1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 53 Sudden Happiness (Vote Request)

Liang Ziqiang quickly returned home carrying the pond water and took a good bath as he had originally planned.

No matter how urgent it is, you can't show up in front of your future wife all sweaty, right?
When I was taking a shower, I noticed that the skin on my neck, upper chest, and shoulders had turned red and dark, and was a little burning.

Apparently, he was running around in the scorching sun on the island, which was much more intense than normal fishing, and caused his skin to be sunburned.

Fortunately, the pool was connected to a mountain spring, and the water was particularly clear and cool. When poured on my body, it not only cooled me down, but also temporarily made my sunburned parts feel better.

Finally, I was drenched from head to toe. Every pore became clean and refreshed.

Wash yourself and meet your wife...

Finally, he looked at himself in the old, unclear mirror at home. Well, this appearance should not be disliked by his pretty wife, right?
No, the beard is too long. After staying on the small island for a few days, the style is a bit like a pirate...

I searched for a long time but couldn't find a proper razor, so I almost had to use scissors to cut my face.

Fortunately, Liang's mother helped to find one, and it looked like it was the one his father usually used.

The old-fashioned ones, the kind that need a thin blade to be clamped inside. At least it shaved my beard clean, but it hurt my lips...

My nephew Liang Xiaohai propped up his chin and watched for a long time:
"Uncle, you are so conceited today!"

After saying this, he ran away alertly before getting hit.

Liang Ziqiang told his mother what happened, and his mother told him to leave early so as not to let Xiang Bei worry.

Afraid that it would look bad if he went there empty-handed, he took out some dried shrimps and half a bag of dried mussels.

The dried shrimps were harvested by Liang Ziqiang using a high-legged fishing net six days ago and were dried in the sun. There was a large quantity and he even had some left over for his own consumption.

Dried mussels are the mussels he harvested. In addition to eating some of them while they were fresh for making soup and porridge, he dug out the rest of the meat and dried it to make dried mussels.

Carrying these things out of the door, Liang's mother did not forget to remind:

"It's not too early. If we hurry, we can get back before it gets dark. Don't you have to go to the sea tomorrow?"

After thinking about it, he changed his words:
"Of course, if you can get the Chen family to let you stay there for one night, that's your own ability. Come back early tomorrow morning, it won't cause any big trouble."

Liang Ziqiang didn't hear the second half of the sentence at all, because he had already started fast walking mode, walking as fast as the wind, and disappeared in a few seconds.

The journey took more than half an hour, but he was ten minutes faster than usual and arrived in half an hour.

This time when I arrived at the Chen family’s house, it was obviously much quieter than last time.

First of all, Dahuang didn't rush over to make things difficult for him. Instead, he crawled up from the ground and kept wagging his tail at him, as if to apologize to him for what happened last time.

Smoke was rising from the kitchen at the back, but the door of the house was half closed.

Dahuang looked at him and turned his head towards the house twice, as if to say: Someone is inside, you will know when you push the door open.

Liang Ziqiang knocked on the door, and a clear voice asked from inside: "Who is it?"

Liang Ziqiang responded, pushed the door open, and saw Chen Xiangbei coming out from the kitchen with a pair of fire tongs in her hand.

She was obviously preparing dinner in the kitchen. Her eyelids were not visibly swollen, but she was biting her lips and looked as if someone owed her a lot of money.

It was not until he saw Liang Ziqiang that his originally gloomy face suddenly brightened up, and his tone was filled with disbelief, from surprise to joy:

"So you're back?! Those people in your village were talking nonsense, saying that you took a boat out and didn't come back for several days. I thought it was true and I've been worried until now!"

Liang Ziqiang looked at her eyes that were bright and full of surprise. He felt a little guilty, but at the same time he had a sense of satisfaction that someone was thinking about him.

He smiled at her and explained:
"They didn't lie. I just ran into a little trouble, but it's okay. I'm back safe and sound now, right?"

