Chapter 35: Caught in adultery, do you two want to have six or seven children? ...
It took Uncle Jin's ox cart several trips to transport the entire carriage of bricks and tiles.
After unloading everything at the chosen location for the new house, Yan Xue took off her gloves and said, "Come to my place and have a drink of water. You've been busy for so long."
"I'm a little thirsty." Uncle Jin didn't bother to be polite with her.
The group sat down by the kang at Yan Xue and Qi Fang's house, drank some water, and smoked some cigarettes before Third Uncle Jin said goodbye. "It's getting late. I should go back too."
Yan Xue walked him to the door, filled up the half-smoked pack of cigarettes for him, and thanked him again and again.
"That's all right. You're really good at picking the right time. If we had rushed to plant the seeds two days ago, even if I gave you ten packs of cigarettes, my cow wouldn't have had time to do it."
Seeing that the little girl was quite capable, Uncle Jin also advised: "If you want to build a house, build it quickly. If you delay for three or five days, you'll be lucky if you can still have half of the bricks."
There are many places in the forest farm that need bricks, such as building a big earthen pot and making a kang. However, not many of them are used, so it is not worth making a special trip to the town.
If Yan Xue's family doesn't use these bricks quickly and doesn't find someone to watch over them, they will definitely appear in someone else's house the next day.
Don't ask, the answer is that they found it. Why do you care where they found it in the middle of the night?
Yan Xue also knew this, and thanked the other party for the reminder. She returned to the inner room. There were only a few young people left in the room, which made the expression on Liu Weiguo's face look particularly wrong.
What does it look like?
It's like uncovering a shocking piece of news at work, but your boss is there and you can't share it with anyone else. It makes you feel really uncomfortable.
"Do you have anything to say?" Yan Xue couldn't help but ask him.
Liu Weiguo subconsciously glanced at Qi Fang, but Qi Fang's expression didn't change at all. "He's just missing his wife."
Liu Weiguo was stunned, then remembered that he had used Qi Fang's desire for a wife as an excuse before, so he simply admitted it, "Yes, Zhou Wenhui and I haven't seen each other for six hours."
As soon as these words were spoken, Guo Changping stopped smoking and turned to look at him.
Guo Changping and Jin Baozhi were a traditional couple. They were introduced by someone and got married not long after knowing each other. They never knew that young people nowadays could be so clingy with each other that they would become so upset after not seeing each other for six hours.
"Then you should leave quickly," he said to Liu Weiguo, and stood up himself, "I have to go back too."
Yan Xue didn't believe what they said, but they insisted on keeping her in suspense. She probably wouldn't get any answer even if she asked, so she didn't ask for the time being and stood up to see them off.
I had just returned from seeing someone off, and hadn't yet cleaned up the used jar and the paper ashtray when Jin Baozhi arrived.
This man was always serious, and today was no exception. As soon as he entered the room, he asked directly, "You couldn't borrow a carriage. Is it related to my business?"
Although she left without asking anything at that time, she was not stupid. How could she not think about it when she calmed down?
Even if she didn't think about it, the Guo family still had Aunt Guo and Guo Changping. It had only been a short time since the incident, so sooner or later they would think of it.
Yan Xue answered her seriously: "I don't know, but it should be true that Yu Cuiyun's sister-in-law moved."
Otherwise, the secret would be revealed as soon as she went there. The carriage belonged to the forest farm, not her Yu family, and the coachman would not help Yu Cuiyun keep it a secret.
After hearing this, Jin Baozhi still pursed her lips, obviously feeling annoyed and self-blaming.
Yan Xue simply explained it to her more clearly, "Don't take it personally. I helped you that day not only because our two families have a good relationship, but also because based on your seniority and ability, that spot should have been yours. And even if this hadn't happened, I would have already made a grudge against them."
Jin Baozhi looked surprised. It was obvious that she was still in the hospital taking care of Guo Changan and was not aware of the situation.
