As the workers left after work, Bai Sheng still gave each helper a dipper of water and a steamed bun.
Holding the water and steamed buns, everyone was so excited that their hands trembled, and their noses couldn't help but feel sore.
This was the first time since arriving at Hongshu Slope that they had exchanged food and water for their own labor.
They... could finally survive!
The days ahead suddenly had a glimmer of hope.
However, this chance to survive was given by the two benefactors, and they would never forget this great kindness!
Just as Madam Du and Master Feng had told them privately, although the benefactors did not require them to do their work in any particular way, they themselves could not be lazy. Otherwise, they would be ungrateful villains and be struck by lightning!
As the sun gradually set, after the workers went home, the Lu Ye family began to eat dinner.
With the spirit spring water, Bai Sheng, Lu Ye, and his third sister-in-law each had two steamed buns to get by.
Du Min and Feng Ping, on the other hand, each ate three. They had worked hard all day and only had this meal, so they deserved to eat more.
After dinner, Bai Sheng took out two sets of clothes she had bought for them.
"Thank you! Thank you, Madam!" Du Min held the clothes, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears. She and her husband hadn't changed their clothes for over a year.
"You're welcome, you two have worked hard these past few days," Bai Sheng said, patting her shoulder.
"We're not tired, we're not tired," Du Min shook her head repeatedly. Compared to the days of eating human corpses, they were now incredibly happy.
Feng Ping also touched the new clothes in his hands, deeply moved and unable to speak for a long time.
At this moment, only one thought kept swirling in his mind: Min'er was right, following Master and Madam's family was their only hope.
There were no oil lamps at night, and as soon as it got dark, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep early.
Lu Yu was about to pester Bai Sheng again, but Lu Hua forcefully carried him to her own shelter.
Now that the family's food and drink were much better than before, and their sister-in-law's body would soon recover, she and her elder brother would have nephews and nieces. Lu Yu couldn't disturb them like this all the time.
As for how to have children, she had heard the women in Huangsha Village discuss it before. They said that the couple had to kiss, and the man had to put something into the woman's body.
As for what that something was, how it was put in, and where it was put, she had no idea.
However, just kissing was a shameful thing, how could they let others see it?
Little Yu was a child, and he couldn't see those things!
Therefore, from now on, she would be a decisive and strong older sister, like her capable sister-in-law, to manage Little Yun and Little Yu.
After everyone had fallen asleep, Bai Sheng took Lu Ye and Wu Yun into the space.
Wu Yun, tired from the day's work, drank a lot of spirit spring water and then went to gnaw on the green grass.
Hengheng had now become a land-clearing maniac, or rather, a land-clearing maniac pig.
The master said that there were nearly twenty people to feed now and that the planting area urgently needed to be expanded. To rush to plow the land, it didn't even have time to come and greet the master.
Baoyu was also on its way to see its master. It only regretted that its legs were too short and its heart was too anxious, causing it to tumble several times on the road, with its head covered in grass leaves.
Bai Sheng and Lu Ye first went to check on the crops in the fields. The wheat and corn ears were becoming fuller and fuller, and they would be harvested in a few more days.
Both of them were very happy and couldn't help but exchange glances.
"I'll go plant the seeds I bought today!" Bai Sheng excitedly scattered the newly bought grain seeds in the newly reclaimed land, and then scattered the vegetable and fruit seeds in the vegetable garden, and then watered them with some spirit spring water.
Seeing Bai Sheng busy, Lu Ye picked up his cleaver and walked towards the bamboo forest.
Bai Sheng was right, the bamboo that Hengheng had gnawed off had grown new shoots from the broken ends.
Lu Ye cut some bamboo as thick as his thighs, intending to make two bamboo beds, one for him and Bai Sheng, and one for the three children.
As for Feng Pingyuan and his wife, he would give them bamboo and let them make their own.
