Chapter 57
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The next morning, the two of them went to the Shen family first.
The two men transported a cart of soybeans over in a donkey cart. At first, Shen Yuntang was still worried and said he would wait for his fourth brother to come and let him help drive the car.
Cheng Yeran blinked at him, with a little pride in his tone, "Don't worry, I have experience."
"How do you have experience in this area?" Shen Yuntang couldn't understand. He was not from the village. From his description, although he was an actor, he was also the son of a wealthy family. Shouldn't a son of a wealthy family have a coachman to serve him? How could it be his turn to drive the car himself?
"I once filmed a play. In order to pursue realism, I specially learned how to drive a donkey cart. One of the main reasons why I like filming is that I can experience the lives of different people. What's the point of living a monotonous life?" Cheng Yeran helped Shen Yuntang get on the cart. "Hold on steady. I haven't gotten used to Xiaoshuai yet. Be careful."
Shen Yuntang looked confused, but when he thought of Cheng Xiaobao at home, he immediately understood that this was the name Cheng Yeran gave to the donkey.
"It's really handsome," Cheng Yeran touched the donkey's head, "and very cute. I like it very much."
Having been together for such a long time, he didn't know whether to say that Cheng Yeran was serious about everything or that he had a childish temper.
What happened last night made him want to give up. He suspected that the two of them were not suitable for each other. He clearly felt that Cheng Yeran liked him, but she could actually reject him under such circumstances.
Now seeing that Cheng Yeran can openly admit that he likes a donkey, but rejects him, does Cheng Yeran really like him?
"Do you like Xiao Shuai?" Shen Yuntang asked him, "If one day you meet someone you like, will you just say it out loud like you did to Xiao Shuai?"
Cheng Yeran became embarrassed when he heard this. "Of course you can't just say it casually when you like someone. You have to be serious and take it seriously. I told Xiaoshuai that I like him because I can express my love to him unconditionally and he won't reject me. But it's different when it comes to the person I like. I'm afraid of causing trouble to the other person and I'm afraid of annoying the other person."
"Do you know who you like?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
Cheng Yeran was silent for a moment, then nodded like a young girl in love, "I know, but I also don't know."
"Do you know or not?" Shen Yuntang was so driven crazy by him that he even wanted to kick the man out of the car. But then he changed his mind and realized that kicking him out of the car might kill him, so he held back.
"If I fall in love with someone, I will naturally treat him with all my heart instead of casually mistaking a momentary impulse for love." Cheng Yeran has never been in a relationship. When he was a student, most people in his class were in a relationship. Even the most socially anxious and introverted person in the class had a girlfriend. He was the only one who had never been in a relationship.
Everyone says that he has too high standards and is too picky, but he feels that his lover is the closest person to him, so how can he choose casually? He must not only make himself satisfied, but also make the other person satisfied with him.
"What if the other person likes you too? Just because of your uncertainty, do you want the other person to endure with you all the time?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"But he doesn't like me. Even if I recognize my feelings, I will choose to love him in my own way and not cause him trouble." Cheng Yeran didn't dare to look at him when he spoke.
"What if he likes you too?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"Impossible." Cheng Yeran said it without even thinking.
"Even if it's impossible, don't you want to fight for it? This is not like your character. You said before that if you don't want it, others will take it away. Can you bear to see others snatch it away?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"I have also said that feelings are different. If someone doesn't like me, my efforts to win him over will only annoy him." Cheng Yeran said.
"What if the person he likes is Xia Xiaowu, won't you try to get her?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"Why use Xia Xiaowu as an example?" Cheng Yeran asked him.
"Because, because you hate Xia Xiaowu." Shen Yuntang glared at him angrily.
"Why are you glaring at me?" Cheng Yeran felt that he had angered him again. "You don't think I like your cousin, do you? That's not true."
Cheng Yeran explained to him for a long time that he was not interested in Shen Yunfeng, but Shen Yuntang couldn't get a word in. Shen Yuntang felt a headache and was so angry that he wanted to kick him down.
