In the evening, Shuying was not in the mood to cook. Even if she cooked delicious food, she probably wouldn't be in the mood to eat it at home.

Shuying simply made some steamed buns, a bowl of mixed wild vegetables, a bowl of steamed eggs, and a plate of fried loaches rolled in chili powder.

At 6:30 in the evening, Shuying heard the sound of cars outside and stood at the kitchen door to watch. She could also hear her father greeting the neighbors in a good mood.

Not long after, Father Yang, Third Brother Yang, and Fourth Brother Yang came into the yard one after another, and Fourth Brother Yang parked his bicycle at the gate of the yard.

When Father Yang saw his daughter standing at the kitchen door, the first thing he said was, "Daughter, your third and fourth brothers and I have seats in the car, why do you need to trouble your son-in-law to pick us up?"

Without waiting for Shuying to reply, Chen Xi took the car key and came in and said, "It's my duty to pick up uncle, third brother, and fourth brother. Besides, I'm free too!"

The son-in-law was filial, and Yang's father was very happy. Yang's third and fourth brothers were also happy.

"Dad, third brother and fourth brother, it's almost time to eat!" said Shuying.

"Okay!"

Chen Xi washed his hands and went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.

Shuying felt a little guilty. Today was supposed to be a good day for shopping. She had planned to do her shopping in the morning and go to the guesthouse to visit her target's parents after lunch. But she didn't expect this incident with her second brother to happen.

This man was busy helping her family today. Shuying felt a little distressed. When no one was in the kitchen, she secretly picked up a chopstick of loach coated in chili powder for him. Chen Xi took a bite and his face changed. The salty and spicy loach in his mouth made Chen Xi still not satisfied. It was more to his taste than the yellow eel last time. He immediately gave her a thumbs up: "Very delicious!"

"If you like to eat dinner, eat more. I guess my parents won't be able to eat much later, so you should eat more." Shuying said as she touched his handsome face and asked distressedly, "Are you tired?"

Seeing his girlfriend's delicate and fair face looking at him with pity, Chen Xi felt as sweet as eating honey in his heart. He reached out and held her hand, wrapped her small hand in his palm and pressed it against his cheek. Holding the soft small hand in his palm, Chen Xi felt particularly relieved, and pursed his thin lips to make a curve: "You are not tired,"

Before he could finish his words, the voices of "Little sister!" Yang's third and fourth brothers came into the room. Shuying immediately withdrew his hand. Chen Xi felt a little disappointed to see his empty hands, so he simply carried the dishes into the main room.

"Hey, brother-in-law, why are you in the kitchen? Go back to the main room and sit down, we will serve the dishes!" said the third and fourth brothers Yang.

"Third brother, fourth brother, just treat me as your own family, no need to be polite!" Chen Xi said in a deep voice.

The brother-in-law's attitude was really bad. When Chen Xi brought the dishes into the main room, the third and fourth brothers Yang praised him to their youngest sister.

Yang San said first: "Little sister, I am now really relieved that you are marrying my brother-in-law. There is no other partner as reliable and good as my brother-in-law. He is very good to our family."

Fourth Brother Yang also responded: "My brother-in-law is really great!"

Shuying saw everything her partner did silently. She said that she had never thought about picking up her father and brothers just now, and it was her partner who took the initiative to drive to pick them up.

She didn't know it at first, until her eldest brother told her.

Shuying is now really glad that she agreed to date the other party, and is also glad that she impulsively agreed to get married with the other party.

She is really looking forward to her future marriage.

She thinks it's good even if she goes to a poor and remote frontier in the future.

But because of what happened to her second brother, she doesn't know whether she can get the certificate tomorrow. Her mother cried so hard today, so how could she be in the mood to get the certificate?

While Shuying was lost in thought, Yang Sange and Yang Sige asked again, "By the way, little sister, where is mom? Why can't I see her?"

Shuying walked into the main hall while talking to Yang's third and fourth brothers. Before Shuying could reply, she heard her father asking her eldest brother, "Why is the house so quiet? Why isn't your mother here?"

The eldest brother of the Yang family said, "Mom is lying in the room!"

While Shuying was stunned, the bowl in her hand was taken by her partner.

