Qing Yao

Chapter 48 Wife, I'm Not Hungry
Is it fake? White jade for the hall and gold for the horses.

As long as he can become an official, Zhao An doesn’t care what his surname is.

Anyway, his real surname is not Zhao.

His last name was Zhang in his previous life.

Although everything now is fake, if you open up your mind a little, doesn't it mean you have an identity, academic qualifications, fame, a wife and children?

From having nothing to becoming a new person with four qualities, how many detours did you avoid compared to others?
As long as you can become an official, everything else is nothing.

As the sage said: You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing your child.

After comforting himself in this way, Zhao An's mentality suddenly changed drastically. Although he couldn't say that he was very happy, at least he was very happy.

Along the way, Teacher Song fell asleep, the young lady was holding the child in a daze, and Zhao An was entertaining himself.

In fact, it is just imagining certain scenes.

It's a scene every man fantasizes about.

A woman suddenly fell from the sky. How could a 21-year-old body not feel suffocated?

You will definitely think about it if you hold it in for a while.

If you don’t think about it, you’re not a man.

As he thought about it, he unconsciously leaned towards the young lady.

The only person in the car was Teacher Song, who was soundly sleeping. As he was old, he was very sleepy and there was no need to worry about waking up suddenly.

Besides, it’s not illegal to sit next to your wife.

What's more, this woman was "introduced" by Director Song, the matchmaker, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

At the beginning, Zhao An didn't have any special intentions. He just wanted to see what his adopted wife looked like. If she was above average in appearance, he would accept her and let her continue to farm the fields for Zhao Youlu and take care of his parents and daughter.

After all, without Zhao Youlu's identity, he wouldn't be able to get the position of student.

You can go against your conscience, but you must repay a favor.

If the person is so ugly that he cannot be seen in public, he can recognize him and raise him, but Zhao An swears that he will defend his innocence with his life.

But the young lady never looked up to let him see, which made Zhao An feel very anxious. However, he did not dare to force the young lady to come over to see what was going on. He was very disappointed and wanted to go back to where he was sitting.

An ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet her parents-in-law. If they are not allowed to see her in the car, she must let others see her when she arrives at the county and enters the house!

Let's see how long you can hide.

However, a tempting smell suddenly coming from the air made Zhao An instantly overwhelmed.

The smell came from the young lady. Others might not smell it much, but Zhao Youlu's baby girl must have smelled it a lot.

While inhaling the tempting scent, he leaned towards the young lady again.

No matter how stupid the young lady was, she was an experienced person. How could she not realize what her in-laws wanted her to do with her "husband", so she moved to the other side.

They happened to come across a bumpy section of the road, and after a few shakes of the wheels, Zhao An finally sat next to the young lady as he wished.

The rhythm of breathing also involuntarily quickened a bit.

There's no way around it, the smell itself is stimulating.

There was no way the young lady didn't notice that Zhao An was breathing heavily, and she vaguely thought of the reason. Her little face suddenly became hot, but she could only sit there and dared not move.

There is no other way. If I move any further, I will have to sit next to Mr. Song from the yamen that my parents-in-law mentioned.

Zhao Youlu's baby girl was sleeping soundly in her cradle.

As for children, the more they shake, the sounder they sleep.

The young lady sat next to him obediently, and Zhao An did not push his luck any further, nor did he try to touch her. He knew that this matter could not be rushed.

No matter how urgent it is, we have to wait until Teacher Song is not around.

Moreover, the young lady also needs a period of psychological adaptation.

Or the transition period.

Accept the fact that you are another man's wife.

However, the fact that the young lady obediently carried the child and followed Zhao An showed that Zhao Youlu's parents had done their "work" well, and the young lady tacitly agreed to this matter in her heart.

So, even if Zhao An didn't let the young lady adapt and wanted to let things happen naturally, it was actually morally justifiable.

The two are actually husband and wife.

Unless Zhao An doesn't want to be Zhao Youlu.

Zhao Youlu, Zhao An must be the county magistrate, otherwise he will not be spared.

But he was not in a hurry to accept Zhao Youlu's wife completely.

So, he sat beside the young lady like a sage, very serious.

It was the Qianlong period, and the Qing Dynasty was at peace. There was no reason for the gates of Yangzhou, the richest city in the world, to be closed at night.

After entering the city, the carriage drove all the way to Ganquan County School. When they arrived at the place, Song Jiaoyu, who was really sleepy, got off the carriage first, and then ordered the driver to take Zhao An and his wife to the public housing behind the county school.

