"What's wrong?"
Lin Siyao returned to the kitchen and saw that Su Shuiche was tidying up the food cabinet. There were several bags of snacks and candies on the table that were bought from the market a few days ago.
"Oh, Ah Yao, Aunt Tian said that she wants us to go to her house for lunch. She also wants to thank you for taking Dabao as your disciple."
Su Shuiche saw that it was Lin Siyao and explained with a smile, "I think that if we don't go, she will definitely invite us again. So I just picked some snacks and fruits to bring with me. It will be more lively for the two families to celebrate the festival together."
Lin Siyao raised his eyebrows and stared at her for a while. He did not say anything and just went to the sink and took it out of the kitchen.
"Ah Yao?"
Su Shuiche was a bit puzzled. She put down the snacks in her hands and followed Lin Siyao out of the kitchen. Seeing him clean up the dishes, she swallowed her saliva and walked to his side. She asked in a low voice, "Ah Yao, you don't want to go?
If you don't want to go, then we won't go.
Just let Dabao bring some snacks and fruits. "
"No." Lin Siyao shook his head and simply replied to her.
"Then ….." Su Shuiche blinked, not understanding what he meant.
Seeing that his sleeves were about to slip out of the water, she quickly rolled them up for him.
Lin Siyao's hand that was washing the dishes paused and then he said in a low voice, "You promised to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with me." There was a sense of dependence that he had never felt before.
He was honestly accusing her of not keeping her word.
She was the one who took the initiative to promise him that she would spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with him. In the future, they would spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together every year.
He just wanted to spend his first Mid-Autumn Festival with her quietly, without anyone disturbing them.
He did not want to be with irrelevant people.
Even if she was present, it would make him uncomfortable.
"Yi?
I didn't say I wouldn't spend it with you. "Su Shuiche finally understood why he had suddenly turned around and ignored her.
"The real Mid-Autumn Festival is at night, under the moon, where people enjoy osmanthus and drink wine.
Look, I even bought osmanthus wine.
But the osmanthus wine here is not as … mellow and fragrant. How about we brew some ourselves next time? "
Yesterday, she had specially asked Aunt Lao to bring her a small jar of osmanthus wine. While Lin Siyao was busy in the front yard, she couldn't help but secretly open the seal a little to take a sniff. Although it was indeed the smell of osmanthus wine, it was far less fragrant than the local osmanthus wine she had tasted in the courtyard of the Su family.
He was thinking about when he could learn the brewing steps in the book and brew some good wine himself.
She rolled up his sleeves and hung the cleaned dishes in the bamboo basket under the grape rack to dry before putting them in the cupboard in the kitchen to prevent mold from growing.
Seeing that Lin Siyao was still in a daze, she touched his arm in amusement. This man, there were actually times when he would be distracted.
"What's wrong?
Do you still not want to go?
Un, then we won't go.
Then what are we eating for lunch? "
She gently shook his arm with a coquettish expression on her face. Lin Siyao, who had just come back to his senses, suddenly felt his lower abdomen tighten.
"You said ….." He said in a low voice, "Tonight, it'll be just the two of us for Mid-Autumn Festival?
You even prepared osmanthus wine to drink with me? "He was still thinking about what she had just said.
He couldn't believe that she wanted to drink with him under the moon. Her alcohol tolerance was so poor, wasn't she afraid that she wouldn't be able to get up after three cups?
Oh, that wasn't the main point. The main point was, when did she buy osmanthus wine?
Damn it!
Even he didn't know about it.
"That's right. We also bought moon cakes for the festival and the glutinous rice balls that we wrapped yesterday.
They were all prepared for tonight. "Su Shuiche looked at him with a smile.
Lin Siyao turned his head uncomfortably. The blush that had just crept onto his face was suddenly dissipated by him.
"Ah Yao?" Su Shuiche grabbed his clothes and felt that it was a bit funny. This man was actually shy.
Although the blush on his face wasn't obvious and disappeared immediately, she was sure that he was shy.
"I'm going to check on Dabao." Lin Siyao found an excuse and quickly walked to the South Courtyard.
"Then at noon ….." She held back her laughter and asked.
"Up to you." His awkward answer came from afar.
The laughter in her eyes finally turned into a "pfft" sound and was clearly overflowing under the sunlight.
So, he was such a cute person.
Su Shuiche looked at Lin Siyao who was urging Dabao to do the horse stance by the South Courtyard. The smile on her face didn't fade.
…..
"Come come come, brother, fill it up again.
Let's not talk too much. I'll leave Dabao to you. We can rest assured. "Tian Dafu's face was flushed as he pulled Lin Siyao to drink with him.
"Hey, why are you pulling Ah Yao to drink? Come, Ah Yao, Shuiche, try our own chicken. Although it's not even a year old, a young chicken has the taste of a young chicken. Quickly try it."
Aunt Tian enthusiastically picked up two chicken legs and placed them in front of Su Shuiche and Lin Siyao's bowls, indicating that they should try it.
"Mom ….." Tian Dabao looked at the chicken legs and felt his heart ache. But he still swallowed his saliva and said to Lin Siyao, "Master, Master's wife, quickly eat the chicken legs. My mom's stewed chicken is delicious.
Quickly eat it. "After eating it, he would give up.
He had been feeding the chicken for more than half a year. Originally, even if he couldn't eat half, gnawing on a chicken leg was his exclusive right.
