Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Ignore him again
The man looked at him quietly: "Does the new bow work well?"
Fan Jing frowned: "Where did you get this new bow?"
"Didn't the talented young man give you a new one? Even an amateur like me can see it works just fine."
Fan Jing could tell that Kang He was speaking in a strange tone. He glanced at him, not wanting to argue with him, and went back to his room.
Kang He stood up and followed him, asking knowingly, "Who is that general?"
Fan Jing said, "Hunter."
"What kind of hunter is this good to you?"
Fan Jing paused and asked Kang He, "Why are you asking so many questions?"
Kang He was speechless after hearing Fan Jing's question.
"I can't even ask you about your affairs?"
Fan Jing glanced at Kang He and said, "We used to get along well."
After getting the answer again, Kang He was silent, with the words rolling around in his mouth.
"You want me to leave so quickly, so you want me to make room for him?"
Fan Jing frowned, not knowing where Kang He got these nonsense from.
No matter what he asked, he answered him patiently, not wanting the questions to become more and more unreasonable.
Fan Jing couldn't answer his question and said, "Why do you talk so much?"
After saying that, she said no more to him, went into the house and closed the door.
The door was not bolted, but you could push it open and get in.
But Kang He just stood at the door and didn't bother to go in.
He thought that since the other person didn't even bother to answer him, that was the meaning, so why bother asking further questions?
I felt so uncomfortable at the moment. Why did I have to go up to him so shamelessly? I should just save enough money and go away so as not to bother him anymore.
Fan Jing was in the room. He didn't see Kang He come in for a long time. Instead, he heard the footsteps walking away and frowned.
I couldn't figure out what his affairs had to do with a man who was busy saving money and leaving. What was he unhappy about?
At night, Kanghe slaughtered fish and washed vegetables, working very hard in the kitchen.
Chen was so fascinated by the skillful movements of the people killing fish and cutting vegetables that her eyes were fixed on them.
I tied my skirt and decided to help him.
At night, an enticing sour aroma wafted from the kitchen. Kang He pickled some sauerkraut and prepared a big pot of fragrant fish.
Fan Shoulin, who was feeding pigs outside, smelled the fragrance and threw the pig feed bucket into the kitchen three or four times.
"It's just pickled cabbage, how come you make it smell so good?"
Chen looked at the steaming fish soup simmering in the pot, the sour and fragrant taste made her mouth water.
"To make sour fish, the most important thing is to make the soup. Frying the pickled cabbage will make it more flavorful."
"Your cooking skills are so good, and Master Kang Zao is even more amazing."
Kang He just smiled and said: "I am useless. I only learn superficial things to keep myself warm."
Fan Shoulin was standing by the stove, thinking that he would need to put some wine on the table to go with the fish.
After hearing Chen's praise, he also followed suit, saying, "I don't think the ordinary small kitchens have the skills you have."
The two maids were also circling around Kang He, sometimes helping him hold the salt jar, and sometimes bringing him the clay basin.
There was a lot of noise in the kitchen, and Fan Jing could hear it from inside the house.
When he passed through the inner room, he saw Kang He speaking the local dialect not very fluently, yet he was able to chat and laugh with the whole family.
Fan Jing stood in the room for a while, but no one talked to him.
It's okay for his family members, he doesn't like to talk, and no one in the room would talk to him even if there was nothing to do.
But the person who usually talks the most acted as if he didn't see him at all.
"Where did you put the clothes you brought down from the mountains?"
Fan Jing suddenly opened his mouth, and the room suddenly became quiet.
Several people looked at Fan Jing.
In fact, Kang He had spotted the man since he entered the kitchen.
But he had already decided not to pay any more attention to him, and this was not just an angry remark, so he would not rub against other people's trouser legs like a lapdog again.
Kang He threw a handful of green onion sprouts into the pot, not looking at Fan Jing, and said indifferently: "What's wrong?"
