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Chapter 237: The Heated Kang in June

Chapter 237: Chapter 237: The Heated Kang in June

Qin Yi took the bedding from Uncle Niu and spread it together with Lan Jiaojiao.

Uncle Niu asked them to rest for a while after tidying up, as he went to prepare dinner.

After Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao made the kang bed and bantered for a bit, Uncle Niu called them for dinner from the yard.

During dinner, Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao met Uncle Niu’s son, who was thirty years old, quite sturdy, yet his skin was rough.

Uncle Niu’s wife had passed away, leaving only the father and son at home.

Uncle Niu’s son seemed to be an honest man, and his eyes were glued to Lan Jiaojiao when he saw her. Meanwhile, during dinner, he kept his head down, his face flushed red.

The meal was simple: two hot dishes, one cold dish, which appeared to be wild vegetables from the mountains and tasted good. People here also loved their staple food, eating homemade steamed buns, and the soup was a sweet corn mush.

"Plain food, nothing like the city, make do with it,"

Qin Yi smiled and said, "This is already great, there’s both whole and refined grains, it’s nutritious."

"If you like it, have more, there’s more in the pot if not enough."

While chatting, Qin Yi learned that although this place was somewhat poor, the bride price for marriage was very high, basically an astronomical figure to the locals. That’s why Uncle Niu’s son, at thirty, still wasn’t married, as he couldn’t afford the bride price.

The father and son were immensely grateful to Qin Yi, saying that without Qin Yi’s 100,000 RMB, Uncle Niu’s son’s marriage this time might still be off.

Lan Jiaojiao had strong opinions on this, thinking that marriage is sacred, focusing on feelings, but here people treat marriage like a transaction, sold by weight on a scale.

Of course, each place has its customs, and no one has the power to change that.

It’s actually a vicious cycle, everyone asks for so much. For instance, asking 300,000 to marry off a daughter, then using this 300,000 to marry a son, if you want to save a bit yourself, you ask for more, thus the bride price gets higher and higher.

It got dark early here, and the sky was almost black by the time they finished eating. There weren’t as many entertainment activities as in the city, just watching TV and chatting.

But the TV was in the room prepared for Uncle Niu’s son’s wedding, so Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao felt awkward going in and directly returned to their room.

Qin Yi changed into slippers, washed his face with the hose in the yard, washed his feet as well, and then got on the kang directly when he returned.

Later, Lan Jiaojiao washed her face and came back, seeing Qin Yi lying on the kang like a master. She put on a stern face, "Old Qin, we agreed, I sleep on the bed, you sleep on the floor."

Qin Yi put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the bedding, smiling, "We did agree, I’m sleeping on the kang, not the bed. You sleep on your bed."

Lan Jiaojiao: "..."

"Don’t try to fool me, where is there a bed here?"

Qin Yi laughed, "That’s not my concern, you said you’d sleep on the bed, fine with me. But why should I sleep on the floor when I have a kang to sleep on?"

"You’re just twisting concepts."

Qin Yi squinted slightly, "Lan Jiaojiao, I told you, you’re lacking common sense? A bed is a bed, a kang is a kang, they’re totally different. You said you’d sleep on the bed, I agreed, on what grounds are you now taking my kang?"

Lan Jiaojiao huffed, "In my heart, a kang is a bed."

"Can you light a fire under your bed at home?"

Lan Jiaojiao: "..."

"In any case, I don’t care, I want to sleep on the kang, you go sleep on the floor or in the stable with the little date,"

Lan Jiaojiao grabbed Qin Yi’s legs, trying to drag him off the kang.

But to no avail... Qin Yi was like a mountain, completely immovable.

"Why won’t you get down?"

Qin Yi grinned, "Lan Jiaojiao, I’m your lifesaver after all. I don’t expect gratitude, but you shouldn’t repay kindness with enmity, right?"

"That’s a separate matter, I owe you a life, I admit. But if you want to take over my kang, no way!"

Qin Yi looked at her with amusement, "Too bad, it’s the same for you wanting to take over my kang, no way!"

Lan Jiaojiao couldn’t move Qin Yi, so she just dragged a chair and sat by the kang, staring intently at Qin Yi, "I don’t believe you can sleep!"

Qin Yi grinned, then stretched, slowly closed his eyes, and said, "Goodnight!"

However, Lan Jiaojiao’s eyes were about to bulge with blood, and Qin Yi didn’t react at all. In the end, Qin Yi even started snoring lightly, and Lan Jiaojiao’s face turned completely dark.

She gritted her teeth until they ground together, then climbed onto the kang and started pushing Qin Yi to the side with her feet.

Qin Yi slowly opened his eyes, "Why are you getting on my kang?"

"What do you mean your kang, this is Uncle Niu’s family’s kang." Lan Jiaojiao said, not in a good mood.

Qin Yi nodded slightly, smiling, "Makes sense! Then just sleep, but I warn you, don’t take advantage of me while I’m asleep."

Lan Jiaojiao looked at him incredulously, "Spit... what makes you so confident? Me taking advantage of you? I’m more afraid of you taking advantage of me."

"That’s good, hurry up and sleep, we have to hit the road tomorrow."

Lan Jiaojiao grunted twice, turned her back to Qin Yi, and closed her eyes. Although she knew Qin Yi wouldn’t do anything to her, it was her first time lying next to a man, so she was a little nervous.

Drowsily, both of them fell asleep.

But around ten at night, Lan Jiaojiao suddenly sat up, her forehead beaded with sweat.

Qin Yi opened his eyes and looked at her, "Had a nightmare?"

"No, didn’t you notice the kang was getting hotter and hotter?"

Qin Yi was taken aback, perhaps due to his unique cultivation technique, his body wasn’t affected by cold or heat, so he didn’t notice. He reached out to feel it, and sure enough, it was just as Lan Jiaojiao said, the kang was quite hot.

Suddenly, Qin Yi’s ears twitched, and he sat up, "I’ll go out for a bit."

Qin Yi went to the back of the house.

He saw Uncle Niu stuffing corn stalks into a hole in the wall, and the stalks soon caught fire, illuminating Uncle Niu’s face bright red with the flames.

"Uncle Niu, what are you doing?"

Qin Yi’s sudden voice nearly scared Uncle Niu into falling and sitting on the ground. Seeing it was Qin Yi, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why do you walk so quietly, like a cat? Don’t you know you can scare someone to death?"

Qin Yi stepped forward, looking at the burning corn stalks in the pit, "Uncle Niu, what are you doing?"

"Heating the kang, didn’t you feel hot inside?"

Qin Yi was at a loss for words, then incredulously asked, "Uncle Niu, it’s June, are you planning to steam us?"

"What do you know, kid? Your 100,000 yuan helped my son marry a wife, I, an old man, have no other skills, so this is the only way I can repay you."

Qin Yi was caught off guard by his logic, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Niu, you call this helping me? The room is practically like an oven now, heating the kang in June, are you roasting duck here?"

Uncle Niu looked behind Qin Yi, "Didn’t your wife come with you?"

Qin Yi shook his head.

Uncle Niu, looking very secretive, whispered, "That’s good! I can tell, your wife is still a virgin. So I thought to help you, kid, out."

"I’ve never told anyone this method before, it was how I won over my wife back then. Let me tell you, my wife was quite the beauty in the village, many were after her. If not for this trick, would she have married me?"

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