Chapter 74: Being angry at that idiot doesn’t count as insulting.
Qi Fang came back before lunchtime. When Yan Xue saw him, she immediately said goodbye to Shan Qiufang.
Shan Qiufang asked them to stay, "Why are you leaving? Didn't we agree to have lunch at my place?"
Grandma Shan Qiufang also said, "I have washed the vegetables and are just waiting to put them in the pot. They will be ready soon."
"I know your food is delicious. Jigang ate too much last time," Yan Xue said with a smile. "But we finally got here, so we wanted to explore a bit."
Shan Qiufang also laughed when she heard it. "Oh, what a young couple! Okay, okay, I won't bother you."
The two of them really left Shan Qiufang's house, but the atmosphere was not as good as Shan Qiufang had imagined, especially Qi Fang, who glanced at Yan Xue's left shoulder and stopped talking.
Yan Xue knew that his attitude was wrong before, and she asked several questions because of this. "I didn't tell you when you were still in the county."
Qi Fang still didn't say anything and didn't look at her. It was a bit like when they first got married and didn't know each other well, and he kept everything inside.
Yan Xue had no choice but to move her shoulders to show him, "It's really nothing. Look, I'm recovering well..."
Before he could finish his words, Qi Fang held his arm with a cold face, "Have you really recovered, or are you unwilling to tell anyone about the pain?"
"I've really recovered..."
Yan Xue opened her mouth but was interrupted by the man again, "That's what you said when you hit your foot."
Qi Fang's face was very bad. "Can't you just be good? Why do you have to hurt yourself?"
She said it as if she was willing to do so. Yan Xue stopped smiling and said, "Can't you just talk properly? Why do you have to quarrel in the street?"
Qi Fang's face turned even worse. "Am I the one who wants to quarrel? Shouldn't you have told me when something like this happened?"
"What's the point of telling you? Will I be well soon, or will you be able to take my pain?"
"At least I can get home quickly and see that you don't get yourself seriously hurt."
"It seems that if I told you at that time, you could come back..." Before Yan Xue finished her words, the man had already looked at her, "I can."
Qi Fang's eyes were firm, and his tone was even more determined, "As long as you tell me, I will find a way to come back immediately."
But Yan Xue was not someone who would tell others about her pain, and she would not let others find a way to come back for her. She fell silent after hearing this.
This silence made Qi Fang stare at her for a long while. Seeing that she had no intention of speaking, he pursed his lips, and his peach blossom eyes became more and more gloomy.
Neither of them spoke for a while. When they reached the state-owned restaurant, Qi Fang walked past without even looking at it.
You don't even want to eat?
Yan Xue pursed her lips and simply followed the man without reminding him to see what he wanted to do.
When they arrived at the Town Forestry Bureau Hospital, Qi Fang looked back at her and went in. "Give me a number."
This made Yan Xue pause at the door, but she still followed in without saying a word.
There was only one orthopedic doctor here, who obviously remembered Yan Xue. Seeing that both of them looked unwell, he asked, "Didn't it heal before? Why is it broken again?"
Yan Xue certainly wouldn't show her emotions to outsiders, so she smiled and said, "No, it's my lover who's worried."
The doctor was wondering why her lover was never with her when she came to see the doctor. It seemed like she was not at home.
He also did a follow-up check on Yan Xue and said, "She's in good shape. After all, she's young, so she's recovering quickly."
"Will it leave a root of disease?" Qi Fang's expression remained unrelieved. "For example, it could easily cause dislocation in the future."
"You mean habitual dislocation? It's possible if it's not treated in time or if it's not properly cared for. She's fine."
"Then..." This time Qi Fang paused before lowering his voice, "Is she still in pain now?"
Unexpectedly, he looked as if he was facing a great enemy and asked such a question. The doctor was stunned and smiled, "If there is any pain, it will only be in the first month. She has been having it for three months now."
When family members ask about the patient's condition, they usually ask whether the patient can recover and whether there will be any root of the disease left. Few ask whether the patient is in pain.
Besides, it has been three months. The doctor smiled and comforted Qi Fang: "Don't worry, young man, your wife's injury is healing well, she's fine."
When the couple came out of the hospital, Yan Xue couldn't help but glance at the man, but the man didn't even look at her, just like he did before they went in.
