Chapter 88: If you don't clean up properly, you'll never be allowed to set foot in his kitchen again!

Spring is the season when all things revive.

It is also the best time for newlyweds to cultivate and deepen their feelings.

On a weekend afternoon, the family compound outside was quiet.

When Shen Man and the others returned, it was already 3:30 in the afternoon.

Just as they entered the courtyard, Tangyuan was performing a catwalk on the roof, climbed down from the eaves in a few steps, and quickly leapt into the owner's arms.

"Meow meow meow~"

"Owner, you finally came back from hunting!"

"Good, did you eat well the food I left for you at noon?"

Shen Man naturally understood Tangyuan's meows, and taking the opportunity while her husband went to the kitchen to put things away, she held Tangyuan and walked toward the main hall.

"Meow~"

"I ate, I ate my fill, and sister-in-law also gave me fish canned food, it was delicious."

Saying that, Tangyuan licked the corner of its mouth, as if savoring the taste of the fish canned food.

"Little Greedy Cat, I don't have fish canned food, only egg cake; when I have time I'll find someone to make an oven at home, see if it works, and if it does, we'll never have to worry about egg cake again."

Shen Man patted Tangyuan's belly, which was full, and decided not to feed it egg cake.

"Meow~"

"The owner is the best, the big shot second, and sister-in-law third."

Having tasted the sweetness and having a long-term meal ticket, Tangyuan is a smart little cat and naturally chooses the long-term meal ticket.

Who can resist a cute cat's coquettish behavior?

Shen Man couldn't resist; as a fur lover, she soaked up the cat for a while before getting up to attend to business.

"What business?"

Helping to put away the purchased items, although she wanted to laze around, she couldn't just dump everything on her husband.

A couple needs to understand, tolerate, and care for each other.

She had never taken care of anyone before, but she can learn.

Doing nothing and only enjoying the other's care, she couldn't feel at ease, always feeling anxious and insecure.

On this side, Jiang Ye glanced at the messy stove, unwashed, with some salt still scattered on the edge, and his face darkened.

"Lu, Xiu, Bai!"

"This is what the other party said, that they would definitely clean up properly?"

"Heh~"

"If you don't clean up properly, you'll never be allowed to set foot in his kitchen again!"

"The courtyard wall, he regretted opening it!"

Shen Man took off her military coat, hung it on the rack, left the house, first went to the bathroom, changed a sanitary pad, washed her hands, came to the kitchen, and prepared to help put things away——

"Jiang Ye brother......"

"After entering, seeing the messy stove, and then looking at her husband's grim face, she thought, 'Damn brother, what a nice job you've done!'"

"I'll go call brother!"

Jiang Ye adjusted his expression, trying to stay calm, and said: "Wait, don't go over yet."

"Huh? Why? Isn't brother at home?"

Shen Man didn't have excellent hearing, so she didn't know what was happening next door.

Jiang Ye gritted his teeth and said: "Let's tidy him up later; first let's put things away."

That's what he said, but the dirty and tiring work was still taken on by himself; he just let his wife watch so she would know where things were in the house.

For example, brown sugar, red dates, flour, and rice—he put them in the cabinet; the cabinet had bolts top and bottom, and when closed it was sealed tight.

As for the joss paper used for rituals, he took it to the main hall, folded part into ingots, and left the rest untouched and set aside for later use.

"Although nowadays we advocate breaking feudal superstition and eliminating the four pests, the custom of offering sacrifices, which has existed since ancient times, cannot be eradicated, nor can it be eliminated."

"In the bones of we Chinese people, there is still a sense of reverence; for departed loved ones, we can only entrust our grief......"

Jiang Ye's voice was very soft, as he gave his wife a popular science explanation, also talking to himself, reminiscing about the past.

Shen Man listened, entranced; she watched, fascinated.

The afternoon sun softened the man's sharp brows and eyes; his stern face showed no other emotion, as if everything had been perfectly concealed.

She inexplicably thought of a saying: a man who earnestly focuses on a task exudes an indescribable charm all around him.

Only then did she realize she had married a quite excellent, guiding-type lover!

But, for some reason, she felt that beneath his calm exterior lay a faint sorrow.

Shen Man stared at him for a while, then stepped closer, tilting her head, "Jiang Ye brother, do you have someone you wish to commemorate, someone you miss?"

"Mm."

Jiang Ye was taking out the supplements, dried meat, and dried fish he had scavenged from the sack, pondering how to store them properly.

Suddenly, hearing his wife's question, he finally broke away from his busyness, lifted his eyelids, and added with a deep gaze:

"However, the loved ones I miss are not human."

"Ah?"

Shen Man's face showed shock, "Not human?"

"What is it?"

Nervously swallowing, she felt somewhat uncontrollable and urgent to know his past.

"It's a wolf, my foster mother, a wolf."

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, he stared at his wife with an obscure, dark expression.

She was very curious about his past, but part of his past was too shocking to hear, and he didn't dare mention it.

Another part wasn't anything shameful; he just didn't bring it up voluntarily because he didn't want to see pity in his wife's eyes.

He didn't think surviving among the wolf pack was a wretched past; on the contrary, without the she-wolf who raised him, he would have died as an infant, and he would never have met benefactors, received new education, or gained a new identity.

And how could he have met the love of his life?

So, he is not to be pitied.

"Wolf? Foster mother? Brother Jiang Ye, who are your birth parents?"

Shen Man trembled all over, her eye sockets instantly reddened, and her nose felt sore.

She had once thought that to raise such a perfect man, his parents-in-law must be a deeply loving couple.

But before and after the wedding, he never mentioned his family, and she wondered whether his parents-in-law lived far away, making it inconvenient for them to visit.

Now he told her that he had grown up raised by wolves!

This is sheer fantasy!

Wolf child?

How much hardship must he have endured?

"Not long after I was born, they died unexpectedly; my grandparents helped my great-uncle seize our family's property, and they threw the one-year-old me onto the back mountain to feed the wolves....."

Jiang Ye sighed, knowing that telling the truth would upset his wife and make her shed tears like golden beans.

He took out the neatly folded handkerchief from his pocket, gently wiped the tears from his wife's face, and in a voice as calm as could be, briefly recounted his background.

Hmm, he was deeply grateful to Section Commander Duan, who took him in, taught him the skills to survive, raised him again, merged the memories of two lives, and formed a new personality.

He dared not tell his wife about his past life, lest he needlessly frighten her.

As for his origins in this life, she wanted to know, and he hid nothing, telling her everything.

"How despicable, they lost their conscience and actually treated you like this!"

Shen Man spoke up for her man, realizing it wasn't that he was naturally perfect and attentive to everyone.

But rather, having endured a huge blow, he reshaped his personality—cold outwardly, warm within, and kind only to his own people.

"All right, all right, don't be angry—they got their comeuppance; that year of famine, the starving wolves and wild boars on the mountain couldn't bear it, came down to raid the village, and they got their just deserts....."

Jiang Ye leisurely turned the damp handkerchief to the other side and continued wiping the tears from his wife's face.

His tone and gaze would make anyone listening feel chills down the spine.

Meanwhile, Shen Man's eyes were filled with mist, she sobbed uncontrollably, and did not notice how strange the man's condition and gaze were at that moment.

She only felt that hearing this result made her heart feel much more relieved!