Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 259: 257: Husband and Wife Travel Together, On Horseback, Laughing to the Sky!

Entwined, tenderly kissing, unwilling to part.

His large cloak enveloped her completely in his embrace. Apart from the intense rustling of the cloak, there were also enchanting pants and blush-inducing moans from within, and uncontrollable shouts from both when the passion reached its peak.

Finally, when he managed to open the cloak and release her from his embrace, his face was full of satisfaction, grinning like a sly, fish-gorging kitten.

She, however, was still breathlessly panting, her cheeks rosy, and her watery eyes brimming with charm, extraordinarily beautiful.

Di Yelei couldn’t restrain the great joy in his heart, showing a wide grin that revealed all of his white teeth!

Unable to resist, he buried his head and nipped at her fiercely once more, before forcing himself to raise his head. Carefully helping her tidy up her clothes, he then restrands her disheveled long hair, fastening the hairpin securely.

“Let’s go! We’re going back now! Giddy up!”

Di Yelei let out a long yell, kicked the horse’s belly, and the horse turned around and galloped back on the road they had come from.

The galloping horse sped like an arrow. Gradually, it slowed down and trotted lightly on the mountain path.

They rushed when they set off, but returned leisurely, after all, their intention for the trip was to exercise the horse.

The two rode on the trotting horse, admiring the scenery along the way.

The scattered snow began to melt, revealing the vegetation and bare mountain rocks beneath. The hazy sun in the sky cast an impression of a damaged ink landscape painting on their surroundings.

Soon, they entered the village, where many people came out of their houses. Seeing the two riding back, they all moved aside along the roadside.

Some called out and greeted the couple, who responded in kind. They also met a few acquaintances; Liu Sisi greeted them with a smile and brushed past them cheerfully.

At the moment, she didn’t know what time it was. The accumulated snow on the ground had melted, and she reached out to touch the horse’s neck, feeling the warm sweat.

The horse finally stopped in front of the courtyard. Its nose snorted and sneezed. It occasionally shook its mane, clearly having enjoyed a vigorous ride.

When the two entered the courtyard, the two children had already gotten up.

As soon as they saw the couple dismounting, they hurried over.

“Dad! Mom! You went horse riding? Mom!” YingEr quickly threw herself into Liu Sisi’s arms.

Di Xuan didn’t lag behind, taking two steps to reach Di Yelei’s side and gently tugging at his sleeve.

“Dad! Xuan’er wants to learn horse riding!”

The interest in his sparkling eyes was intense, filled with eagerness, as if, with just a word of agreement from Di Yelei, he would immediately jump onto the horse and have a go.

“Alright! Our Xuan’er will also learn to ride a horse!”

Di Yelei laughed heartily, patted Di Xuan’s shoulder, “A real man must shoulder burdens and work with his hands. We’ll need horses for going in and out in the future, so it’s time to learn!”

“Really? Dad, you agree to let me learn horse riding? Quickly! Hurry up, Dad! Hold me up.”

Di Xuan shouted excitedly, but the tall stirrup was too high for him!

The nearby Ying’er, watching all of this, was suddenly excited too!

“Mom, look! Big brother can ride, I also want to ride, please! Hmm—”

As she spoke, she tugged on Liu Sisi’s clothes, clearly meaning she would cry if she didn’t agree.

At the room door, Elderly Mr. Di was slowly coming out of the house, leaning on his crutch, and happened to witness Liu Sisi’s helpless laughter.

Seeing Liu Sisi’s smile, his mind’s eye pictured the grace of the Dou family. However, since marrying Ms. Zhao… alas! He couldn’t help but sigh with mixed emotions.

“Mom! — Ying’er also wants to ride a horse, Mom— Mom…”

YingEr kept shaking Liu Sisi’s arm, leaving her with no choice but to kick the ball back to Di Yelei: “Be good, YingEr, you see, even Mom can’t get on horseback, can she? Hurry and ask your dad what he thinks.”

Upon hearing her words, YingEr immediately let go of Liu Sisi’s hand, turned around, and clung to Di Yelei’s thigh.

“Dad! Dad, YingEr wants to ride the horse too…”

“No hurry, no hurry. I did promise to let you ride the horse, but not right now!”

Di Yelei gently patted his little daughter’s head, and with one swoop, he controlled Xuan’er’s excitement.

“Look how tall the horse is, do you think you can handle it?”

“But Mom just rode it too.” YingEr pouted in disagreement.

“But the horse is tired. Look at this extremely cold weather, this horse…” While speaking, Di Yelei wiped the horse’s neck and his hand was full of sweat: “The horse is sweating all over, if it keeps running, it will be exhausted. Dad promises you, I’ll take you out tomorrow morning, okay?”

Naturally, the two children didn’t agree and argued for a while, clinging to Di Yelei and refusing to let go.

Liu Sisi couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of them.

Turning her head, she saw her father-in-law standing at the eaves with his crutch and hurriedly went over to call him softly.

“Dad, have you eaten breakfast? It’s warm in the pot.”

“Had, had, Third Child’s daughter-in-law, good!”

Though the words were broken, Liu Sisi still understood what her father-in-law wanted to express and she laughed happily.

It was her father-in-law’s approval of her, which was no ordinary meaning.

“Taking care of the two children is Sisi’s duty. Dad, you take good rest, Sisi will go back to work.”

Liu Sisi returned to the house, tidied herself up, put the book she had copied yesterday into her bag, and then went out.

When she came back, she and Di Yelei had already agreed that today was the day for Sisi to teach Gan Miaoruo, so the two would go to Gan Mansion together. Liu Sisi would naturally go to teach, while Di Yelei was preparing to officially get back to work after selling the holiday.

When she came out of the Gan Mansion, Liu Sisi went to the bookstore on her way back.

The business in the bookstore was already on track and getting better and better. Di Cheng was indeed capable and had managed the shop well.

Of course, Liu Sisi was not a stingy person. She directly discussed with Di Cheng about the accounting method for the wages.

“…Because I have to pay rent as well as the costs of these goods. When you sell them, we will split the silver by nine to one. It may seem like this 10% is small, but every little bit adds up. For example, if you make fifteen taels of silver today, although only three and a half taels are left after deducting costs and rent, that means one and a half taels for you, and two taels for me…”

This calculation method is straightforward and easy to understand. Di Cheng knew what she meant as soon as he heard it and shook his head like a rattle drum.

“No way! Absolutely not. Third Aunt, there’s not only rent to pay for this shop, but also several kinds of taxes. Those people are ruthless, I’d get too much with one part. Absolutely not.”

“Don’t refuse, just do it as I said!”

Liu Sisi said firmly.

Want the horse to run, you got to feed it night grass!

In fact, she had considered for a long time before making the decision whether or not to do this. But in the end, she decided to do it.

The items in the shop were almost all priced, and when the goods were bought and sold, the profit was clear.

Money moves the heart.

Since she had no time to manage the shop herself, to avoid any unwelcome incidents, she might as well be open about the arrangement, which also happened to be a test of Di Cheng’s character.

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Recommend a completed farming novel “Fertile Land and Marriage”. Be sure to check it out if you’re interested.