Chapter 270 Sleeping Together Tonight
By the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year is basically over.
When relatives from the village meet, the greetings have changed from "When did you come back?" to "When will you go back to work?"
This is the first time in Xu Cailing's life that the New Year has been so short. It feels like only half of the year has passed, but in the blink of an eye, it's time to end the vacation and go back to training.
Of course she felt depressed and regretful, but fortunately, when the girl thought that Fang Wei would accompany her back, she didn't feel so bad.
Although every Chinese New Year means "growing one year older", it was not until today that Xu Cailing really felt that she had grown up a little. After all, like many working people, she could not stay at home to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Sister Caiwei's vacation this year is longer, and it is on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. However, she has to go back to Shanghai, which is a long way away. Therefore, after lunch, Xu Cailing rode a bicycle to take her sister to the pier to catch a boat.
If we go back to the city, we don't have to go out so early, but our family still had dinner much earlier today, and we will go back to the city after Cai Ling has dinner.
Fang Wei didn't eat at home today. He ate at his grandparents' house.
Xu Cailing finished her meal early and was waiting for him in her yard, looking into his yard from time to time. She didn't know when he would come back from dinner. If Fang Wei told her that he would not go back tonight and would stay at home for a few more days, the girl would have no choice but to go to the city alone.
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long. Cai Ling, who was playing with the cat in the yard out of boredom, pricked up her ears like July, and vaguely heard the familiar sound of a motorcycle engine coming from the village road not far away.
July jumped down from the stone table in her yard and nimbly jumped onto the wall between the two yards.
The girl also stood up and followed the cat to the edge of the wall, lying on her side to watch.
When she was young, she thought the wall was so high, taller than her height. She couldn’t see the other side when she stood on one side of the wall. She had to find a small stool to stand on every time she climbed over the wall.
But now she felt the wall was so low, so low that when she stood up, the wall was not even as high as her chest. She only needed to push hard with both hands and she could easily climb over it like a heroine.
Fang Wei sat on the motorcycle, leaned forward to pull the bolt, used the front wheel to push the yard door open gently, and skillfully rode the motorcycle into the yard.
When he turned around, he saw the stupid girl next door leaning on the wall and looking at him with a smile.
"I thought you weren't going home tonight!"
"Yes, I just finished my meal. Have you eaten yet?"
“I’ve already eaten it!”
"Have you packed your luggage? If you have, we'll set off in a moment."
"I have already collected it!"
Xu Cailing, who was very anxious just now, was no longer anxious when she saw him. Looking at the large and small bags of things hanging and tied on his motorcycle, the girl asked curiously, "What did you bring?"
"My grandparents asked me to bring some meat and vegetables. I guess I won't have to buy groceries for the next few days."
“My mom brought me a lot too!”
"Ah? Can you finish it?"
"She said if you can't finish it, put it in the fridge, and it won't go bad in this weather!"
"Okay then, hurry up and get your luggage. We'll be leaving soon, or you'll miss the boat."
"Hurry up, too!"
The girl ran away from the wall and ran into the house.
After a while, I heard her talking to her parents: "Mom! I'm leaving now!" "Have you brought everything? This box of cookies was given to me by your aunt. Take it over later..."
Fang Wei also went back into the house to get his luggage. When he came out of the yard with his bag, in addition to the girl, Xu Zhiyuan and Deng Xijuan were also standing in the yard next door, talking to her in a nagging manner.
"Uncle Yuan, Aunt Juan, shall we go back soon?"
Fang Wei put the luggage on the motorcycle and tied it up, then looked up and talked to Xu Zhiyuan and the others over there with a smile.
"Ah Wei, your vacation should be after the Lantern Festival, right? This girl is already a grown-up girl, and she needs someone to accompany her when she goes back. If you have nothing to do, why not stay at home for a few more days and wait for your uncle Yuan to send her on the boat!"
"It's ok, Aunt Juan! The New Year is over, and I've been so busy these days that I haven't done my homework during the winter break. I was thinking about going back early to catch up on my homework while it's quieter!"
