Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Is there someone outside?

Ever since Cheng Minsheng died, there were only two widows left in the Cheng family. It didn't take long before rumors started to spread.

People say that there is always trouble around a widow, let alone a new widow who is young and good-looking.

"You're a demon, a fox transformed from the mountains. You came out to wreak havoc on people and sucked my life force dry. Now you're trying to bully others. You're so restless! Sooner or later, I'm going to find a master to subdue you!"

Mrs. Qu sat on a stool, folding beans, and looked at the man who was still reclining on the bamboo couch, and scolded him.

You Shanxi, who was lying on the bamboo couch, had a bruise on his forehead, a broken chin, and several bloody streaks on the back of his hands that had not yet scabbed over.

As for this old lady Qu, she had a very good face and a thick skin, but her belly and thighs, which were covered by her clothes, were bruised in several places.

The two of them had fought several times at home a few days ago, and neither of them got away with it. Mrs. Qu saw that the man was a tough guy, so she stopped fighting and started cursing.

You Shanxi wasn't annoyed. He said slowly, "You keep repeating the same things over and over again. Don't you have any new ideas? I'm a fox from the mountains. It was your son who fell into your lustful eyes and bought me with his own money."

Mrs. Qu cursed, "If you hadn't seduced my son, he wouldn't have been able to buy you for ten or twenty strings of silver. If he hadn't bought you, you'd still be being whipped by that thug!"

"If he didn't think I was pretty, would he be willing to spend money? I'm not the only one whipped by that man, so why didn't I see him buying anything else?

There's no need to talk about all this. He bought me, and I'm grateful to him. He's such a cripple, and he's not only ugly, but I slept with him, married him, and even waited on you. Who else would be willing to do that? I've been here for six months, and I've never once complained about your poor family.

"A sick man was lying in bed, groaning. I told him to go get a doctor, but you refused, fearing it was a dirty disease and embarrassing. Now he's well, and you've killed him, yet you're still blaming others."

You Shanxi changed his obedient appearance when he first came. After a few fights with Qu, he stopped pretending and completely revealed his true nature in front of Qu.

Mrs. Qu covered her face and cried. After crying, she scolded: "You are grateful, grateful. How could you flirt with the men in the village only a few days after my son died? You are so eager to seduce him. If my son knew, he would drag you down to accompany him!"

You Shanxi snorted and laughed: "You, an old woman who killed someone, didn't even teach him to drag him away, so why should I be afraid?"

"He died if he said so, and there's not a penny left at home. If I hadn't left, how could anyone have secretly brought rice and noodles to the house? When you were eating the pork I brought back yesterday, didn't you think of your poor son?"

"If it weren't for me, Yidui would have starved to death and would have gone down to accompany you."

Mrs. Qu was so embarrassed by You Shanxi's words that she cursed him, "You monster."

You Shanxi said impatiently, "Hurry up and pick the beans and put them in the pot. Heat up the leftover meat from yesterday. I'm starving. Old people are more resistant to hunger."

On this day, Fan Shoulin was weeding the konjac field at home. The weather in late May was very hot.

He worked for an hour or so, and his body was dripping with sweat. He loosened his hoe and prepared to take the kettle and a bowl of warm water to quench his thirst.

"Uncle Fan, hoe the ground~"

Hearing the sound, Fan Shoulin looked over and saw the young widow of the Cheng family carrying a basket.

He agreed and said, "Hey, Xiao You is also working here?"

"Mom wants to eat noodles. I'll pick a few scallions and chop them into scallion noodles. They'll taste better."

As he spoke, You Shanxi walked over.

"How filial."

Fan Shoulin praised someone.

"Uncle Fan is so capable! Look how well he's taken care of this konjac. Its leaves are big and its branches are plump."

You Shanxi picked up a pear from his basket, handed it to Fan Shoulin, and told him to eat it to quench his thirst.

"It's hot, but be careful not to get too exhausted from heatstroke."

Fan Shoulin thanked him and thought to himself how kind the child was. He wiped the muddy hands and went to take it. When his hand touched the pear, You Shanxi did not let go.

Just when I didn't know what it meant, my fingers suddenly hooked on the palm of my hand.

"Uncle Fan spoke up for me earlier, and I'm grateful, but I haven't had the chance to thank him properly yet."

Fan Shoulin withdrew his hand suddenly, as if he had been struck by lightning.

He was a little flustered and didn't know what to do: "Thank you, what's there to thank me for? We are all from the same village, I don't deserve to thank you..."

Seeing the man's embarrassed face, You Shanxi covered his mouth and chuckled, then stuffed the pear in his hand back into Fan Shoulin's arms.

