It happened that Yang Ruoqing was going to wash cucumbers and eggplants in the well in the backyard, so she invited Ping'er and said, "Come on, come with me to wash vegetables in the backyard. There is a shed there, which is cooler than this smoky kitchen!"

Ping'er stood up with a smile, helped Yang Ruoqing get a basket, and the two of them went to the well in the backyard together.

Ping'er bent down and fetched water neatly, poured it into a pool made of bluestone slabs at her feet, and then squatted down to pick and wash vegetables with Yang Ruoqing.

"Ping'er, there are no outsiders here. Please tell me how you and Brother Zhou Sheng spent their wedding night."

While washing cucumbers, Yang Ruoqing glanced at Ping'er with a smile and asked with a smile.

When asked about this, Ping'er's face turned red all the way to her neck, and she gave Yang Ruoqing an angry look, "I'm not ashamed to ask these questions."

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Please, this is human ethics. It's just as normal as eating, drinking, and wearing clothes. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Before every girl gets married, either her mother, aunts, or sisters will teach her some things about being a woman in private."

"When you got married, it was the experience taught by my sister Lan'er. Hahaha, this is normal. Every woman has been through this. What is there to be ashamed of?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and winked at Ping'er, then said, "Say it, don't be shy!"

Ping'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She looked around and then said to Yang Ruoqing in a low voice: "It's not that I didn't say it, it's that I haven't..."

"Ah?" Yang Ruoqing was so surprised that the cucumbers in her hands fell into the pool.

She quickly picked up the cucumbers and then asked: "What's going on? It's been three days? Could it be that you were unlucky enough to have your period?"

Ping'er shook her head again, "If it's because of menstruation, it doesn't matter. Three days after we got married, Brother Zhou Sheng really didn't have a choice in how he treated me. I have to be fair and I can't unjustly accuse him."

Yang Ruoqing frowned, "Oh, just tell me directly, why didn't he touch you? This roundabout way makes me anxious to death."

Ping'er bit her lip and said, "I can't blame him for not touching me. He didn't mean it. I can also see that he actually wanted to follow me... or something like that."

"It's just that we all have children. If the child cries and clings to him at night, he, as a father, can't be cruel and ignore the child!"

Although Ping'er's words were a bit cryptic, the smart Yang Ruoqing still understood after hearing this.

"What's going on with the soldiers these past few nights?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

Ping'er blushed and told Yang Ruoqing what happened on New Year's Eve.

"It's been the same these past two nights. I've had nightmares. We just went to bed when he came over and knocked on the door."

"Brother Zhou Sheng got a little annoyed after last night. He didn't open the door and scolded him to go back to the house and sleep."

"That child was also stubborn. He was only seven years old. He banged his head on the door outside and cried so hard that he almost alerted the neighbors."

"This morning when I was feeding chickens in the yard, Sister-in-law Zhou Sheng came to visit me and asked me what happened at night? I could faintly hear Bingbing crying, and I didn't know how to answer," said Ping'er.

Yang Ruoqing was stunned,

It’s so embarrassing!

"Fortunately, Zhou Sheng came over later and lied to fool his sister-in-law. Oh, but I was really worried," Ping'er continued.

"If others find out about this, they may make up a bunch of weird things to slander me."

"You can even say that I used this appearance to seduce Brother Zhou Sheng, make him disown his relatives, abuse his son and so on..." Ping'er said.

Yang Ruoqing still listened silently, but in her heart she agreed with Ping'er's worries.

The stepmother is in a difficult position.

If you do anything wrong with the children left behind by your ex, outsiders will say you are mean and vicious when they see it.

If you dote on the children left by your ex more than your own children, and they will say that you are deliberately flattering,

He failed to guide him correctly, taught him strictly, and deliberately wanted to raise his ex's child into a loser who only knows how to eat, drink, and poop...

In short, if someone has a mouth on someone else's body, it's up to them to decide whether it's good or bad.

"This matter is indeed a bit troublesome," Yang Ruoqing finally spoke up, "No wonder when I saw you come back today, something felt a little wrong. It's not like the sweetness of a newlywed bride at all. I see."

Ping'er sighed softly, lowered her head and continued to wash the eggplant in her hand, and said to herself: "I told Brother Zhou Sheng this morning, I said that during this period, there were two more people in the family, Bingbing.

After all, he is only seven years old, so he is too young to adapt."

"Especially since he used to sleep with Brother Zhou Sheng, and he doesn't adapt to the sudden separation of beds. Let Brother Zhou Sheng accompany him first, and wait until he gets used to it gradually," Ping'er added.

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Well, when it comes to children, we really can't rush it."

"It's just like my baby, who slept with me and his dad before he was three years old, and he still sleeps between us."

"After the age of three, you have to start learning to separate beds. At first, you won't even go back to your own small room until you die,"

"Even if Dazhi died, she would still make trouble. She would often come over to knock on the door with a pillow in her arms in the middle of the night."

"Sometimes I tell stories and I fall asleep, and I come back by myself, but this time I don't feel at ease,"

"After a while, I couldn't help but look at her, for fear that she would kick the quilt or something,"

"Later, Tang Yazi came up with an idea and said that now we adults should have a small bed next to the big bed, and separate the beds first, not the rooms."

"Take it step by step, step by step, be patient, and the children will get used to it," Yang Ruoqing said.

Ping'er listened carefully, took it to heart, and said to Yang Ruoqing: "Qing'er, you have a good idea. I'll talk to Brother Zhou Sheng when I get back today and give it a try."

Yang Ruoqing curled her lips and whispered in a low voice: "Bingbing is seven years old after all. Children of this age are said to be sensible but not sensible. Even if they don't understand, they still vaguely know a lot of things."

"If you two adults... or something like that, you'd better be careful and don't let him bump into you. It would be embarrassing, hehehe..."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's teasing, Ping'er's face turned red to the root of her neck again.

"You damn Qing'er, you were serious for a while, and now you're joking again, it's true!"

Ping'er scolded Yang Ruoqing, her shy look made her look much brighter and more delicate.

…

After lunch, Zhou Sheng and Ping'er were going back.

Zhou Sheng was thinking about going to the mountains to find the herb collection team in the afternoon, while Ping'er went back to take care of the housework.
Chapter completed!