Chapter 12 Classmates
It's another sunny day today. The sun is not so hot in the afternoon, so Su Wanwan wants to help Pei Changfeng out to bask in the sun.
She had placed two stools at the door in advance and then went to help him.
Pei Changfeng has now recovered some strength and can barely sit up on his own, but he has never walked around.
Because the person supporting him was Su Wanwan, who was much shorter than him, Pei Changfeng tried his best to control his body from leaning towards her so as not to press her down.
Not long after he stood up, Pei Changfeng had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and his legs were shaking slightly, which were signs of exhaustion.
When they were only halfway there, Su Wanwan encouraged him, "Husband, let's walk slowly, don't rush."
Pei Changfeng's left leg was injured, and he walked with a slight limp. Just as he reached the threshold, he felt a sharp pain in his ankle. He fell to the ground uncontrollably, pinning Su Wanwan under him.
Su Wanwan hugged Pei Changfeng tightly, trying to cushion him with her body, but the expected pain did not come. She opened her eyes and saw Pei Changfeng's face very close to her, and their breathing was entangled.
A bead of sweat slid down Pei Changfeng's forehead and dripped onto the tip of Su Wanwan's nose. The next moment, he fell to one side.
"Husband?" Su Wanwan hurried to support him, only to find that when Pei Changfeng fell, he supported himself on the ground with his two arms.
He obviously didn't have enough strength, and his palm was scratched and bleeding. What was even more terrifying was that his face was pale.
Su Wanwan hugged his waist and tried to lift him up, but her strength was too weak. Pei Changfeng was no longer the thin man who could be blown away by the wind, so she couldn't lift him up.
A deep feeling of powerlessness spread in her heart, and at the same time she was filled with self-blame.
"It's okay," Pei Changfeng's gentle voice sounded, "I'll be fine after a while, don't cry."
Su Wanwan raised her eyes and a tear fell. She was shocked to realize that she was crying. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and said stubbornly, "I am worried about you, not crying."
She considered herself to be a strong person and would never cry over trivial matters, except when she needed to pretend.
"I know," Pei Changfeng looked at her red nose and thanked her sincerely, "Thank you for protecting me."
He was referring to the time when Su Wanwan wanted to use her body to cushion him when he fell.
Su Wanwan pursed her lips and said, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have fallen."
The two of them sat side by side on the ground. Su Wanwan stood up first to get some water to clean Pei Changfeng's wound.
The meridians on Pei Changfeng's wrist are purple, and his skin is very white, probably because he has not been seen in the light for a long time.
Su Wanwan touched his palm with a handkerchief and then looked up to see his expression, fearing that he would feel pain.
Her care and love are like those for a newborn baby.
Pei Changfeng's gaze moved to the two people's tangled black hair.
After wiping the dust off her hands, Su Wanwan gently blew on his palms before bandaging his wounds with a clean cloth.
The strip of cloth was pink and was cut by Su Wanwan from her old clothes two days ago.
She thoughtfully tied a bow.
Su Wanwan hugged Pei Changfeng's arm again, "Come, I'll help you up."
Pei Changfeng nodded, then used her help to slowly stand up from the chair, and then moved step by step to the door.
There was no sunlight coming into the house. This was the first time in such a long time that Pei Changfeng felt the sunlight shining directly on his body. It was a long-lost and warm feeling.
He sat down under the eaves. Su Wanwan looked like she had accomplished some big task. Her brows were relaxed and her smile was brilliant.
Su Wanwan brushed the dust off Pei Changfeng's clothes and said, "Then sit down first. I'll pour you a pot of water. Drink it when you're thirsty."
"Thank you very much."
He thanked her again, but Su Wanwan waved her hand impatiently, indicating that it was not necessary.
She brought another stool to the side and placed tea and some chewy almond cake on it.
Pei Changfeng glanced at the pastries, then took some water and drank it slowly.
There was a pile of bamboo strips in the corner. They were brought by Aunt Li after the incident of climbing over the wall that day, and they had not been cut yet.
"Miss Su, bring the bamboo strips here and let me cut them." Pei Changfeng had heard Su Wanwan talk about what happened that day, so he naturally knew the purpose of this pile of bamboo strips.
Su Wanwan hesitated for a moment, thinking that he just wanted to find something to kill time, so she took out about three or four pieces of bamboo and a small knife, which she brought from her mother's home and was given to her by her father Su.
Pei Changfeng took the knife and found that the patterns on it were unique to the Western Regions. He had seen them in the Master's engraved book before.
How did Su Wanwan get a knife from the Western Regions?
Pei Changfeng looked at Su Wanwan. Su Wanwan was fighting with two old hens and trying to pick up eggs from the chicken coop.
Maybe it was just obtained accidentally.
Pei Changfeng slowly whittled the bamboo in his hand. His speed was very slow. By the time Su Wanwan finished picking up the eggs and looked over, he had only whittled off a little bit of bamboo chips.
Su Wanwan reminded him to be careful with his hands, and then went to the small vegetable garden she had just tidied up behind the house.
Some seasonal vegetables and a few melon seedlings are planted in the small vegetable garden.
Su Wanwan watered the plants one by one and checked to see if there were any insects before washing her hands and collecting the clothes.
