Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 399: Afraid of Stinking You Out

Wen Shi scurried to the room, halfway remembering his luggage was still outside, and then returned to bring it inside.

A large package, standing over one and a half meters tall.

Three small packages, stuffed and bulging.

Yi Chichi, having dressed, came out and saw the packages, about to speak when two shadows whooshed past and appeared in front of the packages.

Then—

"Meow meow meow!"

Excited and rapid cat meows came from the two mouths, and their paws landed on the packages.

"Seafood?"

"Ah!"

Wen Shi responded, squatting down to untie the package and pull out the seafood.

"How are their noses so sharp, they can smell through the fabric?"

Yi Chichi touched her nose, somewhat sheepishly, and said, "Because they eat big squid slices and clam meat at home every day, they are sensitive to the smell of the sea."

Wen Shi acknowledged with an oh, took some large shrimps and fed the two cats.

"I know Da Li, where did this yellow cat come from?"

"Da Li brought it back, Xiao Jiu liked it, so we kept it."

It dawned on Wen Shi that there was a kid at home, and he instinctively lowered his voice, "Will he be woken up?"

"No."

Qin Jiu has good sleep quality and won’t wake even with thunder. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

His biological clock is very punctual, waking up at 6:30 whether it’s severely cold, hot, or in the drowsy spring and autumn seasons.

No need to wake him up, and he doesn’t like to sleep in, disciplined like a robot set to program.

While speaking, she noticed something was off with Wen Shi’s arm.

"Was the fight intense?"

The sudden question startled Wen Shi, who looked up at her, and seeing the understanding in her eyes, he sighed inwardly, his wife was still too sensitive.

"If I said I didn’t participate, would you believe me?"

Yi Chichi smiled at him, and Wen Shi understood that meant she didn’t believe him.

He grinned with a bright smile, "We won."

Yi Chichi acknowledged with a hum, naturally, she knew that.

"Your arm..."

"Come quickly to eat noodles."

Just as she was about to speak, Wen’s mother came in with steaming noodles.

There was no need to say anything else, let Wen Shi fill his stomach first.

"Hurry and eat noodles, I’ll take care of the things."

Yi Chichi extended her hand to Wen Shi, who cheerfully exclaimed, reached out to grasp her hand, and got up.

"Wife, let’s eat together!"

Wen’s mother, "..."

So, she doesn’t exist in her son’s eyes, right?!

No wonder there’s a saying about how marrying a wife makes one forget the mother because it’s all true to life.

This son is really of no use when it comes to matters of the heart.

"I’m not hungry, you eat yourself!"

In a few hours, it’ll be time for breakfast, and eating now would mean no sleep for her.

Yi Chichi decisively refused him and urged him to eat quickly.

Wen Shi acknowledged with an oh, finally concerned about his mother.

"Mom, let’s eat together!"

Wen’s mother waved her hand, "I’m not hungry, you eat; I’ll go back to sleep first."

After saying so, she reminded Yi Chichi, "There’s water boiling in the pot; I put two pieces of firewood in the stove hole when I brought out the noodles, keep an eye so the fire doesn’t go out."

"Okay, mom, you should go to bed."

Wen Shi chimed in, urging.

So, Wen’s mother returned to her room.

Then, Wen Shi joyfully slurped his noodles while Yi Chichi sorted out the packages he had brought back.

Of the four packages, aside from one being his clothes, the rest were all seafood and dried fruits.

There was a wide variety of seafood, including big squids, large shrimp, clam meat, dried abalone, etc.

And the dried fruits were mango, longan, lychee, etc.

Da Li and the others knew there were good eats; having finished the shrimp, they were reluctant to leave, just squatting nearby and waiting.

Yi Chichi unpacked the seafood, and they sniffed each item, meowing at her when they found something they liked.

Yi Chichi wasn’t stingy, she gave it to them, and they trotted off to the side to happily munch away.

When almost done, she ran to the kitchen to add two more pieces of wood in the stove hole, then returned to continue organizing.

Time passed by the minute, and Wen Shi finished his noodles.

He burped contentedly, "Still, mom’s noodles are the best."

Yi Chichi was busy putting the organized seafood and dried fruits into the cupboard, and without lifting her head, she asked, "Full?"

"Full."

Saying so, he approached energetically like a husky and said cheerfully, "Wife, I want to take a bath."

"I’ll get you some clothes."

Wen Shi was quite surprised, "I actually have clothes?"

"Of course."

After all, he’s her own man, even if he wasn’t at home, he still needed them.

The temperature difference between the two places is quite significant, coming back in summer is fine, no worries about freezing.

Not so in winter.

So, to prevent her man from freezing upon returning, Yi Chichi prepared a complete set of winter clothes for him.

"Long johns, sweaters, wool trousers, wool socks, all new."

She opened the closet and brought out the freshly washed, neatly folded clothes for him.

Wen Shi took them, opened them and looked; the long johns were cotton, feeling extremely soft.

The sweaters and wool trousers were made with new wool, the wool socks thick and soft, their texture and color moving him to tears.

"Wife, you knitted these socks out of cashmere for me!"

Oh my god, how could his wife be so good?

The cashmere from the Friendship Store is so expensive, many families wouldn’t dare use it even to knit a sweater, but his wife went as far as to knit socks.

"Yes."

Yi Chichi beamed, "Mom and I also have some, no need to be over-emotional."

"Still, I’m moved."

He held Yi Chichi’s face, planting a kiss, "Wife, you’re amazing."

Wen Shi’s hands were dry and warm, and her eyes sparkled like stars as she looked at him up close.

Yi Chichi just smiled, "Okay, don’t get all mushy, hurry up and take a bath and get to sleep; aren’t you tired from traveling back?"

It’s late, likely no buses, and he must’ve walked back from the county.

Sure enough, it was.

Suddenly, she was both irritated and distressed, "Are you silly, without a bus stay a night at a county lodge, come back when it’s dawn, why such a rush."

"I missed you guys, couldn’t wait even a second."

Before he finished his sentence, he hugged Yi Chichi tightly, "Wife, don’t scold me."

He almost didn’t make it back.

After waking up in the hospital, he was terrified.

Not of dying but afraid of leaving his old mother uncared for in her late years, leaving his wife a young widow.

Luckily, the injury wasn’t severe; as soon as the doctor declared he could be discharged, he hastily applied for leave to return home.

Finally, he’s home now, completely at ease, a unique sense of security.

"Wife, I’m sleepy!"

The soft voice almost like a petulant child.

Yi Chichi’s anger dissipated instantly, "So, straight to sleep?"

"No way, need a bath."

He nuzzled her neck like a big cat, "Could you scrub my back for me, I stink already, afraid of stinking you out."

As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder, he was extremely looking forward though.

But this definitely didn’t include stinking his wife unconscious.

He was afraid she might poke him with a needle.

Yi Chichi wasn’t aware of his complex thoughts; hearing he stank, her first reaction was to sniff like a little dog.

There’s indeed a smell, though not strong.

"Alright, I’ll scrub your back."