He casually took out a key and handed it to Zhao An, yawning and saying, "I've had your house cleaned up, and the bedding is ready. You three can just make do with it tonight. If you need anything, go buy it yourself tomorrow. If you have any questions, just ask Old Chen, who's in charge of the public housing."

"Hey, sir!"

Zhao An reached out and took the key.

Teacher Song nodded, glanced inside the car, and gave Zhao An a look that any man could understand. Then, with the tone of an experienced person, he lowered his voice and said, "You have to take care of your wife's emotions and don't scare her by rushing. Also, you have no experience in that kind of thing, so don't rush in like a rough guy. Take your time, otherwise you will be embarrassed and your wife will look down on you. Hehe, she knows more than you do."

Ok?
Looking at Director Song, who was yawning and going back to sleep, Zhao An rolled his eyes angrily: "Old man, who are you looking down on? Back then, I was known as a man who had sex seven times a night."

Worried that the young lady might have heard what Teacher Song said, he turned around and glanced inside the car. Fortunately, everything was normal.

The driver was the county school's dedicated "driver" and of course knew where the public housing was. He quickly sent Zhao An and his wife to the place. After a few polite words, the driver went back.

The so-called public housing is actually a row of bungalows, similar to the elementary school building in Zhao An’s previous life.

The wall in front of the public housing is surrounded by Ganquan County School and Confucius Temple, which Zhao An understood to be the key middle school in the county.

There is a door on the north side of the county school wall, which should be used to facilitate the gentlemen living in public housing to enter and exit the school.

To put it bluntly, "public housing" is the family housing area of ​​the county middle school.

Zhao An looked at the key that Teacher Song gave him. There was a cloth strip tied on it with "South Room 2" written on it.

I looked up and saw that the sign hanging on the nearest house said East Room 3, so I looked towards the south and soon found South Room 2.

Just as he was about to open the door, he found the young lady standing stupidly in the east third room holding the child. He hurried over and whispered, "Come with me."

The young lady, who had not said a word on the way, hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still nodded slightly, lowered her head, holding the child and following Zhao An silently.

Zhao An opened the door with his key, and using the moonlight to find the candlestick on the table beside the door, he took out the tinder he had with him and lit the candle. The room was immediately bright. Then Zhao An was a little overwhelmed, because Director Song was so considerate and attentive that he had someone put a big red wedding character on his bedside.

In addition to the brand new bedding delivered by the county school logistics staff, there were also two towels on the bed.

I don't know if it's for washing your face or something else.

There is a urinal under the bed for nighttime convenience.

Suitable for both men and women.

The young lady also saw the big red wedding character and her face turned red again. She stood at the door holding her child, not knowing whether to go in or not.

After coughing twice, Zhao An took the initiative to reach out and hold the young lady, saying softly: "Come in, this will be our home from now on." He paused and emphasized, "This house was specially approved for me by the government."

Afraid that the young lady didn't understand the meaning of the approval, he explained, "It means that the county magistrate thinks highly of me and specially awarded it to the three of us to live in."

When he said "a couple of three", he deliberately raised his voice.

"Oh."

The young lady followed Zhao An into the room nervously and stood by the bed, looking very uncomfortable.

"You must be tired after carrying the child all the way. Sit down and rest for a while. I'll hold the child."

Zhao An was very understanding and reached out to take the girl who would call him dad from the young lady.

The young lady hesitated for a moment, but finally let go and gave her daughter to Zhao An.

Only then did Zhao An see the young lady's appearance clearly. How should I put it? There was definitely no special surprise for him. The young lady was not extremely beautiful, nor was she so beautiful that she could captivate fish and geese. She was definitely not a top beauty.

But to say she is ugly is definitely not ugly. It might be more appropriate to describe her as the woman next door or the mother of a classmate.

Probably more childish than a beautiful woman and more mature than a young girl.

This is the situation. Zhao An is quite satisfied and feels relieved. He feels that it is not unfair for him to be the savior. The black soil he will cultivate in the future is fertile.

The "daughter" in his arms was still asleep, and she looked very cute. Zhao An, who also liked children, couldn't help but stretch out his right hand to pinch the little girl's cheek, and asked the still somewhat restrained young lady with a smile: "By the way, what's the child's name?"

"My name is Xiaoxiao. I gave it to you when my husband was alive."

The young lady's voice was not loud, and sounded a bit like a whisper.

"Oh, Xiao Xiao,"

Zhao An leaned forward and kissed the girl on the cheek, "Xiaoxiao, I will be your father from now on. When you grow up, you must be filial to your father and mother."

