear beans. If the shells are not peeled, they will still be very fresh for ten days or half a month. I will ask him to pick them later..."
Mother Lin kept mumbling and went to the back door again, "Do you want some potatoes? I'll hoe some for you, too."
Ye Yaodong was shocked when he heard this and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, really no, we grow vegetables while we eat, and they grow very fast. We even have potatoes that we haven't dug yet."
Don't just go over and empty your father-in-law's house.
"Really? These are all grown by your father and me. If you want to eat them, just take them back. I often send vegetables to your eldest sister's house, but you live a little far away, so it's not convenient. If you rarely come, I'll bring more..."
"It's too much, really. We can't finish all the sacks and baskets. You can keep some for yourselves."
Mother Lin smiled and said, "We are not afraid of running out of food. There are mountains everywhere where we can plant crops. We can't finish eating them all. It's not like where you are, where there is less arable land. I'll take it with me and go around to see what else we can find."
"Stop turning around, that's enough, sit down and rest for a while, you don't have to take it anymore!" Lin Xiuqing quickly grabbed her mother and forced her to sit on the chair.
"These are the only worthless things I have at home. It's a pity that the grapefruits are not ripe yet, otherwise I would pick a sack for you..."
Mother Lin kept muttering there for a long time.
Not long after, Father Lin came back carrying a large sack. Mother Lin opened it and said with a smile, "I was just thinking I forgot to ask you to pick the ear beans, but I didn't expect you to pick them all, including the cauliflower, cabbage and Chinese cabbage."
"I've picked half a bag of persimmons, and since the bag is still empty, I'll pick some beans and chop some vegetables when I pass by the vegetable fields."
Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing were both at a loss as to whether to laugh or cry. They had to travel a long way to bring back a few vegetables to eat.
They wanted to push it away but couldn't, so Mr. and Mrs. Lin loaded everything onto the cart without saying a word.
"Do you have anything else you want to take?"
"No more, no more, that's all."
What else can I take
"Okay then, you two little ones, climb up and sit, and grandpa will push you."
"Great, no need to walk."
This is a good thing. He was originally worried that his wife would not be able to handle having to hold one child and carry the other on the way back. If he hadn't known about this, it would have been fine. Now that he knows, he definitely can't let her carry heavy objects. It's also easier to just take the bus back home.
The younger son tried to climb up with his hands and feet for a long time but failed. Lin Xiuqing reached out to carry him up, but Ye Yaodong said quickly, "I'll do it, I'll do it, don't move."
Lin Xiuqing glared at him in reproach.
Seeing that the two had a good relationship and that her son-in-law was caring, Lin's mother felt relieved. "The sun is out. You can leave earlier so you can get home earlier. Wait... I'll pick two taro leaves to block the sun for the two little ones."
After walking back and forth, Lin's mother remembered that she had forgotten to bring tea for them, so she poured it back into the house and also poured a bamboo tube of tea for them to take with them, fearing that they would be thirsty on the way.
"Okay, okay, you can go now."
Lin Xiuqing urged them hurriedly, "If we delay any longer, I'm afraid her mother will remember what she didn't take and stuff more into their mouths. It's really too much."
As soon as they left the house, the villagers greeted them one after another when they saw them leaving. At that time, the customs in the countryside were very simple. Ye Yaodong had stayed here for two nights and had become more familiar with the neighbors.
The wheels turned slowly, and the two children sitting on the cart were laughing and making noises happily. He looked at his wife, whose cheeks were slightly flushed by the sun, and heard her talking to her father from time to time, and scolding the children from time to time, asking them to sit still.
He felt that the simple life he had now was really nice, full of the flavor of life, and much better than eating, drinking and sleeping alone in his previous life.