Chapter 84 Brother-in-law Lian Yu, are you back from the beach?
Yan Xue and Qi Fang stayed for another day. Seeing that Wei Shuxian's condition had stabilized and she was not so sad anymore, they prepared to go back.
After all, her expectations were dashed, and she also witnessed how people's hearts changed so easily. It was hard for Wei Shuxian not to be emotionally affected.
In fact, Yan Xue also thought about bringing Wei Shuxian back to stay for a few days, taking advantage of the summer vacation to recuperate, and changing the environment and mood.
Wei Shuxian shook her head. "I appreciate your kindness, but I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay here to protect your teacher."
While speaking, she looked in a certain direction outside. Yan Xue knew that Su Changqing was buried there, and Qi Fang had visited the grave before.
At the beginning, Su Changqing was afraid of implicating Wei Shuxian, so he divorced Wei Shuxian in advance. However, Wei Shuxian still built a cage for herself and trapped herself in it.
Yan Xue had no choice but to look over. "Master's Wife, you don't know, when I first came to the forest farm, I felt that the winters in the Northeast were extremely cold and long."
She complained to Wei Shuxian, "It's already May, and it's snowing! But I counted the days, and the grass still sprouted from the ground. And then, in the blink of an eye, spring has already arrived, not to mention summer. There's no trace of winter left."
Yan Xue turned to look at Wei Shuxian, her eyes curved with a smile. "So this year I have experience. I know that as long as I wait a little longer, spring will eventually arrive."
As she said this, she held Wei Shuxian's hands. Her hands were slender and soft yet powerful, just like the smile in her eyes at the moment, and like her as a person.
Wei Shuxian knew that she was trying to tell herself that if she persisted a little longer, the long darkness would eventually pass and the dawn of hope would come.
Looking at those beautiful, clear eyes and feeling the firm warmth coming from her hands, Wei Shuxian couldn't say anything discouraging. She finally nodded and said, "Well, we'll all be fine."
At least she waited until this spring. Maybe if she persists for another spring, everything will turn around.
Xiao Fang was waiting and guarding, and Yan Xue was accompanying him and helping him to guard. The children were already working hard enough, and she couldn't put another burden on their shoulders.
On the day they set off, Wang Zhengrong and his wife went to the train station to see them off. That was the first time Yan Xue saw Wang Zhengrong's wife, and her belly was even bigger than Yan Xue's.
No wonder I haven’t seen her at Wei Shuxian’s place. It’s not very convenient to move around this month, and it’s really not suitable for her to travel back and forth.
No wonder Wang Zhengrong was at a loss when Yan Xue started making a fuss about holding her belly. Wang Zhengrong's wife seemed quite powerful, and he felt a little weak in front of her.
But he was quite enthusiastic. "When Zhengrong and I got married, Xiaoqi was only in his teens. I didn't expect that he would become a father in the blink of an eye."
When two pregnant women meet, they inevitably talk about their children and trivial matters. Qi Fang watched and silently pulled Wang Zhengrong aside.
Wang Zhengrong saw his serious expression and thought he had something to tell him, but he just opened his mouth and said, "Brother Zhengrong, how do you coax your sister-in-law?"
Wang Zhengrong was speechless at the time, then his expression became serious, "I have the final say at home, why would I need to coax your sister-in-law?"
Then Qi Fang was speechless, staring at him for a long while, "I mean, if you didn't have the final say at home, how would you coax her?"
Yan Xue looks easy to talk to and has a soft heart, but she is actually very tough at heart.
This tenacity allows her to withstand the wind and rain and not be easily shaken, but it also makes her particularly difficult to coax when she is really angry.
Qi Fang had tried to apologize and be soft with her in the past few days, but she either ignored him or just said, "I don't want to argue with you outside."
Her eyes were cold and clear, and Qi Fang didn't dare to chase her too quickly, for fear that he would really piss her off and have to go back with a bulging belly.
The last time Qi Fang felt so difficult was when he discovered that he and Yan Xue had recognized the wrong person.
At that time, he and Yan Xue had not yet consummated their marriage, and he didn't know who Yan Xue's blind date was. He was afraid that if something went wrong, Yan Xue would divorce him.
Now that he has a house and a child, he still doesn't have that confidence...