"Wash them all together."
Kang He raised his eyes when he heard this: "Do you want to wash clothes?"
"Wash it early and dry it early."
What does this person mean? He actually wants to wash clothes for him... He wants to wash clothes for him even though his arm is injured?
Kang He's eyebrows unconsciously raised higher and higher.
But before he could say anything, Qiao'er said, "Big brother, please give us the clothes. My second sister and I will wash them for you and your husband. We have some new soap nuts in our box."
Kang Helian said, "Clothes in the mountains are dirty. How can I teach you two little girls to wash them?"
Chen also supported the little girl's tone: "It's okay, the clothes in the house are washed by the two girls. You two are working hard in the mountains, why do you need to do these little things?"
Perhaps it was because he couldn't even snatch the job, so Fan Jing turned around and left without saying a word.
Seeing this, Kang He quickly dropped the spatula and ran after him.
He said in a low voice, "Your arm is still injured. I'll wash whatever clothes you need. Let me wash yours, too."
Upon hearing this, Fan Jing didn't say anything, but his expression was no longer tense.
After a while, he said, "I think my arm can be used now."
"How can it be healed so quickly? I'll show you after dinner."
"Um."
Fan Jing didn't get angry and agreed.
Chen stretched her neck and saw the two of them talking as they walked into the house, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you looking at? The fish should be ready. The two girls are hungry."
"You're only thinking about eating, and you don't even check whether Big Brother and Kang Sanlang are getting along well. Don't you know that the kid from the Qin family came to look for Big Brother today, and Kang He even sent him away. The two of them didn't speak to each other the whole afternoon."
Chen scolded, "What will happen if such a good son-in-law quits?"
When Father Fan heard this, he was also annoyed: "Why did the Qin family kid come here? Doesn't he know that his eldest brother has already started a family?"
Then he added, "I said we could have a big feast, and then we could have a quiet family gathering, and no one else would know about it."
Seeing that Father Fan was still nagging about this, Chen glared at him and said, "You love a good time. If you can make Dajing's new house presentable, I'll commend you."
"Don't try to embarrass me here. Yesterday I was drinking with my brother Wang, and he was so kind that he said he would make me a bed and a dressing table."
Seeing Father Fan start to tremble, Chen grabbed him and asked, "Carpenter Wang, are you really going to help us make furniture? How much will you charge?"
Father Fan said with a thick tongue, "Don't worry about it. He and I have such a close relationship, how could he cheat us?"
Chen was skeptical. She didn't trust them very much as they were a bunch of drunkards.
At night, the family locked the door and had a delicious meal in comfort.
Father Fan originally wanted to ask Chen to keep a fish, put it on a plate and send it to his eldest brother, but when he saw that there was not much in his own pot and the family had not seen meat for a long time, he gave up the idea.
After dinner, while the family was cleaning the kitchen and taking care of the livestock, Kang He checked Fan Jing's injuries as he was told.
He didn't let his family know that he was injured and kept it to himself. Fortunately, the wound did heal.
Kang He gave some instructions to his men, telling them to take good care of themselves so as to avoid recurrence in the future and delay many other things.
After staying in Fan Jing's room for some time, the two of them packed up the things they needed to go up the mountain, and then Kang He returned to the west storage room.
When I went to that room, I found that the small bed I had set up earlier had been removed. I was stunned for a moment.
"This room is spacious, but the windows are leaking due to age. I was planning to fix it up a few days ago and then clean it up and make it your new home. I just haven't had the time to do it these days."
"The weather has turned colder. It's not as hot as before. You'll catch a cold if you sleep here now!"
When Chen saw Kang He go to Fan Jing's room after dinner, the whole family thought that the two of them were going to live in the same room, and no one said anything.
Father Fan, who had previously taught them to sleep separately, no longer objected. Kang He was comforted by a pot of fish soup and became more and more satisfied with his son-in-law. After taking a few sips of wine, he was already thinking about his grandson.