"That's right! Let's go back early to do our homework!" The girl quickly chimed in.
Of course, Uncle Yuan and Aunt Juan were just being polite. Even though they said their daughter was already a grown-up girl, it would definitely be better for her to have someone reliable accompany her than to be alone there.
The two little ones were raised by their elders, and they couldn't be more relieved to have Fang Wei accompany Cai Ling.
The two families were close, knew each other well, and were well matched. They had known each other for three generations. The key was that Fang Wei was indeed an excellent and reliable man. Privately, Deng Xijuan had joked with Tian Xilan more than once, saying that they should arrange for them to become in-laws in the future...
After putting the luggage away, Fang Wei got on his motorcycle, sped out of the yard, locked the door, and arrived at the gate of Cai Ling's house.
"Uncle Yuan, give it to me. I'll do it!"
Fang Wei took the luggage from Uncle Yuan and Aunt Juan and put them on the motorcycle. They also brought a lot of things for Cai Ling. They probably asked them to bring the same things as their own parents. These things were prepared for three people, so there were so many.
After all, it is the New Year, and we have been visiting relatives and friends these days, and we have received a lot of gift packages of candies, biscuits and other food. If I don’t help bring some back, they will probably go bad if left at home.
Deng Xijuan walked up and, smiling, handed Fang Wei a big red envelope.
"Ah Wei, this is the red envelope your aunt gave you for the start of the new semester. I wish you academic progress in the new year!"
"Aunt Juan, no need..."
"Hey, just take what Aunt Juan gave you, take it, take it..."
After some polite tugging, Deng Xijuan's skill in stuffing the red envelope was finally better. Seeing a gap in the defense, the old lady seized the opportunity and stuffed the red envelope into Fang Wei's pocket.
Fang Wei knew without even looking that the amount in the red envelope must be quite a lot, because Cai Ling usually lived in Fang Wei's house, and Afeng and the others refused to ask for rent, so Xu Zhiyuan and Deng Xijuan decided to do this every semester and give Fang Wei a big red envelope at the beginning of the school year.
"Then Uncle Yuan and Aunt Juan, shall we go?"
"Mom and Dad, we're leaving! Bye!"
Xu Cailing held Fang Wei's shoulders, lifted her long legs, and sat astride the back seat of the car, holding onto the frame with her small hands reservedly.
"Okay, remember to call me when you get there!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Meow~"
"Why don't you get out of the car?"
"Meow."
He found it funny to see the cat sitting on the fuel tank of his motorcycle in his arms like a child, so he ignored it, started the engine and rode away leisurely.
July sat in the front of the car, looking ahead curiously. When they arrived under the big lychee tree at the entrance of the village, the cat jumped down from the front of the car nimbly.
"Go home quickly!"
"Meow~"
The cat was lazily sharpening its claws on the litchi tree. When it saw Xiaoting and the others laughing and playing with a bunch of fireworks, it quickly ran back home.
……
After the Spring Festival, the sunset is a little later than in winter. It is around five in the evening when the sunset is brilliant.
The motorcycle rode slowly along the country road. There were still large areas of uncleared red debris in front of the courtyards of each household. The air seemed to still be filled with the smell of firecrackers. When a few spring rains fell, the uncleared red debris would turn into spring mud like flowers and soak into the land.
The girl who was holding onto the bicycle frame just now had put her hands into Fang Wei's pockets without her knowing when. She hugged him tightly, with her little face pressed against his back and her thighs clamped around his buttocks.
"Are you cold?"
“It’s not cold!”
"Then why are you holding me so tight?"
"I'm afraid you'll be cold!"
"..."
In order to not feel cold, he wore the gloves she gave him and zipped up his windbreaker as high as possible, not to mention the soft girl who was like a small backpack clinging to him.
When he arrived at Shayang Village, Fang Wei turned a corner and stopped in front of Liu Zhiyi's house.
