The two of them had a lot of trouble in the attic. Cheng Yaoyao thought Xie Zhao was bullying Cheng Yaoyao, so he hugged Xie Zhao's thighs and cried loudly. Suddenly there was a loud noise, and dust fell from the ceiling.

Hearing the noise, Grandma Xie walked to the staircase holding a lamp and shouted upstairs: "Zhao Ge'er, Yaoyao, what are you doing? Zhao Ge'er, stop messing around!"

His tone was filled with disappointment and questioning. Just as Xie Zhao was about to answer, Cheng Yaoyao let out a soft sound, not wanting to cry or not, and pawed at his heart like a kitten.

Xie Zhao's nose felt hot again, and blood dripped onto Cheng Yaoyao's collar.

Cheng Yaoyao's hands and feet were weak. He gathered all his strength to break free from Xie Zhao's arms, supported Gu Cang, and covered his nose with a look of fear: "Stay away from me, don't come over!"

As Xie Zhaocai raised his bloody hand, Cheng Yaoyao was about to faint: "Take it away, take it away!"

Xie Zhao had no choice but to stop, take off his shirt and wipe the blood off his face, then plug his nose and look up.

With a "smack", Xie Zhao was hit on the back of his head with a broom. Cheng Yaoyao turned around and saw Grandma Xie holding a broom, staring at him angrily, raising her hand and hitting him hard a few more times: "How dare you bully Yaoyao!"

Cheng Yaoyao huddled into a small ball, terrified and helpless, but still stood in front of Cheng Yaoyao, hunched over and breathing heavily at Xie Zhao. Xie Zhao had taken off his shirt, wearing only a vest, his face covered in blood, and looked like a deranged criminal.

Grandma Xie took a quick look and said, "What else do you have to say?"

While Grandma Xie was beating Xie Zhao, Cheng Yaoyao staggered downstairs holding the stairs.

There were fine drizzles in the yard, and the gentle night wind blew away the strong sunshine. Cheng Yaoyao leaned against the pool and took a deep breath, patting his hot cheeks with cold water. After a long time, the uncontrollable softness was finally suppressed, but his hands and feet were still weak.

Fortunately, I drank a few drops of Xie Zhao's blood a few days ago, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself today.

Upstairs, Xie Zhao finally managed to convince his grandmother that he was innocent. When she took a closer look, she saw a bright red patch on the front of Xie Zhao's vest and half of his face was covered in blood, so she hurriedly pulled him downstairs.

The cold well water splashed on his face, and the white towel left a bright red stain. He changed two or three basins of water before he could barely wash the blood off his face. Xie Zhao tilted his head back, and Grandma Xie patted the back of his neck with cold water: "Is it still bleeding?"

Xie Zhao: “Much better.”

Grandma Xie muttered: "It's easy to get angry in the spring, so eat less spicy food."

Xie Zhao looked towards the east chamber, "Yeah."

Cheng Yaoyao was hiding in the room, sticking his head out, like a little kitten hiding and observing secretly after a disaster.

Grandma Xie also saw her and waved: "Zhao'er, your nosebleed is gone, come over here."

Cheng Yaoyao walked over slowly.

The spring rain began to fall softly, mixing the fresh scent of water vapor, flowers, plants and soil together. That ray of clear and sunny air still penetrated into my nose domineeringly.

Grandma Xie used a towel to wipe the dust off Cheng Yaoyao's calves and complained, "You two are really like a pair of rats in the attic. I thought it was Zhao Ge'er who bullied you."

Xie Zhao turned around and faced away from Grandma Xie.

Grandma Xie coughed and complained to Cheng Yaoyao again: "Why didn't I know about Yaoyao's blood-sickness problem before? You never avoided us when we killed chickens and ducks."

"I..." Cheng Yaoyao's mind raced, and he said, "I'm not afraid of killing chickens or ducks. I'm only afraid of seeing people bleed."

Grandma Xie said, "No wonder. Next time Zhao Ge'er has a nosebleed, you have to stay away. This child might have gotten sick from eating ginseng last time, and he keeps having nosebleeds."

Xie Zhao’s back looked even more aggrieved.

Grandma Xie finally tried to explain herself and coughed, "Yaoyao, can you make some soup to clear away heat and reduce internal heat?"

Cheng Yaoyao said: "Bamboo shoot and small intestine soup is the right drink in spring."

Grandma Xie told Xie Zhao: "The wild bamboo forests on the roadside have the most bitter bamboo shoots. Pick some bitter herbs and amaranth from the fields and bring them back to cook for you tomorrow."

Xie Zhao didn't say anything, so Grandma Xie slapped him on the back with a towel: "You stubborn bastard, you're still feeling wronged?!"

Cheng Yaoyao stood up for her: "Grandma, you were the one who hit him first! Stop hitting him, or he'll have a nosebleed again."