Qi Fang didn't let himself think any further, "Brother, you've been married for many years and have experience. Please help me think about it."
Wang Zhengrong no longer had any concerns and started whispering to Qi Fang, causing his wife to turn around and look, "Zhengrong, what are you two talking about? The car has already arrived."
The two of them stopped talking, Qi Fang protected Yan Xue, and Wang Zhengrong took the things and sent her to the car.
"Come and play again next time." The couple waved at them from under the train and watched it leave.
Yan Xue also waved down. When the car was fully running and a cool breeze blew away the heat, she heard Qi Fang ask in a low voice, "Wife, do you want some water?"
This is really a triple jump in names. She was Yan Xue before, then Xiao Xue after coming to Master's wife, and now she has become the daughter-in-law.
In front of outsiders, Yan Xue couldn't ignore him completely, so she said casually: "No, I'm not thirsty."
Qi Fang didn't say anything else. He just sat obediently beside her with his eyes drooping. Then he drove the car for a while and bent down to pick up her legs and put them on his own legs.
The old green train had no berths, only hard seats. If you sat on it for a long time, your legs would swell, especially since Yan Xue was a pregnant woman.
The day she arrived at Wei Shuxian's house, she had trouble taking off her shoes. She didn't say anything, but Qi Fang probably noticed it, so he poured hot water for her when he washed her feet in the evening.
Yan Xue tried to move, but was immediately held down by a slender hand. "It's okay, no one is watching you." The hand also pinched her.
In fact, it’s not that no one noticed them. The two of them were so good-looking that many people noticed them as soon as they got on the bus.
But Qi Fang said that no one was watching, and Yan Xue wouldn't force herself to endure it. Just because her legs weren't taken off didn't mean she wasn't angry anymore.
Qi Fang didn't expect that this little thing could calm Yan Xue down. He just thought of Yan Xue's feet that were swollen like steamed buns the day she came.
In fact, if I had known that Yan Xue would catch up, I might as well have brought Yan Xue with me from the beginning. It would be easier than letting Yan Xue travel alone.
But it’s too late to talk about this now, and outside is not the place to talk about this. Let’s wait until we get home and close the door and talk about it slowly.
It was raining when the two returned to the forest farm. Qi Fang found a piece of clothing to cover Yan Xue, and he himself walked back in the rain.
Yan Jigang was doing his homework in the room when he heard the noise. He ran out immediately, "Sister, you're back! Brother-in-law, you're back from the beach!"
Qi Fang was about to send the things back to the house when he turned his head and asked, "What do you mean I came back from the beach?"
"Didn't you say, sister, that you think the lake is too, too calm, and you yearn for the rough waves of the ocean?"
Then he might not have returned from the beach yet and is still in the waves...
Qi Fang was speechless, but Yan Xue reached out and touched her brother's head. "Have you finished your final exams? Are the results out yet?"
"I'm out." Yan Jigang immediately went back to the house to get the test paper, and Yan Xue followed him to the second old lady's room.
When Qi Fang turned around, Yan Xue was gone. He found some clean clothes to change into before going to the other side.
As soon as I greeted the second old lady when I entered the door, I looked up and saw a familiar object on the luggage rack - Yan Xue's pillow.
Qi Fang's heart sank at that moment. He didn't expect Yan Xue to be so angry this time that she even moved her luggage to the second old lady's house.
After all, when he was not around, Yan Xue usually slept alone in their room. Even during the last cold war, Yan Xue did not share the quilt with him.
This made him feel that the situation was even more difficult, but before he could figure out how to deal with it, the door to the main hall outside rang again -
"Grandma, is Yan Xue back yet?" It was Lang Yue'e's voice. She came in after closing her umbrella and saw him. "Xiao Qi is back."
"Sister Yue'e." Qi Fang greeted her, and couldn't help but frowning when he saw her expression.
Yan Xue also hurried out of the house, "Did something happen at the pilot site?"
Everyone knew that she had gone out. If there was nothing wrong, which would be difficult to resolve, Lang Yue'e would not have come to ask her if she had returned.
As expected, Lang Yue'e said, "It's a good thing you're back. I came to ask you for advice. It's been raining for several days in the forest farm, and some of the newly harvested wood ear mushrooms are almost too old to keep."