Fan Shoulin held the pear in his hand and felt it was too hot. He quickly handed it back and said, "This is a good pear. Take it back and eat it. I drank some water and I'm not thirsty anymore..."

"My mouth may not be thirsty, but my heart is."

You Shanxi raised his eyes and glanced at Fan Shoulin. After that, he smiled and left.

Fan Shoulin was stunned for a long time.

At this moment, Kang He came out to pick vegetables and happened to be going to the field to call Fan Dad home.

When people came over, they saw that Fan Shoulin's face looked like a monkey's butt.

He called out to the person twice but got no response. He approached and actually scared the person.

"What happened, Dad?"

"No, nothing! He just gave me a pear!"

Kang He was startled when he saw someone, and asked, "Who talked to Dad and took the pear?"

"It's, it's the brother from the Cheng family."

Kang He frowned when he heard this.

He looked at his father, whose face was red and eyes were wandering, and he looked like he didn't dare to look at anyone. It would be a miracle if he didn't notice that something was wrong.

Although he and Fan Jing often went to the city, he still knew some things about the village.

Kang He thought about that incident and became angry.

The boss didn't say anything, just told us to go to Fan's house.

After that day, Kang He kept a close eye on Fan's father. When he was at home, whenever Fan's father went out to drink and have fun, Kang He would find a reason to follow him and take a look. If he saw that nothing was wrong, he would just leave it alone.

When he was not at home, he told Chen Sanfang that his father was working hard in the fields alone, and asked her to go with him to help when she had time.

That day, Kang He came back to the village to slaughter a pig. The two of them closed the door early and drove back to the village.

After entering the village road, Kang He saw You Shanxi from a distance in the car. The guy was carrying the basket again. When people asked him if he was just out picking vegetables, he said he was just using this as an excuse to talk to others.

He saw someone and said something to the village head Chen Yushun.

Just as he was staring at the man intently, the car suddenly shook and he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

"What's going on?!"

Kang He quickly grabbed the cart and turned around to look at Fan Jing who was driving the cart.

"I stepped on a stone."

Fan Jing said indifferently.

Kang He turned his head to look at the road, but didn't see any stones.

He turned to get the reins: "Let me drive the carriage, you take a rest."

But Fan Jing refused to give it to him: "We'll be there soon."

In the afternoon, I slaughtered a skinny pig at the Chang family at the entrance of the village. When I finished my work and went home, it was already late.

After tidying up and washing up, Kang He returned to the room and saw that Fan Jing had already taken off his clothes and gone to bed early.

Kang He took off his coat and asked, "Are you tired today?"

Fan Jing lay on the bed, glanced at Kang He, but ignored him.

Kang He took off his clothes and got into bed. He had been feeling unhappy since this afternoon, but he couldn't think of anything that made him unhappy.

"Why don't you answer me? Did I provoke you?"

Fan Jing closed his eyes and seemed to be going to sleep.

"Hey, you bro."

Kang He pinched Fan Jing's waist, and seeing that Fan Jing didn't move, he guessed that he was really tired.

There were only two people from the Chang family who went to the pig shed to help, so Fan Jing also went to the pig shed to help. It was quite a hassle.

Not to mention Fan Jing, he was a little tired.

Sitting next to someone, he also wanted to rest early. Just calm down, and his mind couldn't help but think of what he saw with You Shanxi during the day.

These days, he kept an eye on Father Fan, but he didn't catch anyone to meet You Shanxi again.

He was feeling uneasy, fearing that Father Fan, at his age, would still do something foolish. The family had finally gotten together with great effort, and if he couldn't stop himself from doing something like this, given Chen's temper, she would definitely make a fuss. Not only would it be embarrassing, but the family would easily become divided.

Fan Jing opened one eye and glanced at the person lying on his side.

I saw Kang Heping lying on his back with his arm as a pillow. He was not asleep yet, staring at the ceiling of the tent, and I don’t know what he was thinking about.

Fan Jing raised his foot and kicked Kang He: "Do it."

Hearing this, Kang He subconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, turned over and hugged Fan Jing: "Okay, sleep."

When Fan Jing heard this, he frowned and pushed Kang He away from him: "I said I slept?"

Kang He looked at him in confusion.

Fan Jing repeated: "Act."

Kang He's eyes widened a little, thinking that he was really confused and didn't even hear what was said.

His habitual joy pressed down on Fan Jing: "Today is not the New Year, and I can hear such good words. It's so strange that I thought it was something else. How dare I think about it."