He honked the horn, and Cai Ling behind him also shouted:
"Knowing the meaning——"
"Knowing the meaning——"
After a while, a girl holding a bowl of rice came out of the room.
Seeing that it was Fang Wei and Cai Ling, Liu Zhiyi no longer cared about her image and trotted over with the bowl in her hand.
"Run slower, run slower, the food will spill!" Fang Wei laughed.
"will not!"
As they were talking, Liu Zhiyi had already stood in front of the two of them. Looking at Fang Wei Cailing carrying so many bags, he knew that they were going back to the city.
"Zhiyi, you just had dinner?"
"Yeah, it's only five o'clock. Cailing, have you eaten yet?"
"We've all eaten!"
"So you're going back now?"
"Yes, Zhiyi, do you want to go back with us?"
"Well... I'd better stay at home and stay with Grandpa for a few more days. And I haven't packed my luggage yet, so it's too late now."
"Okay, so how are you going to get back then?"
"I can take the boat by myself. Grandpa will take me to the dock."
Hearing this, Fang Wei also said, "Okay, then you can stay at home with your uncle for a few more days, and when you are coming back, give me a call and I will pick you up at the dock."
"Uh-huh!"
"Zhiyi, what are you eating? It looks delicious!"
"Preserved meat rice, Cailing, do you want to have a bite?"
"it is good!"
Then Cailing, who was sitting at the back of the car, opened her mouth wide and Liu Zhiyi scooped a spoonful of the fragrant cured meat rice into her mouth. Cailing took a gulp and nodded because it was so delicious.
The main ingredient of cured meat rice is glutinous rice, and then it contains homemade cured meat and sausage, which are cut into small pieces, fried with green beans, mushrooms, garlic sprouts and other ingredients, and then stewed in glutinous rice. It is particularly fragrant, especially the rice crust, which is extremely fragrant.
"Do you want it?"
"what--"
Fang Wei answered with his action. Seeing that he opened his mouth, Liu Zhiyi scooped a spoonful of fragrant rice into his mouth. Fang Wei took a bite, and when she pulled the spoon out of his mouth with a "boo" sound, the rice had been eaten up by him.
After letting Fang Wei and Cailing taste it, Liu Zhiyi started eating it himself. He didn't mind their saliva at all. He scooped a spoonful of fragrant rice and put it into his mouth. It seemed to be even more fragrant than before.
"It's delicious, delicious. When you come back, we can cook a pot of cured meat rice at home. I brought a lot of cured meat and sausage."
"Uh-huh!"
"Shall we go then?"
"Yeah, bye~"
"Bye~"
Fang Wei put the motorcycle into gear, pulled down the goggles of his helmet, and drove back onto the country road with Cai Ling, who was still waving. Soon they disappeared from view.
Liu Zhiyi was still standing at the gate, blinking her big eyes at the direction they were leaving, eating the preserved meat rice mouthful by mouthful with a dazed look in her eyes...
broken……
She suddenly felt a little regretful...
Why was she so happy to agree to let Fang Wei and Cai Ling go back first, but felt so empty after Fang Wei and Cai Ling left? ! Even though they were not in the same village before, she subconsciously knew that they were nearby. Now that Fang Wei and Cai Ling had gone back, the girl suddenly felt lonely.
Awww~!
Fang Wei and Cai Ling have had their own world of their own, so how is she going to spend the remaining days?!
The cured meat rice was really delicious, Liu Zhiyi went back to the house and got another bowl.
……
The latest boat from Baitan Wharf to Xuanzhu Wharf leaves at six o'clock. When Fang Wei and Cai Ling returned to their nest, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
The city on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year is a little quieter than usual. Except for the local families, most of the people working in the city only come back in these few days.
Before going back home to celebrate the New Year, I did a thorough cleaning at home. The house was clean and tidy, and the couplets and New Year decorations were still there.
The three of them have lived together for so long, and this is the first time that only Fang Wei and Cai Ling are here.
