Chapter 71.2

Translated by Aviana

Once Yang laoyezi was done plowing the land, he began sowing the seeds. Yang Tieshuan’s attempts to stealthily run away were of no use. Now that there weren’t any strong people at home, the two had to go to work in the fields.

Although He-shi tended to be eccentric and unreasonable, distress nevertheless beset her. Seeing her old man extremely exhausted this while, she had Wang-shi join them in work.

Wang-shi tried to resist several times, but they all turned futile. After a series of quarrels and cacophonous disputes in a row, He-shi, in the end, gave an ultimatum that she would have Wang-shi divorced out. No matter how resentful she was, Wang-shi had to go to work with no other choice.

However, Lin Qingwan had an inkling that Wang-shi wouldn’t be able to preserve for long. Soon, she presumed Wang-shi would make a din again, leaving He-shi with headaches. But, what does this have to do with her?

Gradually days became warmer as the sun’s warm rays enwreathed the mother earth. Every day, when the sun was bright and cozy outside, Lin Qingwan would move a chair out and bask under the sun and spectate over the entertaining show in the main room.

To have comfortable seating, Lin Qingwan specially made a visit to Carpenter Cui’s place to order a rocking chair. Upon asking Carpented Cui, Lin Qingwan, to her surprise, found that there were rocking chairs here too. Though in Luoxia village, they were seldomly seen, Carpenter Cui agreed to make her one.

Lin Qingwan, who had initially reckoned that explaining might be troublesome, could only touch her nose and return.

Once the rocking chair was made, Lin Qingwan instantly fell in love with it. She personally made a thick cotton cushion to put on it. Whenever the outside weather was warm and cozy, she would let Yang Tiezhu help her move the chair out and comfortably bask under the sun.

Though Yang Tiezhu couldn’t use one of his arms, he was quite strong. Thus lifting a rocking chair and moving it out wasn’t much of a problem for him with just one hand.

At this moment as well, Lin Qingwan was languidly sitting outside by her family’s doorway, basking under the sun on her rocking chair. Fearing that she might get thirsty while sitting outside, Yang Tiezhu specially made a small table to put by her side. Placed on it were a water kettle and small snacks to nibble upon.

Wang-shi was just sorted out by He-shi and was downtrodden and low-spirited. When she turned, her eyes happened to fall upon a leisurely sitting refreshed Lin Qingwan. Instantly, rage overwhelmed her. Seeing that He-shi hadn’t come yet, she decided to stir up a little trouble.

“Aiyo, second dimei, your days seem to be quite leisurely, no! Other people are busy working to death in fields, but your family seems to be very idle. It’s fine if the idle one is just you, but you even pulled the laosan and his wife together. Do you intend to drink the northwest wind in the future or what? It’s not much of a problem even if you had to drink northwest wind, but don’t forget the annual support you have to give to father and mother.”

老三 (lǎosān):third-eldest child in a family/Old three 喝西北风 (hē xī běi fēng): lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Sweeping her eyes at He-shi meaningfully, Wang-shi asked fawningly, “Isn’t that so, mother?”

When He-shi’s gaze fell upon Lin Qingwan. She, too, found her appearance extremely irksome; subsequently, her face became serious.

“Laoer’s wife, where is your family’s man?”

老二 (lǎoèr): second-eldest child in a family/Old two

Lin Qingwan lazily squinted her eyes, feeling lethargic under the sun.

“You are asking about my husband? He is in the room.” While saying so, she reached to take another candy and put it in her mouth before slowly savoring it.

Glancing at Lin Qingwan’s leisurely appearance and then at the snacks beside her, Wang-shi’s eyes reddened from ire.

“Second dimei, to eat snacks in such a carefree manner, your days must be extremely good. It seems you are living a beautiful life. Seemingly, the silver in the house must be plenty, no.”

弟妹(Dìmèi): younger brother’s wife

“Thank you for your compliment, eldest sao. But what do you mean, I am pregnant. My family’s husband said pregnant women should not overwork themselves.” Lin Qingwan said innocently, appearing quite furious.

“There are quite many pregnant women in this village, yet they don’t laze around like you every day. This big, yet you nibble on snacks.”

“What? You are feeling indignant? My family’s Tiezhu just loves me to death?” Lin Qingwan unhurriedly uttered, word by word.

Wang-shi was further pissed off!

Hearing the sounds outside, Yang Tiezhu came out and glanced at He-shi. Perhaps, he must have heard the words from earlier, but he didn’t say anything.

“Laoer, you aren’t going to the fields these days and rather have been staying in the room all day long. Do you want to drink the northwest wind?” He-shi rebuked him with an extremely fierce expression on her face, “It doesn’t matter if you drink northwest wind, but annual support shouldn’t have even a grain less!”

So it turned out that this was why He-shi had asked about her husband earlier!

Lin Qingwan languidly squinted her eyes. She remained silent to see how her family’s man would answer.

Yang Tiezhu truly felt disinclined to exchange words with He-shi. But, it wouldn’t be proper to not reply; thus, he could only stiffly utter, “Be at ease! Whether my wife and I would drink the northwest, we wouldn’t skimp on the annual support.”

Yang Tiezhu’s tone was slightly bad, causing He-shi’s face to darken.

Feeling that the two had disturbed her sun-basking time, Lin Qingwan began to lose patience as she said to Yang Tiezhu, “Husband, I don’t want to sunbathe anymore. Help me bring this stuff in.”

Saying so, Lin Qingwan headed in whilst supporting her bell

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