A rumor spread in the village. No one knew who started it, but it turned out to be true
. "Really?" "No way."
"Who knows..."
Everyone knew that Cao Jia Silang had made a fortune and built a big house with green bricks and tiles. Qi Wanfeng was living a good life now, with good food and shelter. She was pregnant, so she didn't even have to work in the fields. She hired people from the village to take care of her land. They worked in the fields from the time she was pregnant until the day before she gave birth. When
the brothers in the village talked about Qi Wanfeng, some envied him, while others were jealous. If someone spread gossip about Qi Wanfeng behind her back and gossiped about him, you had to ask the person himself.
There are always some people in this world who can't stand others doing well and hope that others will suffer misfortune, so these rumors spread from one person to another.
It just so happens that Cao Silang has not been at home recently? They have never seen Cao Silang at home when they went to deliver vegetables to Cao Silang's house. They heard that he went on a long journey. Only Qi Wanfeng and a few children are left at home. Wouldn't they be so bored and lonely that they can't help but go out to steal men? If Cao Silang divorced Qi Wanfeng, wouldn't they have the opportunity to marry Cao Silang, live in a good house and live a good life?
Chen Hong is now in charge of the harvest of vegetables in the village. He is now walking around the village every day, so these rumors quickly reached his ears.
Hearing some gossipy guys in the village gossip about Qi Wanfeng cheating on other men while her husband was not at home, he was so angry that his eyes were about to turn red. These guys usually love to gossip about others behind their backs.
"You just gossip about others behind their backs all day long. Wanfeng would cheat on someone? I think you are more likely to cheat on someone. I will tear your mouth to pieces!" Chen Hong grabbed the petite and weak boy and stretched out her hand to tear his mouth.
"I didn't say that, I didn't say that." The boy was a bully who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. When he saw Chen Hong was going to hit him, he immediately covered his mouth. He was afraid that Chen Hong would really tear his mouth to pieces, so he burst into tears. "
I heard it from Guihua. It has nothing to do with me." He pointed his finger at a boy who was with him.
"No, I didn't say that..."
Chen Hong was so angry that she asked one by one, but she didn't understand why he would not stop. Finally, she went to the boy who was good friends with Wang Yan. The boy was frightened by Chen Hong and shook Wang Yan out, "I didn't say that. Yes, it was Wang Yan who said that day. If you want to find someone, go find Wang Yan. It's none of my business."
Chen Hong realized that these words came from Wang Yan's mouth. When she heard that it was Wang Yan's deed, "Wang Yan? This bastard! Is he still Wan Feng's brother? Isn't he afraid of being struck by lightning for saying these things outside!"
"If I find out that you say bad things about Wan Feng outside again, I will tear your mouth apart!"
"No, I don't dare anymore."
Because of this, the boy was scolded by his mother. Usually, his wife loved him but didn't help him. The boy hated Wang Yan in his heart. He was scolded by his mother and made his husband angry. After that, the only brother who was good to Wang Yan was different. He approached Wang Yan at home. She didn't know that Chen Hong had asked about those gossips. He was thinking that when the whole village knew that Qi Wanfeng went out to pick up men, how could Qi Wanfeng dare to go out and see people! Thinking that Qi Wanfeng was unlucky, he was secretly happy in his heart.
Obviously Qi Wanfeng's life was worse than his before, but now he lives so well. They live in this shabby house, drinking water every day and can't even fill their stomachs. They live in a big house but they don't care about this side of their house. Thinking that the big house is so beautiful, it would be great if they could live in it.
He told this to his mother. After hearing what the second daughter-in-law said, Chen Zhu snorted and said, "You did a good job!" He wished that his fourth son could divorce Qi Wanfeng. He didn't even let his mother in. She should have divorced him long ago!
Dusk is the leisurely time of the day. People who come home from the fields have dinner and sit in front of the door to enjoy the cool air.
"Pah pah pah——" Qi Wanfeng was startled when he heard someone knocking on his door again, thinking it was his mother and the others who came to make trouble again. Fortunately, he heard Chen Hong's voice and knew it was not his mother.
"Chen Hong, Bai Lian, why are you here? Have you had dinner?" He had just finished dinner and washed the dishes, and heard Chen Hong calling him from outside. Qi Wanfeng came to open the door and saw that it was Chen Hong and Sun Bailian who came in. He couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I have eaten." Chen Hong's face was not very good, so he went to Sun Bailian to find Sun Bailian and came together.
"Come in, what's the matter? What's wrong with you?" Qi Wanfeng opened the door to let them in. He saw that Chen Hong and Sun Bailian looked angry. He didn't know if something had happened to make them angry.
Kang Kang and Jing Bao, who came with their mother, also came with them. The children played together.
