Chapter 21

Wen Yue finally did not sleep. She stayed in the room for a while to calm down before reopening the door. She instructed Zhou Yao to carry the sewing machine into the room and place it on the long table next to the bed.

This location is next to the window, with good light, so I can bask in the sun while sewing. Even if I don't use the sewing machine, it's nice to sit here and read a book.

The stools at home don't have backrests, so Wen Yue wanted to get a chair with a backrest. Her eyes fell on Zhou Yao who was adjusting the direction and angle of the sewing machine, and she asked him: "Zhou Yao, can you buy me a chair that can be leaned on next time?"

"Okay, no need to buy it, I'll make one for you." Zhou Yao raised his eyes and glanced at her.

Wen Yue's eyes widened in surprise: "You can also do carpentry work"

Zhou Yao nodded: "My grandfather knows how to do it. He taught me. Most of the stools and tables in our house were made by my grandfather himself."

Wen Yue thought that was no wonder, as there were several stools that kept having problems and Zhou Yao never threw them away, so he would just pick up a hammer and knock on them a few times each time.

"Okay, then you do it, let me see your craftsmanship." Wen Yue said with a smile, and made a request, "I hope you can make it higher for me, about this high, and it would be best if you can give me a place to put my feet, so that I can step on it comfortably..."

Zhou Yao stopped what he was doing, looked at Wen Yue and listened attentively.

After listening, he raised his eyebrows and replied: "Okay, it will be done for you in four or five days at most. Put it in place, do you think this position is suitable?"

Wen Yue walked over and tried it, then nodded: "It's OK."

"Okay, you stay at home, I'll go out for a while." Zhou Yao stared into Wen Yue's eyes, his thin lips curled up slightly, and whispered: "There is a bamboo forest in the back mountain. I will make you a bamboo chair with bamboo. It will be cool and comfortable to sit on in the summer. Is that okay?"

Wen Yue glanced at him suspiciously: "Just make your decision, no need to tell me this."

Zhou Yao laughed: "No, I have to tell you everything I do from now on, even when I go to the bathroom."

Wen Yue: ""

Wen Yue showed some anger on her face, and asked through gritted teeth: "Zhou Yao, are you sick?" He was twisting her words to make her feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Yao laughed even more happily, strode out the door under Wen Yue's gaze, and headed towards the back mountain with an axe in hand.

It’s still early for lunch, so prepare the ingredients first.

After a simple lunch, Wen Yue continued to modify her dress in the house, while Zhou Yao was in the yard processing the bamboo he had cut in the morning.

The two were busy and peaceful when suddenly someone came to their door.

When Zhou Yao heard someone seeing him, he turned around and looked outside the yard. He saw a middle-aged man standing outside the gate, smiling and waving at him.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, put down the bamboo and tools in his hands and said: "Something happened."

"I heard your wife is going to sell the land she owns." The other party smiled and rubbed his hands. "What's the approximate price?"

When Zhou Yao heard that the man was here to buy land, his expression softened a little, and he said in a cold tone: "Two hundred per mu of land, three mu of land totals six hundred, plus the food in the land, six hundred and fifty."

"Don't bargain, the price is very fair, not a penny was cheated."

The man who was originally thinking about bargaining suddenly froze on his smile: "Then I'll go home and discuss it. Six hundred and fifty is not a small amount..."

Zhou Yao nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying this he turned around and went back to cutting bamboo, not looking anxious at all.

Zhou Yao was indeed not in a hurry.

He has money, although it's not a lot, but it's more than enough for his wife to go to school. Not to mention high school, even going to college is no problem!

The middle-aged man Zhou Yao met was the second uncle of his wife's friend Li Nianqiu. The family's reputation in the village was not good. The old lady of the Li family was notorious for partiality. Not long after the eldest son and his wife died, she wanted to divide the family and drive out the two daughters left by the eldest son.

In the end, he failed and Li Nianqiu started to make a fuss. In the end, the village chief stepped forward and resolved the matter fairly.

Otherwise, the two sisters would not know what was going on right now.