Yan Xue told her about that incident, "Look, I didn't do anything, but they took my place in the family team. This is nothing."
Jin Baozhi didn't say anything else, but her expression was still tense. Yan Xue then asked about the food, "Have you bought all the food?"
Jin Baozhi then remembered the basket she had brought with her. "I bought it. It contained 20 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of flour. The flour was freshly ground."
Milled flour is difficult to preserve, so people in rural areas prefer to store wheat and grind it immediately when they need to eat it.
Yan Xue took a look and found it was the same as last time. Although it couldn't compare to the 75% powder supplied, it was about the same as the ordinary standard powder. "How much did you buy it for?"
"Rice can be cheaper, 42 cents a pound, and noodles are more difficult to push, 43 cents."
Yan Xue quickly calculated, "That's seventeen dollars."
Jin Baozhi nodded, and just as she was about to give her three yuan in change, she went into the house and took out fourteen yuan for Jin Baozhi.
Jin Baozhi frowned now, "What are you doing?"
Yan Xue stuffed the money into her hand, and said sincerely, "Sister Baozhi, affection is affection, and things are things. Don't count affection as things. Isn't it better to get along well with others?"
In the end, Jin Baozhi still couldn't tell Yan Xue off, and returned home with the thirty-four yuan. Aunt Guo looked at her expression and wondered, "What's wrong? Didn't you give it away?"
"Yeah." Jin Baozhi didn't know whether she should be happy or unhappy.
Aunt Guo also sighed, "Everyone is always afraid of not being able to take advantage. Not being able to take advantage means being at a disadvantage. But they are the opposite. They are always afraid of taking advantage of others."
"Isn't that good?" Guo Changping said, "People like this are good."
"It's a benefit, but it's a pity that such a good neighbor is moving away." Aunt Guo was still a little reluctant.
Jin Baozhi was silent for a while, then called Guo Changping, "Come with me tomorrow to help Xiao Yan's family build a house."
"I would have gone even if you didn't tell me. We are all neighbors."
In those days, the most important thing was to respect a distant relative as much as a close neighbor. When someone had a wedding or funeral, or needed to build a house or install a kang, neighbors would come to help for free. Not only were they not paid, but they weren't even provided with food. After work, everyone went home to eat their own food. Only when building a house and putting up the beams was considered a major event, the host family would provide a meal.
The units in this era were different from those later. They had to take care of everything concerning the employees' families. If someone in an employee's family passed away, the unit would make the coffin.
So when Yan Xue and Qi Fang wanted to build a house, the forest farm gave them the wood if they asked for it, and let them borrow a horse-drawn carriage if they asked for it.
At dawn the next day, Liu Weiguo came to report with his father Liu Daniu.
Building a house is a big deal, and it is impossible for a few young people to do it. We need an experienced old man to be the master craftsman.
Yan Xue was serving rice porridge. The distinct grains of rice had been cooked until they bloomed, and a layer of crystal rice oil condensed on the surface of the porridge, wafting fragrance everywhere.
"Master, have you eaten yet?" She called out to the two of them, "If not, sit down and have something to eat with us."
Both of them shook their heads and said they had already eaten, but she still picked up the bowl, filled half a bowl for each of them, and took the chopsticks.
After all, it was a house being built for their family. She and Qi Fang couldn't eat while the father and son were watching, right?
After breakfast, Guo Changping and his wife from next door also came over. Yan Xue hurried to wash the dishes, picked up the thermos filled with hot water, and went to the new house.
This is for the people who work to drink. The new house is some distance away from here, and we can't let people stay thirsty all the time.
Qi Fang and Liu Daniu had agreed on the size of the house a few days ago. They planned to build three rooms, with people living on the east and west sides and the middle room used as a kitchen.
In fact, two rooms are enough for him and Yan Xue to live in. For this reason, Liu Weiguo has been teasing them these days, asking them whether they want to have six or seven children by building so many houses.