It was obvious that she was still angry, even though the doctor said she was fine and didn't feel any pain at all.
Yan Xue decided to explain again: "I was fine when you came back, but I didn't tell you to avoid worrying you."
So he heard from others that she was injured and almost had a car accident, so he wasn't worried anymore?
Qi Fang looked back at her and didn't want to say anything, fearing that if he opened his mouth he would offend her again and start arguing with her outside again.
Moreover, he had written back to ask her if everything was okay. What did she tell him then?
Qi Fang retracted his gaze and walked forward. Yan Xue's explanation fell in the air, and the smile on his face began to fade.
Although the man was of this nature when they first got married, he just didn't talk. Yan Xue wasn't the type to get embarrassed if no one talked to her.
But today, she explained several times in a row and got no good response. Yan Xue didn't want to explain anymore. If he wanted to be angry, he could be angry. When he acted like this, she wanted to be angry too.
So the couple ignored each other, went to a state-owned restaurant to have dinner together, and then took the train back home together.
Then after entering the house, one of them smiled again, and the other tried to soften his expression and talk normally to the second old lady and Yan Jigang.
When they heard that Shan Qiufang had given birth and both mother and daughter were safe, the second old lady smiled and said "as long as they are safe" several times.
When she heard that Yan Jizu's wife gave birth to a premature son on New Year's Day, she fell silent for a moment. Judging from her expression, she didn't seem surprised at all.
The couple thought they had concealed it well, but when they returned to the house after dinner, Yan Jigang whispered to the second old lady, "Sister, why doesn't your husband visit you anymore?"
Although my brother-in-law didn't talk much in the past, his eyes seemed to be able to speak, and they would look at my sister from time to time.
Yan Jigang could see it, so it was even more impossible for the second old lady not to notice it. She rubbed her grandson's head and said, "Maybe your brother-in-law is not having a good day at work today."
However, matters between husband and wife are the most difficult to manage, and parents should try not to interfere, let alone she is a grandmother who has been adopted into the family.
The second old lady still said nothing and asked nothing, hoping that the two children could solve the problem themselves.
In the house opposite Yan Xue and Qi Fang, as expected, once the second old lady and Yan Jigang were gone, the couple went about their own business and ignored each other.
However, when getting ready to go to bed at night, he still put down the same quilt, showing no intention of extending the cold war into the bed.
Yan Xue took a look and was about to move the pillow out when she was held down by a bony hand.
Qi Fang just looked at her without saying a word, but his hands were holding her tightly. Seeing that she didn't let go, he pulled her back.
This is really interesting. He is the one who is angry and he is the one who doesn't listen to her explanation. Now he doesn't allow her to move the pillow out.
Anyway, Yan Xue was no match for the man in terms of strength, so she simply didn't argue with him. After lying down, she turned over and faced the man with her back.
This made Qi Fang look at it and his face turned even colder. It was clearly her who was injured but she didn't tell him, and she even felt that she was right to do so, but she was still angry with him.
The two of them made contributions in advance for the future family planning, and then the next day, they got along with the second old lady Yan Jigang as usual.
For several days, the couple had been able to remain calm. The second old lady couldn't sit still anymore and called Yan Xue aside while Yan Ji was just leaving for school. "Didn't you tell Xiao Qi about your injury?"
He didn't ask whether the two had quarreled or why they quarreled, but asked her directly about her injury. Yan Xue remained silent and did not deny it.
The second old lady sighed, "I thought it had been several months since you told him, and I didn't pay attention."
"It's okay, it's not a big deal." Yan Xue tried to comfort the old lady, but was patted on the body by the old lady. "Isn't this a big deal?"
Looking at this granddaughter who she had watched marry here with her mother and grow up with, who not only saved her life but also brought her here, the second old lady rarely said a few more words: "If Xiao Qi got hurt outside and didn't tell you, would you be angry? Jigang, would you be angry?"
Yan Xue fell silent for a long while before she whispered, "Grandma, no one told me I could tell anyone about my injuries."
No one had ever told her this in either of her previous life or this one.
In her previous life, her father worked harder than her, and later he fell ill. Even if she was scolded outside, she didn't dare to go home with red eyes.
No matter how good her stepfather was in this life, her mother died too early. She lived in a family with only one blood relative, and she had to take care of Jigang...
