Chapter 46
Xu Zhao washed the dishes. He would wash dishes when he had time, but he was particularly attentive tonight. He helped carry the bath water to the bathroom and ran upstairs to get the pajamas.
Jiang Suihan was very happy to have someone working. She took a comfortable bath and prepared to go to bed.
Xu Zhao caught the flying pillow, his eyes blank. What was going on?
Jiang Suihan waved at him happily and announced directly: "You and Lele will sleep together tonight."
Sleeping with my brother-in-law! ?
Xu Zhao was extremely reluctant and tried to discuss with Jiang Suihan: "Can we not go?"
Hasn’t he been coaxed into giving up and is no longer angry?
Alas, it seems that he overestimated himself.
Jiang Huihan stretched out her index finger and shook it: "No, I'll teach you a lesson. I want to sleep alone tonight. I've made this happy decision."
Xu Zhao said with a droopy head: "I am unhappy."
It would be strange if he could be happy if he couldn't sleep with his sweet and soft wife at night and had to share a bed with his brother-in-law.
Jiang Suihan grinned at him: "It doesn't matter, as long as I'm happy, go quickly, don't disturb my sleep."
It looked like she was chasing away a fly, without any reluctance at all.
Xu Zhao said he was very hurt and looked back every step he took, but Jiang Huihan did not try to keep him.
Jiang Suihan rolled around on the bed twice with the quilt in her arms before stopping, laughing so hard.
Xu Zhao's pitiful look was really funny. It was the first time she saw such an expression on his face, and she almost softened her heart and let him stay.
Accustomed to having someone around, Jiang Suihan tossed and turned in bed for a long time but couldn't fall asleep. Then she began to think about Wang Lijuan. This girl gave her a very strange feeling.
Maybe, I can find an opportunity to test it out next time.
Jiang Leyun sat cross-legged on the bed, facing Xu Zhao, with an expression of surprise that he could not hide: "You were kicked out by my sister!? Did you have a fight?"
No way, they were so affectionate before dinner, and now it’s only been a short time and they’re already falling out?
Xu Zhao felt a little embarrassed and didn't want to discuss this with the child: "No, it's late, you should go to bed."
Jiang Leyun felt itchy because he didn't find out the truth, but he knew his brother-in-law didn't want to say it, and no matter how much he begged and made a fuss, the result would not change.
The child tilted his neck, reached out and patted Xu Zhao's shoulder, and said earnestly: "It's okay, it's just being kicked out of the room, it's not a big deal, a man should have the courage to admit his mistakes, my sister is soft-hearted, you can coax her more, say some nice things, praise her for her beauty, buy her gifts, and soon she will calm down."
Xu Zhao looked at his brother-in-law who acted like a little adult and found it a little funny: "Where did you hear these words?"
He is so good at making girls happy at such a young age. He will be extraordinary when he grows up.
Jiang Leyun held his chin with both hands: "I saw it a lot in college before. Those older brothers and sisters were like this when dating. They coaxed the girl when she was angry, bought her gifts on her birthday, and chose the most expensive and best gifts. When it rained, they held an umbrella to escort her all the way."
Jiang's father is a university teacher. His family lives in the school. He plays around in the university every day and has seen many college couples. He has seen a lot and is knowledgeable.
He is just young, it doesn't mean he doesn't know anything, he knows a lot of things. What's the good of dating? He will be controlled by the girls and have no freedom at all.
He is a little boy with a lot of wild ideas in his mind.
Xu Zhao held his forehead helplessly and rubbed the little guy's head: "You have summarized it very well, wait for you later..."
He wanted to say that you would know if I liked you, but looking at the child's innocent face, he realized that this was the wrong topic and was almost led astray by the child.
"It's getting late, time to go to bed."
Bedtime education is not suitable for him and the children, so he should go to bed quickly.
It was Jiang Leyun's first time sleeping with Xu Zhao. He was quite excited. He rolled over on the bed and slept on the inside of the bed. Then he patted his side and motioned Xu Zhao to lie down.
The child couldn't sleep because he was not sleepy. He turned sideways to Xu Zhao and blinked his eyes: "Brother-in-law, I can't sleep."
Xu Zhao knew that tonight would not be peaceful, so he asked patiently, "So what do you want to do?"
