Chapter 38 Insomnia I'm here to find someone
After all, the truth will eventually come to light, and Qi Fang didn't want to hide it from Yan Xue forever.
But he hasn't even found the person yet, nor has he been able to come up with a perfect solution, and he doesn't want to be exposed so suddenly.
He looked at Yan Xue calmly, then looked at her again. Seeing that Yan Xue hadn't moved, he said, "We have things to do today. Let's go next time."
Yan Xue actually asked him back, "Where are you going next time?"
There was a look of confusion on his face. It was obvious that he was thinking about something and didn't pay attention to where he was looking.
This made Qi Fangjun's expression pause slightly, but he felt relieved.
Unexpectedly, Liu Weiguo next to him suddenly interrupted, "Where are you going? If not, you guys go. Zhou Wenhui and I are going to go somewhere else."
Qi Fang looked over at that moment, silent and still like a deep pool.
Liu Weiguo didn't know if it was his illusion. The weather was nice today and the sun was shining, so why did he suddenly feel a little cold?
He rubbed his arms. "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, I just think you're a bit too bold."
You're such a jerk! You're about to lose your wife, yet you still have the energy to wander around...
Yan Xue had noticed where she was at this moment, but she wasn't here to visit. "Let's talk about your business."
"Then let's find a restaurant to talk." Liu Weiguo, more concerned about himself and Zhou Wenhui, felt in his pocket and said, "I happened to be going out today, and my mom gave me some food coupons."
Zhou Wenhui was familiar with the town and immediately pointed to a place not far away. "That's the state-owned restaurant."
The group turned and headed towards the state-owned hotel, and the inexplicable chill on Liu Weiguo's body disappeared inexplicably.
The state-owned restaurant in Chengshui Town is a row of bungalows facing the street. When you enter the door, you will see a small blackboard with white chalk written on it what meals will be served today.
After you have finished looking and made your choice, take the money and food coupons to the cashier to exchange them for meal tickets, and then take the meal tickets to the corresponding window to get your meal.
Liu Weiguo looked at the small blackboard and said, "We have braised pork today. How about we order that?"
"This is too expensive." Zhou Wenhui whispered and tugged at him.
After pulling, he remembered that Yan Xue and Qi Fang were there too, and looked at them embarrassedly with a red face.
Yan Xue didn't have any objections, "I can eat anything."
Qi Fang would have none, but Liu Weiguo still said, "It's okay, I have enough money."
He was smiling, obviously very happy that Zhou Wenhui wanted to help him save money.
However, since the main dishes had been ordered, the rest of the people just dealt with them casually. They ordered dishes that could be served at the window, and they had to go to a special window to ask the chef to make the braised pork.
After ordering, they found a wooden table in the dining room. Yan Xue and Zhou Wenhui sat on one bench, and Qi Fang and Liu Weiguo sat on another.
In this day and age, men and women still have to be careful about their relationships in public, especially unmarried men and women like Liu Weiguo and Zhou Wenhui.
Liu Weiguo was still anxious, and asked again as soon as he sat down: "Did I pass or fail?"
"It's hard to say." Yan Xue was actually thinking about this just now.
Zhou's mother was easy to talk to and seemed gentle, even expressing satisfaction with Liu Weiguo, but Zhou's father...
Yan Xue directly asked Zhou Wenhui: "Does your father have the final say in your family?"
Zhou Wenhui nodded, "My dad has the final say." After a pause, she added, "My dad also manages the money."
"Is your father also in charge of the money?" This surprised Liu Weiguo.
He could understand that men were the ones who made the decisions on important matters at home, but around him, women generally managed the finances, including his family and Qi Fang's.
Yan Xue was not very surprised, because she found that after Zhou's mother talked for a while, she would subconsciously look at Zhou's father.
Qi Fang also noticed it. He even found that occasionally when Zhou's father coughed or put down the cup, Zhou's mother's expression would pause slightly.
And since he found out who they were, Zhou's father just glanced at Liu Weiguo and never said another word.
This was a very resistant expression. Obviously, he didn't even want to understand Liu Weiguo.
Sure enough, Yan Xue immediately said, "Then this matter may be a bit difficult. I don't think that uncle doesn't want to accept Wei Guo, but he doesn't want to accept the person you are looking for."
