88 Simu
◎Ear and temple rubbing, sauce and fermenting◎
He coughed twice to draw Shu Yao's attention to himself.
Sure enough, Shu Yao looked over and asked, "Why are you coughing again? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" He had obviously been feeling much better since the beginning of summer, so why was he coughing again?
Ji Shijing frowned, looking uncomfortable: "I want to go back and rest, you stay with me." After saying that, he began to breathe slightly.
Shu Yao had no choice but to say to Twelve, "He and I will go back first. You can come back early for lunch."
Twelve nodded, and after she left, he put on his clothes silently.
On the way back, the two of them were silent, each with their own thoughts.
The sun was strong today, and Shu Yao changed into a cool gauze dress after returning home. She stayed in the room for a long time. Now she really didn't know how to get along with Ji Shijing. She used to only regard him as a binding object, but after the last incident, she always felt that the relationship between them had changed.
It seemed that he was not that innocent towards her. She did not dare to think about it too much. She took a deep breath and kept preparing herself mentally. Finally, she opened the door, but unexpectedly bumped into Ji Shijing.
He stood under the eaves, his white clothes and dark hair, a red hairband winding down like blood. He just stared at her, his eyes moving: "Why have you been avoiding me lately?"
Shu Yao lowered her head and stared at her toes, not knowing how to answer.
He approached her, and Shu Yao was pressed against the door panel, with no way to retreat. His slender body pressed forward, and she was forced to look up, but she could only see his sharp chin. His hot breath sprayed on her head, and her heart beat violently.
Ji Shijing suddenly laughed, gently lifted her chin with his fingers, and forced her to look at him: "Are you afraid of me?" After that, he rubbed her white jade skin with his fingertips. After a while, a fresh red mark appeared on her fair skin. He raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.
"Ajing, I think you've been acting a little weird lately." Shu Yao said truthfully. She wanted to resolve the problem between them. "Why did you act like that that day?" She felt embarrassed after saying that, and her cheeks turned even redder.
Ji Shijing tilted his head, his eyes suddenly brightening: "Oh? Do you like that?"
Shu Yao shook her head desperately and said solemnly again: "I am your sister-in-law."
I hope he has some humanity and doesn't harm his sister-in-law.
But she was obviously wrong. Ji Shijing approached her, and they were very close to each other. Their lips were about to touch, but he quietly turned his head and whispered in her ear: "So what if I'm your sister-in-law? I like you." There was a voice in his heart shouting wildly: He wanted her.
Shu Yao's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a mixture of emotions. This child had indeed developed feelings for her that he shouldn't have. She felt somewhat helpless and advised him, "This is against human ethics."
Ji Shijing was silent for a moment, then smiled, a beautiful and flamboyant smile.
So what about human ethics? He was determined to go against human ethics, to overturn the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues. He was determined to do things that the world forbade him to do.
It was the first time that Shu Yao saw him laugh so loudly, and her heart tightened.
The sun was shining brightly, and large swathes of sunlight poured into the yard. It was a very good day, but she felt the cold air approaching around her and couldn't help shivering. Looking at the thin gauze dress on her body, she suddenly regretted changing her clothes.
When she looked up again, Ji Shijing had disappeared. She stood in the sun for half an incense stick before she felt better.
When Twelve came back, Shu Yao had just finished preparing the meal, but Ji Shijing was still nowhere to be seen.
He didn't come back until evening, and no one knew what he had done that afternoon.
Shu Yao looked at him, feeling hesitant.
At night, she tossed and turned in bed, her mind in turmoil. She was puzzled as to why he would have such thoughts about her.
She was a farm girl with little education, barely above average looks, and no special features on her body, so she felt strange and didn't understand.
She fell asleep while thinking about this. In the middle of the night, she suddenly woke up from her dream with a layer of cold sweat on her back. She looked around and found that she was in her own room. She breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt a little scared.
The dream just now was too real. In the dream, she and Ji Shijing got married, and they were still making love at night... She and he were whispering in each other's ears, and it didn't end until dawn.
She still clearly remembered the figure of Ji Shijing holding her waist and rising and falling. In the dream, she couldn't bear it anymore and begged him for mercy, and he stopped. He kissed her ear and said in a hoarse voice: "Yaoyao, do it again."
Ahhhh, she covered her blushing cheeks, feeling so ashamed and angry. How could she have such a dream?
She couldn't calm down for a long time. As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of the scene in her dream. She simply kept her eyes open until dawn.
On the other side, Ji Shijing lit a candle and looked at the filth and stickiness under him. He rubbed his swollen and painful temples. The lust in his eyes had not faded yet. The scene in the dream was so real and scary.
He changed the quilt and lay on the bed, recalling Shu Yao's charming appearance in his dream. The desire that he had finally calmed down ignited again, quietly bulging under the thin quilt.
His eyes darkened, and after a long time, he let out a suppressed groan.
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The next day, Ji Shijing no longer stuck with Shu Yao, but went to the private school before dawn.
Shu Yao felt relieved for some reason. Today, she and Yang Xiuhe planned to go to the farmer in the next village to buy some chickens and ducks to raise.
Yang Xiuhe told her that the chickens and ducks raised by farmers in Gejia Village were of good quality and cheap, and she would not be cheated or at a disadvantage if she bought from them. It just so happened that Shu Yao wanted to raise chickens and ducks, so she went to Gejia Village with her today.
Gejia Village is right next to Dongping Village, and it only takes an incense stick of time to go there and back. Along the way, she and Yang Xiuhe chatted about family matters, and soon they arrived at Gejia Village.
Gejia Village is a small village. The young labor force in the village has gone out to work and earn money. They are not at home all year round. The only people left in the village are the elderly, children, women and children.
