It was dark. Gu Dong sat in the central room and looked at the stars in the sky through the open door. From time to time, there was the sound of water coming from the east room.
In this quiet night, the 18-year-old boy suddenly felt his eyes moisten.
Before he was seven years old, he and his parents lived in the city. But in the end, they died together because of sports. Then, he was sent to live with his grandfather, but it was obvious that his grandfather did not have a good time here.
When he first came to the village, no one called him by his name. When they saw him, they all called him the little bastard of the landlord family. At that time, he was angry and even ran up to fight with them. But it was useless. They outnumbered him and he was only a child. Also, his grandfather was dragged out every two to three days.
So, he slowly got used to it and did not care about what those people said. If he had the time to argue with those people, he might as well go to the mountains to find something to eat. Gu Dong had experienced days where he couldn't afford to eat one or two meals a day. Back then, there was no house like the one he had now. He would either live in the cowshed with his grandfather or find a haystack to live in. In any case, he didn't even have a proper nest.
But who would have thought that he would marry a wife and have a family today?
Looking at the weak light in the east room and thinking about the person inside, Gu Dong suddenly felt different. In the past, he was alone and was not afraid of anything. Now, or rather, in the future, it was a little different.
He was married, just like the other boys in the village. Now that he had a wife, there would be someone in the house with him in the future. He would not be alone anymore.
"Hey!" Just as Gu Dong was sighing enthusiastically, Mugwort in the room let out a "Hey!" and Gu Dong instantly frowned.
What is it this time? What a troublemaker. Gu Dong felt disgusted but still walked over.
"What is it this time?" Gu Dong went to lift the curtain of the east room.
"Rustle!" When Mugwort saw the curtain move, she instantly climbed onto the bed and burrowed under the blankets with incomparable agility. Only her small head was exposed outside.
"Hey." Gu Dong only looked at her shadow and laughed. "Now you know how to be shy?"
The Ai Cao's face turned red, but when he thought about his current situation, he wasn't in the mood to argue with him. She pouted and said, "You have to give me clothes to wear."
Gu Dong was tidying up the things that the Ai Cao had just used. When he heard this, he looked up and asked her, "Where are your clothes?"
"Look, it's at the foot of the bed." The Ai Cao stretched out his arm and quickly pointed at her. After that, he immediately shrunk back into the blanket and said, "It's too dirty. Get me a clean one. I'll wash it tomorrow and wear it again."
Ever since Gu Dong started boiling water for her, Ai Cao had become more daring. She thoroughly felt that this man was a paper tiger who was difficult to get along with. The Ai Cao's original temper began to leak out bit by bit as the environment became more comfortable and less dangerous. After getting along with Gu Dong, she gradually became more daring.
There was no need for the Ai Cao to explain. Gu Dong glanced at the clothes on the foot of the bed and didn't want to take a second look.
"So troublesome." As he said this, he went to the closet to get her his clothes.
His family was poor, but these two years were considered better. He could earn a few centimeters and save a few cents to exchange for necessities at the end of the year. In the early years, he only had one or two sets of clothes and didn't have any extra. Usually, when the weather wasn't cold, he would directly go to the river to bathe and wash his clothes.
However, it was better now than in the early years. Gu Dong took out his other set of clean clothes and gave it to the Ai Cao.
"Wear mine first. There are no women's clothes at home." After saying this, Gu Dong directly blew out the lights and lay on the bed, covering his head with the blanket.
His head was hurting even more now. This time, his family gave all their money to the Ai family and didn't have a single cent left. They couldn't even buy a piece of cloth for his wife to make clothes.
"Make do with the clothes first." Gu Dong's muffled voice came from under the blanket, scaring the Ai Cao. She was struggling to put on her clothes under the blanket. Gu Dong's clothes were much bigger than hers, so it was troublesome to put them on.
Gu Dong was almost 1.8 meters tall, while the Ai Cao was at most 1.5 meters tall. Moreover, her body was full of ribs and didn't have much meat.
According to the customs of her previous life, the bride had to wake up early to greet her parents-in-law on the first day of marriage. The Ai Cao didn't know what the current world was like, but she knew that when Ai Dabao's wife first came to the Ai family, she diligently did housework for a few days. Therefore, she thought that she had to perform well. Since Gu Dong wasn't that bad, it was best for her to stay here and not be disliked and chased out by him.