When they arrived at the Shen family, Shen Yuntang had a gloomy face. Cheng Yeran went to talk to his father about the tofu matter, and he was pulled into the house by his mother.
Niangshen asked him mysteriously, "How is it?"
Although the mother was being evasive, Shen Yuntang still understood what she meant. He was angry and said angrily, "It's useless. We can never have children in this life."
"Ah?!" Mother was shocked. "My poor child."
Shen Yuntang was angry and didn't look at his mother's expression. "Mom, I'm going to send him to school. What gift should I prepare for the teacher? Didn't my brothers go to school for a few days before? What did they bring back then?"
Mother said a few words of courtesy to him with a sad face, then turned and left. It happened that father had just finished talking to Cheng Yeran.
Cheng Yeran greeted his mother, "Mom, we are going home."
"Hey, go back, go back." Mother said and sighed again.
Cheng Yeran always felt that there was pity in his mother’s eyes when she looked at him. What happened?
After Cheng Yeran left, mother pulled father aside to tell the secret, but she didn't know how to start.
"Do you know what he said just now? He said he wanted to give us the secret recipe for making tofu as compensation for the bride price. How could I accept it? If I really accepted it, I would be criticized by the villagers in the future. He asked us to think about it and then tell him after we have considered it." Father Shen saw Mother's expression of "I see." He frowned and asked her, "What did you want to say when you came in just now?"
“Atang just told me, told me…” Mother Shen hesitated.
"What are you talking about? Tell me quickly. Why are you playing tricks on me?" Shen's father asked anxiously. He was worried that Cheng Yeran would no longer look down on his brother after making so much money and wanted to break off the engagement. After all, they didn't get married back then, they just sent their brother over to live together. Even though they had signed the marriage certificate, he didn't acknowledge it and had nowhere to go to seek justice.
Could it be that the secret recipe of this tofu is compensation to their family? Cheng Yeran wants to divorce his brother?
"They can't have children." Mother Shen said with determination.
Father Shen’s eyes almost went dark, and he asked in a trembling voice: “Who, whose problem is it?”
"It's not our brother's problem. I see that Atang is very dissatisfied with him. He hasn't been looking at him well just now. If this goes on, will Atang ..." Mother Shen felt uncomfortable. Although she couldn't hold her head up in the village after the divorce, not being able to have her own children was also a big problem. It was difficult to do both, and Mother Shen cried anxiously.
“No wonder, no wonder he wanted to give the tofu secret recipe to our family, it turned out to be a kind of compensation…” Father Shen sighed and patted his forehead, “Let me think about it, let me think about it, don’t cry, you’re making so much noise that I can’t think of what to do.”
"Or else give him some medicine. I heard that the medicine of the miracle doctor in the next village is very effective." Mother Shen asked Father Shen while wiping her tears.
"This is the only way. I will go secretly and no one can see me. If anything goes wrong, just say that I am old and have problems. I must not let our four children get involved." Father Shen did not delay and set off as soon as he finished speaking.
Shen Yuntang took Cheng Yeran to buy some gifts, and went to find Lin Xiucai with the gifts and silver.
Mr. Lin opened a school to teach the children in the village basic education. However, he could not teach children any more advanced knowledge. Those who passed the examination to become a scholar, like Xia Xiaowu, went to study in the county.
For those who are as old as Cheng Yeran and have not passed the imperial examination, their families usually give up on them. Even if they don't give up on them, they don't have the face to come and attend classes with a group of other kids.
Lin Xiucai was quite surprised when Cheng Yeran came over. In fact, Lin Xiucai also looked down on Cheng Yeran. He thought, "What else is there for him to learn at this age?" Just go home and farm.
Mr. Lin is over 30 years old and still cannot pass the exam. The cost of his family supporting him to study is high, and taking in one more student can mean charging more tuition. Even though he despises Cheng Yeran in his heart, he still accepts the tuition and gift and asks him to come to class tomorrow.
