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Chapter 266: Chapter 268 Self-Awareness_1
Qiao Duo’er gave Tan Zhenghong a dismissive roll of her eyes, "There’s still a lot of work to do tomorrow."
"Wife, all I’m asking for is a kiss from you, which surely won’t interfere with tomorrow’s work. Hmm... are you perhaps thinking something unhealthy?"
Tan Zhenghong leaned in close to Qiao Duo’er’s ear and asked. He realized his wife was far naughtier than he was.
Qiao Duo’er pouted, "I haven’t thought about anything. I’m just worried you’ll get all heated up after the kiss and won’t be able to sleep at night."
The explanation was a bit far-fetched, but it would do.
Tan Zhenghong chuckled softly, his eyes never leaving his wife.
His wife had told him women back in her place were very open, showing off their arms and legs. Why then was she still so shy?
So, she must be fooling him. If that were the case, wouldn’t she have devoured him long ago?
Qiao Duo’er kicked Tan Zhenghong’s foot haughtily, "You’re so bad!"
Uh... she had let out that playful whine rather smoothly, Qiao Duo’er critiqued her unreliable self and then proceeded outside with the rapeseed and hoe in hand.
She was off to work and didn’t want to deal with Tan Zhenghong anymore.
Earlier in the morning, Tan Zhenghong had sharpened the farm tools; loosening the soil would definitely be easier. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
Tan Zhenghong came over and said, "Wife, just give me the stuff, and I’ll go do it. That way you won’t have to see me."
"Quite self-aware, aren’t you? Forget it, let’s go together, we need to water the plants too."
The truth was, she wanted to bring Tan Zhenghong mainly because she didn’t know where her family’s land was.
Tan Zhenghong hurried back inside to grab a bucket and the straw hat he had woven for his wife.
"Wife, the sun is pretty strong right now, don’t get burned!" Tan Zhenghong planted the straw hat on Qiao Duo’er’s head.
Right now, her skin was in great condition, but her face would turn red from sun exposure, likely a remnant of her past.
Qiao Duo’er pursed her lips, "It’s not even summer now, how could it be that exaggerated?"
"Better safe than sorry, otherwise you’re the one who will suffer."
After Tan Zhenghong said that, Qiao Duo’er no longer felt like taking off the straw hat.
After all, wearing it was no trouble. It was just a pity for her hairstyle; every time she wore the straw hat for too long and took it off, she felt like a fool.
There was a patch of open ground in the dry field, ideal for scattering the seeds, making transplanting later on very convenient.
Once at the field, Qiao Duo’er, with a full head of question marks, asked, "What happened here?"
In the dry field, soybeans were growing and starting to turn yellow. What surprised her was the patchy planting. How did this happen?
"These two plots were probably planted by my second brother."
Tan Zhenghong weakly explained, knowing that only Tan Zhengyong in the entire Tan family could do something this foolish.
Qiao Duo’er curled her lips, "Even a three-year-old child could plant better than this."
Tan Zhenghong nodded in agreement. It was true.
Qiao Duo’er sighed. Well, from now on they would tend to it properly themselves.
She picked up the hoe to begin weeding, and Tan Zhenghong went to fetch a bucket of water.
After he returned, he also helped with the weeding. With his strength, he was doing the work of two Qiao Duo’ers.
Before long, they had the open ground ready.
Qiao Duo’er scattered the seeds evenly across the soil, and Tan Zhenghong watered them, concluding the task successfully.
Rapeseed and soybeans were the most common sources of cooking oil. With these two acres planted with rapeseed, they wouldn’t worry about running out of oil.
More precious was the tea oil, which they could obtain by picking tea seeds from the wild tea trees on the mountain and pressing them for oil. Tea oil was the healthiest kind of oil.