So it’s not that she doesn’t want to say it, it’s that hiding the pain has become an instinct, and she has no intention of telling others at all.
The second old lady also knew that her life was not easy. After hearing this, she paused and sighed, "You have suffered a lot over the years."
"I feel fine." Yan Xue has never been one to complain about herself. "I still have you and Jigang, and things are getting better and better."
Those smiling eyes were curved, clear and not forced, but they made the second old lady feel even more sad.
She was also a person living under someone else's roof, and sometimes she could understand Yan Xue's feelings better. She simply stopped talking and instead went to find Qi Fang later.
At that time, someone from the family team came to inform Yan Xue and asked her to get ready to go up the mountain to clear the forest the day after tomorrow.
As soon as the old lady saw Qi finish his work, she quickly stopped him and took him aside. It was unknown what she said, but Yan Xue sent him out and when she turned around, she met a pair of peach blossom eyes.
He hadn't even looked at her in the past few days, but now he was staring at her straight on. Yan Xue felt inexplicably uncomfortable and subconsciously avoided the man's sight.
It was this dodging action that revealed the emotion that she was trying hard to hide while pretending nothing had happened, an emotion that she might not even be aware of.
Qi Fang did not look away as he did the previous times when their eyes accidentally met. Instead, he walked over and raised his hand to touch her forehead.
Yan Xue originally wanted to hide, but soon she remembered what was under her hair, the scar left when she fell on her head, and she stopped moving.
Qi Fang rubbed the scar with his fingers, lowered his eyes and was about to say something when someone else came in.
Liu Weibin had obviously run all the way here, his face flushed, and he was still panting as he spoke, "Sister Yan Xue, Jigang got into a fight with someone at school, and the teacher asked me to call you over!"
"Jigang got into a fight with someone at school?" Yan Xue was very surprised.
Yan Jigang is sensible and obedient, and also shy. He needs to muster up the courage to even argue with others. How could he fight with others?
"I'll be there right away." Yan Xue turned around to get her coat, but Qi Fang had already got it for her.
The second old lady was also a little anxious when she heard the noise, and asked Liu Weibin: "Is he hurt?"
"Not really." Liu Weibin scratched his head. "We just had a fight at school. The teacher happened to run into us."
Obviously, in this child's mind, fighting was not a problem; being seen by the teacher was.
Yan Xue quickly packed up and went out with Liu Weibin, but unexpectedly Qi Fang followed them.
Yan Xue didn't say anything, but first asked Liu Weibin if he knew the reason why Yan Jigang fought.
In the end, Liu Weibin didn't know either. He said that someone said something during the break and Yan Jigang rushed over.
It seemed that Yan Jigang was the first to take action, which made Yan Xue feel even more uneasy.
They hurried to the school office. Before they even entered, they heard Teacher Liu's loud scolding voice, "Even if you don't have a father or a mother, your sister should have taught you, right? You hit people just because you want to. What did our Guozhong do to you?"
Teacher Yuan's voice was heard nearby, "Don't scold the child until the matter is clarified."
"Why haven't you figured it out? Everyone saw that he was the first to strike. Our Guozhong didn't provoke him..."
Before he could finish his words, Yan Xue and Qi Fang came in. Teacher Liu immediately turned his gun and pointed it at Yan Xue, "How do you usually educate your brother?"
Her son stood by her desk, sobbing, his cheeks red from the cold and stained with tears and snot.
Yan Jigang stood beside Teacher Yuan's desk with his head down. When he heard the noise, he raised his head and gave Yan Xue a very ashamed expression.
Yan Xue gave her brother a soothing look before looking at Teacher Liu. "I think it's good. At least Jigang won't keep saying things like he has no parents."
It is not the child's fault that he or she has no parents. People who attack children with this all day long are more uneducated than children who have lost their parents' upbringing.
Teacher Liu obviously understood, and her eyebrows rose. "What do you mean? Your child hits others at random, and you think you're right!"
Yan Xueli didn't bother to pay attention to her. She walked straight to Yan Jigang, bent down and looked him in the eye. "Tell me the truth, did he scold you for stuttering again?"
"How can stuttering be considered scolding? Your child stutters anyway." Teacher Liu understood his son well and immediately retorted.