Before she went to sleep, she thought about waking up the next morning to make breakfast. However, when she opened her eyes the next day, the sky was already bright, and the man who shared the same bed was long gone.
She hurriedly climbed down from the bed. However, the Ai Cao's movements were too loud, and she almost fell from the sky.
"Why are you so careless!" Gu Dong just happened to come in. When he saw the scene, he hurriedly took two big steps forward and pulled the Ai Cao's arm back to the bed as if he was carrying a little chick.
The Ai Cao was also frightened. It would be painful if she fell from such a height and bumped into something. However, she still explained to Gu Dong: "The clothes are too big, and I tripped."
When she wore Gu Dong's clothes, it was as if she was performing in a drama. There was an extra section everywhere, and it was long and fat. When the Ai Cao got down from the bed again and stood on the ground, Gu Dong couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, there is a needle and thread in the metal box on the cabinet. You can change it yourself." Right now, the family didn't have the money to make clothes for her, so she had to make do with it.
"Oh." The Ai Cao turned around and wanted to stand on the stool to reach for the small metal box on the bedside table by the window. However, when she raised her foot, she almost tripped again.
"Coward!" Gu Dong laughed at her. Then, he reached over her head and took the box out.
Gu Dong didn't know if it was because the Ai Cao took a bath yesterday and tidied herself up, but today, he felt that she was more pleasing to the eye than yesterday.
"Put away the long one first. After eating, do you want to eat? Yi Lian Sang? Yi Fen Lu Zhi Lin? Huan Xiu??? Ge Mu Gu Laoguo Li Zhi Lin? Long Zhi Lin? Luan Pian? Yi Hushuang Immortal Straw Yi Ansi Wu!
Gu Dong sat on the edge of the bed, swung his legs and instructed the Ai Cao. He told her that he was going out.
"Okay." The Ai Cao nodded heavily. Her heart was filled with happiness. Her life was indeed better than that of the Ai family.
"Okay, then I will go out." After saying what needed to be said, Gu Dong didn't say anything else. He directly stood up and walked out.
"Hey!" When Gu Dong walked to the living room, the Ai Cao seemed to remember something and hurriedly called out to him: "Aren't you going to eat before going out?"
"I have eaten!" Gu Dong suddenly shouted loudly. Suddenly, the Ai Cao was startled again.
"What kind of person is this?!" Mugwort bent over and muttered as he adjusted his trousers.
"What are you talking about?"
"Hey!" The Ai Cao leaned forward and almost fell down. She angrily said: "You scared me to death."
"If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts. Why are you so scared of me? Were we talking about it just now? "
"No, no." Why would I tell you when I was talking about you? Am I stupid?
The Ai Cao pushed him and asked him to move out of the way. As she walked out, she asked: "Weren't you going out? Why did you come back?"
"Oh ~" Gu Dong dragged his voice and said with an uneasy face: "Gu Dong! My name is Gu Dong! "
"I know." Mugwort looked at him as if there was something wrong with his head. Not to mention her, even the original body had lived in the village for more than ten years. How could she not know that his name was Gu Dong?
The Ai Cao's look of looking at an idiot completely angered Gu Dong.
"If you know, then why did you call me Ai!" After saying that, Gu Dong angrily walked out. He felt that this little girl was deliberately looking for trouble with him.
Hmph, just you wait. Sooner or later, I'll deal with her.
Looking at the angry Gu Dong, the Ai Cao was puzzled. What was wrong with this person? Wasn't it just calling him Ai? Hmph, since he doesn't mind, then I'll just call him by his name in the future.
In ancient times, women were not allowed to call their husbands by their names. They would call them Hubby, Lord Husband, etc. But now, it seemed that everyone didn't mind.
In the Ai family, her adoptive mother called her adoptive father Daddy. Ai Dabao's wife called him Ai Dabao. She just came to the Gu family and didn't know what to call him. He actually minded to this extent. What a petty man.
The Ai Cao nagged as she went to the water jar in the courtyard to wash up.
The slightly cold water splashed on her face. The Ai Cao immediately felt incomparable enjoyment. Sure enough, her own home was still the best. The Ai family was simply not a place for people to stay.
