Chapter 14: The heroine again?

Zhou Chenglei's eyes were originally on Jiang Xia's hands. He turned his head and looked at the ground she had hoeed clean. He was also surprised that she learned so quickly, but he was austere and could not say anything to praise her. He just said, "You guys sit down, I'll go throw away these weeds."

Then he went out carrying two snakeskin bags of weeds.

Humans are social animals, so villagers' houses are generally built in one place.

The Zhou family’s old house had many neighbors. In the morning, many villagers passed by the Zhou family back and forth. Soon, most people in the village knew that the Zhou family had split up.

Zhou Chenglei took Jiang Xia to move to the old house.

The women who had gathered to mend their nets were discussing the matter.

"Why did the Zhou family suddenly split up?"

"Do I even need to ask? I can easily guess that it was that educated daughter-in-law who caused the trouble. It's obvious that she's not capable of living a normal life. She's even torn the family apart. Whoever marries a woman like this will be unlucky!"

"Zhou Chenglei and his wife live in an old house with their parents, and his wife is willing to do so? I saw her cleaning the yard and she was very happy, with a smile on her face. It is said that girls in the city are different. Their skin is so white and glowing, and their smiles are prettier than those of TV stars. They are so beautiful, like fairies."

"What's the point of being pretty? Look, she can't even hold a hoe. It's obvious she can't do anything! Why marry her? Just to show her off?"

"Too beautiful, but useless, it will run away with people! Zhou Chenglei's head is just like the grass in the yard, haha"

Zhou Chenglei suddenly stopped in front of them, holding a snakeskin bag of weeds in one hand.

Several people looked up and fell silent instantly.

"You're wrong. She didn't run away with someone that day. That person was her high school classmate, and I know him. She was looking for her to talk about the college entrance examination. Aunts, please don't misunderstand me. I don't want to hear these words again in the future, especially if she hears them."

After Zhou Chenglei finished speaking, he walked past them with two large bags of grass, expressionless.

He didn't know why he stopped to say this. He never cared about these rumors.

The rumor spread as it spread.

Probably because of the blisters on her palms.

Zhou Chenglei joined the army right after graduating from junior high school. He served for more than ten years. He had been to the battlefield and killed enemies. When he was angry, his murderous aura was too much for a few village women to withstand.

Several women watched him walk away without even breathing, and they didn't dare to say a word until he came back after throwing away the garbage. Even when he walked by, several of them lowered their heads and pretended to be working hard on weaving the fishing nets.

They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Zhou Chenglei's back completely disappeared. They remained silent for a long time before someone spoke, and they all tacitly agreed not to discuss Zhou family affairs anymore.

*After Zhou Chenglei finished taking out the trash, he came back and saw his great-grandmother teaching Jiang Xia how to fetch water with a bucket.

The well in the old house was not equipped with a hand-cranked water pump. When drawing water, people would simply throw a bucket tied with a rope into the well and then pull it up.

Jiang Xia had never tried it before. She threw the bucket into the well, but the bucket floated on the water and would not sink completely no matter how she swung it. After a long time, she only had half the bucket filled with water.

The great-grandmother pulled it up and demonstrated it again. After two attempts, she finally succeeded in submerging the bucket into the water and filled it with water.

She said happily, "Okay!"

The great grandmother smiled and continued to instruct: "You are amazing, you can learn it in no time! Be careful, pull it up. It is easier to exert force when the rope is wrapped around your arms..."

Jiang Xia happily pulled the bucket up, but she overestimated her body's strength, and when she had pulled the bucket halfway, her feet slipped and she rushed toward the well. She quickly let go, and the bucket fell back into the well. She was pulled up and staggered, and crashed into a strong chest.

The grandmother also reached out to hold her back, still feeling frightened: "Luckily Cheng Lei is back, Xiao Xia, you are not strong enough, so don't fetch water anymore."

Zhou Chenglei pulled her a few steps away from the well before letting her go. His heartbeat hadn't even calmed down yet, and he said with a dark face, "Didn't I tell you to sit down? Don't you know it's dangerous by the well? Do you have any common sense?"

