Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 437: Crawling Through the Meadow

Yi Chichi, "How did the courtyard wall collapse?"

There’s no wild boar around here, and even if there were one, it wouldn’t be able to knock down the wall unless it was a whole herd of them, and they were all angry adults.

But that’s obviously not realistic.

If there were that many wild boars, they would have been caught and turned into pork dishes for everyone to enjoy, leaving no chance for the wild boars to make a fuss.

A big group of young, energetic lads trained to the bone has real fighting capabilities.

However, Wen Shi’s answer was unexpected to her.

"An inexperienced military driver crashed into it during training."

Yi Chichi, "..."

Hmm, this driver is in for a hard time.

He’ll be drilled to the ground by his squad leader.

She observed Wen Shi’s expression, seeing he looked normal, couldn’t resist her curiosity and asked, "You’re not angry?"

"What’s there to be angry about? Everyone starts as a rookie."

Back when he was learning to drive, he was even wilder than the new recruits today.

If anyone should be angry, it should be his old squad leader.

"It’s not my place to be angry; his squad leader is there for that."

His tone was full of schadenfreude.

Yi Chichi clicked her tongue and urged, "Hurry up and cook, I’m hungry."

"What do you want to eat?"

"I feel like having mixed noodles."

Wen Shi responded, "I’ll go cook, you go pick a couple of cucumbers, and some scallions too."

"Alright!"

So, for dinner, Yi Chichi had meat sauce mixed noodles made by Wen Shi.

After eating to her heart’s content, Wen Shi tidied up the dishes and went to take a quick shower, then changed into clean clothes and came out, "Darling, how long will you be home alone? I’m going on a duty trip!"

"...Okay."

Yi Chichi never asked about his work affairs. After sending him off, she stayed grounded at home, working during the day, and avoiding visits or strolls at night.

Occasionally, she’d go to the sea with Ji Jian and the others and listen to their gossip.

Life was extremely relaxing and pleasant.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and one night, Yi Chichi was sleeping soundly when a creaking sound woke her up.

She came out to see Wen Shi appearing in front of her, looking exhausted and bedraggled.

"Did you go begging?"

Looking at his tattered clothes, messy hair, and haggard face, Yi Chichi couldn’t figure out how this duty trip could wear him out so much.

"No, it was just a simple business trip."

He gave her an innocent yet apologetic look, "Did I wake you up?"

"Not really."

Yi Chichi pushed him towards the bathroom, "Go take a shower quickly, you’re starting to stink."

The smell was overwhelming, not friendly to someone with a keen sense of smell.

The thermos had hot water, and there was water boiling on the stove. After pouring the water, Wen Shi gave her a pleasing smile.

"Darling, could you scrub my back for me?"

He felt itchy, hadn’t noticed before, but he realized just how dirty he was now.

Yi Chichi nodded and said okay, "You go ahead and wet yourself and soap up, I’ll go get you clothes."

"Okay."

While scrubbing, Yi Chichi noticed Wen Shi had some injuries, not serious, just small skin abrasions like those caused by serrated grass leaves.

She asked about it, and Wen Shi, enjoying her service with eyes closed, nonchalantly said, "Ran through some meadows."

Not wanting to dwell on the topic, he quickly changed the subject, asking how Yi Chichi had been.

"Really good."

"Did you eat at the canteen?"

"Yeah!"

You couldn’t expect her to cook. Initially, she had to cook at the Youth Corps Courtyard because there was no other choice.

People weren’t familiar back then, and she needed a specific diet for health reasons, so she had to cook for herself.

Once familiar and in better health, cooking became Mr. Wu’s job.

After marrying Wen Shi, Wen’s mother cooked at home. On the island, it was him, so she never had to cook in the future either.

Anyway, there’s the canteen.

She grinned and said, "The canteen changed chefs, the new one is really good!"

"Who is it?"

Wen Shi got interested, planning to try it the next day.

"Last name Wang, a bashful young man with a blushing smile."

Wen Shi quickly turned to look at her, knowing his wife had a soft spot for good-looking faces.

He felt a bit uneasy.

"Is the young lad good-looking?"

His tone was tinged with jealousy, and his gaze at her held a hint of accusation.

Yi Chichi could tell right away he was jealous again, and hurried to appease him, "To me, you’re the best looking; no one can compare."

Wen Shi cooled off as quickly as he got jealous, and his face broke into a satisfied smile.

"Honestly, I do think this face of mine is quite charming."

"Mm."

Yi Chichi agreed, not just the face, but his physique too.

She patted his back, "Want me to scrub the front?"

"I can handle that myself."

Letting his wife scrub the front could lead to trouble, and it was late anyway.

So, better get washed up quickly and head to bed.

After all, tomorrow was another busy day.

Wen Shi was genuinely exhausted and genuinely sleepy. He barely exchanged two words before eagerly collapsing into the embrace of Zhou Gong.

The next day he was spirited and went to report to work.

His comrades, also there to report, looked on enviously.

As they left the office of the division commander, Battalion Commander Xiong from the third regiment, third battalion, wondered, "Aren’t you tired?"

A whole week’s duty trip, with poor food and sleep, how did this guy recover in just a few hours?

He genuinely envied Wen Shi’s resilience.

Wen Shi grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Slept well, naturally recovered well."

That made sense.

Just as someone was about to ask for any sleep-improving tips, Wen Shi added, "Plus, I am younger than you all."

That comment was pretty irksome.

However, he was stating a fact, leaving others unsure of how to retort.

They exchanged glances and collectively let out a "tsk."

"As if you won’t reach our age."

Wen Shi nodded, "I will reach it, but I’m not there yet, am I?"

They laughed and joked as they headed towards the camp, while at that moment, Yi Chichi was sitting at the table having her breakfast.

Halfway through, Yang Qing arrived.

"Chichi, help me out!"

She burst in holding a dress like she was on fire, not even waiting for Yi Chichi to ask, she opened the dress to show her the tear, "Can this be mended?"

Yi Chichi took a glance, "It can be mended."

The hole was quite large, "If you do it yourself, you’ll need to patch it."

Yang Qing was unwilling; she frowned and said, "I’ve only worn this dress a few times; a patch would be ugly."

Indeed, it would be ugly. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

A floral dress like this would only look good if patched with the same color and pattern fabric, and skillfully at that, otherwise it would look terrible.

But Yang Qing didn’t have the skill.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to her.

She beamed, "Want me to help you mend it?"

"Yes."

Answered without hesitation, her expression full of delight.

Yi Chichi winked at her, "I’ll mend the dress for you, but give me a few of your sun-dried abalones in return."

Yang Qing had a knack for drying abalones, whereas she couldn’t manage to dry them well.

Couldn’t achieve the desired texture.

Yang Qing felt a bit embarrassed, "Those aren’t worth much, why don’t I pay you instead?"

The big abalones were valuable, all sent to the procurement station.

No one picked the small abalones, so giving them to Yi Chichi felt like taking advantage of her, it made her a bit guilty.