"Did anyone come just now?" Wen Yue vaguely heard the noise and poked her head out of the room to ask.

Zhou Yao hummed: "I came to ask you how much your three acres of land cost."

Wen Yue's eyes lit up: "Someone came to ask who it was?" There had been no movement in the past few days, and she almost thought that the three plots of land could not be sold.

"Your friend's second uncle." Zhou Yao answered casually.

Bamboos of varying lengths were placed on the ground, and Zhou Yao was scraping the bamboo joints to make the surface smoother. The muscles on his arms swelled with the movement, and sweat soaked his white vest.

Wen Yue looked hot and asked softly, "Are you hot? Why don't we wait until the evening? It will be cooler then. The sun is so strong now."

"It's not hot." Zhou Yao raised his eyes and smiled at her, then said slowly, "This little bit of sunshine is nothing. I used to work in the fields when it was even hotter."

When the old man and old lady were still alive, he couldn't bear to let them work in the fields, so he went alone. It was okay in spring and autumn, but in summer, working in the fields under the scorching sun would make people tanned into charcoal.

He used to turn dark in the summer, but now that he no longer works in the fields, his skin color has stabilized.

"Okay." Wen Yue blinked, "You said the person who just came was Nian Qiu's second uncle."

Zhou Yao: “Yeah.”

Wen Yue frowned slightly, "The people in their family are very rude..."

Zhou Yao looked at her: "I don't want to sell it to them"

Wen Yue hesitated for two seconds: "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm worried that they will cause trouble after buying it, and I don't want trouble."

Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and smiled in a somewhat rogue manner: "What are you afraid of? I'm here. I'm the best at solving problems."

Wen Yue immediately thought of Wen Hua who was beaten with a sack, and her red lips curled up in a bright and charming smile, and said in a brisk tone: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

Six hundred and fifty yuan for three plots of land plus the food from the land was indeed a reasonable price. So after about an hour, Li Nianqiu's second uncle came to the door with money and said he wanted to buy the land.

Afterwards, Wen Yue, Zhou Yao and Li Nianqiu's second uncle went to see the village chief and confirmed the transaction under the witness of the village chief.

Wen Yue was quite happy to get the money. On the way back, she told Zhou Yao about her plan: "I have almost learned all the knowledge points for the first and second semesters of high school. When Nianqiu is on summer vacation, I will ask her to borrow books for the second semester of high school, and then go to the third year of high school with her after school starts. This way, I can take the college entrance examination next year. What do you think?"

Zhou Yao tilted his head and glanced over: "It's fine as long as you think it's okay."

Wen Yue's eyes curved: "Do you believe I can get into university?"

Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and said in a long tone: "I believe you. Why not? You are my wife."

Wen Yue looked a little puzzled: "What does this have to do with it?"

"I'm already so smart and capable." Zhou Yao laughed softly and boasted shamelessly: "My wife will only be smarter and more capable than me."

Wen Yue glanced at him coquettishly and whispered "shameless".

There was shyness and anger in her eyes, and her beautiful eyes were moist and attractive. Zhou Yao really liked her little look and couldn't help teasing her: "Just want a wife, why bother with shame."

Wen Yue: "..." Such a tacky remark!

She was extremely disgusted in her heart, but the corners of her lips curled up.

The two walked one after the other on the path on the ridge of the field. Zhou Yao's tall figure made Wen Yue's figure in front of him look even more slender and petite. She leaned slightly to the side and raised her head to talk to the person behind her. The man narrowed his eyes and looked at her with a smile.

A breeze blew by, blowing the green wheat fields on both sides of the ridges, creating wave after wave of beautiful wheat waves.

…

Sometimes I have to say that women's sixth sense is indeed very accurate.

Early in the morning, Wen Yue looked at the group of people gathered in the middle of the yard making a lot of noise, her eyes full of sleepiness and confusion. She turned stiffly to look at Zhou Yao at the kitchen door with a questioning look.

What is this?

Zhou Yao waved to her.

