Chapter 4 Chapter 4 This guy is dirty
Xu Yunfan recognized this voice. He had heard it many times during the days when he was "locked up in bed" and did not go out. This person also talked the most about Qin Run.
He didn't care about Qin Run's past or future. He only knew that Qin Run was his savior now. Anyone who dared to mock his benefactor would be making things difficult for him.
Xu Yunfan’s temper can’t be said to be very bad, but it’s not so good that he has no temper at all.
Others thought he had a good temper and rarely got angry, but that was simply because no one dared to displease him, the prince.
"Auntie, who are you?"
Aunt Li looked at Xu Yunfan, who was even more handsome than her brother, and smiled so much that her eyebrows were not visible. "I am from Li Daniu's family. Everyone calls me Aunt Li. Young master, where are you from? How did you get taken home by Run'er? Don't you know..."
Aunt Li made no secret of her dislike for Qin Run. In front of everyone, she didn't give Qin Run any face at all and started to talk about rumors about Qin Run.
Qin Run was embarrassed and wanted to take Xu Yunfan back, but Xu Yunfan not only refused to leave, but instead lowered his head and whispered in his ear, "Are all the people here from the Li family?"
The two of them were very close, so close that Qin Run could feel the warm breath emanating from Xu Yunfan.
The hot and humid breath sprayed against his ears. The throbbing caused by Xu Yunfan's active approach was hard for Qin Run to ignore, and his back subconsciously stiffened.
Qin Run shrank his neck uncomfortably and shook his head, "And the Sun family."
Dali Village is neither big nor small, with more than a hundred households. In ancient times, one family could easily have more than ten or twenty people.
In ancient times, parents did not separate their families while their parents were still alive. Therefore, most of the villagers here live together as a whole family.
Dali Village is very big. After dinner, some aunties and grandmas who have nothing to do like to gather at the entrance of the village to enjoy the cool air and share what they have seen and heard.
Few people from the Qin family came here. After all, the relationship between the Qin family and the Li and Sun families was not very harmonious. It was okay if other people were here, but they would definitely not want to come here as long as Aunt Li and Li Dahua, the two morning glories, were here.
Li Dahua was becoming more and more satisfied with Xu Yunfan. How could Run Ge'er be worthy of such a man? "Young Master, Run Ge'er is different from other young men. You will know if you ask around in the village."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law almost said directly that Qin Run did not act like a brother, or they were indirectly telling Xu Yunfan that Qin Run was already dirty, he was just a dirty brother who had been played with by others.
This kind of obscene rumor can cause a guy to be socially dead no matter where it happens. As the protagonist of the obscene rumor, Qin Run has no way to catch every person who spreads these rumors and explain to others that the things they say are nothing but fabrications. On the contrary, because of the explanation, he may end up feeling guilty.
Just like there is always gossip around a widow, even if a man has never done anything shameful, if he comes out of a widow's door, others will think that he must have done something shameful.
It sounds like these words are for Xu Yunfan's own good, to prevent him from being deceived by Qin Run, but Xu Yunfan cannot afford such good things.
Rumors can melt metal, and falsehood can become truth.
He doesn't need to listen to what others say. He has eyes and a brain. Can't he make his own judgments?
Do you really think he is stupid?
No one else said anything. Although the three families were not in harmony, they still had to maintain their reputation on the surface. Only Aunt Li and Li Dahua had a boy in their family, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were confident and not afraid of the Qin family coming to their house to seek justice.
As a scholar, do ordinary people dare to offend him?
In the Dayan Dynasty, if a family had a son/uncle who was a student, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law would be very proud and feel superior to others in the village. They would not be afraid of anything.
Just because others are afraid of the Li family doesn’t mean Xu Yunfan will be afraid too.
Xu Yunfan smiled faintly, and this smile was so handsome and elegant that the young woman next to him blushed and could hardly take her eyes off him.
"I think your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are different from other women."
Xu Yunfan's face darkened as he spoke, and he deliberately said, "I've read in books that words like virtuous, beautiful, intelligent, able to distinguish right from wrong, virtuous inside and out...are all used to praise women. But the women I saw today don't seem to be like that. People like you, being ugly is fine, but how can you be virtuous, intelligent, or virtuous?"
"If arbitrarily accusing a boy of infidelity is considered virtue, and speaking without knowing the reason and distinguishing right from wrong in public is considered wisdom, then I must go to your family and ask Li Tongsheng for advice. Is this the way Tongsheng's mother and sister-in-law raised him?"
Xu Yunfan rambled on, "According to what I said, does that mean you aren't women? If you were women, how could you be different from other women?"
Aunt Li and Li Dahua opened their mouths wide. They didn't expect that Xu Yunfan, who looked gentle and harmless, could have such a vicious mouth. They didn't understand what he meant by "virtuous inside and smart outside", but they understood everything else.
Aunt Li was embarrassed and said, "You..."
Before he could finish his words, Xu Yunfan continued, "Go on, tell me. I'll go find the teacher tomorrow and ask if this is the case. A student, a family member, has nothing to do all day but gossip about other people's affairs. He has no evidence and is destroying someone's innocence. If Qin Run commits suicide, can you bear the responsibility?"
