Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"Oh, okay..." After repeated calls, Su Wanwan finally regained consciousness. She tilted her head and said softly, "You said you were going to pour me some water?"

Due to the difficult living conditions, the stove space shared by the two rooms was limited and not suitable for stewing in a large iron pot, so it could only accommodate a small pot for slow heating.

Each house had its own stove and a kettle, which was enough for two people to share. Xu Yan even borrowed the kettle from his neighbor to make water for washing his feet. The warmth seemed to be transmitted from Su Wanwan's head to her feet immediately, warming up the slightly cold kang.

Realizing that Su Wanwan would stand up properly, Xu Yan quickly took the coat beside him and put it on her without question.

"It's so late, why don't we do it in two days?" When Su Wanwan's feet were enjoying the warm water and felt tiny goose bumps on her skin, she couldn't help feeling a little distressed. At the same time, she noticed that Xu Yan had already prepared foot washing water for her.

"The soil will solidify soon, so we need to deal with it quickly." As he spoke, Xu Yan carefully filled in the missing parts along the cracks in the floor tiles. Some broken tiles could not be maintained, so Xu Yan took back a section of cylindrical wood outside the door and used it as a temporary felling tool.

"Do you think it's possible to chop down the kang in this room like this?" Seeing Xu Yan holding the piece of wood accurately, Su Wanwan narrowed her eyes knowingly and raised her voice slightly so that Li Meifen next door could hear it.

Li Meifen had indeed not fallen asleep yet, not even sound asleep. This action was just part of her efforts to get closer to Xu Yan. If she fell asleep next to him because of tiredness, Li Meifen would feel that she was treating herself too badly.

"Of course." Xu Yan answered affirmatively while knocking on the broken bricks: "This kind of wood strength is just enough to break it." After saying this, Su Wanwan secretly rejoiced in her heart, and her thoughts turned to the important questions that had been lingering in her mind before. She naturally leaned towards Xu Yan's body and asked:

"You mentioned to me before that apart from you who can use your connections to sell mountain products and game, no one in our village makes a living from this anymore."

She quietly lowered her voice to make sure no one could hear her, "Yes, why did you suddenly think of this?" After saying this, Xu Yan began to repair the newly repaired floor tiles, and turned back to look at Su Wanwan who was lost in thought with a smile.

"Are you really sure that no one else is involved in this business?" Su Wanwan bit her lower lip uneasily and raised her doubts.

"Of course I'm sure. Did anyone give you any other information?"

"Could it be that there are some middlemen in the village who are very hidden and you don't know about them?" Su Wanwan thought back to Li Meifen's words and felt more and more uneasy. The assumptions that popped up in her mind were creepy.

"If everyone in the village hides their identity... that's too extreme." She tremblingly changed the subject: "Or are there many people like you who work in this town?"

Faced with such questions, Xu Yan continued his work at hand calmly as usual, answering Su Wanwan's concerns one by one: "Besides you and me, no one else has any reliable source of money." He responded patiently and confidently while laying the foundation for the new stove.

"Except for our village, other villages are just superficial even if there are such people. The situation in the town is roughly similar. Real businessmen should only exist in the county or city." After thinking for a while, Xu Yan gave an example: "Do you still remember the two guys who caused trouble for you last time?"

"Ah, right...how are they doing?" After being reminded, Su Wanwan immediately recalled that mean face.

She suspected that she would never forget that unique face in her life.

"The two guys are still in the town's clinic. They are relatively safe and will be discharged after a few months of recuperation."

When this matter was mentioned, Su Wanwan still nodded with lingering fear.

"What happened to those two hooligans?"

"If the 'taking advantage of loopholes to seek personal gain' you mentioned refers to speculation and the reselling of materials, then these two people are that kind of people."

"No, I mean those who do business in secret."

Su Wanwan would instinctively trust Xu Yan's answer.

But she still had doubts in her heart. She breathed softly and watched Xu Yan repair the damaged parts. She lowered her voice:

"Who else knows what you are doing besides me and your elder and second sisters?"

If there were no such people in the nearby villages, how did Li Meifen know that many people were secretly doing this kind of thing?

Someone must have told her this, which is why she made such remarks.

While thinking, Su Wanwan subconsciously clenched her hands and waited for Xu Yan's reply.

Xu Yan answered firmly: "I can be sure that apart from you and me, and the friends who keep in touch with me, no one else knows it completely." He did not ask Su Wanwan where the words came from, but responded to her with a firm look.

At the same time, Xu Yan's hands were busy repairing the kang hole, and he carefully repaired several layers with the tape Su Wanwan brought.

"Okay, my feet are almost done soaking. Go back over there and rest. It's late now and you still have to work tomorrow."

After getting Xu Yan's affirmation, Su Wanwan gradually put down her worries, wiped her warm feet, and returned to her bed.

It was extremely cold in the room except under the quilt.

Xu Yan packed up his tools, carried the cement bucket and walked out the door. When he passed in front of Su Wanwan, he suddenly spoke in a normal voice: "No matter when, I am here."

After putting away all the tools, he temporarily placed the bucket in the courtyard, then turned back and picked up the basin of foot water that Su Wanwan had placed on the ground.

"No need to pour water for me. You'd better go back to sleep." Su Wanwan looked away awkwardly. Because the kang was very low, she could only look up slightly to see his expression.

This guy is clearly working hard, but why does he look so happy?

"Okay, I understand. You should go to bed early." After Xu Yan took Su Wanwan's foot washing water out and poured it out, he quickly walked back into the house.

The sound of his footsteps, as the door opened and closed, rose and fell in the ears of Li Meifen next door. Although she was full of anger and fatigue, she still tried to distinguish the fragments of Su Wanwan and Xu Yan's conversation amid the noisy snoring.

Just now, the two seemed to be talking in a low voice, and they were obviously hiding something, so Li Meifen gained nothing!

Now it sounds like Xu Yan has completed the work of repairing the kang in the neighboring dormitory, but he doesn't seem to plan to come back here immediately!

Although she had no clear sense of time, it was obviously late at night. Li Meifen rubbed her eyes and refused to fall asleep.

"What are you doing here again?"

The warmth of the bed had already made Su Wanwan fall into the edge of a deep sleep. Although she knew that Xu Yan had things to do, she could not resist her sleepiness, and her questions were slightly vague.

"I just fixed the kang. I'll stay here for a while to prevent any omissions. You can go to sleep first."