Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Let’s Talk
At this moment, how could Fan Jing dare to let go? If he did, the person would be in great danger.
He endured the tearing pain in his arm and pulled Kang He's arm away from the wooden stake.
It took a lot of effort for Kang He to climb up.
Both of them had sweat on their foreheads, which mixed with the rain, and it was hard to tell which was sweat and which was rain.
Kang He was still in shock, but he stood up and hurried to check the wound on Fan Jing's arm.
The torn sleeves were already soaked with blood, and one could smell a fishy odor even without getting close.
He frowned, feeling guilty and anxious.
I regret that I am not familiar with the road and came out to look for someone, and some things in my life came to mind.
Fan Jing suddenly raised his hand to cover the wound on his arm and didn't look at him closely.
Instead, his eyes turned cold.
"You can speak Mandarin."
The familiar words fell into his ears again, and Kang He couldn't help but be stunned.
He looked at Fan Jing and saw that his originally indifferent eyes were now filled with obvious wariness.
At that moment, Kang He didn't care about the local dialect or the official language. He subconsciously called out to people in a familiar way.
But he didn't expect that Fan Jing, who lived in the countryside and was a hunter who often appeared in the mountains, could understand Mandarin.
Not only that, they even said that we could get along well.
Kang He was speechless for a moment. The matter was exposed so suddenly that he didn't know how to explain it to others.
"Why are you pretending to be a fool?"
Seeing that Kang He didn't say anything, Fan Jing asked again.
"...avoiding the draft."
Kang He thought about it and gave this reason based on what he knew.
He really couldn't say that the original person was no longer there, and that a new soul had taken place in the body.
If such mysterious words were to be said in this desolate mountain area, Fan Jing would probably not believe it. Even if he believed it, he would still suspect that he was possessed by a mountain ghost.
Seeing Fan Jing's silence, he imitated the other party's way of speaking, trying to make the story more convincing:
“I really did injure my head later, and I was indeed stupid for a while, but I gradually got better and wasn’t that stupid anymore.
But I dare not let anyone know, for fear of being conscripted again. Besides, I really can’t understand or speak the local dialect anymore, and I don’t know if I can get better in the future.”
Fan Jing was silent for a moment, perhaps trying to guess whether Kang He's words were true or not.
"Your family doesn't know about your current situation?"
Kang He nodded: "I dare not let them know."
Fan Jing thought that the Kang family probably didn't know about this. If they knew, would they give such a strong and healthy son to another family?
If it was for money, that would be fine, but the girl-in-law came from a poor family.
According to what Kanghe said, all the previous mistakes are now justifiable.
Kang He, who pretended to be stupid, was unwilling to go to someone else's house, but he couldn't reveal his true identity at home, so he was unwilling to be present at the blind date with a Japanese man, but by accident he still had a blind date.
After he returned, the Kang family, who were unaware of the situation, took the initiative to send his household registration deed to him. He had no choice but to go to the Fan family.
For this reason, when he saw cloth shops looking for workers and checking their deeds in the county, he would pay special attention and ask about their deeds.
Kang He's half-true and half-false words made things seem more reasonable to Fan Jing, who was already somewhat suspicious of him.
Now that he understood everything, Fan Jing was silent for a long time. Among all the emotions he had, he was still mostly open-minded and down-to-earth.
He has always known that there is no good thing in the world that comes for free. It is not easy for the Fan family to find a smart and complete son-in-law.
Looking at Kang He in front of him, Fan Jing did not feel angry at being deceived, nor did he feel that he was being fooled. Instead, he was very calm.
He said, "I know you want the deed, I can return it to you."
Kang He's eyebrows twitched when he heard this.
Fan Jing was not a kind-hearted person, and he had things figured out clearly: "You can leave, but you have to pay back the five strings of cash that the Fan family gave to the Kang family first."
Kang He was a little surprised that Fan Jing would say that, and quickly said, "Of course."
That's what he thought.
But when these words came out of Fan Jing's mouth, he somehow felt a little uncomfortable.
Fan Jing didn't say anything else. He covered his arm, turned around and walked to the front alone.
Kang He looked at the thin and silent figure walking into the rain.
He stood there for a long time before quickly following.
When the two returned to the cabin, it was almost dark.
Kang He relit the extinguished fire and boiled some hot water to clean Fan Jing's wound.
The wooden stake was sharp and pierced a hole in Fan Jing's arm. It was then pulled and the wound was torn and bloody.
Although there were no injuries to the bones, just looking at the damaged skin and flesh still made people feel nervous.
There is no medicine in the cabin.
Fortunately, Kang He cleaned up in the afternoon and found some dried hemostatic herbs. He brought them to Fan Jing to make a simple bandage.