Qi Fang just glanced at Yan Xue at the time and said, "Well, let's try to have one this year, and three in two years."
Yan Xue was quite thick-skinned and couldn't help but glare at him at that time.
Liu Weiguo even exclaimed, "You are really good. Please teach me some of your experience. I will also have three children in two years."
That would probably disappoint him. Qi Fang couldn't even drive a stroller, so how could he drive on the highway?
But Qi Fang was good at pretending. Although he had never driven any car before, he pretended to have seen all kinds of luxury sports cars. He responded coldly with "hmm", which scared Liu Weiguo.
Then the two of them ran to the side and whispered, "By the way, last time you asked me to pay attention to that thing..."
As soon as Yan Xue saw Liu Weiguo's expression, which was a bit vulgar and gossipy, she knew that this was probably not a topic that children would listen to.
She didn't pay attention to the private conversations between the two grown men. Qi Fang was indifferent anyway. He wouldn't eat the legal food even if it was right in front of his mouth, and it was even more impossible for him to go out and eat the illegal food.
Yan Xue continued to pass bricks to Liu Daniu, "At this rate, can we put up the beams tomorrow?"
After a few days, the fence inside the house was basically finished, and there were not many brick walls left outside. Liu Daniu took over and laid it, shoveling another shovel of mixed mud. "Almost there. If this wasn't a multi-layered wall, you should have put up the beams today."
"Then I'll go get some food tomorrow. Is there anything you'd like to eat, sir?"
Yan Xue then passed it to Liu Daniu, but before he could catch it, a voice suddenly rang out from behind him, "You Yan, are you shameless?"
Before she could react, someone pushed her on the back and the brick in her hand fell and hit her foot.
Yan Xue frowned, endured the pain, and turned her head. Sure enough, a slap came towards her face, barely glancing off the tip of her nose.
Yu Cuiyun was still scolding, "How shameless are you! Don't you have a man in your family? And you're rushing to hook up with someone else's! Is your man unable to satisfy you or what?"
He didn't give me any chance to explain or defend myself, and he raised his hand to hit me again.
This time Yan Xue didn't want to hide. Her eyes darkened and she went straight to grab the other person's wrist.
In her previous life, she had been in the market and had quarreled and fought with others. It was just that the incident happened suddenly and she didn't have time to react.
Just as she touched the other person's wrist, someone was faster than her and grabbed the other person's arm and swung it hard.
Yu Cuiyun was a woman after all. She stumbled and hit her heels on the ground, falling hard on her butt. She managed to keep her balance by using her good hand to support herself.
She was furious and was about to get up to fight the other person, but the man raised his foot and stepped on the corner of her clothes.
Qi Fang just leaned over and looked at her, "You can try to see if I hit a woman." His eyes were as cold as his voice.
Jin Baozhi, who was handing Guo Changping a brick, quickly put down her things. Liu Weiguo ran away even faster. "Are you crazy? How could Yan Xue fall for your man? Is it because he's old, ugly, or too old to sleep on the bed?"
Really, that's pretty good.
Not only Yan Xue, but Qi Fang also turned to look at him, and Yu Cuiyun was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Liu Weiguo even pointed at Qi Fang deliberately, "Look at your face, age, height, how can your guy compare to her? Isn't this just overstepping your bounds and trying to scam her?"
Yu Cuiyun opened her mouth, but couldn't really say how he could compare. After a while, she gathered her courage again and said, "Ask her! Qimao only drives a tractor, and she's tempted by it. Will she die if she carries bricks herself?"
It turned out to be about the brick-moving incident. I don't know who passed it on to her, or how...
Jin Baozhi couldn't hold it in any longer, "Stop talking nonsense. Do we need him to move bricks? I would have gone back to my parents' house to borrow a car a long time ago." She was so angry that her face turned red.
But once this kind of person makes up his mind, she won't listen to any explanation.