"I want to hear a story." Jiang Leyun's eyes lit up and his voice was clear and loud. "My sister used to tell me bedtime stories at home to coax me to sleep."
This is easy to solve, but he has never told stories before and is worried that the children will not like to listen.
Xu Zhao: "What story do you want to hear?"
Jiang Leyun: "Hero stories are about really great people doing really great things, like killing a tiger with one punch or sending ten big men flying with one kick."
If there is such a powerful person, he would also like to meet him.
Xu Zhao decided to ignore his brother-in-law's unrealistic request for the time being: "Then let me tell you a story about catching a fugitive on a train."
Jiang Leyun placed his hands on his chest, ready to listen to the story, and urged impatiently: "Okay, brother-in-law, tell me quickly."
Xu Zhao thought for two seconds before starting to tell a story for the first time in his life. However, due to his lack of experience, his storytelling skills were not yet ignited. His story was told dryly, as if he was reading a text, without any ups and downs.
Jiang Leyun, who was originally waiting to hear the story excitedly, was now drowsy. He tried to keep his eyes open and couldn't help complaining: "Brother-in-law, your story makes me want to sleep. I'm so sleepy. I want to sleep."
Less than a minute after he finished speaking, he started snoring.
Finally fell asleep.
Afraid that the child would catch a cold, Xu Zhao pulled the quilt up a little.
Suddenly he realized that storytelling was not completely useless. When he and Jiang Suhan have children in the future, he can tell stories to put the children to sleep, and he believes that the children should fall asleep quickly.
When she woke up in the morning, Jiang Huihan felt pretty energetic. She touched the seat next to her and found it a little hot. Her mind was still a little dazed. After a while, she remembered that she had sent Xu Zhao to sleep with Jiang Leyun last night.
He sneaked back in the middle of the night?
When she got downstairs and saw Xu Zhao at home, Jiang Suihan was stunned: "Why didn't you go to the army today?"
Xu Zhao poured her a glass of water: "It's a holiday today, no need to go over."
Jiang Suihan drank half a glass of water and turned to look at him: "You slept with Lele last night?"
Xu Zhao lied without blushing or beating his heart, "I was afraid that you would kick off the quilt in the middle of the night so I went to see you. Then you hugged me and wouldn't let me leave, so I stayed."
In fact, he couldn't sleep and tried to hold it in until late at night. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer and went back to their bedroom with his pillow. Seeing Jiang Suhan sleeping soundly, he twisted her face angrily. Maybe she was having a sweet dream and was disturbed. She unconsciously waved her hand to slap away the annoying thing, then hugged his arm and rubbed it, and continued to sleep.
His arm had been occupied by someone, so Xu Zhao decided to go all out. In one smooth move, he lifted the quilt, got on the bed, held the person in his arms, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Jiang Huihan looked at Xu Zhao suspiciously. She fell asleep last night and had no memory of what she had done. She just had to do whatever he said.
Not wanting to argue with him, I sat on the stool and started eating breakfast.
Seeing that she didn't say anything else, Xu Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
"A few days ago I agreed to take you to Shangli to pick fruit when I'm free. Today happens to be my free time. Do you want to go?"
Jiang Suihan said hurriedly, "Go."
Of course it would be nice to be able to go up the mountain and play.
What happened yesterday just passed by like that, and the two of them forgot about it tacitly.
Jiang Suihan found a thin old coat and put it on. Thinking that she didn't know how long she would stay in the mountain, she filled two bottles of water and took them with her.
The old kettle was the one Xu Zhao used himself, and the new one was bought in Mingjiang City. At that time, he had to take the train, which was very inconvenient.
When he heard that they were going to the mountains to pick wild fruits, Jiang Leyun jumped happily, cheered loudly, and hurried back to get his little straw hat.
While Jiang Huihan was putting on her shoes, Jiang Leyun motioned for Xu Zhao to bend down, leaned close to his ear and asked, "Are you and my sister together again?"
It was so mysterious that I thought it was something big.
Xu Zhao flicked the kid's forehead and said, "Don't worry about adult matters. Your sister and I didn't have a fight."