"I..." Li Dahua wanted to say that they were not talking nonsense. Isn't it said that flies don't bite seamless eggs? If Qin Run was innocent, how could such rumors spread?
Xu Yunfan pushed Qin Run's hand away, walked a few steps to Aunt Li, and said imposingly: "Come on, where is your home? I'll ask your student where his teacher lives. I'll talk to him some other day."
Xu Yunfan was very imposing, and the villagers didn't understand what he said at the beginning. But when they heard him say "I read it in a book", their hearts skipped a beat. Could this man also be a scholar?
It’s incredible, it’s incredible.
Xu Yunfan looks like a kid from a wealthy family. Look at his noble temperament, and his face, which is much more fair and clean than that of a farmer's boy. And his hands, you can tell at a glance that they are not for working.
After guessing this, Aunt Li Dahua was finally scared. She didn't dare to say anything and ran away.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the others smiled awkwardly at Xu Yunfan and ran away.
Qin Run felt warm in his heart. Xu Yunfan stood up for him. He didn't even have to use force. He scared the guy away with just a few words. He was so awesome.
Is this the power of scholars?
Of course it is, otherwise, the status of scholars would not be so high. Li Tongsheng in the village is just a Tongsheng, and he usually looks down on others.
Qin Run's eyes sparkled as he approached and asked curiously, "Do you know Li Tongsheng's teacher?"
It was not until he asked the question that Qin Run realized that he had asked a stupid question.
Xu Yunfan waved at Qin Run, signaling for someone to come and help him. He was already tired, and now the verbal battle between the two women made him even more exhausted. "You are stupid. Don't you know where I come from better than anyone else? How can I know a master?"
Qin Run helped the man walk home. Upon hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Xu Yunfan. "Since you don't know him, how dare you say that?"
Aren’t you afraid of being slapped in the face?
"Why not?" Xu Yunfan, a prince from modern times, didn't understand what there was to be afraid of.
Qin Run reminded: "Most of those who can be teachers are scholars."
"A scholar is a scholar, but a scholar is not a human being? As long as he is a human being, he still has two nostrils, two eyes and a mouth. As long as he is a human being, do you think I am afraid of him?" Xu Yunfan did not care. "If that woman dares to talk nonsense and make up rumors about you again, do you think I dare to find someone to do it?"
At this moment, Qin Run felt warm in his heart, so warm that he wanted to cry for no reason.
Qin Run smiled happily with red eyes. It was actually quite good to have a brave man at home.
It was not until later, when Xu Yunfan was fearless and openly confronted the Minister in the court, almost making him hit his head against the pillar, that Qin Run regretted that he was too timid and could not stand the scare. He thought that as a husband, he should choose a man who was a little timid, so that he could live a long life.
At Xiao Qin's home, Aunt Qin and Grandma Qin were coaxing Qin An while the other was busy in the kitchen.
Hearing the sound of the courtyard door opening, the two hurried out. Qin An limped to the door and saw Qin Run. He curled his lips and tears fell, "Brother~"
Qin Run's eyes fell on Qin An's bruised face and he took a few steps forward. "Did you fall?"
"Oh~ It hurts so much. My elder brother doesn't care about me." Qin An is stupid. He is eight years old, but he still acts like a six-year-old child. He is very easy to deceive.
Aunt Qin and Grandma Qin originally thought that Qin Run came back alone, but they never expected that Xu Yunfan also came back. The two looked at Xu Yunfan with some resentment in their eyes.
"Auntie, Grandma Qin." Xu Yunfan called out, feeling guilty and embarrassed. His eyes then fell on Qin An. Like Qin An, he limped over and said, "Brother An, I'm sorry. Brother Xu lied to you."
The word "I'm sorry" stunned the four people present. They had never thought that someone like Xu Yunfan would apologize.
Qin An's eyes were full of tears, and because he was thin, his eyes looked big and round.
At this moment, Qin An stared at Xu Yunfan with his big eyes, forgetting to cry. Tears stuck to his lower eyelashes, and he couldn't fall off.
Qin An looks about 50% like Qin Run, but his eyes are much bigger than Qin Run's. Qin Run's eyes are the same narrow and long as his, and they are bright and lively. You can tell at first glance that he is a lively young man.
"Don't cry, Brother Xu won't lie to you next time." Xu Yunfan didn't mind the dirt, but forgot that his hands were not much cleaner than Qin An's face. He wiped away the tears on Qin An's face with his hands and joked, "Now it's good. Brother An is lame, and Brother Xu is lame too. This is the result of lying."
next time?
Grandma Qin and Aunt Qin were good at grasping key words. "Xu boy, you're not leaving?"
Before, they called Xu Yunfan "Young Master", but Xu Yunfan was not used to it, so he changed his way of addressing him.
Xu Yunfan touched his nose guiltily, laughed awkwardly, and told a white lie, "I'm not leaving. I didn't leave today. I just went up the mountain to see if I could find what I left behind. You guys must have misunderstood."
If they knew that I really ran away, they might be dissatisfied with me, and it would also be bad for Qin Run's reputation if it got out.
It sounded as if Qin Run had snatched him away to be his concubine, which was not a nice thing to hear.
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