Chapter 58
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"Aren't you afraid of getting stye in your eyes?" Cheng Yeran rushed over and leaned against the fence to look at her. Aunt Li sat down on the ground.
"I heard some noise from your place, let's go see what's going on." Aunt Li grimaced in pain, got up and ran into the house. She didn't think there was anything wrong with her. People in the village love to join in the fun, especially when the fun happens in someone else's home, it's even more interesting.
When my father left, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's over, it's all over. Now the whole village knows about it."
"What did you know?" Cheng Yeran still looked as if he was kept in the dark, which made Father Shen feel even more distressed for him.
"As long as you think positively, it's actually not a big deal. Maybe taking medicine can cure it. Be strong." Father Shen said and left.
"Why did Dad say those things? He seemed very worried about my health, but he didn't tell me what disease I had." After returning to the house, Cheng Yeran opened a paper bag, trying to study what the medicinal herbs inside were.
"You also know about medicine?" Shen Yuntang was surprised to see his serious look, because the last time he went up the mountain he picked some herbs, but Cheng Yeran couldn't recognize them either.
"I've played doctors before, both ancient and modern doctors, so I naturally know a little bit about it, but not much." Cheng Yeran touched the herbs, "These happen to be herbs that I don't recognize."
"It's useless to say anything." Shen Yuntang picked up the medicine and said, "Throw it away. It's of no use to you anyway."
"This is the tonic my father gave me. How can you just throw it away? That would be a waste of my father's kindness. Be careful, I will complain to him next time I get home." Cheng Yeran always felt that Shen Yuntang knew what the medicine was, but it was very strange that the two of them were being so secretive. Could it be that he had a terminal illness?
"Do you really not know or are you pretending? Dad was afraid that you wouldn't be able to have children, so he brought this medicine to regulate your body." Shen Yuntang said in a tired tone.
"I can't have children? Men can have children too? Aren't brothers the only ones who can have children?" Cheng Yeran patted her belly in horror, "So, I can have children too? Having children is such a hard job. If I can, I can help you share some of the burden."
"What does your childbirth have to do with me? Besides, men can't have children." Shen Yuntang saw that he was about to answer and shook his head, "Stop saying those annoying things. I'll tell you the truth. Mom asked us when to have a baby this morning. I said that we couldn't have a baby, so Dad mistakenly thought that there was something wrong with your body. I'll go home and explain to them another day that it's not your body's problem."
"So that's what's going on." Cheng Yeran was amused, "Our parents are really imaginative."
Shen Yuntang couldn't laugh: "The bellyband last time was also given to me by my mother. She told me to wear it and have a baby with you."
"Bellyband and birth..." Cheng Yeran stopped talking here. He recalled the thin waist he saw that day. He seemed to have lost his soul that day, and his body reacted.
That was the first time in his life that he reacted to seeing someone else's body. His previous reactions were normal physiological reactions and had nothing to do with anyone else.
He could clearly distinguish between the two, so he thought that he fell in love with Shen Yuntang.
But he also felt that this kind of liking was just a physical desire. After all, he was too naive in his feelings and had an almost paranoid obsession with cleanliness.
"Yes, it's just as you thought. Wearing a bellyband and taking the medicine today are all for us to have a baby as soon as possible, but this is not just what our parents want." Shen Yuntang rested his hands on the table behind him, "It's also what I meant. This morning, I asked you, have you ever thought that the person you like also likes you? You said it's impossible, but now I'm telling you, it's possible."
"You, do you know who I like?" Cheng Yeran's whole body tensed up.
"Yes, I know who you like, and the person you like also likes you." Shen Yuntang had never been so frank in his two lifetimes.
"What you mean is..." Cheng Yeran's heart was pounding and his legs uncontrollably took a step forward.
Shen Yuntang: "What I mean is, I like you. I told you before, but you didn't believe me. I also told you that day that you can do anything for me, but you thought that I was just looking for someone to relieve my loneliness. What kind of person do you think I am?"
"I don't look down on you. Even if you are just lonely and want someone to accompany you, I will not look down on you." Cheng Yeran explained anxiously, but the more he spoke, the more wrong he became.
Shen Yuntang turned his head away and stopped looking at him. "If you say that again, I don't want to continue. It's too tiring to like you. It's good to be a family with you. I feel so proud of you.
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Being respected and understood by you are all good, but liking you is too painful and tiring. I cannot adapt to your restraint, and these are not what I want. ”
"No, that's because I thought you didn't like me. I didn't see myself clearly. Is it really me that you like? Not the body I'm using now, your original husband?" Things happened too fast, and Cheng Yeran was completely unprepared. He has acted in many TV dramas and played many people, but he only had a vague understanding of love. He had no idea what to say or do at this time. It was as if he was about to lose the person he loved.
