Chapter 52
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Cheng Yeran saw that the child was too thin and pitiful. He also heard his stomach growling non-stop, so he went back and got out a few biscuits and two pieces of dried tofu. "We have to go out today, so we won't keep you for dinner. You can take it back and eat it."
"I'm so embarrassed." Yuanbao smiled sweetly and shouted, "Thank you, cousin!"
Looking at the child running away, Cheng Yeran asked Shen Yuntang: "Is he also a brother?"
"Why do you think so? He is a boy." Shen Yuntang pointed to the side of his neck, where there was a small bright red mole. "Every boy has a mole, usually on the forehead. Mine is special, it grows on my neck."
After Shen Yuntang finished speaking, he saw Cheng Yeran leaning very close to him. He felt Cheng Yeran's eyes fixed on his mole, and nervously he immediately raised his hand to cover the small red mole.
"Why did it get even redder when I was staring at it just now?" Because Cheng Yeran was too close, the tip of his nose accidentally poked the tip of his ear when he stood up.
Shen Yuntang took several steps back, covering his neck, "Don't stare at my mole, it's too offensive, you'll be considered a hooligan."
"Oh, is that so?" Cheng Yeran often treated him as a man like himself and always forgot the settings of the three genders in this world. Would a boy's mole be like an omega's gland? Although he had never read such books, his sister often talked about these settings in his ears. He had a good memory and wrote down a lot of useless knowledge.
He just smelled a fragrance on Shen Yuntang. They used the same water when they took a bath. Although he bought soap and some skin care products for Shen Yuntang during this period, they both used the same soap and bought unscented skin care products. Why was Shen Yuntang's fragrance so special? If there is any flavor, both of them should have it.
He raised his hand and smelled himself, "Why don't I have any scent? How can you have one? Is it the smell of pheromones? Let me smell it again to see what it is."
He approached out of pure curiosity, but was pushed away by Shen Yuntang. "There is no smell on my body. Stop talking nonsense. You keep saying words I don't understand. What are pheromones?"
"It's ABO, three genders." Cheng Yeran told him everything he knew, including the estrus period and the glands. He also pointed at the small red mole on Shen Yuntang's neck and said, "Is this your gland? The gland cannot be touched by others casually. Pheromones need to be injected into it during the estrus period. If you reach that time, don't bear it alone. I'll bite it for you..."
"Disgusting!" Shen Yuntang couldn't stand it anymore and pushed him hard, asking him to stay away from her.
Cheng Yeran was pushed by him and almost sat on the ground, but he was not angry. He chased after him worriedly and explained hurriedly behind him: "Oh, although it sounds obscene, it is also an unavoidable fact. You can't let yourself suffer just because it's hard to talk about it. What we two do behind closed doors will not be known to anyone, and I won't spread it around, so don't worry."
"That's not true! Are all of you in the future like this?" Shen Yuntang couldn't even utter those words.
"No, there will only be two genders in our future. That's the setting in the novel." Cheng Yeran saw his reaction and realized that he had said the wrong thing. "So your brother is different from ABO?"
"Of course it's different! None of what you said, none of those periods, no, no!" Shen Yuntang stomped his feet and repeated it to him several times, afraid to say that word again.
"Then the smell on you is body odor! My husband is better than those guys in the village." Cheng Yeran couldn't help but talk down. He never talked down to anyone before, but now he always felt that his husband was better than others.
"How do you know that others don't have it? Have you smelled others?" Shen Yuntang asked him angrily, staring at him, wanting to observe the changes in his expression, but then he remembered that Cheng Yeran was a professional actor and it would be impossible to tell.
"Do I still need to smell it? I can guess it. You definitely smell better than others. Come to think of it, I've seen moles on other guys' foreheads. They're dull in color and not prominent at all. Not as pretty as yours, which are red, small and delicate. If guys also have a ranking, you'd be the top guy." Cheng Yeran's statement is still based on ABO. A and O both have grades. The appearance, pheromones and fertility of inferior omegas and top omegas are different. This is what his sister taught him. He thinks guys should be about the same.
Shen Yuntang opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything. Although there is a saying that the brighter the mole, the easier it is to have children, but how can he say it so bluntly!
"Shut up and don't talk about this anymore." Shen Yuntang covered his ears and walked forward. When he saw someone passing by, he put his hands down with a flushed face and pretended nothing had happened.
Cheng Yeran knew that he didn't like it, so he didn't mention it anymore. He decided to buy a few books about Ge'er one day to learn more about him.
"Why did you think Yuanbao was a brother just now?" When they were almost at Shen's house, Shen Yuntang suddenly remembered and asked Cheng Yeran.
"Because he's pretty, not like a boy." Cheng Yeran said, and seeing Shen Yuntang's gloomy face, he quickly added, "Not as pretty as you, not even one tenth as pretty as you. I just treat him as a child, I'm not a pedophile."