Wen Yue walked over quickly, and Zhou Yao patted her head gently with his hand, and whispered: "Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it, go and do your thing."

"oh."

Wen Yue nodded obediently and went into the kitchen to squeeze toothpaste and brush her teeth. She stood at the side of the kitchen holding an enamel cup filled with water and brushing her teeth. Her ears were filled with the sharp and piercing roar of Old Lady Li.

"…We just bought the land, and half of the crops in the field were destroyed in one night. Tell me how we should solve this problem!" Old Mrs. Li's wrinkled face was full of meanness and viciousness. She looked very fierce, with her hands on her waist and spitting everywhere.

It was just dawn at this time. The families of Zhou Jianghai and Zhou Qingshan next door were still having dinner. When they heard the noise, they immediately picked up their bowls and stood at the door to watch the excitement.

Seeing the crowd in the yard, Lin Fang felt extremely happy and gratified.

Oh, these Li family members are famous in the village for being extremely difficult to deal with. I don’t know how Zhou Yao offended them.

Facing the aggressive old lady Li, Zhou Yao looked very calm and said in a calm tone: "It was fine before I sold it yesterday. How come it became a problem after I sold it to you? Did you cause trouble and others are taking revenge on you?"

The words that Mrs. Li had prepared were stuck in her throat: "No, why did this person steal her lines?

"That's not what I meant. We didn't cause any trouble. It's obviously your fault!" Mrs. Li reacted quickly. She pointed her finger at Zhou Yao's nose and cursed: "Everyone knows how bad your reputation is. It must be your enemies who did it!"

Zhou Yao chuckled and asked with narrowed eyes: "So what do you want?"

Old Lady Li's eyes sparkled as she said in a sonorous voice, "Pay back! We bought those crops with our money, and who knows if your enemies will come and destroy the crops!"

“You must pay!”

Zhou Yao didn't say anything, staring at the whole family with cold eyes. He had a strong aura, and his sharp eyes were narrow and upturned, which even the battle-hardened Mrs. Li couldn't stand. She looked away after staring at him for a few seconds, feeling guilty.

Old Lady Li's second son coughed twice: "Well, Zhou Yao, we're not here to cause trouble, it's just that this matter is really hard to justify. We just bought the land yesterday, and today the crops in the land have been ruined like that, oh, you didn't see it..."

"Okay." Zhou Yao interrupted him and suddenly smiled, his thin lips slightly raised, looking less fierce than before. His voice was particularly gentle, looking at Mrs. Li and others, he said: "Then I'll compensate you twenty dollars."

After Zhou Yao finished speaking, he took out twenty yuan and handed it to Li Laoer.

The Li family members were stunned. They probably didn't expect Zhou Yao to be so easy to talk to. They were a little bit unbelievable.

Mrs. Li was the first to react and slapped Mr. Li: "What are you doing standing there? Take the money!"

"Eh..." Li Laoer took the money from Zhou Yao's hand in a daze, looked at him for several times, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

I always feel like something is wrong.

Zhou Yao noticed that Li Laoer looked uncomfortable, and he seemed to be explaining: "I can probably guess who did it. Don't worry, I will go talk to them later and explain it clearly. If something like this happens again, I will refund half of your money."

After he said this, except for the Li family, everyone else in the Zhou family thought of Uncle Wen Yue's family, including Wen Yue.

"Really, you are the one who said it. So many people are listening. You are not allowed to act like a slacker when the time comes!" Old Mrs. Li was delighted.

They bought three acres of land for more than three hundred yuan. Wow, they made a fortune!

Zhou Yao took in the expressions of the people in front of him. His dark eyes were cold and his smile did not reach his eyes: "I always keep my words and will not let go of those trouble-making beasts."

The Li family didn't understand the hidden meaning in his words and were still immersed in the joy of getting the better deal. They looked at each other and happily left the Zhou family with the twenty yuan.

After everyone left, Wen Yue frowned and walked over to ask worriedly: "Could it be my aunt and her friends who did it?"

Given Li Huahong's personality, she would indeed do something that is not acceptable and particularly disgusting.

