Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1476: A Profitable Deal

Gu Jinli pointed outside the inner room door: "It’s in the side room opposite, there are two small stoves keeping it warm inside."

The room she stayed in was the biggest in the inn, with an outer room for guests, an inner room for sleeping, and a side room for bathing and using the toilet.

She continued: "There’s also hot water this time, no need to buy it, the inn gives it to us for free. Do you want to bathe first before eating?"

She had already bathed, and soaking in the bath was particularly comfortable.

Qin San Lang asked her, "Are you hungry?"

Gu Jinli shook her head: "It’s not yet dusk, I’m not hungry, I’m just afraid you are."

Qin San Lang said, "Then I’ll take a bath first, and we’ll eat together after I’m done."

After two days of battles, though he washed his face and hands, there was still a smell of blood on him. He wanted to wash off the bloody smell, not wanting it to bother her.

"Alright." Gu Jinli stood up and took clean clothes from the nearby box for him: "Here you go, they’re new."

Qin San Lang smiled, took the clothes, and instructed: "Quickly get back to bed, the floor is cold."

Although this was the best room at the inn, it was still quite basic compared to home, and the weather was freezing cold. Her menstruation should have just ended, so now she couldn’t catch a chill.

"Mhm." Gu Jinli obediently returned to the bed, wrapped herself in the goose down quilt, and waved her hand at him: "Stop grinning, go take a bath."

Every time he comes back, he loves to grin foolishly; men need to be a bit cooler.

Qin San Lang nodded, went to the side room to bathe, washed his hair too, enjoying a cozy soak in the bath that he almost fell asleep in the tub, but quickly got up after a fright.

When he returned to the inner room, Gu Jinli was wrapped in a thick goose down quilt, nodding her head a little as she dozed off.

Qin San Lang saw this and laughed, quickly reining in his smile, his eyes filled with a pained expression... Now, as dusk approached, she was so sleepy, she must have not slept well these past two days.

Though she stayed at the inn, she was busy tending to injured family, looking after the seized goods, preparing for the next journey, and worrying about him cleaning out the hills from bandits, which was surely exhausting enough for her where she couldn’t really sleep well.

Qin San Lang lightened his steps, walked over, and embraced her, quilt and all, wanting to lay her on the bed for a good sleep, but she quickly woke up and, upon realizing it was him, relaxed her body, her voice with a blend of drowsiness and amusement saying: "Done bathing? Hm? Your hair is wet, let go of me, I’ll wring your hair dry."

Qin San Lang: "No need, you sleep a while first, I’ll wring it myself and call you to eat when it’s dry."

Gu Jinli shook her head: "Not sleeping now, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night."

As she spoke, she took the dry towel from his hand, let him sit on the edge of the bed, turned to face her back, and began to wring his hair.

But wringing hair dry is a tedious and long job, and Gu Jinli’s hands were sore from wringing.

Qin San Lang noticed her slowing movements, raised his hand to hold hers, and smiled: "It’s good enough, no need to wring further, let’s eat."

Gu Jinli withdrew her hand, touched his hair, and said, "There’s still some moisture; it’ll be dry after we eat; let’s eat."

She added: "Don’t move, I’ll get the food."

She pushed him aside, got up to go to the side room to fetch food.

Qin San Lang followed her, and they each lit a stove, packed the food, and carried it back.

"There’s also grilled fish." Qin San Lang could hardly believe it when he smelled the grilled fish aroma, but after uncovering the steamer, seeing the grilled fish kept warm inside, his face lit up with a delighted smile: "Where did you find fish at a time like this?"

Gu Jinli said with some pride: "There’s a big pond in the county, heard there are plenty of fish there in the summer; I had someone open a hole in the ice and take them out. Lots of people came to buy, I made quite a profit."

Uh, Qin San Lang was choked: "Made a profit as well, is that big pond ownerless?"

"Owner? Sure, it’s the county’s medical pavilion, and the doctor said the pond has no fish in the winter; even if there are, they’re all dead. If I wanted to break the ice, it’d be one or two taels of Silver, so I broke it. Got lots of fish, that doctor regretted it." Gu Jinli couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of the doctor’s distressed face, coming to buy fish from her.

However, in the end, she gave the doctor ten big fish, which made him happy enough to give her two good medicine-brewing stoves.

Qin San Lang praised: "My Xiao Yu is so clever; when we’re on the road, when we see frozen ponds or rivers, we can use this method to fetch fish."

Gu Jinli nodded: "Aunt Niu has already led people to break ice and fetch fish by the big river outside the city, got quite a lot. All processed, used as meat dishes for the journey."

Gu Jinli set up the food, handed him a bowl of thick chicken soup congee: "You’ve been busy for two days, haven’t eaten on time; don’t eat anything too hard, have some chicken soup congee to soothe your stomach."

Qin San Lang nodded, took the chicken soup congee, drank it down quickly, and picked up the chopsticks to eat the grilled fish. With one mouthful of grilled fish, his eyes lit up, looking at Gu Jinli: "It’s the home’s taste."

Gu Jinli laughed: "Of course, I made it, using the same spices as home."

Talking about home, she suddenly missed Brother Cheng and the rest: "It’s almost New Year; wonder how Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, Mom and Dad, Big Brother, Big Sister, and Brother Cheng will celebrate? Must be preparing fried snacks at this time."

Qin San Lang listened, feeling pained and guilty, said: "At most three years, we’ll go back, spend New Year every year with Father-in-law and Mother-in-law."

"Silly, I’m just expressing the sentiment, why are you making empty promises?" Gu Jinli looked at him and said: "I’ve married, naturally have to spend New Year with you, how could I go back to my parents’ place?"

Uh, seems that women return to their natal home on the second day of marriage.

Whatever, ignore this for now.

"You eat quickly, after the meal sit a while and then sleep. You have dark circles; too long without sleep can lead to sudden death."

I mean it!

Qin San Lang laughed, touched her face, continued to eat, finishing both grilled fish, but gave her the fish steak meat, which has less bone.

Gu Jinli had a hearty meal; after eating, she packed the leftover pancakes and lamb, kept them warm in the stove: "If hungry in the night, get up and have some."

She turned around to wash her hand with warm water, called Qin San Lang: "I have something delicious for you."

Saying this, she ran back to the inner room, Qin San Lang watched her and laughed, quickly followed; entering the inner room, there was a plate of loquat fruit dry in sight: "I bought it at the medical pavilion, cleaned it, steamed it in the steamer, sprinkled sugar frost, tastes alright."

Qin San Lang was stunned listening: "You’ve turned the medicine into dried fruit."

Gu Jinli nodded: "Yeah, fruits used as medicine can be eaten like this."

Qin San Lang burst into laughter, how could she be so smart?

He scooped her up in his arms, laid her on the bed, pulled the goose down quilt around her snugly, then picked up a piece of loquat fruit dry, ate it: "Mm, tastes good, sweet and sour, very palatable."