The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man-Chapter 920 - : 920 working for third brother

Chapter 920: 920 working for third brother

Xiao Yishan wanted to help her untie the noose of white silk from around her neck, as she lay weakly in his arms, silent and with tears streaming down her face.

Seeing how indifferent she was to life itself, he was emotionally stirred, and his normally stony heart softened a bit for the first time because of her.

He said coldly, “You were never this foolish before.”

She looked at him with pitiful, pleading eyes, full of sorrow and regret. “The only way to atone for my mistakes is death. It’s my good fortune to spend cherished moments with you before I die.”

Xiao Yishan, seeing Liu Haitang’s regretful gaze, felt that she had truly changed for the better and said, “No one is worth dying for.”

“You are!” she said eagerly. “Dashan, please, forgive me! I know what I’ve done wrong—I truly do!”

He turned his face away, stubborn as ever. “Enough, let’s write off the past. And I don’t want to see you again later.”

“If I can’t see you, I’ll die of pain,” she clung to him, weeping unstoppably. “Dashan, I don’t ask for status, without you, I’ve longed for death. Without your forgiveness, I fear I won’t rest in peace, so I just want your understanding. Later, as long as I can watch you from the shadows, to be with you secretly, I’ll be completely content…”

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She hugged him once more.

Out here in the desolate wilderness, there was hardly anyone else around. Xiao Yishan didn’t know if it was the remaining effect of the aphrodisiac or if he was genuinely enchanted by her, but he once again pressed down upon her body, and soon, they were entwined together, skin to skin…

At home, Li Rong’er had prepared lunch, thinking that Xiao Yishan should have returned by now, but there was still no sign of him.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yuchuan, who had left earlier with his horse-drawn cart to buy clay bricks in town, returned with a cart full of bricks and twenty jin of fresh pork. He had also bought twenty eggs.

Su Qingyue had also been expecting Xiao Yuchuan to return at this hour and had saved some lunch for him.

Xiao Yuchuan placed the eggs and pork in his own storage room, deciding not to take them to the kitchen unless necessary to avoid that thief Li Rong seeing them.

It wasn’t that he was stingy.

He just couldn’t stand that vile woman and did not want her to take advantage.

Seeing that Xiao Yuchuan had bought so much pork, Li Rong’er had thought about sneaking a piece from the kitchen when no one was around, only to find that he had stored it in his storage room, which was locked. Each household had their own key, so she had no means of getting in.

After eating his lunch, Xiao Yuchuan started on the wall construction.

Several more horse-drawn carts arrived, each loaded with clay bricks.

Xiao Yuchuan instructed them to stack the bricks neatly in the yard.

Seeing Su Qingyue come over to look, he said, “Wife, if you buy bricks in bulk, they add on fifty cents for delivery. I figured it’s too time-consuming to carry them back and forth myself. Building the walls and stove at home saves time and wages, so I paid the extra fifty cents for delivery.”

“That kind of decision is yours to make; no need to discuss it with me,” she responded, observing that he had already commenced building the wall for the kitchen. “Third brother, perhaps we should hire a few more workers. We need to build the kitchen, bathroom, and latrine—three buildings in total. It’s going to take quite some time.”

He originally wanted to save money but also hoped to get everything done earlier to marry her sooner.

He could not bear the thought of shortchanging her with a marriage so lacking in preparedness that not even the kitchen or latrine were finished.

“That sounds good,” he said. “I’ll go get Fuquan in a bit.”