Yan Xue still ignored her and only looked at Yan Jigang. However, Qi Fang, who had been silent since entering the room, glanced at her and said, "That idiot is not considered an insult."
The tone was very calm, as if he was just stating a fact, but some people quickly turned their heads away and suppressed their laughter.
Yan Jigang pursed his lips, then shook his head and whispered, "No, no, that's not what he said."
Teacher Liu immediately got the point, "Look, your child himself said that my son didn't provoke him!"
However, Yan Xue noticed Yan Jigang's words "That's not what he meant", and felt that that was probably even more extreme than saying that Yan Jigang was stuttering.
Her voice became softer. "So what did he say? Can you tell your sister and the teacher?"
Instead of scolding or questioning him, I tolerated him and believed in him...
Yan Jigang pursed his lips again and lowered his head. "He said... he said you are a hen that can't lay eggs."
It was because of her?
Yan Xue was stunned, but Yan Jigang continued, "They said you've been married for a year and you can't even have a child."
The office fell silent for a moment, and even Teacher Liu's words were stuck on his lips.
She subconsciously retorted, "Impossible! How could our Guozhong know such a thing?"
"Then we need to ask who said that to him." Yan Xue had already turned to look at Teacher Liu. "It can't be that I told Jigang about myself and asked him to make it up, right?"
She was really angry. Although she always knew that there were some gossipers in the forest farm, how could she say such gossip in front of the children?
Yan Xue didn't ask the child. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Teacher Liu's son was guilty. She only asked Teacher Liu, "As teachers, do you usually teach children this?"
He said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes at all, "I really have to doubt the school's judgment in selecting teachers. I'm worried about the children in your class."
"How would I know where he heard it?" Teacher Liu tried to argue, but her words clearly admitted that her son might have said something like that.
"That's really hard for you. You earn a teacher's salary, worry about the country's leaders, and even have to worry about whether the population is growing."
Qi Fang's expression turned completely cold from the moment Yan Jigang said that. "If you're so anxious, why don't you just quit being a teacher and go home to focus on population growth?"
It was obvious that they were asking Teacher Liu to go home and have the baby. Someone in the office couldn't help but tilted their head to suppress their laughter.
The couple kept arguing with each other, leaving Teacher Liu speechless for a long time. Yan Xue then looked at Teacher Yuan and said, "Sorry to trouble you."
Teacher Yuan shook her head to indicate that it was not a problem. "Jigang is usually quite well behaved, but if you encounter something like this in the future, you can tell the teacher and don't hit him casually anymore."
The latter part was obviously addressed to Yan Jigang, so Yan Jigang nodded sheepishly, "Yes, I'm sorry, teacher."
"Then can we take the child away?" It was right to apologize to Teacher Yuan. After all, he had caused trouble for others. Yan Xue would not let her brother apologize to the mother and child.
She didn't want to do anything nice for everyone. After all, they had never provoked the mother and son. Why should they bow their heads and endure this grievance?
On the way back, Yan Xuecai asked Yan Jigang, "Have you heard this kind of gossip before? Is that why you want a nephew?"
After all, even if he heard what Liu Weibin said, he shouldn't have avoided her sight at that time.
Sure enough, Yan Jigang looked up at her when he heard that, then lowered his head again, obviously agreeing.
This group of people are really idle. Yan Xue was about to say something when Qi Fang patted Yan Jigang's head and said, "Don't worry about them. Your sister and I are not in a hurry. What does it have to do with them?"
She changed the subject and touched Yan Jigang's other side, "Our Jigang has grown up and knows how to protect his sister."
Seeing Yan Jigang reveal an embarrassed smile, he lowered his voice again, "However, if there is such a thing in the future, you can tell your sister and brother-in-law. If your sister and brother-in-law go to them, we will still be in the right."
Yan Jigang nodded, and Yan Xue withdrew her gaze, and then inadvertently met Qi Fang head-on.
Only then did she realize that the two of them had been so focused on being united against the outside world that they seemed to have forgotten that they were still in a cold war.
When I got home and told my second wife about it, she was also very angry. "What kind of person are you? How can you say such things in front of a child?"
He went to look at Qi Fang and Yan Xue again. Qi Fang said directly, "Yan Xue and I are still young, there is no rush."
The second old lady didn't see him anxious, so she stopped worrying and quickly invited a few people to eat.