Jiang Leyun covered his forehead and looked at Xu Zhao with suspicion. He snorted, "Brother-in-law, why are you like my sister? You always like to fool me with adult matters. I am not blind. If we were not a family, I would not bother to care about you."
Every time I ask them something and they don’t want to say it or can’t answer it, they always try to fool them by saying they will tell them when they grow up.
They will bully him because he is a child, but children also have the right to know, okay?
Xu Zhao nodded calmly: "So your sister and I are a family."
People from the same family tend to stick together. Jiang Leyun frowned and felt isolated in this family.
The three of them went out, and Jiang Huihan and Xu Zhao walked side by side. They were a little close to each other, and their hands occasionally touched.
After so many times, Jiang Huihan glanced at Xu Zhao, but seeing no reaction from him, she secretly muttered to herself that it was such a good opportunity, but he didn't even dare to hold hands.
When their hands touched again, she grabbed his hand.
Xu Zhao froze for a moment, lowered his eyes to look at the two people's clasped hands, and the tips of his ears turned red involuntarily.
He lowered his voice and said, "Outside."
There are a lot of people outside and it would be bad if they saw us.
Jiang Suihan said calmly, "We are not in a relationship that cannot be seen by others. We are just holding hands. What's the big deal?"
She liked to see him being restless, it was quite funny and she couldn't help but want to tease him.
Xu Zhao: "This is in the army. People will gossip about us."
Young men and women are not allowed to walk too close to each other outside, let alone hold hands openly.
Jiang Suihan looked at him without blinking: "You dislike me."
Xu Zhao had a headache. What did this have to do with anything? How did it get to this issue?
He said quickly: "How dare I? It's good enough that you don't despise me."
Jiang Suihan pursed her lips and smiled: "That's more like it."
The two walked hand in hand for two minutes, and then someone came towards them. Xu Zhao quickly shook off Jiang Suihan's hand with a serious expression.
Jiang Huihan was stunned for a second, then got angry.
This is the first time she has been dumped. Xu Zhao, you are awesome!
When Wang Liying saw that it was Xu Zhao and Jiang Huihan, her face changed and she looked very embarrassed. It was bad luck that she ran into the people she wanted to avoid.
Yesterday at noon she had a big fight with her younger sister and asked her whether the story was true.
Wang Lijuan looked very unhappy. She never thought that there were other people present at the time and watched the whole process. The news spread to everyone in the family compound.
She was both ashamed and angry, and she wished she could find the person who had ruined her reputation and give him a good beating to vent her anger.
Facing her second sister's disappointed gaze, Wang Lijuan swallowed unconsciously, her mind racing, thinking about what to say to make her second sister believe her.
She definitely couldn't tell the truth. Even if she did, no one would believe such a ridiculous thing.
She looked at her second sister with tears in her eyes: "That's not the case, second sister, don't you believe me either?"
Wang Liying looked very unhappy. When she came back and heard people spreading rumors about her younger sister, she almost lost control of her temper and pounced on those people and tore their mouths apart.
Fearing that the incident would have a bad impact, she suppressed her anger and immediately arrested the man and questioned him as soon as she got home: "Well, tell me, do you like Xu Zhao?"
Wang Lijuan was not stupid, so how could she admit it? She immediately denied it: "How is it possible? No matter how foolish I am, I will never fall in love with a married man. Do I have any shame?"
"Listen to me, second sister. It's not what you heard. I just happened to meet Xu Zhao that day. I remembered what you said about Xu Zhao's family having a background. I was worried that he would blame our family because of the children's fight. I was afraid that it would affect my second brother-in-law's career. I wanted to ease the relationship between the two families. You know, I only have the skill of making hawthorn cakes, so I wanted to give some to the Xu family as an apology."
She continued with grievance: "I didn't know someone was eavesdropping at the time, and exaggerated the story and spread it out. I was wronged. Maybe I was too nervous at the time and didn't know how to control my words, so others misunderstood me. Xu Zhao and I have never met before. That day was our first meeting. How could I have any feelings for him?"
Wang Liying's expression softened a bit. "Anyway, you're an unmarried girl chasing after a man, and people gossip about you. I can only say that you deserve it. Don't be so willful in the future. Use your brain more. Do you hear me?"
