Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Xu Yunfan is my brother-in-law
Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials. In the village, no matter how serious the troubles of the Li and Sun families were, they were still like quails when they saw the officials.
Even though they were dissatisfied with the arrangement and were angry, they dared not say a word in front of the yamen runners.
Fortunately, the Qin family did not get the land that originally belonged to them, but instead reclaimed it on their own.
The grievances of the older generation were told to each other from generation to generation. Originally, these were some trivial matters, but after being spread so many times, they naturally became major events for the Ji family.
When going down the mountain, Xu Yunfan suggested that to the outside world, he and Qin Run were just distant cousins, and because of some things, he came to Qin Run for help.
However, Qin Run stammered and told him that everyone in the village knew that he had picked her up.
Among the villagers, other things spread slowly, but family matters spread the fastest.
The women in the same village may know more about how many relatives each family has than the family members themselves.
According to Qin Run, his father left home early in his life and came back later. He had a relatively harmonious relationship with the clan members, but apart from his clan members, he had no other relatives.
I heard that Qin Run's maternal family also fled here a long time ago and they have no other relatives at all.
During the days when Xu Yunfan was bedridden, Qin An was ignorant, or perhaps he was too happy to have a brother-in-law and was eager to share it with others. Every time the village aunties and grandmas passed by their yard and stretched their necks to look inside, or when someone asked him who Xu Yunfan was, Qin An would happily tell them that Xu Yunfan was his brother-in-law.
So, when Xu Yunfan ran away, the others had already eaten dinner and were waiting at the intersection, waiting to see Qin Run make a fool of himself.
Qin An doesn't understand a lot of things. One day he might let out the news that his "brother-in-law" and his eldest brother sleep in separate rooms. By then, those gossipy women might think that he dislikes Qin Run so much that he doesn't even want to sleep in the same room with him!
Xu Yunfan knew that in a place like this, if a couple slept in separate rooms, others would probably gossip and make wild guesses.
Thinking of this, Xu Yunfan thought that since he had followed Qin Run back, it seemed that no matter what, the one who would suffer and be talked about would still be Qin Run.
By then, I will have established myself and understood the situation of Dayan Dynasty, then I can just pack up and leave. But what about Qin Run?
What should he do?
What will others say and think?
Rumors are an invisible blade that can kill people without them even realizing it.
Xu Yunfan became more and more irritated the more he thought about it. He grabbed his hair with both hands. Suddenly, a deep voice sounded from above his head, "What's wrong? Is your head itchy?"
Qin Run reached out and grabbed Xu Yunfan's head a few times, but his hand was still pressed on his hair.
Xu Yunfan's hair was very soft and smooth, making people want to touch it. Qin Run touched it very carefully, thinking, "Is it still itchy?"
Some children in the village have lice on their heads. Qin Run didn't think that Xu Yunfan's hair, which was so short, would have lice. He had checked and found that Xu Yunfan's hair was clean, without a single lice egg.
Xu Yunfan followed Qin Run and said, "It doesn't itch anymore."
Qin Run let out a disappointed sound, took his hand away, pulled over a low stool and sat next to Xu Yunfan.
"Why doesn't An Ge come out after washing?"
"He's soaking his feet."
After the question and answer, Xu Yunfan didn't know what to say. The air suddenly became extremely quiet, so quiet that it was embarrassing.
Xu Yunfan didn't like this kind of atmosphere and racked his brains to find a topic, but all he could think about was whether he should sleep in the same bed with Qin Run tonight.
It's so confusing!
It would be great if Qin Run was a man. There would be nothing to mind about sleeping in the same bed with him.
Just when Xu Yunfan was wondering what topic to talk about to break the awkward silence, Qin Run spoke up, "Why is your hair so short?"
Qin Run still remembered that when he discovered Xu Yunfan, everything he was wearing was something he had never seen before.
Xu Yunfan picked up a small wooden stick from the ground and used it to stir the sparks from the fire pit. "Where we are, men, that is, gentlemen, basically all have short hair, except for some artists, of course."
"Your place is different from mine." Qin Run said affirmatively: "Don't tell anyone about this, and don't let An Ge'er know. He is easily tricked."
Xu Yunfan was not from here, but he suddenly appeared on the mountain. Qin Run was brave and not afraid, but it was hard to say about others.
If someone really knew Xu Yunfan's background, I'm afraid he would be in trouble.
"I know. If others ask me, I will say that I am a monk who has returned to secular life. Is that okay?" Xu Yunfan asked.
Qin Run thought for a while, "You should say you are from overseas. You... don't look like a monk."
Xu Yunfan was stunned. That’s right, how could a monk who had returned to secular life be so hard on women as he was?
When the time comes, when people ask him to recite scriptures, will he just keep repeating, "Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form"?
