When he arrived at the village entrance and saw the people confronting each other, his goatee drooped. Zhang Xiaochun first spotted the village chief, sobbed and ran towards him.
"village head--"
Zhang Xiaochun just cried and said nothing in front of him. The village chief asked twice but got no response, so he lost his patience.
"What are you doing so late at night?" the village chief asked everyone.
"Village chief, Zhang Tiansheng had bad intentions towards me and was beaten by my cousin. Aunt Wang threatened to drive my cousin away." Xu Xingchen said seriously.
The village chief's goatee rose again, this time out of anger.
"I begged Jun Haoyue to teach the children in the village in the spring. Who dares to chase him away? And what about that bastard Zhang Tiansheng? He's over 30 years old and he doesn't do his job! He deserves it!"
He was still not satisfied and cursed Zhang Tiansheng several times.
Aunt Wang had already taken Zhang Tiansheng and fled underground before the village chief appeared. The village chief cursed the air for a long time, then pointed at the sobbing Zhang Xiaochun and asked, "What about this? What's wrong with this?"
Xu Xingchen glanced at Zhang Xiaochun and replied without emotion, "She said she saw me and my cousin hugging each other on the way back to the village today."
The village chief laughed angrily upon hearing this, poking Zhang Xiaochun's forehead with his dry finger and scolding, "Jun Haoyue was with me in town today on business. When did he ever cuddle with Xu's mother?"
When Zhang Xiaochun heard this, he covered his face and ran away. Xu Xingchen only said that Jun Haoyue was away on business, but did not say that he was doing business with the village chief!
When she passed by Zhou Xiaoniang, she gave her a hateful look. Zhou Xiaoniang, right? She took note of it!
The villagers sighed. The appearance of the village chief resolved all the intrigues. They also completely understood that Xu Xingchen and his sister were truly innocent.
The village chief comforted Xu Xingchen and his sister, then scolded everyone to go home and be with their wives and children. The villagers dispersed in shame.
Xu Xingchen exhaled, looked up at the dark night sky, and wondered what he was thinking.
Jun Haoyue was a head taller than her. He lowered his head and looked at her backwards. He opened his thin lips and uttered two words: "Go back?"
His reflection was reflected in Xu Xingchen's eyes, and the reflection shook.
She looked away, "Yeah."
Back in the yard, the house seemed strangely desolate because no one had been there all day. Jun Haoyue skillfully and swiftly lit a fire, and Xu Xingchen went into the house to light a candle.
"Ah--" A scream came from the inner room. Jun Haoyue immediately dropped the firewood in his hand and ran into the inner room.
Xu Xingchen hugged Mundun'er and rubbed his little face hard. Mundun'er's face was distorted by the rubbing. Seeing Jun Haoyue, he opened his hands and shouted, "Mundun'er is uncomfortable, I want daddy."
The fear in Jun Haoyue's eyes faded away. He took a deep breath, raised the corners of his mouth and was about to reach out to take it.
Xu Xingchen held Mundun'er in front of him with a serious face, "Son, Jun Haoyue is your uncle, not your father, do you understand?"
Munduner kicked his short legs and hummed in dissatisfaction, "I want daddy, daddy."
Xu Xingchen was about to correct his address, but Jun Haoyue took Mundun'er away. He stretched out his long fingers to tease the little guy in his arms, really like a father teasing his child.
"Mundun'er is so cute, you can call me whatever you want, I don't mind."
I mind! Xu Xingchen shouted silently.
Munduner stretched out his short little hands to tease his long fingers, laughing heartily.
Xu Xingchen covered his chest and wanted to vomit blood. He raised his son in vain. In the end, he became someone else's child.
......
Before dawn the next day, Zhou Xiaoniang cried for help in the alleys of the village, from the west entrance of the village to Xu Xingchen's house in the east.
