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It was just half an hour after dinner, and the sunset glow on the mountainside was slowly fading. Hua Xia saw the bright light in Xiao Lie's eyes. After a pause, she heard the man leaning close to her ear, and he whispered shyly, "Shall we go back to the house?"

“…No.”

Xiao Lie patiently persuaded him: "It's dark now, there are mosquitoes outside, and mosquitoes bite people."

Hua Xia's eyelids twitched: "You bite people too."

The man denied: "I didn't..."

Xiao Lie stretched out his hand and probed the gap between Hua Xia's waist and the recliner. With red ears, he listened to her low voice complaining: "Are you done yet?"

Although his tone was not good, Xiao Lie was very fond of her. He stood up with Hua Xia in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her like a chicken pecking at rice, and vaguely mentioned the matter of building a new house: "Let's build one. I have saved money. Later, the doctor who chopped wood and dug herbs helped me sell them. I have money."

Hua Xia: “…”

He explained in a low voice: "When you get married, you always have to build a new house."

After a pause, he asked in a questioning tone, "Or do you not want to marry me anymore?"

Hua Xia stretched out her hand and twisted Xiao Lie's waist. The latter was speechless and walked faster. His tanned cheeks were stained red, which spread from his neck to his waist.

The next day, when Hua Xia woke up, Xiao Lie had already returned from the mountain. There were bundles of firewood in the yard. He sat on a bench and used a planer to cut a piece of wood in front of him that was as thick as Hua Xia's arms.

Hearing the noise, he immediately turned around, put down what he was holding and walked to Hua Xia, very close to her, with curiosity in his eyes: "Awake? I'll cook now?"

Hua Xia nodded listlessly.

Xiao Lie took off his smock, went to wash his hands and face, and walked back quickly to see Hua Xia lying on the chair again. He walked over, pressed her waist and squeezed it, his eyes full of affection and attachment: "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

Hua Xia shook her head.

After lunch, Xiao Lie and Aliang were going to the town to sell things. In the evening, before Aliang came back, Aliang's wife Fu Yu came and cooked a meal. They ate with Hua Xia in the yard. The two sides were not far away, and Xiao Lie, remembering the previous kindness, would send some food or furniture from time to time.

After eating, Fu Yu smiled and chatted with Hua Xia: "That day, grandma was picking vegetables and passed by and saw Xiaolie washing clothes. Most men don't like to do this, but he is really hardworking. Grandma didn't make a mistake."

"Xiao Lie really likes you, and you can make money. When you come home after you have made it, your family won't say anything."

Hua Xia: “…”

Hua Xia nodded in agreement.

It was completely dark. Fu Yu stood up to help Hua Xia light the oil lamp, fumigated the house with herbs to repel mosquitoes, and then walked back to the yard.

"I should be back soon. I think something delayed me in town."

"It's hard to walk at night, so you have to walk slowly. I heard from Aliang that there's no war outside, and it's peaceful now. We're poor, and there are no bandits here, so there's nothing to worry about. Go to bed early, or Xiaolie will be worried when he comes back."

Hua Xia responded, and Fu Yu slowly went back.

She did not wait for Xiao Lie on purpose. She fell asleep because she was tired. When she woke up by the noise, she saw an oil lamp in the inner room. In the dim light, she saw a figure sitting in front of the couch, staring at her intently.

Hua Xia turned over and faced Xiao Lie: "What are you doing if you're not sleeping?"

Xiao Lie didn't say anything, but climbed onto the bed and lay beside her, putting his hand on her waist. Hua Xia dozed off and asked vaguely, "Have you changed your clothes?"

"Changed..."

Hua Xia didn't reply.

After a while, Hua Xia was turned over. Xiao Lie buried his face in her neck and bit her skin. He didn't use much force, and a low voice rang out in the night: "I don't want to sleep yet."

Hua Xia wanted to turn back, but was restrained and couldn't move. She said angrily, "If you don't want to sleep, get out."

Xiao Lie didn't move, but the rustling noise woke her up. She bit Xiao Lie hard to vent her anger.

The thick-skinned man didn't feel any pain at all and muttered, "Don't bite, it's itchy."

The next day, Hua Xia got up after noon, still sleepy, with her shoulder leaning on the door frame, looking at the empty yard. After a while, Xiao Lie came back from outside.

Seeing her standing at the door, he quickened his pace: "Are you up?"

He hugged her clingy as usual: "I just left for a while, luckily I'm back."

"What to eat?"

Hua Xia rolled her eyes at Xiao Lie and said, "If you don't want to eat, can you be quiet tonight?"

"Don't be angry..." Xiao Lie didn't let go, but shook it in a flattering way, like a puppy.

Hua Xia rubbed her eyes and was kissed by Xiao Lie again.

After a while, she finally remembered to ask, "Why did you come back so late yesterday?"

Although she didn't know the exact time, she saw that it was getting light in the sky, so she thought it was the second half of the night and she was still very sleepy.

Something flashed across Xiao Lie's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He sighed, "I was delayed in the town. It was dark when I finished selling the things. The road was not easy to walk on at night, so I was a little slow."

It is almost the same as Fu Yu’s guess.

Hua Xia closed her eyes and responded lazily.

After a day's rest, I finally relaxed a little and got up earlier than usual.

Usually at this time, Xiao Lie had not returned from the mountain. Hua Xia sat in the yard for a while, then walked towards Aliang's house, intending to ask Fu Yu for some herbs for fumigating mosquitoes and drying them in the yard. When she entered the yard, Fu Yu looked puzzled when he heard about it.

Subconsciously, he said, "Didn't Xiaolie say he was going to Doctor Shen to buy some mosquito repellent herbs? I asked him in the morning, and grandma told him that she had some here, and he said he wanted to prepare some."

Fu Yu asked: "Oh, at that time, Zhao Zhao hadn't woken up yet?"

Hua Xia nodded and smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Xiao Lie usually goes up the mountain with Aliang. At first, he was not familiar with the road, but later he wanted to take care of Aliang, so the two of them went together. They usually set out at dawn. Fu Yu would get up later. If Fu Yu saw Xiao Lie in the morning, then Xiao Lie would probably not be ready to go up the mountain.

Although Shen Yue lived quite far away, it would not take more than half an hour to walk back and forth, and it would not take that long to buy some herbs for fumigating mosquitoes. At this time, according to the time in the early morning that Fu Yu said, it was almost two hours.

Fu Yu brought out a chair for Hua Xia, and she squatted on the ground to peel beans. She didn't let Hua Xia help, probably because she thought she had never done this before and there was nothing to do anyway. Hua Xia sat on the chair and listened to Fu Yu's chatter.

"That day, Aliang came back and said that he met soldiers in the town. He said that they were not ordinary soldiers, but seemed to be fighting. They seemed to be looking for someone, so they came back a little late."

"Aliang said that Xiaolie was taken away for a while, but fortunately it was just a misunderstanding. He didn't let me tell you because he was afraid you would worry. Now that everything is fine, it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"Aliang and Xiaolie should not go to the town recently. Talk to Xiaolie about reclaiming the wasteland over there and growing something there."

Hua Xia listened in a disjointed manner. There was no need to reclaim the wasteland anymore, and it was time to return to the palace.