Fan Jing didn't respond to him, but just tilted his head and kissed Kang He on the mouth.

Kang He couldn't stand such teasing, and the two of them soon became entangled with each other.

After that, Kang He hugged Fan Jing. He smiled and rubbed him, saying that he would get him some water to wash.

Fan Jing knew that this was the end.

He was silent for a moment, but in the end he couldn't help but ask, "Do you have someone else out there?"

This sudden and unforgiving remark was like a basin of cold water being poured over one's head into the quilt.

Kang He raised his head and looked at Fan Jing. He saw that the blush on this guy's face had not faded, but his eyes were cold. He didn't seem to be making fun of him. He was even more confused.

"You ask me what I have?"

Fan Jing exhaled and suddenly sat up: "I asked you if you have someone outside."

Seeing this, Kang He also sat up and said, "Your question is rather unreasonable. Have I ever been away from you for an hour in a day?"

"Where are you from? Tell me your surname and name, and we'll go confront you right now."

Fan Jing was not good at arguing with others. He looked at Kang He, and the two of them looked at each other, staring at each other.

In a moment, Fan Jing was defeated. He lay down with his back to Kang He, pulled the quilt to cover himself completely, and said nothing to him.

Seeing this, Kang He didn't let him do this. He went over and pulled his quilt: "Don't sleep. You wronged me like this, and you want to sleep now."

Fan Jing was not wearing any clothes, so he didn't let Kang He lift the quilt, and the two of them just kept pulling each other like that for a while.

Having just finished, Fan Jing's hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't grab Kang He. He pressed the quilt and said, "You Shanxi."

When Kanghe heard the name, Chad let go.

When Fan Jing saw this, his eyes trembled. He couldn't describe what he felt in his heart for a moment, but he felt that he had never felt so blocked.

He felt somewhat powerless and had some inexplicable fear.

After a moment, Fan Jing seemed to have made a decision. He looked at Kang He, his eyes becoming firm, and said without refusing to allow anyone to refuse: "Don't have any contact with me from now on. I will pretend that I don't know anything about this."

Upon hearing this, Kang He suddenly lowered his head and laughed out loud.

He was both angry and amused, reaching out to hold Fan Jing's hand: "It's something that doesn't even exist, yet you're so sure of saying all this and pretending you don't know."

"What do you know?"

Fan Jing frowned.

Seeing this, Kang He said, "You still don't believe me?"

"If not, why do you keep running outside these days? Your eyes are glued to people."

If it were in the past, he would have kept these words in his stomach and would never have spoken them out loud, but now that the matter fell on Kang He, it had come to this.

Kang He moved forward a little, leaning close to Fan Jing. Hearing these words, he did not feel annoyed, but rather felt a little happy.

This person seemed to pay little attention to him, but in fact he was watching him very closely. He watched him with his eyes and remembered clearly every time he went out.

If he hadn't cared about people from time to time, how could he have figured out all this?

Kang He said: "I'll be honest with you. I have been keeping an eye on him recently, but it's not what you think."

"I'll tell you, don't be angry."

Fan Jing looked at him: "Go ahead."

"I'm not doing this for myself, but for Dad."

Kang He sighed and told him about what happened when he ran into Fan Dad and You Shanxi a few days ago.

"There are so many rumors in the village. I didn't take them to heart before. But I don't have any real contact with them. Maybe some of them are just saying sarcastic things and it's just a misunderstanding.

But Dad is such an honest man, how could he hide anything? When I asked him, his face turned red. If you didn't know, you would think he had a heat stroke. He confessed everything after a few words.

"You weren't there at the time, but if you looked at him like that, you would have known something was wrong. It's hard to believe that the young widow of the Cheng family is really fine."

Fan Jing frowned: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Kang He said, "How can I say this? There's no evidence for this matter. How can you conclude this just because someone gave him a pear?"

"As a junior, I don't think it's appropriate for me to expose the shortcomings of my elders, especially since this is something that shouldn't be made public. So I decided to keep it quiet for now and keep an eye on the person. If anything really happens, I can persuade him to come back in time."

"If he doesn't repent, then bringing it up in public won't make him feel wronged."

Fan Jing's brows tightened. He felt that what Kang He said was right. He just kept looking at people walking out and kept looking at the young widow of the Cheng family. He was about to go astray.

To be honest, they didn't hug the person or kiss each other, so there was no real evidence and the person was misunderstood.

Then he said, "I was wrong about you."

"You should have told me this earlier, so you wouldn't have had so many random thoughts these days. Actually, it's my fault. I should have told you about this earlier."