Shen Yuntang rubbed his forehead. It was like this again. He knew he would hear such words. He really didn't want to hear such words that annoyed him again. "I've thought about it. I can let go so easily instead of waiting for you to figure it out. Maybe I don't love you that much. Forget it. Let's continue our previous relationship and be friends."
Cheng Yeran felt as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head. He lowered his head and took two steps back.
He always thinks that loving someone requires respect and restraint, but he forgets that loving someone also requires courage, passion, and not dragging your feet.
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These days, Cheng Yeran seemed to have lost his soul and had no motivation to do anything.
There were also rumors in the village that Cheng Yeran was not good in sex and could not have children.
But everyone knew that Cheng Yeran was a lunatic, so no one dared to ridicule him in front of him. Even if they were whispering in private, they dared not speak too loudly. Every time they finished speaking to someone, they would add: "Don't tell anyone that I told you, and don't let Cheng Yeran know that I said it. Please don't hurt me."
At first, some people didn't believe it, especially the relatives of the Cheng family. They cursed every time they heard it. It was not until later that Cheng Yeran gave the secret recipe of tofu to the Shen family and the Shen family started selling tofu that the rumor seemed to be true.
If there hadn't been rumors about his poor health, Cheng family's relatives would definitely not have let Cheng Yeran go. Even though this thing was bought by Cheng Yeran and not passed down from the Cheng family's elders, the relatives also felt that it was the Cheng family's thing and giving it to the Shen family would be a betrayal of the Cheng family.
But it’s different now. Cheng Yeran is in poor health, which is a shameful thing. I’m sorry to the Shen family and they should give compensation.
Moreover, Cheng Yeran's family is so rich now, and it is rumored that she is infertile and will not have children of her own in the future, so this property should be divided equally among everyone. Two relatives even had evil intentions and took their own children to Cheng Yeran's house.
Cheng Yeran went to school, and Fourth Brother Yuanbao and Shen Yuntang were at home.
Shen Yuntang and his fourth brother were still grinding soybean powder, while Yuanbao was busy selling goods.
Cheng Yeran said before that they could only sell this batch of bean powder and it would not be sold anymore in the future, but Cheng Yeran still asked them to continue making bean powder. Shen Yuntang felt that his words that day had hurt him and made him lose his mind and unable to think, so he forgot what he had said before. However, if they didn't do this, those beans could not be consumed. The wheat harvest was about to begin, so they had to make room.
He had just finished frying a pot of beans when he saw two uncles leading their children in. "Where's my oldest nephew? He's not home?"
"He went to school." Shen Yuntang glanced at the children they were holding, one was six years old and the other was ten years old. He was smart and could tell at a glance the purpose of the two people coming here. However, bringing such old children for adoption seemed too purposeful.
"His family business is so big, why does he need to go to school? He should stop bothering at his age." The uncles blamed Cheng Yeran for being immature. "He should focus all his energy on expanding his business instead of those things that are out of reach. If he really has nothing to do, he can go and see the fertilizer workshop. The village chief said they are going to build a factory there."
"He wants to study more, and I respect his opinion." Shen Yuntang has been listless recently and can't get motivated no matter what you say.
The uncles and aunts looked at each other when they saw Shen Yuntang's reaction. It seemed that what they had said recently was indeed true. In addition to Shen Yuntang's reaction, Cheng Yeran's reaction was also not right. If their rumors were false, Cheng Yeran would have gone crazy long ago. How could he be so quiet?
"My child has been sensible since he was young," the relative kicked his child, "Go and help with the chores. Do the chores the way you normally do at home. From now on, treat this place as your own."
The ten-year-old child was almost kicked to tears, and wanted to help out, but Shen Yuntang wouldn't let him into the kitchen. The six-year-old child was so scared that he cried and sat on the ground. His father was so angry that he slapped his back hard, and the more he slapped, the louder he cried.
Shen Yuntang didn't understand why someone would give away their child for profit. If it were him, he would definitely not want to do so. "Uncles, don't worry about it. There's nothing wrong with his body. I'm the one who can't have children. When he gets married in the future, he will naturally have his own children."
When Shen Yuntang said this, everyone in the yard was stunned, and a few brothers who were buying dried tofu also stretched their necks to look inside.
But they soon shook their heads, thinking that Shen Yuntang was lying, "Brother's mole is so red, how could he not have a child?"
"What a good husband, covering up for your husband. I wish I could marry such a good husband."
"If Cheng Yeran was healthy, why would he give the secret recipe of making tofu to the Shen family? Maybe he was feeling guilty."
"I don't think Shen Yuntang is a good person either. He says nice things, but he wants to divorce Cheng Yeran because she can't have children. Who can't see that his brother is fertile? Even if he takes the blame for not being able to have children on himself, no one will believe it. After the divorce, he can still remarry, but Cheng Yeran can't."