Jiang Xia was not afraid. "It's okay. I just had no experience. My shoes were covered in mud and it was wet here, so I slipped. I'll just use half a bucket to get it up next time."

The great grandmother nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, half a bucket."

"Don't fetch water in the future." Zhou Chenglei said directly.

Grandma nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, don't fetch water next time, A Lei is here! He is strong, let him fetch water. Falling into the well is no joke."

Jiang Xia: “.”

Grandma, all you know how to say is right, right, right?

You think everyone is right, but this is very fence-sitting, do you know that?

Zhou Chenglei didn't say much. He picked up the rope that fell on the ground, easily filled a bucket of water and brought it up.

Jiang Xia felt that she could do it too, it was really an accident just now.

But Zhou Chenglei did look a little scary when he had a stern face, so she just let it go.

At this time, Zhou's father came back and bought a cart of tiles, and there was also a cart of sand and cement behind it.

"Grandma is here? A-Lei, come over here and take down the tiles. This is your Uncle Wen."

Zhou Chenglei took out a small bottle from his trouser pocket and gave it to Jiang Xia: "Sprinkle some medicine on the wound on your hand."

Then he walked over to help and greeted the delivery man, "Uncle Wen."

Grandma also walked over and said: "You bought so many tiles."

"Many tiles have fallen off." Father Zhou talked to grandma while working.

Jiang Xia took a look at the small bottle, not knowing what medicine it was, so she put it in her trouser pocket and walked over.

The tiles on the cart were in the shape of sheets and semi-cylinders. There was also a cart of sand and two bags of cement at the back, all of which were delivered by others.

Jiang Xia also saw that the person helping to push the cart from behind was a young girl.

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Another heroine?

She felt a little strange. Didn’t the hero and heroine get to know each other after the heroine was swept away by the waves and the hero rescued her?

I've seen it twice in advance! As expected, people who are destined to meet will always meet.

Jiang Xia thought: She should find a way to make money and move out as soon as possible.

Wen Wan was stunned when she saw Jiang Xia was still there: Why is she still here?

Shouldn't she and Zhou Chenglei have divorced early on, and then she never came back to the fishing village?

The tile kiln happened to be in Wen Wan's village. Wen's father worked in the tile kiln. When Wen Wan was free, she would go to help step on the mud and break the tile tubes. She knew Zhou's father, and when she saw Zhou's father buying tiles to fix the leak, she thought Zhou Chenglei would definitely be able to fix the leak, so she followed him under the excuse of helping her father push the cart.

She wanted to get in touch with Zhou Chenglei earlier, and also wanted to have more contact with people from the Zhou family so that she could marry into the Zhou family as soon as possible.

She can get married first and then go to college.

But why is Jiang Xia still there?

She glanced at Jiang Xia: she was covered in dirt, and her clothes were covered in mud. She was also helping to repair the house? What was going on?

She wanted to ask, but didn't know how to start.

Jiang Xia looked at her and then looked away. She came to Zhou's father and asked, "Dad, are there enough tiles?"

Father Zhou glanced at the roof and said, "It should be enough for the main house. If there is not enough space in the kitchen, we can buy some more and repair it slowly."

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia, then signaled the delivery man to unload the items under the eaves so that they could be handed over later.

He moved two bags of cement directly under the eaves.

Zhou's father helped move the tiles.

Jiang Xia also went to help move the tiles.

Father Wen saw Wen Wan standing still and shouted, "Why don't you come and help? What are you standing there for? You are not smart at all!"

Wen Wan blushed a little when she was scolded in front of Zhou Chenglei, but she still walked up to Zhou Chenglei, lowered her head and moved the tiles, looking a bit pitiful.

The two were a little close.

Zhou Chenglei stepped back a few steps and said, "I don't need your help. Go sit on the threshold and take a rest."

Wen Wan replied softly and gently: "It's okay, I'm used to it."

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