Chapter 37: What you said came true. My wife is going to die!
All that was left to do in the new house was install the window frames and plywood, and even the electrical wires inside had been pulled out, so Liu Weiguo returned home very early today.
I had just taken the dogs for a stroll when Qi Fang came back. He was still wearing his work uniform.
He was a little puzzled. "What's wrong? Is there anything else I haven't done well?"
Qi Fang actually walked to the side, motioning him to talk there.
This wasn't common with Qi Fang. Liu Weiguo's eyes lit up and he lowered his voice, "Who have you noticed is acting strangely with whom?"
I'm addicted to catching adultery...
Qi Fang was silent for a moment before looking at him. "No, I want to ask you something."
Liu Weiguo was obviously a little disappointed, but he still said, "What's the matter?"
Qi Fang's expression was as calm as usual, but his voice was lowered. "Has there ever been someone with the same name as me in the forest farm? About my age, about my height, and quite good-looking..."
Before he could finish, Liu Weiguo rolled his eyes at him. "I know you're tall and good-looking, but are you bragging about yourself or asking a question?"
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Qi Fang always feels that there seems to be a bit of resentment when he talks about being tall.
This made Qi Fang pause for a moment before he continued, "This person should no longer be in the forest farm. You've been there for a long time, do you have any impression of him?"
"He's about your age, so he should be my age (dialect). We grew up together, so I should have an impression of him."
Liu Weiguo thought about it carefully. "I really don't remember anyone named Qi Fang in the forest farm. There's no one with your last name, Qi. There is someone with the last name Qi Quan, but his name is Qi Jiefang. He was born in the year of liberation, a year younger than you. He was transferred away with his father a few years ago." After saying this, he asked, "Are you helping someone find their relatives?"
"I guess so." Qi Fang could only say.
Instead of helping people find their relatives, does that mean helping Yan Xue find the person she really wants to marry?
Qi Fang's expression was not good. Seeing this, Liu Weiguo thought hard and said, "I really don't remember. Are you sure it's the same name as yours?"
"It should be."
How could Yan Xue admit her mistake without calling the name?
"Then let me ask around for you," Liu Weiguo said. "Let Xiaojinchuan ask around for you, too. Maybe you got the wrong place."
Qi Fang hadn't thought of this yet. He paused, then nodded, "Okay." He then specifically instructed, "Don't tell Yan Xue yet."
"You've been keeping a lot of secrets lately." Liu Weiguo squinted at him, "Don't tell your wife anything, or she'll kick you off the bed."
Qi Fang is usually a very calm person, but he was subconsciously stunned by what he said.
Now it’s not a question of whether he wants to say it or not, but whether he can say it or not, and whether he dares to say it or not…
Even so, he still didn't know what to do if he really found the person. This was the first time he felt so difficult since what happened a few years ago.
Finally, Qi Fang just said, "Do this as soon as possible. I'm anxious."
He also didn't know whether the person Yan Xue was looking for would come over, or how long it would take. After all, the other party had even given money, so even if he didn't want the person, he would still want the money, right?
Even though he and Yan Xue had been married for over three months, he still hadn't seen her...
When Qi Fang came back from Liu's house, Yan Xue was no longer talking to Aunt Guo. She was boiling a pot and using the agar-agar she had bought.
She was busy building the house a few days ago and had no time to do it. Now that there is not much work to do on the house, she soaked the agar-agar and also did the sodium-removing process.
Agar-agar contains a large amount of minerals and alkaline substances. If it is not soaked in alkali water, that is, sodium hydroxide, first to destroy the cell walls, it will affect the extraction and purification of agar.
After being boiled, the agar-agar cut into small pieces has begun to release transparent gelatin. Yan Xue is still turning it over with a spoon in one hand, looking very calm.
So it’s no wonder that Qi Fang didn’t realize that he had recognized the wrong person. How many girls from real rural areas know about agar-agar, and how many know how to boil it?
And if Qi Fang guessed correctly, Yan Xue wanted to make this thing as a culture medium to artificially cultivate some kind of fungus in the forest area.
Agar is a culture medium commonly used in biological laboratories to culture bacteria.
In addition, Yan Xue's speech, behavior, courage and knowledge do not seem like an eighteen-year-old girl from a small place.