But now ….. Oh, I can't think about it. I can't think about it. Giving the chicken legs to master and master's wife to eat, I should be happy.
How can I be so narrow-minded?
Master still wants to teach me powerful martial arts.
Su Shuiyao looked at Da Bao, who was swallowing his saliva and looking extremely envious, and found it funny. Just as she was about to pick up the drumstick that Auntie Tian had given her and send it to his bowl, Lin Siyao pressed down on her chopsticks. "Eat it yourself." He picked up his piece and placed it in Da Bao's bowl.
"How can I …. Dabao …." Aunt Tian anxiously wanted to take it back, but she saw that Dabao couldn't help but take a bite. She angrily growled.
"Huh?
When did this chicken leg end up in my bowl? "
Tian Dabao heard his mother growl and came back to his senses. He found that there really was a chicken leg in his bowl and he took a bite out of it.
He blankly raised his head and looked at the opposite side.
It's over!
The chicken leg in master's bowl was actually eaten by him?
Wuwuwu ….. When did he snatch it?
"It's fine.
Let him eat.
He's growing. "Lin Siyao lightly said, suppressing Aunt Tian's anger that was about to explode.
Stinking brat, the one who wanted to be apprenticed was him. After being apprenticed, he didn't know how to be filial to master. The one who ate master's chicken leg was also him. He's almost thirteen years old and the things he did were so shameful!
With this kind of conduct, he still wants to marry a beautiful wife. Difficult!
Oh, it's not difficult, it's impossible!
"Master …." Tian Dabao weakly called out to Lin Siyao. His eyes flashed with a trace of crystal. Then he buried his head in the bowl, gnawing on the chicken leg and eating rice.
Big brother Lin ….. Master ….. I know you're a good man with a cold face but a warm heart.
Don't worry, I'll listen to you and learn martial arts well. In the future, I'll be like you.
Uh ….. Why should I learn from master?
Marry a beautiful wife?
If Lin Siyao knew Tian Dabao's thoughts, he would probably fall from his chair.
Cold face but warm heart?
Was he talking about him?
The former gold medal assassin of Fengyao Pavilion?
That was an insult to him.
He just didn't want his disciple to delay his plan because of his lack of physical strength in the future training.
"Shuiche sister, Dabao calls you master's wife. Then can I still call you sister?" Tian Niu was halfway through her meal when she suddenly remembered this issue of seniority. She couldn't help but want to laugh.
In other words, if she called Dabao sister and Dabao called her master's wife, then wouldn't Dabao call her a woman?
But, Shuiche sister also called her mother aunt. Oh, so confusing.
"Pfft", the lively Tian Niu finally couldn't help but laugh.
"Niu 'er ….. What are you talking about!" Aunt Tian was stunned. Only then did she understand what her daughter was talking about. Thinking about it, she also found it funny.
Su Shuiche looked at Lin Siyao who was sitting beside her. Her eyebrows were curved.
Yes, the man beside her was only in his early twenties.
As for the specific age, the two of them actually didn't ask each other.
Fortunately, they weren't in Suzhou in the Republic of China. Before marriage, not only did they need to know each other's Five Elements and Eight Characters, but they also needed to publish detailed wedding news in the News, including name, gender, age, number of witnesses, basic family situation ….. In short, it definitely wouldn't be as confusing as it was now.
At the thought of this, Su Shuiyong couldn't help but burst into laughter, causing Lin Siyao to glance at her thoughtfully.
He hurriedly stopped laughing and sat upright.
She seemed to be less and less afraid of him.
…..
"Ah Yao, how old are you this year?"
On the way back from Aunt Tian's house, the two of them leisurely walked on the empty village road, wandering in the autumn afternoon.
Su Shuiche pursed her lips and asked embarrassedly.
Lin Siyao looked at her strangely and said in a soft and cold voice, "On the day of our marriage, didn't I tell you?"
"Eh?" Did I?
Su Shuiche blinked and tried hard to recall the day of August 8th.
However, even though she replayed the scene of that day in her mind from beginning to end, she couldn't remember when he told her about his age.
"You can't remember?" Lin Siyao curved his lips and whispered in her ear, "When I was on top of you …"
"Ah —" She cried out in surprise. Ignoring the blush on her cheeks, she hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth and secretly looked around. Fortunately, it was a quarter past noon and most of the villagers were resting at home. There was only her and Lin Siyao on the village road.
She let go of her hand and was about to take it back when Lin Siyao pulled her back.
He wrapped her in his big hands and pulled her slowly towards his house in the southwest.
"Ah Yao …" Wasn't he too bold?
Su Shuiche's mind flashed with the image of "broad daylight". Her neck was red and she struggled to break free from his big hands.
"Don't move." Lin Siyao said in a low voice.
He stared at the house with white walls, black tiles, and red pillars in the distance. It was their home. Suddenly, he was in a good mood. "I'm twenty-three this year. I was born on October 10th.
What about you? "
"My … My … Fifteenth … Birthday … First of March …" Fifteenth was something she made up, but her birthday was something she used to do.
"Why are you so nervous?"
Lin Siyao tugged at her and looked at her, who had lowered her head in amusement. "Shuigong, I told you that we are husband and wife."
"I know." She quickly nodded.
Of course she knew.
She still remembered her mother's advice in her dream: They must understand each other and not be like her and her father, who were so distant that they didn't seem like husband and wife.
(To be continued.
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