This was no small matter. Yan Xue immediately frowned, "How many days has it been raining? Didn't you spread it on the dried fungus first?"
Once the wood ear mushrooms are ripe, they must be harvested even on rainy days, otherwise they will rot on the wood and affect other ear buds.
However, the wood ear mushrooms harvested on rainy days cannot be dried in the sun, so they are spread on dry wood ear mushrooms to warm up some of the moisture, and then dried in the sun when the weather clears up.
It had rained before the pilot project, and Lang Yue'e knew it. She gave a wry smile, "It only cleared up for a moment the day you left, but it's been raining non-stop for the past few days. Forget the pilot project, the forest farm is worried about another flood this year, and they've been issuing flood prevention notices for several days."
She was helpless. "Changan went to inspect it today and said it would get moldy if left there any longer. That's why I came over to see if you were back."
If it really gets moldy, not only the newly harvested wood ear mushrooms, but also the dried ones below will be in jeopardy. Yan Xue didn't delay any further, "I'll go over and take a look."
Just as she was about to look for an umbrella, Qi Fang had already opened one and came over to support her arm. "The road is slippery, I'll go with you."
Lang Yue'e looked at her belly and supported her other side. Yan Xue didn't care whether she was angry or not and went to try it out first.
Several people hurried over, and Guo Changan and Zhou Wenhui were still in the shed where they were drying wood ear mushrooms, with worried looks on their faces.
Zhou Wenhui placed an umbrella near her feet. "I just checked. It's been raining heavily these past few days, and another batch of wood ear mushrooms is about to mature."
As they saw Yan Xue coming in, both of them were delighted, "Yan Xue, you're back!"
Yan Xue nodded, without exchanging pleasantries with them, and went straight in to look at the fungus. "Which batch was harvested first?"
Guo Changan was in charge of these, and he immediately pointed to a few shelves, "Here, here, and here, all of them."
A rough look shows that there must be at least one or two hundred kilograms, and the dried ones must weigh dozens of kilograms, not to mention the dried black fungus underneath.
Yan Xue went over and touched it, and it was indeed not in good condition. "Don't want these, save the dried fungus underneath."
"Don't you want all these anymore?" Zhou Wenhui was very good at living, and she immediately showed her heartache when she heard that.
Yan Xue didn't hesitate. "I don't want them. Losing a few dozen dollars is better than having problems with the product and not being able to sell it in the future."
The crowd did not hesitate any longer and picked up all the wet fungus. Of course, they were reluctant to throw it away. Even if they couldn't dry it in the sun, they could still eat it.
Yan Xue also checked the remaining ones, and they were better than this batch, but if the rain continued like this, they would not last long.
She stood in the shed with her hands on her waist and thought for a while, "If it doesn't work, just pick out the ones that are most likely to be damaged and take them back to dry on the kang."
"We've considered this before," Lang Yue'e said, "but the kangs at home are not very big, so it wouldn't be able to maintain this shape if it were dried on the kang."
Their products are easy to sell, one is cheap, and the other is good quality. If the quality declines, it will affect sales and will not be so easy to sell in the future.
Yan Xue also knew this, but it was just that the quality was not good and it could still be sold cheaply, which was better than letting it all rot.
In fact, it is best to use a dryer to dry the wood ear mushrooms harvested on rainy days, but where can you find dryers in this era? They didn’t even have electricity during the day during the pilot project.
Yan Xue was called here just after getting off the train. She couldn't help but stretch her legs, which were a little uncomfortable, on the ground. "Let's leave it like this for now. The warmer it gets, the better. Let's see if it's sunny tomorrow." No one had a better idea. Even Zhou Wenhui felt sorry for her. "I should have put the pilot beds on the kang earlier, and made a few bigger ones."
When Yan Xue heard that the pilot project was also going to be put on the kang, something flashed through her mind. She was really tired from the long journey and didn't have time to catch it.
Qi Fang, who had been standing by silently, suddenly asked, "How much coal do you have left?"
When Yan Xue heard this, she immediately realized, "There should be some. It burned once after the pilot project was built."
They don't have a kang, but they have a cultivation room. Using a boiler would be just as good, or even better than a kang.
Yan Xue was about to go to the warehouse where the coal was stored, but Qi Fang was faster than her and had already stepped into the rain.
