As dusk approached, a group of people returned in a whirlwind, bringing back quite a bit of firewood, and Xiaoxiao paid them their wages.
Yang Ming truly did not break his promise and actually caught a rabbit and, to everyone’s surprise, a squirrel as well.
Xiaoxiao was thoroughly impressed; squirrels are so difficult to catch, always scurrying and leaping around, and he managed to catch one—definitely not a feeble scholar!
"Yang Ming, do you sell pine nuts here?"
"What are pine nuts?"
This wife of his is really strange, aren’t they from the same town? Yet she keeps saying ’you’ and ’yours’?
"It’s a kind of dry fruit. Didn’t you catch a squirrel? Wherever there are squirrels, there are pine trees, and the seeds of pine trees are the pine nuts!"
"We don’t sell them!"
How does his wife know so much!
In her heart, Xiaoxiao resolved to go up the mountain come spring; the mountain might have a lot of good things yet to be discovered!
It might even be better than cooking! Slogging all day over a few inauthentic dishes to earn money is indeed hard!
Plus, her family used to take care of Bao Mountain when they lived in the countryside, so she knew a little bit about it.
"Xiaoxiao, come look at this little rabbit!" Yang Ming brought the rabbit over to his wife.
He thought girls would all like such fluffy little animals, but seeing his wife immediately turn her face away with a look of disgust, he inexplicably felt a bit hurt.
Could she tell him she is indifferent to animals? Eating meat is one thing, but keeping them is another!
"You can sell this rabbit and squirrel as your personal stash of money!"
"..." Personal stash? Does his wife disdain him for having no money?
Seeing Yang Ming’s lack of reaction, she wondered if she was too direct in her speech, a bit harsh, so she quickly explained, "I’m quite afraid of animals!"
So that was it, his wife doesn’t like animals. What does she like then? He guessed he could sell them, and with the money saved up, he could buy her something she likes!
After dinner, the two of them went back to their room, and Xiaoxiao brought out the underwear she had made, "I made these for you, change into them!"
Yang Ming looked at those little things with corners and was confused about what they could be. But hearing that his wife had made them for him, he felt delighted, holding them in his hands without letting go.
"Change into them quickly, I’ll come back in a while."
Xiaoxiao didn’t wait for Yang Ming to reply before she left! She went to see Yang Qiu first, to chat with her for a while, planning to return when it was time to sleep!
But when Xiaoxiao came back, she found Yang Ming still holding those underwear, what, was Yang Ming a pervert?
"Why haven’t you put them on?"
"You haven’t told me what these are, how should I wear them?"
Xiaoxiao was truly at a loss; men who have never seen underwear are really scary.
Xiaoxiao took them and demonstrated, "See these two holes? Stick your legs in here, pull them up, and you’re good! These are worn close to the body, called underwear! You should change and wash them every day, I made five pairs for you! They are all washed and ready!"
"..." His wife made him clothes and even washed them?
"I’m going out to the washroom! Hurry up and change!"
Xiaoxiao said and went out to the washroom. Honestly, she didn’t want to make underwear for a man, but the thought of a man who doesn’t wear underwear sleeping on the same bed always felt somewhat improper.
After washing up, "Are you done? Can I come in now?"
"Xiaoxiao, thank you."
"What’s there to thank me for, this is what I do professionally!"
"The size is just right, I didn’t expect you to know my measurements!"
Xiaoxiao glanced at Yang Ming’s lower body! Measurements? It sounded as though he was talking about that measurement! She... she didn’t know!
"..." Yang Ming saw the look in Xiaoxiao’s eyes and immediately realized, his wife must have gotten the wrong idea!