Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Say something like "I miss you", "It's a pity", "It's so good..."
Both of them earned some money. Kang He was about to go buy some things to bring back to the mountains, but was stopped by Fan Jing.
In the past, he would go into the mountains and come back every five or six days. When the hunting was good, he would go down the mountain at most after ten days.
He and Kang He had been away from home and in the mountains for almost ten days. The dry food they brought with them should have been eaten up long ago, but Kang He would always buy some food to take back from the city.
That's why the two of them ate for such a long time.
Fan Jing thought that there was still one or two days' worth of dry food in the mountains, and it would be a good time to go back down the mountain after eating. If he didn't go back for a long time, his family would inevitably worry.
If Kanghe wants to buy more food, he will have to wait a little longer.
After hearing this, Kang He felt that it made sense.
The two men ate two pancakes at a street stall and returned to the mountains empty-handed.
On this day at the beginning of winter, around noon, Fan Jing and Kang He finished their last rations in the wooden house.
The two packed up their things and went down the mountain.
When we arrived at Fan's house, the yard was surprisingly lively.
A husband and wife were playing at home.
"Zhen'er, I've been to your house many times, but I never see your brother-in-law. He's even more shy than a little girl like you."
The adults teased the little girl.
Zhen'er was a little temperamental. After being scolded by her husband, she hid in the house after feeding the chickens and ducks and refused to come out.
Qiao Er, on the other hand, was always courageous. She said to her husband who was joking, "Our brother-in-law is very hardworking. When big brother goes up the mountain, he will go along to help with the work. He is not ashamed to see anyone."
Chen went upstairs and brought out some tea for the woman and her husband who had come to visit. She continued Qiao'er's words and said,
"This Sanlang is hardworking and down-to-earth. Our Dajing wants to go to the mountains twice more when the snow falls, so we teach him to stay at home. He just doesn't want to be idle and only feels at ease when he goes with Dajing."
"You've found a good son-in-law. You're so lucky."
The women and husbands drank Chen's tea and naturally said nice things to her.
But I thought to myself, if such a good man wants to fill the gap in a poor family, why doesn’t he choose a place with a good life?
Ever since Kang He came to the Fan family, Fan Shoulin became more talkative when he went out to drink with others, and he talked about his brother and son-in-law, who was tall and strong and a strong laborer.
Chen, along with a few others who often played along, said that he had won the girl with only five strings of cash and had not spent a penny of any other money.
The idle people in the village who had boys and girls at home felt sad after hearing this, so they asked about the villagers who had seen Kanghe.
The person is quite sensible. Yan Kanghe is not bad looking, but he has a slight stutter when he speaks.
The people who were feeling resentful seized on this shortcoming and spread rumors, and the story spread from one person to another, until people outside spread the rumor that he was a stupid fool.
As the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law will have to meet her parents-in-law sooner or later, and a stupid son-in-law will also be a surprise to others.
As he was speaking, Fan Jing opened the gate and came in.
The people who were chatting and laughing in the yard stopped laughing immediately when they saw Fan Jing coming home.
Soon after, Kang He followed Fan Jing into the house.
Several people saw the son-in-law red-handed.
I saw that strangely regular face, which was almost a head taller than the eldest brother of the Fan family, who was already tall.
With big eyes and a high nose, he would be handsome even if he had just come down from the mountains and was wearing coarse linen clothes.
Not only was a large basket of firewood hanging on his broad back, but he also carried two solid bundles on his shoulders.
He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and looked at the bulging blue veins on the back of his hand.
The woman and her husband stared at him in amazement, thinking, what a strong young man!
"Oh, why are there so many things?"
Chen was still muttering to Fan Shoulin all morning that Kang He and Fan Jing had been up the mountain for quite some time, and the dry food they had packed up should have been eaten up, but why hadn't they come back yet?
I couldn't help but think that this was the beginning of my journey home.
"Dajing, did you get any good stuff this time up the mountain?"
Fan Jing shook his head, put the backpack in the kitchen, and went to get some water with big strides.
The villagers were already accustomed to his temper and were not surprised by it.