Guo Changan also reacted and hurriedly followed. Several people poured water and added coal, and soon started the boiler connected to the cultivation room.
Not sure if it would work, they first opened the valve of only one cultivation room, and transported hot steam in through the pipe, driving the water circulation in the airway below, and it quickly became hot.
Everyone moved the fungus in, only spread two layers on the ground and the shelf below, then stepped out and gave it the maximum air.
After a while, when Guo Changan went in again, he was almost knocked unconscious by the heat as soon as he opened the door.
But he still pushed his way in, and when he came out, his face was red from the heat. "It's usable. The bottom layer is a little dry."
"Let me see." Qi Fang didn't let the pregnant woman Yan Xue in. He went in himself and came out with a piece of wood ear mushroom. "It really works."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately opened the other cultivation rooms, moving the batch that was most likely to spoil in for drying first.
It was already past closing time when they finished, and it was dark outside. Lang Yue'e looked at Yan Xue and Qi Fang apologetically, "Are you exhausted? I called you here right after you got back."
Zhou Wenhui also urged them, "You two should go back and rest quickly, especially Yan Xue. We are here to take care of the pilot project, so there is no need to rush over."
Yan Xue was indeed hungry, even her little one was protesting in her stomach. She nodded and said goodbye to everyone.
When they got back, the second old lady and Yan Jigang had not eaten yet, and the food was hot in the pot waiting for them.
After the family finished their lively meal, the second old lady took out a piece of paper from the drawer and gave it to Yan Xue, "Here's a telegram for you. It arrived yesterday, and I didn't have time to tell you before."
Yan Xue took it, but didn't look at it much. She just smiled faintly and folded it casually and put it on the kang.
"You can't leave this thing lying around. You'd better take it back and keep it." The old lady picked it up again and put it in her hand.
This seemed to urge her to go back to the house. Yan Xue raised her eyes and saw Qi Fang looking at her. He had changed his clothes.
The one who had held the umbrella for her and helped her with the pilot work for most of the day was also soaked.
She said nothing more and went back to her room with the telegram.
As soon as she entered the door, an embrace came up from behind, and the hand carefully circled her belly, "Wife, I really know I was wrong."
Yan Xue didn't struggle, but handed the telegram over and said, "Take a look first."
Qi Fang was a little confused, but he still freed one hand to take it. The first thing he saw was a familiar address, the address of his master's wife.
He was stunned and looked at the sender. It was his friend in Yanjing, the one he had previously approached to inquire about Miss Yan's situation.
He reacted almost immediately, "You contacted him and asked me for my master's wife's address?"
"Yes." Yan Xue did not deny it. "If you hadn't sent me a telegram, I would have waited for him to reply before looking for you."
The young girl pushed him away calmly and said, "If you're mad at me for touching your letters, or for asking about your mistress's address, you can start arguing now."
Qi Fang hadn't expected this, but he didn't immediately blame Yan Xue for touching his things. "Why did you think of asking him for the address?"
"If I don't look for him, who else can I look for? Is there anyone around me who knows where you went? Does anyone know the name of the master's wife you mentioned?"
Yan Xue raised her head and looked at the man. "You keep saying we are a family, and you blame me for not telling you when I was injured. You promised me, and then you abandoned me, and you thought I was a family member?"
"I don't treat you as a family member." Qi Fang tried to explain to her, "If you weren't pregnant, I would have taken you there, but your belly is so big..."
"With such a big belly, I can't take care of myself? Or does this mean I don't have a brain?"
Yan Xue interrupted him directly, "Yes, there were some things I hadn't thought through clearly at the time, and I didn't know how to tell you. I made a scene in front of Brother Zhengrong just to get you to take me with you. But do you think I'm unreasonable? You acted first and asked for your permission later!"
This is what made Yan Xue most angry. "In order not to take me with you, you even agreed to it and then ran away at the last minute. In your eyes, am I not worthy of sharing the burden with you?"
She rarely spoke so many words in one breath, and such impulsive words at that. Qi Fang was silent for a long while, "I didn't dare to ask you to share the burden with me."
The man lowered his eyes, "Yan Xue, I don't have a mother anymore, no grandfather, no teacher, even my father and my brother... I only have you."