Grandma Xie laughed angrily: "Who am I doing this for? Okay, we are a pair of enemies. Now you are a team. Don't ask me to judge you when you get angry in the future!"

After Grandma Xie returned to the house, Cheng Yaoyao patted Xie Zhao's shoulder, which had several marks from being beaten. She said distressedly, "Does it hurt when Grandma beat you?"

"It hurts." Xie Zhao wrapped his arms around her slender waist and rubbed his face into her fragrant skirt.

Cheng Yaoyao felt a little guilty when she thought about how she had just abandoned Xie Zhao and ran away. She hugged Xie Zhao's big head and rubbed it: "It's all my fault. I should have known not to drink so much spiritual spring water with you."

But Xie Zhao himself didn't say anything...

Xie Zhao rubbed her again, and Cheng Yaoyao continued to rub his head in a daze. His soft hair was like a big dog's. "Don't worry, I'll make you some heat-clearing soup tomorrow, and you won't have nosebleeds again."

Xie Zhao buried his face in her skirt and said in a muffled voice: "Will you faint if you smell my blood?"

"Yeah." Cheng Yaoyao nodded, "Yes...my hands and feet will become weak."

"What about the others?"

"No way!" Cheng Yaoyao denied hastily.

Xie Zhao raised his head, his narrow eyes flashing with an unknown meaning in the night: "Only my blood will do?"

"..." Cheng Yaoyao bit her lip, and her intuition like a little animal emerged. She always felt that Xie Zhao was setting a trap for her.

She thought for a long time and carefully, then shook her head.

Xie Zhao's breath suddenly sank, and he tightly wrapped his arms around her waist: "Can anyone else do it?"

"You strangled me..." Cheng Yaoyao gasped softly.

Xie Zhao loosened his arms a little, gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice: "Is it possible or not?"

"No, no!" Cheng Yaoyao grabbed his hair and said, "Can you let go now?"

Xie Zhao's voice was cold: "So, you pestered me because of this?"

Cheng Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat.

Cheng Yaoyao was forced to inhale Yang Qi again, his lips burning from the inhalation, and he shrugged and shrank into the quilt, refusing to come out again. Xie Zhao stared at the bulge in the quilt, his eyes gentle.

It sucks blood and has yang energy, it is indeed a little goblin.

…

There was another big news in Tianshui Village: Cheng Nuonuo was pregnant! Unmarried and pregnant! This was an explosive scandal in the countryside in the 1970s. An unmarried girl, an educated youth from the city, was pregnant?

The brigade originally wanted to keep this a secret. After all, this scandal would affect the selection of advanced teams, and Lin Dafu spent a lot of time and effort to convince Shen Yan to take care of Cheng Nonuo.

Shen Yan naturally denied it. Lin Dafu said, "Cheng Nuonuo insisted that it was you. Can you deny it? She is in the hospital now. She can't be left alone. You should comfort her first. We can talk about the others after she is discharged from the hospital!"

Lin Dafu half coaxed and half threatened Shen Yan, who was at a loss, and had no choice but to agree.

Shen Yan went to the city to take care of Cheng Nuonuo for a few days. These days were a nightmare for Shen Yan.

Cheng Nuonuo had a withered and shriveled face, and his exposed arms and legs were covered with bruises and purples from snake and insect bites. There was a scar on his mouth that stretched to the corner of his eye, like a twisted sneer, eerie and terrifying.

The doctor told Shen Yan privately: Cheng Nuonuo was poisoned by a snake and had to be injected with serum and a lot of medicine. Even if the child could be saved, there would definitely be problems when he was born.

Shen Yan's heart finally turned cold.

Cheng Nuonuo was lying in bed to protect her pregnancy, so Shen Yan not only had to serve her meals, but also had to do the dirty work of taking out the feces and urine. Shen Yan was not good at serving people, and he almost went crazy.

Moreover, if he did not do what Cheng Nuonuo wanted, she would stare at him grimly, cursing Cheng Yaoyao viciously or talking about "marriage" and "reporting", which tortured Shen Yan enough.

On this day, Shen Yan, who was at his wit's end, met Lin Ranran. She comforted him with a few soft words, and he couldn't help but tell her everything.

Lin Ranran smiled softly and charmingly: "I have a good idea."

After hearing this, Shen Yan's eyes suddenly lit up like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood!

Lin Ranran's good idea is to send Cheng Nonuo back to the Lin family and let Mrs. Lin take care of her! In Lin Ranran's words, "Cheng Nonuo is used to living in my house. It's nothing more than boiling more hot water and cooking more hot meals to ensure that she is served comfortably."

Cheng Nuonuo naturally refused to agree, but she was trying to protect her pregnancy and dared not move, so how could she resist? Shen Yan hired a car and sent Cheng Nuonuo back to the Lin family before dark. He also gave Mrs. Lin twenty yuan and got rid of this hot potato.

