Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

When Liu Xiangyang arrived at the door, he saw Le Yao adding firewood to the stove, and Le Qi scooping water from the large water vat into the pot to boil. "Qiqi, scoop some water for me to wash my hands."

Leqi scooped a spoonful of water and rinsed Liu Xiangyang's hands: "Come in and warm up quickly."

"Yes, hurry up and warm your hands by the fire, they're freezing cold." Xue Bingbing saw him come in and quickly pulled him to sit next to Le Yao. "I'll go find you some clothes, and take a shower as soon as the water's ready."

Liu Xiangyang stretched his hands out in front of the stove to warm them with the flames.

Le Yao looked at Liu Xiangyang's hands, which were red from the cold, and grabbed his hands, pulling them into her arms.

Le Yao glanced at Le Qi and noticed that her sister was focused on boiling water and hadn't noticed her. She leaned in and kissed Liu Xiangyang on the cheek, whispering, "Liu Xiangyang, thank you. I love you so much."

Liu Xiangyang hugged Le Yao tightly, preventing her from moving. He put one hand inside Le Yao's collar and placed it on her neck, making Le Yao shiver from the cold.

"Yaoyao, I love you too, but one thing at a time. You just smeared oil all over my face, and I won't let you get away with it."

"Ah, your hands are so cold! Liu Xiangyang, take your hands out! I'm freezing! Sister, come save me!" Le Yao cried out because Liu Xiangyang's hands were so cold.

"Yaoyao, just keep screaming. No one will come to save you no matter how loud you scream. I'll settle the score with those two later too," Liu Xiangyang said, feigning a menacing expression.

"Liu Xiangyang, I surrender. I'll never do it again. Please spare me." Le Yao shook her head like a rattle-drum.

Liu Xiangyang felt goosebumps rise on Le Yao's neck from the cold, so he pulled his hand away, wrapped his arms around Le Yao's lap, and gently inhaled the fragrance of her hair.

"Yao Yao".

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

Le Yao sensed something was wrong; she knew all too well what she was suppressing.

With each throb, she felt a vibrant life force pressing against her, and Le Yao's heart raced.

Leqi paused for a moment while scooping water, glanced at the two of them, cursed inwardly, put down the spoon, left the kitchen, and whispered, "I'll go get your clothes."

"Go and bring your clothes over too, we'll wash them together later," Liu Xiangyang said to Le Qi as she left the kitchen.

Leqi stumbled and ran away. She could already feel the strange sensation in her chest. If she didn't leave soon, she would embarrass herself.

The crackling sound of burning firewood came from the kitchen. Le Yao leaned against the stove, her front open, revealing glimpses of her moon-white undergarment.

He said, looking at the steam rising from the large iron pot.

"Liu Xiangyang, stop, no, stop! The fire is too big, the water is almost boiled away. Let's find another place. It's too dangerous. Someone will come in and see us."

Liu Xiangyang ignored Le Yao's words and continued to throw firewood into the stove forcefully.

"It's so cold, everyone's staying home. Your sister locked the gate, I just need to add some water."

"The water's here. Open the lid so the water doesn't splash out," Liu Xiangyang said, pouring the water into the iron pot.

After boiling the water, Liu Xiangyang poured it into the bathtub himself and then carried the slumped Le Yao into the bathtub.

Liu Xiangyang took two peanuts and put them in his mouth to savor them before starting to massage Le Yao to soothe her body.

When the two of them came out of the bathroom and didn't see anyone, they figured they must have gone back to their own yard, so they took Le Yao there.

Looking at Xue Bingbing and Le Qi's expressions, neither of them seemed unusual, except for Le Qi, whose face was rather red.

"You've finished showering, come and eat quickly. The food is warming up in the pot, I'll go get it." Xue Bingbing got up and walked towards the kitchen when she saw the two of them come in.

Liu Xiangyang followed her into the kitchen and hugged Xue Bingbing from behind: "Bingbing, I love you."

"We all volunteered, so you're getting off easy. Take the food inside and eat," Xue Bingbing said reproachfully.

"I've had that bearskin cloak for over 20 days. I'm going to the county town tomorrow to pick it up. What brings you here tomorrow?"

All three shook their heads and said it was nothing.

"Let's go together, and take a family photo together."

Xue Bingbing, Le Qi, and Le Yao all nodded in agreement when they heard Liu Xiangyang's words.

Looking at the three delicate and pretty faces, Liu Xiangyang said, "I'll fix up the woodsheds in both courtyards later and put a door in the middle, so you won't have to get up so early every day."

"Isn't this more convenient for you?" Le Yao muttered softly.

After the four finished eating, they cleared away the dishes and went to wash them. Liu Xiangyang then took the lantern and went to the woodshed.

Previously, I had only built a framework, but now that I needed to make it more concealed, I decided to surround it with bricks.

Before it got too late, I took a hoe and went to a spot not far from the yard to break up some soil.

Xue Bingbing and Le Qi came over after washing the dishes, carrying their tools.

Liu Xiangyang thought to himself that he should just dig properly; there was no way he could slack off this time.

The four of them chatted and laughed as they dug enough earth. Liu Xiangyang then fetched two buckets of water, poured them in, and mixed the mud.

It was so cold that all three of them were shivering. Liu Xiangyang didn't want to use his hands to move the bricks, so he said to them, "It's too cold outside. You guys go inside first and don't get cold. I can do it by myself."

The three women wanted to say something more, but Liu Xiangyang pushed them back.

After they all left, Liu Xiangyang used a shovel to spread a whole layer of mud blocks on the ground. After waiting for the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, the mud blocks froze a bit hard, so he broke them down into large mud bricks that were thirty centimeters long and twenty centimeters wide.

Liu Xiangyang worked from a little after six o'clock until a little after eight o'clock. Looking at the large area of ​​mud bricks, he felt that there should be enough, and then he went back to his house.

What followed was the tedious process of taking a bath, getting on the kang (heated brick bed), and then taking a bath and getting on the kang—a whole vat of water had been boiled away.

Nothing more was said that night…

The next morning, Leqi and Leyao came to make breakfast, while Xue Bingbing was making the most of her time to sleep.

Liu Xiangyang went to the mud-brick area from last night and poked at it hard with his fingernail; the bricks were frozen solid. He could turn the woodshed into a woodshed once he returned from the county town today.

After Liu Xiangyang, Le Qi, and Le Yao finished breakfast, Xue Bingbing slowly woke up, stretched, and the blanket slipped off, revealing her alluring curves.

Turning his head, he saw that all three people on the kang (a heated brick bed) were staring intently at him, especially Liu Xiangyang, who even swallowed hard.

Xue Bingbing pulled up the blanket to cover her alluring body and glanced at her clothes, which were all with Liu Xiangyang.

Liu Xiangyang likes to sleep naked. After he told the three of them about the benefits of sleeping naked, they now sleep naked whenever they sleep at Liu Xiangyang's place.

"Okay, Leqi, bring me my clothes." Xue Bingbing held the blanket with one hand to prevent it from slipping off, and pointed to the clothes next to Liu Xiangyang with the other.

They completely forgot that her beautiful back was exposed.

"No need to trouble Leqi, I'll get it for you." Liu Xiangyang said, grabbing the clothes and walking to Xue Bingbing.