She felt a little uncomfortable without Zhi Yizai, but fortunately Fang Wei was there. Cai Ling was even more grateful. If even Fang Wei was not there, she would be alone at home and would definitely die of loneliness.
He first called home to report that he was safe, and also called Zhiyi to tell her, then Fang Wei and Cai Ling started packing their luggage together.
"Please turn on the water heater first, otherwise there will be no hot water when you take a shower later."
“It’s already open!”
"What dishes did Uncle Yuan and Aunt Juan bring for you? Check which ones need to be put in the refrigerator first."
"I don't know, there are so many..."
Like a young couple who had just returned from celebrating the New Year at home, Fang Wei and Cai Ling squatted on the ground, packing their luggage and sorting out the various snacks and ingredients they brought with them.
By the time they finished all this, it was almost nine o'clock. They were so tired that they leaned back on the sofa together.
Without Zhiyi on his right, Fang Wei had no support and simply lay down on his right side, leaning on the armrest. Cai Ling on his left followed suit and also lay on top of him in a Ge You-like posture, then slid her pretty body around until she ended up lying on his legs.
Fang Wei: “…”
"I'm so tired! Why do I feel so tired when I think about the end of vacation and training tomorrow?"
“It’s called holiday syndrome.”
"What it is?"
"It means you're having too much fun and haven't gotten over it yet."
"Woo! I don't want to train~~"
Cai Ling twisted and turned like a little stinky maggot. It would have been fine if she was twisting somewhere else, but she had to lie on Fang Wei's legs. Fang Wei's face froze and he quickly held her down to stop her twisting.
"I'm so sleepy, I'll just take a nap..."
Cai Ling adjusted her posture and simply lay down completely flat, with her head resting on Fang Wei's thigh and a pillow in her arms, feeling very comfortable.
"Get up you——"
Fang Wei put one arm around her waist and the other hand on her shoulder, lifted the girl off his legs and made her sit up straight.
But after a while, she leaned back on him limply again. In order to prevent him from pushing her away again, the girl hugged his arm tightly, tilted her head, rested her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes and dozed off in a daze.
"Then why don't you take a shower and go to bed if you are so sleepy?"
"I don't want to move anymore~~"
"You want me to hold you and wash you?"
"Bah! You filthy rascal..."
Cai Ling pinched him unhappily: "Wait for me to slow down..."
“It’s called shower procrastination!”
"What's that?"
"It's just that I always take a long time before taking a shower."
"Humph……"
Fang Wei ignored her. He picked up the nail clippers on the table and started trimming her nails.
Hearing the noise, Xu Cailing squinted her eyes, then stretched out her little hand to him.
"Please help me cut it..."
"I'm too lazy to do that!"
Having said so, after cutting her nails, Fang Wei still took the girl's soft little hand and carefully trimmed her nails one finger at a time.
During this process, neither of them spoke. The space was so quiet that only the crisp clicking sound of nail clippers could be heard. It was as if gentle water was flowing in her heart. Xu Cailing looked very happy. She secretly delighted and continued to lean her head on his shoulder.
"How long has it been since you cut your nails yourself?"
"Didn't you just have it cut more than a week ago?"
"...I cut it for you, okay? What I'm asking is if you cut it yourself."
"have no idea!"
Xu Cailing snorted and thought to herself that she hadn't cut her nails for about half a year, and it was Fang Wei who cut them for her all the time.
Compared to the nails she cut herself, Fang Wei's nails were much more beautiful. The curvature of the nails perfectly matched the curvature of her fingertips, and the white line left was neither long nor short. After trimming, he would use a file to polish it carefully. Perhaps only Fang Wei would pamper her like this.
"Hands."
After the haircut on this hand was completed, Fang Wei opened his palm and the girl tacitly put her other hand into his palm.
"…No, why does it feel like you're training a dog?"
"You read it wrong. Dog training usually involves saying, shake hands! Then the dog will raise its paw."
