Chapter 237 Angry
"Okay!" Qin Feiyu was going back to Beijing, and Qin Run was reluctant to let him go. He didn't wipe away his tears until the carriage carrying Qin Feiyu disappeared from his sight.
Xu Yunfan hugged Xiaobao and said, "Run'er, don't be sad. This brief separation is for a better reunion. We'll be able to go to the capital next year."
"I know."
Qin Run wiped away his tears, "I just can't bear to leave. I don't want to see anyone off. I'd rather they see me off."
In modern times, some eighteen-year-old boys would probably want to leave home and completely let themselves go, no longer wanting to be controlled by their parents. But for Qin Run, the nagging from his parents that others find annoying is actually the concern he has been longing for for years.
Xu Yunfan understood and stood with Qin Run. Finally, Qin Run took Xu Yunfan into consideration and hurriedly took him back.
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. In a blink of an eye, a few days have passed. The annual gifts prepared by Qin Run are also distributed one by one by the managers of each factory.
It’s incredible!
This is the first time they have heard that there are annual gifts for working.
But it is also a shame to say that, in their village, except for the men who go to the town to find odd jobs during the slack season, the women and husbands basically do not go to the town if they have nothing to do. Although they have never worked, it does not mean that they know nothing.
I heard that the waiters in restaurants have to go to work as usual during festivals and holidays, and there is no such thing as New Year's gifts.
But the factory they are in now has it!
Look at the New Year gifts their boss gave them: a piece of wild boar meat weighing half a pound, some sausages, etc. These things must be worth at least dozens of coins!
There are several factories and hundreds of workers, and each of them gets a share. The boss is very good to them!
The villagers received the New Year gifts and were all smiling and happy.
Aunt Qin and Aunt Qin Sanniang's families are not workers in the factory, so the manager naturally won't give them New Year gifts. The Qin family's New Year gifts can only be delivered by Qin Run himself. Because of Qin Shui's matter, Qin Run decided to go over and have a good talk with Aunt Qin. What would Aunt Qin think if he asked someone else to deliver it?
As for Hunter Fang, Xu Yunfan patted his chest and indicated that Hunter Fang's family was under his control.
After Xu Yunfan reminded Fang Liehu, Fang Liehu went to talk to Fang Yi. Just as Xu Yunfan said, Fang Yi was stunned when he heard that his family wanted to arrange a marriage for him. He quickly shook his head and refused: "Father, I don't want to be married. I'm only eighteen and don't want to get married so soon."
Since going to work in town, Fang Yi discovered that the outside world is different from life in the village.
While working in the cafeteria, he could listen to students talking about interesting things from all over the world. He then realized that the outside world was so big. In the village, all he could see was just an inch of land.
He didn't want to live like this for the rest of his life. If possible, he didn't want to follow the path of Fang the Hunter. When he saved enough money, he wanted to take his family to visit the capital. Once he got married, these wishes would only become luxuries.
Fang Yi: "Father, I don't want to get married yet. My family needs me now."
Fang Hunter said in a deep voice: "Father knows you are still young, but...your little father and two younger brothers are father's responsibility, not yours. You don't have to take these on yourself."
"No, Father. One of them is my little daddy, and the other two are my siblings. How can I ignore them?" Fang Yi may be young, but he thinks a lot. "I don't want my future daughter-in-law and I to have disagreements on this matter, and they don't need to share a burden that they shouldn't have. So let's wait until Fang Er and Fang San are older. Right now, I just want to work hard and go out for a walk when I have the chance. I don't care about anything else."
His son had grown up and had his own ideas. Hunter Fang had experienced this himself, and he was afraid that his urging would make his son resent him in the future. "Since you don't want to, forget it. I'll talk to the matchmaker tomorrow. We won't delay the girl. We have some money on hand now, and I want to buy a piece of land from the Qin family. We can move there later so that we can take care of Run'er."
Fang Yi had his own thoughts on Fang Hunter's suggestion. "Father, do you think Run'er and the others will stay here? I can't say anything else, but next year, I estimate Yun Fan will leave. Given how much Run'er loves him, if Yun Fan leaves, Run'er will definitely leave too."
After hearing what Fang Yi said, Fang the Hunter stopped thinking. Maybe if they kept this money, they wouldn't have to live too financially when they went to the capital in the future.
The next day, Hunter Fang went to Xiaoli Village to find a matchmaker.
When Xu Yunfan came over with the backpack, Hunter Fang, covered in snow, was returning from a shortcut through another path.
Seeing Hunter Fang, Xu Yunfan ran up to him and asked, "Uncle Fang, where did you come from?"
