Lu Guangbai's cheeks flushed red.
The two found a spot to stand.
This is a good location; it's inside a rice stack. There are three rice stacks in the village: one near the threshing ground, one near the cowshed, and one near the village committee.
Compared to the threshing ground and village committee where people often walk, the cowshed is sparsely populated and remote. Many stories have taken place in this rice stack.
Zheng Nanle pulled Lu Guangbai along and chased after them, then found a place to hide.
Lu Guangbai glanced at the two of them, his expression showing no surprise.
Zheng Nanle nudged him in the chest with her elbow and lowered her voice: "Lu Guangbai, do you know about them?"
In front of Zheng Nanle, Lu Guangbai didn't even bother to pretend to be ruthless anymore. He didn't hide anything and said directly, "They're having an affair."
Lu Guangbai, his grandfather, and the other people who lived here were said to live in a cowshed, but in reality, their living conditions were nowhere near as good as a cowshed.
The cattle were the wealth of the production brigade, and were ancestors that needed to be carefully raised. The place where they lived had a thick roof of rice that wouldn't leak, and the four walls were half-brick. The bottom was a stone base, and the top was made of blue bricks, with the top half made of yellow clay bricks. It was better than the houses of most families in the village.
They lived in a makeshift shed erected by the villagers. Four large pillars supported the space, and there were beams on top made of horizontal timbers, but the top and the four walls were only covered with straw mats, which barely kept them out of the wind and rain.
When it rains, it's a heavy rain outside and a light rain inside. In winter, when the wind blows, the bamboo mat is blown open, and the wind blows in like a knife cutting into your skin.
There are no doors or gates; anyone can come in.
Living in such a place, Lu Guangbai felt unsafe and was extremely vigilant. He would wake up at the slightest noise outside and would only take back the shanty after ensuring that the noise would not endanger the safety of the shanty.
As a result, he knew quite a bit of gossip in the village, and that's how he got involved with Xie Ronghua.
“It really is true.” Zheng Nanle clicked his tongue. “The Xie family is really a mess, with the eldest brother-in-law and his wife.”
She said to Er Ya, "Er Ya, it's a good thing you didn't marry into the Xie family. The Xie family is too chaotic; you couldn't handle it."
Zheng Erya nodded vigorously.
Lu Guangbai reached out to cover Zheng Nanle's eyes, but Zheng Nanle dodged and looked at him warily.
Lu Guangbai: "..."
Why does it make him look like he's about to act like a hooligan?
He's really innocent. Anyone who would even think of Zheng Nanle now is a scoundrel.
He withdrew his hand and explained, feeling humiliated, "You're still young, don't look at things that are dirty to your eyes."
Zheng Nanle's eyes lit up.
There's a story behind those words.
She turned her head and stared intently at Xie Xiaoyi and his sister-in-law.
Hurry up, she loves watching.
However, the two did not hug and kiss.
Xie Xiaoer's wife touched her belly, her face full of panic. "Brother, I'm pregnant. He hasn't touched me these past few days, what should I do?"
Zheng Nanle could clearly see Xie Da's pupils dilate, and he couldn't tell whether he was surprised or delighted. He rubbed his clothes with his fingers.
He threw a punch at the stack of rice, but dared not use force, only lightly pounding it. His face was full of regret, but when his gaze fell on Xie Xiaoer's wife's belly, a hint of surprise and delight appeared.
"Let me think about it, let me think about it."
No sooner had Xie Xiaoyi finished speaking than a chubby figure jumped out and laughed loudly, "No need to think about it. The Xie family has a new grandson. What is there to think about? The pot is rotten in the meat. Whether it's the eldest son's wife or the second son's wife, it makes no difference."
The sudden voice startled Xie Xiaoyi and Xie Xiaoer's wife, who involuntarily took two steps back and stared at the newcomer in fear.
The person suddenly spoke, which startled Zheng Nanle.
Without using his mental energy, and with the two sides far apart and the other party well hidden, Zheng Nanle didn't even notice that there was another person hiding in the rice stack.
However, Zheng Nan was delighted when he recognized it as Aunt Jin.
Aunt Jin is her next-door neighbor. She's a very kind person and always willing to lend a hand to anyone in the village who's in trouble.
She had four sons, all of whom were tall and strong. They stood up straight at home and were rarely provoked in the village. This fostered her straightforward personality, where she didn't care about others' opinions and said what she meant.
Most importantly, she loves watching a good show and is a real entertainer.
If this matter falls into her hands, it probably won't be able to be kept secret for long.
"Aunt Jin, don't shout, don't shout," Xie Xiaoer's wife, Zhou Guihua, pleaded desperately.
Aunt Jin asked in confusion, "Really? You're not still thinking of being pregnant with your eldest son's child and continuing to be your second son's wife, are you?"
Zhou Guihua and Xie Xiaoyi: "..."
The two lowered their heads.
When a person who has done something wrong feels guilty, they most want to maintain the status quo and slowly hide it until they can no longer conceal it.