If one day he changes his nature and starts chatting with them, people will think he is possessed by evil spirits.
Kang He had been learning the local dialect for some time. He was a quick learner, and when he put his mind to learning, he learned even faster. Now he could understand a lot of conversations.
He knew what everyone was talking about, but he didn't say anything and just smiled politely at them.
He first handed a basket in his hand to Chen who came to meet him: "We caught fish in the mountains, so we need to feed them with fresh water first."
Chen was surprised when she heard Kang He talking to her in a serious manner.
She quickly took the basket and complained about its heaviness: "You two work hard in the mountains, just cook it and eat it yourself. You're always thinking about home, where there's nothing."
Kang He knew that Chen was just trying to save face, so he said, "Mother's cooking is the best."
Chen thought Kang He was really smart and was very happy: "Mother will make this fish for you and big brother tonight."
After that, she introduced several people in the yard to Kanghe. This one was her aunt, and that one was her aunt.
Kang Heyi called for help.
After dealing with all that, I was allowed to go into the house.
"I'm calling you mother, sister Sanfang, how come you are so lucky!"
At first, I thought Chen was just blindly bragging about the sons-in-law who came to live with her family, but now everyone is actually envious of Chen Sanfang.
"Which matchmaker can bring marriage to your family? Please help me. My second brother is old enough."
Chen asked a few people to gather around her. She was so happy in her heart, but she pretended to be normal on the surface.
"Give me a bowl of water too. It's so hot."
Kang He went into the main room and asked Fan Jing for water.
"You learn to speak quickly, and you can pronounce it smoothly."
Fan Jing drank all the water in the bowl in one gulp, put the bowl on the table, and did not look for him to pour the water in the bowl.
Kang He took the kettle, poured the freshly brewed tea into the bowl that Fan Jingjiang had just used, picked it up and took two sips.
He knew Fan Jing was laughing at him for calling someone "mother" and said, "Then I called her wrong? Teach me again, what should I call her?"
Fan Jing ignored his words and said, "If you can make her happy, you don't have to go up the mountain anymore. You can stay at home for less than two days and she will return the deed to you."
Kang He didn't like hearing Fan Jing say such things, as if he was reminding him to leave at any time.
But he also knew that he had said this to others before.
"Then I'd rather make you happy. Your words will count in the Fan family."
Fan Jing said nothing, but heard the crickets outside stop chirping. Chen invited a few people to have dinner, but no one felt comfortable enough to stay, so they left one after another.
But not long after, Chen came running in again, shouting, "Dajing, someone is looking for you."
Chen came quickly with her hands in her pockets, looked at Fan Jing, and said in a low voice, "That Qin kid from Shangqiu Township is here!"
When Fan Jing heard this, his eyebrows twitched and he turned around and walked out.
Kang He didn't know who Qin was or why he was looking for Fan Jing, but he didn't stick to Fan Jing like a plaster.
Chen happily pulled him aside and asked him how he could speak so fluently.
Although Chen had previously felt that Kang He was not stupid, the whole family could see that he could not speak.
Although the conversation here is not very smooth, it is still much better than Fan Jing's.
She didn't know how proud she was to be in front of all the villagers today. She looked at Kang He and couldn't help feeling happy.
Kang He then brought out the excuse that he had a head injury and said that Fan Jing had taught him how to speak again.
Chen was skeptical. She was not skeptical about Kang He's brain injury, but about Fan Jingken, who was so nauseous that he didn't even like to open his mouth, patiently teaching Kang He to speak.
But no matter what, it's a great thing that Kanghe can slowly speak fluently.
She said to Kang He in a mysterious tone, "The other day I went to have your horoscopes compared, and the old celestial being said that you two were compatible and would have a happy life together. I thought she was trying to trick me out of money, so I didn't quite believe her. It seemed like she was quite accurate."
Kang He smiled dryly and said, "Xu Chongxi is very good."
"That's it, that's it!"
Although Kang Heren was chatting with Chen, his mind was wandering outside. In the end, he couldn't help but take a look outside.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the person coming was a young man, probably in his twenties.