Hunter Fang brushed the snow off his body outside the courtyard and said sullenly, "Don't mention it. I went to Xiaoli Village to find a matchmaker. I didn't know until I got there that they still took advantage of our Fang family."
"What do you mean?" Xu Yunfan's gossipy soul suddenly woke up.
It turned out that the girl's family learned that the Fang hunter family all worked under Qin Run, and that Grandpa Fang and Mr. Fang were cooks in the cafeteria. They specifically went to inquire about it and found out that the monthly salary of a cook was not low, at least three to six taels. Now, they hadn't even reached the stage of discussing marriage yet, and the girl told the matchmaker that they would not agree to their daughter marrying into the Fang family and suffering if the betrothal gift was less than ten taels.
Hunter Fang got angry on the spot. Ten taels of silver?
He got married without spending any betrothal gifts, but that doesn't mean he has no idea about the market.
The betrothal gifts for other girls are usually only about five taels, so why does her daughter want ten taels?
Is this person gilded or silver-plated?
She said that she would suffer if she married into the family, as if she would still be wronged if she was given ten taels of silver and then married into the family. It was true that the Fang family had no land, but if they had no land, they could just buy some in the future. Why did they have to slander her like this?
After Fang Hunter finished speaking angrily, Xu Yunfan smiled and said, "Don't be angry, Uncle Fang. We won't be a family in the future anyway. There's no need to bother with unimportant people."
"You mean, what's the matter with you coming here today? Are you going up the mountain again?"
"No." Xu Yunfan took out the New Year gifts from his backpack. "I brought you New Year gifts today. Everyone who works in our family gets a share. Your whole family works in the canteen. Except for Grandma Fang who is at the factory, you are not here, so I brought them to you."
When Fang the Hunter heard that everyone would have a share, he swallowed the words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue, "So many?"
Xu Yunfan smiled without saying anything. After taking out all the things, he made an appointment with the hunter to go up the mountain together to take a look after the snow stopped.
Hunter Fang agreed without hesitation. The cave was not too far away. He heard that there were wolves in the mountains recently, so he thought they were on other hills. But speaking of wolves, Hunter Fang felt uneasy. As a hunter, he knew very well that in winter, some wolves would go down the mountain and attack the villagers when they were starving. After thinking about it, Hunter Fang reinforced the wooden doors of several rooms.
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Xu Yunfan was particularly happy today, but this happiness disappeared completely after he had been waiting for a whole day and saw that Qin Run did not show any expression.
Xu Yunfan was lying on the bed with his arms folded across his chest, sulking, with his head turned inside. Qin Run didn't notice at all and continued to flip through the book in his hand, reading with great interest.
Seeing that Qin Run didn't pay attention to him, Xu Yunfan deliberately raised his head, then added two points of gravity and hit the pillow, making a slight sound.
The deliberate actions of the people around him quickly attracted Qin Run's attention. He turned his head to look at Xu Yunfan, but Xu Yunfan turned his head away proudly, refusing to let Qin Run see him.
Qin Run was completely bewildered. What had he done? Why was Xu Yunfan angry?
Xu Yunfan seemed strange today. He was particularly excited early in the morning and surrounded me, seeming very curious about what I would do next.
In the afternoon, Xu Yunfan looked at himself again, as if he wanted to say something but stopped. When he went to wash up, he drooped his mouth as if he was unhappy, and then smiled foolishly as if he was relieved. He hurriedly asked Qin An to light a fire. He filled a pot with water and started to boil it. He went to bed very quickly tonight. Now he became unhappy again for no reason. What a fickle man.
Qin Run had no choice but to put down the book, moved down, leaned over and kissed Xu Yunfan on the face, "Are you angry?"
Xu Yunfan opened his eyes and glanced at Qin Run, then admitted honestly, "Of course."
Shouldn't he be angry?
"Don't be angry, I was wrong." Regardless of whether he was wrong or not, if he wanted to appease someone, it would always be right to admit his mistake first. Qin Run put his face against Xu Yunfan's and said, "Don't be angry, it hurts my heart when you are angry. Be obedient, let's make peace and not be angry anymore."
Xu Yunfan pouted, and reluctantly reached out a hand to clasp Qin Run's head and push him towards him. After a kiss, he said with grievance and unwillingness, "Okay, I forgive you."
For Qin Run, Xu Yunfan's anger was no longer surprising to him.
He doesn't know what other people's husbands look like when they are angry. He only knows that when his husband is angry, he is like a child who never grows up and always wants the attention of adults. The more you ignore him and coax him, the angrier he will get. But once you coax him and say something nice to him, he will no longer be angry. He is very well-behaved and easy to coax.
It would have been better if Qin Run didn't ask, but as soon as he asked, Xu Yunfan's hidden grievances suddenly poured out.
