"Why did you suddenly decide to go to the market?" Yang Yunhai asked.
"Sister-in-law and the others came over to call me, and I thought I’d buy some mountain goods to send home," Gu Lingling said while directing Yang Yunhai to organize things. "Look at the things I’ve bought. They’re hard to find in the Capital City."
Showing off.
"Wonderful." Yang Yunhai leaned in and kissed her forehead. "Tired?"
"Not...tired, a bit tired." Seeing his expression, Gu Lingling quickly changed her words. "Really tired, that road was so difficult to walk."
She finished speaking, yawned, and rubbed her stomach. "What should we do? What are we having for dinner? I’m really hungry now."
"Hold on a second, I’ll cook for you," Yang Yunhai said, smiling at her after organizing the things.
Could he not see through her little thoughts?
"I want a big bowl," Gu Lingling said, pushing him from behind, "I think I could eat a whole cow right now."
It’s strange; normally people can’t eat after being carsick, but she’s really got an appetite.
Especially now, the more she talks, the hungrier she feels.
"There are snacks in the drawer, want to nibble on something first?" Yang Yunhai offered.
He bought the snacks specially for her so she wouldn’t be bored.
"Sure," Gu Lingling said, smiling as she went to get the snacks. When she next saw the kitchen, Yang Yunhai had already skillfully put dumplings in the pot. "How come there are dumplings?"
She was a bit curious.
Yang Yunhai, though he could now make dumplings, wasn’t very skilled.
Given the speed, they definitely weren’t made by him.
"I prepared them when I came back for lunch," Yang Yunhai replied. "Originally thought to make dumplings with you at noon, but I saw your note."
Knowing the bus would return near mealtime, he prepared them in advance, just waiting for her to return before cooking.
"You’re so sweet," Gu Lingling praised without hesitation, hugging his waist from behind, acting spoilt. "You’re going to spoil me."
"Silly girl," Yang Yunhai said in good spirits, "If you keep holding me like this, don’t blame me later."
A sentence that made Gu Lingling immediately let go in fright and dart outside the kitchen, standing at a distance while looking inside, "Take it easy, aren’t you afraid of scaring me away? I might not come back."
This person has no restraint, seriously.
"Let’s eat dumplings," Yang Yunhai said helplessly with a smile, "Or else, could I have spared you last night?"
He worried if he went too far, she’d run away, making it hard to coax her back to the barracks later.
"So delicious," Gu Lingling remarked, eating a few dumplings, giving a thumbs-up, "Brother Yang, your cooking skills are getting better and better."
Men need more praise.
Sure enough, Yang Yunhai, in a good mood, pushed the plate of dumplings towards her a bit, "If they’re good, eat some more."
"You should taste your own cooking," Gu Lingling said, giving him a dumpling, "It’s good, isn’t it?"
And so, a large plate of dumplings was finished in the process of feeding him one and eating one herself.
While washing dishes, Yang Yunhai thought, maybe he should cook more dumplings in the future; he had already eaten, but being fed felt great.
Moreover, he liked sharing a plate of food head to head like this.
Really, it was the first time he felt this newly acquired home had a sense of ’home’.
It turns out, only where she’s present can truly be called home.