As soon as she reached the village entrance, Shu Yao saw a familiar person. Ji Zhao was washing clothes in the rushing stream with a big belly, and she didn't even notice that her fingers were rubbed.
Seeing her eyes fixed on Ji Zhao, Yang Xiuhe asked, "Sister Yao, do you know her?"
Shu Yao: "A distant relative."
Yang Xiuhe nodded thoughtfully, then leaned close to her ear and said, "This Ge Yong wife is so pitiful. She's ordered around all day long. Her family completely ignores her pregnancy and treats her like a cow. Tsk tsk tsk."
Shu Yao pursed her lips and walked past Ji Zhao with Yang Xiuhe without stopping.
The two went to the farmer and bought a few groups of chickens and ducks. Shu Yao bought ten chickens and ten ducks, as well as a few bags of feed. After paying, they were about to leave when they saw the child run in and yell, "Mom, Aunt Ge asked you to deliver the baby. Ge Yong's wife is about to give birth, and she's covered in blood."
The farmer's wife was a midwife. All the women in the village gave birth through her. But when she heard that she was going to deliver the baby for Ge Yong's wife, she looked very reluctant.
She said to her children, "Go tell Mrs. Ge that I can't leave because of something."
Shu Yao asked, "Aunt, why don't you go?"
"Everyone in this area knows that the old woman from the Ge family is a miser. She is very stingy. If I help her daughter-in-law give birth, I will probably have to pay money out of my own pocket." She shook her head and said.
Shu Yao took out an ounce of silver from her purse and handed it to the woman: "Please trouble me to go there. After all, it's a matter of life and death for women." Childbirth is a life-threatening process, and it was in ancient times when medical equipment was backward. She couldn't bear to watch Ji Zhao die in childbirth.
The woman's eyes sparkled, and she took the money with a smile and asked, "What's your relationship with Ge Yong's wife?"
"She is a distant relative of mine, so please do your best, aunt."
After getting the money, the woman didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed to Ge Yong's house. Shu Yao didn't follow her, but didn't go home immediately either. Instead, she sat in the woman's house waiting for news.
As soon as the woman arrived at Ge Yong's house, she heard Ji Zhao's shrill screams. Her face changed and she quickly walked into the house. She saw Ji Zhao lying on a tattered straw mat with blood all over the floor.
There was no one beside her.
The woman secretly cursed the "heartless Ge family". Her wife was about to give birth, but there was no one around.
She didn't dare to delay and immediately went to the kitchen to boil water. Ji Zhao's voice was getting weaker and weaker. The woman couldn't wait for the water to boil and went straight into the house with the hot water.
She wiped the sweat off Ji Zhao's forehead with a clean towel and sighed imperceptibly. This girl was really pitiful. She was chubby when she came, but now she has less than 20 pounds of meat on her body. It can be seen how much she has suffered.
After a short stroll, Ge's mother came back and saw a woman helping Ji Zhao deliver a baby. She leaned against the door, eating sunflower seeds and saying, "Let me make it clear, I don't have any money to give you."
The woman glared at her.
A smell of blood came over, and Ge's mother felt unlucky. She sat in the yard and took out the chicken leg left over from yesterday and started to eat it. Her mouth was full of oil, and she didn't care at all about Ji Zhao's life or death in the house.
Ji Zhao was hungry and had no strength to begin with, and now he fainted.
The woman was extremely anxious. She touched her belly and her face suddenly changed. The fetus was in an abnormal position and she was afraid that it would be a difficult birth.
Sure enough, Ji Zhao still hadn't been born until evening.
Ge Yong and his father also came back one after another. They were annoyed by the shouting in the house. Ge Yong took a sip of tea and asked his mother, "How long has it been since the birth?"
Mother Ge: "Half a day."
Ge Yong frowned, looking very disgusted: "She is the only one who has so much trouble when giving birth to a child."
The hot water in the room was changed basin after basin, and basins of blood were poured out. The blood splashed on the corner of Ge's mother's clothes, and she cursed loudly.
Finally, when it was getting dark, the woman came out with the child in her arms, her face heavy, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Mother Ge quickly ran over to see: "Is it a boy or a girl?"
Woman: "Boy."
Mother Ge was overjoyed and was about to take the child, but when she saw the child's appearance, she screamed in panic with a look of fear on her face.
Seeing her like this, Ge Yong and Ge's father hurried forward to check, and were also shocked when they saw the child.
The woman held the pale baby in her arms and said compassionately, "Your wife gave birth prematurely, and it was a difficult birth. The baby was trapped inside for too long and suffocated to death."
Mother Ge picked up the broom and ran into the room: "I will beat you to death, you unlucky star! You suffocated my good grandson to death."
Ji Zhao was lying on the bed with her eyes wide open. She could hear everything being said outside clearly. The moment Ge Mu's broom hit her, she didn't know where she got the strength to hold on to the broom tightly, staring at her intently.
Mother Ge was horrified and ran out stumbling.
Ji Zhao struggled to get out of bed, walked outside with unsteady steps, took the child from the woman, and kissed his forehead.
Shu Yao waited for the entire afternoon, but she was still worried. As soon as she arrived at Ge Yong's door, the woman came out of his house. Shu Yao quickly asked, "How is it?"
The woman shook her head and said after a long while, "The child is not safe. Let's go."
Shu Yao turned her head and saw Ji Zhao standing on the threshold holding the child. She looked at the Ge family with strong resentment in her eyes.
Shu Yao was a little frightened and looked away.
The next day, while she was having breakfast in the yard, she heard Yang Xiuhe bring her shocking news.
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