She was barely convinced by her younger sister, but some doubts still remained in her heart.
Xu Zhao is so outstanding in all aspects. I have never seen many men in the village before, so it is reasonable for me to have inappropriate thoughts when I see a man with good conditions.
However, no matter how outstanding he is, he belongs to someone else's family. I have to hurry up and find a partner for my little sister.
Wang Lijuan secretly glanced at her second sister's expression. It wasn't as ugly as it was at the beginning. She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she managed to fool her. She would be more cautious in the future.
She looked embarrassed and complained with particular grievance, "Second sister, there are rumors flying around in the family compound about me now. They point fingers at me when they see me. I am too embarrassed to go out."
Wang Liying knew that this kind of thing was not easy to resolve. You couldn't just run up to people and explain that it was fake. Not to mention whether anyone would believe it, she didn't have such a thick skin.
"Just stay at home during this time and don't go out. As time goes by, the matter will fade away and no one will talk about it anymore."
Wang Lijuan's face turned green. How long would she have to wait? The elementary school would start soon. If she passed the exam to become a teacher, those sarcastic aunties and grandmas would talk about her when she passed by the staff quarters on her way to and from get off work every day.
For a moment, she couldn't think of a better way. She had a bitter face and regretted that she had messed up the matter in the heat of the moment.
If she had known earlier, she would not have tested Xu Zhao. She should have waited patiently until Jiang Suihan died half a year later. Xu Zhao would have been sad and upset, and she would have taken advantage of the opportunity and easily secured the position of the chief's wife.
Jiang Suihan looked straight ahead and didn't even glance at Wang Liying.
Anyway, it was already unpleasant, and she didn't want to put herself in a difficult position.
Wang Liying just watched the man leave, and her face became even uglier.
There was no one on the road at this moment. Jiang Huihan walked with her head down. Xu Zhao reached out to hold her hand, but she dodged him.
Oops, he must be angry.
"I didn't mean to push you away. There were people there just now, and I was afraid of the bad influence."
Jiang Suihan glanced at him calmly: "Oh."
Xu Zhao: "Are you angry?"
Jiang Suihan: “No.”
Xu Zhao reached out to pull her again, but she dodged him again.
Jiang Huihan stopped and turned to him: "Why do you always think I'm angry? Do I have such a bad temper?"
She was not the kind of person who got angry for no reason, and she felt hurt by that slap just now.
Xu Zhao approached her and coaxed her in a low voice: "Whose beautiful and gentle fairy is this? Yes, she is mine."
Glancing at his red ears, Jiang Huihan tried hard to hold back the corners of her mouth that were curled up: "It's not yours."
He is becoming more and more proficient in blurting out sweet words. He used to be such a calm person.
Xu Zhao grabbed his hand and pretended to be calm: "It's mine. It's all written in the household registration book."
Jiang Huihan tried to pull her hand out but failed. She glanced at him sarcastically and said, "You were very tough just now, what happened? Have you changed your mind?"
Rather than being embarrassed, Xu Zhao felt that it was more urgent to make people happy. He didn't want to continue sleeping in the same room with his brother-in-law tonight. At most, he would be teased by them a few times, but it wouldn't hurt him.
After figuring it out, he said cheekily, "You're right."
Jiang Suihan's eyes curved as she threatened him, "If you dare to leave me next time, you'll move to Lele's room and sleep there for half a month."
Xu Zhao was horrified: "I don't agree."
Jiang Suihan made the final decision: "I have the final say at home. This is what you said."
Xu Zhao was speechless as he shot himself in the foot and blocked his own retreat.
When people on the street saw the two of them holding hands, their eyes widened and they started whispering. The older ones couldn't help but blush for them, flaunting themselves in broad daylight. Young people are so shameless. They should have chosen a place to be intimate, but they made everyone feel embarrassed.
People with more thoughts guessed that in order to shut up Youyou, Xu Zhao and Jiang Suhan shamelessly held hands to tell everyone that they have a good relationship and those who are trying to poach them can give up.
Everyone had the same desire to watch the fun, and they all thought of Wang Lijuan. They had to quickly tell her the news to see how she reacted.
"Stop!" Wang Liying called out to He Shuiqing and looked at her unfriendlyly.