After washing her face, she looked at the leather in the basin that was still wet. No matter how she looked at it, it still looked ugly. But to be honest, it was a bit more pleasing to the eye compared to the previous dirty look. And according to the original owner's memories, most people in the village were like this.
In addition, the original owner wasn't the only one who was this sloppy. There were many sloppy families in the village. That was why when she got married yesterday, no one talked about her and pointed at her.
But normally, such sloppy families would have the villagers secretly say that they had a lazy wife behind their backs. Moreover, they would be disliked by the neighbors.
The original owner had too many memories. After all, she had sixteen years of youth. But before, the Ai family's environment was too oppressive. The first thing the Ai Cao thought about was how to survive and how to survive.
Now that her nerves were relaxed, the Ai Cao was able to extract more information from her memories.
"Girl, what are you thinking about?" As soon as Old Gu entered the courtyard, he saw his granddaughter-in-law squatting next to the water jar. Her hands were holding her head and she was in a daze.
"Grandfather." The Ai Cao copied Gu Dong and called Old Gu.
"En, where's Dongzi?" Old Gu didn't see Gu Dong's shadow, so he asked the Ai Cao.
"He went out after eating. He said that we don't need to worry about him." The Ai Cao spoke to the old man while getting him a basin of water: "Grandfather, wash up and eat."
"Ah! Okay! "Old Gu looked at the half basin of water his granddaughter-in-law gave him and his heart was filled with joy. "Eat. Wash up and eat."
When a person got old, they would want to live in harmony with their children and grandchildren. Old Man Gu could no longer enjoy his son's blessings. As for his grandson, although he was usually filial, he had never once done something like fetching water and a towel for himself like a little girl.
Not only did Ai Cao use water to wash his face, but Ai Cao also scooped a bowl of wild vegetable porridge for the old man before taking a bowl of cornbread and chopsticks. Only then did he sit down to eat.
In the Ai Cao's eyes, it was nothing for her to do this. She respected the old man. The old man was already so old. As a young junior, she should take care of him. However, Old Gu's eyes became wet and he lowered his head.
Not to mention his background, even in the village, when the younger generation got married, there were many who despised the old man in the family. The old man didn't expect that the Ai Cao, who was from the same village and knew his background, would treat an old man like him like this.
After returning from his grandson's place yesterday, Old Gu lay in the cowshed and tossed and turned. He couldn't sleep for half the night. He was happy that his precious grandson could marry a wife. However, while he hoped that the young couple could live a good life, he was also a little disappointed. He felt that from now on, he would be the only one left.
However, he didn't expect that his granddaughter-in-law would treat him so well.
"Lass, I will eat with you before and after the autumn harvest. After a few days, when the grain comes, I will eat at the cowshed." Old Gu took a sip of porridge and explained to the Ai Cao.
"It's okay, Master. You can always eat here." The Ai Cao quickly waved her hand and told him that there was no need to separate after the autumn harvest. She didn't want Gu Dong to think that she was chasing his grandfather away when he returned home. He seemed to be quite filial. If he really misunderstood, he might beat her in a moment of panic.
"No, lass. I don't usually eat with Dongzi. It's more convenient to eat alone." Previously, he and Gu Dong ate by themselves.
He usually herded the sheep and walked far and near in the mountains, so he didn't eat on time. Gu Dong had to eat on time when he went to work. When he didn't need to go to the fields, he would occasionally run further than him. He ate even more casually. Therefore, in the end, the two of them didn't care about each other and ate by themselves.
However, because their family got married yesterday, they used up all the food at home to prepare for the banquet. In addition, they gave all the money to the Ai family, so they came to eat together. However, after the autumn harvest, it was better for them to eat separately.
Old Master Gu didn't want to get involved in his grandson's family life. As long as the two of them could live well, he was happier than anyone else.
The Ai Cao saw that Old Master Gu was stubborn. Moreover, he and Gu Dong were still in the same situation. She guessed that she wouldn't be able to persuade him, so she didn't say anything more. It was better to let Gu Dong make the decision in the future.
After eating, Old Gu went to work and herded the sheep. The Ai Cao was alone at home. First, she closed the door and sewed her clothes again. There wasn't any style, and she didn't pursue beauty. It was fine as long as it could be worn and looked good.
