As it was approaching noon to see off Xiaoxia, Mao Xiaosui was just wondering where Li Yunshan had gone. When he returned to the yard, he heard the door of the side room creak and Li Yunshan walked out. She was holding a small wooden box in her hand. A mold for the soap he had made earlier.

"I thought you were out."

"It's raining." Li Yunshan showed her what he was holding.

Mao Xiaosui took a look and saw that the originally flat wooden box had been carved with flowers and plants.

The carving is not very detailed, but you can still see it at a glance.

"You did it?"

He nodded, "The last time the vendor sold it, I saw flowers on one of the pieces. It must have been made with this."

"Then you make a longer box. When it's ready, pour it all down and cut it out. It's troublesome to do it one by one."

"Sure." Li Yunshan said, "When I get back from the market tomorrow, I will go to the mountain to cut some wood in the afternoon and make more."

"It's up to you." She raised her eyes, "Why isn't the rain letting up at all?"

"Maybe it will stop at night. It would be better to plant more. This is when the food in the fields grows."

"It's time to pull the weeds."

"Let's go to the ground tomorrow. Pull out the first grass first, and don't worry about the rest."

"Anything is fine." She turned around and walked to the kitchen. "Can I steam some rice and fry some mushrooms?"

"Anything is fine." Li Yunshan took the wooden box to the main room.

Mao Xiaosui was washing the grains when he suddenly remembered that they had said a lot of bad things about the crazy woman. The side room and the main room were so close to each other. Did Li Yunshan hear it?

I think should not be? Otherwise, Li Yunshan should have cursed or been angry. It didn't look like him, but their voices just now were really loud. Mao Xiaosui thought over what he just said anxiously, even though he secretly said it. I cursed a lot, but fortunately I didn't curse anyone directly to death.

After frying a fish and frying mushrooms for lunch, Mao Xiaosui shouted.

Li Yunshan responded and came out of the main room. She put the rice on the table and whispered, "Eat."

Her eyes kept glancing towards him.

Li Yunshan picked up a piece of fish, shaved the thorns with his tongue, and raised his eyes to look at her, "What do you want me to do?"

"No." She lowered her head and started eating.

The rain still showed no signs of stopping in the afternoon, so Mao Xiaosui put the wash basin under the eaves to collect water.

She simply had nothing to do, and water was convenient now, so she simply took two buckets of water into the kitchen and boiled it.

Li Yunshan was lying in the room. She took out clean clothes from the cabinet and said to him, "I'm boiling water. You can wash them too after a while."

"I washed in the river at noon yesterday."

"...Then are you still washing?"

"Wash." He sat up.

The wash basin was occupied, so she first brought a basin of water for Li Yunshan to wash.

She put the dirty clothes in the basin and used her hands to rub the soap peel she had boiled yesterday into foam.

Most summer clothes were stained with sweat and would fall off after rubbing. She had just washed two pieces when Li Yunshan walked out shirtless and poured water directly into the yard.

Mao Xiaosui went into the house to get clothes, and then walked to the kitchen with a basin.

She turned around and saw that Li Yunshan had put on his clothes and followed him, so she said, "If you have anything else to wash, throw it at the door. I'll finish wiping it."

"Go to the main room to wash up." Li Yunshan helped her scoop water.

She blushed and hesitated, "I... will go to the side room. You can go back to the house and sleep."

Li Yunshan stared at her, "Excuse me?"

Mao Xiaosui didn't speak. Fortunately, Li Yunshan didn't say anything more and returned to the main room.

The village is close to the river and there is no shortage of water. In the past, I scrubbed my body diligently, and only washed my hair every few days.

It was hot, and she felt it now.

She first scrubbed herself, then wet her hair and scrubbed it with soap nuts.

After leaving the side room, Li Yunshan sat on the threshold of the main room, still rubbing the dirty clothes in the basin.

His hands and face were so swollen that it would be an exaggeration to say he was disfigured, but Li Yunshan didn't care.

Mao Xiaosui stared at his face, always feeling like he wasted his resources.

Li Yunshan was stared at for a long time, and he also raised his eyes to look at her.

Seeing her frowning and "tsk" for a while, she asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Your face... doesn't it hurt?"

"It hurts." Li Yunshan still looked indifferent, and then he heard Mao Xiaosui mutter, "You're so good-looking for nothing..."

He blinked, thinking he heard wrong, raised his eyes and asked again, "What did you say?"

Mao Xiaosui often muttered, and his voice was not quiet. Li Yunshan naturally heard it and was surprised.

"No." Her voice was much softer, and she squatted next to the bucket and rinsed her hair again with water from the bucket under the eaves.

She wiped her wet hair with a cloth and tied it with a cloth band.

"I'll do it." She walked over, pulled the basin over and started scrubbing.

Li Yunshan shook his hands and wiped his wet hands on his clothes.

Mao Xiaosui glanced at him accidentally, then grabbed his hand, frowning, "I told you not to touch the water, the wound is inflamed."

Li Yunshan lowered his eyes and said disapprovingly, "It's blisters, it's okay."

Mao Xiaosui still frowned and went into the kitchen to scoop out a ladle of water.

"After washing, go back and apply medicine. Don't touch the water."

She was so angry that Li Yunshan had no choice but to comply.

After rinsing his hands with water, Mao Xiaosui went into the house, took out the medicinal powder and applied some on him, and then went out to wash clothes with a face.

Li Yunshan sat on the stool, staring at the medicinal powder in his hand and suddenly felt funny. In the blink of an eye, one year had passed, and this person had changed from being timid at the beginning to someone who dared to make fun of him.

There were almost no women in the village who dared to shame their men, but Li Yunshan didn't dislike her, and actually liked the feeling of being cared for...

The rain was getting dark quickly, and when it was dark, the rain gradually became lighter, and the children who had been holding back all day began to yell in the village.

When Mao Xiaosui came back from feeding the chickens, the fish soup cooked in the kitchen could already smell.

She called into the house, washed the handles and went to the kitchen.

The fire in the kitchen stove was very hot. She closed the curtain on the door, and after serving the meal, Li Yunshan walked in.

"Can this rain stop?"

"I don't know." Li Yunshan turned around and looked at the sky outside. "It rained heavily for half a month three years ago."

"Isn't it going to be flooded?"

"No, the village was built high, and there was a river below. The water flowed down the road. It was because the road was washed away, and then the villagers refilled it."

"I was lucky at that time and all the grains were harvested, so it didn't have much impact."

Mao Xiaosui nodded. After staying here for a long time, she could understand the sadness of counting on the little food in the fields for a year. Just hearing what he said made her feel very lucky.

"You don't know?" Li Yunshan suddenly asked, "Don't you remember what happened before?"

She opened her mouth for a long time before saying "Ah..." "I don't remember..."

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