"Go call your mother to come out for dinner. Her son-in-law is here, what is she doing lying in the room?" said Father Yang.

The eldest brother of the Yang family thought that it was just a matter between the second son and his wife. He guessed that if his father knew what the second son's wife had done, he would be so angry.

The eldest sister-in-law Hong Xiaojuan came back a few hours earlier than Yang's father, and had already learned from her husband what the second son's wife Zhu Wenwen had done. She was shocked.

At this point, the eldest sister-in-law Hong Xiaojuan had not yet recovered from the shock. For this honest country daughter-in-law, whether it was the affair or letting the second son take over the child, it shattered her world view.

Sister-in-law Hong Xiaojuan really sympathizes with the second child now.

Oh my God!

Such a big thing happened not long after she went to her parents' home. Zhu Wenwen was too cruel, and the second brother was too miserable.

How could a man bear being cuckolded and being a scapegoat? She had seen the second brother's daughter several times, and she was kept by the second brother and was very clean and fair.

She had never seen anyone dote on a young lady more than on a young boy. She never expected that after raising her in the palm of her hand for so many years, she would just be raised for nothing by someone else.

She was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, let alone the second brother.

The Zhu family and Zhu Wenwen's family are all ruthless people, bullying honest people like this.

By the time the steamer and a table of dishes were served, Yang's mother hadn't come out yet. Shuying was afraid that Yang's father and others wouldn't be able to eat after knowing about his second brother's situation, so he asked them to eat first.

The three Yang family members were extremely hungry, so they took the steamed buns and wolfed them down without thinking much, while inviting their son-in-law to eat.

I have tried other dishes, but this is the first time I have eaten loach rolled in chili powder. From the frequency with which the Yang family father and son pick up some dishes, I know that they love this dish.

Father Yang also asked the eldest son to catch loaches more often when he has time. The fried loaches with a crispy aroma and chili powder are so delicious.

The atmosphere at home was not right today, and my nephews and nieces were particularly well-behaved. The little guys just called "uncle-in-law" and went to the table to eat quietly.

The custard was placed in front of them, and they each had to scoop it up.

Xiaohu knelt on a chair and ate the egg custard with a scoop. His sister-in-law Hong Xiaojuan was afraid that her son would scoop the egg custard on the table, so she quickly took his bowl and scooped him a few more spoonfuls of egg custard, which made the little guy very happy.

Da Hu and Er Hu were afraid that the egg custard was gone, so they quickly scooped a few spoonfuls of egg custard into the bowl and started eating voraciously. Daya and Erya didn't leave any behind either.

If it were a normal day, the eldest brother of the Yang family, his eldest sister-in-law Hong Xiaojuan, and the third sister-in-law Wang Rong would have been busy eating their food. But now the three of them were eating absent-mindedly and were worried about looking into the rooms of Yang's mother and the second brother.

Shuying said, "Brother, sister-in-law, you guys eat first, I'll go see mom." And by the way, she checked to see if her second brother had woken up.

Chen Xi put some food in her bowl with chopsticks, held her back, and asked her to eat a few bites before calling Yang's mother.

Shuying ate a few bites to fill her stomach, then took a few steamed buns and some vegetables and went to her mother's room.

Father Yang said, "My dear, tell your mother to come out and eat quickly. If she's any slower, the food will be gone!"

Father Yang was still wondering why his wife had been lying in the house all day. Could she be sick? Thinking of this, Father Yang put down his chopsticks and couldn't eat anymore. He stood up and went into the house to call his wife.

Who knew that just as he stood up, his daughter came out with the old woman. The old woman's eyes were swollen, probably because she had cried in the afternoon.

Father Yang, the third and fourth brothers were all shocked and asked hurriedly, "Old lady (mother), what's wrong with you?"

Mother Yang cried for almost the whole afternoon. She was exhausted and almost died from crying. Her voice was still choking. She said, "Old man, the third, fourth and second sons have been in big trouble! If you don't come back, the people in our Yang family will be bullied to death by the Zhu family!"

Father Yang was angry with his second son because of his wife. After hearing what Mother Yang said, Father Yang and his third and fourth brothers all put down their chopsticks and asked Mother Yang what had happened.

