The Farm Girl and the Executioner (Rebirth) 97

Chapter 97: No Basin

After the feast at the village chief’s house, it was already evening.

As the days passed, the autumn air grew thicker. The heat of the day subsided, and the coolness of the night came, and the weather was no longer so hot.

Ping’er had had a great time today. On the way back, she was skipping, and her little mouth never stopped.

“Auntie, I ate three big meatballs today, and also a chicken leg… and three pieces of sweet meat.”

Lin Shuang smiled. “No wonder your little belly is so round and full.”

“Hee hee, it’s not that full.”

Old Madam Jiang was surprisingly not drunk. She hobbled in front with her cane.

Today, she had been surrounded by the women of the village, and her whole face was still flushed. She muttered, “That dog Lin Mancang has finally been dealt with. Otherwise, I’d be worried all day that he’d come and find you to go back.”

Lin Shuang and Jiang Huaizhen were walking shoulder to shoulder behind.

She looked at the red sun, which had already set halfway behind the mountain, and let out a soft sigh of relief.

Lin Mancang had been exiled, and Ma Guihua had also left completely. The two people who had pushed her into the abyss in her past life had finally left her world.

All those things had finally, completely become a dream.

But this result did not make her feel much lighter.

Because all of this had been exchanged for a life in her past life.

But fortunately, in this life, she had not become a medicine slave, her legs were still intact, and she had someone by her side to rely on. She had even begun to receive bits and pieces of kindness and respect from the outside world.

It was different.

Even though she was still talking to Ping’er idly, Jiang Huaizhen could still see her unusual state and asked, “What’s wrong? Are you not happy?”

Lin Shuang turned to look at the setting sun in the distance and shook her head. “I can’t say I’m unhappy, and I can’t say I’m happy. I just feel that how can a person’s path become narrower and narrower, and worse and worse?”

She was like this in her past life.

And Lin Mancang, in this life, was also like this.

Jiang Huaizhen thought she was talking about Lin Mancang and replied, “The greedy have always been one wrong step after another.”

The outline of her profile was as if it had been wrapped in the soft setting sun, with a hint of gentleness.

Lin Shuang looked at her and suddenly smiled. “Who cares about him? We’ll just live our own lives well.”

Jiang Huaizhen pursed her lips and followed her footsteps.

When they got home, Lin Shuang had no time to be idle and took out the materials to prepare the sauce.

Ever since Zhao Mei’er’s family had also joined the sauce flatbread business, what was originally a once-every-seven-days task of making sauce had now become a once-every-four-days task. With the arrival of the peak season, there were more and more merchants on the official road, and more and more sauce had to be made.

Seeing her preparing the materials, Jiang Huaizhen helped to wash the pot and light a fire.

She had watched Lin Shuang make the sauce dozens of times and had long been familiar with every step of the process. After the pot was hot, she poured in a large jar of oil.

The stove fire gradually grew stronger, and the sesame oil in the iron pot began to bubble. Lin Shuang had her pour the large sauce into the pot and stir-fry it. The red and shiny sauce coated the beans, and the fragrance instantly filled the entire kitchen.

Jiang Huaizhen’s hand, which was holding the wooden spatula, was very steady, and she didn’t even flinch when the oil splattered on the back of her hand.

Looking at her skilled movements, Lin Shuang teased, “I feel that if I’m not here one day, you can make the sauce yourself.”

Jiang Huaizhen looked at the pot without looking up. “If you’re not here, where are you going?”

“Just a hypothetical.”

Only then did Jiang Huaizhen turn her head and say softly, “You’re not allowed to make this hypothetical.”

The lingering melancholy from the road back was instantly dispelled by the other’s gentle words. Hearing these words, her heart was as sweet as honey, but she still pretended to be annoyed. “You’re so bossy.”

During this period, they had first gone to Yinzhou to buy medicinal herb seeds, and then they had run into the matter of Lin Mancang. They had no time and no mood for flirting, and they had even saved a lot of the back-and-forth games at night.

Now that the matter was settled, and their hearts were light, with a little teasing and flirting, an indescribable feeling rose from the bottom of their hearts, and their gazes at each other were filled with a hint of silk.

