"What?"

Gu Mingzhou's face immediately darkened.

Taking off clothes to seduce?

How did these people know?

He then looked at Lin Sisi, who was also annoyed and wanted to strangle Aunt Liu to death immediately.

They'll say anything!

She warned Aunt Liu with a cold face, "Auntie, don't talk nonsense."

Aunt Liu shook her head and walked away, saying, "Fine, just pretend I didn't say anything." Anyway, everyone already knows.

Aunt Liu took a couple of steps, then turned back and said to Gu Mingzhou, "Although you're not bad looking, you're still not as good-looking as the man next to Lin Zhiqing now. Oh, he's a whole lot less attractive."

After saying that, she turned her head away and laughed silently with her mouth wide open. She thought she had just laughed so hard; she had seen the two people's faces turn almost green.

After the aunties left, Gu Mingzhou stood there, his face grim, looking like a storm was about to break out.

That's so embarrassing!

To be honest, it wasn't exactly something to be proud of for him and Lin Sisi to become a couple, and yet people just blurted it out like that.

He cursed Aunt Liu, that rural woman, for being so uncultured.

That wasn't all; what angered him even more was that Aunt Liu actually compared him to Lu Zhengting, saying that he was inferior to Lu Zhengting, and that Lu Zhengting was the person he hated the most.

With nowhere to vent his anger, he looked at Lin Sisi with a gloomy face: "How did they know about that?"

Lin Sisi pouted. If she didn't tell Lin Qingyan now, when would she?

“Brother Mingzhou, do you think I would tell this myself? It was Qingyan who did it. She probably thinks I stole you away, so she blames me and told those aunties. We had no choice. She has no understanding at all and even wants to ruin my reputation.”

"Yeah?"

Gu Mingzhou wasn't very angry anymore. After all, what Lin Qingyan said was true. If Lin Qingyan really held a grudge against Lin Sisi because of this, wouldn't that prove that Lin Qingyan couldn't bear to part with him?

"Brother Mingzhou, she's held a grudge against me because of this and doesn't want me to live peacefully here. But I won't hold it against her. For my sake, you won't hold it against her either, right?"

She actually really wanted Gu Mingzhou to cause trouble for Lin Qingyan.

Gu Mingzhou shook his head: "She said it, and it's pretty much the same thing anyway. Don't bring it up again. People will gradually forget about it."

Lin Sisi: "..."

Why aren't you angry anymore?

She seemed to sense that Gu Mingzhou's attitude towards Lin Qingyan was somewhat different from before.

Gu Mingzhou continued walking forward, but his expression did not improve.

It wasn't because his affair with Lin Sisi was exposed, but because he remembered what Aunt Liu had said about him being inferior to Lu Zhengting.

Damn it, no matter where he goes, people always say he's not as good as Lu Zhengting.

How is he inferior to Lu Zhengting?

One day, he will prove that he is better than Lu Zhengting.

In the afternoon, Lin Qingyan continued cutting pig feed, and this time she coincidentally met up with the children.

Both Da Hu and Er Hu were very happy to see her.

"Sister, let's cut pig feed together today. I haven't seen you for the past two days. Where did you cut the feed?"

"Over there," Lin Qingyan pointed in the direction.

"Is there a lot of grass over there?"

"There were many, but not many now. It will get cold soon, and I'm afraid no new buds will grow. We'll have to wait until next year to go there and cut them."

"Yes, sister, after autumn, when all this grass withers, we'll be free and won't have to come here to cut pig feed anymore."

Da Hu was overjoyed when he heard that he wouldn't have to work anymore soon.

Lin Qingyan had never experienced the days of hibernating during winter, so she asked Da Hu, "When it's very cold in winter, do we have to stay at home all the time?"

"Yes, when it snows heavily in winter, the snow is very thick, so we basically stay indoors and don't go out."

"Won't you get bored inside?"

Da Hu nodded, somewhat dejected. "But there's nothing I can do. It's too cold outside, so I have to stay indoors, or I'll freeze. Besides, we don't have enough warm clothes to wear if we want to go out. Inside, there's a heated kang bed, it's cozy and cozy, so it's alright."

Lin Qingyan nodded; she estimated that it would snow here in another month.

If it's really as Da Hu says, with ice and snow everywhere, then she'll have to stay in the dormitory at the educated youth settlement indefinitely.

The thought of spending the entire winter indoors is so boring.

Then I remembered that the dormitory at the educated youth settlement was only three rooms in size, housing nine female educated youths. With so many people, there wasn't even room for them to move around.

If she really can't go outside, she still prefers to have her own private space.

But she remembered being intercepted by Lai Zi before. Besides Lai Zi, there must be other bachelors, hooligans and thugs in this village. Lin Zhiheng's skills are not very good either. If he were to face two men of similar strength, he would hardly get the upper hand. Going out to stay now is still dangerous.

Let's wait and see.

Seeing that Lin Qingyan remained silent, Da Hu raised his head and asked, "Sister, are you thinking about something?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking that when it snows in winter, we can have a snowball fight."

"Yay!" Da Hu cheered immediately. "Sister, we made a promise that we'll have a snowball fight together when the first snow falls."

"Okay, I also have a younger brother, I'll let him play with you too."

"Okay, sister."

The other children also got excited when they heard about the snowball fight, and they gathered around, chattering about how they would have a snowball fight and what kind of snowman they would build when it snowed.

The children chattered excitedly, having a lively discussion.

Lin Qingyan had cut half a basket of pig feed. There wasn't much feed left, and she was about to go with Da Hu and the others to find some better pig feed elsewhere when Chen Lu came running over in a panic.

She ran while clutching her chest, struggling to breathe because she was so tired.

"Qingyan, something terrible has happened! Your younger brother, Xiaolin, the educated youth, he... he's having a relapse! You need to go see him right away!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingyan immediately put down her basket and went to find Lin Zhiheng.

When she and Chen Lu arrived at the field, Lin Zhiheng was lying on the ground, unconscious, with Wang Qiang guarding him.

Lin Qingyan immediately checked Lin Zhiheng's breathing, which was relatively steady. She then checked his pulse, which was also normal. She touched his chest, and his heartbeat had returned to normal.

There was still some white foam around his mouth, which Lin Qingyan wiped clean for him.

He asked Wang Qiang, "How long has Xiao Heng been sick?"