But she is also tough, hardworking, thrifty and good at bargaining, and she does have a bit of a grassroots spirit.
It’s better not to think about some things, but once Qi Fang found out that Yan Xue was not his fiancée, he couldn’t understand her even more.
But whether he could understand it or not, he still went to wash his hands and change his clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "I'll do it for you for a while."
When boiling agar agar, you have to keep stirring it, otherwise it will stick to the bottom of the pot. Yan Xue had been stirring it for a while, and when someone offered to do it for her, she didn't refuse.
Then Qi Fang worked alone until the end of the cooking, scooped it out and filtered out impurities with gauze, without letting Yan Xue take over.
All that was left was to put it in a cool place and wait for it to completely solidify. Yan Xue sent the thing to the warehouse outside, and it had almost solidified after a night.
Thinking that this stuff could be used not only as a culture medium, but also for making jelly and pudding, and even added to the eight-treasure porridge sold, Yan Xue went to a nearby family that raised sheep. Since she didn't have the bacteria yet, she decided to buy some goat's milk and make a pudding.
In those days, milk was hard to come by and the formula for milk powder was not good, but many families bought goat milk to feed their children who had no milk to drink, and then sold it when the children grew up and no longer needed the milk.
As it turned out, this family was very generous and didn't ask Yan Xue for any money, but gave her a small pot of food.
Yan Xue had no choice but to take it back first and send a few pieces to the other party's family when the pudding was ready. It just so happened that the other party also had children at home.
As for the container for the pudding liquid, the cups and bowls of that era were too big, so Yan Xue borrowed small wine cups, the kind made of porcelain, from the Guo and Liu families next door. The two families together could only collect ten.
In this way, there was still a lot of pudding liquid made from goat milk and agar left, filling half of the enamel jar in Yan Xue's house.
Yan Xue herself sighed, "It's really not easy for me to make this."
Qi Fang helped her put all the small wine cups into a large basin, preparing to cover it with a curtain and take it to the warehouse to cool. "Don't borrow it next time. Let's buy a few more."
"Do you think I'll go through so much trouble next time?" Yan Xue laughed. "This is my first time making this, and I'm planning on giving it away. If we're just eating it ourselves, I'll just put it in an enamel pot."
What's wrong with being bigger? It'll be more delicious when it's bigger. Then she'll just eat it with a spoon.
Yan Xue thought about it, scooped some water and started to wash the pot, but before she finished, Liu Weiguo came.
Qi Fang took a look at the puddings at that moment, and Yan Xue also laughed, "You came early today. The puddings I made are not edible yet."
"Ah? You made delicious food again." Liu Weiguo was a beat slow to react.
If it were any other time, he would have laughed even if he didn't take the opportunity to tease Qi Fang, but today he was a little out of shape.
Yan Xue guessed at a glance that something might be wrong with him, and Qi Fang quickly gave him a look.
As a result, when a look was given, Liu Weiguo was like a blind man and didn't see it at all.
When he did it again, Yan Xue saw it and raised her eyebrows and asked him, "Why are you shooting discharges at Wei Guo?"
Qi Fang's expression froze at that moment, "I didn't."
He may not have it, but who can blame him for having a pair of peach blossom eyes that can make even a dog look affectionate? If he moves a little, it seems like he is giving people electric shocks.
Yan Xue retracted her gaze and asked Liu Weiguo: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"I," Liu Weiguo opened his mouth and almost burst into tears, "I'm going to lose my wife!"
At that moment, Qi Fang didn't know whether he should be relieved or worried about his buddy.
He picked up the large basin with the wine cups on it and said, "I'll go put it in. You two go inside and talk."
Yan Xue also wiped her hands and went to the inner room, "Let's talk inside."
When Qi Fang returned from the warehouse, he heard Liu Weiguo's frustrated voice, "Her family has learned about my relationship with Zhou Wenhui, and they don't agree."
Qi Fang was right. Yan Xue looked up at the man who had just come in from the door.
Qi Fang paused, pursed his lips, and didn't know what emotion he was feeling.
Yan Xue didn't look at him again and asked Liu Weiguo, "What did Zhou Wenhui tell you? Are you going to listen to her family's opinions?"
Qi Fang was even more direct: "Zhou Wenhui is planning to break up with you?"