The young lady felt a little sad after hearing this, obviously thinking of her little father, her poor husband.

"Are you hungry?"

Zhao An's stomach growled, and he casually took out a few boxes of snacks that the driver had just given him, and gestured to the young lady to eat something.

Although the young lady was also hungry, she was too embarrassed to take some snacks.

Seeing this, Zhao An smiled and took a piece of plum cake and stuffed it into the young lady's hand. He also took a piece for himself and said casually: "From now on, you and I will be husband and wife. The old people say that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Now that things have come to this, you can just live with me in peace. I can't guarantee anything else, but I can still make sure you and your mother have enough food and drink."

After saying that, he took out a cloth bag containing five taels of silver and one hundred copper coins from his pocket and threw it on the table. "This is the money for the family's expenses this month. Take it for now. Tomorrow I will show you around. From now on, you will be the one taking care of the house."

After hearing this, and seeing that Zhao An didn't seem like someone who would treat her and her daughter badly, and that he was also a handsome man, and that he worked in the government office, the young lady didn't have much to think about, so she nodded and whispered, "I can do laundry, cooking, and housework."

After saying that, he thought of something and took out an object wrapped in red cloth from the package he brought from home and handed it to Zhao An.

Zhao An took it and asked curiously, "What is this?"

The young lady lowered her head and said, "This is the marriage certificate between me and my husband."

"Then keep it. I'm a careless person. Don't lose it again."

Zhao An returned the marriage certificate to the young lady, then pulled her to sit on a stool and gave her some snacks to eat. There was no charcoal stove in the room, and it was the middle of the night, so there was no place to find water, so he could only make do with it for the time being.

After the two of them filled their stomachs with snacks, they were faced with a difficult problem.

There was only one bed in the room.

Should I sleep in a bed now, or?
Zhao An asked the young lady what she thought. The young lady hesitated for a long time, neither saying to sleep together nor to sleep separately. She looked shy and anxious.

"Hey, look at me. We're obviously husband and wife, so why do we sleep separately? We're going to sleep together sooner or later anyway."

Zhao An took the initiative and put his daughter on the bed, spread out the quilt, undressed, took off his shoes and got into bed. Then he patted the quilt and said to the young lady, "It's getting late, and you must be tired. I have work to do at the government office tomorrow. Let's go to bed early."

Afterwards, he didn't care whether the young lady agreed or not and blew out the candle in one breath.

The room was plunged into darkness in an instant.

The breath was blown beautifully. In the darkness, the young lady had more than thirty breaths to think about it, and finally got into bed as Zhao An wished.

If the candles were kept lit, I guess the young lady would stay awake until dawn and would not be too embarrassed to go to bed.

He went to bed, but he didn't take off his clothes.

Zhao An could understand this, and a transition period was still necessary.

If we can sleep together, why worry about not sticking together?
The pillows of a couple must be placed on one side, there is no reason to put them at both ends of the bed.

Just like that, the two pairs of "newcomers" who were forced together by fate closed their eyes and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao An suddenly turned sideways and whispered softly into the ear of the person beside him, "Are you asleep?"

After a few seconds of waiting, the young lady's voice came: "Yeah."

After another ten seconds, Zhao An asked cautiously in a negotiating tone: "Since we are husband and wife, can we do it now?"

"No."

The young lady's answer deflated Zhao An. He lay back down awkwardly and secretly warned himself not to force anyone to do anything.

Time then stood still again, and before they knew it, they both fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time, they heard the cry of a child coming from the house.

The daughter's crying woke the sleeping young lady nervously. The moment she woke up, she subconsciously touched her daughter. Zhao An was also awakened by the noise and quickly got up and lit a candle while asking, "What's wrong with the child? Did she pee?"

"No urine,"

The young lady touched the bed where her daughter had just slept to confirm that it was not damp, and hurriedly picked up her daughter and said to Zhao An, "She must be hungry."

"Feed her if she's hungry."

Zhao An crawled back into bed. Because it was summer, there was a cool mat on the bed and the quilt was a thin single blanket.

"Um,"

The young lady nodded and was about to undress while coaxing the child. Suddenly, she found that her "husband" was staring at her. She blushed and said, "Can you please stop staring at me?"

"Oh, then I won't watch it."

Zhao An somewhat embarrassedly retracted his head, his eyes clearly showing something wrong. After a moment, he swallowed and said to the young lady who was looking at him, "My lady, I'm not hungry, but I'm a little thirsty."

(End of this chapter)