CH 481

Lin Lan signalled Erwang, “Take off your clothes and come in, it’s so cold outside.”

Erwang was a little embarrassed, “Mother, I will wash myself.”

Lin Lan, “Or should I let your father wash you?”

Han Qingsong looked disgusted, “Have them help each other.”

Erwang, “…” Even if you offer, I wouldn’t want you to; you might very well tear my skin off!

In the end, Erwang and Dawang washed the dirt off of each other. As Sanwang expected, they sweated a lot after running and exercising daily. Even if they tried to wash themselves as best as they could every day, it was just futile comfort.

After a thorough bath this time, the rewards were immense.

When Lin Lan and Han Qingsong helped to pour the water, she smiled and said, “We didn’t put anything in it, so let’s use it to water the plants. Our spinach and leeks have grown very big.”

Xiaowang gestured with both hands, “Big like father.”

Sanwang laughed loudly, “You’re implying that our father grew this well by eating dirt!”

Lin Lan really wanted to throw him out. Liu Chuncai’s influence on this kid was getting worse and worse. She was actually low-key worried that he’d be harder to control when he grew up.

By the time the children had all washed up and went to the kang, Xiaowang had long since fallen asleep.

The little child was flush-faced and his tiny mouth was a rosy hue, making anyone who looked at him melt at the sight.

As long as the child fell asleep, no matter how you fiddled with him, he wouldn’t wake up. Lin Lan rubbed some Vaseline on him and put some balm on his mouth to prevent it from drying out.

After she finished cleaning up, Han Qingsong had refilled the water, “There’s still half of the pot left, you don’t have to boil it again.”

Lin Lan, “Don’t you have to wash after I finish washing up? Why not make another pot?”

Han Qingsong, “I showered in the Commune, so I’m not that dirty.”

“Even so, you should dip in the water for a bit. Let me tell you, taking a hot bath in the winter is very comfortable.”

Lin Lan took off her clothes and quickly sat in the water. She tested the water temperature with the inside of her elbow, determining that it was about 41 degrees celsius. It felt hot when she first sank in, but soon, it was very comfortable.

“Ah… so comfortable.” She murmured before she saw Han Qingsong take off his clothes.

“Y-you…weren’t you not going to wash up?!”

Han Qingsong, “Dipping inside the water is comfortable,” His long legs stepped into the barrel as  he pulled her into his arms with one arm.

Lin Lan, …No wonder the barrel was so big.

However, leaning on him made her feel even hotter.

Finally, after washing up, the water was almost cold!

Once they got on the kang and blew out the lamp, his large hands encircled her waist.

Lin Lan, “…that thing is finished,” It’s time to sleep.

“I bought a new one.”

Lin Lan, “… When did you buy it?”

“Together with the medicine,” He took out an iron box from the kang cabinet and gave it to her, “Is it enough?”

It was a very big box, looking very similar to the ones where doctors would put their needles and their equipment in.

Lin Lan’s entire body was on fire, “You…did they not laugh at you?” To ask his friend to buy things like this from the provincial capital, he was probably laughed at a lot.

Han Qingsong, “They dared not.”

How many people would know about this? Lin Lan felt that although life couldn’t get any better, it would be best if she never met those friends of his.