Maybe it was because of her emotional fluctuations or something else, but as soon as the food was served, Yan Xue subconsciously held her breath, covered her mouth and nose, and turned her head away.
Qi Fang's peach blossom eyes darkened immediately, "What happened? Did she get so angry that she couldn't eat?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Jigang raised his head worriedly and said, "Sister, I'm sorry. I will never fight with anyone again."
"No." Yan Xue waved her hand and was about to say something, then turned her face away again.
Qi Fang pursed his lips now. Could it be that he was angry with him because they had been in a cold war for the past few days?
He quickly patted Yan Xue's back and put his lips close to her ear, "Don't be angry, I won't be angry, okay?"
In fact, after hearing what the second old lady said, he was not so angry anymore, but felt more distressed.
Amidst the panic, the second old lady was the first to calm down. She looked at Yan Xue and asked, "Did you have your period this month?"
Qi Fang didn't react at first, until he saw Yan Xue stunned, "She hasn't come yet."
"How many days late is it?"
"Six or seven days."
The old lady didn't ask any more questions and directly cleared the table of the strong-smelling stinky soybean paste. "Don't go to the family team for the next two days."
Qi Fang finally reacted. He looked at Yan Xue, then at Yan Xue's belly which looked completely normal, and tightened his grip on the chopsticks.
After dinner, he sat on the edge of the kang, looking at Yan Xue from time to time, and Yan Xue felt very uncomfortable.
Finally, seeing that it was almost time to go to work, he had to stand up and said, "I'll take a day off tomorrow and go to the hospital with you."
Yan Xue was actually still a little dazed, but someone else's reaction was even more dramatic than hers, so she calmed down. "Why rush? Wait until you have a day off."
Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, Yan Xue definitely cannot go to the family team. She was also waiting for news from Secretary Lang.
Most of the family members were married women. When they saw that Yan Xue didn't come for unknown reasons, even if they didn't know anything, they could guess about 70% of the answer.
Lang Yue'e came over to see Yan Xue that day and asked, "Are you pregnant? Even if you're not sure, you have to be careful and don't get hurt going up the mountain."
Li Shuwu's wife was also very happy, mainly because Yan Xue would not be able to work for at least one or two years, so they had to hurry up and plant the wood ear mushrooms.
When the time comes to buy the tree stump from her, she won’t sell it to you for fifty, but at least eighty. Even if it’s eighty, Yan Xue will have to pay for it.
Secretary Lang didn't know about these things between women. After he became familiar with the plan, he found a time to show it to Qu Mingli.
He was also a cunning person. He knew that Qu Mingli had contacted Qi Fang privately before, and he guessed that he had a good relationship with Qi Fang and Yan Xue, so he wanted to form an alliance with them first.
This very young new secretary is also at an age of being proactive and enterprising. He is able to accept new things and is willing to go all out for political achievements.
As expected, Qu Mingli immediately read on until she finished reading the entire plan. Then she looked up at him and asked, "You just said this was Yan Xue's idea?"
Secretary Lang nodded and said, "She tried planting it last year and it was very successful." He helped Yan Xue find an excuse for what happened last year.
He also took out a bag of wood ear mushrooms that Yan Xue had prepared in advance and said, "This is what she grew last year. I think it's pretty good."
Qu Mingli opened it and took a look. "It's really good. I think it's better than the ones in the small market and the purchasing station. Are all the ones she grows of this quality?"
In fact, the wood ear purchasing station has always been buying, but Yan Xue doesn't sell there, mainly because the purchasing station is cheaper. People only send things that can't be sold at the small market to the purchasing station, such as fur, medicinal herbs, and pine nuts, which are heavy and difficult to sell.
Secretary Lang didn't know that Yan Xue had put so much effort into drying the fungus. "It's mainly because we grow them ourselves. We harvest them as soon as they're ripe, and save the unripe ones for next time."
In this respect, it is indeed better than the wild ones. Qu Mingli really didn't expect that the girl who always called him brother was not only kind and smart, but also had this ability.
He flipped through the plan again. "It's indeed feasible. After all, if we don't grow wood ear mushrooms, the tree stumps and substandard wood in the bureau are of no use. But..."
Qu Mingli changed the subject and said, "I'm afraid there will be some resistance in the bureau. We need to come up with an excuse to deal with it."
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