Chapter 105: Onion Pancake monthly ticket #103, 270 additional - s
After the meal, Qin Xi sent Li Xianglu to rest and sat there watching Qin Zhen wash the dishes.
Qin Zhen really needs a beating every three days; he knew there was lunch at home, yet he vanished and only showed up after everyone had finished their meal, with a rascally grin on his face, which turned Qin Xi’s face dark with annoyance.
Li Xianglu brought a basin of hot water to the west cave’s room, closed the doors and windows, took off her outer clothes, and quickly wiped herself clean. Her chest was swelling even more, so painful to touch that it felt like drilling into the heart.
Changing into a small vest and clean long johns, she climbed directly onto the scorching-hot kang bed and lay down, her body instantly relaxing.
As the old saying goes, a golden and silver nest is not as good as one’s own dog nest; this saying is certainly true. It didn’t matter if one slept in snow-white sheets in a guesthouse outside, it wasn’t as comfortable as this heated kang. The soreness in her body dissipated before long.
Li Xianglu dozed off in a daze.
When she awoke, it was already dark outside. Li Xianglu rubbed her eyes, hearing voices outside. She put on her cotton-padded jacket and cover coat, slipped on her bib overalls directly over her long johns, and on top of the overalls, she wore the elastic trousers made specifically for the onset of winter.
These bib overalls and the cover trousers were tailored by Tailor Xue, fitting her perfectly. Li Xianglu thought that next spring, she would definitely make a pair of dark blue khaki bib overalls and wear a white Lenin suit shirt underneath, looking just like the female tractor driver from the propaganda posters.
Once dressed, she saw Li Jianqing, who had become even leaner, chopping wood in the yard with Qin Zhen under the command of Grandpa Li, while Qin Xi was directing the two of them to stack the wood neatly.