Chapter 185: Night Hysteria
The girl from the blacksmith's family in Dawang Village.
There is only one blacksmith, Feng, in Dawang Village. His daughter, Feng Mengru, is about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and has never married.
In fact, Feng Mengru is a good person. Although she is not good-looking, she is hardworking, a good worker, and cheerful and generous.
Logically speaking, a girl like this shouldn't be left alone and stay at home in her twenties.
As for the reason, many people in Dawang Village actually know it, and only those from other villages don’t know it.
Zhao Zhilan knew a little about the affairs of the village because her second daughter-in-law Li Rongyue's parents' home was in Dawang Village.
"Cheng Yong, what do you think of Miss Feng?" Zhao Zhilan asked.
Li Chengyong turned his head away when asked, and a blush flew across his face: "Aunt, Miss Feng... is a very nice person."
When Zhao Zhilan saw his expression, she knew that this honest boy was probably attracted to the girl.
Why……
She sighed silently, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Miss Feng is a good person, but there's something I need to explain to you."
Li Chengyong saw that the smile on her face had disappeared, and was very puzzled: "Auntie, what are you talking about?"
"It's like this, Auntie isn't saying anything bad about Miss Feng, it's just..." Zhao Zhilan thought for a moment and said, "It's just her. She has a little problem. She's fine during the day, but at night, when she falls asleep, she tends to act hysterical."
"Well," Li Chengyong's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, "What am I supposed to do? It's okay. I'm not a child anymore, and I even have scars on my face. What reason do you have to look down on me?"
That's true, but Feng Mengru's case is not a trivial matter.
In fact, in the early years, Feng Mengru almost got engaged. However, on the night before the engagement, Feng Mengru had a hysterical attack at night. For some reason, she wandered into the man's house and burned down his woodshed.
The next morning, her mother found carbon ash on the soles of her shoes and realized that she had done it in a dream.
Later, somehow the man's family found out about this, and the marriage was naturally called off. The news that Feng Mengru had hysterics while sleeping at night also spread throughout the village.
From then on, no one visited the Feng family anymore, and Feng Mengru was left alone at home.
Feng Mengru's family had actually always known about her illness, but before, she would just play around at home, catch chickens, let the dog out, and run laps in the yard. She had never done anything too extreme.
It was quite scary when family members got up at night and saw it, but over time, we got used to it. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen just before the engagement.
Zhao Zhilan looked at the silly young man in front of her, opened her mouth, but didn't say anything in the end.
Whether Li Chengyong believed it or not was another matter. She felt that it was inappropriate for an outsider to tell this matter to her, and Feng Mengru had to take the initiative to tell Li Chengyong about it.
"Anyway, that's what happened. I heard it from my second daughter-in-law's family," Zhao Zhilan said. "Go back and think about it yourself. There's nothing else to it, but... I saw it when I woke up at night. It was pretty scary."
"Oh, I'm sorry to have caused you so much worry." Li Chengyong replied.
He also knew that Zhao Zhilan was doing this for his own good. After so many years, he had already seen clearly what kind of person Zhang Xiuer was.
When Zhang Xiuer first said she would introduce him to a marriage partner, he thought she must not be a good person. But when he met her, he found that the girl was quite nice.
He was also puzzled. Why was such a good person still unmarried? Moreover, why would Zhang Xiuer introduce such a good girl to him?
After listening to what Zhao Zhilan said today, my doubts were finally resolved and my heart was at ease.
Li Chengyong was quite happy. As he walked out of the gate, he waved to Zhao Zhilan, "Then I'll be leaving first!"
"Goodbye!" Zhao Zhilan responded loudly, then sighed. It was unclear whether it was a blessing or a curse for the two poor children.
When Baoya, Yun Chenglu, Yunhua and Yunyue saw Zhao Zhilan send Li Chengyong away, they surrounded her.
"Grandma, hysteria is not a problem, right? Sometimes I even have hysteria when I sleep." Yun Chenglu said.
Just as Zhao Zhilan was about to speak, Li Rongyue came over from the kitchen: "She is different from you."
"Why is it different?" Baoya also asked.
"Her hysteria is much more serious than you kicking your legs and quilts at night!" Li Rongyue said mysteriously.
"Before the engagement, Sa got hysterical and burned down the man's woodshed. Another time, she set the firewood on fire and threw it into her cellar, destroying all the vegetables stored there."
"Oh, I remember my mother saying that she once set all the hay we used to feed the sheep on fire and burned it all up."
Baoya: ...
This is indeed much more serious than them kicking the quilt and talking in their sleep at night.
"Fortunately, she didn't burn down the house." Yunyue patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, the last time I went back to my parents' home, I heard people say that now when the Feng family goes to bed at night, they lock Feng Mengru in her room with a big iron lock. They don't dare to put wood, paper, or anything that can easily catch fire, or flint or anything like that in the room."
"Oh," Zhao Zhilan sighed again, "What a sin! How could such a good girl have such a problem?"
"Why does she always burn things?" Yunhua looked confused.
Baoya asked, "Did she experience something related to fire before?"
But Zhao Zhilan and Li Rongyue both shook their heads, no one knew.
From the kitchen, an enticing aroma of rice wafted out, a little burnt.
Li Rongyue just realized it and slapped her thigh, saying, "Oh no! Chunxiu asked me to watch the pot, I forgot!"
After saying that, he rushed into the kitchen.
Zhao Zhilan patted Yun Chenglu's shoulder, rubbed the heads of the three little girls, and said to them, "Let's go inside and eat. We'll eat in the new house today."
"Wow! We finally don't have to squeeze in the east wing!" Yunyue raised her little hand and cheered.
Baoya was also very happy. The four children held hands and rushed into the small hall on the first floor like the wind.
A long wooden table was placed in the middle of the small hall, with wooden benches placed around it.
The four children sat in a row on one side of the table, waiting obediently for dinner.
Zhao Zhilan sat in the main seat, looking at the four neatly arranged black heads, and felt very comfortable. The worry she had just had because of Li Chengyong was swept away.
After a while, He Chunxiu, Li Rongyue and Wang Cailian came in with food, and Dalang, Erlang and Sanlang also took their seats.
A big pot of chicken soup, roasted pork ribs, stewed tofu, fried bacon, and cold vegetables filled the table, it was very sumptuous.
Zhao Zhilan said with a smile, "We've dealt with Wang Decai's family today. I'm so happy. Let's have a good meal!"
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