Mother Yang now thought of how the Zhu family had bullied honest people, marrying Zhu Wenwen, who was pregnant with an adulterer, to the second son as a successor, and letting the second son raise a concubine for Zhu Wenwen and her lover for so many years. When she thought of this, her heart ached so much that before she could say a word, tears began to flow and she couldn't stop.

Mother Yang cried so hard that she almost passed out again. Shuying hurriedly patted her back. The eldest brother of the Yang family also stumbled over how Zhu Wenwen had been arrested by the Revolutionary Committee for having an affair today, and how Zhu Wenwen was already pregnant with the adulterer's child, but the Zhu family married the pregnant Zhu Wenwen to the second brother as a successor.

"What?"

"What?"

After hearing this, Father Yang staggered and was about to fall.

"father!"

"father!"

Several sons and daughters-in-law of the Yang family, including Shuying, screamed in fear, fearing that Father Yang would faint from the shock. Fortunately, Chen Xi was quick to support his father-in-law.

Not to mention how furious Father Yang was, the third and fourth brothers Yang were so frightened that they smashed the bowls in their hands on the table, their faces filled with shock.

Father Yang still didn't believe it and asked the eldest brother to say it again. After the eldest brother repeated it again, Father Yang was so angry that his eyes turned red and his whole body was shaking. His hand that was touching the welding smoke on his waist was shaking.

After a while, he asked with a trembling voice: "Has Lao Er come back? Does he know?"

Shuying replied: "Dad, my second brother knows about it. He is sleeping in the house and hasn't woken up yet!"

Mother Yang cried, "What a sin! What a sin! I told you that a city girl would never be interested in a poor country boy like your second son, but he refused to listen and wanted to marry the daughter of the Zhu family. What's so good about the daughter of the Zhu family?"

Just as Mother Yang finished her words, a deafening "clang" sounded from Second Brother Yang's room.

The Yang family didn't have time to say anything more and hurried to the second brother's room to see him. They saw the second brother of the Yang family running out barefoot with a fierce face.

Shuying was afraid of scaring his nephews and nieces, so he asked his two sisters-in-law to take the children back to the house. The two sisters-in-law were also afraid of scaring the children, so they quickly brought the children into the room.

At the door of the main hall, Chen Xi quickly stopped the man.

"Get out, get out, get out! Get out!" The second brother of the Yang family yelled with a fierce face, and several of the brothers of the Yang family rushed over to help catch the man.

"What do you want to do, second brother?" Yang's father asked. Without waiting for the second brother to say anything, Yang's father said in a stern voice, "You insisted on marrying her. Your mother and I disagreed. Now that this has happened, who can you blame? You can only blame yourself for making a mistake!"

After a slight pause, Yang's father said to Chen Xi, "Son-in-law, the eldest, third, and fourth sons, don't worry about him. Let him go and let him run. If he dares to do anything illegal, I, Yang Baozhu, will no longer have this son."

The second brother Yang had a sullen face just now, but after hearing what Yang's father said, he squatted on the ground, covered his face and burst into tears, his crying was hoarse.

They say that men bleed but don't cry, but that's just because they haven't been heartbroken yet.

Shuying looked at her second brother, a grown man, squatting in the yard barefoot, holding his scalp and crying helplessly. She felt extremely upset and her eyes were slightly red. She hated the Zhu family and Zhu Wenwen's family in her heart.

The second brother Yang cried, and the rest of the Yang family was also in a bad mood. Mother Yang had been crying since the afternoon: "What a sin! What a sin! Kill Zhu Wenwen! Kill the Zhu family! My Yang family will never let the Zhu family go."

Yang Jianzhang, the third and fourth brothers of the Yang family, immediately gritted their teeth and said, "Dad, Mom, let's take a leave tomorrow and go to the Zhu family to knock on their door!"

They will never forgive the Zhu family for daring to marry a slutty woman like Zhu Wenwen to their second brother.

"Tomorrow morning, the third and fourth sons and I will take a leave and go to the Zhu family. We will get the second son and Zhu Wenwen's divorce done right away, and then we will find a wife for the second son later. If the second son gets divorced now, he can still marry a good wife and have children in the future. It's not a bad thing. It's better than being kept in the dark all the time." Father Yang made the final decision.

After hearing what Yang's father said, Yang's mother and brothers felt fortunate but also a little scared.