Whenever he held her hand, Xu Cailing would feel herself become so soft and obedient, and too lazy to argue with him. She would put the little hand with trimmed nails into his pocket and continue to lean against him lazily, waiting for him to trim the nails of her other little hand.
"So when do you start training tomorrow?"
"Eight o'clock in the morning."
"Just like in class?"
"Well, we start training at eight in the morning, then until twelve noon, and then we start training again at two in the afternoon, and until half past five in the afternoon."
"Do you still want to train tonight?"
"Not these days! Just train during the day! After class, we'll train at night."
"Are you coming back for lunch and a nap?"
"We can't leave the base. There is a nap room inside, and lunch is also eaten in the cafeteria."
"Okay, then I'll get up early these few days to take you to training, pick you up in the evening, and buy groceries and cook dinner on the way."
"I don't need you to pick me up in broad daylight..."
"No? Then I can save myself the trouble."
"I want it!"
"hehe."
"So, what are you going to do at home while I'm training during the day?"
"Do your homework. I haven't done my homework during the winter vacation. Do you think I'm lying to Aunt Juan and the others?"
“I haven’t done my homework yet!!”
It seems that Cai Ling’s winter vacation homework can only be finished in the evening after the training is over. But fortunately, compared with Fang Weizhiyi’s homework load, hers is very little.
After trimming her nails, the girl finally perked up and went to take a shower with her change of clothes.
You don’t sweat in the winter, and you don’t need to wash your hair every day, but Cai Ling still washed her hair tonight. After all, someone helped her blow-dry her hair!
After blowing her hair, Fang Wei took some clean clothes and went to take a shower.
Knock, knock, knock! The girl knocked on the bathroom door.
"what!"
"Have you changed your pants and socks? Put them in the basin and take them out. I'll wash them together!"
"Can I wait until I finish my shower first?"
"Hurry up! I need to wash now. I don't want to wait for you. Otherwise, you can wash it yourself!"
"..."
Soon, the bathroom door opened, and Fang Wei was naked with wet hair and bubbles of shower gel on his body. He hid behind the door, just reached out his hand, opened the door a crack, and handed his shorts and socks to her.
"You're still hiding, acting like no one wants to see you!"
"Take care of your eyes before you say that, okay?"
"Hee hee hee!"
The naughty girl suddenly attacked and pretended to push the door open and rush into the bathroom. Fang Wei was so scared that he quickly slammed the door shut.
"I'll remember Xu Cailing! Next time you forget to lock the door when you take a shower, don't let me catch you and tell you!"
"You, you dare!"
After taking a shower, it was already late. Although Fang Wei did not suffer from holiday syndrome, he was still somewhat tired as the holiday was over. The two of them had a simple midnight snack and then went back to their rooms to prepare for bed.
After turning off the lights, Fang Wei lay on the bed, covered with a warm thick quilt, yawned, and with half-closed eyes, prepared to fall asleep in a daze.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, there was a gentle knock on his door.
"Fang Wei, are you asleep?"
"…What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
Hearing his reply from inside, the girl opened his door.
Fang Wei was stunned.
In the dim light, Xu Cailing was wearing thin pajamas and standing outside the door holding a quilt and a pillow.
Before he could ask, she ran in with a bang, turned around and closed the door, then threw the quilt and pillow onto his bed. She kicked off her slippers and climbed up from the end of the bed with her bare feet.
In a flash, the girl had already crawled to his side. In front of Fang Wei's stunned and questioning eyes, she swung the pillow in her hand to his pillow and lay down next to him. Then, as if she was cold, she fiddled with the quilt with a wheezing sound and got into the warm bed, not forgetting to kick him with her foot -
"You sleep a little, sleep a little..."
"??"
Fang Wei finally came back to his senses, and the slight sleepiness he felt was completely dispelled by her actions.
"No, I'm telling you, Miss Xu, you have a bed to sleep in, why are you coming here?"
"One, sleep together!"
The girl huddled into her bed like a snail, refusing to leave even if beaten to death.
(End of this chapter)