By the time the last jar of oil pastry was filled, the moon had already climbed to the top of the old scholar tree.

She got some water for the old woman and Ping’er to take a bath. After they had finished, Lin Shuang and Jiang Huaizhen took turns washing their hair and bathing.

She had been running to the yamen all day, and had also helped to stir-fry vegetables and watch the fire at the village chief’s house. After she came back, she had to make the sauce. Her head was covered in oil, so she had to wash it thoroughly.

By the time she was done, it was already the Hour of the Pig(9:00 PM to 11:00 PM).

After Jiang Huaizhen had dried her hair, she got up and closed the door.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Lin Shuang’s heart couldn’t help but pound. She lay on the inside and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.

After Jiang Huaizhen had blown out the lamp and lay down, the room was silent.

Lin Shuang, who had been waiting for a long time, didn’t hear any movement from the person beside her. She opened her eyes and reached out to pinch her.

Jiang Huaizhen caught her hand, turned on her side, and pulled her into her embrace.

Lin Shuang was annoyed at her for teasing her and looked up to bite her, but was met by the other and her lips were blocked.

From the initial awkwardness, after two months, the two of them had gotten enough practice in this area and were quite experienced. Before long, Lin Shuang’s tongue was numb, and she was panting as she pushed her away.

Jiang Huaizhen lowered her head, her nose following her ear down, and lingered around her long, slender neck, sniffing.

Lin Shuang pinched her. “Are you a dog?”

Jiang Huaizhen did not answer and reached for her clothes.

Lin Shuang grabbed her hand and bit her lip. “…Tonight… why didn’t you bring the basin of water?”

Ever since that time in the city, as long as the two of them were in the mood at night, this person would bring in a basin of water. Of course, she didn’t bring it every time, but once she did, it meant that they would have to be at it for an hour or two.

Jiang Huaizhen held the hand she had extended and replied, “I was afraid you would say I was greedy…”

And there was the matter of Lin Mancang today. She was afraid that she was in a bad mood.

Hearing the word “greedy,” Lin Shuang’s breath hitched. “It’s been so many days. Is this also called greedy?”

Jiang Huaizhen sat up and got out of bed.

But Lin Shuang wrapped her arms around her waist from behind. “Forget it. Don’t go…”

Jiang Huaizhen felt her breath by her ear, and with her words, it brushed against her earlobe.

She tilted her head and went to kiss her lips.

“During the new year, we were on the kang. You were sitting behind me, wearing only a single layer of clothing, and you were pressed against me… you were pressing against me…”

She was now getting her revenge.

Jiang Huaizhen remembered that scene, and her cheeks burned. She endured the swollen feeling and with difficulty turned her head to look at her. “I didn’t do it on purpose…”

“…You did it on purpose.”

Jiang Huaizhen hummed in pain.

Lin Shuang liked to hear her voice, but she couldn’t bear to see her in pain. She didn’t continue to use force and just fiddled with the top. As she wished, she saw her shrink her body and tremble slightly. Only then did she pull her onto the bed and hug her as she lay down.

Jiang Huaizhen turned over and quickly regained the dominant position.

Lin Shuang did not fight with her.

Jiang Huaizhen had always been serious in her work. It was the same with her daily work, and it was the same with eating. She could lick everything, up and down, inside and out, clean.

But she didn’t expect that Jiang Huaizhen would use her hands after she had finished eating.

She was soon lost in it.

But this went on for a particularly long time. Lin Shuang’s legs were always bent, and she was so tired. After several rounds, her waist was so sore she couldn’t stand it. She had to push her away with difficulty and turned on her side, wanting to turn her back to her and rest for a while. But who knew that this dead person would hug her from behind again.

She could also do it from behind.

Afraid that the old woman on the other side would notice, Lin Shuang had been holding it in and had not made a sound.

She was not in pain, just a little unbearable.

A large patch from her knees was wet and slippery, and the silk cloth underneath had long been ruined, with patches here and there.

It was a good thing it was summer. If it were winter, it would definitely be freezing.