Moreover, when he has the conditions, he will definitely eat meat with big mouthfuls. Whoever dares to provoke him, according to his temperament that cannot bear to suffer loss and cannot stand being offended, I am afraid he will not be able to control his fists.
Qin Run said: "I have carried goods by the river in this town. I heard that there are large ships going overseas in the city. The overseas countries are much better than our Dayan."
"Okay, if I'm from overseas, then do I need to go to the county government office to register and get some household registration documents?"
"I need to go." Qin Run hesitated, "When...when do you plan to go?"
He originally wanted to ask whether Xu Yunfan should be recorded in his family's household registration, but then he thought, if so, wouldn't Xu Yunfan become the Qin family's son-in-law?
The reputation of a son-in-law or brother-in-law who marries into the wife's family is generally not very good, and Xu Yunfan may not be happy about it.
"Does this require money?" Xu Yunfan was penniless, so if he needed money, he would have to wait until later.
"Well, it does require some money. I'll find a way."
Hearing this, Xu Yunfan opened his mouth but stopped talking.
Dali Village is destined to be lively tonight.
Now, thanks to eyewitnesses and the efforts of several village women, Xu Yunfan stood up for Qin Run and confronted Aunt Li, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law affair. In just one night, it could be said that it had become a household name in Dali Village.
Aunt Li was worried about her youngest son's future. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She nudged the tired man beside her who had been working all day. "Master, do you think Xu Yunfan will really go find Yunfei's teacher?"
Li Baoshan closed his eyes, scoffed at the words, and replied nonchalantly, "So women are women, easily fooled. Who is he? Who is the Master? Can he just see her and talk to her whenever he wants?"
"They are just trying to scare you. In my opinion, this kid is quite bold. He can't even read a single word, so what can he talk to the teacher about?" Who among the ordinary people would dare to go to the teacher's house to talk with him so confidently?
Even the butchers in the town had to bow and nod when they saw the scholar.
Aunt Li couldn't remember what Xu Yunfan said about being virtuous on the outside and intelligent on the inside. She only remembered that Xu Yunfan said that if she dared to talk nonsense again, he would go find her son's teacher.
For this reason, Li Baoshan had no idea that Xu Yunfan was not illiterate. He was a top student who skipped grades and did not take the junior high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination, and was directly admitted to a prestigious university.
After hearing what Li Baoshan said, Aunt Li finally felt relieved.
In other families, in order to save oil lamps at night, every household would eat dinner, wash up and go straight to bed.
Tonight, it's slightly different.
Some of the married men listened to the news their wives shared, but they didn't take it seriously. They shared the same thought as Li Baoshan, "Do you think being a scholar is that easy? If the one Run Ge'er brought back was a scholar, would he have ended up here?"
"But that man doesn't look like one of us farmers. He looks just like those young masters in the town, with delicate skin and flesh." Xu Yunfan's face and skin are better than Sun Xing, the pampered daughter of the village chief. Unlike them, his skin is rough and weathered.
If people who have seen Xu Yunfan didn't know that he was a little boy, just looking at his face, they would think he was a boy who grew up in a pampered family.
"You, a bitch, have only been to town a few times. How can you know what a real young master is like?"
Sun Mu pursed his lips, "It's the young master of Wanbaozhai in this town, have you seen him?"
Li Hui said: "I know, I met this young master when I went to town to sell vegetables."
The young master of Wanbaozhai was so good-looking, with a fair and clean face and a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to allure people. Even though she was already married, Li Hui still blushed and felt shy when she thought of this young master.
But to be honest, his looks are no match for the one from Qin Run's family.
As for the gap, Li Hui thought about it for a while before coming up with the description of it as heaven and earth.
Sun Mu, not knowing what his wife was thinking, said, "The young master of Wanbaozhai only opened a restaurant at home. I heard that the young masters in the county and the young masters in the prefecture are the real ones."
Sun Mu raised his thumb. Under the July moonlight, Li Hui could see clearly. She said in disbelief, "Is he prettier than Qin Run's?"
"Of course." Sun Mu didn't even think about it. Even though he had never met Xu Yunfan, it didn't affect his certainty. "Those young masters, let me tell you, have been studying since childhood. They are really different from us. Hey, you won't understand even if I tell you. Go to sleep quickly. You're tired all day."
Qin family.
Aunt Qin couldn't sleep at this moment. She tossed and turned, sighing from time to time, as if she had too many worries.
Uncle Qin endured it again and again, but finally couldn't stand it anymore, "What are you doing? Why are you sighing so late at night? Are you going to sleep or not?"
"Old man, how can I sleep? You said what Run Ge'er did? You don't know. On the way back from his house, many people asked me what was going on between Run Ge'er and Xu Xiaozi. When I asked, it turned out that Xu Xiaozi stood up for Run Ge'er and confronted Li Tongsheng's mother. I'm afraid that the whole village knows about it now."
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