"Let's go down the mountain tomorrow."
Kang He said as he wrapped Fan Jing's arm with the cloth torn from his sweat collar.
Fan Jing already knew that he could speak Mandarin and could understand it, so to facilitate communication, he spoke to him in Mandarin.
"No need, it will take less than two days."
Kang He frowned and said, "The wound on your palm has been there for several days. Is it healed? If your arm is injured again, it's not good to go to the doctor to check it out. Will you be able to use your right hand in the future?"
Fan Jing sat on the edge of the bed and glanced at Kang He, whose face was tense.
I thought to myself that this guy talks so much, and he didn't get hurt by pretending to be a fool in the past.
"I go back and make the people in the house anxious. They look panicked, and I get annoyed watching them."
Kang He paused for a moment after hearing this, thinking of the Fan couple, and immediately understood Fan Jing's concerns.
This trip didn't yield any results, and he was injured instead. If he had stayed at home to recuperate, Father Fan and Mrs. Chen might not have blamed Fan Jing, but the couple loved to quarrel, and when they did, Fan Jing felt bad.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sensible children always bear more.
"What was the quarrel about at home?"
Fan Jing didn't want to say much and didn't want Kang He to know.
Seeing this, Kang He asked, "For me?"
"None of your business."
Fan Jing said, "They want to have a banquet, but they have no money."
"What kind of wine? Wedding wine?"
Fan Jing stopped talking again.
Kang He was silent for a moment, then said, "If I leave, this banquet might not take place, but if it does, wouldn't it be a waste?"
"I didn't intend to teach them how to do it."
Fan Jing said this without looking at Kang He.
Originally, he really had no intention of doing these things. He was a poor family and other people might not look down on him just because he joined in the fun.
In recent years, some people don’t hold banquets anymore, and no one laughs at them.
But his family was clamoring for it, and he had no peace all day, so he had no choice but to do as they wished.
But now the situation is like this, and in the end, his original intention was followed.
Kang He hesitated for a moment and said, "If...if I leave, I've been with you for so long, outside..."
Fan Jing looked at Kang He and saw that he was frowning, but he didn't look like he was pretending to be worried. Instead, he looked at him with respect.
The fact that he thought this way showed that he had some conscience and was not a selfish person who only cared about himself.
"I don't care, you don't need to worry."
Fan Jing really didn't care. He didn't want to find the family again, so he was naturally not afraid.
It was just that the villagers laughed at him privately for a few days, saying that the boy from the Fan family was too domineering and scared away all the potential sons-in-law.
Seeing Kang He's worried look, he continued, "Nowadays, marrying off a rich man is popular. Some families can't find a suitable son-in-law, and they are worried that their sons and daughters will be left alone when they are old. So they find a fake son-in-law to come to the girl's house, live with her for a while, and then tell others that he is a son-in-law. He will leave when the girl has a son-in-law."
Such things have not been uncommon in rural households in recent years.
It is like in the past when there was no war, when a man from a poor family could not marry, he would spend money to hire a healthy woman to bear children for the family.
Every world has its own way of living.
Kang He was shocked when he heard this. He had never known such things before.
He coughed dryly and said to Fan Jing, "I'm not that kind of son-in-law."
Fan Jing said calmly, "Of course I know."
"You have to pay for someone like that."
Kang He smiled awkwardly: "Yes, I still have to pay you back."
He actually understood that Fan Jing said so much to him just to make him feel relieved.
Who says Fan Jing is domineering? I'm afraid no one is more reasonable than him.
It was obvious that Kang He had taken advantage of him, but he felt bad about it.
"It's my fault today. If I hadn't insisted on following you up the mountain, you wouldn't have gotten hurt."
Kang He felt really guilty. He had dragged Fan Jing down, which was worse than getting hurt himself today.
"If you don't want to go down the mountain, I'll go down tomorrow. If I don't go home, I can go to the county to buy some medicine and then come back. It's the same."
"Don't bother."
Kang He said seriously, "It would be troublesome if the wound on your arm became inflamed due to pus. When you get older, your arm will hurt a lot when it's windy and rainy. I feel so guilty about you doing this. Even after I pay you back, I won't be able to leave with the face to do so."
After saying this, fearing that Fan Jing would try to dissuade him again, he deliberately said in a humiliating manner, "If you want to keep me this way? Then I won't bother. I'll wait until you're old and unhappy and take care of me."
Sure enough, after hearing this, Fan Jing glanced at Kang He and was speechless.
After he bandaged his arm, he put on his shoes and lay down on the bed.
I turned sideways and didn't argue with him anymore.
Seeing this, Kang He was slightly stunned, but couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
He pulled the curtains on the cot and said, "Sleep for a while. I'll call you when the pancakes are heated up."
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