The voice was calm, and even his expression didn't change much, but there was a sense of loneliness in his words.
There was not a single word in his letter that was not true. With Yan Xue, he had a home. How could he bear to let his wife and children accompany him on an adventure?
Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance that Yan Xue would encounter something like Shan Qiufang or even worse, he could not accept it.
"Have you ever thought about what would happen to me and the child if I hadn't followed you and something happened to you?"
Yan Xue's words made him completely stunned.
He raised his eyes, and Yan Xue's gaze had already fallen to the window. "If I hadn't followed you, and you really handed over the teacher's results, with your personality, you would definitely not be able to forgive yourself. Am I right?"
Qi Fang had no way to deny it, so Yan Xue looked at him again, "So you want me to watch you live in self-blame and regret for the rest of your life?"
She could sigh and feel regretful when reading the book, but now he was her husband and the father of the child in her belly.
Yan Xue lowered her voice very softly, "Qi Fang, you are not alone anymore. You don't have to carry everything by yourself. It's not like I don't know anything and can only rely on you for protection. You were so angry when I didn't tell you that I was injured. Do you know how I felt when I came back and saw you gone?"
She was not just angry at that time, so she wanted to find out the address of his master's wife and followed him there immediately.
She was even prepared for Qi Fang to have a big fight with her after he found out that she had touched his letters, and even for the two of them to live their own lives from then on. Anyway, they both had their own things to do.
But the prerequisite is that he cannot follow the old path in the book.
The room was quiet for a moment. Yan Xue had said almost everything she wanted to say. She stopped looking at the man, lowered her eyes and prepared to leave.
Qi Fang held her hand that was on the door handle and said, "I'm sorry, I made you worry."
The voice was very soft, but unlike before, it had a coaxing tone.
Qi Fang didn't even dare to hug her, as if he was afraid she would get angry. "I won't do this again in the future. I'll listen to you."
Apart from her, no one else would work so hard for him, only her.
She was the only one who didn't think his affairs were troublesome, and she refused to let him in. Instead, she worked hard for him...
Qi Fang tightened his grip on his palm and said, "From now on, you have the final say. I will discuss everything with you and listen to you."
"Let's talk about it later." Yan Xue never believed what she heard. She only believed what she actually did.
Seeing that the man still didn't let go, she twitched and said, "I'm tired. I need to go back and rest."
Qi Fang didn't even dare to stop her. He immediately let go of her hand and watched her open the door and enter the house opposite.
"Is it over already?" the second old lady asked.
"Yeah." Yan Xue's voice came from the opposite door, "I'll sleep with you and Jigang tonight."
Then Yan Jigang happily said, "Really?"
Qi Fang lowered his eyes to look at the telegram in his hand, but finally put it away and did not disturb Yan Xue's good mood.
It rained for another day and finally cleared up. Everyone in the pilot project breathed a sigh of relief and quickly hung up the remaining wood ears to dry.
After Qi Fang returned to the small repair factory to report for leave, he soon received a call from Qu Mingli.
The excavator he had modified before was borrowed by the county to repair a reservoir. The county wanted to modify another one and asked him how long it would take to complete it.
If all the accessories are complete and there are enough people, Qi Fang has already successfully modified it once, so it actually doesn't take too long.
But he still paused, "Can you wait for me to go back and calculate it carefully?"
Qi Fang always did things cautiously, so Qu Mingli didn't think much of it. "Then please write back to me as soon as possible so I can report back to the county."
Qi Fang put down the phone but did not return to the small repair factory. Instead, he went directly to the pilot site to find Yan Xue.
If he wanted to modify the excavator, he would have to go to town and go on a business trip. Given his current situation with Yan Xue, he couldn't just leave.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the pilot site, Yan Xue was not there, and neither were Lang Yue'e and Zhou Wenhui. Guo Changan had been working non-stop in the cultivation room to bake wood ear mushrooms for the past two days and had gone home to catch up on some sleep.
After walking around for a long time, Qi Fang only saw Xu Wanchang and the girl whose ears were burned, so he could only ask Xu Wanchang.
In the end, Xu Wanchang didn't know either. But the girl saw him asking Xu Wanchang a question, gestured twice, and when she saw that he didn't understand, she took out the notebook.
"Are you looking for Technician Yan? She went to the club for a blind date."
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