After living in Taoyuan Village for three days, Tao Ti got used to rural life quite well. The only shortcoming is that it is too troublesome to take a bath! !
Tao Ti originally wanted to endure it until Zhan Ping and the others came to find her, but on the fourth day, she couldn't bear it any longer—
It was early summer, and it was already a bit stuffy, and she ate three meals a day in the kitchen, so she would inevitably smell of oily smoke. The desire to take a good bath became stronger and stronger as time went by.
Ever since, after lunch that day, she started to get busy.
Unlike in the palace, there are a lot of palace people waiting for washing and bathing. If you want to take a hot bath in the countryside, it is enough to boil the water, not to mention fetching, lifting, pouring, and cleaning the tub... The yard is old, young, and injured. If she wants to take a hot bath, she has to rely on herself.
Tao Ti was like a tireless bee, carrying buckets in and out, very busy. After a bucket of bath water with a suitable temperature was ready, it was already evening when the sun was slanting.
The tub was placed in the left wing room where Tao Ti and Pei Yan lived, and Pei Yan walked out of the yard consciously to leave room for her.
Tao Ti closed the door, and happily walked towards the bucket of steaming hot water.
The tub at Old Uncle Xu’s house is actually used for medicinal baths, so it is much taller than ordinary tubs. If the ordinary tub can cover your chest with water, the wooden tub for medicinal baths should at least reach your shoulders.
Tao Ti took off her clothes, stepped on a small stool, and happily stepped into the tub.
As soon as her body was immersed in the warm water, she felt that her whole body was wrapped in an extremely comfortable warm current, and the fatigue and troubles of the past few days seemed to disappear in an instant.
She sat lazily, enjoying this hard-won enjoyment with her eyes closed.
Comfortable, really comfortable.
It seems that the two meridians of Ren and Du have been opened up, and the meridians of the whole body are unblocked.
On her side, she was immersed in the comfort of bathing. In the yard, Pei Yan supported her head with one hand, with a lazy and relaxed expression, watching Brother Hao playing with a spinning top.
The charming red clouds filled the whole sky, the clouds were rolling and the clouds were relaxing, the warm wind in early summer was blowing gently, and the smoke from the houses not far away was rising and fluttering with the wind.
Pei Yan was sitting, and this situation made him feel an unprecedented peace.
At this moment, he also somewhat understands why Xu Wenhe abandoned the title of "miracle doctor" and chose to hide among the mountains and fields. With a sack of food and a ladle of drink, even though he is in a back alley, there is some spiritual stability and comfort.
Just when he was feeling emotional in his heart, there was a short scream in the room——
"what!"
Pei Yan was startled, and suddenly sat up straight.
Brother Hao didn't play the spinning top any more, scratched the back of his head with his small hands, and blinked, "Pei Langjun, did big sister just call out?"
Hearing this, Pei Yan was sure that it wasn't his own illusion just now.
He frowned, lifted his robe, stood up, walked quickly to the door, and knocked on the door, "Ah Ti, what's wrong with you?"
There was a moment of silence in the house.
Pei Yan frowned even tighter, knocked on the door twice, and said in a low tone, "Ah Ti... Is something wrong. If you don't speak, then I'll go in?"
A voice immediately came from inside, "Don't, don't, don't come in!!"
Pei Yan, "...?"
At this moment, inside the house, Tao Ti was falling to the ground in an extremely awkward posture.
Wrestling is wrestling, the problem is... she is still naked!
When she thought of just getting out of the bathtub, she accidentally stepped on the low stool splashed with water, slipped, twisted her ankle, and fell to the ground, she felt ashamed and angry—
Shame, what a shame.
The moment she lay on the ground, her mind was blank, and a strong sense of shame and grievance flooded her body, and she almost didn't cry out.
It was Pei Yan's second knock on the door that brought her back to her senses, and forced her to hold back her tears.
