Chapter 30 If she can marry three times, she can marry four times
"Cousin?" Su Wanwan was even more surprised than Mu Chen. "Why are you here in this town?"
Mu Chen's home is in the next town, and it takes at least two hours to get here. Besides, Mu Chen is still studying, so it is really rare to see him here.
"I am here with my mother to do some things," Mu Chen suggested, seeing her forehead was covered with sweat, "Let's go sit in the teahouse and have a cup of tea."
Su Wanwan glanced at the sky. It was almost time for lunch. "Let's not rest. I just cut some meat. It's so hot. If I leave it until tomorrow, I won't be able to eat it."
Mu Chen's eyes darkened. "How is Changfeng these days? Are you still the only one taking care of the house?"
"He's much better now, and he can help me with some of the housework. Cousin, aren't you going to prepare for the Autumn Examination? Are you going to the capital?"
Mu Chen took the frame from her and said, "Let's talk in the tea shed."
Su Wanwan hesitated for a moment, and guessing that the oxcart to pick people up had not arrived yet, she replied, "Okay."
Sitting down in the teahouse, Mu Chen ordered a pot of tea, a plate of green bean cakes and a plate of melon seeds. "Eat, take a rest before you go."
"I'm sorry to waste your money, cousin. Why doesn't your aunt stay with you?"
"Wanwan wants her to see us together?" Mu Chen chuckled.
Su Wanwan lowered her head in shock, "It's better not to let my aunt find out that we are together."
Mu Chen's mother is the cousin of Su Wanwan's mother. The relationship between the two families was just average in the past. Later, for some reason, the aunt became even more unfriendly when she saw Su Wanwan. She always had a sullen face. Su Wanwan was not someone who would make herself unhappy. Over time, the relationship between them became worse and worse.
Su Wanwan was indeed a little tired. She picked up the cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp, frowning at the bitterness. The tea in the teahouse was naturally not a good tea. It just had a good taste in the mouth when the guests drank it and had the effect of cooling down.
"You are different now," Mu Chen handed her a piece of mung bean cake, "Have something sweet, but you probably don't like the mung bean cakes here. I'll go to Gaoji Cake Shop and buy some for you to take back."
"Cousin, you don't have to spend so much money," Su Wanwan smiled, "We don't have to be so polite to each other. As for changes... people always change. My life with my husband is different from when I was alone."
"So do you think it's good or bad?"
"Hmm..." Su Wanwan took a bite of the mung bean cake. Because the store was reluctant to put sugar in it, the mung bean cake was not sweet and was very dry. "How should I calculate it? It's always better to be together than to be alone, and my husband treats me well, which I am very satisfied with. As for the bad things, there are some bad things. The house is too shabby and there are too many troubles. It is really a headache."
The two were talking in the shed. Aunt Li, who was passing by, rubbed her eyes and confirmed that the people inside were Su Wanwan and an unfamiliar man. For a moment, she felt like the sky was falling - it was falling for Pei Changfeng.
"Wanwan," Mu Chen said, "If I had proposed marriage first, you wouldn't have to live such a hard life."
Speaking of the past, Su Wanwan's heart was calm. "Cousin, you are joking again. Even if you are willing, your aunt will not agree. Besides, my reputation is so bad. You are studying to take the imperial examination and become an official. We are not suitable."
"Wanwan, if you are willing..."
"Okay, cousin," Su Wanwan stood up, "It's getting late, I have to go back first, Changfeng is still waiting for me at home."
Mu Chen lowered his eyes, "Do you care about him a lot?"
"He is my husband, so of course I care about him." Su Wanwan picked up her things and said, "I won't say any more. I'm leaving now."
Looking at Su Wanwan's back, Mu Chen's eyes were dark and unclear.
"Chen'er," Ji finally found Mu Chen and saw him sitting alone in the teahouse in a daze. She couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing sitting here?"
"Nothing, has mother finished her business?"
"It's done," Ji sighed, "I've asked someone to send a letter to your father. Just study hard. The family has enough money to support you."
"Got it, thank you, mother."
The mother and son were silent. After getting on the carriage, Ji mentioned another matter, "What do you think of the young lady from the Wang family that mother mentioned to you before? Mr. Wang thinks highly of you, and Miss Wang is an only child. As long as you two get married..."
"Mother," Mu Chen frowned, "My son said that there is no need to mention this matter again."