He put the dried shrimps and mussels on the table, looked around, and asked:
"Where are the others at home? Are they still working outside?"

Chen Xiangbei nodded:
"Tomorrow there will be harvesters coming to the village, so my family is rushing to pick more fruit so that it can be sold tomorrow. The adults are picking fruit in the garden, and my brother's children are playing in the garden. I will go home first and make dinner for them in advance." Liang Ziqiang said, "Oh":
"Then hurry up and continue cooking. Don't delay. I'll sit next to the stove and talk to you for a while!"

"Why waste time? The food is almost ready now!"

Chen Xiangbei continued to talk, still carrying the fire tongs back to the kitchen. Liang Ziqiang followed him into the kitchen, wanting to see if there was anyone he could help with, but he couldn't find anything he could do, so he rubbed his hands dryly.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xiangbei couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, then quickly regained her calm expression and picked up a small stool and gave it to him:
"There's nothing I can help you with. Please sit down. It's tiring to stand."

Liang Ziqiang sat beside her, watching her make arrangements. Chen Xiangbei subconsciously smoothed her hair with her hands to make it look neater and more beautiful.

Liang Ziqiang noticed a piece of straw ash floating in her hair, so he subconsciously stood up and reached out to pick it for her.

This made Chen Xiangbei very nervous, thinking that he was suddenly going to touch her face.

She turned away anxiously, hiding from him and said:

"Go away, don't!"

Liang Ziqiang picked up the straw ash and showed it to her.

Chen Xiangbei then realized that she had misunderstood him. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red.

Now that's good. Liang Ziqiang didn't have that idea originally, but when he saw her looking like a shy young wife, he felt inexplicably tickled in his heart.

With an intention, his hand went up again, touching her delicate cheek. For a moment, his palm felt so refreshed that he seemed to have attained immortality.

Chen Xiangbei thought that there was wood ash on her hair again, so she stopped dodging and obediently cooperated with his hand.

Until he felt something was wrong, he put his hands on her cheeks, rubbing them slowly, rubbing them again and again...

After realizing his true intention, she gritted her teeth and raised her hand, wanting to slap him.

His hand didn't really fall, but he caught a glimpse of the dark skin on his neck and laughed on the spot:

"Hey, when did you become a zebra? One part is white and the other is black!"

Liang Ziqiang: "..."

Can the word zebra be used to describe a person? That's ridiculous. If I had known this earlier, I would have gotten an evenly tanned body!
Chen Xiangbei's curiosity did not end. She touched his neck with her hand:
"How did it become like this? Was it because of the sun at sea? Oh, it's peeling. It must be painful, right?"

Actually it doesn't hurt that much, it's just very burning. But since you asked this, how can it not hurt?
Liang Ziqiang grinned deliberately, and hissed as he took a breath:
"It hurts, of course it hurts!"

He just wanted to tease her, but Chen Xiangbei was really anxious:

"Then what should we do? How about this? When I burned my hands when I was a kid, I used raw cucumber slices to apply to them. It was quite effective! I'll find some cucumbers to apply to you now, too?"

"Do you have cucumbers? If you do, try it!"

Liang Ziqiang felt that maybe this trick was really useful.

Chen Xiangbei was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so she quickly went to the kitchen to wash a cucumber. Her hands were very skillful and she cut it into thin slices in no time.

It was definitely impossible to apply the massage while standing, so she moved two bamboo chairs close together, and she sat on the slightly higher chair to apply the massage to him.

Later, she found that it was still inconvenient for him to sit upright like this, so she didn't think much about it and let him lie his head on her legs, exposing the tanned red patch on the back of his neck.

It is really much more convenient to stick cucumber slices in this way.

His face fell into the soft legs, feeling the warmth and tenderness of their bodies, as well as the particularly warm fragrance.

Liang Ziqiang never expected that happiness would come so unexpectedly...

(End of this chapter)