"How could that be possible!" Liu Weiguo immediately retorted, "If she breaks up with me as soon as her family objects, then all this time we've been together will have been wasted."
"Then why did you do this?" Qi Fang's tone was a little bad.
He's barely made it to the point where he's already half dead. If Zhou Wenhui also admitted her fault, he'd probably cry...
Liu Weiguo was careless and probably didn't hear it, but Yan Xue noticed that little emotion and looked up and gave him a warning look.
Qi Fang shut up, and Liu Weiguo finally made his point clear. "She didn't say she wanted to break up with me, but her family arranged a date for her, who's also an educated youth from our forest farm."
"Who is it?"
"who?"
Yan Xue and Qi Fang said almost in unison.
Because Yan Xue belonged to the same family team as the educated youth, she also thought about all the male educated youth.
The one with the best conditions here is Zhang Guogang, followed by Yang Tao who has a good relationship with him, but the character of these two people...
Just as I thought of this, I heard Liu Weiguo say, "It was Jiang Debao, the one who kept causing trouble at your house that day."
They are not as good as Zhang Guogang and Yang Tao. At least Zhang Guogang had no good intentions, but he did not make excuses for himself. He did what he did and was still very tough when he left. Although Yang Tao was small in stature, he was tactful and the most astute among the few people.
It’s hard to describe Jiang Debao. The watch is not his, but he is the one who dances the most happily.
It was he who had been provoking Liu Weiguo and Qi Fang, it was he who asked Liu Weiguo and Qi Fang to pay compensation, and it was he who argued that it was just a joke when the matter was exposed.
They really just enjoy watching the fun and don't mind the trouble. They can stir up trouble but they can't take responsibility.
Yan Xue frowned and was about to ask when Qi Fang spoke up, "Does her family know about that?"
"Yes, she told her family when she got home, but they didn't believe her."
Liu Weiguo rested his elbows on his knees, his shoulders slumped. "What do you think I should do? Is this relationship between her and me still going to work out?"
"It can be done." Qi Fang spoke before Yan Xue could even speak.
This man was particularly talkative today, and was particularly proactive. Yan Xue looked at him and said, "Everything depends on human effort."
She analyzed it for Liu Weiguo: "First, you have to find out whether her family disagrees with her dating you because they think you're not good enough or because you don't have the right conditions. Her family hasn't met you yet and probably doesn't know you, so they don't like your conditions. So, do they dislike your work, family, or do they simply dislike you being from a different social class?"
You must first know where the problem lies before you can prescribe the right medicine to solve the problem.
"And there's Jiang Debao. He's not as good-looking or earns as much as you, so he must have other qualities that Zhou Wenhui's family likes." Qi Fang added calmly.
The couple, one smiling the entire time and the other remaining calm, gradually calmed Liu Weiguo's chaotic mind. "I haven't asked these questions yet. Wait for me to ask her."
He wiped his face and left, almost tripping over the threshold on his way out.
"Slow down, don't be in a hurry." Yan Xue went out to remind him, and when she came back, Qi Fang was still frowning slightly.
This made her look at him again, "Don't you think they are good?"
Qi Fang does like to think of the worst when encountering things, but Liu Weiguo is his friend, and he wants his friend to live a good life.
Besides, he didn't want to think about the worst now. Qi Fang lowered his eyes and held Yan Xue's hand.
The two didn't have to wait too long before Liu Weiguo came back, bringing back Zhou Wenhui with her red face and eyes.
Seeing that the young girl had obviously been crying, Yan Xue felt relieved.
At least Liu Weiguo was not working alone. If the girl gave up on her own if something happened, no matter how hard Liu Weiguo tried, it would be useless.
Yan Xue poured Zhou Wenhui a glass of warm water and asked, "Are you okay?"
The sweet smile and gentle tone made Zhou Wenhui blush, lowered her head and whispered, "I'm fine."
Liu Weiguo coaxed her in a low voice, "Qi Fang and Yan Xue are not outsiders. Just tell them directly. I'm afraid the message might be misrepresented."
He seems careless, but in fact he is meticulous and knows very well what he is good at and what he is not good at.
Zhou Wenhui felt embarrassed to bring this up, but she also knew what was important. She held the enamel pot in her hand and said, "Jiang Debao's father works in the same unit as my father. He's the director of their workshop."
