After saying that, she suddenly remembered that she had followed Qin Huai out that morning.
Realizing that the man must have seen me, Qiao zhiqing asked in surprise, "Since you saw me go out, why didn't you ask me where I was going?"
Qin Huai immediately fell silent.
Meeting Qiao zhiqing's probing gaze, she inexplicably dared not look back, "I...I'll go out and wash up."
Seeing him turn and leave, clearly trying to escape, Qiao zhiqing raised an eyebrow.
Realizing that the man was clearly afraid she wouldn't come back, yet dared not stop her, Qiao zhiqing couldn't have been happier.
The thought that he might have been worrying about this all morning while working made her want to tease Qin Huai.
She followed him into the yard and asked, "Are you afraid I'll leave? Qin Huai, you can't bear to part with me, can you?"
The man didn't say a word, but his ea quietly turned red.Qiao zhiqing laughed and directly called him out: "Qin Huai, take a look in the water, your ears are all red! You're shy!"
When she pointed it out so directly, Qin Huai finally lost control and turned around to glare at her.
"Aren't you ashamed?"
"What's there to be ashamed of? I'm happy that my own man is thinking about me."
Qiao zhiqing stared at the handsome face in front of her, which was covered in water, and thought it looked more and more handsome the more she looked at it.
Previously, my focus was on the man's eyebrows, eyes, and nose, but now, watching a drop of water slide down his cheek to his lips, I realized that his lips were also very beautiful.
It has sharp edges and corners, and is neither too thin nor too thick.
Seemingly speechless, she gently pursed her lips, managing to swallow the water droplet.
Ouch! This is terrible!
Qiao zhiqing finally couldn't hold back any longer. She bent down and kissed Qin Huai on the corner of his lips: "I can't bear to part with you either!"
Qin Huai's eyes widened in surprise!
Qiao zhiqing had already quickly slipped into the kitchen, squatted in the corner, and was digging at the ground with a wooden stick.
She's shy too!
After all, this was the first time in her life that she had taken the initiative to flirt with a man!
But what could she do? Qin Huai was such a good person. She was afraid that if she didn't hurry, he would run away.
After burying her head in the sand in the kitchen for a few minutes, Qiao zhiqing finally brought the food back to the room, only to find that Qin Huai was changing his vest.
When he saw her come in, he immediately put it on.
Qiao zhiqing didn't see any abs and pouted in disappointment.
He sat down at the kang table with two bowls of rice, placing one of them in front of Qin Huai. "Eat!"
"Mm." Qin Huai also sat down opposite.
Qiao zhiqing's rice is made with small corn kernels, brown rice, and white rice. She liked to cook rice this way when she was in the modern world. It has a strong corn aroma and the chewy texture of whole grains. It's so delicious.
She happened to have these three types of rice in the kitchen, so she just cooked them like that.
But she also knew that food was scarce in this day and age, and almost every household ate porridge for every meal, and it was mostly coarse grains, rarely cooked. But she thought that Qin Huai must be hungry after working in the fields all morning, and that porridge would not be enough to fill his stomach.
Seeing Qin Huai look into the bowl, Qiao zhiqing originally thought he would say she was wasteful, but he only glanced at it lightly before frowning at the two dishes and asking, "Where did you get the meat and eggs?"
"I went home this morning, and my mom brought it to me," Qiao zhiqing said matter-of-factly.
But Qin Huai's brows furrowed even deeper.
She knew that Qiao zhiqing was spoiled by her parents, so she didn't say anything and could only lower her head and eat.
Seeing that he was silent, Qiao zhiqing didn't blame herself, but she still had something to say: "Qin Huai, let's go get our marriage certificate this afternoon!"
"puff..."
A spray of rice rained directly at him.
Caught off guard, Qiao zhiqing only had time to close her eyes before being sprayed with rice grains all over her face.
When the rice rain stopped, she opened her eyes again and was met with Qin Huai's shocked and embarrassed face.
Realizing what had happened, he immediately reached out to help her wipe it, saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Qiao zhiqing dodged his hand. "It's okay, I don't mind."
What's there to complain about after we've already kissed?
It's because Qin Huai just ate an egg, and there was oil on his rice, making his face oily.
Qiao zhiqing disliked this feeling, so she put down her chopsticks, jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), and said, "I'm going to wash up."
Qin Huai watched her turn and leave, his face still red for a long time.
He felt his chest pounding, and his mind was filled with Qiao zhiqing 's words. When she mentioned getting a marriage certificate with him again, he swallowed hard.
For some reason, I felt a little nervous.
"Ah!" A sudden exclamation came from the courtyard.
Without a second thought, Qin Huai rushed out and stood in front of the basin of water. "What's wrong?"
Qiao zhiqing pinched her left index finger with her right hand and looked up with a wronged expression. "I burned myself while cooking, and I forgot when I was wiping it off, so I scraped the skin."
It's not that Qiao zhiqing is being delicate, it's just that the blisters from the burns really hurt when they break open.
Qin Huai looked down and saw a red spot on the side of her fingernail, with the skin still hanging there. Her heart ached, and she grabbed Qiao zhiqing's wrist and led her into the house.
"What are you doing?" Qiao zhiqing asked, confused.
Until she saw Qin Huai pick up a small bottle from the windowsill, open the cap, and rub it on her hands.
"This is badger oil, it's specially for treating burns. Apply it twice a day, and it will be healed in two days.""This is badger oil?"
Qiao zhiqing had heard of it before when she was in her hometown. It was said to be an oil extracted from wild animals, but she didn't know exactly how it was extracted.
Anyway, such things are rare in the 21st century.
Badgers are listed as protected animals, and hunting them is illegal.
"Ouch, that hurts a little." Qiao zhiqing pulled her hand back slightly.
Qin Huai frowned and looked up: "Does it hurt a lot?"
Because their hands were clasped together, their heads were very close.
When Qiao zhiqing looked up, the tip of her nose was only about 5 centimeters away from Qin Huai's.
Qin Huai belatedly realized what was happening and immediately tried to back away, but Qiao zhiqing suddenly pouted pitifully, "It hurts, blow on it for me."
Seeing that she was really in pain, Qin Huai hesitated for a moment before lowering his head.
Whoosh, a gentle breeze.
Qiao zhiqing pursed her lips where he couldn't see, pushing her luck, "Oh, it see to be working! Blow on it a few more times, and maybe I'll be completely healed and the pain will be gone."
Qin Huai was about to play the flute when he suddenly realized something was wrong...
He suddenly looked up and caught a glimpse of Qiao zhiqing's sly smile.
Realizing the woman was playing a trick on her, he immediately let go of her hand and turned to leave.
"Ah!" Qiao zhiqing exclaimed, realizing the joke had gone too far, and immediately said, "You hurt me."
Qin Huai paused, his brows furrowing.
He seriously suspected that the woman was faking it, but he couldn't bear to look back. He saw Qiao zhiqing blowing on her wound and immediately tensed up.
"Does it really hurt?"
"That's right! Look! My wrist is all red!"
Qiao zhiqing held up her red wrist, which she had actually scratched herself.
However, seeing the tension in Qin Huai's eyes as she wished, Qiao zhiqing was immediately happy and dared not tease him anymore. She quickly said, "Okay, let's eat quickly, or it will get cold."
Once back at the table and back to eating, Qiao Qiqi immediately lost her seriousness again, staring intently at the person opposite her.
"Qin Huai, you care about me, right?"
Qin Huai didn't know what to say, so he could only tell her, "Shut up! Eat!"