Qi Fang's eyes flashed with sarcasm, "If you have the time to stare at Yan Xue, why don't you keep an eye on Liang Qimao and Cheng Yuzhen? They've been together for a while."
Yu Cuiyun obviously didn't understand at first, but when she finally realized what was happening, she flew into a rage, "You're talking nonsense!"
The others didn't expect him to say this suddenly, and they all looked at him.
Qi Fang kept stepping on the corner of Yu Cuiyun's clothes, preventing her from getting up. "Last month, Liang Qimao gave you a bottle of Friendship Cream, a big bottle. Was I right?"
"It's none of your business!" Yu Cuiyun was still struggling, but her momentum was obviously weakened for a moment. Obviously, he was right.
Seeing this, Qi Fang relaxed his grip. "He bought two bottles at the time, and he still has one at Cheng Yuzhen's place because it was Cheng Yuzhen's birthday last month."
Yu Cuiyun stared and stopped talking, because she knew everything about both the vanishing cream and Cheng Yuzhen's birthday.
At that time, Cheng Yuzhen told her that she bought it for her birthday, so how could it be...
Yu Cuiyun's expression changed several times. Qi Fang watched and added fuel to the fire, "Cheng Yuzhen also has a pair of leather shoes..."
This time, before he could finish, Yu Cuiyun shouted, "Impossible! Stop spreading rumors here!" Because this time, even she didn't do it.
Qi Fang didn't argue with her. "If you don't believe me, you can go to the shack over in Dongshan and spend some time there. You're sure to find something."
Because ginseng farmers often go up the Changbai Mountains to collect ginseng, often staying for several days and needing to stay overnight, many of the mountains have simple shelters. These shelters not only provide shelter from the wind and rain, but also contain food for those who stay overnight. However, they should remember to refill the shed the next time they go up the mountain.
Yu Cuiyun also knew about the shack in Dongshan. It was very close to the forest farm. She had taken shelter there with Cheng Yuzhen...
Some things cannot withstand careful thinking. The more you think about it, the more doubts you find everywhere. Yu Cuiyun said that Qi was talking nonsense, but she didn't care about causing trouble for Yan Xue anymore. She just picked up something and kicked it twice and left.
This is quite dramatic. She was so aggressive that she wanted to catch someone cheating, but ended up catching her husband and bestie instead...
Yan Xue looked at Qi Fang, but before she could speak, Qi Fang seemed to know what she wanted to ask, "You have a good memory. I've seen things Liang Qimao bought appear on Cheng Yuzhen's body."
Yan Xue had never known that a good memory could be used in this way, but she figured something out. "Wei Guo said you asked him to help pay attention. Could this be it?"
"Yeah." Qi Fang said briefly, but Liu Weiguo was clearly exhausted. "You don't know. I was shocked when Qi Fang told me this. I had no idea how these two were related. Later, I paid more attention and found that there really was something fishy going on."
"So you didn't even go home at night, but went out to inquire about this?" Liu Daniu got down from the wall-building rack and kicked his son.
"Didn't I see them secretly meeting up late at night? They even seemed to have a fight over Yan Xue."
"Because of me?" Yan Xue raised her eyebrows.
Liu Weiguo was about to say something when Qi Fang came over and held Yan Xue's arm, frowning, "Is your foot okay?"
Only then did they remember that Yan Xue's foot seemed to have been hit. "Yeah, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Yan Xue moved around a bit to show them, but Qi Fang still didn't allow her to work anymore and asked her to go and rest aside.
When Yan Xue took off her shoes and socks to wash her feet at night, she found that there was indeed a large bruise on the instep of her left foot. Fortunately, she could still walk normally during the day.
Qi Fang's face darkened immediately, and Yan Xue's little toe couldn't help but curl up in the water. "It just looks bad, but it doesn't hurt that much, really."
The man raised his eyes to look at her, said nothing, and turned away.
This isn't anger, is it?
Just as Yan Xue was thinking, the man came back with a small stool.