"You're quite concerned about him. Don't you dislike me?" Shen Yuntang's words were filled with jealousy. Although he knew that Cheng Yeran and Yuanbao were impossible, he still couldn't control his emotions.
"Because you are my brother, you love me and my family as well," said Cheng Yeran.
Shen Yuntang looked at him with a pout, not knowing whether to be angry or happy. He clearly didn't like her, but he always said such misleading things. It was really hateful.
"You asked Yuanbao to eat at our house. Does that mean you can't cook rice anymore?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"Ah, it seems so." The rice they eat is bought from the future. It is grown after generations of improvements, and the rice grains are fuller. The rice here is very small, as if it is underdeveloped, which can be seen by comparison.
Moreover, they mainly grow wheat here and mainly eat pasta. The villagers are used to eating coarse grains. Even the richest families will not eat white flour for every meal. If they eat white flour and rice for every meal, it will arouse unnecessary suspicion.
"I spoke too quickly just now. Otherwise, give him a bag of noodles, order dishes for him every day, and let him go home and cook for himself." Cheng Yeran hugged Shen Yuntang's arm, "It still has to be you. This family will fall apart without you."
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Shen Yuntang disliked his cornyness, pulled back his hand and shook it, "Don't do this kind of thing in front of the house."
Cheng Yeran looked at his hands. Before he traveled through time, he had hugged his parents' arms like this. He had never had such intimate contact with other friends. Why did he always want to be sticky with Shen Yuntang after traveling through time?
While he was in a daze, Shen's mother happened to come out to pour water. Seeing the two of them, she greeted them happily, "You are here? Come in quickly, what are you doing standing at the door?"
"Mom, we came to see you." Cheng Yeran walked over enthusiastically and took the basin from Shen's mother's hand, "Mom, I'll pour water for you."
"No, no." Mother Shen didn't want him to get involved, but she couldn't snatch him away, so she had to let him go. "This child is really sensible. Our Atang is lucky to marry you."
Cheng Yeran was happy to hear this and smiled foolishly for a long time.
Shen Yuntang turned expressionlessly and walked into the yard. Seeing his father, he handed the paper bag in his hand to his father, "Dried tofu."
“Why do you always bring things to your mother’s house? People will see and gossip about you.” Father Shen complained, but he still reached out to take it.
"Cheng Yeran asked me to bring it to you." Shen Yuntang said awkwardly, "He said you like it, so he brought it to you specially."
He has never been able to express his emotions with words since he was a child. Even if he missed his parents very much, he couldn't say it out loud. Even if he repeated what Cheng Yeran had said, he felt awkward.
Father Shen also felt awkward when he heard his words, "This kid, just come if you want to, and give me something, this thing doesn't cost money? It would be great if I could sell it at home."
Shen Yuntang said stiffly: "I've brought it here, just accept it, otherwise it will be quite heavy to take back."
“You’re so lazy.” Father Shen also said stiffly, and took the dried tofu and put it into the house.
When Mr. Shen came out, he happened to see Cheng Yeran who came back with Mother Shen. Cheng Yeran smiled brightly and walked up to Mr. Shen and waved hello warmly.
"Dad, we came here this time to ask for your help. You must help us." Cheng Yeran said to Father Shen in a coquettish tone.
Father Shen couldn't stand this. None of the children in the family would act like a spoiled child like Cheng Yeran. With a gloomy face, he asked him to go over and tell him to let Shen Yuntang go to accompany Mother Shen.
Every time Cheng Yeran came to the Shen family, he would be called away by Shen's father to drink alone. Every time he drank, he would have a headache. This time he was scared, "Dad, can we not drink this time? I always have a headache after drinking. I have to let Shen Yuntang take care of me when I go back. He just had a disease two days ago and he is recovering. I can't bear to let him suffer."
"He is sick? What's wrong?" Father Shen was very anxious when he heard that his child was sick.
"You caught a cold. Take some medicine and you'll be fine overnight." Cheng Yeran was afraid that he would worry, so he added this sentence.
But when Father Shen heard this, he said with disdain: “Squeamish, an illness that heals overnight is also considered an illness.”
"His condition was really serious that day." Cheng Yeran felt sad whenever he mentioned that day. He should not choose rainy days to let Shen Yuntang accompany him to the mountain in the future. He heard that boys are very fragile and should be taken good care of.
Father Shen saw him like that, and got goosebumps from being nauseous, and didn't want to continue this topic, "What are you doing here this time? If you have something to say, please tell me quickly, I'm still busy."
Cheng Yeran: "We want to buy a donkey, but we don't know how to choose one, so we want Dad to help us choose one."
"Have you saved enough money?" Father Shen was very surprised. How long has it been since he made so much money? It seems that Shen Yuntang did not marry the wrong person and will live a good life in the future.