What kind of person is Mrs. Lin? She can even torture her own grandson and granddaughter. She didn't torture Cheng Nonuo. She put twenty yuan in her pocket but nothing happened. She didn't bring the hot water and hot rice as promised. She just sent Cheng Nonuo some food twice a day. Cheng Nonuo wanted to scold her, but she said in a sharp voice: "You have a dirty thing in your arms, but you don't hide it. You're showing off your face and showing off your dirty face!"

Lin Ranran took her younger brother and sister and moved into the woodshed. Cheng Nuonuo occupied a room all by herself as she wished, but no one responded. Even Lin Dandan and Lin Pingping seemed to be deaf, and would not step into the room no matter how she called.

However, on the third day, Cheng Nuonuo suffered pain all night and gave birth to a stillborn baby.

The next day, Mrs. Lin started cursing at the entrance of the village: "This shameless slut left dirty things in my house! She is deliberately trying to ruin my family's feng shui! This kind of thing has never happened in the Lin family for generations! I still have several innocent daughters in my family. How can we live like this in the future!"

Mrs. Lin brought a pot of boiling water, a chopping board and a kitchen knife, and chopped and cursed at the entrance of the village. If a chicken or a vegetable was lost at home, the wives and daughters in the village would also curse at the entrance of the village for a whole day. When Lin Dafu came to inquire and stop them, the villagers had already understood the whole story.

"I was wondering why I haven't seen Cheng Nonuo these days!"

"Shen Yan also ran into the city, and said he was going to a class, but it was obvious that he was there to take care of Xiaoyue!"

Someone else whispered that she had noticed that Cheng Nuonuo's hips swayed when she walked, and it was obvious that she was not a virgin.

The villagers talked about Cheng Nuonuo's incident with great relish, and seventeen or eighteen versions of the story were spread. No one knew why Cheng Nuonuo suddenly appeared in the city after being missing for a few days. It was said that she was not only pregnant, but also had many marks of snake and insect bites on her body.

Some people also said that first someone died in Tianshui Village, and then this happened, it must be that the Feng Shui of the mountain behind was broken, and the mountain god was angry. This superstitious saying was quickly suppressed by the brigade, but the rumor did not subside, but became more and more bizarre.

Mrs. Lin really felt that she had suffered a great loss. If she had known that Cheng Nuonuo had such a dirty thing, twenty yuan would not have been enough! She wanted to kick Cheng Nuonuo out directly, but Lin Ranran told her that Shen Yan's family had a deep background in Shanghai, and if she really offended him, she would definitely not be able to get away with it.

Mrs. Lin stopped talking when she heard this, but Cheng Nuonuo had a miscarriage in her house, and it was such a shame that she got pregnant before marriage. It was too unlucky! She brought her two daughters-in-law and burned pomelo leaves and talismans in Cheng Nuonuo's house to drive away evil spirits. They also blocked the doors and windows for fear of being reported for superstitious activities.

Cheng Nonuo lay on the bed unable to move, her hair was as dirty as a felt stick. The room was originally filled with the stench of blood, mixed with a pungent burnt smell, which made her twitch on the bed.

These days, Shen Yan didn't even dare to raise his head when he went out. His job in the warehouse was also taken away. The people working in the warehouse were all young girls, and no one wanted their daughter to work in front of such a gangster.

Shen Yan worked in the fields all day and his arms were almost too tired to lift. What made him most unbearable was working under Xie Zhao.

At first, he was a city educated youth with unlimited glory, he was the center of attention, the beautiful woman Cheng Yaoyao was all around him, and many people envied him. However, Xie Zhao was just a poor son of a landlord who could not even afford to eat, not even worthy of carrying his shoes.

In just half a year, their situations had completely changed.

Xie Zhao was in charge of the work in the vegetable field, and everyone respected him. He was always dressed neatly for work, and every day at noon, when Xie Zhao opened his lunch box, the aroma was so tempting that people would eat two more bowls of rice. What people envied and talked about the most was that Cheng Yaoyao occasionally came to the field to bring Xie Zhao food. A startled glance at him made the men jealous and hit Xie Zhao's shoulders.

"Cheng Zhiqing is too clingy to you!"

"It's the same pickled vegetable, but why is Cheng Zhiqing's so delicious?"

"Hey, there's still some flesh underneath! You really care about me!"

"Brother Xie, can you help me ask Cheng Zhiqing if he has any sisters? Even distant relatives are fine!"

Xie Zhao did not answer, but generously let them eat up all the food, his eyes and eyebrows revealing the joy and contentment that only men can understand.

Every time this happened, Shen Yan would bury his head in gnawing on the dry rice cakes, chewing them hard and swallowing the dry food mixed with regret.

Cheng Yaoyao knew nothing about this. She sat on the doorstep, happily waiting for Xie Zhao to return from the city.