Twenty minutes later, all was quiet.
"You have no shame."
Hu Qiaoling complained coyly while straightening her clothes.
Zhang Xiaoshan said with a smile.
"Don't worry, it's busy farming season. Everyone from the village goes up the mountain to work in the morning and will only come back in the afternoon."
Relieved by what Zhang Xiaoshan said, Hu Qiaoling rested for a few minutes, then stood up and said,
"It's about time I went back. I said I was going out to gather herbs, and it's already been over an hour. If I delay further, Li Erniu will get suspicious. What did you have me come here for in the first place?"
Zhang Xiaoshan knew that their affair must not be discovered by others, so he stopped fooling around.
"Wait a moment."
Zhang Xiaoshan got up and took out two small bottles of safflower oil from the medicine cabinet and handed them to Hu Qiaoling.
"What are you giving me these for?"
Zhang Xiaoshan handed one of the bottles, labeled, to Hu Qiaoling as he explained,