After finishing planting, Bai Sheng called Wu Yun, who was eating grass, to a secluded spot. She wanted to give Wu Yun a good bath. Everything that lived in her house had to be clean!
Wu Yun had never bathed before and didn't know what bathing felt like, so it resisted at first.
But the moment Bai Sheng brushed its back with the brush in her hand, it let out a comfortable "ng-ng" cry.
Heaven, bathing was so comfortable!
From now on, it wanted to bathe every day!
Bai Sheng first sprinkled some lice medicine on Wu Yun, then used the brush to scrub hard, allowing the medicine to penetrate fully. The lice on Wu Yun really fell off rustlingly, making Bai Sheng's skin crawl.
These lice had been sucking Wu Yun's blood day and night, not only causing Wu Yun immense pain but also affecting its growth.
Removing the lice was something Wu Yun had never dared to hope for. Animals in the desert had never known the word "bathing." Who didn't have lice on them? Unexpectedly, after just following its master, it was lice-free!
"Ng-ng, ng-ng..." The feeling of being free of lice was truly wonderful!
After killing the lice, Bai Sheng rinsed it repeatedly with water, wishing she could wash off three layers of skin from Wu Yun.
After Wu Yun finished bathing, it was Baoyu's turn, who had just crawled over. Baoyu enjoyed the entire process. Its master was personally bathing it!
This meant that its master had accepted it and would never drive it away again, sob... it was so touched, it wanted to cry.
Baoyu stuck out its small tongue and licked Bai Sheng's hand incessantly. Only by "licking" could it express its love for its master at this moment.
After dealing with the animals, Bai Sheng went to the bamboo forest to find Lu Ye.
Lu Ye had cut a lot of bamboo as thick as a bowl, and after chopping off the branches, he planed them smooth and began to make bamboo beds.
Seeing her approach, Lu Ye glanced at her and then lowered his head to continue his work.
Looking at the pile of bamboo leaves and branches on the ground, Bai Sheng had a sudden inspiration to gather them and weave them into mats to cover the roof of the shed.
Thinking of this, she squatted down and reached out to rummage through them. Suddenly, a sharp prickling pain shot through her finger. She quickly withdrew her hand and saw that a long thorn had pierced her right middle finger.
The sharp pain made her cry out involuntarily, "Ah!"
"What's wrong?" Lu Ye immediately put down his work and ran over, looking anxious.
"A bamboo sliver pierced my finger," Bai Sheng said, gasping.
"Don't move, I'll do it," Lu Ye grabbed Bai Sheng's finger and carefully pulled out the bamboo sliver. Bai Sheng's eyes teared up from the pain.
Suddenly, Lu Ye put that finger into his mouth and gently sucked it, mumbling indistinctly, "Does it still hurt?"
"No... it doesn't hurt anymore," the warm, moist lips enclosed her finger. Bai Sheng's breath hitched, and the pain instantly disappeared, replaced by the heat in her earlobes and the frantic beating of her heart.
Bai Sheng glanced at Lu Ye, her gaze lingering on his beautiful lips. Such moist and attractive lips, she imagined, would feel wonderful when kissing. With this thought, Bai Sheng's gaze gradually became distant.
She suddenly felt a coolness on her finger. Lu Ye took her finger out of his mouth and said softly, "You play over there, I'll do these things."
Thus, Lu Ye bent and twisted the smoothed bamboo, while Bai Sheng sat beside him, her arms resting on her knees, her chin propped on her arms, silently watching Lu Ye busy himself.
They say that a man who works diligently is the most attractive.
Bai Sheng looked at the muscles on Lu Ye's arm, his sexy Adam's apple, and his alluring lips. In that short time, she had already decided how many children they would have.
She needed to fatten him up by thirty jin, so that his muscles would be more full and firm, without looking too bloated.
Lu Ye, naturally, had no idea what Bai Sheng was thinking, but he could feel his wife looking at him, and looking at him intently.
This made him feel a little happy. He liked her looking at him like this.