Meanwhile, Amon also started lecturing Aman.
"Tell me, what kind of girl dresses like this every day and blends into a group of men? What kind of behavior is that?"
"It's good this way. They didn't even realize I'm a girl," Aman said, sounding both proud and a little disappointed.
"You think you've covered it up well? When you were squatting there chatting with them, I saw Village Chief Si glance in your direction several times."
"That shouldn't be the case. With my features and appearance, no one noticed that I wasn't a girl the whole way."
"You think you're hiding it well? The tone of your voice and your Adam's apple have already given you away." Seeing his silly little sister still so confident, Amon couldn't help but want to put her down.
"So what if they know? Does that mean they'll discriminate against me?"
"What are you thinking? Have you forgotten that many women from their village went to the city before? It's said that their fighting skills are no less than those of the men."
"Then there's even less to worry about."
Seeing that his younger sister was still such a worry, Amon bluntly asked, "I've noticed you've been hanging around Yong-ge a lot these days. Are you having designs on him?"
Being asked so bluntly by her older brother, Aman was uncharacteristically a little embarrassed, "Is it that obvious?"
A-Meng looked at his younger sister with a hint of disappointment, "I bet Yong-ge and the others still don't know you're a girl. But I think they probably already do."
"?"
“They’ve been glancing in your direction a few times since you arrived, so I suppose Village Chief Si has already warned them.”
"What should we do? I hope Brother Yong doesn't think I'm lying to them on purpose."
"That's because you've been too obvious these past few days. Now they've realized it. Don't go near them anymore, or everyone will feel uncomfortable."
Aman suddenly felt a little wronged. "I've been like this the whole way, and I didn't tell them that I'm a man. There was no hiding anything."
For the rest of the time, both sides deliberately avoided each other, and they didn't say anything more until they parted ways.
Wu Yong was easier to talk about, since he hadn't thought about it that way before.
However, Ah Man was rather sad throughout the trip. Even though she had gained a lot from the trip, it didn't make her happy.
"How did you get into this back mountain?" Wu Yong asked Wang Zili and the others while looking at the fire. These people definitely didn't come from their own village to the back mountain.
"We came directly from the back of our mountain, following that direction. It was because we found that small path that we thought we could bring back a wild boar." As they said this, they all looked regretful. If they hadn't been so greedy, they might have caught some wild ducks and collected some duck eggs and made it back safely.
"You guys are really brave. Even if we were prepared, we would still be a little scared of these wild boars if Brother Cheng hadn't been watching over us." Yun Jianying really didn't expect these people to be so bold.
"Sigh, I don't even know how to face their families when I go back." Wang Zili scratched his hair; the frequency with which he had been scratching his hair these past two days had almost caused him to go bald.
"Do your family members know that you've come into this back mountain?"
"I know, it's our fault for describing this place as too beautiful and too simple when we went back. If they had known how dangerous it was, they definitely wouldn't have agreed to let us go into the mountains."
"How are their three families doing? Do they have any other brothers?" Yun Heng looked at them with some sympathy, thinking that sometimes being alive might not be as liberating as being dead.
"Xiao Qin is the only son in his family; the other two have several siblings. I don't know what they'll do when they go back this time."
No one could answer this question for them. They brought this trouble upon themselves. Fortunately, they brought the people of Xinjiu Village into the mountains this time, otherwise they might not have survived.
The descent was much faster than usual because the three stretchers carried by the villagers from Xin San Village started to emit a foul stench. For the next two days, everyone basically held their breath or stuffed their noses with medicine packs.
"We've finally arrived. You should hurry back to the village. Your families must be getting anxious by now." Yun Jianying instructed Hou Yunyang, who had lowered the suspension bridge to let them into the village, to lead them out through the front gate. He didn't even dare to let them rest for a short while.
Fortunately, the people from Xin San Village were quite sensible. They didn't say anything and just followed Hou Yunyang out of the village through the front gate.
Their return led Pinghe Village to not investigate why the people from Xin San Village had come down the mountain with them.
Because the wild boar meat is only simply processed by them, it needs to be salted and roasted back in the village to be preserved for a longer time, so they send it to the square to wait for a few skilled aunties to process it properly.
"Finally, everything is settled. Now everyone can take a good rest and take care of their own household chores." Wu Yong felt that he had been dealing with one thing after another lately, and now he could finally relax.
"Others can rest, but you can't." Hou Yunhai handed him a glass of water.
"Why should I? I've been going through this whole process for so long, it's my turn now. If you need to go out again, then you can go."
"You can't tell me about this. Your mother has come to me many times asking why you haven't come back yet. She's waiting for you to come back to help with your brother's wedding."
"Look, I forgot about this. Didn't we say everything was almost ready?"
"Your future sister-in-law has made a request: she wants two new rooms built for her, and your mother has agreed." Hou Yunhai patted his shoulder sympathetically.
Wu Yong, no longer caring about his slouching posture, quickly sat up straight. "Why do we need to build another house? Doesn't my brother already have a new house?"
"Don't you understand yet?" Yun Jianying understood perfectly. "They want to separate from the family and want to live their own lives."
"Brother Yong, did your brother say whose daughter she is? She hasn't even entered the family yet, and they're already causing trouble. It seems the wedding date has been postponed again and again." Since his grandparents passed away, Yun Heng has taken on the heavy responsibility of the family and rarely interacts with his peers in the village, so he is not very well-informed about some things.
"She said she's Uncle Wu's daughter, and I rarely see her go out. It seems she's always at home doing housework." Yun Jianying knew which family she was referring to.
“Uncle Wu shouldn’t be that unreliable; he wouldn’t make such a demand.” Wu Yong was the first to disbelieve it.
"It's said that the bride-to-be brought it up herself. Uncle Wu has been so angry these past few days that he's rarely gone out, and even threatened to stop interfering in their affairs." Hou Yunhai never expected that Uncle Wu, who was always upright, would have such a scheming daughter.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com