Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

"We can't rush this. Little Lian just lost her man. It's hard to say whether she wants to find another one. But I think the two of them haven't even started dating yet. As elders, it's better for us not to get involved."

"If the two of them are sure, we will be busy interfering. At other times, we should just pretend we don't know and don't make Little Lian feel uncomfortable."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. As parents, we just need to keep an eye on that brat and make sure he doesn't make any mistakes or bully the girl."

Zhao De looked calm and composed, but what he said made sense. Liu Cuimiao's originally excited heart calmed down as if a basin of cold water was poured on it.

"Okay, I won't worry about it. Xiaolian is such a good girl that many people are watching her. When I was working in the fields, some people even asked me about her! I won't hang around those two young people, but I can still help block those people who are greedy for other people's money."

Liu Cuimiao likes Xiaolian, a pretty and sensible girl. She thinks her son has good vision, but whether it can succeed depends on luck.

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After Zhao Ze finished his work, he didn't even think about taking a nap and stayed in the yard. He even helped Liu Cuimiao light the fire in the kitchen and put a big pot on to boil hot water.

When it was time for everyone in the village to go to work, Zhao De and Liu Cuimiao had breakfast and went to work. Zhao Ze went to the next door and knocked on the door on time.

"Sister-in-law, are you awake? I have everything ready."

Listening to Zhao Ze's voice outside the courtyard gate, Shi Yan put down the needlework in her hands and went to open the door.

"Have you had breakfast? I made some boiled eggs. Can you help me taste them?"

All the eggs in Shi Yan's family have green skins. She picked them up from a pheasant nest she found in the mountains a few days ago. She didn't catch the pheasants yet and was waiting to go pick eggs again later. As for the braised eggs, she made them yesterday as she thought Zhao Ze would come today, so she gave him a treat.

Eggs are a rare commodity in this era of material scarcity. If other people knew Shi Yan's thoughts, they would definitely think she was a spendthrift.

"Okay, I'll come over and try it later. I also have something I want to give to my sister-in-law. I'll go back and get it."

Zhao Ze couldn't hide the smile on his face. He thought that his sister-in-law was such a nice person and always thought of him with good things. He had to be nicer to his sister-in-law.

Carrying a basket of chestnuts in his hands and a cotton-fluffing tool on his back, Zhao Ze ran back and forth twice. He also moved the long table from his home over. He ate two boiled eggs happily, then rolled up his sleeves and got to work.

Cotton fluffing relies on a "bow". The cotton is picked up by hitting the cowhide string on the bow with a cotton fluffing stick. The vibration of the bowstring then makes all the cotton fluffy and soft.

Zhao Ze hadn't done this job for many years. He was a little unfamiliar with it at first, and with Shi Yan watching him, he was a little nervous, and his movements seemed a little clumsy. Cotton fluff flew everywhere, and he cleaned it up in a hurry, which made Shi Yan laugh.

"Sister-in-law, don't think I'm unskilled at the moment. I'll get used to it and it will be done soon."

The weather is cool now, but Zhao Ze is so nervous that cold sweat appears on his head. He wipes the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and suddenly an idea comes to him.

"Hey, the sleeves of this dress are too big and inconvenient, so it's better to take them off."

Zhao Ze said this as if talking to himself, then took off his outer coat, revealing his body wearing only a loose vest underneath.

Shi Yan was sitting and sewing clothes facing Zhao Ze's side, so when Zhao Ze raised his hand, a lot of "stuff" could be exposed from the side of his loose vest:

For example, the abdominal muscles are so solid that I don’t know how many packs they have.

When the weather was still hot before, Zhao Ze had helped repair the roof and the door of the courtyard. At that time, Shi Yan knew that Zhao Ze seemed to have a good figure, but now it was vaguely visible. Shi Yan didn't know why she felt her throat was a little dry. This was the legendary appearance of being thin when dressed and having muscles when undressed, the so-called male disaster!

After groping for a while, Zhao Ze finally found the feel and got started with the work. He even forgot what he had just thought about, which was to show his good body to his sister-in-law.

He laid out the fluffed cotton layer by layer to the length and width of the quilt he wanted to make, and it only took him half a day to arrange the cotton batting.

Liu Cuimiao and Zhao De had also returned from work. It was not until Liu Cuimiao brought over the food that Shi Yan realized that she had been watching Zhao Ze busy all morning, and the needlework in her hands was almost the same as it was when she took it out in the morning.

"Xiao Lian, A Ze, Auntie has brought you food, eat it while it's hot."

The gate of the courtyard was ajar. Liu Cuimiao didn't have time to knock on the door, so she simply shouted loudly and walked in.

"Aunt, I was so busy staring at the bedding this morning that I forgot it was time to cook. I'm really sorry to bother you!"

"What's the trouble? It's just a matter of convenience. I thought this kid hasn't touched these things for a long time. There's a chance that cotton wool will fly everywhere. It's not convenient for you to cook, so don't make dinner. Auntie will bring it to you when the time comes."

Liu Cuimiao was afraid that she would delay her son's alone time with Xiaolian, whom he loved dearly, so she put down her bowl and chopsticks and prepared to leave. However, Shi Yan quickly grabbed her, walked to the stove, and took out a few braised eggs for Liu Cuimiao to take back.

Liu Cuimiao was not polite. After praising Shi Yan for a few words, she was about to leave. However, she glanced at the basket of chestnuts in the corner. She only glanced at it, but Shi Yan subconsciously explained with a guilty conscience:

"I gave Zhao Ze a taste of the braised eggs I made this morning, and he sent me a basket of chestnuts. I fried them this afternoon, and will offer them to my aunt and uncle when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, you are such a clever girl. I'm going to go back now. Please leave the dishes and chopsticks here. I'll take them back when I come to deliver the meal in the afternoon."

Liu Cuimiao left, but Zhao Ze had already put down what he was holding and was now sitting at the table, waiting obediently for Shi Yan to come over.

The two of them chatted casually while eating, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Zhao Ze even felt like they were an old married couple.

"Is the bed I made today almost ready?"

"The shape is ready, we just need to connect to the internet, but it takes two people to work together."

There was no difference in Zhao Ze's tone, and he didn't explicitly ask Shi Yan to go with him, but his slightly round eyes just stared at Shi Yan without any distractions, and the feeling of seeing a big golden retriever came back.

"Then I'll join you later, but I don't know how to do these, and I've never seen anyone do them before, so I need you to teach me."

"No problem, it's very simple, just help me pull the thread."

The Internet cable is actually a bamboo stick with a round hole on the head. The cotton thread should be pulled into at least three layers, one horizontally, one vertically, and one diagonally, and so on, crisscrossing the cotton thread into a grid shape.

This process did not take too long. Shi Yan and Zhao Ze worked together and the Internet cable was up in just one afternoon.