His face was a little sunburned, but he was still quite handsome.
His trouser legs and sleeves were tied tightly together, and he looked very capable, somewhat similar to Fan Jing in terms of energy.
"Why are you here?"
Fan Jing went out and asked the person who came directly.
The young man surnamed Qin was very happy to see Fan Jingting and said, "I came back from the county and passed by your village, so I walked in."
As he spoke, he took down a cloth-wrapped package from behind him. "I've been thinking of giving this to you for a while now. It's hard to find it in the mountains, so I thought you'd better come home. I was afraid you wouldn't come back from the mountains. You're lucky you're home."
He scratched the back of his head shyly: "I can also give it to you personally."
Fan Jing didn't answer.
Qin Xiaolang quickly opened the package, revealing a newly made longbow inside.
Looking at the fine string made of deer tendon, Fan Jing only took a glance.
"How can you give me something so good?"
Qin Xiaolang said, "I don't mean anything else. I just want you to have a good archer in the mountains."
As he spoke, his voice dropped again, and he said shyly, "Besides, you are such a good archer."
Fan Jing said calmly, "I recently injured my arm, so I can't use your good bow. It would be a shame to leave it alone. You can use it yourself."
Kang He, who was saying something bad, walked to the door unknowingly.
The two of them were not very loud, so I couldn't hear clearly from inside the room. I could only hear fragments of words like "I miss you", "That's good", "What a pity" and so on...
Kang He's heart felt like a flood, like a mountain torrent rolling violently.
"Who is he?"
Kang He was anxious and turned to ask Chen in the room.
It was strange that when guests came to the house, Fan Jing didn't invite them to sit down, which was fine, as he had that kind of temper. But Chen didn't even ask them to have some tea.
Chen finally got Kang He's question and came closer, whispering to him in a low voice, "This young man was a match made in heaven by Da Jing. He's also a hunter who makes a living in the mountains."
"The blind date from before?!"
Kang He's eyes widened a little.
"Failed?"
"Look at what you're saying. How could I be so lucky to have a good brother-in-law like you?"
Chen completely treated Kang He as one of her own family members. She said, "When the Qin family boy was seventeen or eighteen years old, he was introduced to Da Jing by a matchmaker."
"Qin boy really likes Dajing. He sends gifts to our house every now and then. As for our family, seeing how warm Qin boy is, we think Dajing won't suffer if he goes to the Qin family."
"Who knew that the Qin family looked down on us, thinking we were poor and not a good match for their family. They also said Dajing had a bad temper, was quiet and unvirtuous."
"The Qin family kid is also a softie. He listened to his family and married a boy from another family."
Kang He frowned after hearing this: "You're already married, and you're still looking for Da Jing?!"
"Well, it was just bad luck. Qin's husband died of illness within two years of his marriage, leaving no children."
"This young Qin lost her husband, and seeing that Dajing still hasn't started a family, she came looking for Dajing again."
Chen and Father Fan were very happy with the young man from the Qin family at the beginning. He was a well-behaved young man who got along well with Fan Jing. How could they think there was something wrong with him?
But later he was disliked by the Qin family, and Father Fan was very proud, so he naturally disliked this man.
The couple were both angry. The boy from the Qin family lost his husband and yet he wanted to come look for their eldest brother. What did he think of their Fan family?
He had the nerve to come over today. If it were in the past, Chen would have absolutely ignored him, and would have even been sarcastic and irritating.
But now that they have a live-in son-in-law, Dajing is no longer alone.
Jin Chao was so easy to talk to that he was allowed in. Chen's plan was to have Kang He kick him out again, so that he could feel relieved and feel good!
Because of what happened to the Qin family, I don’t know how many people in the village laughed at them behind their backs.
After Chen had finished speaking, she urged Kang He, "Sanlang, go out and show that kid Qin that Dajing is already with you. Don't let him have the nerve to come to our house again."
Kang He had the same idea as Chen, and also wanted to teach the young man from the Qin family not to come to Fan Jing again.
But what identity did he go with? He and Fan Jing were not real husband and wife. In the mountains, he was not afraid to say anything when dealing with maggots like Sun Dasheng, but how could he be the same now?