She analyzed the situation for the two of them, "If he didn't want to accept Weiguo, he would at least listen when we talked about Weiguo's conditions, or even find some faults. But he didn't listen at all. Obviously, no matter what Weiguo's conditions were, they were all the same to him, and there was no need to listen at all."
Zhou Wenhui also had this concern, so she hesitated when Liu Weiguo asked her about it before.
Liu Weiguo was sitting across from the two of them. When he saw Zhou Wenhui's expression, he knew Yan Xue was right. "Then what should we do?"
If he is not satisfied with the conditions, he can still find ways to fight for it. But if he completely denies something without even wanting to understand it, he will not even have a direction to work towards.
"I think the problem still lies with the Jiang family." Yan Xue said more tactfully.
Qi Fang was about to get to the point. "You'd better find out if her family has any requests for the Jiang family."
Otherwise, Zhou's father's attitude wouldn't be so different before and after. One personally saw him off with a smile, while the other didn't even want to listen. It was obvious that Liu Weiguo was more handsome and likable than Jiang Debao.
Zhou Wenhui's face turned pale. "No, I can't..."
She said so, but her pale face and hesitant tone revealed her inner uneasiness.
"It's not like there's no solution at all," Yan Xue comforted her. "Just because the Jiang family can do it doesn't mean the Liu family can't."
This made Zhou Wenhui and Liu Weiguo look over, expectantly, nervously, and with a bit of inexplicable trust.
"We should find out what's going on first." Qi Fang picked up a piece of food for Yan Xue and said calmly, "Only after we find out can we decide what to do."
Just then, someone shouted from the window over there, "The braised pork is ready!" Yan Xue saw that Liu Weiguo and Zhou Wenhui were both distracted, so she simply stood up and said, "I'll get it."
"I'll go." Qi Fang was faster than her and soon came back with a plate of greasy and fragrant braised pork.
In fact, when it comes to fragrance, poultry and livestock that have been screened and domesticated are more delicious. Wild game runs around in the mountains every day, and the taste is either too tight or too rough.
But of the four people at the table, Liu Weiguo and Zhou Wenhui were clearly not in the mood to eat. Qi Fang, while calm, wasn't a big eater himself. Only Yan Xue ate two more pieces.
Qi Fang noticed this and added two more pieces for her without making a sound. After the whole meal, Yan Xue felt a little full.
After returning to the forest farm and getting off the train, Liu Weiguo thanked Qi Fang and Yan Xue and prepared to say goodbye.
The young couple obviously had more to say, so Yan Xue and Qi Fang didn't keep them and turned back to their home.
After dinner in the evening, Qi Fang was chopping firewood in the yard when Liu Weiguo came and said to him in a low voice, "I forgot to tell you before, that thing you asked me to find out about last time..."
Qi Fang said nothing. He chopped the food in his hand first, then went into the house to wash his hands. "Wei Guo and I are going out for a walk."
Yan Xue thought Liu Weiguo was in a bad mood, so she took Qi Fang out to relax and casually said, "Don't be too late."
"Yeah." Qi Fang responded, walked out of the room, and then asked Liu Weiguo in a low voice: "Have you found the person?"
"No," Liu Weiguo said, "I asked around, and there's really no one with your name in our forest farm, not even with your surname."
Who was Yan Xue looking for? She even married him without saying anything.
Qi Fang frowned.
Liu Weiguo on the other side continued, "But there is one in Xiaojinchuan Forest Farm." He almost dodged it.
But now was not the time to dwell on these matters. He immediately looked over, his eyes deep, "The same name as mine?"
"It's a given name, but not a surname. Like Qi Jiefang, his surname is Qi (the same as Qiquan)."
Liu Weiguo got the information quite clear. "Why don't you ask again? Did they get the name and place wrong when they asked you to find someone?"
Qi Fang nodded, and continued to ponder this matter until the power supply to the forest farm was cut off at night and the forest farm was plunged into darkness.
Liu Weiguo said that there was no such thing in Jinchuan Forest Farm, so it must be true. It is relatively easy for him to get information in this area.
The one at Xiaojinchuan Forest Farm has the same pronunciation and the location is only one character different. If you are not careful, you might make a mistake.
But Yan Xue doesn't seem like a careless person. Could it be that the introducer made a mistake?
For some reason, Qi Fang suddenly thought of the roller skates. It seemed that the other party was in Xiaojinchuan and was looking for the girl for his blind date.