However——

Zhou Yao glanced at Zhou Jianghai and Zhou Qingshan's families who were watching the show in front of the main hall, raised his hand to hold Wen Yue's thin and fragile shoulders, and led them to the kitchen.

He leaned over and whispered in her ear: "It really wasn't your aunt who did it this time. She wouldn't dare."

After beating up Wen Hua last time, Li Huahong has to consider her precious son even if she wants to use some tricks. She won't cause trouble again in the short term.

This time, it is more likely that the Li family directed and acted out the incident themselves.

"They are treating me like a fool." Zhou Yao snorted, his eyes narrowed, "Don't worry about it, I will take care of it."

Wen Yue was a little curious: "How are you going to deal with it?"

"It's a secret." Zhou Yao teased her with a snort of laughter. Seeing Wen Yue pout, he waved again: "Come closer and I'll tell you."

Wen Yue's eyes lit up, and she eagerly moved to Zhou Yao's side, listening hard.

Her ears are not big, and her earlobes are fleshy, white and tender with a little pink, and look easy to pinch.

Wen Yue was about to ask Zhou Yao why he didn't say anything when her ears were suddenly pinched twice. The friction between her fingertips and her skin seemed to generate a tiny electric current, which made her body limp. She almost lost her balance and reached out to grab Zhou Yao's strong arm.

Her watery eyes were startlingly bright. She turned her head and glared at Zhou Yao. The unintentional anger in her eyes made the man, who was originally smiling, darken his eyes and his Adam's apple rolled twice.

The two of them looked up and down at each other. Although there was no fire in the kitchen, the temperature rose suddenly and the distance between them seemed to be shortening.

"Brother! Brother Yao!"

Ren Yeliang's voice arrived before him, and it was like a bolt from the blue that struck Wen Yue's ears.

She turned her head suddenly, took back Zhou Yao's hand, turned around with a red face and rushed into the house, putting her hands on her hot cheeks.

Oh my god, what was she thinking?

She just thought Zhou Yao's Adam's apple was so sexy and wanted to kiss it, and she almost stood on tiptoe to kiss it!!

"Sister-in-law..." Ren Yeliang looked at the warmth that quickly ran away from him and ignored him. He was stunned for a moment, then stopped at the kitchen door and cautiously poked his head out to leave.

Then he met his brother's dark, cold, and murderous eyes. He felt a chill on the back of his neck and hissed twice: "Brother, you and sister-in-law are not quarreling again, are you?"

Zhou Yao closed his eyes, resisted the urge to hit him, and said coldly: "My wife and I have a good relationship and we never quarrel, but it may not be the same for you."

Ren Yeliang: "What does it have to do with him!"

He was a little confused and didn't dare to go into the kitchen, so he said outside the door: "I heard that Lao Li's family came to cause trouble. Brother, what's the situation? Do you want us to go with you to find a place to deal with it?"

Zhou Yao slowly exhaled the foul breath, calmed down, and hooked his fingers at Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao: "Come here and help me do something."

Only then did Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao enter the house.

After a moment, the two of them responded and turned to leave.

After leaving his ex, Yeliang couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are you sure you didn't quarrel with your sister-in-law? It took a lot of effort to coax her into peace. You should calm down a little!"

Zhou Yao: “.”

Okay, I'll just open the next pot.

He smiled at Ren Yeliang, raised his leg and kicked him out of the kitchen: "Get out."

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Old Mrs. Li took her people back home.

She stretched out her hand to Li Lao Er, with a smile on her mean face: "Here, I'll keep the money."

Li Lao Er was somewhat reluctant, but under the pressure of Mrs. Li, he took out the twenty yuan and handed it over, praising her: "Mom, you are really awesome. No matter how fierce Zhou Yao is, you still fooled him."

Old Mrs. Li snorted proudly: "I've always said that old ginger is still spicy! I've eaten more salt than he's eaten in his entire life, and I'm trying to compete with me!"

The daughters-in-law and sons below all flattered him with smiles on their faces.