"But you are not a child anymore. According to mother's opinion, you should wait until you come back after the exam to get married. Aren't many of your classmates married? Miss Wang has a good temper and good looks. Most importantly, Mr. Wang has only this one daughter. Moreover, Mr. Wang's property is spread all over the place, not only in the prefecture, but also in the capital. When you enter the officialdom in the future, you will need to take care of everything. Why are you so stubborn?"
Mu Chen simply closed his eyes.
Ji said coldly, "I know now. Are you still thinking about Su Wanwan? She's been married for the third time. What's there for you to think about?"
"If it weren't for my mother's obstruction, Wanwan wouldn't have married three times." Mu Chen's eyes were gloomy.
"Whatever you think, I am your mother. I will never harm you. If I hadn't persuaded you, you would have been the one she killed. You are my only son. If anything happened to you, I would have died!"
Mu Chen stopped talking and turned to look out the window.
As soon as Aunt Li returned to the village, she didn't care about anything else and ran to Pei Changfeng's house in a hurry.
"Something happened, something happened!" Aunt Li told Pei Changfeng what she saw in the town, and she was very anxious. "What should I do? I see that man has a good family background and is an old acquaintance of Wanwan. Oh no! What if Wanwan really ran away with him?"
After listening to Aunt Li's description, Pei Changfeng could probably determine who the man was with Su Wanwan.
He lowered his eyelashes, "Maybe Auntie saw it wrong?"
"No!" Aunt Li said firmly, "I was standing there and saw it clearly. Changfeng, you have to think of a way. Your parents are gone, and your uncle and aunt are in trouble. If Wanwan is gone too, who will take care of you? In my opinion, Wanwan is not that kind of woman. She just can't see clearly at the moment. When she comes back, you can persuade her well, okay?"
Pei Changfeng patted Xiaoxiao's head, told her to go back to her nest, and then said, "Aunt, I believe her."
"You believe her?" Aunt Li slapped her thigh. "Oh, you fool, just say which woman in this world doesn't want to find a... Don't think my words are unpleasant to the ear, but this is the fact. Su Wanwan is not a chaste woman. Since she can marry you, she can also marry other men. Is there any difference between marrying for the third time and marrying for the fourth time?"
Pei Changfeng didn't say anything, and his hand beside him trembled slightly.
"My child, I have watched you grow up, and I will not lie to you. Wait for Wanwan to come back and have a good talk with her, or hurry up and ask her to have a baby. A woman will not have random thoughts after having a baby. Do you hear what I say?"
Seeing that he didn't speak, Aunt Li became anxious, "Why don't you speak, kid? Are you mute?"
"I know everything," Pei Changfeng said softly, "Thank you, auntie."
Su Wanwan returned when it was almost dark. She missed the village ox cart, so she took an ox cart from the next village, which took another half an hour. As soon as she entered the house, she gulped down half a bucket of water, and then she felt alive again.
Pei Changfeng came out from the kitchen and said, "Come and eat."
"Husband, I'm almost dead tired," Su Wanwan wiped her sweat and acted coquettishly towards him, "You said the ox carts in this village are really weird, they don't leave early or late, they left as soon as I arrived. Hey, why are you eating so late? Are you waiting for me?"
She chirped like a little sparrow, and Xiaoxiao also came over and circled around the basket.
"This is the bone I bought for Xiaoxiao. I spent a copper coin on it," Su Wanwan threw the bone to the ground, "Go play, Pei Xiaoxiao."
Su Wanwan took Pei Changfeng's hand and said, "Husband, guess what I bought for you?"
Pei Changfeng's face was hidden in the sunset, making it difficult to see his expression. "What did you buy?"
Su Wanwan was in a particularly good mood today because she was not thrown away. She took out the stack of papers like a treasure and wrinkled her nose, "It's so precious."
"Paper?" Pei Changfeng murmured, "Did you go buy paper for me? It's so expensive. If you bought paper..."
"I bought it for my husband. I don't mind how expensive it is," Su Wanwan took out the rice cakes from the backpack, "I bought something for myself too!"
Pei Changfeng's eyes fell on her face, "Okay, let's go eat first."
Su Wanwan responded, "Hey, I'll go put the meat in the well first so that we can eat fresh meat tomorrow."
After sweating so much today, Su Wanwan washed her hair and took a shower at night. When she finally returned to her room, she was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes.