Then, she boiled a big pot of hot water in the kitchen and washed her hair back and forth in the courtyard three or four times. Compared to her soft and black waist-length hair in the past, her hair now only reached her shoulders. Moreover, it looked yellow and dry. It didn't have any luster, and it didn't have any beauty to speak of.
When half of her small head was soaking comfortably in the basin, the Ai Cao suddenly felt that she should tell Gu Dong that she wanted a bathtub.
According to her memory, most people in the village used a basin to wipe their hair when they bathed. Some people didn't even wash in the winter, such as some people in the Ai family.
Being able to wipe her hair with a basin before going to bed was already very good. However, the Ai Cao was still a little unsatisfied.
In her previous life, her skin was very white and smooth. Now, looking at the dirt accumulated on the body of the original owner, the Ai Cao felt uncomfortable no matter how she thought about it. She must nourish her white and tender skin back.
Therefore, when she saw Gu Dong, she wanted to ask him if he could get her a bathtub. She wanted to soak in it.
At noon, no one asked the Ai Cao to do anything. However, she didn't stay idle. After washing her hair, she took out the dirty clothes she changed out of yesterday and painstakingly washed them a few times.
At noon, when Gu Dong came back with a basket of firewood, the Ai Cao was already busy in the kitchen. If one didn't cook, they would never know that food wasn't so expensive.
Looking at the two cornbread left in the pot, the Ai Cao regretted that she didn't have an appetite when she looked at a table full of food in her previous life. Ai, why didn't she know how to cherish it back then?
The situation was different.
The Ai Cao knew that she probably couldn't go back. Her previous life of luxury could only be regarded as a dream. Otherwise, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she would feel.
The difference was too big.
At noon, half a pot of wild vegetable soup, two cornbread, and a large basket of firewood. By the time Gu Dong came back, the Ai Cao had already finished cooking.
The Ai Cao knew that he went out, but she didn't know that he went to the mountains to chop firewood. It was September, so the wind was a little cold. However, Gu Dong was sweating profusely even though he was wearing a thin undershirt. Not only was his forehead sweaty, but the back of his shirt was also soaked.
Although he was a little tired, when Gu Dong put the firewood in the kitchen, he saw the steaming hot stove. His heart was different from the past when he came back from the mountains.
This was the first time that someone had finished cooking and was waiting for him when he came home.
"Dinner will be ready soon. Go and wash up. Do you need to call Grandpa?" Ai Cao came out of the central room and saw Gu Dong at the kitchen door.
"No …" Gu Dong was wiping his head with a towel. Just as he was about to refuse, he looked up and saw the Ai Cao, which was different from the morning. His heart thumped wildly.
How did his wife change so much after such a short period of time? Although she still couldn't be considered pretty, she definitely couldn't be considered ugly when compared to a bunch of young ladies and young wives in the village, other than her slightly eye-catching clothes.
As expected, the blind woman was right.
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"What are you looking at?" The Ai Cao felt a little embarrassed being stared at by Gu Dong, so he deliberately retorted angrily.
"I didn't see anything!" Gu Dong was embarrassed by the Ai Cao's words. She turned around and ran to the basin to wash her face with cold water, huffing and puffing.
Really, why didn't this person know how to reply?
The Ai Cao glared at him and continued to ask him: "Do you want to call Grandpa over for dinner?"
"No, don't worry about him. Just leave the food for him. Let's quickly finish eating and go up the mountain. I still need to carry the firewood I chopped this morning two more times." Gu Dong said to the Ai Cao while washing his face without turning his head.
Sometimes, his grandpa would let the sheep run far away. No one knew where they would go. Even if they looked for them, they might not be able to find them. However, when the old man was hungry, he would come back to eat by himself.
When it was time to serve the rice, each of them had a bowl of wild vegetable soup. However, there were only two cornbread left. The Ai Cao thought that Gu Dong chopped firewood and put one on the side of his bowl.
"Why aren't you eating?" Gu Dong took a bite and asked the Ai Cao when he saw that she only drank the soup.
"I ate too much this morning. I'm not hungry." The Ai Cao awkwardly found an excuse.
Gu Dong stared at her for a few seconds. When the Ai Cao felt that her cheeks were red and she couldn't stand it anymore, he stood up and left the central room without saying anything.
When he came back, he divided the cornbread in his hand into two. He kept the half that he had bitten and put the other half into the Ai Cao's hand.
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