After the shame passed, pain followed, on the chest, elbows, knees, ankles... especially the ankles, a burst of burning pain.
She didn't care about the embarrassment, and tried to sit up from the ground, looked at her body that was dirty again, and wanted to cry, but she didn't have any tears: it was nothing.
Pei Yan was still asking outside the door, "Ah Ti, what happened, are you okay?"
Tao Ti, "..."
Please stop asking, save some face for me!
She bit her bright red lips, trying to make her voice sound more natural, "No, I'm fine, I just saw a cockroach crawling past accidentally just now, so I screamed."
There was a moment of silence at the door before Pei Yan's voice came, "Then... don't be afraid. After you take a bath, I'll see if I can find it and destroy it."
"Okay." Tao Ti raised her voice to answer, and seeing that there was no movement outside the door, she lowered her head to check her injuries.
Fortunately, the ground in the country is muddy, and it won't be slippery like concrete floor if you fall. At most, it will be red, swollen and black.
The other positions are fine, but the ankle seems to be sprained.
She stretched out her fingers and lightly touched the obviously reddened spot on her ankle, and when she touched it, she felt a tingling pain.
Oops, it looks like it's really sprained.
Tao Ti thought gloomily, this is really embarrassing.
Such a big person can fall and sprain his feet in the shower, if Pei Yan and the others know this, what should we think of her!
She sighed, holding the tub with one hand, and tried to stand up.
If I get dirty, I have to go back to the bathtub and wash it again.
Tao Ti glanced at the low stool that caused her to fall, and then at the tall bathtub, feeling a little psychologically shadowed...
She pursed her lips, leaned on the edge of the tub, stood up carefully, and tried to step back into the tub again, but her ankle was really painful.
She gritted her teeth and tried several times, but she still couldn't get in. She was so angry that she wanted to kick the bucket! She just wants to take a bath, why is it so difficult!
Just as she was sulking with the tub, there was another knock on the door, "Ah Ti, are you okay?"
Pei Yan heard that there was no movement in the house for a long time, not even the sound of splashing water, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he checked again.
This time, a somewhat aggrieved voice sounded in the room, with a little self-defeating emotion, "Not good, I'm not good."
Pei Yan, "..."
He paused when he knocked on the door, then slowly put down his hand, and said softly, "What's the matter? Do you need help?"
Tao Ti looked at her dirty self and the clothes placed eight meters away, then at her right foot, which was rapidly red and swollen, gritted her teeth, and said with determination, "You, can you come in?"
This time, the silence outside the house was significantly longer, "... good."
The door was locked from the inside, but the window was unlocked. With one hand, Pei Yan climbed in through the window.
His eyes searched the room, and when he saw the little girl squatting behind the tall bathtub, only half of her head and half of her bare shoulders were exposed, his eyes darkened instantly.
"Go and play with your top."
Pei Yan turned back and pushed Brother Hao's curious little head back from the window. With a "click", the window fell down and locked. A series of movements were done in one go.
Once the window was closed, the inside of the house seemed to be cut off from the outside world. Pei Yan only felt that the surroundings were very quiet, but his heartbeat was extraordinarily loud.
He turned his head away and said in a hoarse voice, "Ah Ti, what is this?"
Tao Ti bit her lip and whispered in shame, "I fell and sprained my ankle..."
After finishing speaking, she hastily added, "Don't laugh at me! You are not allowed to tell others about this! It's embarrassing."
Hearing this, Pei Yan was both amused and distressed, holding back his laughter, and said, "Okay, I won't laugh at you, and I won't tell anyone about it, God knows, you know, I know."
Tao Ti felt better.
She looked at him, summoned up her courage and said, "Then can you do me a favor?"
Pei Yan, "Well, tell me."
"I got dirty from the fall, I have to wash in the tub again, can you help me back into the tub..."
"… it is good."
"Then close your eyes and don't look around."
"it is good."
Pei Yanshun closed her eyes obediently, looking like a decent gentleman.