"By the way, Mom, do we still want to continue?" Someone asked the most crucial question, "Didn't Zhou Yao say that if anyone else destroys the crops, he will return half of our money?"

Then we must continue!

Old Mrs. Li was also very cautious. She instructed her grandson and granddaughter to follow Zhou Yao and see where he would go.

Before dinner, a few children came back and talked to Old Mrs. Li in a flurry.

Old Mrs. Li was a little annoyed by the noise, so she shouted to stop and pointed at the grandson who was talking the most: "You go ahead and speak."

"He went to Uncle Wen's house and had a very loud argument. He also said that if they did anything again, he would never let them off!" The grandson was very good at expressing himself, and after he finished speaking, Grandma Li smiled with satisfaction.

"Let's continue tonight, this time everyone will go! Returning half is nothing, I want that kid to return all the money and give me the place too!" Greedy light flashed in Old Lady Li's eyes.

Tonight the moon was blocked by thick clouds, not a single ray of light could shine through. As the night deepened, the village gradually became quiet, and everyone fell into a deep sleep.

The field was pitch black, and I could vaguely see a few figures sneaking into the field, holding something in their hands, and thrashing the crops frantically.

"Who is it!!"

At this moment, a beam of bright light suddenly shone over, and the light of righteousness suddenly poured down, directly illuminating the ferocious-looking people in the field.

Li Mingjingang wanted to say something, but Zhou Yao next to him jumped out like a cheetah, raised his fist and started hammering at the men, hitting them hard in the flesh.

"Ouch! It hurts! Stop hitting me, it hurts, it hurts, ouch, you're killing me!"

"Don't hit me, don't hit me. Let's talk it over. Don't use force—"

After beating him, he felt comfortable and had almost let out some of his anger. He stopped only when Li Mingjin came over to pull the man away, and looked at the man in front of him coldly.

Old Mrs. Li was so frightened that she sat down in the field with a sickle in her hand.

Zhou Yaochong smiled at them and said: "You really thought my money was so easy to take."

After he said this, he fell silent, took two steps back, walked to Wen Yue's side, and handed the matter over to Li Mingjin.

Wen Yue was also stunned. She had never thought that it was not her aunt who destroyed the crops, but Mrs. Li and her family! It turned out that the incident during the day was just a thief crying "Catch the thief!"

So shameless!

Wen Yue thought about what happened after dinner when Zhou Yao told her mysteriously not to go to bed right away because he wanted to take her to see a play.

At the time, she was wondering what kind of show to watch, and she hadn't heard that there would be an open-air movie in the village.

I didn't expect it to be a play like this.

She moved closer to Zhou Yao, her thin arms pressed tightly against his strong arms, and whispered: "They are too much. They destroyed the crops and blamed us. We have to make them return the money we gave them today. Twenty yuan can buy a lot of things!"

In the dark night, Zhou Yao could still see the obviously angry expression on the girl's face.

The night breeze is quite cool.

Zhou Yao curled his lips and agreed: "Okay."

Over there, Li Mingjin was criticizing the Li family with a serious expression. His father was the village chief, and the Li family was caught red-handed, so he was afraid to say a word.

Old lady Li was at a loss for words at this moment, and she felt very disappointed. How did he get caught? Why is Zhou Yao here? It's fine if Zhou Yao is here, but why is Li Mingjin here too?

If Li Mingjin wasn't around, she could still shamelessly deny it, but Li Mingjin was the son of Village Chief Li...

"Mrs. Li, what you did was not right. You ruined your crops and put the blame on Zhou Yao. Just the fact that you ruined the crops is enough to hold a criticism meeting in the team to severely criticize your whole family!"

Li Mingjin was very angry: "Those are crops, food, the lifeblood of all of us! Look how much food you have wasted. Look at what you have done to the crops."

Destroying crops is no small matter.

Even when a young man pointed at her and scolded her, Old Lady Li didn't dare to say a word.

Li Mingjin: "Give Zhou Yao's money back!"