Cheng Yeran looked at the
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There were rows of elementary school students, and those children also stared at him with curious eyes. There was even a fat boy who poked his face with his hand, "You are so old, but you still want to go to class with us. Shame on you."
Cheng Yeran sighed and muttered, "Children are just annoying."
Shen Yuntang heard what he said and asked him on the way back, "Do you hate children?"
"I hate naughty kids." Cheng Yeran said.
"If your child is also a naughty kid, would you hate it?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"Do I even need to ask? My child will most likely be a naughty kid, just like me. I often gave my parents headaches when I was a kid because I was too naughty." Cheng Yeran thought from their perspective. If they were his own parents, they would definitely be pissed off by their childhood self.
Shen Yuntang rubbed his forehead. He had a headache right now. However, although Cheng Yeran gave him a headache, he also had a side that he liked. He was really an annoying guy that made people love and hate him.
The well diggers came in the afternoon. After determining the location, several diggers started digging without any delay and finished the work in one afternoon.
Cheng Yeran was shocked. How could someone work so efficiently? He thought it would take several days to dig a well.
In the evening, he invited the masters to have dinner at his home. He specially prepared a good meal and also prepared wine. He did not drink it and let the masters drink it themselves. Before leaving, he also packed a lot of dried tofu for the masters.
The task of digging a well had been planned long ago, but people had never made time for it. Now that Yuanbao and four helpers were at home, they finally had some time. They completed three tasks in one day, which made Cheng Yeran very tired.
It was already very late after seeing off the master. Cheng Yeran told Shen Yuntang that he would not write today and wanted to go to bed directly.
But as soon as Tiancai entered the house, he heard someone knocking on the door.
"It's already late, who else could be here?" Cheng Yeran thought someone wanted to buy dried tofu, or maybe Aunt Li came over to cause trouble.
After opening the door, I found it was my father-in-law, "Dad, why are you here?"
"Keep your voice down and let me in first." Father Shen looked around like a thief, and when he found that no one saw him, he quickly pushed Cheng Yeran in, then closed the door, "Let's go in and talk."
"Dad, what happened?" Cheng Yeran didn't dare to speak loudly, and lowered his voice. He really thought something big had happened at home, so he hurriedly took his father into the house.
Shen Yuntang also came over nervously, "Dad, why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong at home?"
Father Shen mysteriously took out a few paper bags from his arms and patted them in Cheng Yeran's arms, "Every night after dinner, boil a dose of medicine, remember to drink it."
Father Shen looked at Shen Yuntang again, "You watch him drink, don't miss a single meal."
"What is this?" Cheng Yeran opened a paper package and smelled the scent of Chinese medicine. The other paper packages contained the same thing.
"Good thing, don't ask too many questions." Father Shen felt that it was difficult to say this out loud. Anyway, everyone knew it, and his hint was obvious enough.
"What good stuff? Tonic?" Cheng Yeran was quite happy, smiling like a fool, "Dad is so good to me and really loves me. Thank you, Dad."
Father Shen patted his shoulder and said, "Don't thank me. I am doing this for our Tang'er's sake. After drinking, I will try to let his mother and I hold our grandchildren next year."
Cheng Yeran: “???”
When Shen Yuntang saw Cheng Yeran's clear eyes, he suddenly remembered what he said to his mother in the morning and took a breath.
He quickly pushed his father out, "Dad, it's not what you think, he's not sick."
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yeran also chased after him and asked, "I'm not sick. Dad, what kind of medicine did you give me?"
"Louder, so that outsiders can hear." Father Shen was pissed off by the two of them. "If you're not feeling well, just take medicine. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. The most important thing is to give birth to the baby. This is more important than anything else."
As he spoke, his eyes happened to meet a pair of eyes in the gap of the fence. His eyes widened immediately, and it seemed too late to shut up now.
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