” Well , I can accept  this suggestion ” putting on a reluctant  expression  Su Wan  spoke  , and as she expected  the five Lin brothers  expression  immediately  ligted up like Christmas  tree ” but I have some conditions  “, now that  she has decided  to make these five men work hard  to win her heart  , she  hurriedly  held her hand and interrupted  their beautiful day dream . Humph , want to get in this Aunt’s  pants so easily  ,not a chance ! This auntie will only sleep with the one who will move her  heart . 

” Conditions  ?  What sort  of  conditions ?” asked Lin Yan  feeling a bit stifled  haven’t  they already  given her a lot of concessions already . How dare this woman set conditions  in front of  them ! He hurriedly glared at his eldest brother  with a look that said ‘who exactly  wears the pants  in this house  ? are we the husbands or she is our lady ???? huh huh ?’ .

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However, no matter how hard Lin Yan glared at Lin Jing  the latter simply  ignored  this bad temper brother of his after glancing at him briefly . Who wears the pants in the house  ? of course  it was their  wife  ! Su Wan  was their wife not any other  woman whom he  could simmer down with a glare , if he tried  to do that won’t  he be locked out  of their bedroom for God  knows how many months ?  Lin Jing  finally had a chance to slowly  warm up to his wife would he let go of it just because his younger brother  waa dissatisfied  ? Of course  he won’t  ! If you are  dissatisfied  speak  for yourself  on your own ! 

Lin Yan who was ignored  by his elder brother was so furious that his teeth  started hurting because  of the force he was using  to grind them .

If  Lin Jing  could understand  Lin Yan ‘s Dissatisfaction  so could Su Wan  but will she care about  Lin Yan ‘s bitter temper ? Ofcourse no ! That man could get angry as much as he liked to but she wasn’t  going to pay  him any heed .

” Yes conditions  ” said Su Wan  who bravely fought her temptations and raised a finger ” first and foremost  I will be the one deciding  with whom I want to share bed  with , if any one of you make me angry you can rest assure that I won’t  let you inside the room ” 

Almost at once the Lin brothers  swerved their head at Lin Yan whose face distorted  even more . Won’t  let him inside  if he made  her mad ?  As if ! A locked door ain’t  stopping him , how  naive ! Lin Yan who was being gazed at , narrowed  his eyes and glared  at his brothers who hurriedly  looked  away .

The corner of Su Wan ‘s mouth curved up at their chidish antics but she  quickly pressed  it down ” secondly  , if I say no that means no .  If I tell you that I don’t  want to sleep with you guys then you won’t  force  yourself upon me . This is  the basic etiquette of being a gentle husband. ” 

” Lastly  , if I’m  too tired please  let me sleep  peacefully . Don’t  try to do anything  sneaky  because I don’t  like when someone  disturbs my rest , do you all agree  ?” 

The Lin brothers  exchanged a glance  and sighed what else can they do ? So in the end all of them nodded and agreed  with teary eyes .

” Okay  so I will decide  the order now because I don’t  want to be unfair – wait a second ” then Su Wan  turned around  and picked a few fallen sticks , she broke them evenly in ascending order then picked  the bundle shuffling  it up ” Here we go , you have already seen what I just did , there are five sticks from the longest to the shortest  – the one who draws the longest stick will sleep with me in my room  tonight  and the order  will follow , so hurry up and draw your  stick ” 

Even though  Su Wan told them  to hurry up The five Lin brothers  took their time , Lin Chen even did a quick prayer and then everyone  turned to look at each other as if they were staring at their enemy  whom they met at the battlefield.

  Atleast  that what Su Wan  thought. 

Though  she believed that  the five brothers  were taking it a little too seriously  what she didn’t  understand  was this was the brothers  first  time sharing a bed with their wife , even though  they agreed to share their wife  within their heart they still wanted  to be the first  ! 

Thus , when  given a chance  of breaking the older to youngest  order the Lin brothers hurriedly  took it . 

Swipe ! 

Quick as lighting  the five brothers pickex their stick and then – 

” I’m  second  ! I’m  second !” Lin Chen  who drew the second longest stick was so happy that he hopped and jumped like crazy . 

While Lin Jing who drew the longest stick heaved a sigh of relief , truly relieved  that he was able to save  his position as first .

Lin Rui was third and Lin Yu was fourth both of them were not as happy as Lin Chen and Lin Jing but they  were also not as sad as Lin Yan  who suddenly  fell to last place from second . Lin Yan  was so mad that his face  turned  black as ink , while he alternatively glared at Su Wan  and the short stick in his hand .He was last ! From second to last ! Lin Yan  couldn’t  believe  it ( author’s note : Lol who said that he wasn’t  interested  in Su Wan stick like body ? Now suffer  mwuhahaha ) 

Su Wan  who was on the receiving  end of Lin Yan ‘s dark  glare felt her scalp tingle , she awkwardly  shifted  on her feet and shrugged innocently  holding up her hands ” Its not my fault , its just your bad  luck .Look I really did a fair job here  , you can’t blame me for your luck being so bad ” 

‘Bad luck my a*s 

Can’t  blame you ? This Old man will definitely  blame you ! 

Being fair ? Ptooey ! What was wrong with the original order  ? Just say that you don’t  like me and you are just bothering with me because  I’m  your husband  ! this is the truth right ? right ?’ Lin Yan  who received  blow after blows from getting abandoned by his brothers to getting down on his luck , was so disappointed  that he went to his room and took a long ‘nap ‘ .

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Time ticked by and soon every household  began ligting their lamps as the sky  darkened .  Since  , there was a shortage  of income most family went to bed early  compared to others because they wanted to save lamp oil. These family were  the ‘early  to bed and  early  to rise ‘ ones .

Su Wan  on the other after a tiring  day  was feeling sweaty and tired  . She really wished for a bathtub with  soothing aroma candles burning  by her side , in the modern world  she was used to taking a relaxing bath after a hard day  but the Lin family  only had a large wooden basin.

Looks like I  need to earn money as soon  as possible !  muttered  Su Wan  inwardly  as she sniffed her sweaty  body  and went blegh , she was someone who loved cleanliness especially  when it concerned her personal hygiene  . 

If it was before  she would have  just wiped her body  and dived right  in the hot spring  in the back  room of their house but –  but they needed  to keep that spring  water clean for their money earning  crops ! So Su Wan  couldn’t  take a dip down the hot spring  with her sweaty  body. 

  ” Wan Wan what are you thinking ?” carrying two bucket of hot water hanging balanced  on a wooden pole , Lin  Rui asked 

” nothing  ” Su Wan  shook her head and simply followed behinf Lin Rui who placed  the hot water bucket in the bath house . There  was no point in telling Lin Rui about her desire  for a bath tub it wasn’t  as if he could  make it – That’s  right make it ! Wasn’t  Lin Jing  going to the mountains to get lumber for a dining table  why don’t  she ask him to make a bath tub for her as well ? 

a/n : explanation  why I didn’t  let Su Wan  bath in the hot spring