Her hair was still half wet, but she didn't even want to lift her arms. She just lay on the table, hoping that her hair would be dry when she woke up.
Half asleep and half awake, she felt someone touching her hair. She opened her eyes and saw Pei Changfeng wiping her hair with a towel.
"Husband..." Su Wanwan muttered, scratching the mosquito bite on her neck, "You are the best."
If it were usual, Pei Changfeng would not reply at all, but today was different. He felt confused, "Really? I am the best?"
"Yeah," Su Wanwan sobered up a little, and immediately acted cleverly, turning around and hugging Pei Changfeng's waist, "Yes, no one can compare to you, you are the best husband in the world."
Pei Changfeng paused and put down the towel, "Okay, go to bed."
If Pei Changfeng was a healthy man, Su Wanwan would definitely act coquettishly and ask him to carry her back to the house, but... she looked at Pei Changfeng's legs with a little regret, went to the bed, and rolled to the inside of the bed holding the quilt.
Of course Pei Changfeng did not ignore her gaze. As expected, she still cared.
He put down his crutches and tried to walk independently without any support, but it didn't work. Every forceful step made his leg hurt like needles. His bones were broken, and his meridians and rotten flesh grew together. This leg would never heal.
Su Wanwan was very sleepy just now, but now she was no longer sleepy when she really wanted to sleep. She hugged the quilt and muttered, "Husband, when do you think we can live in a big house? I want to live in a house with blue bricks and big tiles, so that the cold wind won't leak in in the winter, and the rain won't leak in in the summer, and there won't be people breaking in to cause trouble at any time. But it's really difficult to build such a house. My father is so old, and he has only built one for our family."
Her whispers rang in my ears, so soft that it sounded like she was talking in her sleep.
As they were talking, Su Wanwan realized that Pei Changfeng had turned around at some point, and the two of them were facing each other. Su Wanwan could even see how many eyelashes he had.
"Husband, your eyelashes are so long," Su Wanwan couldn't help but reach out and touch them, "Why do you have such long eyelashes when you're a grown man? They're even longer than mine."
Pei Changfeng didn't say anything, just listened to Su Wanwan quietly. After a while, he said, "Go to sleep."
He closed his eyes, and Su Wanwan took the opportunity to snuggle into his arms and fell asleep happily.
When she woke up early the next morning, Su Wanwan was surprised to find that she was still in Pei Changfeng's arms and had not been thrown out. She was a little confused and couldn't help looking at Pei Changfeng, who seemed to have just woken up and was still in a daze. Could it be that this man had changed his nature?
She thought for a moment, quickly slapped Pei Changfeng on the face, then got out of bed and ran away.
As soon as she left, Pei Changfeng opened his eyes. He covered the place where he had been kissed, his eyes full of smiles.
Pei Changfeng sat up, and the sunlight coming in from the window just happened to fall on the paper that Su Wanwan bought for him yesterday.
Because she bought meat yesterday, Su Wanwan planned to make three dishes for lunch today, a chicken soup, a fried meat, and a steamed egg.
She always adheres to a principle in life: she can be poor, but she must not be poor in food, and she must not lose her body.
Even Pei Changfeng has gained a lot of weight in this month and looks much healthier.
Su Wanwan went to catch a chicken, handed it to Pei Changfeng to deal with, and then went to the vegetable garden at the back to pick onions.
Pei Changfeng was doing things absent-mindedly. After throwing the processed chicken into the hot water, he washed his hands and returned to the house.
He took out the words written by Su Chaochao and couldn't help writing in the gaps. After writing, he erased them, repeating this process over and over again.
After lunch, Su Wanwan went out and Pei Changfeng stayed at home.
Seeing Su Wanwan leave, Aunt Li, who had been paying attention to this side, hurried over.
"Changfeng, have you told Wanwan about what I told you yesterday?"
Pei Changfeng shook his head, "Aunt, I believe Wanwan."
"Don't talk about this anymore. What you need to do is to give yourself some protection. Everyone knows that Su Wanwan has been married three times. I won't tell you more. In short, if she can be married three times, she can be married four times! Sooner or later, you will suffer if you don't listen to me."
Aunt Li was anxious, "Why don't you understand? Su Wanwan looks like that, how many men would rush to marry her? If you don't take good care of her, if she really runs away with another man, I wonder what you will do."
"Husband," Su Wanwan's voice suddenly came, "What are you talking about?"
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