But he is 1.8 meters tall and very good-looking, so the roller skates are a bit too far for him.
Moreover, he and Yan Xue had met several times. Yan Xue also knew that he was going to his aunt's house. Maybe she also knew that he was looking for someone. If so, they should have matched up long ago...
I guess when Liu Weiguo was tossing and turning in bed because of what happened between him and Zhou Wenhui, he didn't expect that his buddy was even more sleepless than him.
Unable to lie down, and afraid that turning over would disturb Yan Xue's sleep, Qi Fang simply got up quietly, took a small stool and sat outside the main room door.
The wind was still cool in the late spring night, and the world was silent, not even the sound of insects could be heard. Qi Fang looked up and saw only a bright full moon in the sky. He couldn't help but think of Yan Xue's bright eyes again. He thought of Yan Xue.
I still have to find a chance to go to Xiaojinchuan and confirm whether Qi Fang is the person Yan Xue is looking for.
No matter what, he should pay the money back first. It doesn’t matter if he has to pay several times more. After all, he took away someone else’s marriage.
If the other party is really angry and wants to fight him...
Just do it, as I said before, after all, he has taken advantage of someone else's good marriage.
Qi Fang lowered his eyes and casually pulled out a weed that had just sprouted from the base of the wall. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from behind.
He turned around suddenly and saw Yan Xue had already opened the door to the main room and yawned sleepily. "I was wondering why the person was gone. You really can't sleep at night and look at the stars."
"It's windy outside." He quickly stood up and pushed the person back.
"You knew the wind was so strong, but you still came out." Yan Xue squinted her eyes and snorted, "Don't block the way, I'm on my period."
Only then did Qi Fang see what she was holding and moved away from the door.
After a while, Yan Xue came back from the bathroom, walked around him and went straight into the inner room.
Probably because he was so sleepy that he forgot about his existence, Qi Fang sat back down and continued to stare at the moonlight on the ground in a daze.
Just as he took a look, the footsteps came back and a coat fell directly on him.
He was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, Yan Xue was already standing next to him. She mumbled to him, "You always stay awake at night, do you have insomnia?"
Qi Fang instinctively wanted to say that he was fine, but he paused before saying, "Yeah."
The last time Liu Weiguo mentioned it, Yan Xue wanted to ask. She hadn't expected him to go to bed late and get up early all day. He really did have insomnia. "How long has it been?"
"More than two and a half years, less than three years."
This time was really sensitive. Yan Xue glanced at him and was about to ask again, but the man had already stood up and put his coat on her. "Let's talk when we get back."
It seemed that Qi Fang really didn't want to stay outside. He even moved the small stool back and closed the door.
Yan Xue followed him back to the house and asked, "How many hours do you usually sleep?"
"About four or five hours."
Four or five hours isn't much, and that's probably when he's having a good night's sleep. A bad night's sleep might be like today, where he's still alert even in the middle of the night.
"Didn't you go see a doctor and get some treatment?"
This time the man remained silent until Yan Xue poked him with her hand, then he said, "No."
Yan Xue raised her eyebrows immediately. "You haven't seen a doctor for over two years of insomnia? What's the matter? Do you want to die young and let me find another one?"
The sentence "find another one" made Qi Fang even more silent, but during the two years when he suffered from insomnia, he never thought that someone would come all the way to marry him.
Yes, the Yan family had even written to him asking for the deed, so how could he be so sure that the girl from the Yan family would come all the way to the forest farm to marry him?
Some things cannot be pondered over. Qi Fang threw back the quilt and squeezed over, hugging Yan Xue tightly. "I'll go see it after I finish cultivating the young forest."
Unexpectedly, after only two seconds of hugging her, Yan Xue pushed her away.
He was stunned, thinking Yan Xue was still angry. "Seriously, I'll definitely watch it."
"Even doctors don't dare to make such a promise as yours." Yan Xue glanced at him, got up from the kang and put on her shoes.
After a while, there was a sound of the door outside. When the person came back, there was a bowl in her hand. In the bowl was a milky white pudding that had solidified into a jelly and was shaking gently with her movements.
"Eat something sweet, maybe you can fall asleep." The petite girl handed him the bowl and spoon.
Before Qi Fang even put the sweet pudding into his mouth, he was already struck by this thoughtful gesture.
So how could he be willing to return her to someone else?