Not fair!
Xu Yunfan just felt a tightness in his chest. Today was his eighteenth birthday, but Qin Run didn't show any expression, and didn't even remember it. It was indifferent, as if today, this special day in his eyes, was no different to him.
It was Qin Run's birthday, and he had put so much thought into preparing so much for him, but when it came to himself...
It's not that Xu Yunfan is naive. He knows that when two people are in love, there will always be times when their respective contributions are unequal and unfair. He has given so much, and he doesn't ask Qin Run to do the same. But when people give, do they really ask for nothing in return? Even if Qin Run cannot prepare gifts or surprises for him on this special day, it may be okay to get the same emotional value, but he got nothing.
Even the kiss tonight was earned because of his temper. He had been waiting and looking forward to this day, but it just passed by so peacefully.
Xu Yunfan had never wanted anything so badly, but tonight he especially hoped that Qin Run could pay a little more attention to him.
Just a little bit, just to remember that today is his eighteenth birthday.
But Qin Run forgot.
"It's getting late, let's go to bed." Qin Run put the book away, pulled up the quilt a little, and habitually reached out to hold Xu Yunfan in his arms. In the past, every night, whether it was a hot summer night or a cold winter day, they always slept like this.
But tonight Xu Yunfan did not take the initiative to move into Qin Run's arms. After Qin Run spoke, Xu Yunfan turned over, with his back to Qin Run, and said in a hoarse voice: "Well, go to sleep, you sleep yours, I sleep mine, go to sleep quickly, I'm very sleepy."
Qin Run slowly lowered his raised hand, "Aren't you coming over?"
"What were you doing there?"
"I hold you while sleeping. We used to sleep like this."
"But I don't want to sleep in your arms anymore."
Qin Run vaguely sensed that something was wrong with Xu Yunfan, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. "Yunfan, are you still angry?" After thinking about it, he realized that only Xu Yunfan was still angry, so he refused to hug him.
Xu Yunfan is feeling very aggrieved now, but he is also very proud. In his twenty years of life, ever since he was old enough to understand, even if his birthday is not celebrated in a big way, because he is the youngest child in the family, his brothers and cousins all dote on him. They have always celebrated his birthday in previous years. No one, whether they are peers or elders, will forget his birthday, and every year it is lively and happy.
When he came to Dayan Dynasty, Qin Run was the person he loved the most and cared about the most. However, this person, who was so dear to his heart, couldn't even remember his eighteenth birthday.
One can imagine Xu Yunfan’s grievance and loss.
It was obvious that Qin Run had been looking forward to his adulthood more than anyone else, but now that Qin Feiyu left, he was completely forgotten in the remote mountains.
Xu Yunfan was holding back his anger. He was obviously feeling unhappy, but he was too proud to admit that he was sulking because he didn't receive a gift and because Qin Run couldn't remember his birthday. He always felt that being so "stingy" was particularly unmanly and childish.
Xu Yunfan does not believe that maturity and childishness are things unique to people of a certain age.
For example, a person of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old may speak incoherently and have a simple mind, but he is family-oriented, careful, and considerate of the sensitive minds of others. In this case, can you say that he is immature?
What does a mature person look like? What are the clear criteria for defining a mature person?
Xu Yunfan can appear steady in his words and deeds on certain matters, or he can appear childish on certain matters. For example, towards Qin Run, he knows that Qin Run enjoys absolute freedom even when she is with him, but he will feel jealous and dislike those men who get too close to Qin Run. He knows that this is not right and he is as childish as a child. It is the possessiveness at work, but he just doesn't want to change and does things without considering the consequences.
So he allowed these emotions, which others considered childish, to run rampant.
Xu Yunfan was stubborn and replied sullenly, "No, don't ask me anymore. I'm going to sleep. I'm so sleepy."
Qin Run wanted to ask again, but Xu Yunfan refused to cooperate. He could only lie down helplessly and think hard for half the night, but he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong or said wrong to make Xu Yunfan unhappy.
It seems I have to ask Xu Yunfan clearly tomorrow.
But the next morning, before Xu Yunfan could get up early to go for a morning run, anxious Aunt Qin ran out of the yard: "Yunfan, Run'er, open the door!"
Last time, because of Qin Shui’s incident, Xu Yunfan said those words in front of everyone. Even though Xu Yunfan was not talking about them, everyone was still embarrassed.
Aunt Qin and her family were too embarrassed to look for Xu Yunfan. Finally, it was Qin Sanniang who told them that Xu Yunfan had some opinions about Qin Shui, but he said that he was not against the person but the matter. After Qin Lao's admonition, the Qin family's inappropriate thoughts immediately dissipated.
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