Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 45

"Oh oh oh~~" The rooster in the corner of Xu's yard crowed, and Zhao Mingtang, who was lying on the long bench, slowly opened his eyes, then stood up and stretched his limbs.Curled up on the long bench all night, and suddenly there was a strange wife in the room, he slept very lightly, and woke up with the slightest sound.

In the west room, the two red candles had burned to the end and were extinguished, and the room was very dark, with only a bit of moonlight shining through the window covered with white paper.With this light, Zhao Mingtang clearly saw a slender girl lying on his four-poster bed.She was also awakened by the crowing of the rooster, moved and turned over.

The woman in his house...

Zhao Mingtang sighed in his heart.

"My lord?" Xiao Wenqing was awakened by the rooster crowing, and asked in a daze.Immediately, she came to her senses and sat up immediately, "Sir, are you up? Please wait a moment, while I wash you up." She fell asleep so deeply that she didn't even know her husband got up.

"It's not yet dawn, you can sleep a little longer." Zhao Mingtang said.

Xiao Wenqing groped to put on the clothes she had taken off last night, lifted the curtain and got out of bed and said, "Is there any wife in the world who wakes up later than her husband?"

"Wenqing, I really don't need it. I'm going to practice in the courtyard." Zhao Mingtang hurriedly stopped him.Xiao Wenqing has nothing to do when she wakes up early, it is better to lie down and rest more to take care of her body.

Xiao Wenqing was stunned. Doesn't she need to get up early to serve her mother-in-law and husband-in-law?She should have given her mother-in-law tea to her daughter-in-law this morning.According to the book, the new folk daughter-in-law has to go to the stove to cook breakfast for her husband's family on the first day.

"Lie down for a while and then get up, and then learn how to make breakfast with your mother." Zhao Mingtang said, "There is a stove in the kitchen, so you can learn how to make a fire first." The servant girl who is close to the master should not know how to do kitchen work.

Xiao Wenqing thought for a while, and said, "Then please forgive me for being rude." She sent Zhao Mingtang out of the Westinghouse before returning to lie down.

He heard the whirring sound coming from the yard, as if someone was waving a stick across the air.Xiao Wenqing got up and walked to the window facing the courtyard, opened the window to look outside, and saw a vigorous figure jumping and moving in the courtyard, dancing with a big knife.

Compared with my uncle, although this man does not have a high status, he should be a good man who will protect his wife.

Xiao Wenqing leaned against the window and watched for a while, waiting for the sky to brighten, then hastily tied up her long hair and went out to the well to fetch water for washing.

Zhao Mingtang, who was practicing in the yard, immediately stopped his hands when he saw this, and said, "Wen Qing, the well water is cold, wait a moment, I'll boil hot water for you." Then, he put the bucket by the well into the well and turned it on. A bucket of water, and then carried it to the kitchen.

The window of the east room was pushed open a crack, and Mother Zhao, who had actually woken up, looked out through the crack.Although she was very dissatisfied with her son getting up to practice kung fu before dawn and didn't miss the bed at all, she was still very happy to see him defending his wife.A caring man can easily win a woman's heart. As long as the son treats his wife well, the daughter-in-law will sincerely stay in this home and support the Xu family.

How dare Xiao Wenqing stand and wait for her husband-in-law to boil hot water for herself?She quickly followed and said, "My lord, please teach me how to make a fire." She really hadn't done any kitchen work.When she was still with her parents, her mother thought that she was too young to rush to learn cooking skills, so she only taught her to read, write, paint and embroider. It's relatively easy work.

"Don't worry, wait for mother to teach you." Zhao Mingtang said, poured well water into the big pot on the stove, covered the pot, walked to the stove and sat down, took out the fire pocket that was placed in the small compartment of the stove , Blow out the fire to light firewood, put the lit dry branches into the hearth, and then stuff the dry branches into the hearth continuously.

He stuffed it too much, and the dry branches couldn't burn for a while, and a lot of choking white smoke began to come out.

"Cough, cough, cough." Zhao Mingtang, who was sitting in front of the stove, couldn't stand up, and walked to the door with his hand fanning, blinking his tears from the smoke.

Is this the gentleman far away from the kitchen?In fact, he can't even burn his own stove.

Xiao Wenqing endured the choking smoke and eyes that were too hot to open, quickly walked to the stove and squatted down, took out the excessive branches in the hearth, and then blew into it forcefully.

Her method worked, the white smoke stopped coming out, and the dry branches burned in the hearth.

Zhao Mingtang walked quickly to the kitchen window, opened the window to diffuse the smoke, turned to Xiao Wenqing who was sitting behind the stove, and said, "You should light the fire." It seems that women are born to work in the kitchen.

"Yes, my lord." Xiao Wenqing said, looking at the hearth with all his attention, feeling that he needed more firewood before adding a handful of dry branches into the hearth.

"When the water is hot, wash yourself." Zhao Mingtang urged, and walked out with an empty bucket to feed his horses with water and grain.

Taking a towel hanging on the clothesline from the grape trellis in the yard, Zhao Mingtang began to dig well water to scrub himself.Mother Zhao came out of the main house, went to the well, and asked, "Mingtang, why are you still practicing this morning?" Don't you have a sore waist and weak legs?
(End of this chapter)