Qi Fang silently took it, scooped up a piece, and handed it to Yan Xue's mouth first.
"I'm having my period." Yan Xue hesitated, but since she was the one who made it, she really wanted to taste it and see how it was done, so she finally took a small bite.
It’s a very small bite, not even as big as a cherry, but the milky flavor and smoothness still melt quickly on the tip of the tongue.
Yan Xue tasted it and said, "It's okay. Next time I eat it myself, I can put less sugar in it."
Because she was going to give it as a gift, and considering that people these days generally prefer sweeter things, she put a little more in.
After tasting it, I found a small tooth mark on the pudding, and Qi Fang was a very clean person.
Just when I was thinking about eating it all since it wasn't very cold anyway, the man had already taken back the spoon and put it into his mouth.
Qi Fang ate the entire pudding quietly. After finishing, he sent the bowl away, washed it clean, and came back to hug Yan Xue again, "Go to sleep."
Because of the one-day delay, there was a lot of work to do in the new house the next day. Windows had to be installed and walls had to be painted. Otherwise, there would be little time to start cultivating the young forest.
Yan Xue gave the finished pudding away that evening, claiming it was homemade. She gave four to the family that had goat's milk, four to the Liu family, and then, with one left over that was too small to give away individually, she simply poured the contents of the enamel pot out, cut it into four pieces, and gave two to the Guo family.
Before the next day, the Liu family's return gift arrived. Huang Fengying came over and handed over a plate of buns. "You don't have to cook tomorrow morning. You can just heat them up and eat them."
Then he mentioned Liu Weiguo again, "Thanks to your help and advice, he didn't even tell me or his father about this matter, and came directly to you. You see, he was also very picky. Why did he have to be so picky and fall for a female educated youth from the town?"
Liu Weiguo's matter is really difficult to deal with. The key is that he doesn't know what Zhou's father wants from the Jiang family. He is even willing to sacrifice his own daughter's lifelong happiness.
Zhou Wenhui said she would go back and ask, but her father definitely couldn't tell her directly about this kind of thing.
The next step is to cultivate young forests. Both regular workers and their family teams have to go up the mountain to loosen the soil, weed, and cut the crowns of young trees that have been planted for less than five years. They also have to manually remove the effects of weeds, shrubs, and vines on the young trees to promote the young trees to grow into forests as soon as possible. She doesn't have the time.
Not only Zhou Wenhui, but Qi Fang also couldn't find the time
I didn't go out until the young forest cultivation began, and then I took the opportunity to finish work early one day and went to Xiaojinchuan.
Unfortunately, I didn't meet anyone. I heard that someone called the site office and went out after answering the phone. I don't know when he will come back.
And he didn't know whether it was a coincidence or not, but when he went over to ask, the other party had just left half an hour ago.
This made Qi Fang a little annoyed, and he always felt that things were not going smoothly.
And Yan Xue's real marriage partner is like a knife hanging over his head, and he doesn't know when it will fall and what kind of harm it will cause.
When he returned to Jinchuan Forest Farm, he happened to meet the family team leaving work. Qi looked over subconsciously, but did not see Yan Xue in the crowd.
It was Lang Yue'e who saw him and said, "Your Xiao Yan sprained his ankle this afternoon and went home early."
His brows furrowed at that moment, "Is the injury serious?"
"She looked quite bad, having fallen down the slope due to mud. Jin Baozhi carried her back."
Qi Fang didn't care about whether Qi Fang was there or not. After thanking the other party, he hurried home.
I didn't expect to see Yan Xue right at the fork in the road just after I got off the train. She was clearly still hesitant to put one foot on the ground, yet she actually ran out again, and even ran so far...
Qi Fang didn't even notice that Yan Xue was talking to someone, and walked over quickly. "Your ankle is so badly sprained, why are you still running around?"
The tone was definitely a bit aggressive, and Yan Xue was stunned for a moment before she said, "I'm fine..."
Qi Fang interrupted her before she could finish her words, "You said you were fine last time, but your instep is bruised."
This is happening outside, in front of other people...
Yan Xue pursed her lips.
The people nearby also stepped out to smooth things over, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, let's talk it over nicely."
Qi Fang only then noticed him and frowned, "Why are you here?"
It turned out to be the one who gave Yan Xue the roller skates.
