Chapter 151 Going to Great Lengths
"ah?"
Sanwa's face turned bright red, like a white apricot blossom suddenly tinged with pink, and he was extremely shy.
"Hmph, what do you mean by lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot? Why are you making things difficult for me?" The fourth brother took a sip of soup and looked at her with his chin raised.
"I'm just curious. What if you really get pregnant? Your mother will break your legs."
Sanwa picked up a piece of radish and earnestly advised him.
"Didn't you say you wanted to find a pretty young wife in the future? The Gao family's daughter sounds even more terrifying than Chen Feng. You must not follow in your elder brother's footsteps."
The fourth brother, with his neck stiff, said irritably, "No, a few goats ran into the kiln and got in the way. I thought someone had come."
Song Chunxue suppressed a laugh and nodded seriously, "Luckily, those sheep saved your life. If you really did something, you'll be going to the broken kiln in the ditch tonight."
The fourth brother, holding his chopsticks, had softened his attitude considerably, but he hadn't given up yet.
"Mother, if..."
"There are no ifs. Your mother wasn't blinded by a woman. If you really want to marry her, I'll pretend I don't have a son like you."
There is no room for negotiation on this matter.
After dinner, Song Chunxue went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Sanwa sat under the oil lamp and searched for a few words, preparing to teach them to her mother when she returned.
The fourth brother looked at him thoughtfully, "You asked me that because you're worried you don't know how?"
"Haven't you seen it before?"
"You've been herding sheep for so long, and you've seen dozens of sheep mate with lambs every year. Don't tell me you really don't know how?"
The fourth brother frowned and asked with concern, "You're not impotent, are you?"
"Go away!" Sanwa was so embarrassed that he got up and walked out. "You're the one who's not good enough, I'm very good at it."
"Don't lose control of your body. No matter how beautiful the Gao family girl is, she's already engaged. Don't do anything immoral. Keep your head clear. Maybe she's just using you to break off the engagement."
The fourth brother looked conflicted. "But she praised me as the most handsome man she had ever seen."
"..." Sanwa pointed to the basin of water next to the door, "Do you want to take a look? I've seen plenty of young men in Gaojiazhuang, and they're all better looking than you. The two brothers from the Wen family are famously handsome; she might have already praised them like that."
The fourth brother flung open the curtain in annoyance, "Impossible!"
The third brother shook his head slightly, but it seemed that he was not as ruthless as the eldest brother had been.
He must have taken some of it to heart, otherwise he wouldn't have said so much to him.
*
Worried that her fourth brother would go to Gaojiazhuang to look for someone, Song Chunxue got up a little earlier than usual.
When I got up, I saw that the fourth brother was still sleeping.
She was going to plow the fields today, but after thinking about it, she was still worried. So she decided to plow the field on the mountaintop first, since it offered a clear view of the road to Gaojiazhuang, which she couldn't avoid no matter how she tried to detour.
However, to her surprise, the fourth brother got up as usual to drink soup and prepare to herd the sheep.
Song Chunxue asked tentatively, "Aren't you going to see the Gao family girl? Or are you planning to secretly go see her?"
The fourth son said nonchalantly, "Didn't Mother want to keep an eye on me today? You'll see when you do."
"Hey, you actually guessed that." Song Chunxue laughed at him. "It's good that you know. If you dare to go to that girl, I'll chase you down and beat you until you can't get off the bed, no matter how far I run."
"I know, I know, I won't go looking, okay?" The fourth brother said irritably. "I'm going to herd sheep in the river bend today, not behind the mountain."
Song Chunxue didn't believe him at all. "Just remember it."
"It seems I really need to find you a wife. I'll pick a decent girl for you, and then you'll realize how unsuitable that girl from the Gao family is to marry."
After finishing his soup, the fourth brother got up and left. "I won't look for work now. I'll look for something to do after the New Year."
Song Chunxue didn't take it to heart, but she still went up the mountain to cultivate the land.
The fourth brother did indeed drive the flock of sheep down the river bend, but two hours later, she actually saw the fourth brother and the flock of sheep appear in the mountains behind Gaojiazhuangzi.
This means that he drove his flock of sheep along the river and around the foot of the mountain, but in the end he couldn't resist going to the place where he usually grazed his sheep.
I don't know if I've seen the Gao family girl, but the sheep must have been too busy traveling today to eat much grass.
Having never seen the fourth brother like this in her previous life, Song Chunxue didn't know whether to laugh at him or feel sorry for him.
I wonder if the Gao family girl's wedding date has been set yet.
Surprisingly, Song Chunxue actually hoped to run into Li Dazui.
He was the sharpest-eared scout in the surrounding villages; he was the first to know when something big happened in any village.
After returning home, the fourth brother had finished his IV drip and was resting in the house, so Song Chunxue didn't expose him.
For the next two days, the fourth brother did not go to the back of the mountain, but instead herded sheep around the south and west sides.
On the third day, Song Chunxue led two donkeys to the flat land of Anjia Mountain to the north to cultivate the land.
To get there, she would have to cross the land where the Li family lived; she was sure she would run into Li Dazui.
To avoid seeming too deliberate, she even made crispy lard pancakes before leaving home in the morning, thinking that when everyone came back from the mountains and gathered together to chat before cooking, she would bring out some delicious food to shut them up and prevent them from talking about her.
He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding; he who takes another's money is obligated to do his bidding.
For the first time, Song Chunxue went to such great lengths in order to find out more about what was happening in Gaojiazhuang.
Li Dazui must have heard about what happened in Gaojiazhuang. His daughter-in-law is from that area, and judging by the time, he has already started asking people to act as matchmakers.
As expected, her plan worked perfectly.
After Song Chunxue finished plowing the land, she tied the plowing tools to the back of the donkeys and sent the two donkeys home first. She then followed slowly home with the donkey whip and a cloth bag. Just then, she ran into five or six people gathered under the big apricot tree not far from Li Tang's house, loudly discussing the events in Gaojiazhuang.
Thankfully, I didn't hear the fourth brother's name.
"Hey, that woman is such a vixen. She's already engaged, yet she's still involved with a boy in a rather ambiguous way. No wonder people are coming to her door."
"What? The guy she's engaged to insists on marrying her? What kind of spell has he been cast on? Isn't he afraid of being cuckolded to death?"
"Oh, that girl is pitiful. She's beautiful and tall, but she has a heartless second uncle who seduced her when she was very young. She's probably already lost her body. Her parents didn't even try to stop her. They even deliberately let her deliver things to her second uncle's house. Isn't this a family with epilepsy?"
"No wonder that girl was making a scene about jumping into the cellar or hanging herself. What does she know at such a young age? She's been trained since childhood to seduce men. When she grows up and becomes more sensible, she's bound to go crazy."
“Yesterday, I ran into some people from their village when I came back from farming in Shidawan. They said that the girl really did hang herself, but luckily they found her in time.”
"It's outrageous! Why didn't her father kill her second uncle? Such a good girl was ruined like that." Someone asked urgently, "So what happened next? Was the marriage still valid?"
"What's the big deal? I heard that girl ran away today with her clothes and the shadow of her home. She probably doesn't want to stay in this area anymore."
Li Dazui sighed, "It's better that they ran away than to stay and be talked about behind their backs."
Song Chunxue did not go.
By the time she climbed the steep slope, she had heard the whole story.
If the fourth brother knew, he would definitely never forget that person for the rest of his life.
The love of youth is always the most profound.
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