Yan Xue and Qi Fang exchanged a glance, "Who is that uncle in the workshop..."
"There's just one team leader, leading about thirty or forty people." Zhou Wenhui didn't hide anything.
Sure enough, Jiang Debao still had something that the Zhou family liked. Yan Xue thought about it and asked Zhou Wenhui directly: "Do you want to listen to your family's opinion on this matter, or do you want to fight for it again?"
Zhou Wenhui's face flushed, and she clenched her hands around the enamel pot. "I, I don't want to marry Jiang Debao."
Although she didn't say directly that she didn't want to break up with Liu Weiguo, her meaning was clear.
Although the two of them had only been together for a short time, Liu Weiguo was an interesting person and was good to her. He was better than Jiang Debao in every way.
"Then let's go and try to get them to meet you," Yan Xue said, "at least let your parents meet Liu Weiguo."
"Will this work?" Zhou Wenhui was very hesitant.
"Of course you can't say you're bringing your significant other home." Yan Xue smiled. "Just say you met some friends at the forest farm, and we'll stop by your house on our way to town. Qi Fang and I will go with you."
Normally, a blind date might fail, and rumors would spread that both parties were too picky, so one would have to find a pretext, let alone the situation of Zhou Wenhui and Liu Weiguo.
She and Qi Fang went with them. Since there were outsiders present, no matter how unhappy Zhou Wenhui's parents were, they would not make the situation too awkward.
This matter cannot be delayed. Who knows when Zhou Wenhui's family will really decide between her and Jiang Debao.
Moreover, the first round of young forest cultivation was about to begin, and they didn't have the time to waste. After Zhou Wenhui returned, she didn't know how she contacted her family, but she was ready to take people to the town the next day.
Liu Weiguo took out his best set of clothes and dressed them up very neatly. Yan Xue looked at Qi Fang and pulled him back...
Changed it to something less conspicuous.
After all, they were going to serve as a foil for Liu Weiguo, and it would be inappropriate for them to steal the show. If she could change his face, she would also like to change it for him.
A group of four young people walked out, attracting quite a bit of attention. It wasn't long before someone greeted them, "Why are you dressed so formally today? What's going on?"
"Go to town." Liu Weiguo just smiled and asked, "Auntie, have you just come back from the fields?"
"Well, some of the beans I planted this year didn't produce, so I went to make up for it."
As the other party was talking, he asked Yan Xue: "How's the construction of your house going? Did Cuiyun from Old Yu's family stop causing trouble?"
Yan Xue knew she would ask this question, "No, it's almost covered."
The aunt tutted her tongue a few times, "She's really interesting. She can't see the ones around her, but she's targeting you instead. She doesn't even look at what her Xiao Liang is like and what your Xiao Qi is like."
He lowered his voice again, "I heard that Captain Lin's wife is not really with Xiao Liang. Captain Lin is unable to have children, so he went to Xiao Liang to borrow sperm."
This was the first time Yan Xue heard about this. Liu Weiguo was about to lose his wife, so how could he have the energy to inquire about any gossip?
However, after the incident, compared to Cuiyun's commotion, the Lin family was indeed very quiet, and nothing was leaked. But this idea of borrowing sperm...
How come things have gone around in circles and become Captain Lin's problem, while Cheng Yuzhen is the one who has to suffer in silence?
Yan Xue didn't know whether it was true or not, and she didn't want to judge someone who had inexplicably cheated her. She smiled apologetically and said, "Auntie, we have to catch the train."
When the other party heard this, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Then you guys can go quickly." He also picked up the hoe and went home.
Zhou Wenhui's home was in the north of Chengshui Town. Coincidentally, it was only two streets away from the alley where Shan Qiufang lived.
When she was walking towards that direction with her group, Qi Fang frowned. But when he saw her turn in two blocks ahead, he let go without making a sound.
As a result, when they arrived, someone just came out. Zhou Wenhui's father personally sent her out. "Next time Wenhui comes back, I will definitely let her come to your place to sit."
"It's Jiang Debao's mother." Zhou Wenhui whispered to a few people and pursed her lips immediately.
Seeing the few people, Zhou's father's expression was no longer as warm and friendly as before. He just nodded casually and said, "Everyone is here."
Obviously, he was not very welcoming to Zhou Wenhui's friends, or rather, he was not very welcoming to the friends Zhou Wenhui made in the ditch.
