Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

The two parked their car in front of Beilaishun and went inside carrying their things.

There weren't many people in the shop. An old man was dozing off at the counter. Hearing the noise, he looked up, then lazily stood up.

"What do you want to eat?"

Chen Jie pulled Liu Xiangyang to a seat by the window and piled their things on the stool next to them.

"Two bowls of mutton noodles, one with extra meat."

"Seventy cents in total, plus three ounces of grain coupons and one ounce of meat coupons," the old man said.

Liu Xiangyang quickly took out the money and tickets and handed them to the old man. The old man nodded and shouted to the kitchen, "Two bowls of mutton noodles, one with extra meat."

Chen Jie took the chopsticks out of the chopstick holder, rinsed them with boiling water, and handed a pair to Liu Xiangyang.

Liu Xiangyang took it and looked at her.

Chen Jie felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze and touched her face: "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Liu Xiangyang smiled and said, "No."

"Then what are you looking at?"

"Seeing as you're happy."

Chen Jie was stunned for a moment, then her face turned slightly red.

She lowered her head and muttered softly, "What's there to be happy about..."

Liu Xiangyang didn't say anything, he just looked at her.

Chen Jie couldn't stand his gaze anymore, so she looked up and glared at him: "Stop looking, or you'll be charged."

Liu Xiangyang smiled.

"Okay, I'll stop watching now and watch it later."

Sunlight streamed in through the window and fell warmly on the table.

Chen Jie looked at his profile and suddenly smiled.

"Towards the sun."

"Um?"

"I'm really happy today."

Liu Xiangyang turned to look at her.

Chen Jie didn't flinch; she just stared at him, her eyes bright.

"A kind of indescribable joy."

Liu Xiangyang held her hand at the table: "After a while, we can live like this every day. It won't be long."

Chen Jie looked down at the hand, then looked up at him, and the corners of her mouth curved up.

The kitchen was sizzling with delicious aromas.

The old man brought out two bowls of noodles and placed them on the table.

"Eat."

Liu Xiangyang let go of his hand and picked up his chopsticks.

Chen Jie pushed the bowl of noodles with meat in front of him: "You eat this bowl."

The shop was quiet, with only the sound of two people eating noodles.

As Chen Jie was eating, she suddenly laughed.

Liu Xiangyang looked up at her: "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Jie looked at him with a big smile: "I'm just happy."

After the two finished eating their noodles, Liu Xiangyang pushed the bowl away and wiped his mouth.

"Wait here for me a while."

Chen Jie looked up at him: "Where are we going?"

"When I came over just now, I saw a scrap metal recycling station at the entrance of the alley," Liu Xiangyang stood up, "I'm going to go and exchange some wood."

Chen Jie was taken aback for a moment: "Now?"

"Okay, soon." Liu Xiangyang patted her shoulder. "Sit down and rest for a while, have some water."

Chen Jie nodded: "Then hurry up."

Liu Xiangyang left the noodle shop and walked towards the alley entrance.

After turning the corner, he glanced back to make sure Chen Jie hadn't followed him out, then quickened his pace and slipped into a deserted alley.

I looked around, but there was no one there.

With a thought, several pieces of wood fell out of the space—all prepared in advance, top-quality pine wood, dry and straight, stacked one by one at the base of the wall.

Liu Xiangyang bent down, picked up a few pieces, weighed them in his hand, and walked back.

As Chen Jie approached the noodle shop, she turned to look out and saw him carrying a piece of wood back. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly ran out.

"Where did all this wood come from?"

Liu Xiangyang leaned the piece of wood against the wall and took a breath: "I found it at the recycling station up ahead."

Chen Jie squatted down and touched it; the wood was dry and had a fresh fragrance.

"You're scavenging wood to make...."

"Make a scooter and a stroller for your son. Didn't you say that these things need to be prepared in advance?"

After hearing his words, Chen Jie looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Xiangyang, let's go home."

"Okay, let's go home." Liu Xiangyang tied the log to the back seat of the car.

The sun was shining brightly in the courtyard.

Liu Xiangyang took off his coat, leaving only a thin shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and squatted on the ground fiddling with the pieces of wood.

He first sawed the wood into sections, and the sawdust floated up and landed on his shoes.

Then, with a plane, the shavings fall to the ground in rolls, yellowish-white, so thin they are translucent.

After planing for a while, he stopped, picked up a piece of wood, squinted at it, and then sanded it with sandpaper.

The sunlight fell on him, illuminating the contours of his profile clearly—his focused brows and eyes, his pursed lips, and the fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Liu Xiangyang had already set up the frame of the scooter, with four wooden strips for the legs and two crossbeams connecting them. It was small and not yet fully formed, but you could already tell what it was.

He squatted there, wiggled the shelf with his hands, nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to add things to it.

Chen Jie leaned against the door frame, looking at him, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.

Chen Jie looked down at her stomach.

It's still flat right now; you can't see anything.

She reached out and gently touched it, muttering, "Chen Jie, Chen Jie, your belly has to be strong."

By evening, Liu Xiangyang had finished creating the basic shape of the car. He would come back next week and polish it up a bit more, and it would be almost finished.

"Xiangyang, wash your face and it's time to eat." Chen Jie saw him get up and placed a basin of water at his feet.

She wrung out the handkerchief, spread it out, and applied it to his face: "There's no need to rush. You're all sweaty. Take a shower after you finish eating."

Liu Xiangyang stood there, letting Chen Jie do as she pleased: "Well, you'll have to help me wash it."

"It's as if you did the washing yourself last night."

"This time I'm going to try something different," Liu Xiangyang whispered in her ear.

Chen Jie pushed him: "How come you have so many ways to humiliate people? I just can't do anything with you."

"Hehe, aren't you pretty happy too?"

Chen Jie rolled her eyes at her: "Let's talk about it after we finish eating."

In the bathroom, Chen Jie carried in buckets of hot water, poured them into the large wooden tub, added cold water, and tested the temperature with her hand.

"The water's ready, come in quickly."

Liu Xiangyang walked in, saw Chen Jie dressed neatly, quickly took off his clothes, and stepped into the tub.

The water temperature was just right, but it scalded him so much that he hissed softly.

When Chen Jie saw his appearance, she prepared to run outside.

Liu Xiangyang grabbed Chen Jie and picked her up in his arms: "Trying to run away? Come in."

Chen Jie let out an "Ah!" and hugged him tightly with both arms.

Without the barrier of panties, ...

"Hmm, Xiangyang, I haven't taken my clothes off yet, don't get them wet," Chen Jie pleaded with him, her face flushed.

"Then why were you running just now?" he asked, pecking her lips.

"Where did I run off to? I was just going to get my clothes."

"quibble."

A loud "smack" echoed throughout the room.

"You promised me before dinner, and now you're trying to run away? Looks like I have to punish you."

"So, how do you want to punish me?"

"As punishment, you'll have to scrub my back. He also has a name," Liu Xiangyang whispered in Chen Jie's ear.

"It also has another name: Ru Tui."

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