He Shuiqing felt a little guilty: "What?"
Wang Liying grabbed He Shuiqing's arm, her eyes seemed to be spitting fire: "Why do you dare to ask me? Don't you know what you did? I always treated you as a friend and thought of you when there were benefits. What about you? How did you treat me?"
She felt betrayed, and anger was rising in her heart.
He Shuiqing pried Wang Liying's hands apart and couldn't help rubbing her arms. She rubbed them so hard that they must have turned red.
She didn't dare to look Wang Liying in the eye, and said to him: "I don't know what you are talking about. I have an appointment and I have to leave."
Wang Liying didn't let He Shuiqing leave. She couldn't swallow her anger until today's matter was sorted out.
"Don't pretend. I know everything. You are the one who is talking nonsense and making up rumors. How did my little sister offend you? Why do you want to slander her like this? She is a young girl who has not yet married. If you spread such ugly words, how can she go out and meet people in the future? Will she get married in the future? "
After searching for half a day, they finally found the source. They thought it was caused by those gossipy people in the family compound. Wang Liying was extremely angry because it turned out to be He Shuiqing.
She remembered that she had never had any quarrel with He Shuiqing. They had a good relationship. She couldn't understand why He Shuiqing wanted to harm her family in this way.
He Shuiqing felt a little guilty. Seeing Wang Liying's cannibalistic look, he stiffened his neck and said, "I didn't say anything. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. Your little sister can do such a thing, so you should be prepared to be criticized. Xu Zhao is already married, but she still wants to touch porcelain with him, act like a spoiled child and make hawthorn cakes by herself. Ask yourself, is this what an unmarried girl should do?"
When she got home, she didn't even bother cooking. She immediately went to someone to tell them about what she had just seen, adding fuel to the fire. People in the compound loved gossip, and almost everyone in the compound knew about it in just one night.
Only then did she become frightened, worried that the two sisters of the Wang family would come after her, so she had been avoiding them for the past two days. But she was unlucky and ran into Wang Liying head-on and was caught.
Wang Lijuan couldn't stand people saying bad things about her younger sister. She was so angry that her face was very ugly. She gritted her teeth and said, "My younger sister is a pure girl. How could she be interested in a man she only met once, and he was married? Don't make up stories and put all the blame on my younger sister. You must apologize in front of everyone, otherwise I will go to the army to find the leaders to report that a family member spread rumors and caused serious harm to my family."
She originally wanted to wait quietly for the storm to pass before settling the score with He Shui, but she couldn't swallow this anger.
Good people are often bullied. If she doesn't show her power, people will think she is a sick cat.
When He Shuiqing heard Wang Liying say that she was going to complain to the army leader, she was shocked. If she reported this to the army, she would be in trouble since she was the one who started it.
Last year, a family member spread rumors and the other family found out. They came to the family’s house and the two families started fighting. It was a big fight. When the army leaders found out, they were very angry and asked the person who spread the rumors to apologize. They also criticized him in a notice throughout the hospital. It was so embarrassing.
He Shuiqing didn't want to follow in that person's footsteps, so he hurriedly comforted Wang Liying: "Look at what you said. It's no big deal to report it to the army. The leaders are so busy, how can they have time to deal with our trivial matters? Don't bother the leaders and waste their time. I apologize, I apologize now, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything nonsense, is this okay?"
A man who knows the times is a hero. He just bowed his head and apologized. She has no money and no ambition.
Wang Liying was so angry that she laughed at He Shuiqing's shameless behavior, but you asked someone to apologize, and he has already apologized, what else do you want?
The breath was stuck in her throat, she couldn't swallow it or spit it out, she was almost suffocating.
If he didn't leave now, when would he leave? He Shuiqing glanced at Wang Liying and said, "I'm going to be late. I'm leaving first."
The soles of his feet seemed to be greased and he ran away in the blink of an eye.
Wang Liying bit her lower lip angrily, turned around and went home, planning to ask her younger sister again.
From the information revealed in He Shuiqing's words, her younger sister might have lied to her, and she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable about her family's deception.
She didn't like Jiang Suihan, but she wasn't bad enough to encourage her younger sister to steal someone else's husband. Not only was that immoral, but it was also very shameless.
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