Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family - Chapter 227:
Chapter 227: Chapter 225: Thick-skinned Ye Lei, Busy Sisi
“Sisi, no need to hurry, we still have several days left! Why are you rushing to prepare all these today? Come here, your husband misses you.”
Di Yelei was unhappy, seeing that his wife was completely ignoring him.
It was no wonder, making a man accustomed to wandering in the forest lie idle in bed all day was undoubtedly a cruel torture!
Even though it was due to his injuries!
However, Di Yelei’s robust figure was now rapidly losing weight. In a few days, his cheeks had become gaunt, only skin and bones left!
Liu Sisi’s heart broke!
Now, hearing Di Yelei’s call, she hurriedly put down what she was doing and quickly went to his side, touching his forehead with her hand.
A few days earlier, Di Yelei had been running a high fever repeatedly, which had frightened her!
She was busy for several days, making medicine meal after meal, taking care of his meals, and constantly making him break a sweat. His body was burning like a hot stove, scaring others.
When Di Yelei was feverish, he was always trying to turn over, constantly struggling, Liu Sisi would have to remind him time after time, she had to be there for him constantly. Luckily, his high fever eventually subsided.
Thinking of it now, it gave her shivers!
“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable somewhere? Do you want me to change your bandages? Or is your forehead aching again? I’ll check if the gauze is dry.”
Liu Sisi felt like running outside intuitively.
“No, I am fine, I just miss you.”
Di Yelei swiftly grabbed her hand and pulled her to his cheek, continuously rubbing it with his coarse stubbles.
Liu Sisi eased a bit, finally putting her concerns to rest.
The sight of Di Yelei trying to please her gingerly made her heart soften.
“Are you feeling restless being alone in the room? Wait for me a moment. I will finish up here and then come to keep you company, alright?”
Di Yelei didn’t let her go, preffering to close his eyes and nuzzle her chest.
“So soft, so comfortable–Sisi, I miss you!”
He missed the feeling of having her small body writhing under his, but now he could only stare blankly, unable to do anything, which was frustrating for him.
“Pfft! You, I mean——”
Liu Sisi felt like pinching his waist, but withdrew her hand when she felt the hard bandages.
“What on earth are you thinking? is this what you should be worrying about right now? The most important thing for you now is to take good care of your injuries and recover as soon as possible.”
Is this what a man in his thirties is supposed to say?
“What’s there to be afraid of? You are my legit wife! If I didn’t have any desires for you, that would be a reason to cry.”
Di Yelei did not seem embarrassed at all, on the contrary, he was quite indignant!
Liu Sisi shot him an annoyed look.
“Nonsense! Don’t forget you’re injured! What you need to do is…”
Her sentence was interrupted by his mischievous hand.
“I can indulge you in everything else, but in the bed- I must be tough with you, I must properly take care of you, I must subdue you thoroughly. Because I am your man, and you are my woman!”
“How can you…!”
Liu Sisi turned both embarrassed and angry! She could no longer hold it back and lunged forward, her eight pinching fingers clenched onto his ear!
“Can’t you…can’t you stop saying shameless things?”
Her small face was red with embarrassment, her pearly teeth were pressed tight to her lower lip, her eyes watery. The sight of it made the man half lying there slightly dim his eyes, which were particularly deep.
Di Yelei was smirking, so pleased with himself that the corners of his mouth nearly touched the back of his head!
“What your husband is saying is all the most decent talk, where is there any nonsense in it? The affection between husband and wife is part of human ethics, there is nothing to be ashamed of at all!” He defended himself with confidence.
“I…I won’t talk to you anymore, I will go to see how the bone soup is doing.”
After Liu Sisi finished talking, she fled as if flying!
She couldn’t stay even for another moment! This hateful man! A bastard with lust on his brain!
Liu Sisi cupped her burning cheeks, hurriedly fetched a basin of cold water to wash her face, and finally calmed her heated face.
No matter how much she complained, she did all the tasks she should do without a miss.
After washing the clothes and carrying two buckets of water – luckily, the well is located in their courtyard, a few steps back and forth wasn’t too tiring – she delivered the ready-made bone soup into the room. That hateful man was half laying there, sleeping soundly. He seemed to be having restless dreams, his muscles twitching from time to time.
He must be healing, right? Growing new flesh feels unbearably itchy; however, this man here has never complained.
Sighing, she fetched a thin quilt to lightly cover him, then carefully left the room, quietly closing the door behind her.
With nothing else to do, she might as well continue transcribing some pages to earn a little pocket money!
As soon as Liu Sisi left, the man in the room immediately opened his eyes. The light in the depths of his gaze quickly dimmed.
He talked prettily, but he himself knew the severity of his wounds.
For at least one month, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.
Unable to resist, he touched the painful, throbbing wound on his head. This injury was the most dangerous. Initially, the black-clothed man had aimed for Sisi, and he was in no position to dodge; all he could do was block the blow head-on.
Remembering this now, it was indeed a perilous moment!
If Sisi had taken the blow, even if she survived, she would have had to recuperate for at least three to five months.
As an adult man with a thick skin, huddling a few months wasn’t much, but if Sisi were to get hurt, wouldn’t that break his heart?
Lost in these thoughts, Di Yelei actually fell asleep.
The weather gradually turned chillier, and Liu Sisi took the chance to dig out the sweet potatoes from the small plot of land in the fields. They were left to air-dry and then planned to be stored in the cellar after a few days. The house had been chaotic recently, and she didn’t have the energy to sort them out.
There were also the chive seedlings. Seeing that Frost’s Descent was coming soon, these chives would wither and only leave the old roots surviving in the soil, waiting to sprout again next year. Since they were still tender, they were better off being cut for use.
The last batch of daylilies had been harvested, and the sprouts of the water spinach were noticeably smaller. She planned to cover them with mulch later and continue planting next year.
There are so many preparations for winter!
No matter how much everyone resisted, the Double Ninth Festival quietly arrived.