"...Wanfeng, don't you think Wang Yan is too much? Is he still your brother? Isn't he afraid of being struck by lightning when he goes out and says these things?" Chen Hong told him about the bad things people in the village said about Qi Wanfeng.
Sun Bailian on the side echoed and wished she could slap Wang Yan right now.
"Oh." After listening to Chen Hong's angry words, Qi Wanfeng sighed and said, "My mother said this the other day."
He told Chen Hong and Sun Bailian about his mother's disturbance that day. In recent days, he didn't even open the door when his mother came to make trouble, and they couldn't do anything to him. "I think my mother felt that I said bad things about them in Silang's ears, making Silang ignore his mother. I'm afraid now she wishes Silang would divorce me and marry another good man."
"Your mother is really going too far!" Chen Hong scolded.
"Forget it, you don't have to pay attention to those gossips. We can't control so many people. Why are you afraid of others talking about things you haven't done? Let them talk if they want." Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched his belly. He rarely went back to the village now, so he couldn't hear those gossips. Now that
her husband is not at home, her mother still comes to make trouble, and he doesn't even want to go out. In addition, her husband doesn't allow him to go to the fields, and the fields at home are entrusted to others to take care of, so he doesn't even have to go to the fields. Every day, the family gets up early to make rice noodles, and the children go to school after dinner and come back in the evening. Now, the most he can do is go out to help Bai Lian's family cook.
"Wanfeng, you have such a good temper, that's why they bully you." Sun Bailian saw that Qi Wanfeng and his mother bullied the soft-tempered Wanfeng because Cao Silang was not at home. He thought that those people in the Cao family compound were all bad.
"Okay, okay, it's nothing, don't bother with those people." Qi Wanfeng didn't care about those people for a long time. What if he came with anger? Seeing Sun Bailian's rage, he said, "Okay, okay, go home, go back and rest early, you have to get up early tomorrow morning^" "Kang Kang, Jingbao, go home." Sun Bailian called his two boys.
"Mom, Mom, I want to sleep with An An." Jingbao shouted over there.
When Sun Bailian heard what his second son said, he laughed angrily and said, "No, An An is the boy and you are the boy, you can't sleep together." He walked over and pulled the younger one away, but the younger one was still making a fuss, "Mom, I don't want to leave, Mom, Mom..."
Generally, the older brothers and younger boys will sleep separately when they grow up, but the children are used to playing together, so they used to sleep together. But it was also because Qi Wanfeng had only one room and one bed before, so he couldn't sleep with several children together.
Sun Bailian still let his second son say this when he got home, but Qi Wanfeng realized that several children were eating and sleeping together now, and he didn't pay attention to this problem.
"An An, An An..."
"See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Qi Wanfeng sent them to the door. An An smiled and waved to his two brothers at his mother's feet. After the people left, he closed the door and took the children back home.
On weekdays, he bathed his own children together, but tonight Qi Wanfeng bathed the children one by one. In fact, the children didn't need him to bathe them. He just needed to put the water there and let them wash themselves. Xiangzi didn't need him to take care of him at all. The two little ones still needed him to watch them get dressed.
The house was originally prepared for each child in one room. At night, Qi Wanfeng asked them to go back to their own rooms to sleep.
"Mom, no, no, I want to sleep with my brother. I don't want to sleep alone." An An refused and hugged his mom's legs and acted coquettishly. Xiangzi and Xingxing looked at each other without saying a word. Xingxing pulled his brother and still wanted to sleep with his brother.
Qi Wanfeng was troubled by the children's noise. He whispered to Xiangzi, who nodded and took his younger brother into the room. Xingxing obediently went with his brother. Qi Wanfeng coaxed An An back to his room. When he coaxed An An to sleep, he came out of the room. Qi Wanfeng also saw Xiangzi coming out of Xingxing's room.
"Momo." He coaxed A Di to sleep before coming out. Xiangzi called out to Wanfeng and Momo.
"Well, can you go to sleep by yourself?" Qi Wanfeng asked. Xiangzi
nodded. He remembered what Wanfeng Momo said. This was the first time he realized that he was different from An An and A Di, but where was the difference? He vaguely knew that they could not take a bath together or sleep together. In the past, A'mo wanted to sell A Di to someone else as a child bride. He looked at Wanfeng Momo's big belly and seemed to understand what it was.
The children went back to their rooms. The two smaller rooms had oil lamps lit. Xiangzi said there was no need to light oil lamps in his room, so he didn't. He
got up at night to check on the children. The windows in the room were large, so the wind from outside was a bit chilly. He covered the children with quilts before going back to the room. He slept until the next day, and woke up when the roosters crowed.
Except for the first day in the new house when he slept late, Xiangzi now gets up early every day to help with the work.
The big yard was busy as usual. In order to make life better, each of them worked very hard.