Chapter 14 Don't regret letting you follow me
A month passed and the wheat turned yellow in midsummer.
Other women in the village bought men, and even if there was no grand ceremony, they all started to live as de facto couples.
Only Gu Xixi and Mu Nanzhao neither consummated their marriage privately nor planned to hold a public wedding.
Mu Nanzhao still disappears every other day.
At first, Aunt Zhang kept nagging a few words, but seeing that Xixi seemed to be letting it go, Aunt Zhang gradually stopped urging her.
Only Xixi reminded Aunt Zhang not to tell anyone about Mu Nanzhao's affairs.
Aunt Zhang agreed with this and strictly enforced it.
Recently, the women in the village have been asking her nonsense questions.
The questions they asked were like "How old is Chen Fang this year?", "He can kill a cow, so he must be a good worker?", "He looks quite thin, does he have any tendon meat?"
Aunt Zhang always smiled and said: Um, oh, I don’t know, switching randomly among the three answers.
Don't think she doesn't know what these people are up to!
It’s also because Xiao Chen’s face is too attractive. If people knew that he hangs out outside all day, I don’t know how he would attract so many people!
Even if you bought it for a penny, you cannot give it away at a discount to others.
Aunt Zhang felt that the burden on her shoulders was very heavy.
Xixi is busy every day and never pays attention to these things, so she has to help Xixi keep an eye on them.
Whether Chen Fang leaves or stays in the end is not the most important thing.
She must not let her daughter Xixi get cuckolded for nothing and become the laughing stock of the whole village.
At the same time, Gu Xixi was not at ease either.
Although she didn't listen or ask what Mu Nanzhao did in private.
But as someone who has read the original book, she knew without guessing that Mu Nanzhao was definitely paving the way for his "big event".
And the person "Chen Fang" is inseparable from Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi had no choice but to try her best to keep Chen Fang's identity a secret.
Once someone infers that Chen Fang is Mu Nanzhao based on the information fragments, Mu Nanzhao's enemies will follow the clues and find Huachidu Village...
Gu Xixi has been having nightmares recently, and they are all about scenes of herself accompanying Mu Nanzhao and his entire family being executed.
Therefore, the master and servant, each with their own concerns, managed to subtly maintain this peace.
The village has been harvesting wheat these past two days, and every household is busy.
Only Gu Xixi's family became relatively free.
The corn germination rate was in line with her expectations, and the yams planted on the ridges also sprouted long young branches.
The eight hired workers worked diligently and conscientiously, and they had just weeded the field the day before yesterday.
As Gu Xixi said, they sprinkled the pest control solution she had prepared and added organic fertilizer.
Since there was nothing to do for the time being, Gu Xixi gave the workers three days off to harvest wheat and let them go home.
Aunt Zhang then had some free time, so she got up early and cooked a pot of mung bean soup. According to Gu Xixi's taste, she put a little rock sugar in it, hung it in the well to cool it down, and drank it as water during the day.
When she passed by the west room, she looked through the open door and saw that it was almost noon and there was still no one there. It was getting more and more outrageous!
Gu Xixi had just gotten up when she heard Aunt Zhang's complaint.
She smiled and said, "Don't worry about him. He's old enough. He won't get lost."
Aunt Zhang was used to Xixi's attitude and asked, "You didn't have breakfast, what do you want for lunch?"
Xixi thought for a moment and said, "Cold noodles, please."
"Hey! This is what we should eat when the weather is hot." Aunt Zhang agreed happily and turned around to go out to prepare it.
Ever since they collected the rent from Gu Laosan, their food rations have become much more sufficient.
As a result, Aunt Zhang no longer has to worry about not having the next meal after the previous one, and her enthusiasm for cooking has greatly increased.
Xixi looked at Aunt Zhang's back and the smile disappeared.
Mu Nanzhao acts cautiously and has often stayed out overnight recently, but he usually comes back before dawn.
I hope we won't really run into any trouble.
The chewy hand-rolled noodles are rinsed and cooled, then served with tender shredded gourd and water celery, poured with red vinegar made from spices such as pepper and cinnamon, sprinkled with a little salt as a base, and wild garlic for spicy flavor.
Mix them together well, lift them up with chopsticks and take a big sip. It is refreshing and appetizing, and can instantly relieve the heat.
After cleaning up the dishes after dinner, Gu Xixi went into the mountains carrying her usual sack.
The nameless mountain behind Huachidu Village is truly a treasure.
The villagers get various mountain products according to the season.
However, Gu Xixi discovered many plants that she had never seen before.
She enjoys it and digs up research materials whenever she has free time.
There is a well-trodden main path leading up the mountain. To avoid getting lost in the dense forest, people usually take the main path to the halfway point of the mountain and then pick fruits in the familiar area nearby.
Gu Xixi looked back and suddenly turned halfway.
She waded through a patch of weeds and twisted and turned among the woods.
This forest is sparsely populated, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves deposited over the years. A slight rustling sound can be heard when living things pass by.
So Gu Xixi could not only hear her own footsteps.
There was another person behind her.
Gu Tiezhu hid behind a tree and saw Gu Xixi stop to pick a bunch of grass without looking back.
He grinned and continued to follow on tiptoe.
I was worried that I couldn't find a good opportunity to stop this girl, so today I'll let him see her going into the mountains alone.
Gu Xixi seemed to be completely unaware and walked further and further away.
Gu Tiezhu felt uneasy as he saw the light around him getting dim and even the sound of birds chirping became less frequent.
But he looked at Gu Xixi's swaying waist in the distance.
Suddenly I had some dirty thoughts.
Gu Tiezhu's original plan was just to meet with his cousin secretly, scare her, and use the opportunity to destroy her reputation as a handle to demand her land from then on.
But now...
He looked around.
There isn't even a ghost in this place. No one will come even if you shout at the top of your lungs.
If he really had an affair with his cousin, the woman would never dare to make a fuss about it for the sake of her face.
And he can still get what he wants!
Gu Tiezhu felt that his plan was thorough, rubbed his hands with a wicked smile, and quickened his pace to catch up.
I heard that Gu Xixi and that pretty boy haven’t consummated their marriage yet.
The virgin girl just happened to be a good match for her dear cousin!
Ahead, Gu Xixi was unaware of the danger.
She suddenly bent down, and her whole body was blocked by a big tree.
Gu Tiezhu was afraid that the meat in his mouth would fly away, so he ran over hurriedly, but found that there was no one behind the tree.
“Where are the people?!”
Just as he was feeling anxious and annoyed, he suddenly heard a rustling noise coming from behind the bushes on the right.
Gu Tiezhu turned around and saw a corner of goose yellow cotton cloth sticking out from the half-man-high grass.
He couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Isn’t this the dress that Gu Xixi is wearing today?
Gu Tiezhu struck an eagle-catching-chicken pose and walked over step by step.
"Good sister, your loving brother is here to love you!"
As he spoke, he opened his arms and threw himself into the bushes with all his strength!
"ah!!!!"
The scream seemed to be falling at a very fast speed, and at the end it even had an echo.
"Ahhhh!! It hurts so much! My leg!"
A goose yellow figure came out from the outside of the grass.
The woman's eyes were calm. She dusted off her clothes and turned away, as if she had not heard the shrill cry for help at all...
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