Chapter Twenty: Two People Taking a Bath Together

  "Ah, maybe it is." Ye smiled and led the way, today was incredibly happy.

  It's been years since I've had a good meal like this, ever since Ziyuan gave birth to Fan'er, she's been getting sick every now and then. Our family was already struggling financially before that, but it got even tighter afterwards.

  Even during holidays and festivals, they can't afford to eat anything good, let alone prepare a table of delicious dishes to entertain others.

  Although it's still unclear when Fang'er exactly started learning how to cook and all that...

  Su Xiaofan boiled the water and walked into Madam Jia's room, softly asking: "Mother, do you want to take a bath? After giving birth, it will be quite some time before you can bathe again."

  Jia rubbed her slightly aching abdomen, furrowed her brow and said: "You get some water for your mother to bring in, I'll just wipe my body clean a bit, don't feel like moving now."

  "Alright, wait a moment." Su Xiaofan went into the kitchen and filled a bucket with water. After checking that the temperature was just right, she carried it inside. She thought to herself that today she should use some of her silver to buy some daily necessities, such as a water bucket and basin, which were still not enough. After giving birth, her mother would also need a separate basin for washing the baby's clothes and bathing.

  "Mother, let me help you." Su Xiaofan saw that she was heavily pregnant and seemed extremely inconvenient.

  "Come on, Fan'er, you go take a bath with the young master. The water will get cold soon." Ye Shi extinguished the fire in the kitchen before walking into the room.

  Su Xiaofan lightly responded with a "good".

  In the room, Xiao Yimiao lay on his back in bed, bored and gazing out of the window at the sky.

  "Little treasure, the water is ready, let's go." Su Xiao Fan walked to the bedside, opened his arms and prepared to strip him naked and carry him over.

  "Us?" Xiao Yimiao turned his head, a hint of puzzlement flashing in his dark eyes.

  "Yes, I boiled a full pot of water, enough for the two of us to wash together." Su Xiao Fan grabbed his small hand, ready to pull him over.

  She gently pulled the memory down, but didn't pull it over. She furrowed her brow and looked over to see Xiao Yimeng at this moment using another small hand to tightly grasp the wooden window frame.

  "What's wrong? Didn't little treasure say he wanted to take a bath himself?" Su Xiaofan was puzzled, having heard that some children just didn't like taking baths and would have to be coaxed every day, but little treasure had clearly suggested taking a bath on his own just now.

  "I want to take a bath by myself." Xiao Yimeng refused to let go, even though she was now nominally his own wife, but it was still not allowed, after all they were not yet married.

  "That sink is quite deep, how can you wash by yourself?"

  Su Xiaofan stood in front of the bed, engaging in a game of tug-of-war with Xiao Yimeng. Although she knew that if she used some force, she could easily pull him over, but thinking that it might hurt or injure him, she dispelled the idea.

  Xiao Yi Mo tightly furrowed his slender eyebrows, looking at Su Xiao Fan with a face full of disdain: "You're not ashamed, still a young unmarried girl, yet you want to bathe together with me, a man."

  Su Xiaofan smiled helplessly: "Little treasure, you're a boy, no doubt about it, but you're still so young, what are you afraid of? Come on, be good and listen."

  "I won't." Xiao Yi Mo tried hard to pull back his own hand.

  "Don't be naughty, little treasure. Tomorrow sister will get you something delicious to eat." Su Xiao Fan coaxed him with kind words. It's said that some kids don't listen to softness but respond to firmness, should she try being stricter on him?

  "Delicious? Let's roast those three little rabbits for the young master." Xiao Yimeng's eyes gleamed with golden light, his lips curling up as he gazed at Su Xiaofan.

  Su Xiaofan glared at him and then said: "They're all still so small, I'll roast them for you to eat when they grow up a bit, how's that?"

  "Hmm... the tender ones are more fragrant." Xiao Yi Mo didn't know why, but seeing Su Xiao Fan carefully taking care of those little things every day made him uncomfortable, and he really wanted to eat them.

  Su Xiaofan helplessly let go and stood by the bed, quietly looking at Xiao Yimeng.

  Xiao Yimò took advantage of the opportunity to shrink his body entirely and stick closely to the corner of the wall.

  "Little treasure doesn't want to take a bath, I'll go wash myself." Su Xiaofan lifted her foot and was about to walk out.

  Xiao Yi Mo hastily stretched out his hand and pointed at Su Xiao Fan's back, saying: "No way, I also want to take a bath, I'm already stinky."

  "So you want to take a bath with me?" Su Xiaofan turned her head and glared at him with feigned annoyance.

  "Get lost." Xiao Yi Mo angrily moved to the bedside, preparing to put on her shoes and get out of bed. She was a girl who wasn't afraid of anything, so why should he, a man, be afraid?

  Su Xiaofan saw this and burst out laughing, quickly walking over to hug Xiao Yimeng, and even nibbled on his tender cheek.

  "Women, don't overstep your bounds." Xiao Yimoh's face turned red with rage as he bellowed in Su Xiaofan's arms.

  "Wrong, I'm a girl now, not a woman!" Su Xiao Fan happily smiled and hugged him as they walked towards the bathroom, wondering if the water was still hot after being stained for half a day.

  "You'll be a woman sooner or later, humph!" Xiao Ye's head was raised stubbornly, although being held in the arms of a woman was a very embarrassing thing, and a hint of obscure gloom flashed through his bright eyes.

  Su Xiaofan almost laughed out loud, put Xiao Yimeng on the ground and prepared to undress him, while curiously asking: "Little treasure, do you know how to turn a girl into a woman?"

  Although he seemed mature, Su Xiao Fan still didn't believe that he would understand things between men and women. After all, he was only six years old, and at the age of six, even if he played with computers every day and watched TV, he wouldn't have understood much, let alone in this relatively conservative time and space, where adults probably wouldn't talk to him about those things.

  "Hmph! Don't think I'm a fool!" Xiao Yi Mo said with a proud expression, then noticed Su Xiao Fan's thoughts and immediately used her two small hands to tightly grasp her clothes, refusing to let go.

  "Okay, let go, let me help you take off your clothes." Su Xiaofan frowned, can this child be said to be precocious?

  But isn't it a bit too early?

  Is there anyone who got married at six years old?

  "You turn around, I'll take off my clothes myself." Xiao Yimeng shifted his body back a bit, how could he let a woman undress him.

  "Alright, hurry up, take off your clothes and put them on the table over there. Step on that stone pedestal to get in, don't go too fast, go slowly, or you'll drown." Su Xiaofan shook her head and turned around with a helpless expression.

  "Alright, nagging old woman." Xiao Yimeng raised an eyebrow impatiently and quickly took off his clothes while cautiously guarding against Su Xiaofan suddenly turning around. After putting away the clothes, he quickly climbed into the water-filled trough, hiding his entire body in the water.