Qi Fang put the bench opposite her, sat down, rolled up his sleeves, and then picked up her feet.
Yan Xue shrank back subconsciously and said, "No need, I can do it myself..." Before she could finish her words, she hissed softly.
The man subconsciously loosened his grip a little, then raised his eyes to look at her again, "Are you still trying to show off?"
Yan Xue stopped talking and watched the man wash her little feet clean, wipe them with a foot cloth, hold them in one hand, and rub them with the palm of his other hand.
To be honest, it hurts a lot, especially after a busy day outside, my instep is swollen like a bun.
But Yan Xue bit her lip and said nothing, only thinking in her heart: "Just bear with it for a while, it will be fine after a while."
When Qi Fang raised his eyes, he could see her slightly pale face, but after a slight hesitation, he continued, "If you don't rub it open, your foot won't heal for several days."
Yan Xue didn't say anything, fearing that if she did, she would cry out in pain.
Qi Fang was a little afraid to look at her again. In the belief that a short pain is worse than a long one, he simply finished massaging her in one go.
When he put his hand down, Yan Xue breathed a sigh of relief.
Before she could finish loosening her foot, she saw the man reaching for her other foot. She was so scared that she quickly reminded him, "I didn't hit this one."
"I know." Qi Fang didn't even look at her. He washed and dried her feet in a few seconds, then stood up, bent down and picked her up.
As her body jumped into the air, Yan Xue subconsciously grabbed the man's shirt on his shoulders and said, "I can walk by myself!"
Please, she just injured her foot, she is not disabled...
Hearing this, the man seemed to pause, then bent down again.
Yan Xue breathed a sigh of relief and was about to sit back down by holding onto the bench when the man tightened his grip around her waist with one hand and picked up her shoes that she had placed next to the basin with the other.
Now, Yan Xue was carried back to the inner room like a child.
The next morning, the bruise on the instep of her foot had indeed felt much better after being rubbed away, but Qi Fang still didn't let Yan Xue go to the construction site. He just asked her to prepare the meal for today's beam-raising ceremony at home.
After installing the beams, sealing the roof, and laying the tiles, Qi Fang and Liu Weiguo also used wire to hang a few pieces of tree bark under the eaves for drainage. Then the group came to Yan Xue's house to drink.
Qi Fang didn't let Yan Xue drink because she had a foot injury. As a result, Liu Weiguo got drunk and kept pulling Yan Xue to call her Wen Hui. Qi Fang sent him away with a sullen face.
The next day, when Liu Weiguo went to the new house to make the kang, he acted like a thief. As soon as he entered the room, he quietly asked Yan Xue, "Did I say anything nonsense yesterday?"
Before he could finish his sentence, Qi Fang called him away, and he was guarded against him as if he were a thief.
Yan Xue found it funny, but she didn't expect that she would actually see a big joke the next day.
Yu Cuiyun didn't know how she did it, but she actually caught Liang Qimao and Cheng Yuzhen committing adultery, and made it known to everyone in the forest farm.
Liang Qimao's face was scratched, and Cheng Yuzhen's clothes were torn. Yu Cuiyun's injured hand was still holding her pants, and her good hand was pulling her hair. "You stinky bitch! You keep a stud! I'm so good to you, and you stole my man! Do you have any shame?"
The noise was so loud that a crowd gathered around it in no time.
Cheng Yuzhen was obviously feeling ashamed, and she kept covering her face with her hands and crying.
Liang Qimao had never been surrounded by so many people when he got married. His face was burning hot. "Can we stop making trouble for now? If you have anything to say, let's go home and talk..."
Yu Cuiyun spat on her face, "You still feel ashamed? When you were having an affair with her, why didn't you feel ashamed?"
Spitting in someone's face is more insulting than scratching it, especially in front of so many people.
Liang Qimao had originally wanted to be humble and let this matter go, but now he was also provoked with anger, "I'm having an affair? Don't you know why I'm having an affair? You're always so arrogant, and every time you open your mouth you're either your dad or your brother. What's wrong? Only your daughter is a human being, and we're not human beings!"
