He'd admit to looking forward to being freshly bathed and clothed. This isn't the Cloud Recesses, or the Unclean Realm. But A-Yao is with him. So they are making do with what little they have. It's enough for now.
Xichen blinks at the words, but hears the cracks of those knees and shakes his head a little, gaze still lowered.
"You have been working hard. You should go first, while the water is warmest." He's used to cold water. But he smiles at the glimpse at Meng Yao's mother, how she'd cared for her son. "Is there enough for both of us?"
"No no no, I couldn't." he blushed. He knew that he didn't mind but how could Meng Yao subject him to bathe in used water. For him he was used to things like that but to ask gentry to... Never.
"Yes. I do. And when we make dinner I can set aside the rice water we wash the rice with to ferment for more." He squeezed his shoulder gently and walked over to get the tub ready. It was already scrubbed clean. It just had to be moved into the middle of the room.
"Does vegetable soup and rice sound good to you tonight?"
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Xichen blinks at the words, but hears the cracks of those knees and shakes his head a little, gaze still lowered.
"You have been working hard. You should go first, while the water is warmest." He's used to cold water. But he smiles at the glimpse at Meng Yao's mother, how she'd cared for her son. "Is there enough for both of us?"
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"Yes. I do. And when we make dinner I can set aside the rice water we wash the rice with to ferment for more." He squeezed his shoulder gently and walked over to get the tub ready. It was already scrubbed clean. It just had to be moved into the middle of the room.
"Does vegetable soup and rice sound good to you tonight?"