Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 501: Chapter 501: Training My Lazy Wife to Death

”Time flies and people vanish, cherries turn red, plantains turn green.” Cheng Su took a sip of her hot coffee, looking out at the vast expanse of white snow with a light sigh.

Pfft!

Annoyed, Cheng Su looked over and said, ”Commander Qi, what’s so funny?”

Qi Taiguo looked up from his aviation magazine and laughed, ”I’m laughing at how literary you’re trying to be. Has the person who’s always focused on making money suddenly started to feel the melancholy of changing seasons?”

On this rare sunny winter day, Qi Taiguo was off duty and at home, so Cheng Su didn’t go to the company or the restaurant either. She made a cup of coffee to enjoy the snowscape outside the window, and it was looking at the pristine snow that inspired her to recite that line.

”What’s this about only focusing on money? Can’t businesspeople be cultured too?” Cheng Su gave him a look and clicked her tongue in disapproval of his lack of romantic sentiment, letting go of her leisurely mindset to enjoy the scenery.

She finished her hot coffee in a few gulps and snatched the book from his hands, saying, ”Stop reading. Let’s take advantage of the good weather today. With the New Year approaching and only a few days left before we head back to the countryside, let’s take down the quilts for washing and do a thorough cleaning!”

With the New Year just around the corner, they couldn’t possibly wait until New Year’s Eve to go back. For their small household in the countryside, preparations had to be made.

Qi Taiguo shrugged his shoulders and didn’t say much. He followed her into the bedroom, stripped off the bedding to soak and wash in the bathroom, and took the cotton quilts and pillows down to the courtyard to beat them until they were fluffy and ready to air out.

It was cold outside, so Cheng Su started heating water to wash. Qi Taiguo said, ”How many times will you need to heat the water? Forget it, I’ll wash it.”

Without waiting for Cheng Su to reply, he rolled up his sleeves and began to scrub the pillowcases, quilts, and sheets.

Cheng Su smiled and patted his head as if comforting a puppy, ”Good job, you’re really teachable. Our Commander Qi is finally coming around and helping his wife with housework.”

Qi Taiguo replied, ”Even before I married you, didn’t I wash my own clothes? It’s not a big deal.”

”Just make sure you don’t let it slip when you get home, or your mom will lecture me for being a lazy daughter-in-law,” Cheng Su said.

Qi Taiguo looked up, ”There you go talking about that again.”

Cheng Su simply shrugged her shoulders.

”Hey, once we’re done with the big clean-up, let’s go shopping. I’ve already picked up some New Year’s goods and prepared the couplets. We should also buy some nice new clothes for ourselves and some gifts to take back home.”

Qi Taiguo set the washed bedding aside in a large tub and said, ”Sure, we’ve got the time. But I don’t need new clothes. You go ahead and buy. I mostly wear my uniform, and I don’t have that many chances to wear anything else.”

”You can’t possibly go back for the New Year in your uniform, right?” Cheng Su was already pondering what clothes to buy for him and what gifts to take home.

As they joked and laughed, time quickly passed. Together, they washed the bedding and other items, then cleaned every nook and cranny of the house until everything was fresh and clean before sitting down to rest.

”Let’s go eat at the restaurant; I’m too tired to cook lunch now. After we eat, we’ll go shopping,” Cheng Su suggested, glancing at the clock on the table and sinking into the couch, not wanting to budge.

Qi Taiguo was also tired. He hadn’t expected housework to be more exhausting than training and said, ”Whatever you say.”

After sitting for a while, Cheng Su went to change clothes. As she came out, she heard a clatter as if things were being smashed.

Listening, it was coming from Chen Shouwang’s house again.

”What’s with those two, fighting every couple of days? With all this commotion, they aren’t actually coming to blows, are they?” Hearing the quarreling, Cheng Su looked towards Qi Taiguo.