Some accounts cannot be looked up, because once they are looked up, all you will feel is grievance.
Yu Cuiyun's personality was too strong and overbearing. When Liang Qimao lived with her, he felt frustrated more often than happy.
As expected, Yu Cuiyun felt even more aggrieved than he was when he said this. "I told you that you looked down on Yongzhi, but you refused to admit it! If my dad hadn't been the site manager, would you have been able to become a tractor driver?"
here we go again.
Almost every time they quarreled, she would bring up the story of him becoming a tractor driver, constantly reminding him that he owed his current situation to the support of his father-in-law.
Yu Cuiyun didn't say enough, but Liang Qimao had heard enough. He felt that all the people he had never lost in his life were lost today.
Liang Qimao simply turned around and walked away, "Alright, if you don't mind being embarrassed, then continue making trouble here!"
How could Yu Cuiyun let him go? She let go of Cheng Yuzhen and went to pull him back, "Don't go! You must explain to me clearly today, am I running away or am I not living with you anymore? What gives you the right to be an adulterer with her?"
"You look like a madman, and you still dare to say that! Which woman is a shrew like you!" Liang Qimao finally couldn't help it.
"I'm a shrew? How can she be a good thing?"
Yu Cuiyun was so angry that her hands were shaking. She pointed at Cheng Yuzhen who was about to sneak away and said, "Why don't you ask her who did that to Yan Xue? I was wondering why she was so kind and helped me deal with that Yan girl. But it turns out she was the one who had an affair with you, and now you want to deal with her yourself! I even helped her out and fought for her spot!"
This is really a big reversal. Everyone was just watching a cheating incident, but they didn't expect there would be other melons attached.
Liang Qimao was even more stunned, and subconsciously said: "Impossible."
Hearing him say it was impossible, Yu Cuiyun became even more angry. She stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Yuzhen's hair and started beating her, "You bitch! I told you not to pretend! I told you not to pretend!"
Liu Weiguo and Qi Fang happened to see the scene when they returned from their new home. They couldn't help but sigh to Yan Xue, "Captain Lin's wife is so gentle and kind, always smiling at everyone she sees. I never thought she could be so sinister. When she targeted your family team, was she trying to target you or Yu Cuiyun?"
Cheng Yuzhen's move was indeed quite shady. Yu Cuiyun had been taking the blame for several months, and no one believed that she had nothing to do with it. Liang Qimao even had a fight with her over it, forcing her to go to Cheng Yuzhen to tell her about it. Not only was Cheng Yuzhen able to coax her out of it with a few words, but she also ran into a black bear. The plywood was only removed two days ago.
As for Cheng Yuzhen, she cleared herself of all charges and ended up watching a joke for nothing.
And I heard that the shack where Cheng Yuzhen and Liang Qimao had an affair was the same one where she and Yu Cuiyun used to take shelter from the rain. Isn't that simply disgusting?
Not to mention Yu Cuiyun, anyone else would be defeated.
Yan Xue smiled and glanced at Qi Fang, who was washing his hands and face in the main hall. "I don't think she's as ruthless as Qi Fang. She hits the snake at its weakest point."
"That's right. Even after beating up Yu Cuiyun and the others, they still didn't get the whole thing to come out."
Liu Weiguo wanted to laugh whenever he thought about that scene. "Most people would think that Yu Cuiyun and Cheng Yuzhen were close and that the two families were familiar with each other when they saw Liang Qimao and Cheng Yuzhen. But he had a good memory and sharp eyes."
At this point, he suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, when that incident first happened, I told him it was Yu Cuiyun who did it, but he said it wasn't certain. Did he realize something was wrong then?"
"So early?" Yan Xue was a little surprised.
Just as he was about to ask, someone outside the courtyard called out, "Is Comrade Qi Fang living here? There's a letter for you!"
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