If I go there without thinking and ruin Fan Jing's good fortune, won't he blame me to death?
He couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts in his mind. Fan Jing knew that he wanted to leave, and not only was he not surprised, he also said that he would give him the deed as long as he paid back the gift money.
At that time, he just thought that Fan Jing was so easy to talk to. Looking back now, it seems that he didn't want to marry him and live with him at all, and he already had someone in his heart.
This young man from the Qin family is of similar age to Fan Jing, and they both do the same business, so it's hard to say how much they can get along.
Thinking of this, it was like a wet cloth covering my heart, and a feeling of loneliness came over me.
Kang He mumbled, "I'll go kill some fish for dinner."
Chen was waiting for Kang He to slap the boy from the Qin family in the face, but she didn't expect that he seemed to have lost his soul.
She widened her eyes, wondering how come Sanlang had no manliness at all?
"Why are you in such a hurry to kill the fish? Why don't you go and see what they are talking about?"
"Whatever they say is fine."
Chen cried out in pain when she heard the sour tone.
If I had known he was such a petty person, I wouldn't have said so much.
"That's all in the past. He's not the man our family wants. We only want you."
Kang He didn't say anything.
Seeing Kang He staying in the room like a little wife and refusing to show up, Chen thought to herself what a fool.
She sneaked out of the house.
"Xiao Qin, I haven't seen you for a while."
The young man from the Qin family was feeling a little embarrassed because Fan Jing refused to take his bow. Seeing Chen come out to talk to him, he smiled and said, "Qiuli has been camped in the mountains, so he hasn't had time to visit my wife and Uncle Fan."
Chen said, "We are all fine. How are your family members?"
"Thank you for your concern, my parents are both well."
Chen smiled and said, "Since you've come all this way, why don't you have dinner here tonight?"
When the young man from the Qin family heard that Chen invited him to dinner, his eyes lit up and he was so happy.
"How can this be so embarrassing."
"Why not? Jing'er and his brother Sanlang brought some fish from the mountains. We have guests here, so he went to slaughter the fish and said he wanted to treat you."
Qin was stunned when he heard this and looked at Fan Jing stupidly: "San, Sanlang? Who is that?"
Fan Jing didn't know that what Chen said was strange, so he didn't answer Qin's anxious question.
Instead, when he heard Kang He was going to kill fish to entertain Qin Xiaozi, he believed it and couldn't help but look towards the kitchen.
I wondered why he was willing to cook for anyone.
Chen said with a smile: "Xiao Qin, don't you know? Sanlang is our family's guest. We will set up a feast at the end of the year. When the time comes, you can also come and have a drink."
The young man from the Qin family suddenly felt as if a basin of frozen water was poured down on his head, almost making him fall down.
He asked Fan Jing without giving up, "Brother Jing, is this serious?"
Fan Jing came back to his senses. He didn't want to ask Qin to come home again, so he nodded.
Qin Xiaozi was overwhelmed with emotions and left in a hurry.
Chen breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the Qin family boy walk away in a daze, like a drowned dog, with his tail between his legs.
"Brother, you and Sanlang are living together now. If that kid Qin wants to look for you again, don't bother with him. If Sanlang knew, he would be very unhappy."
Fan Jing had never paid much attention to the boy from the Qin family in the past. It was only when they were on a blind date that they both made a living in the mountains and could talk to each other.
After the young man from the Qin family got married, they didn't have any contact for a long time. I don't know how that person found a reason to meet him again last year.
When he came home, he heard Chen say that her husband had died of illness.
"Did you hear what I said?"
Fan Jing hummed.
"Okay, just listen."
Chen said, "I'm going to the fields to pick some vegetables to make dinner. Your father has been busy in the fields for most of the day. Zhen'er and Qiao'er have gone to collect grass for the pigs, so they should be back soon."
Chen got into trouble by talking too much, so she slipped out of the house on the pretext of something.
Fan Jing, who was still unaware of the situation, walked into the house and ran into Kang He who was sitting on a stool.
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