"Captain, look at you, I haven't even said anything yet."

What do you want to say?

Zheng Xu was well aware of Bai Jiaojiao and Yu Wenli's affair. The two of them, along with Liu Ying, could form a whole drama, a story more interesting than any movie.

“Now Yu Wenli spends all his time beating his wife at home. I think he’s just bored. He can’t do much work in the fields. I’ve heard recently that he’s also showing signs of alcoholism. Team leader, tell me, how dangerous it is to have someone like that in our village! If other villages hear that we have a man like that, who would dare to marry their daughter into our village!”

Zheng Xu was also worried about Yu Wenli's situation, but despite his numerous criticisms, Yu Wenli had changed completely and become a stubborn, unyielding person, insisting that it was their family matter and that Zheng Xu had no way to intervene.

Let alone his drinking problem, Yu Wenli's neighbors have complained to him several times about his beating of his wife. When he goes over, he can persuade him to stop, but as soon as he leaves, Yu Wenli raises his hand again.

Zheng Xu can't possibly stay at his house, can he?

This problem remains unsolved!

"What do you mean? Explain yourself." Zheng Xu now understood that Bai Jiaojiao looked like a big steamed bun, but she was actually a red bean bun with filling inside.

“Heng and I went to check out the pigsty in our village last time, and the conditions there were much worse than in Huangjiazhuang. Uncle Xu has difficulty walking, and his self-stitched prosthetic leg is hard to clean when it gets stuck in the pig manure. Do you think we should send someone to clean it?”

As a retired veteran, the village arranged for Lao Xu to stay there as a gesture of care, so they turned a blind eye to the work he did.

If we want to raise pigs properly in the future, we really can't rely on Lao Xu for hygiene; that's a problem.

Zheng Xu understood Bai Jiaojiao's meaning: find something for Yu Wenli to do. He was so tired from sweeping the pigsty all day that he wouldn't have the energy to argue with Liu Ying. Maybe if they suffered together, they could become a couple who had gone through thick and thin together.

Zheng Xu knew that Bai Jiaojiao's feelings were definitely involved, but she handled the matter reasonably and effectively, so Zheng Xu was grateful to her for solving such a big problem for him.

"I'll think about it." Zheng Xu didn't want Bai Jiaojiao to get too carried away, so he didn't agree immediately.

Bai Jiaojiao didn't urge him and didn't mention the matter again along the way.

Huangjiazhuang is a village in the next town. The two of them walked through other villages by taking shortcuts, which took them a full four hours.

They left in the morning, and when they returned in the evening, a star had already appeared in the sky.

When Bai Jiaojiao got home, she saw steaming in the kitchen and figured Shen Heng must be cooking.

She went into the kitchen and draped herself over Shen Heng: "Brother Heng, I'm exhausted, my feet hurt."

Shen Heng had just turned off the engine when he turned around and hugged the soft little thing: "Why did you go with me? I told you to ride the bike, but you wouldn't listen."

Shen Heng kept muttering to himself, but he was heartbroken.

He carried Bai Jiaojiao onto the kang (a heated brick bed), took off her shoes, and squatted down in front of the kang. He saw that Bai Jiaojiao's right foot had indeed developed a large blister.

"How was I supposed to know it would be so hard to walk?" Bai Jiaojiao pulled her feet back and hugged her legs.

The brigade leader's family didn't have a bicycle, and it wouldn't look good for her to ride by herself. It would be even more inappropriate for the brigade leader to give her a ride on his bicycle.

Shen Heng rummaged around for a while, found a needle, and used a matchstick to light the oil lamp.

"Heng-ge, what are you doing?"

Sensing Shen Heng's intentions, Bai Jiaojiao felt her blisters hurt even more.

"What are you saying I'm doing?"

Shen Heng's face was stern, devoid of any gentleness.

"No, just leave it like this, it will heal on its own!" Bai Jiaojiao tried to hide in the kang (heated brick bed), but she couldn't escape. Shen Heng caught her in no time.

"Let's see if you dare disobey Brother Heng next time!"

Shen Heng used his legs to hold Bai Jiaojiao, grabbing her ankles to prevent her from moving.

"It hurts, Heng-ge, it hurts!"

Bai Jiaojiao was terrified. She leaned against a stack of blankets, clutching them tightly with her hands, extremely nervous.

"Now you know it hurts, where were you before?"

Shen Heng looked at Bai Jiaojiao's small feet and found that he couldn't bring himself to do it.

This young woman is still crying out in pain, doesn't she know he's hurting even more inside?

Honestly, at such a grown-up, he's still so immature.

But the blister is on the sole of his foot, and his wife is always making a fuss. She might pop it in the blink of an eye, and then it will hurt even more.

"Be good, don't move."

Shen Heng gave the order in a low voice. Bai Jiaojiao knew she couldn't escape it, so she could only pout, turn her head away, and try to avoid seeing it.

Chen Heng held his breath and poked a slit in the side of Bai Jiaojiao's blister, slowly squeezing out the water inside.

Bai Jiaojiao gasped for breath. Shen Heng leaned over and kissed her on the lips, then stroked her face with his fingertips to soothe her.

“Heng-ge…” Bai Jiaojiao pushed Shen Heng away, “You just touched my feet and didn’t wash your hands, don’t touch my face.”

"......"

Damn it, I'm starting to argue with him now.

Enraged, Shen Heng bent Bai Jiaojiao's leg and kissed her instep hard: "I don't mind you, and you're complaining about me now?"

The soft sensation on the instep made Bai Jiaojiao's whole body go numb: "No, Brother Heng," she curled her toes, stretched out her arms to hug him, "my feet hurt."

Seeing this, Shen Heng couldn't get angry at all. He bent down and hugged Bai Jiaojiao in his arms again, his voice lowered: "Brother Heng is in pain too."

Shen Heng stroked Bai Jiaojiao's hair gently with his large, soothing hand.

Bai Jiaojiao felt very comfortable nestled between Shen Heng's warm body temperature and the soft blankets.

She was exhausted after a long day and yawned.

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