The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 147: Mutual Assistance with Sister-in-Law_1

Chapter 147: Chapter 147: Mutual Assistance with Sister-in-Law_1

Auntie Caili, who was so flirtatious it seemed she could hardly resist swallowing Li Qing with her gaze, made even Li Qing feel a bit like a monkey on a horseback.

But remembering he still had a date with Yang Xuelan that evening, he ultimately declined Auntie Caili’s ardor.

To venture into an unknown territory was far more alluring to him than Auntie Caili’s well-trodden fertile soil.

Li Qing returned home, called Han Mei and Tian Yue’e, and with two bottles of wine in hand, went over to Gao Li’s place.

The scent of meat and the sound of frying came from the kitchen.

After Han Mei and Tian Yue’e arrived, they went straight to the kitchen.

Li Qing, holding the wine, went into the living room.

Gao Li lay sprawled on the couch with a cigarette in his mouth, intently watching TV.

"Now that’s how to live the life," Li Qing said with a laugh as he set down the wine.

Hearing Li Qing’s voice, Gao Li bolted up from the couch.

"You’re making me feel embarrassed, just turning up like this and even bringing wine," Gao Li said with a sparkle in his eye as he looked at the bottles, though his words were polite.

Lately, Gao Li the drinker had been kept under a tight leash by Yang Xuelan.

As far as Li Qing knew, Gao Li hadn’t touched a drop of wine recently.

"Just to have a drink with you," Li Qing said lightly as he took a seat on the couch.

"If Qingzi is drinking, then even if it kills me, I’ve got to keep up," Gao Li exclaimed as he grabbed the bottles, looking them over. "This wine isn’t cheap."

"It’s not that great; I don’t really know much about it. Auntie Caili said the booze hounds like it, so I brought it," Li Qing said offhandedly as he turned his attention to the TV.

A dance program was playing on the television.

The heavily made-up dancers shook their short skirts, gyrating their hips and waist, their gestures and poses exuding seductiveness.

"You like watching this kind of show, huh?" Li Qing teased.

"Hey, just casually watching. Wine gets better with age, but other people’s women, they are always more tempting," Gao Li said with a touch on the corner of his mouth, laughing lasciviously.

Li Qing silently nodded.

That was quite true.

"Dinner’s ready!"

Yang Xuelan, wearing an apron, came in carrying a tray.

One dish after another was placed on the table, all very lavish.

"Qingzi, today I’m lucky to bask in your light. Let’s eat and drink up!" Gao Li declared as he opened the wine, poured a glass for Li Qing, then put a chicken leg into Li Qing’s bowl.

"Darlin’, make sure Qingzi’s sister-in-law and Yue’er are well looked after, I’m going to have a drink with Qingzi."

"You don’t need to tell me, you guys carry on drinking," Yang Xuelan said disdainfully.

"Here, let’s have one for starters!" Gao Li swallowed, raising his glass.

Li Qing raised his glass and clinked it with Gao Li’s.

Slurp.

Gao Li tipped his head back and drained his cup, smacking his lips and squinting his eyes in satisfaction.

"This wine is really not bad at all!" he said sincerely.

Li Qing just sipped a little. He didn’t dare to drink like Gao Li.

With his meager drinking ability, if he opened up and really drank with Gao Li, he would surely be the one to fall.

"Come on, another one," Gao Li refilled his cup.

Slurp.

"That’s the stuff! This wine really is good!"

The dishes were hardly touched, and Gao Li had already downed four or five cups.

Li Qing looked on, dumbstruck.

No wonder Yang Xuelan needed to keep an eye on him.

With Gao Li’s pace of drinking, if Yang Xuelan didn’t rein him in, their household could indeed be drunk into poverty.

A single bottle of wine seemed scarcely enough for one of Gao Li’s sessions.

"Qingzi, you take it easy, don’t follow his lead. This bastard would gladly drown himself in the booze barrel," Yang Xuelan scolded.

Gao Li was just grinning foolishly and didn’t say a word in defense.

Li Qing lifted the glass he’d tapped four or five times and still hadn’t finished, "This... shouldn’t be considered too much."

The meal wasn’t finished, and a bottle of liquor was nearly empty.

Li Qing had drunk less than two glasses, the rest had all been downed by Gao Li.

However, with nearly half a kilogram of alcohol in his belly, Gao Li seemed to be reaching his limit.

His face flushed red, his tongue was heavy, and his speech started to jumble.

"Come on, let’s have another one," Gao Li said unsteadily, raising his glass.

"Qingzi, let me tell you, I, Gao Li, have taken you as my brother. I’d even swear a blood oath."

Li Qing lifted his glass and clinked it with Gao Li’s.

As for conversation, he couldn’t keep up anymore so he just let Gao Li talk on.

By the end of the meal, Gao Li had already collapsed, snoring loudly.

After two bottles of liquor were downed to barely a drop, Li Qing truly had his eyes opened to a drinker’s capacity.

Yang Xuelan cleared the table and saw Li Qing and his two companions out the door.

Owing to the presence of Han Mei and Tian Yue’e, Yang Xuelan had remained very proper all along.

She just sneakily passed a look to Li Qing.

Tian Yue’e didn’t go back with Li Qing, but went straight home instead.

Han Mei followed him back.

As she entered the door, she said, "It’s already late. I’ll help you wash up quickly, and then I’ll head back. It seems you haven’t bathed for two or three days. With the recent busyness, I accidentally forgot about it, and you didn’t even mention it."

Faced with Han Mei’s nagging, Li Qing just scratched his eyebrow.

He hadn’t thought about it either.

Honestly, he’d just bathed last night, and thoroughly at that.

Yu Lan, with her quiet nature, had completely let go after getting in the mood, utterly uninhibited.

Last night, Yu Lan had used her soft, fair skin to scrub over Li Qing’s lower legs and back countless times.

If it weren’t for the injury on Li Qing’s waist, which shouldn’t be exposed to water yet, Yu Lan would undoubtedly have washed the front for him as well.

The sensation was still delightfully memorable.

Real soft, a real comfortable wash.

"What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and move!" Han Mei urged.

"Oh, okay," Li Qing hastily followed her, and they entered the bathroom together.

"I’ll just give you a quick wipe down, you don’t seem very dirty," Han Mei said after Li Qing had taken off his clothes.

Li Qing thought to himself, of course, it’s clean.

Last night’s thorough scrubbing by Yu Lan, if that wasn’t clean, that would be saying something.

Thinking about the intimate scenes from the previous night, the moment Han Mei’s delicate hands touched Li Qing’s chest, something down below quietly stood up.

Han Mei’s face flushed a deep red, "How come you’re reacting already?"

"...Been holding it in," Li Qing muttered under his breath.

Han Mei glared at Li Qing annoyed, "You just messed around with Tian Yue’e a couple of days ago, what’s there to hold in?"

"But I just can’t help myself with you, sister-in-law!" Li Qing mumbled.

"I’ll get even more uncomfortable helping you out at all, hang in there," Han Mei said softly with a blush on her face.

Li Qing embraced Han Mei in one swift motion, "Sister-in-law, let me help you!"

"Stop fooling around, I’m not uncomfortable right now..." Han Mei pursed her lips and pried away Li Qing’s hands.

"Stand properly, let me wipe you down."

Li Qing said eagerly, "Sister-in-law, no one will come today, it’s already so late. I can make you feel better than you could yourself, come on."

"But you will feel worse," Han Mei said with a flushed and indecisive face.

"You could help me too, come on," Li Qing said.

"...Okay," Han Mei pressed her lips tightly and nodded slightly.