If the Revolutionary Committee had not caught the adulterer today, the Yang family would never have imagined that Zhu Wenwen was having an affair with her lover and that the second son had been used as a scapegoat by the Zhu family for so many years.

After saying this, Father Yang squatted outside the main room and smoked a pipe without saying anything. His hands were shaking as he smoked the pipe, and his dark, wrinkled face looked worried.

The eldest brother of the Yang family helped the second brother back to the house. This time he did not struggle. He just stood there in a daze, with bloodshot eyes.

Mother Yang felt sorry for her son.

Under the shadow of the tree, Yang's mother wiped the body and washed the feet of the second son personally, and let him go back to the room to sleep well.

The movements in Old Yang's courtyard frightened the neighbors next door, and one after another they came knocking on the door to ask what had happened. Of course, Shuying couldn't tell outsiders about his family's ugly deeds, so he just said a few perfunctory words to deal with the neighbors.

It was getting late, and if the second son didn't come back, Yang's mother still wanted to keep her son-in-law, but there was no place to live at home, and she couldn't let her daughter-in-law and son-in-law sleep in the same room without getting a marriage certificate.

Mother Yang was thinking about letting her son-in-law stay at the village chief's house for one night?

Chen Xi refused: "Uncle and aunt, my parents are still waiting for me at the county guesthouse. I won't stay here tonight. It'll be quick for me to drive back to the county!"

When Yang's mother heard that her in-laws were waiting for her son-in-law, she didn't want to keep them any longer, for she was afraid that her son-in-law might not have had a full dinner in the evening, so she asked her daughter to cook a bowl of white noodles for her son-in-law.

Eat before leaving.

Shuying nodded: "Got it, Mom!"

People in the family returned to the house one after another. The two sisters-in-law had already cleaned up the dishes, and Shuying went to cook white noodles for his partner.

At first Chen Xi refused, but Shuying said, "It's very quick to cook noodles, just wait a moment!" As Shuying spoke, he took out his watch, it was just past seven forty.

We had noodles at around eight o'clock and arrived at the county guesthouse at around nine o'clock.

Seeing this, Chen Xi agreed.

Chen Xi helped to light the fire. After the fire was lit, he leaned against the door and stared at the person who was busy for him, his eyes deepening.

The tall man leaning against the door under the shadow of the tree never took his eyes off her.

To be honest, I don’t know what’s so good about Shuying that he could keep staring at him for so long?

As time was running out, she didn't make anything too complicated. She just made a bowl of clear soup, white noodles, and wild vegetables, and put a fried egg on top.

After cooking the noodles, she asked him to bring them to the main room to eat while she washed the pot.

Kerosene lamps were lit in the kitchen and living room of the house, and she asked people to watch their way.

"I'm waiting for you!"

I don’t know if it was because it was too quiet at night, or because there were only two of them, but when the man’s deep and pleasant voice reached Shuying’s ears, Shuying’s heart beat a little faster than usual.

After washing the pot for a few minutes, Shuying brought a kerosene lamp and the two of them returned to the main room.

The main room is quiet.

Shuying propped up her chin and watched the man eat noodles. She also brought out the remaining crispy and fragrant loach rolled in chili powder and placed it on the table for him to eat.

Chen Xi didn't eat it immediately, but first picked up a fried egg and gave it to her. Shuying was no longer polite to his partner. After taking a bite, he let him eat by himself and didn't need to pay any attention to him.

Chen Xi took a bite of the fried egg she was biting. Shuying's cheeks felt a little hot for some reason. The two of them sat in the main room, taking turns to eat the whole fried egg.

She didn't want to eat the noodles at first, but the man forced her to eat several mouthfuls. Only when he saw that she was really full did he start eating the noodles.

Shuying propped up his chin and watched the man eat noodles. The faint light of the kerosene lamp shone on the man's masculine and hard features. Shuying thought that the man was really handsome.

He has sword-like eyebrows that slant into his temples, deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and thin diamond-shaped lips. However, he always has a blank expression on his face, with deep features and sharp eyes. He gives people the illusion of being murderous and majestic, and makes people feel very oppressive when looking at him, so people dare not look at his appearance carefully.

No wonder her mother was worried every day that her military officer son-in-law would run away.

