Chapter 15 Bathing
Author: Mu Shenghua
"I'm back. Go wash your hands and eat steamed buns."
Yu Ying brought a large pot of steamed buns in from the backyard. When she saw the rabbits lying in rows on the ground, she beamed, "Hey, today's harvest is good!"
Jiang Miao nodded in agreement: "Mom, Cheng Huai is so awesome, he just found the rabbit nest and cooked it in one pot."
"It's amazing. Let him take it to the town tomorrow and sell it for you to buy some candies to eat."
"Mom, I'm not a child, I don't eat sweets."
"Who is complaining about taking medicine and saying he's not a child?" Yu Ying pointed out mercilessly, "Go wash your hands quickly. Do you still want to eat my mother's buns?"
"I thought, the buns made by my mother are delicious." Jiang Miao nodded quickly and ran to wash her hands.
Cheng Huai followed her to the backyard and washed his hands.
The man's tall figure was looming over his head. Jiang Miao couldn't ignore it and looked sideways at him, "Cheng Huai, can you take me with you when you go to town tomorrow morning?"
Seeing Jiang Miao finish washing her hands, Cheng Huai put his hands in the basin to wash, and said in a rough and low voice: "Let's go together."
"Thank you, I can help you carry the rabbit!" She smiled with her eyes slightly curved, like a bright crescent moon.
Cheng Huai pursed his lower lip and said nothing.
The rabbit doesn't weigh much, so he can just carry it himself.
The two went to the front room, where Yu Ying was watching the two children eating.
Cheng Huai sat on the bench, took the bun and ate it without saying a word.
Jiang Miao was no longer as embarrassed as before. Yu Ying gave it to her and started to eat it obediently. While eating, she said nice words without paying for it. Yu Ying smiled from ear to ear.
Cheng Huai looked at her and felt that there had been a lot of life in the house these days, and it was no longer as boring as before.
Both the old and the young like her, she is very powerful.
After dinner, Yu Ying went to the river to wash clothes as usual, while Jiang Miao and Cheng Huai took a baby for a walk in the yard to eat.
The strange man who picked the lock never came again, but after this happened once, Yu Ying did not dare to leave her two children alone at home again.
After leaving the incense stick, Cheng Huai took the two cubs to wash up, and Jiang Miao also followed to help.
"No, daddy!" Cheng Xiaobao blocked Cheng Huai's hand with a look of resistance on his face.
When Cheng Dabao saw this, he held his chubby face in his hands and rubbed it into Jiang Miao's arms, burying his head and pretending not to see his father.
Cheng Huai frowned. He washed well before, but he didn't want to wash it today. Maybe his skin was itchy.
"Mother, mother, wipe Dabao's face." Cheng Dabao stuck out his butt and twisted it from side to side, acting coquettishly.
Cheng Xiaobao also looked at Jiang Miao as if asking for help, and called out to her mother.
Touching Dabao's tender face, Jiang Miao couldn't help but said helplessly: "Brother Cheng, why don't I come and wash Dabao and Xiaobao's face."
Cheng Huai stood up expressionlessly, walked to the side and paused, staring at Dabao and Xiaobao like a statue.
He wanted to see what tricks the two brats were playing.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Jiang Miao sat down on the low bench, the two children ran over and stretched their necks to let her wipe their faces.
He also had an intoxicated and satisfied expression on his face.
After wiping their faces, Jiang Miao wiped their bodies again. The two children were extremely cooperative throughout the process.
It was time to wash their feet. Dabao and Xiaobao looked at Cheng Huai with the same eyes, "Dad, wash your feet!"
Cheng Huai: "." I remembered him after washing his stinky feet.
Jiang Miao held back her laughter and stood up to get out of the way. When she faced Cheng Huai's somewhat smelly face, she almost laughed out loud.
After struggling for a while, the two children finally calmed down. Cheng Huai went outside to pour water while Jiang Miao coaxed them to sleep.
After being coaxed to sleep, Yu Ying happened to come back, so Jiang Miao went to the backyard to find Cheng Huai. He had sweated a lot today and was taking a shower.
Jiang Miao went to the kitchen and took a look and found that there was still a lot of boiled hot water.
"Girl Miao, where are you?" Yu Ying's voice came from the house, from far to near.
Jiang Miao immediately stretched out her head and replied: "Hey, Mom, I'm in the backyard."
"Have you finished washing?" Yu Ying walked slowly to the backyard.
Jiang Miao moved a low stool and sat at the door, supporting her chin with her hands, "Mom, Cheng Huai is washing. I'll wait for him to wash before washing."
In the miscellaneous room, Cheng Huai, who was taking a bath without any distractions, paused. Listening to the woman's sweet voice, his chest started to heat up, and he accelerated his bathing speed.
"Mom has brought your clothes over. If you can't carry the water later, call Cheng Huai to help you carry it."
Jiang Miao held the clothes in her arms, lowered her head and smelled it. It was full of the smell of sunshine, "Well, mother, go to bed quickly."
"Hurry up, you have to go to town tomorrow, rest early." Yu Ying entered the house, and Jiang Miao turned her attention to the bathing room.
It was dark inside, there were no candles lit, and I didn't know if Cheng Huai could see clearly.
Soon, the wooden door made a sound and was opened from the inside. The tall figure of the man came into view. One sleeve had not been pulled up in time and was half stuck at the elbow.
Thinking that she could finally take a shower, Jiang Miao stood up excitedly, "Cheng Huai, you're done!"
The man nodded slightly, raised his dark eyes and glanced at her fair face.
Jiang Miao stepped forward and helped him pull down his sleeves, but she saw that he quickly retracted his hands and put his hands behind him uncomfortably.
"I want to take a shower too," she said.
"Yeah." Cheng Huai put the clothes he had changed into the wooden basin outside, turned around and went to the kitchen to fetch hot water, and then went to add cold water.
Jiang Miao ran after him, but was surprised that she didn't help at all. This man had done everything well.
"Test the water temperature." He put a bucket of water in front of her and looked at her with his calm eyes.
Jiang Miao stretched out her hand and touched it. It was just right, neither cold nor hot. "That's it, thank you."
Cheng Huai then carried the water into the house. Jiang Miao followed him. Her eyes were dark and she had to grab the belt around his waist and walk in cautiously.
Feeling a small hand rubbing against his waist, Cheng Huai couldn't help but pursed his lips, clenched his hands into fists, and tried his best to ignore the strange feeling in his heart.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Jiang Miao grabbed him without courage and said, "Cheng Huai, there is no light here."
He had no choice but to turn around and strode inside.
But after a while, a small flame jumped out, and the room was lit up instantly.
Jiang Miao quickly put her clothes on the chair in front of her and smiled gratefully at Cheng Huai: "Thank you, Brother Cheng!"
Cheng Huai calmed down his emotions, took out his bath water, and then took the basin back.
He looked at Jiang Miao and said calmly: "I'm outside." He seemed to be afraid that she would be alone.
Jiang Miao nodded and saw that he had gone out and closed the door, so she quickly took off her clothes and took a shower, not worrying that he would suddenly barge in.
She felt inexplicably reassured by this taciturn man.
Jiang Miao washed quickly, and burning candles at home was expensive, so she was embarrassed to use them more.
But fortunately, I finally had a big cleanse all over my body, and I felt extremely comfortable.
Chapter completed!