Time always slips away when one isn't paying attention—when Chen Jie came to, the eastern sky was already faintly hinting at the coming sunrise.
It must be almost four in the early morning.
Chen Jie took a rough cloth and wiped the sweat from his body before heading over to the household water tank, intending to take a sip of water.
However, he discovered that the water tank at home was nearly empty.
Seeing that there was still time, Chen Jie decided to fill up the family water tank. In the past, when he was not around, Su Yunjin would do the task of fetching water.
But she never used a shoulder pole and could only carry buckets by hand, which over time caused both her joints to become inflamed. Whenever it was damp or rainy, they would ache.
Chen Jie felt a pang of heartache when he thought about this; he had never heard her complain of the pain.
He picked up the shoulder pole and buckets and went beside the well to draw and carry water in one smooth sequence.
