The ox cart soon arrived home, and Xiaoxiao was assisted off the cart by her budget husband.
"I might as well carry you into the house."
"..." Huh, her foot wasn’t seriously injured to that extent, okay? When no one was around, anything went between the two of them, but this was at home, with so many people watching. She didn’t want to be teased by her family members, so she immediately declined, "No need, I can walk on my own."
Seeing his wife refuse, Yang Ming had no choice but to support her. Watching her limp along, Xiaoxiao originally thought her foot was fine, but the reality was that it really fucking hurt. She grimaced in pain and eventually decided to hop on one leg.
She felt utterly embarrassed, and quickly pushed her budget husband away, hopping on one leg faster than a rabbit, reaching the house in just a few bounds.
Yang Ming, watching his wife , felt extremely heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do. Since his wife didn’t allow him to help, he could only follow her into the house.
Upon entering, he found the room quite warm; it seemed his elder and second sisters-in-law had helped heat the kang. Yang Ming climbed onto the kang to prepare the bedding for his wife, "You go rest on the kang, I’ll go boil some water."
"No need, the second sister-in-law has already boiled it, and the food must be in the pot too."
Having learned from the lesson of coming back late last time, she got smarter. Before leaving the house, she specifically asked the second sister-in-law to help heat the kang and boil water, and keep the food warm in the pot, so that she and Yang Ming wouldn’t have to bother when they returned.
Yang Ming went out and fetched a basin of water for his wife to wash her feet; he had observed that she used this basin for washing feet. He brought it in front of her.
"..." Was he going to help her wash her feet? Was her budget husband so thoughtful? The basin was right, the washcloth was right, she waited quietly, watching what he would do.
"I’ll check your foot for you."
Yang Ming said as he squat down, carefully helping his wife to take off her shoes and socks. He had a feeling that his wife would kick him hard in refusal.
But, she didn’t. His wife remained quiet, quietly watching his actions, not stopping him.
This was the first time he touched his wife’s foot, and he felt his hands shaking. His wife’s foot was very small, very white, very smooth.
The moment he saw his wife’s foot, his heart skipped a beat. There was a blister on her ankle, no wonder she was in so much pain. This wasn’t just a sprain, how far had his wife walked?
"It’s not a sprain, there’s a blister."
"..." Huh? It wasn’t a sprain? Xiaoxiao looked and indeed it was true. She thought so, a sprain would have been apparent immediately, how could it suddenly feel so painfully unbearable later.
"Where’s the needle, I’ll help you pop this blister."
"It’s in my cabinet."
Yang Ming stood up to look for it, opening his wife’s cabinet, and finding the sewing kit in the corner. His eyes glanced aside, and he saw his wife’s panties, which somehow looked the same as those he wore.
"Hmm." He didn’t have time to think more about it. Taking the needle, he said, "It might hurt a lot, hang in there."
Yang Ming squat down again, helping his wife pop the blister. Xiaoxiao was really afraid of pain, she gripped Yang Ming’s shoulders tightly, "Ah, be gentle, please be gentle."
"Hmm, it’s almost done, just bear with it a little longer." His wife was in such pain that he felt pained too, but he had no choice but to pop the blister.
After a while, the blister was taken care of, and Yang Ming wet the washcloth, wrung it out, and wiped his wife’s foot clean, "It’s done, you get on the kang, I’ll go get the food."