Chapter 25

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing that he had only used a little rice, it could be seen that he had prepared it for Song Xi.

Song Xi hurriedly said, “Brother Yi, cook more. Let’s eat together. Only when you’re healthy can you work hard for the future. Otherwise, no matter how nice it sounds, it’s all empty talk.”

With her around, their family would not lack fine grain in the future. There was really no need to save so much.

“Brother Yi, believe me. Our lives will get better and better in the future.” Seeing a trace of hesitation in Zhou Yi’s eyes, Song Xi blinked. Those dark and bright eyes seemed to have a magical power that made it impossible to refuse.

In the end, Zhou Yi listened to Song Xi and used an entire bowl of rice.

After the fish soup was ready, Zhou Yi stir-fried another plate of wild vegetables. Although it was summer, no one had good vegetable seeds. Moreover, in order to fill their stomachs, the things planted in the fields and in the courtyards were actually things that could fill their stomachs, such as sweet potatoes and corn.

There were only two rows of sweet potatoes planted in Zhou Yi’s courtyard. It was not time to dig for sweet potatoes yet, but the land in Zhou Yi’s courtyard was barren and dry. It looked like white hard soil. The sweet potatoes were not growing well, and they would probably not be able to harvest many sweet potatoes next month. However, Song Xi had a supermarket. When the time came, she could take some sweet potatoes from the supermarket and mix them together.

Lunch was served a little late. Song Xinyi looked at the milky white fish head soup in front of her and was a little hesitant. As there were no seasonings like onions, ginger, and garlic, this soup was a little fishy, but it was not as fishy as farmed fish that was fed fish feed.

In order not to let down Zhou Yi’s good intentions, Song Xi held her breath and quickly fed him spoon by spoon. She wanted to eat more to recuperate quickly. In the future, when she cooked, she could add seasonings as she pleased and make ‘heavy-tasting’ dishes.

Song Xi quickly finished the fish soup. Zhou Yi picked up a lot of white fish for her. “Wife, eat more.”

Looking at the tasteless fish, Song Xi missed braised fish, pickled fish, sweet and sour fish, steamed fish, iron plate grilled fish… At the thought of this, she could not help but secrete water in her mouth. She had to recover quickly and make a lot of delicious food to reward her stomach. During this period of time, her stomach had really suffered.

What was she going to do after dinner in the summer? Naturally, she was going to take an afternoon nap. Moreover, as soon as Song Xi put down the bowl and chopsticks, she felt sleepy. She covered her mouth and yawned loudly. She washed her face with warm water and returned to her room to rest. In her daze, she felt a faint wind blowing against her face. She opened her eyes slightly and saw a figure sitting on the edge of the bed, the fan in his hand swaying gently.

So that’s why!

Song Xi felt that she was being treated better than someone’s newborn son.

Song Xi slept for a few hours. When she woke up, it was already sunset outside. Smoke was rising from the roofs of some houses. Song Xi felt much more relaxed and stretched comfortably.

She patted her cheeks with both hands to wake herself up completely. She got up and walked out. The house and courtyard were quiet, which meant that Zhou Yi was not at home. Song Xi saw that there were leaves everywhere in the area where people moved in the courtyard, so she went to the corner to get a broom made of bamboo and slowly cleaned the courtyard.

The broom made of bamboo was very heavy. Song Xi hugged her thin arms tightly and swept the ground with difficulty. When she heard a knock on the door, Song Xi put down the broom and went to open the door. However, she could not open the door. It seemed like Zhou Yi had locked the door from the outside when he went out.

“Who’s outside?” Song Xi could not get out and could only ask from behind the door.

“Little Aunt, it’s us. We picked raspberry fruits again today. We remembered that you liked them, so we brought some over for you.” Zhou Xiao Shu’s voice came from outside.

The two children did not go astray. They also wanted to repay those who were kind to them.

“Xiao Shu, Xiao Hua, thank you. I can’t go out now. Can I trouble you to leave it outside the door first?” Song Xi took out four White Rabbit Milk Candy and threw them out. “I still have a few milk candies here. You two split them. Don’t snatch them!”

“Thank you, Aunt.” The two children thanked her crisply. They picked up the candy and carefully placed the raspberry fruit in the corner by the door before running away.

Although they were still young, they had to work too. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to eat wild vegetable soup.

Song Xi felt that these two children were not bad. In fact, she wanted to befriend them. Children ran around and heard a lot. They knew almost everything. She could use these two children to understand this Ping’an Village.

If Ping’an Village was not bad, she did not mind helping everyone. If Ping’an Village was not good, she would close the door and live her life.

After Song Xi finished sweeping the courtyard, she returned the broom to the corner and put it away. Her hot hair was already covered in sweat. It looked like she had washed it. She poured a glass of cold water and sat under the osmanthus tree to rest.

As Song Xi drank her water to adjust her state, she looked around Zhou Yi’s courtyard and saw the sweet potato vines in the courtyard. She thought about how the sweet potato stem under the leaves was edible and there was a sweet taste when it was stir-fried. Song Xi walked over and plucked two handfuls. Then, she sat under the osmanthus tree and slowly peeled off the skin, and snapped it into small pieces.

Zhou Yi returned and saw Song Xi sitting under the osmanthus tree picking vegetables. He quickly said, “Wife, leave it there. Let me do it.”

“My body is much better now. I can do some simple things.” Song Xi looked up and smiled at him. Zhou Yi only had one thought, and that was, it is super sweet to have you on a hot summer day.

Zhou Yi was very hot, so he did not say much to Song Xi. He placed the raspberry fruits by the door in front of Song Xi and carried a bucket of well water into the house. Usually, he would stand by the well to take a shower after it turned dark at night, but now, he was afraid of scaring his wife, so he returned to the house to deal with it. When Zhou Yi took the clothes, he saw two stalks of ginseng from the corner of his eye and was a little surprised.

He had been running up the mountain whenever he had time recently, mainly to find ginseng. Back then, he had begged the old Chinese doctor to save Song Xi. He had promised the old Chinese doctor that he would find two stalks of ginseng for him.

It was just that he had never found it. There were so few wild vegetables on the mountain, let alone ginseng. If one had appeared, it would have been snatched away long ago. How could it be his turn?

But why did two ginsengs that had been dried and could be used directly appear at home for no reason?

Zhou Yi looked through the window at Song Xi under the osmanthus tree. He couldn’t understand, so he didn’t think about it for the time being. He had to resolve the urgent matter first. After all, his little wife’s health had really improved a lot. One couldn’t go back on their word. Otherwise, if anything happened in the future, it would be difficult for them to ask for help again.

As time passed, Song Xi’s health improved day by day. Now, she finally wouldn’t pant after taking a few steps.