He then went to the yard to help her wash the clothes, “There was not much carpentry work left, so I asked Carpenter Wang to take the wood back to his place and work on it.”
Lin Lan breathed a sigh of relief, though she was going to ask him about Carpenter Wang’s whereabouts since she hadn’t seen him despite waking up this late.
Lin Lan laid on the window sill and watched him squatting in the yard to wash the clothes. His figure was so attractive with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
Thinking of this, a wave of heat surged up in her heart and she felt a little ashamed. When she accidentally thought of the fierce battle last night, she felt sore all over.
She suddenly thought of a problem— neither of them used protection last night!
She didn’t want to get pregnant again. After all, Lin Lan had no experience in pregnancy, no experience in raising newborns and was not mentally prepared to face that kind of suffering.
But with this body of hers, couldn’t she already be pregnant?
She quickly counted the timing of her menstrual period with her fingers and breathed a sigh of relief. For now, she was safe.
But with her incredibly fertile physique, it’s not safe for her. Even if things were okay this time, what about the next time? They would be on the kang by 8 or 9 o’ clock, so it would be a wonder if he could hold himself back.
It would be better for her to find a way to get some contraceptive items.
Soon the children came back one after another. Maisui and Erwang were the ones who came home first, “Mom, are you feeling better now?”
Han Qingsong told them that their mother was exhausted from working and moving these days. He also told them to not bother her, so they kept quiet all morning.
Lin Lan smiled and hurried down from the kang, “I’m feeling much better. After some sleep, I’m fine.”
Maisui looked at her suspiciously, took her hand and whispered, “Mom, did father beat you?”
“Why do you say that? What sort of nonsense is that?”
Maisui looked at Lin Lan and found a suspicious dark red mark on her neck, as if she had been pinched. The girl immediately frowned, “Sanwang said that it must have been our father who hit you. Since you never got sick despite working all this time, why did you suddenly get sick once our father slept on the same kang with you? If not him, who else could hit you?”
Having too many observant children is a problem, indeed. I wonder if other families dealt with the same issue.
Most couples would sleep with their children on the same kang. Actually, even Eldest Brother Han and Second Brother Han would sleep in the same room as their respective families. Despite that being the case, they were still able to get pregnant with children without delay. How were they dealing with this then?
This was what defined Lin Lan’s lack of experience. In other people’s homes, older children would definitely hear a thing or two. The sensible children would be embarrassed, so they would pretend to know nothing as to what was going on; the innocent children wouldn’t be able to understand even if they heard anything.
Only boys, particularly the ones who were not ashamed or overwrought, would boast of the incident that they heard.
The few children in her family have basically never been involved in this sort of frivolity. Also, their mental development was also different from other children.
She could only reassure Maisui again and again that her father did not beat her.
“Your father takes good care of me, so he wouldn’t beat me. You see, he is different from other men. Other men would never do house chores, but not only does he help out, he does so willingly.”