"Hey, that's not fair. If you ask me, his wife has been dead for three years. It would be perfect if you remarried him. You still have a younger sister who isn't married yet. Marry your sister to the second son, and he'll get a wife. Wouldn't that solve the problem perfectly?"
Aunt Jin pointed at Xie Xiaoyi, then at Zhou Guihua. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she waved frantically, "Hey, village chief, village chief!"
Zhou Guihua fell to the ground, her face filled with despair.
It's over.
She looked at Xie Xiaoyi, then suddenly lunged at him, hitting him repeatedly, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, what are we going to do now?"
As she spoke, she pounded her stomach again, saying, "I hit him, and everything will be alright after I hit him..."
Xie Xiaoyi quickly grasped her hand and said anxiously, "It's alright, Guihua, it's alright, don't be like this."
"Waaaaah," Zhou Guihua cried, covering her face.
She couldn't bear the consequences of having her secret exposed.
Zheng Nanle clicked his tongue in approval, "Look, people only regret things when they're about to taste the bitter fruit. And most people don't regret the mistakes they made, but rather blame themselves for not being careful enough, which led to the failure."
Upon hearing this, Lu Guangbai's gaze darkened slightly.
Will you regret doing this in the first place?
The village chief led his men over, and when he saw Grandma Jin, his eyelids twitched.
Her enthusiasm is definitely not for anything good.
Who made a mistake that she found amusing?
As he got closer, Xie Xiaoyi saw Zhou Guihua crying and holding her, and he almost exploded.
No, it's these two.
He looked at Aunt Jin, who nodded. "Zhou Guihua is pregnant with Xie Shanzi's child. Zhou Guihua is planning to remarry Xie Shanzi, but she is worried that the Xie family will have a hard time. Please ask the village chief to make a decision."
Aunt Jin talked and talked, making decisions for Zhou Guihua and Xie Shanzi.
And they even had a baby?
The village chief was held captive for a second, and his face twitched slightly.
He looked away, cursing heaven and earth and his ancestors in his heart.
He really didn't want to deal with this mess. Married people should just live their lives honestly with their wives, and unmarried people should just find a partner peacefully.
Why steal people, steal people, steal people?
"The Xie family will hold a banquet in three days, and the Xie brothers, Xie Shan and Xie Shi, will get married at the same time. That's the decision."
The village chief acted swiftly and decisively, making the final decision.
Xie Shanzi and Zhou Guihua, who was crying, were stunned. Was it really resolved just like that?
The two suddenly felt the sky was bluer and the grass was greener, and they were able to get back to normal. Xie Shan helped Zhou Guihua up and thanked the village chief repeatedly.
village head:"……"
Headache.
Zheng Nanle couldn't help but lean against Lu Guangbai and chuckle softly.
Xie Xiaoyi and Zhou Guihua, how could they be like this? Zheng Nanle thought for a long time before coming up with a single word: simple-minded.
How could someone so simple-minded, in such a complicated situation as the Xie family, possibly have the idea of having an affair?
Perhaps it is precisely because the two are simple-minded and insensitive to everything that this happened?
Lu Guangbai's cheeks flushed.
Despite her slender appearance, Zheng Nanle was actually a woman nearing adulthood. This was the first time a woman her age had ever held her in such an embrace. There were no discouraging words to break the atmosphere, and the warm breaths through her clothes made her feel incredibly embarrassed.
At the same time, I also felt a bit frustrated.
He's a grown man, doesn't he have any sense of crisis?
Of course, this doesn't mean he had any romantic feelings for Zheng Nanle, but rather it's the instinctive shyness that exists between men and women when they're together.
He nudged Zheng Nanle, who grabbed his arm and said in a low voice with a clear smile, "Don't move, let me lean on you for a bit."
Otherwise, she would really be laughed to death by Xie Shan and Zhou Guihua.
Lu Guangbai endured for a few more minutes before pushing Zheng Nanle away.
This time, Zheng Nanle straightened up, her face still bearing a smile. Because she was smiling so hard, her moist eyes were filled with tears, like the green mountains after the rain, rippling with clouds and mist, clear and pure black.
Lu Guangbai was momentarily dazed.
What a pair of bright and beautiful eyes!
Realizing what he was thinking, Lu Guangbai slapped his forehead hard.
Has he lost his mind?
Zheng Nanle gave Lu Guangbai a strange look, then looked around. "A bug?"
Lu Guangbai nodded.
Zheng Nanle remembered that summer was approaching and mosquitoes would be swarming around, and the Zheng family would never use mugwort to repel mosquitoes in her room. She said, "Give me some mosquito repellent powder."
Lu Guangbai paused for a moment, then said in a conciliatory tone, "You're quite unceremonious. I'll give it to you when you come over for rice and oil tomorrow morning."
Zheng Nanle looked at him with a grin, "We're practically brothers, we almost committed a crime together."
Lu Guangbai's mask of pain.
brother.
Don't go too far.
The next second, he transcended.
Let's stick to being brothers.
He simply couldn't see her as a woman.
My face, which was previously flushed, has turned pale red.
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