Mrs. Li was anxious: "Why should I return it?" The money was already in her pocket, so why should I return it?

"You destroyed the crops yourself, and you asked Zhou Yao to pay you. Aren't you ashamed?" Li Mingjin was amused by the shamelessness of Old Lady Li. "It's okay if you don't want to pay me back. I'll go back and tell my dad that the deal between you and Zhou Yao is void. I'll ask Zhou Yao to pay you 580, and the remaining 50 will be his compensation."

It is even more impossible for Mrs. Li to agree!

But faced with Li Mingjin's threat, he finally took out twenty dollars and returned it reluctantly, feeling very angry.

Trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.

Not only did they not get the money, but the crops in the fields were also destroyed! Those were the crops they paid for!!!

Old Mrs. Li was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

The Li family was startled and rushed over to pinch the man's Ren Zhong. After waking him up, they started howling louder and louder. The sound could be heard far away in the middle of the night, and even all the dogs in the village started barking.

It's scary.

Wen Yue couldn't help but move closer to Zhou Yao again.

Zhou Yao lowered his eyes to look at her: "What's wrong?"

Wen Yue was too embarrassed to say that she was scared, so she rubbed her eyes and said that she was sleepy and wanted to go home to sleep.

So Zhou Yao patted Li Mingjin on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, brother. I'll treat you to dinner some other day. It's quite late. I'll take my wife back to bed first."

Li Mingjin nodded to indicate that it was no problem.

The night was pitch black, and the flashlight in Zhou Yao's hand was the only source of light. The surrounding scenery was completely swallowed by darkness. The chirping of various frogs and insects echoed in his ears, and he could vaguely hear some other strange sounds.

Wen Yue couldn't help but recall the horror movie that her best friend had dragged her to watch. She felt goosebumps in her heart and her face turned pale.

Zhou Yao then realized something was wrong: "Are you scared?"

Wen Yue pursed her lips, her voice a little weak: "No, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Really?" Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows, quickened his pace, and stretched out his long legs twice to widen the distance between them.

Just at this moment, Wen Yue heard faint footsteps behind her. An image of a female ghost wearing a blue costume, with disheveled hair and a pale face instantly popped up in her mind. She was so scared that she lowered her head and ran forward.

Hearing the noise, Zhou Yao turned around with a smug look on his face: "You said you weren't afraid, but you ran so fast..."

Before Kuai Zi could say anything, a petite and frail figure fell into his arms, still trembling slightly.

Zhou Yao felt his heart being hit unkindly. He was stunned for two seconds, then raised his hand and patted the person in his arms gently on the back.

"How can you be so timid?"

He had just clapped twice when he heard Ren Yeliang's voice.

"Brother, sister-in-law, what are you two doing standing here? Aren't you supposed to go home and sleep?"

Someone.

Wen Yue pushed Zhou Yao away, pursed her red lips, maintained a calm expression, and spoke incoherently: "I'm going back. I'll go back after enjoying the breeze for a while. The breeze is quite cool at night."

"That's true." Ren Yeliang didn't notice anything wrong and agreed with a smile: "But don't blow it too much, or you'll catch a cold. Sister-in-law, you should go back to bed with me, it's quite late."

Wen Yue nodded: "Okay, you guys go back to sleep too, bye."

Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao also said goodbye with a smile.

The four of them separated at the fork in the road ahead. Fang Shitao hesitated for two seconds and asked slowly: "Do you think our brother doesn't look very good?"

Ren Yeliang sighed: "With what Old Lady Li and her family did, anyone would be happy if they encountered it."

Fang Shitao: “But I feel like Brother Yao’s emotions are directed towards us.”

Ren Yeliang was surprised: "How is that possible? We didn't do anything bad. You must be feeling wrong. Don't keep feeling that way all day long."

Fang Shitao was convinced: "Oh."

At this moment, looking at the thin figure who snatched the flashlight from his hand and walked in front of him with his head down, Zhou Yao pursed his lips into a straight line, thinking that he should find an opportunity to deal with the two troublesome younger brothers.

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