Her figure shuttled back and forth in front of and behind the house, and Pei Changfeng slowly finished whittling the bamboo strips in his hand.
Seeing that he had finished peeling the herbs, Su Wanwan praised him a few words. Fearing that he would be tired, she did not take any more. Instead, she boiled the medicine and asked him to watch the fire while she went to cook.
The time passed so slowly that day as if it was a dream. Pei Changfeng squinted his eyes and looked at the setting sun in the west. It seemed as if he had become a plant growing in the land, growing wildly under the sun after enduring the harsh winter.
"Husband." Su Wanwan suddenly called him sweetly.
Pei Changfeng looked over and saw that Su Wanwan had both sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing her smooth and white arms, and she was smiling at him.
"Husband, I feel that work is much easier with you by my side."
As if to prove this statement, Su Wanwan raised the axe with great effort and chopped the firewood with it, causing some minor injuries to the firewood.
"Look, my dear, these wood chips are just right for starting a fire!"
Her compliments were genuine, or at least they sounded that way.
Pei Changfeng stared at the sawdust in a daze. If he hadn't been in trouble, at least he could have helped Su Wanwan with this little work, so that a weak woman like her wouldn't have to work so hard.
Su Wanwan thought he was embarrassed by her praise, so she ran over to him, trying to cheer him up, "Husband, when you get better, we will go to the government office to sue Uncle Pei and the others, and then you can open a school in the village to teach the children. In the future, you teach, and I will take care of the children and cook for you at home. How do you think?"
Her eyes were curved and she looked particularly beautiful when she smiled, imagining her future with Pei Changfeng.
What she described seemed to be very good, but it was something Pei Changfeng had never thought about. He shook his head slightly, and everything was self-evident.
Su Wanwan's eyes drooped suddenly, "Okay, it's okay, if you don't want to teach, then don't teach. Being a teacher is not a good thing. Too many children will make a lot of noise. It will be enough for us to have two children in the future."
She half-knelt on the ground with her chin resting on Pei Changfeng's legs. The warm breath from her nose hit the back of his hand, and it seemed to be slightly moist.
Being so close to each other, Pei Changfeng gently touched her forehead through his sleeve, motioning her to go to bed.
But Su Wanwan seemed to have misunderstood, and instead rubbed his hand with her cheek affectionately, smiling.
Pei Changfeng sighed, "Miss Su, please help me back to my room."
Su Wanwan blinked and stood up to help him.
The way back to the room seemed easier than the way out, and there were no more falls or other accidents.
The medicine for the afternoon was also prepared. After Su Wanwan fed Pei Changfeng it, she heard a knock on the door.
"Excuse me, is Madam Changfeng here?"
"Madam Changfeng?" Su Wanwan was puzzled. "She doesn't seem to be from the village. Her voice doesn't sound like one either."
Pei Changfeng suddenly said, "Miss Su, please go open the door."
This was the first time Pei Changfeng took the initiative to invite someone in.
Su Wanwan opened the gate with curiosity, and saw a scholar in blue clothes, about twenty years old, standing at the gate.
"Who are you……"
When Chen Liang saw Su Wanwan's appearance clearly, he was stunned for a moment. He couldn't imagine that she was the rude and violent Su Wanwan that Zhou Chanyue described.
"Is the girl Miss Su Wanwan?"
Su Wanwan nodded slightly, "Yes, who are you looking for?"
Chen Liang's face darkened, "I'm here to see Changfeng."
He was ready to take Pei Changfeng away. A man like Changfeng, who was self-disciplined and had a high spirit, would definitely not be able to tolerate such humiliation.
"Oh, then come in."
Su Wanwan turned sideways to make way for Chen Liang.
Chen Liang looked at her suspiciously, then walked into the yard, guarding against Su Wanwan's sudden action. He looked around the yard inconspicuously and found it clean and tidy.
He saw that the door was closed and his heart sank. He quickly ran to open the door, but saw Pei Changfeng, who should have been lying on the bed in torture, sitting there intact, but he had lost a lot of weight and looked sick.
"Changfeng!" Chen Liang asked anxiously, "Are you okay? You've been gone for three months, and you haven't sent anyone back to the academy to bring a letter. Everyone says you're seriously ill. My classmates and I are so worried. What's wrong with you?"
Seeing his old friend, Pei Changfeng felt as if he were in another world. He opened his lips and said, "I am sick. It's hard for you to worry about me."
"We have been classmates for four or five years. If I don't worry about you, who will?"
Pei Changfeng held his arm and asked, "Brother Chen, what is the current situation of the academy?"
"After you took sick leave," Chen Liang sorted out his words and said carefully, "Fan Ling and Song Ming went to school in the state capital together."
The top two students in the town's academy's annual exams have the opportunity to go to the academy in the provincial capital to study and take exams. Originally, the first place in the academy this time was Pei Changfeng and the second place was Fan Ling.
Chen Liang was worried that Pei Changfeng was upset, so he comforted him, "Don't think too much. You will still have a chance next year when you have recovered."
Pei Changfeng smiled bitterly, "Thank you for still thinking of me."
"Don't say such things," Chen Liang lowered his voice, "I've heard that you were forced to marry a wife, and that Su Wanwan treated you badly, beating and scolding you, and not giving you food to eat. Don't worry, I'll take you away right now and you can live in my house."
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