Tao Ti still had a lot of trust in Pei Yan's character, so she reminded Pei Yan to go to her side little by little.
When he really came to her, she almost turned into a quail, her little face flushed.
Fortunately, her thick and smooth long hair served as a shield, barely giving her some poor psychological comfort.
When Pei Yan stood still in front of her, Tao Ti grabbed his hand and gently placed it on her waist, "Hold my waist, and I will support your shoulders, to see if I can jump in all at once. "
The moment his palm touched the creamy skin, Pei Yan's slender eyelashes trembled slightly.
He just glanced at her ankle inadvertently just now, and he could see that the sprain was quite serious, and she couldn't bear the force and move around, otherwise it would definitely be swollen badly tomorrow.
The hand holding her slender waist tightened unconsciously, and his voice was hoarse, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome."
Tao Ti, "Huh? Ah!"
The first sound is doubt.
The second sound is surprise—
Pei Yan suddenly hooked her waist with one hand from behind, and hugged her directly. Her naked and delicate back was only separated from his chest by a thin layer of clothes.
He kept his eyes closed the whole time, and with his other hand, he probed beside the bathtub. After finding a good position, he carried her firmly into the water, and said softly, "Okay."
Tao Ti was in the water, her cheeks were flushed.
Pei Yan closed his eyes, counted his steps silently in his heart, then retreated to the window, turned to face the wall, "Tell Gu after washing, and Gu will carry you out again."
Tao Ti wished she could bury her face in the water, and responded in a low voice.
After a while, she finished washing.
Pei Yan counted her steps again, and walked in front of her again. One second, Tao Ti was amazed at his memory and sense of direction, but the next second, he fished her out of the tub and hugged her directly.
His hand accidentally touched her soft waist and buttocks, he paused suddenly, then quickly retracted it, "I'm offended."
Tao Ti's cheeks were hot, she said in a soft voice that she was fine, then dried her body as quickly as possible, and said to him, "The dress is on the bed."
Pei Yan gave a "hmm" and carried her to the bed.
Tao Ti clasped her chest tightly with both hands. This time, Pei Yan's hand was very steady and didn't touch other places, only hooking her waist.
His palm was a little thick, and it was very hot, touching her delicate skin, as if to make her melt in his palm.
After sitting on the bed, Tao Ti breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Yan turned around, turned his back to her, and slowly opened his eyes, the deep eyes were full of suppressed desire.
God knows what kind of torment it is to touch her soft waist and the tip of her nose is filled with the moist and faint fragrance of her body.
Feeling the restlessness in his body, in order not to lose his composure in front of her, Pei Yan clenched his fists and said in a hoarse voice, "You change your clothes and go out alone."
Without waiting for Tao Ti to answer, he strode out, opened the door with a "snap", and closed the door with a "snap".
Tao Ti sat on the bed, looked at the tightly closed door, and was stunned for a moment.
Pei Yan is really... such a gentleman.
However, Qiongqi seems to have said that a man will have an instinctive sexual impulse towards the woman he likes. I was naked in his arms, and he didn't seem to respond at all, basically equivalent to a ruthless cargo carrying machine...
Tao Ti lowered her head, opened her collar and took a look, her dark eyes were full of deep doubts: Although not particularly plump, but still quite predictable, does he like flat ones
The little girl inside the house was caught in doubts about her own charm, while outside the house, Pei Yan sat upright on the stone bench, thinking deeply.
Brother Hao tilted his head to look at him, and saw that he had a solemn face and his thick eyebrows were tightly frowned, as if he was thinking about something extremely important until—
"Pei Langjun, why is your nose bleeding!"
Pei Yan, "..."
At this time, Xu Wenhe walked slowly with a bamboo dustpan in his hand, "Mr. Pei Lang, do you need me to prepare you a medicine for clearing the heart and reducing fire?"
The corner of Pei Yan's mouth twitched, "...no need."