She hummed and hawed, and finally squeezed out a sentence, “…You wash this silk cloth tomorrow…”

Jiang Huaizhen replied, “I’ll wash it…”

It wasn’t until the middle of the night that the woman behind her finally stopped and got up to go out and get some water.

At this time, Lin Shuang didn’t want to move at all. She hadn’t put in much effort, but the waves of feelings also took a lot of energy. So she closed her eyes and acted like an ostrich, letting the other wipe her from top to bottom.

After changing two basins of water, she was finally not sticky anymore.

She then changed the pad to a new one.

Jiang Huaizhen had also quickly wiped herself down outside, then came into the room with a watery mist, opened the window, and let the smell in the room dissipate.

By the time she lay down beside her, Lin Shuang asked in a daze, “…How did you know to use your hands?”

Jiang Huaizhen replied after a long time, “I didn’t know… I just wanted to touch…”

They had eaten several times. It wasn’t too much to touch, right?

“Who knew it would go in… and I saw that your reaction was quite strong… I also felt happy…”

She couldn’t stop, and it went on for half the night.

Lin Shuang, combined with the unbridled talk of the women about sex, knew what was going on. She regretted that the two of them had been so stupid as to have only… today.

“We… we’ve consummated our marriage today,” she bit her lip and said to Jiang Huaizhen shyly.

At this point, no matter how inexperienced Jiang Huaizhen was, it was impossible for her to be so ignorant as to not understand anything. She tightened her arm around her. “I know. I will be good to you.”

Lin Shuang snorted lightly. “If we hadn’t consummated our marriage, would you not have been good to me?”

“Of course not.”

Lin Shuang had been tormented by her for so long, and she had been busy all day. She was both tired and sleepy, so she didn’t tease her. She turned and kissed her. “It’s late. Let’s sleep.”

Jiang Huaizhen hugged her even tighter and said softly, “I want you to sleep, but I also don’t want you to sleep… I’m afraid that when I wake up, it will be a dream.”

It was rare for her to express her feelings. Just this one sentence made Lin Shuang’s heart overflow with love.

She looked up and rubbed her cheek against hers.

“Silly. I’ve been by your side for so many days. How can it be a dream?”

There was no such long dream.

Jiang Huaizhen hummed in agreement, then slightly loosened her arm and let her go to sleep.

Before long, she also fell into a dream in a daze.

She didn’t know how long she had slept when she suddenly felt hot all over. She opened her eyes abruptly and found that she was surrounded by a sea of fire.

The house was on fire, and she didn’t know when she had run to the middle of the main hall.

What was strange was that the furnishings in the house were a little different, and many things were missing.

She was startled and anxious, and she opened her mouth to call for Lin Shuang.

But she found that Lin Shuang was in her arms.

But the Lin Shuang in her arms was different from the Lin Shuang she had just been intimate with. She looked as if she were a dozen years older, with dry and yellow hair and sunken eye sockets. Her whole body was light and airy, as if she had no weight at all, and she lay in her arms without a sound.

On her wrist, there was a patch of blood red.

Her heart was in her throat, and she was trembling all over. She quickly reached out to check her breath.

But there was no breath at all.

Jiang Huaizhen was in great grief. She couldn’t believe that what was before her was real. She wanted to stand up with her beloved woman, but she found that the person in her arms’ two legs were twisted in a very unnatural position.

She quickly lifted her skirt and found that her two knees were tightly wrapped in thick cloth strips, and thick blood was seeping out.

Her eyes were about to pop out, and she shouted hoarsely, “No—don’t—”

The surrounding fire was getting closer and closer, and it had already burned to the spirit tablet behind the eight-immortal table.

She saw her grandmother’s spirit tablet—

Her head was buzzing. The flames licked up her skirt, and the tongues of fire licked her back and her long hair, enveloping her and Lin Shuang.

She suddenly remembered that she had been the one to set this fire.

She didn’t want to live anymore.

Because in this world, she had no more family.

She vigorously shook the lifeless girl in her arms, then held her up with great reluctance, as if she wanted to embed her in her own body, and shouted hysterically, “Why did you have to leave me too—why—”

“Lin Shuang—why—”

The flames grew stronger and stronger, and finally, they swallowed the two of them…