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The Xiao Family is so poor, and Second Brotherâs left face has already been scratched by a bear. If he becomes lame, he wonât be able to marry a good wife.
âWould you mind?â Xiao Yishanâs cold voice had no emotion. Heaven knew he was nervous, afraid that she wouldâ¦
She shook her head, âOf course I donât mind.â Itâs just that sheâs afraid his future wife would mind. Second Brother didnât have a wife yet, so it wasnât appropriate to talk to him about this.
âIâll take good care of my injury.â Xiao Yishanâs cold voice carried a hint of determination. âDonât worry, Yueâer.â She had medical skills, could make money, knew how to read, and had a good heart. Such a wife was hard to find even with a lantern.
He was just a rough man from the mountains, not worthy of her. He couldnât afford to be lame as well.
âThatâs good.â Su Qingyue finished cleaning and went to wash the bowls and chopsticks.
The little bastard had eaten the porridge she made as well.
His teeth had grown quite a bit, and eating rice soup wasnât nutritious enough, so she served porridge instead.
Qingyue went to the secondary bedroom and put the dirty clothes she changed out of yesterday into a wooden bucket. She then entered the master bedroom, âGive me all your dirty clothes, and Iâll go wash them.â
âYueâer, letâs wait until Iâm better and wash it myself in a few days.â Xiao Yishan was distressed that she had to do so much work.
Yuchuan also said, âYeah, letâs wait a few days. When Iâm strong enough, Iâll do the laundry.â
Only Xiao Qinghe didnât speak. He couldnât get off the bed, so even if he wanted to help with the laundry, he had no way.
Both Second Brother and Third Brother would recover. But he⦠would always be a burden to this family.
âSecond Brother will need at least ten more days before he can get off the bed.â She said, âThird Brother, too, needs to recuperate for ten days before his body will be strong. If we wait that long, the clothes will stink, so itâs better to let me wash them.â
âIt doesnât matter if they stink,â said Xiao Yuchuan, âIâm not afraid of the smell. â
âBut I am,â she said, âThree big menâs clothes, in such hot weather, if theyâre not washed, the room will be full of sweat smell.â
Xiao Yuchuan asked, âThen why donât you mind when you have to empty the toilet bucket every day?â
Who said she didnât mind? It was something that couldnât be helped. Fourth Brotherâs leg would never heal, and she would have to help empty the toilet bucket in the future, so she didnât mention it. âNone of your business. Just give me your dirty clothes.â
The three men handed her the pile of dirty clothes from the corner of the bed. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Su Qingyue hugged a pile of dirty clothes, together with her own, put them all into the wooden bucket and carried the bucket to the river bank.
The sun was shining brightly, illuminating Wushan Villageâs rivers and mountains.
The Xiao familyâs house was situated on higher ground. Looking out from the courtyard door, there were rows of villagersâ houses nearby. The green farmland by the village swayed with the wind, as did the rice seedlings in the fields. The river in the south of the village meandered into the distance, with willow trees dancing along the banks.
The air was fresh, with no trace of modern civilization.
It was a poor but peaceful village.
There were many village gossipers, making the place not so quiet, but it was suitable for a life without ambition.
She carried the bucket along the field ridge by the river and walked to the bank where the village women usually washed clothes.
Several women were already washing clothes, and some had just finished and left.
âQingyue, youâre washing clothes too?â Wang Cuihua happened to be there and greeted her warmly.
Su Qingyue put down the bucket, âMhm.â
âWow! Qingyue, youâre wearing new clothes!â Wang Cuihua stopped washing her clothes, walked over to her, âAnd it has embroidery! The handiwork is not badâ¦â
Ding Erâs wife, who was also washing clothes at the bank, came over too, âOh my, these clothes must be expensiveâ¦.â