Chapter 20 Return

Liu Yinyin and Liu Hongmei are of similar age and are cousins, so they get along pretty well.

Liu Yinyin once asked Liu Hongmei what kind of partner she wanted to find in the future. Unexpectedly, the girl blushed and said that she wanted to find a city person or a scholar.

Liu Yinyin did not comment. Everyone has their own pursuits and everyone wants to live a good life.

After cutting a basket of sweet potato vines, Liu Hongmei said hello to Liu Yinyin, left an egg and left.

Liu Yinyin picked a basket of long beans, washed them, blanched them in water, and then hung them on bamboo poles to dry.

When her beans were dried and dried, the villagers began to harvest with gongs and drums.

In order to quickly store the grain from the fields, the whole village had to work very hard for a while.

At this critical moment, Liu Yinyin couldn't just stay at home, so she went to work in the fields.

Anyway, she is almost seven months pregnant and she definitely can't do any heavy work.

The village was harvesting rice first, and when Liu Changquan saw that she was pregnant, he assigned her a light job.

What are you doing?

Drying the rice in the threshing floor!

The harvested rice has to be dried before it can be stored.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin was responsible for turning the rice over and over in the drying field to dry the rice. She also had to watch the birds around to prevent them from eating the rice.

Compared to other people who go to the fields to harvest rice, this job is quite easy as they can take a break from time to time.

Except for Liu Yinyin, the other people working in the sun-drying field are elderly people with difficulty in walking.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Wearing a straw hat, she leisurely drank a sip of water. In her eyes, this job was not that easy.

The main problem is that I feel too hot under the sun.

As the name suggests, there is no shade at all in the sunbathing field. People are exposed to the scorching sun. At the end of the day, they feel dizzy from the sunburn.

These days, things are so unfriendly to pregnant women. Liu Yinyin sighed, drank some water and continued working.

......

Shili Village.

It was noon and the village was quiet. The villagers were tired after a morning of work and were taking a nap at home.

In the deserted village, only a man was seen walking along the country path with a big bag on his back.

The man was very tall, at least 1.88 meters, with long legs, strong features, a handsome face, neat short hair, and a righteous look between his brows.

Gu Cheng walked all the way to the door of Gu's house, stopped, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Mrs. Gu came out to open the door, cursing. She thought, who has nothing to do after eating that would come to visit in such hot noon?

"Sister-in-law." Gu Cheng called out.

Mrs. Gu: “…”

In broad daylight, she suddenly felt a chill on her back...

Oh my god, is she dreaming?

When she first saw her brother-in-law, Mrs. Gu was almost scared to death.

Seeing this, Mrs. Gu’s eyes almost popped out.

Gu Cheng walked into the room with a frown on his face, and asked, "Where are Dad, Mom, and Yinyin?"

"Gu...Gu Cheng?" Mrs. Gu walked into the room trembling, "You...are you a human or a ghost?"

Didn’t you say that your brother-in-law died?

Oh my god, she is very timid, don’t scare her in broad daylight.

"Eldest son's wife, who are you talking to..." Gu's mother walked out of the house. The next second, the palm-leaf fan in her hand fell to the ground with a thud. She was completely stunned.

"Mom, I'm back." said Gu Cheng.

At this time, everyone else in the house came out, and when they saw Gu Cheng, they were all shocked.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but frown when he saw this. Why did everyone act as if they saw a ghost when they saw him?

After entering the house and putting down his bag, Gu Cheng glanced at the people in the house, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mom, where is Yinyin?"

Mother Gu was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses and asked excitedly: "Son, you...you are not dead?"

"Who said I was dead?" Gu Cheng was puzzled.

"They...people outside said you were dead." Mother Gu said with tears in her eyes, "You don't know, I almost cried my eyes out when I heard you were gone. Son, it turns out you are not dead."

Gu Cheng glanced at his father.

Father Gu's cloudy eyes were filled with shock. He looked Gu Cheng up and down, and then he said with a sigh, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

Gu Cheng said lightly: "I was slightly injured before, but my life is not in danger. I will come back after I recover."

Mother Gu wiped her tears and said happily, "I'm glad you're okay. I knew my son was lucky and blessed. Son, are you hungry? I'll go make you something to eat."

Gu Cheng: "Mom, stop working. I'm not hungry. Let me go inside and rest for a while."

Gu's mother nodded and said, "Okay, go and have a rest. If you have anything, just let me know."

Gu Cheng said nothing and walked into his house.

But he came out again immediately and asked his mother: "Mom, Yinyin is not at home?"

Gu Cheng hadn't seen Liu Yinyin just now, and thought she was resting in the room. But when he went in, the room was empty, and it was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time.

Gu's mother's heart sank, and she said with a twinkling look in her eyes: "Yinyin...she went back to her parents' home."

Gu Cheng walked out, saying, "I'll go pick her up."

When Gu's mother saw this, she quickly stopped him and said, "Son, I'm telling you, Liu Yinyin is not a wife who will keep to her proper place. You should stop thinking about her from now on."

She regretted that she shouldn't have chosen such a beautiful daughter-in-law for her son. She was not someone who could live a good life.

Gu Cheng was so confused that he asked, "Mom, what happened at home?"

Mother Gu looked around and said, "Nothing happened. It's just...everyone said you were dead. Liu Yinyin is a young daughter-in-law. How could she stay a widow for you? Just a few days after you left, she packed up and went back to her parents' home."

Except for Gu's mother, no one else said anything, but their eyes were flickering, and it was obvious that they were feeling guilty.

Gu Cheng glanced at his father and asked him, "Dad, is what Mom said true?"

Gu's father felt extremely guilty, but things had come to this point, so he had no choice but to persuade Gu Cheng: "Yinyin has indeed returned to her parents' home, and you...well, just assume that you two are not destined to be together."

He had no idea how things had turned out like this. When the news of Gu Cheng's "sacrifice" came, he thought that Liu Yinyin was young and had no children, so it would be good for her to return to her parents' home and find someone to marry.

But who knew... who knew Gu Cheng would come back alive.

If he had known this earlier, he would have stopped when the old woman asked the second son's wife to leave.

"Dad, we got the marriage certificate." Gu Cheng was speechless. Marriage is not a joke.

How come his good wife just disappeared without a trace when he was away from home for several months?