However, when Zhou's mother heard that someone had arrived, she came out to greet them. Seeing that Yan Xue and Qi Fang were both extremely good-looking, and Liu Weiguo was also not bad-looking, she smiled and praised them.
They went in, and before they even sat down, Zhou's father asked again, "It's quite a long trip from the forest farm, right? Don't you have to go to work today?"
Holding the enamel pot, he spoke in a serious tone, as if they were some young people who had sneaked out to play while not doing their jobs and were caught by him.
Zhou Wenhui's face flushed. Just as she was about to say something, Yan Xue took over with a smile. "Work at the forest farm is quite busy, but when we're free, we have plenty of time. We can even go up the mountain and do some side jobs. Isn't the young forest cultivation about to begin? Let's come down today and sell the Gastrodia elata we dug up earlier."
It was Liu Weiguo's first time visiting his future father-in-law's home. He was a little nervous and was frightened by Zhou's father's attitude, but he was not stupid.
Hearing Yan Xue mention Gastrodia elata, he quickly handed over the paper bag he had brought with him, "This is your first time visiting, and I didn't know what to bring, so I packed some Gastrodia elata for your family. You can keep it for soaking in water or stewing chicken."
This stuff is not cheap either. This small package of Liu Weiguo's is nearly half a pound, which is more valuable than a pack of cigarettes.
Father Zhou didn't say anything else, and Mother Zhou felt even more embarrassed. "Just come, why are you taking things?"
"We dug them up in the mountains ourselves, so you can keep them." Yan Xue helped persuade him, "There's not much else in the forest farm, just ginseng and gastrodia elata, and there are a lot of these medicinal herbs."
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Zhou Wenhui quickly introduced a few people to each other.
When Zhou's mother heard that Yan Xue and Qi Fang were a couple and the other one was called Liu Weiguo, she immediately looked at Liu Weiguo carefully again.
The young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, speaks fluently, and exudes spirit. He is not very tall, but is about 1.75 meters tall.
In terms of appearance, the guy next to her named Qi Fang is definitely better, but his husband is also more handsome than her daughter, so Zhou's mother is aware of this.
"I just heard you talking about having a side job. Are you counting on it to make money?" she asked tentatively.
Yan Xue knew what was going on and immediately narrowed her eyes. "Not really. The wages at their forest farm are quite high. My wife is just an assistant saw operator and already makes over 40 yuan a month. Liu Weiguo became a chainsaw operator last year and earns even more. This side job is all extra."
"Really?" Zhou's mother was obviously quite satisfied with the number.
"Then there are team leaders like Liu Weiguo's father, whose salaries are not low either." Qi Fang helped add.
Sure enough, Zhou's mother immediately grasped the key point, "Xiao Liu's father is the team leader."
"Yeah." Liu Weiguo smiled. "My dad used to be a chainsaw operator. Later, when he got older, he was promoted to team leader."
"Not everyone can be promoted because of their age. My son Zhou only managed to be a team leader."
Mother Zhou said this with a smile, and invited a few people to drink water and eat melon seeds.
During the entire conversation, Zhou's mother asked calmly, Yan Xue, Qi Fang and Liu Weiguo answered calmly, and Zhou Wenhui occasionally interjected a few words, and quickly found out the situation of Liu Weiguo's family.
In fact, apart from being from the ditch, Liu Weiguo has pretty good conditions and has no trouble finding a partner in the forest farm.
My father was the team leader, and was considered a good match for the Zhou family. Although my mother didn't have a job, she could earn a lot of money every year by hiking.
He had three younger siblings, and although he was the eldest, his parents were still in their prime, so he didn't need to take care of them, so he felt no burden at all. His grandfather was a renowned hunter in the forest, so the family always had meat to eat year-round.
When the few of them left Zhou's house, Zhou's father did not move, and it was Zhou's mother who came out to see them off.
Liu Weiguo didn't dare to look back until he reached the entrance of the alley. He asked in a low voice, "Did I pass or fail?"
Zhou Wenhui hesitated and didn't say anything, so he looked at his buddy Qi Fang again.
Qi Fang was about to speak when he saw Yan Xue was silent, staring intently in one direction, and that direction...
He paused.
Seeing that it was still early, she wanted to visit her aunt Qiufang, right?
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