Chapter 11: The matter of Gouhe
Liang Jinyu hurriedly added a ladle of water to the pot and hurried to the back mountain.
It is called the back mountain, but in fact it is just a small hill. Because the road is difficult to walk on due to the overgrown weeds, few people come here on weekdays.
Just as she reached the foot of the hill, Liang Jinyu saw a familiar figure emerging from the bushes with a panicked look on his face.
Liang Jinyu was about to say hello, but the other party saw her and turned around and walked away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Strange, why is he here?" Liang Jinyu muttered, but because she was worried about Chen Dani, she didn't think much about it.
When Liang Jinyu arrived, Chen Dani was fighting with a boy. The boy pulled her hair and she bit his arm, and both of them screamed in pain.
"Stop it, stop fighting!" Liang Jinyu took two steps at a time and walked over, grabbing one of them with one hand, "If you have anything to say, just talk it out. Fighting won't solve the problem."
Chen Dani said angrily: "Let him let go first!"
"You let go first!" The boy refused to give in.
Liang Jinyu advised: "How about this, when I say one, two, three, you all let go at the same time."
The two of them stared at each other, and waited until Liang Jinyu shouted one, two, three, before reluctantly letting go at the same time.
Chen Dani spat to the side, wiped her mouth, and asked in disgust: "How long have you not taken a shower? You stink so bad?"
The boy blushed immediately and said angrily, "You are the one who stinks. You stink like the stones in the toilet!"
There were many children in the village, and Liang Jinyu could only name a few from the Chen family, but she still had an impression of the boy in front of her.
It was because his father Wang Tiande was a murderer, and he, Wang Erniu, was a notorious bad boy in the village. He fought with others every now and then and had a stubborn and obstinate temper.
"Say it again, believe it or not, I will bite you to death!" Chen Dani widened her eyes and bared her teeth and claws.
"Come on, who's afraid of who!" Wang Erniu clenched his fists and was also angry.
Seeing the two people fighting like chickens, Liang Jinyu quickly stood between them: "Okay, what's going on?"
Chen Dani snorted coldly and pointed at the woods behind her: "The chicken ran over there. I wanted to go find him but he refused. How ridiculous! This mountain is not his, why wouldn't he let me pass?"
Liang Jinyu looked at Wang Erniu, wanting to hear his explanation.
Wang Erniu had a sullen face and said in a stern manner: "No means no!"
Liang Jinyu frowned in displeasure and was about to say something to him when she heard hurried footsteps coming from the woods.
The leaves rustled, and a woman in an old green flowered short jacket came out quickly, with grass debris on her messy hair.
"Er, Erniu?" The woman was stunned and her face turned pale instantly.
Wang Erniu didn't even look at her, turned around and ran down the mountain.
The woman subconsciously chased after him, but then she remembered something and stopped where she was in embarrassment, her young face full of shame.
Liang Jinyu immediately thought of old man Chen who had just come down the mountain, and couldn't help but look at Dani.
"You wouldn't steal my chicken, would you?" Chen Dani stared at the woman suspiciously.
[The brat refused to let me in. They must be from the same family! ]
Liang Jinyu: “…”
The woman then noticed Liang Jinyu and Dani beside her, and her cheeks suddenly turned red again.
"Don't mind the kid's nonsense, Chunniang." Liang Jinyu said with a smile, raised her hand and patted Chen Dani's shoulder, "Go look inside."
Chen Dani muttered a few words and sneaked into the woods.
The woman's name was Yang Chunniang. It was said that she was bought from outside by Wang Tiande. She gave birth to Wang Erniu in the first year of their marriage.
Later, Wang Tiande killed someone outside and was taken away by the government. To this day, no one knows whether he is alive or dead. The villagers said that killing someone was to pay for his life, so Wang Tiande must be dead, otherwise how could he not have returned for so many years.
As a woman raises two children and has no support from her mother-in-law, you can imagine how difficult life is.
"I'll go back first." Chunniang lowered her head and didn't dare to look Liang Jinyu in the eye.
Liang Jinyu's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked tentatively, "It's almost dark, what is Chunniang doing in the mountains?"
Chunniang was startled and clutched the hem of her clothes tightly: "Nothing, just taking a walk."
After saying this, she quickened her pace and walked down the mountain, as if she was afraid that Liang Jinyu would not let go.
Liang Jinyu turned around and looked in the direction where Chunniang had just come out. After thinking for a moment, she also walked in.
...
The sun sets in the west, and the tired birds return to their nests.
On the way down the mountain, Chen Dani held the big cock and complained: "It's all that guy's fault. If he hadn't stopped us, we would have been home a long time ago. Now we will definitely be scolded again if we go back."
"Dani, do you know the name of that concubine just now?" Liang Jinyu suddenly asked.
Chen Dani shook her head: "I don't know him, what's wrong?"
"Her name is Yang Chunniang, and the child just now is called Wang Erniu, her son." Liang Jinyu said, looking at Chen Dani expectantly.
Chen Dani still shook her head: "No, I don't remember what happened before. He was the first to attack me today. I can't possibly apologize to him. Forget it."
[Poisoning the pancake - don't try that. If you want to be the Virgin Mary, go ahead and be the Virgin Mary. I won't let myself be wronged.]
Liang Jinyu was a little disappointed. It seemed that either Dani didn't know who was with Old Man Chen, or that person was not Chunniang.
but--
Liang Jinyu thought about what she had seen in the forest, the open space covered with fallen leaves, the newly broken grass and trees around it, and the beach of weeds.
Someone definitely did something shady there.
If it's really Chun Niang...
Liang Jinyu sighed secretly and felt a tightness in her chest. If she told Chunniang the truth, it would be the end of her life.
When he returned to Chen's house, as expected, he was scolded by Wang again.
Old man Chen came over from the cowshed with his hands behind his back. If it were in the past, he would have definitely scolded Wang, but he was in a good mood today and actually ignored Wang and went into the house.
Wang was really noisy, Liang Jinyu was a little impatient, so he asked loudly: "Dad, did you go to the back mountain just now?"
Old man Chen's back stiffened instantly, and his expression could not be seen as he turned his back to the door.
Wang grinned and cursed: "Who do you think you are? You are meddling in your father-in-law's affairs. Where he goes is none of your business. I think you are just trying to find something to talk about!"
"Okay, shut up. You keep yelling all day and it's making me upset!" Old man Chen shouted irritably. He turned around and glanced at Liang Jinyu. The smile on the other's face made his heart shudder.
"I've been in the cowshed the whole time. What nonsense are you talking about going to the back mountain?" Old man Chen cursed angrily and went back to his room with a dark face.
Wang glared at Liang Jinyu: "What are you doing? Why don't you go make dinner?"
Liang Jinyu casually pulled a handful of dried radishes from under the eaves and decided to have radishes stewed with pork tonight!