Chapter 27.2

Translated by Aviana

As everyone was hungry, in a short while, they were all done eating.

Seeing that everyone was done eating, Yang Tiezhu quickly helped Lin Qingwan up and urged her to return home. He also helped her clean the bowls and chopsticks and put them in the basket. Once Yao-shi was also done, Lin Qingwan pulled her, intending to go back home.

“Second dimei, third dimei, later come back soon, don’t goof off at home, ah.” Wang-shi deliberately said in an ambiguous manner, sitting there.

dimei: younger sister-in-law

Everyone, being aware of her character, coupled with their exhaustion, they also didn’t pay her any heed.

Yao-shi originally wasn’t intending to go back. As such, Lin Qingwan simply dragged her away.

On the way back, Lin Qingwan whispered to Yao-shi, saying that she was annoying.

It goes without saying who this ‘she’ was.

Upon returning back, when He-shi saw them coming back, her face immediately sank.

She quickly urged them to put the basket down and go back and not be lazy. Yao-shi lowered her head and secretly tugged Lin Qingwan’s clothes, intending to return back quickly.

Lin Qingwan patted her hand secretly before informing He-shi that it was Yang laoye who let them return back, saying that there was nothing for them to do in the fields and also couldn’t help much. As such, he asked them to take a rest for a while and come back in the evening again to lend a hand in loading the wheat into the cart. She further added that eldest sao was punished for being lazy by Yang laoye and wasn’t allowed to return back in the afternoon.

He-shi suspiciously glanced at them but didn’t say anything. She reckoned that it ought to be true, as it seemed to be something like Yang laoye would do. Thus, with a wave of her hand, she let them go take a rest.

Wet with sweat, when Lin Qingwan said that she wanted to take a bath, Yao-shi said that she had lent her a hand in carrying the water to the tub.

Looking at the sweaty appearance of Yao-shi, Lin Qingwan pulled her into her room.

Yang jia only had one bathing area, which was a small room partitioned beside the kitchen.

The whole family took a bath there. It doesn’t any bathtub, and only has a big wooden basin. During bathing, the water can be directly scooped out using a ladle, and the splashed water goes outside via a small outlet in the corner. Apparently, people for Yang jia also knew a bit about hygiene. There are more than a dozen people in the family; as such, they have adopted the ‘shower’ system.

Lin Qingwan also let Yao-shi take a bath in her room, as she had a bathtub in her room. After doing physical work, soaking in hot water would relieve the tiredness. They might as well regain the strength to work in the evening. Furthermore, it also very inconvenient to bath in the bathing area, one would have to heat the water on the stove and have to use a cask to carry the water.

Lin Qingwan scooped out the water from a water vat into a big iron cooking pot to heat it. After the water was heated, she let Yao-shi have the bath first. Because she loves to take a bath, Yang Tiezhu fills up the tank every day.

After Yao-shi was done washing, Lin Qingwan also went to take a bath and also washed her hair, in passing just like Yao-shi.

After washing, both the women sat on the k’ang and dried their hair.

“Second sao, the bathtub in your room is really nice. Can soak in the bathtub however much longer you want.” Yao-shi was all along aware that Yang Tiezhu renovated the second room before marriage, but she didn’t expect the transformation to be as such. There was even a specialized partitioned bathroom.

Lin Qingwan took a cloth from the kang cabinet and passed on one to Yao-shi to wipe her hair, and also too one for herself to wipe.

“Your second brother built this. Seeing that at dagu’s place I would often take a bath, he partitioned the room to make a small bathing area for me to use easily.” She said with a smile while wiping her hair.

Dagu: Eldest aunt

“Didn’t see this coming. I never knew second brother was this attentive.” Yao-shi said enviously.

Whether a man treats you good or not, it can be seen from such minor details; Whether he has you in his heart, can be known by looking at his each and every moment in usual times.

Her family’s man is also treated her pretty well, but it’s just there was something it was missing.

“Yes, ah. I also didn’t expect such a big and coarse guy to be so attentive.” Lin Qingwan smiled sweetly.

Since marrying Yang Tiezhu, Lin Qingwan truly felt her days to be full of happiness. Yang Tiezhu’s goodness and also attentiveness towards her, she could also perceive them.

Of course, in case if those He-shi and Wang-shi weren’t there to create trouble for her every other time, it would have been better.

But Lin Qingwan was aware that it was impossible. Marrying a man is not only about a person but also his family. Having such a popo and sister-in-law, she also can’t help it.

婆婆 (pópo): Husband’s mother, mother-in-law.

“By the way, third dimei, I think you can also remodel your room like this.” Lin Qingwan suggested.

Yao-shu blanked for a while, stopping her movements of wiping her hair.

After thinking for a while, she replied, “It’s too troublesome.”

“It’s not troublesome, I heard your second brother say that he had the wall built near the k’ang fire pit, such that it was on other side of wall, and then he added a burner on top of the fire pit to heat the water.”

Second branch room and third branch room are the same. As such, even though what Lin Qingwan said was quite vague, Yao-shi was still able to understand what she was speaking about.

In this way, it wasn’t troublesome at all.

Lin Qingwan still tried to persuade her, “There are so many people in the family, it would be very inconvenient to use the public bathroom all the time. Don’t you feel very much uncomfortable bathing there every time? In eldest sao’s family also there are many kids…” She said very implicitly, only using three words, ‘very much uncomfortable’ to explain.

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