Chapter 195: The Second Wife

Su was stunned, Chinv was stunned, only Baifeng remained calm on the side, indeed he had no need to panic, he hadn't done anything, and besides, as the chief of his tribe, what's wrong with having a few more women?

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, Baifeng coughed and spoke first: "Su, this is Chinv, she is a new member of our tribe, she has made great contributions to the tribe, I intend to give her a big reward, how about that?"

Su nodded expressionlessly, this matter had nothing to do with her, in the tribe her authority was greatest in the vegetable garden and cattle pen, especially the vegetable garden, Baifeng had to stand behind her.

The atmosphere became awkward again, Baifeng could only urge Chinv to eat quickly, finish eating and leave first, he went to find someone to arrange housing, Chinv nodded, not caring if it was still hot, she gulped down the porridge, then got off the kang, lowered her head and ran away, she knew her appearance and figure could never catch the chief's eye, but sleeping in the mistress's bed was a terrifying thing.

Baifeng was about to explain when Su spoke first: "If you like her, just catch her back, I have no objection, just can you let her wash first, she's really dirty, and fatten her up a bit, she's thinner and uglier than I was back then, I don't know why you like ugly ones."

No matter what, Su was still a woman of this era, Baifeng realized he didn't need to worry about so many things, he could be more carefree, so he hehehed a laugh, indicating he would listen to her on these matters.

Actually, not listening wouldn't help either, because after Baifeng and Su slept on the kang overnight, they woke up with red spots all over their skin, and itchy, Baifeng scratched for a while, then Su lay on his back to search, and found many lice on Baifeng, found one and smashed it dead on his body with a bang.

After searching for a while, Baifeng also found lice on Su, their bodies had many lice, actually before they had even more lice on their bodies, but as the saying goes, many lice don't fear biting, they didn't care at all back then.

The animal pelts spread on the kang couldn't be used anymore, inside were jumping lice, the two of them could only walk to the washing place in the deep winter, otherwise they feared they couldn't sleep well.

As for those pelts, Baifeng had his own tribe people wash them, if given to the slaves to wash, it would be better not to wash, the lice on their bodies could crawl all over several Baifengs.

Baifeng then found a soldier to arrange a room for Chinv, but after searching around he couldn't find a suitable house, because other houses were occupied by Baifeng's tribe members, they dared not put Chinv in a room with men, who knows what might happen at night, in the end Chinv said she would return to the slave quarters and make do.

Moreover, Baifeng's room now had a little child, Yu, Su had more than once told Baifeng she wanted Yu to move out, after all he was growing up and could take care of himself, unfortunately Baifeng had grown fond of him and hoped to keep Yu by his side for a while.

But this would indeed affect Baifeng and their normal life, feeling uncomfortable, so they built a small room for Yu near Baifeng's house, though not yet completed, likely to be finished only in deep winter.

In the morning Yu followed Baifeng on walks, Baifeng also taught him Chinese characters, Yu learned extremely fast, simple strokes he could already write, now his literacy was almost matching Wu's.

In the afternoon he was made to follow Wu to work, his math calculation ability was already quite good, but to improve, recognizing his own limitations, he needed to learn from practice, Wu still thought he had found a good helper, little knowing it was the beginning of his nightmare.

By the next day, when they in the north saw Chinv, they were still somewhat afraid, originally wanting to stay far from her, because the feeling of being bitten by lice was indeed unpleasant, but Chinv seemed unaware, still hoping to get close to Baifeng.

Baifeng didn't care whether she had important matters, he directly let her take a bath, and gave her all his bathing supplies like soapberry, cypress leaves, also found a female tribe member to help her scrub thoroughly, so she wouldn't not know how to use them.

As for her clothes, they were taken off before bathing, then Baifeng directly threw them away, really too dirty, too rotten, if any slave wanted them, they could wash and wear them themselves, Baifeng prepared a set of new hemp clothes and a set of Mongolian robe for Chinv, wearing the Mongolian robe in winter was most suitable.

After a long long time, the scrubbed clean Chinv came out of the bathing room, hair wet and dripping, body shivering, wrapped only in a piece of hemp cloth, anxiously searching for her clothes, not out of shyness but because of cold.

Baifeng threw the prepared clothes at her, telling her to change quickly, she had no shyness at all, just put them on openly in front of Baifeng, even asking Baifeng how to wear them when she didn't know.

After bathing, Chinv's skin was no longer as dark as before, but a healthy wheat complexion, her body proportions were balanced, her face looked more beautiful, seeing this Baifeng felt joy bloom in his heart.

Dressed well, Chinv looked like a completely different person, except her hair was still wet and dripping, to avoid her catching cold, Baifeng again brought her into his room, letting her dry her hair by the fireplace, since she had bathed, Su no longer objected to her, for she understood Chinv might soon become Baifeng's second wife, which she could not avoid.

After her hair was dried, Baifeng thoughtfully wanted to tie it up for her, but Chinv fearfully dared not let Baifeng tie, Baifeng persuaded several times, finally he pressed her firmly onto a stool, Chinv trembled and allowed Baifeng to do as he wished, Baifeng combed her hair with a comb, then asked: "Chinv, are you willing to be my woman?"

Chinv was utterly shocked, because no man had ever said such a thing to her, let alone a tribal chief, for she knew she had always been the type no one would like, yet she deeply wanted to agree, subconsciously she turned her head to glance at Su, seeing Su's figure and appearance, she seemed to understand something, then softly said "yes".

Baifeng was very happy, continued combing Chinv's hair, Su also knew the outcome was hard to change, kept searching and found her long-stored red-dyed silk thread, used to let Baifeng tie Chinv's hair.