After eating the white noodles, Shuying carried the kerosene lamp and saw him off to the car door.

Chen Xi opened the car door but did not get in immediately. Shuying first asked him to apologize and explain to his parents on her behalf, and said that she would go to the guesthouse to see his parents as soon as the matter at home was resolved tomorrow.

"It's okay! I'll come early tomorrow morning to pick up my uncle and aunt to go to the county town!" said Chen Xi.

"No need, I have a bicycle at home. You should get more rest tomorrow morning! No need to come here specially!" said Shuying.

The man grumbled "hmm", but planned to drive over early tomorrow morning. His girlfriend only had one bicycle, so how could he bring so many people?

He couldn't bear to see his partner go such a long way.

"Get in the car! I'm going home?" Shuying said this, but watched the man in front of him get in the car and leave.

The man did not get in the car immediately. His eyes fell on her fair and delicate face with an especially gentle look, and he could not get enough of looking at her: "Go back first, I'll see you go into the yard before I leave!"

Shuying was just about to go back to the house when the memory of Zheng Lan kissing her boyfriend on the cheek in the cornfield suddenly flashed through her mind. Come to think of it, how could she, who lived decades later, not be as open-minded as Zheng Lan?

At first she was afraid that she might scare her partner by being too open, as she felt that people in the 1960s were too conservative.

But now that I think about it, it seems that both myself and her partner were too restrained.

Shuying couldn't help but wonder if she was too unattractive in this man's heart. After all, she was the one who took the initiative in the first kiss last time.

Shuying stood on tiptoe and wanted to imitate Zheng Lan and kiss her boyfriend on the cheek, but the man in front of her was too tall.

Shuying had no choice but to say, "Lower your head!"

Chen Xi lowered his head subconsciously and immediately felt a warmth on his cheek. He was stunned and his Adam's apple rolled.

Shuying stood on tiptoe and kissed her before breaking up: "Okay, I'll go back to the house first! You drive back to the county town..." Be careful.

Before she could finish her words, the man grabbed her waist and turned her around, pressing her against the car and kissing her soft lips fiercely and violently.

Shuying was a little confused at first, but in the darkness, she felt a little safe. She put her two slender arms around the man's neck and kissed him back gradually. Getting a response, the man kissed her more fiercely.

Like a thirsty traveler in the desert who hasn't had any water for days, the man wanted to wipe all the water out of her mouth.

The male testosterone entered her nose, Shuying's legs became weak from being kissed, the root of her tongue became numb, and the kerosene lamp had already fallen to the ground.

A neighbor suddenly came out of the house, and Shuying was startled. She subconsciously tried to push the person away, but the man carried her into the car and continued to kiss her while she sat in the driver's seat.

Fortunately, the neighbor returned home soon.

Until Shuying accidentally pressed the headlight button and the lights came on. Shuying was frightened when she met the man's eyes, which looked as if he wanted to eat her alive.

At this moment, the man no longer had the restraint he had before. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes were bloodshot and deep. His gaze was restrained to the extreme, and he was on the verge of losing control.

Shuying was finally sure that she was not without attraction to the man in front of her. In fact, she was quite attractive to him.

Shuying panted, blinked, and coughed a few times: "Are you done kissing? I'm getting off the car!"

Just when Shuying thought that this man would restrain himself and let her get off the car as usual, the man said nothing, wiped the saliva from her lips with his fingertips, pinched her chin, bent his head and kissed her again.

After a long time had passed, Shuying was finally carried out of the car. Her legs were as soft as noodles.

Her lips and tongue hurt as if they were not her own, and she kept gasping for breath. When the man kissed her just now, she really thought she was going to pass out.

Looking at the calmed-down man again, his features were still as stern as ever, with no sign of his loss of control just now, and his lung capacity was also astonishingly good.

"I went into the house!" said the tree shadow weakly.

The man initially wanted to carry her in, but was blocked by the shadows of the trees. She walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked back.

Seeing that the man standing upright beside the car had not gotten in yet, but was staring at her intently, without taking his eyes off her from beginning to end, her heart trembled, and she suddenly realized that she seemed to have greatly underestimated her own charm. She was not just a little attractive to this man, but seemed to be too attractive.