Chapter 27: The Loophole in the Planned Economy!

To save face for her husband, Zhou Yuqin forced herself not to laugh out loud. She stuffed the contraceptive back under the bedsheet.

She got up from the heated brick bed, found a pair of large shorts from the wardrobe, and threw them to Li Xiangdong, “Hurry up and change.”

“Are you trying to laugh?”

Li Xiangdong, wearing the large shorts, kept his eyes fixed on his wife.

Zhou Yuqin finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, “I’m not, pfft~ I didn’t mean it like that.”

“If you didn’t mean it like that, then why are you laughing? You’re laughing at me right now!”

This was too embarrassing!

Li Xiangdong immediately turned off the light after his wife lay down, to prevent her from seeing his dejected state.

Zhou Yuqin comforted him, “Alright, alright, don’t be angry. Let’s go to sleep. You have important things to do tomorrow.”

Li Xiangdong lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

What had just happened had greatly wounded his pride!

Zhou Yuqin said, speechless, “Are you making pancakes, not sleeping?”

“What pancakes? I feel like I’m a pancake right now!”

Li Xiangdong turned on his side, looked at his wife lying beside him, and felt a stir of desire again.

What happened just now was purely an accident!

If he didn’t tame Zhou Yuqin this time, he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up in front of her in the future!

“Let’s go again?”

Zhou Yuqin pushed her husband away and sat up, “Why are you so annoying? Didn’t we just do it?”

“When did we do it? I didn’t even take off my pants. That didn’t count. Let’s go again.”

Li Xiangdong smiled, “The contraceptives will expire if we don’t use them.”

“You’re so full of nonsense!”

Zhou Yuqin almost burst out laughing. Her husband could even come up with such an excuse just to get some action.

Only now did she realize that Li Xiangdong had such a side to him. Thinking about it, it was quite interesting.

For the first time in their long marriage, she felt that this was how life should be lived, full of flavor, not like before, where everything seemed to be just going through the motions.

She lay back down and teased, “It’s fine, let them expire. Contraceptives don’t cost money or require tickets. They’re all given out for free by the subdistrict office. Every time the women’s director from the subdistrict office comes to visit, she gives us some.”

“Ah, is that so?”

How would a man like Li Xiangdong know about these things?

In this era where even manure required tickets, there was actually such a loophole!

Wasn’t this just causing trouble for him!

He said, unwilling to give up, “Even if it’s free, we can’t waste it, right? We should still use it. Comrade Zhou Yuqin, you can’t let that excellent quality of the working masses stumble on this matter.”

“Stop putting random hats on my head!”

Hearing her husband start to spout nonsense, Zhou Yuqin’s head began to ache. This was the old tune from a few years ago, and now he was bringing it up again.

Li Xiangdong reached out and pulled his wife into his arms, still not giving up, “I’m not putting random hats on your head. I’m educating you. Even though we’re back in the city now, you can’t lose that simple and unadorned quality of yours.”

Being held by him, Zhou Yuqin didn’t know what to say. “Stop being so glib. I’ll agree, alright?”

A rustling sound.

Seeing him lying on top of her without moving again, Zhou Yuqin said with a look of confusion and disbelief, “You didn’t… again, did you?”

“What do you mean ‘again’?! I’m looking for that loophole in the planned economy!”

“What fish are you talking about?”

“Nothing, just that thing the subdistrict office gives out for free. I have to use it!”

Although Li Xiangdong was a little unhappy, he hadn’t done this in a long time. To be on the safe side, he still decided to use a contraceptive.

He definitely couldn’t stumble in the same place twice!

The heated brick bed was still the best. It was sturdy and durable. Not only could it be used for heating in the winter, but it was also silent during… activities.

Zhou Yuqin got off the bed to wipe herself clean. After coming back and lying down, she said, “Are you satisfied now?”

Li Xiangdong was not the kind of person who would throw the matchmaker over the wall after marrying the bride. He held Zhou Yuqin in his arms and gently brushed away the stray hairs on her forehead that were damp with sweat. “I was just serving you.”

“Stop being so improper.”

Zhou Yuqin found his soft flesh and gave it a light pinch. “Let’s go to sleep. I’m really sleepy.”

Li Xiangdong watched his wife slowly fall asleep in his arms, listening to the faint snores coming from her nose. He also closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.