Xu Xingchen heard the cries and put on her cotton coat and went out. Zhou Xiaoniang saw her as if she had seen her savior. She stepped forward and grabbed her hands and cried, "Sister Xu, my Shuanzi fell down and can't get up. I, I can't move him. He's just lying there in the snow, sob."
Xu Xingchen only heard Shuanzi fall down and couldn't get up. Human life was at stake, so she didn't have time to listen to Zhou Xiaoniang crying. "Don't worry, wait for me to change my clothes."
After saying that, he turned and went into the house. When he came out again, Jun Haoyue was beside him. Xu Xingchen pulled Zhou Xiaoniang over and said anxiously, "Where is your Shuanzi? Take us there quickly."
Zhou Xiaoniang wiped her tears and led them there.
When Shuanzi was found, he was covered with a layer of snow, which showed how long he had been left there.
Zhou Xiaoniang screamed and slapped Shuanzi's face. Shuanzi was awakened, and his lips, which were frozen purple, shivered for a long time. Xu Xingchen hurriedly pulled Zhou Xiaoniang away, "Hurry, hurry, save people first!" She asked Jun Haoyue to carry the man on his shoulders, and several of them hurried to Zhou Xiaoniang's house.
As soon as he entered the house, Xu Xingchen asked Zhou Xiaoniang to get some hot water, asked Jun Haoyue to wrap the person in a quilt, and placed a brazier next to the kang to warm him.
But Shuanzi still kept his eyes closed, and his teeth chattered from the cold. Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoniang fell on him and cried bitterly, and Xu Xingchen's forehead twitched because of her crying.
She was holding the nutrient solution she had taken out of the bamboo house laboratory. She said softly to Zhou Xiaoniang, "Zhou Xiaoniang, please look after Shuanzi. Where is the kitchen? I'll go get a basin of hot water. Jun Haoyue, please bandage Shuanzi's leg."
Zhou Xiaoniang's mind was now filled with Shuanzi, and without thinking, she pointed Xu Xingchen in the direction of the kitchen. After giving the instructions, Xu Xingchen picked up the basin and went to the kitchen.
She found a bowl in the kitchen, diluted the nutrient solution and water in a ratio of ten to one, then boiled a pot of hot water and brought it out.
Back in the inner room, Shuanzi's condition had improved slightly. He had woken up and was wrapped in a thick quilt. Zhou Xiaoniang helped him lean against the head of the kang, while Jun Haoyue found a wet towel to wipe his hands.
Xu Xingchen put down the basin and handed the diluted version of the nutrient solution to Zhou Xiaoniang, "Drink some hot water to warm yourself up." Zhou Xiaoniang took it with red and swollen eyes and whispered thank you.
After drinking a bowl of water, Shuanzi's complexion improved visibly. Jun Haoyue stared at the bowl for a while and then turned his head.
Seeing that the person was getting better, Xu Xingchen was not a gossipy person, but Shuanzi had some blood relationship with her husband whose life and death were unknown, so it would be impolite for her not to ask.
"Mrs. Zhou, what happened?"
When Zhou Xiaoniang mentioned this, the floodgates opened again and she cried out, "My pig ran away in the middle of the night. Shuanzi went out to chase the pig, but it was dark and the road was slippery, so he fell. I waited for him at home for a long time but he didn't come back. I went out to check, sob... "
Xu Xingchen filtered out her unnecessary nonsense and, focusing on the first sentence, asked, "How can you be so sure it was let loose? What if the pig escaped on its own?"
"He was let go. I saw him."
"Who let her run away?" Xu Xingchen frowned. Zhou Xiaoniang had never had any quarrel with anyone in the village, so how could someone deliberately mess with her family?
"...It's the girl from the Zhang family."
Xu Xingchen immediately looked like he had a toothache. Zhang Xiaochun?
After the "betrayal incident", Xu Xingchen no longer had any good feelings towards Zhang Xiaochun and just wanted to stay away from this person.
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