Chapter 12: Rumors? Making trouble!
Lin Xiaobai put his hands in his pockets and walked slowly on the village road.
The villagers holding their rice bowls along the way all cast inquiring glances at her. A few gossiping women gathered under the locust tree and pointed and talked, but when they saw her approaching, they hurriedly fell silent.
This guy stayed in the back mountain alone for a whole night and came down the mountain alive and well.
Oh my god, you can’t mess with this mountain god! You can’t mess with him!
Ma Dongxue followed three meters behind her with an aggrieved expression on her face and looked around with tears in her eyes. The theme of the pantomime performance was "I have a story, welcome to ask questions."
"Dongxue, what are you busy with so early in the morning?"
"Serving the people, tell Xiao Bai that there is a call looking for her, the uncle sounds very urgent, so I will go there~"
This time she learned her lesson and didn't mention her "fiancé." It seemed like she said nothing, but it also seemed like she said everything.
What's wrong with a man looking for a woman these days? They're not related!
The old women in the village were so excited that they seemed to be injected with chicken blood. They wished they could pry open Ma Dongxue's mouth and hear the whole story.
Lin Xiaobai's little fangs were bared again. After a big meal, someone came to him to entertain him. He was having a great time!
The old hand-cranked telephone in the village committee office was placed on the village chief's desk. When I entered the door, it just happened to ring.
Lin Xiaobai glanced at Ma Dongxue, who was standing at the door with her ears erect, and pulled the corners of his mouth. He picked up the microphone and deliberately spoke in a sweet voice:
"Hello~ fiancé?"
Tang Jingmo on the other end of the phone paused noticeably.
He was standing in the military district's communications room at the moment, and could faintly hear the slogans of his teammates during training outside the window.
The prepared words turned into a low laugh.
"It's me! Your fiancée misses me?"
Damn! The amnesiac Tang Jingmo is a bit scary. It turns out that such a calm, serious and introverted person would flirt with her~
Eh~
It’s really fun!
"That's right~" Lin Xiaobai's fingertips were wrapped around the telephone wire. He saw Ma Dongxue approaching a few steps and smiled mischievously, "I was thinking a lot. Did you think that the poor little wolfdog I saved was dead~?"
"Cough!" Tang Jingmo was choked by his saliva, and his Adam's apple rolled, "Lin Xiaobai, is there someone next to you?"
"Hateful~ You ask even though you already know the answer!" She kicked the table leg coquettishly, and the enamel teacup on the table clanged loudly. "By the way, our village clerk Ma Dongxue said that you might be an old man, and asked me to be careful and not be fooled by old men~"
"Bang!" Ma Dongxue was caught off guard and the melon fell on her head. She was so scared that she fell flat on her face.
She didn't care about Lin Xiaobai's teasing look and ran away.
"Old man? Old man?" On the other end of the phone, Tang Jingmo's voice had already frozen to the North Pole, "Wait!"
"What are you waiting for? Why are you calling me for no reason?"
The eavesdropper had already gone far away, so there was no need to continue the show. Lin Xiaobai sat down on the desk, swinging his legs, and chatted intermittently.
"Three days." Tang Jingmo opened the collar of his military uniform. "I applied for sick leave."
Lin Xiaobai raised his eyebrows: "What disease? Cancer?"
"Lovesick!" The phone was hung up.
He is indeed sick! He hung up before he could finish his words.
Wait! Next time I will die before you!
Ma Dongxue trotted all the way to the threshing ground.
The early rising sun gently dispelled the morning mist, and the villagers who were preparing to go to work gathered in twos and threes, waiting for the production team leader to distribute farm tools.
She deliberately moved to the most lively crowd, and standing next to her was Wang Po, the village's most eavesdropping woman.
"Oh, what's going on? Did the village chief tell you something important that made you run so fast that you can't even catch your breath?"
"It has nothing to do with the village chief," Ma Dongxue hesitated, sighed, and whetted Wang Po's appetite, "Don't mention it, I just went to notify Xiaobai to answer the phone, and accidentally heard her and her fiancé acting coquettishly..."
"What? Xiao Bai's fiancé called from the city? I heard he's a second-time married man, his second wife just died, and he has three kids. How old must he be?"
Ma Dongxue always knew how quickly word spread in the village, but she didn't expect that she had underestimated it.
"Don't say that. I hear that she seems to be of high status and probably not very old. Compared to a high-ranking person, her fiancé is considered young and promising..."
"Oh! You really have a fiancé. I thought I heard it wrong just now!" It turned out that Mrs. Wang was just trying to trick people.
Aunt Liu, who was overhearing nearby, slapped her thigh and said, "According to what you said, he must be forty. Last time, the newspaper praised the director for being young and promising, wasn't he also in his forties?"
Speaking of this, the people around have all thought of someone who often appears in newspapers. After all, the village chief has also called on everyone to learn from his glorious deeds.
Everyone kept their mouths shut, which was unusual, and their expressions were indescribable.
A new bride who had just married into Longshan Village didn't understand what was said, so she boldly asked, "Which director are you talking about? A director is a golden rice bowl after all, isn't that good?"
The mother-in-law next to her quickly covered her mouth and said, "Why are you joining in the fun? What do you know? That man loves to take care of female comrades. Last year, an educated youth from the next village jumped into the river because he took too much care of her. He was almost not saved."
The new bride immediately understood who it was. It was Director Qian from the county. He was almost 45 years old, and the groom was always new in his work.
From the county to the village, every family with a young girl knows to avoid this person.
Why does the Lin family insist on moving forward?
I guess he's afraid of being poor!
Everyone smiled knowingly, and just then the team leader came to distribute tools, and everyone dispersed to work.
Old man Lin hid in the crowd, smoking his pipe, listening to every word of gossip, his mind turning over and over again, and his abacus starting to click.
"Old Man Lin, why are you leaving? Aren't you going to work today?" Production team leader Da Wang was very puzzled when he saw Old Man Lin turning around and going home.
"I'm not feeling well, so I'll take a rest today."
Da Wang touched his head and asked the village party secretary next to him, "Uncle Lin Shan, Da Zhuang asked for leave because of a broken bone, his wife complained of stomachache, and old lady Lin had a headache. Is this family beset by evil spirits?"
"What are you talking about? You are a cadre, do you want me to accuse you of being a feudal superstitious person?" Lin Shan knocked on Da Wang's head. "They are just a bunch of black-hearted lazy people. Without Lin Guohua and others, hard times are still ahead."
As the saying goes, old ginger is still spicy. Lin Shan has been the village party secretary for many years and has a certain vision.
Old Man Lin returned home without saying a word and glanced at Shen Cuihua who was busy in the kitchen, "Da Zhuang's family, you go to work today, and the whole family pretends to be sick and treats others as fools."
Chen Cuihua didn't dare to refute her father-in-law. She went back to her room, put on a ragged cloth dress, punched Lin Dazhuang twice, and went out mumbling.
Old Mrs. Lin was curled up on the kang sewing the soles of her youngest son's shoes. When she heard this, she poked her head out and looked at him, wondering, "Boss, did the village party secretary say anything to you? Don't bother with that old guy. With the third son here, he will have many opportunities to ask us for favors in the future."
Old Man Lin remained silent, staring at Lin Xiaobai's house with cloudy eyes, waiting...
During the lunch break, Shen Cuihua came back madly. After entering the house, she stopped mysteriously and closed the door. "Mom, guess what good news I heard outside!"
Without waiting for Old Lady Lin to respond, she couldn't help but blurt out, "Mom, you don't know, Xiaobai is marrying up! It's all over the village, her fiancé is Director Qian of the County Revolutionary Committee!"
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