Besides, the two of them have lived together in the mountains for so many days, they might have already slept in the same nest, so why bother to be so particular when coming home.
No, everyone needs to rest separately.
After hearing what Chen said, Kang He didn't know how to refute it.
He could only find an excuse: "I can't sleep well. Dajing's bed is small, and if I don't let him catch a cold, he will catch a cold."
After hearing this, Chen became suspicious.
Dajing's bed is small, but both of them are tall, so it's really crowded to sleep together.
But people say that a bed for a couple should be small, so that they can sleep back to back and feet touching to deepen their friendship.
She felt that the two of them were still angry about the boy from the Qin family.
Chen, not wanting them to harbor a grudge overnight, said immediately, "I'll give you another mattress. You can each use your own. You don't have to worry about someone else getting caught in the act. Just make do with it for one night. Your father said he'd ask Carpenter Wang to make a bigger bed for you. It'll be more spacious later."
After saying that, she went to open the cabinet to look for the mattress without waiting for Kang He to say anything more.
Kang He tried to stop the man but failed.
Soon, he stood in front of Fan Jing's door with a mattress in his arms, and gave a dry smile to the person who came to open the door.
Fan Jing knew what was going on without asking, so he let the person in without saying anything.
Kang He, on the other hand, felt quite embarrassed.
Although they slept in the same room in the wooden house in the forest, the big room was different from the separate rooms in the Fan family.
"I can just sleep on the floor next to the door."
Fan Jing said, "It's up to you where you fight."
There is no room for two people to sleep on the left and right beds unless they are tied together with a rope.
Fan Jing's house is not facing the sun and is colder than the other houses. Sleeping on the floor is not as warm as in the mountains.
He lifted the bed sheet, pulled out the hand-woven straw mat on the bed, and took the bear skin hanging on the wall and gave them to Kang He.
Forget it, let’s go out of the house.
Kang He didn't know what the person was going to do, so he just found a corner and quickly spread out the mat.
When Fan Jing came back, he had a charcoal brazier in his hand and placed it next to Kang He.
At night in the village, the wind is not as noisy as in the mountains, it is more peaceful and tranquil.
After the candles were extinguished, the room became quiet.
Kang He was lying on the floor, covered with a furry bear skin and with a charcoal brazier beside him, which made him feel quite warm.
He rubbed the bear skin with the sole of his foot. Fan Jing was reluctant to use it himself, but gave it to him. He couldn't help but think, Fan Jing is really nice.
Kang He was not sleepy at all, and his mind was again thinking about the young man from the Qin family during the day.
Fan Jing didn't tell him about the young man from the Qin family, but he now felt that he had wronged Fan Jing.
There shouldn't be anything between the two of them. At least Fan Jing shouldn't have any other intentions towards the kid from the Qin family.
Just imagine, if he really still cared about the boy from the Qin family, how could he not want the bow he gave him? It was obvious that he liked those things.
The kid from the Qin family is living alone now. After what happened before, he must not have such high aspirations anymore. If Fan Jing had been more determined, maybe things could have been accomplished. How could he have let the kid from the Qin family return home disappointed today?
After calming down and thinking it through, his heart opened up.
Kang He thought to himself that when he had enough money in the future, he would buy a better bow for Fan Jing, and also buy a knife from the ironworks that he could use as a night watchman... As he thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh.
Why did he tell Fan Jing earlier that he was leaving? Kang He felt annoyed.
But it wasn't something he said himself; Fan Jing was smart and discovered it himself.
He was also honest and admitted it without any argument.
If I hadn't recognized him at that time, then... Kang He turned over and looked at Fan Jing's bed.
Will he try to accept him, treat him as his husband, and then the two of them will continue to walk together?
Kanghe didn't know, he didn't know about things that had never happened.
But at this moment, he knew one thing clearly and definite in his heart.
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