Kang He squeezed Fan Jing's hand and said, "But you're not completely stupid. You still know how to speak."

Fan Jing felt a little embarrassed and guilty: "I will never doubt you again."

Kang He laughed and said, "I won't teach you to doubt anymore."

After talking it out, they felt relieved and fell asleep in each other's arms.

Since that day, Kang He and Fan Jing kept a close eye on Fan Shoulin. One afternoon, they actually saw Fan's father and You Shanxi meeting again.

Kang He and Fan Jing hid behind the haystack, watching the two men quietly, thinking that if they did anything inappropriate, they would jump out and catch them in the act, leaving them with no way to deny.

"Uncle Fan is tending to the land again."

You Shanxi went out for a stroll and ran into Fan Shoulin who was working alone in the fields. He walked towards him leisurely.

After what happened last time, Fan Shoulin didn't dare to look at this guy straight in the eye.

Seeing someone passing by on the road in the distance, he quickly pretended to squat down and dig the ground, hoping to hide from the person, but he was still seen red-handed.

"I've finished my little work and it's time to go home."

Fan Shoulin looked away and even said something to drive him away.

"When you're done with your work, come to my place and have some tea. I saw you didn't even bring a kettle with you when you came out today."

"The tea at home has gotten cold. Sorry for bothering me."

You Shanxi found this man quite interesting. He approached him and said, "What's the taste of tea at home after drinking too much? I make delicious tea. Uncle, don't you want to try something new?"

Kang He and Fan Jing, who were hiding in the back, saw that You Shanxi was really good at seducing people.

She also has a good-looking appearance. I'm afraid few men can resist such temptation. If they do it twice, they will have to let her do whatever she wants.

"Brother, I have a wife and children at home, and the elder one is about the same age as you."

When Fan Shoulin heard what the young widow said, he didn't feel any itch in his heart, but only fear.

He said earnestly, "Go find someone young and presentable. It won't go down well with the villagers if you talk to me like this."

Seeing that Fan Laoer was so unreasonable, You Shanxi looked upon him with suspicion.

There are many men in the world with dirty minds. Many of them will beg to be with him if he seduces them. Even if they have the desire but not the courage, they are easy to deal with. With a few sweet words, they will forget their surnames and won't be afraid anymore.

He first saw that this man was honest and timid, and that he was the easiest man to control outside. But he didn't expect that he was such a rare and honest person.

You Shanxi is a man with two faces. At first he pretends to be obedient and lovable, but inside he is a powerful man. This is his way of survival.

Although he is a romantic man, he still has some humanity, and he will not be obsessed with such pure and kind people for long.

Seeing Fan Laoer like this, he gave up the idea of bothering him anymore.

But the man wanted to test him again, so he said, "You are such a kind-hearted person, and I just love people with such character. I heard you have no children. Wouldn't it be a joy for me to give birth to one for you?"

Fan Shoulin was horrified when he heard this. He didn't feel like he was being blessed, but rather like he was being haunted by a beautiful ghost. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's okay for you to love anyone, but you can't love me. If my eldest brother finds out, you'll be in big trouble."

He first learned to hunt, then to butcher pigs, but he was hard to talk to, and everyone in the village was afraid of him!"

Kang He, who was hiding at the corner, couldn't help laughing, so he gave Fan Jing a look and covered his mouth tightly.

He buried his head in Fan Jing and managed to stop himself from laughing out loud.

"As a father, aren't you afraid that your own brother won't be able to do what he wants? No matter how you teach him, he won't listen to you. Will you bully me?"

"He doesn't listen to me, so I listen to him. He can do whatever he wants at home, but only my brother-in-law can say a word to him."

Fan Shoulin said, "Don't come talk to me from now on. I'll pretend I didn't hear what you said today, and I won't let anyone else know you said that to me. If anyone in the house gets to know, it'll be disgraceful for both you and me. So listen to my advice and go home and live a good life."

Seeing Fan Shoulin's earnest words, You Shanxi thought to himself that although he was a little cowardly, he had a good character.

If I had met someone like this, I might not be living the life I am living today.

You Shanxi said, "Since you're so pertinent, I now understand your character. From now on, I'll just pretend I don't know you."

Having said that, he left.

Fan Shoulin watched the man leave and breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, thinking that it was so scary, fortunately he didn't come to bother him again.

If this matter were to be brought to light at home, it would be so embarrassing that life would be impossible.

When Kang He and Fan Jing saw this, they said nothing, but in their hearts they looked up to the old man, thinking that he was a man who knew what was good and what was bad.

The two of them slipped away secretly without letting Fan's father notice.