"Well, I want to buy two donkeys." Seeing that Father Shen was anxious, Cheng Yeran quickly explained: "One for our family, and one to pull here. I need a lot of soy milk, and my stone mill can't grind so much, so I want to ask a few brothers who are free to help me grind a few buckets every day and pull them to my house. I will pay the wages."
Father Shen didn't expect that he made so much money and was so busy that he needed to find someone to help him. He also appreciated that the first person he thought of was his father-in-law. He treated them as his own people.
"What's the use of wages? We are all family. Those guys have endless energy. Let them grind for you." Father Shen likes Cheng Yeran, his brother-in-law, and treats him as his own family. Why would he need money for his own family? On the contrary, he hates Xia Xiaowu's family. If the Xia family wants him for help, he will ask for as much money as he can.
Father Shen's likes and dislikes have nothing to do with Shen Yuntang and Shen Yunfeng, but have to do with the Xia family's attitude towards him and Cheng Yeran's attitude towards him. He will be nice to whoever pleases him, and he will dislike whoever makes him upset, even if that person is his own son's husband.
"No, how can you work for me for free? Who am I?" Cheng Yeran insisted on paying, and argued with Father Shen for a long time, and finally decided to pay his brother ten cents a day.
Shen Yuntang has four brothers in total. The eldest brother got married, but died of illness after only one year of marriage, and did not leave any children. The second brother was engaged, but before he got married, his fiancée also died unexpectedly in the same month as the eldest sister-in-law died.
The villagers thought that the man in their family was unlucky and would not marry his wife, so no one dared to marry their daughter to them.
Shen Yuntang is a boy, handsome, with a red mole, so he must be easy to raise. The Xia family cares about their reputation and it is not easy to cancel the engagement. They have never canceled an engagement because of this before, and the villagers also say that the Xia family is kind and righteous.
Later, after Shen Yuntang married Cheng Yeran, her reputation as a lucky charm for her husband spread, and their family's reputation improved a little, but still no one dared to marry their sons and daughters to her.
Now the four older brothers are still single. They don’t have to take care of their own families or raise children, so they have more time. Any of the older brothers can help Cheng Yeran grind the soy milk.
When Cheng Yeran heard about this, he wanted his brothers to help him sell dried tofu as he needed time to study.
At first, Mr. Shen thought that Cheng Yeran wanted to help them because they were in trouble. He wanted to refuse, but then he heard Cheng Yeran say that he was too tired during this period. He and Shen Yuntang were so tired after selling dried tofu that they didn’t even have the energy to say a word in the evening. They just wanted to go to bed after dinner.
Cheng Yeran said this to express to Shen's father how tired he was, but Shen's father misunderstood his meaning. He thought that the two of them were too tired and didn't even have the energy to have a child at night.
They have been married for several months, but Shen Yuntang's belly is still not moving. This cannot go on. Thinking of this, Shen's father immediately agreed to send his son to help them.
Father Shen said that among his sons, only the third son was smart and inherited his father's carpentry skills. The other three children were not cut out for it and only had brute force. In the evening, he asked the eldest, second and fourth sons who was willing to go to Cheng Yeran to help.
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After Shen Yuntang followed Shen's mother into the house, Shen's mother urged him to have a child.
"It's been several months, and there's still no movement in your stomach? If this continues, he will pick on you." Mother Shen said worriedly.
"How could that be? He won't pick on me about this." Shen Yuntang thought pessimistically. If Cheng Yeran doesn't like him, how could she possibly have a child with him?
"Even if he doesn't choose, the villagers will gossip about him. You have to hurry up. You're already married, don't be shy, you have to take the initiative." Mother Shen urged him.
Shen Yuntang's face turned red from being urged, "He doesn't want it, what can I do?"
"How could a man not want a child? Does he have someone else outside?" Mother Shen looked at her child. Shen Yuntang has always been her pride. No one in the whole village could give birth to such a handsome boy, but she was the one who gave birth to him. Now the Cheng family's business is doing so well and they have made so much money, all they need is a child.
"No!" Shen Yuntang shook his head quickly, "He has no one outside, it's just that we are too busy now and have no time to raise a child. Having a child will delay our business."
"Nonsense, can making money be more important than having children? Or you are not working hard enough, you need to talk to him more." Mother Shen said as she took out a bundle from the cupboard and handed it to Shen Yuntang.
"What is this?" Shen Yuntang opened the cloth bag in confusion. He was so scared when he saw several colorful bellybands inside that he almost threw them away. He pushed the cloth bag into his mother's hand anxiously. It felt hot if he kept it in his hand for a while longer. "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Mother made this especially for you. Wear this at night. He will be confused when he sees it, and when he is confused, the baby will come out." Mother helped him wrap the cloth bag and pressed it in his hand, "You will be right if you listen to mother."
"I'm not wearing this!" Shen Yuntang's face turned red with embarrassment. Last time he wore those "indecent pants" he failed to attract Cheng Yeran, so what's the point of wearing this bellyband?
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