When Cheng Yeran came back from school, he heard a lot of noise in the yard and the crying of children. His irritable heart became even more irritable.
Just now when he went to school, Mr. Lin asked him to recite the Three Character Classic with other children. He memorized it after reading it once. Mr. Lin didn't think that he had a good memory, but just thought that he had learned it before and still remembered it.
He asked Mr. Lin if he could teach him some of the content that would be tested in the imperial examination, or tell him about the exam papers from previous years and help him analyze and explain them.
However, Mr. Lin said that he was not suitable for learning such profound things now. Even if he could recite the Three Character Classic, he had to learn its meaning first. Cheng Yeran explained it to him according to his own understanding. Mr. Lin said that he was too anxious and he must lay a solid foundation and learn with other children. He also said that he was contradicting the teacher by making a request and punished him to copy the Three Character Classic ten more times.
His original purpose of going to school was to understand the general direction of the current exams, what books he needed to read, what types of articles he needed to write, and to have someone to help guide him. It was not impossible for him to learn the rest on his own. Master Lin was completely wasting his time.
But there is only one teacher, Mr. Lin, in the village now, and other villages should be at a similar level. He wants to go to the county to have a look. If not, he can move to the county for studying, which will also be convenient for doing business. But he doesn't know what to do with the house and land at home, and he is worried that Shen Yuntang will miss home and will not go with him. Even if they are just friends, he doesn't want to separate.
When he got home and walked to the door of his house, he heard what those people said, but he didn't think it was a big deal. The issue of whether or not he could have children could not attack him. But when he heard Shen Yuntang take the problem and those people said bad things about Shen Yuntang, he got angry again and knocked on the door twice. The people inside quieted down and all turned to look at Cheng Yeran.
"Brothers, how do you know I can't do it? Have you tried?" Cheng Yeran asked them with a smile.
The two brothers didn't expect Cheng Yeran to say such obscene words to them, two grown men. "We also heard it from others. We don't know whether that person has tried it or not."
When the two of them were talking, Aunt Li happened to come over to join in the fun, and when she heard this sentence, she was so embarrassed that she almost fell to the ground.
"I don't have that hobby. Apart from my husband, no one else should think about me." Cheng Yeran walked in and saw the two children on the ground. "I don't accept child laborers here. Uncles, you should take them back."
The uncles and aunts sensed the low pressure on him. They had originally wanted to give the two children to him for adoption, but now they were afraid that he would go crazy, so no one dared to speak. They led the children out and said, "We'll come back another day."
After the two older brothers left, it was time for lunch. The fourth brother and Yuanbao also left, and the two of them locked the courtyard gate.
Cheng Yeran went into the house to make soap. The soap materials had arrived several days ago, and he had been studying them these days.
Shen Yuntang prepared lunch, but no one came out.
They hardly spoke to each other these past few days. Before, Shen Yuntang said that they wanted to be friends, but now they didn't act like friends at all.
Shen Yuntang glanced in the direction of the house, wiped his hands helplessly on his apron, and went into the house to call Cheng Yeran for dinner, "You just came back from school, don't be too tired, come and eat."
He didn't hear a response, and walked into the house with a puzzled look on his face, then saw Cheng Yeran holding a box and handing it to him.
"I made this especially for you," Cheng Yeran pointed to the table behind him. "I made a lot, several batches, but I was not satisfied with any of them. I picked the best-looking one for you. It's different from the ones you buy. Didn't you say you like peaches? I added peach blossom essential oil to it. It tastes better.
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Smells good. ”
After listening to him talk so much, Shen Yuntang was sure that he was nervous. They hadn't spoken to each other for a long time since that day when she confronted him, saying that she liked him and then gave up on him.
He still remembered the day after he told Cheng Yeran that he had given up on him, Cheng Yeran looked like a pitiful abandoned dog, and he almost softened his heart. But he knew that Cheng Yeran had not yet realized their feelings, so it was useless for him to be soft-hearted.
"I understand. Let's eat." Shen Yuntang said, holding the box.
"Don't you want to open it and take a look?" Cheng Yeran nervously pinched the corner of the table behind him, and there was a hint of shyness in his tone.
Shen Yuntang looked up at him, his heart beating faster because of his expression. He wanted to say that he would talk about it after dinner, but he still opened the box.
"This is, peach? You made it in the shape of a peach?" Shen Yuntang just wanted to tell him that the taste of peach and peach blossom is different, so it would be better to make one that tastes like peach. Unexpectedly, he used peach as the shape.
"It's not a peach! It's a heart!" Cheng Yeran covered his chest, "I, I give you my heart."
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