He couldn't suppress his emotions anymore. "You sprained your ankle, but you didn't stay home to rest, just to come out and see him? Do you still want this foot?"
"What's his business if I go out?" Seeing that he had affected others, Yan Xue's voice became lowered. "I was going up the mountain to get something, and I happened to meet this comrade here. He was even trying to persuade me to walk less. Could you please ask him first?"
Qi Fang also hurriedly explained: "I'm here to look for someone, not her."
Then he thought about it and felt something was wrong. "I was looking for someone else and happened to run into her here and wanted to ask her for directions."
Unfortunately, before she could say anything, her lover came back and was obviously not happy.
Qi Fang was a little embarrassed, and he wasn't like this the last time they met on the train. Could it be that he was angry because his wife had sprained her ankle and was still running around?
Hearing that Yan Xue didn't run so far just to see the other party, Qi Fang's mood did not improve much, and his handsome face remained calm.
He walked over and held Yan Xue's arm. "Is there something you absolutely have to limp up the mountain for? Can't you ask someone else to get it? Or wait for me to come back and I'll get it for you."
Of course, asking others to take it is not an option, because what Yan Xue wants is a whole piece of wood, a piece of wood with black fungus buds growing on it.
She found it while she was resting at noon today. Before she could take it home, she fell in the afternoon and was brought back by Jin Baozhi.
It was almost June, and she really didn't have time to wait. The sooner she could bring the ear buds home and artificially ripen them, the sooner she could get the mature ears for fungus culture.
Yan Xue raised her head and looked at the man. "I told you to go find it? Do you know which piece of wood just sprouted ear buds?"
It turned out that he wanted to get this. Qi slowed down his tone and said, "Tell me where it is and I will find it for you."
"It's such a big forest, with so many fallen trees. I have to look carefully. Do you know which one it is? Do you know which part it is?"
This matter concerns whether she can take her brother in as soon as possible. Yan Xue is not at ease to hand him over to others. "Besides, I want to ask you, do you have time? Your work team has finished work a long time ago, right? Didn't you disappear as soon as you finished work? We can't catch you."
This remark immediately touched Qi Fang's sore spot. He had no way to refute it and could only squat down and say, "Come up."
Yan Xue didn't move, and even turned around, leaning on the wooden stick she used as a makeshift crutch and walking to the other side. "You go back by yourself. I have to hurry and get the earbud back."
It's okay to have a sore foot, it will be fine after some rest, but wasting time is really a waste of time.
If she fails to plant the mushroom seeds in time this year, she will have to wait another year. She promised her brother that she would do it within half a year. These days, she has been looking for ear buds in the mountains whenever she has free time.
Besides, Jin Baozhi had someone check her out, and her foot injury wasn't that serious, otherwise why would she dare to run out...
He had only taken two steps when he was hugged around the waist.
Before Yan Xue could react, the man had already walked around in front of her, grabbed her arm and carried her on his back without saying a word.
"What are you doing?" She hit his shoulder.
"Aren't you going to look for Erya?" The man's face was still grim, his voice was deep, but he lifted her up carefully, "I'll carry you there."
This surprised Yan Xue. "You'll carry me over?"
The roads there were all mountainous, difficult to walk on, let alone carrying someone as big as her. Jin Baozhi only carried her down the mountain for a short distance before putting her down and helping her walk.
Qi Fang asked, "What if you wait for yourself to limp up there?"
Yan Xue stopped talking, so Qi Fang lifted her up again and said, "Tell me where it is, and I'll find it for you."
"There's someone here." Yan Xue remembered Qi Fang who was standing next to her. "Who did you say you were looking for?"
The couple was in a hurry to go up the mountain to look for something, why was he making trouble by following them?
Qi Fang quickly waved his hands, "It's okay, you guys go about your business, I can ask someone else."
Without waiting for the two to say anything else, he left quickly.
Thinking of what happened just now, Yan Xue couldn't help but pat Qi Fang. Qi Fang seemed to know what she was going to say. He turned around and said to Qi Fang, "I'm sorry for what happened just now."
"It's okay, it's okay." Qi Fang walked faster after hearing that.
Qi Fang also withdrew his gaze and continued to talk about Yan Xue, "Next time if you have something to say, tell me."
Before he finished speaking, a female voice filled with disbelief suddenly came from not far away - "Qi Fang?"
Swish!
Qi Fang and Qi Fang looked over at the same time.
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