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Chapter 138: Li Heng has a great reputation, Jiang Yue is on guard (Please subscribe!)

State-owned hotels of this era were generally located in the center of a small town, surrounded by prosperity.

Li Heng and his English teacher walked carelessly along the old street.

Passing by a stall selling cotton candy, he became mischievous and spent another dime to buy two. He then stuffed one into the teacher's mouth when she wasn't paying attention.

The English teacher glanced at him sideways, feeling angry and amused at the same time. Finally, her sexy red lips moved and she started biting the paper.

"Teacher, I'm going to Song Yu's house tomorrow. What gift should I buy?" Li Heng asked while looking around.

The English teacher sneered: "What kind of identity do you want to come to my house?"

The question stumped him.

Even though he was very eager, he could only visit her as a classmate or friend.

Seeing that he remained silent, the English teacher seemed to understand his thoughts at once, "Just buy a set of whatever you bought at my grandparents' house."

Li Heng said strangely: "How can it be the same? You are my teacher and she is Song Yu."

When the English teacher first heard this, she didn't notice anything, but when she thought about it carefully, the fire in her eyes immediately rose.

She sneered and said, "Since you like Song Yu so much, why did you provoke Chen Zijin and Xiao Han?"

Xiao Han?

Li Heng said blankly: "You know?"

The English teacher pushed him aside and walked forward, saying in a stern voice: "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. Don't think you have hidden it well. I want to see how you end up in the future."

Li Heng looked at her charming and stunning back and followed her depressedly.

After walking about 30 meters forward, the English teacher suddenly stopped in front of a musical instrument store.

The shop is not big and looks rather simple. It sells a variety of traditional musical instruments such as erhu, flute, ocarina, guzheng, pipa and flute.

Li Heng caught up with him and asked, "Teacher, can you play a musical instrument?"

The English teacher said: "Seeing these musical instruments reminded me of Shuheng. She is good at playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is especially good at playing the guzheng. When I was in college, I learned to play the flute from her."

Playing the flute? Li Heng glanced at her flaming red lips and found that she was surprisingly suitable for this kind of instrument. "How about buying one?"

After traveling across half of China, the English teacher had a strong desire to shop for the first time. He walked into a store and picked out a very vintage bamboo flute.

Li Heng was also busy and bought a flute. Since there were not many entertainment activities in those days, when he was a child, he found that many men in the village had a skill, the most common ones were erhu, suona and flute.

I thought it was fun when I was a kid, and it was very prestigious to play it at weddings or funerals. I started playing it with my father and neighbors in the first grade, and only stopped playing it in the third grade because I was fully focused on my studies. Now I haven't played it for several years.

Of course, his best skill was the piano. Because Song Yu was quiet and loved to listen to this, he even learned it for many years to please her.

Although Zhang Zhiyong looks frivolous, he is actually a good drummer. He has even attended several funerals as a drummer in a musical band on behalf of his grandfather.

At that time, other people's childhood wishes were to become scientists, workers, train drivers, astronauts, poets and other high-end professions.

Only Li Heng, Zhang Zhiyong and other friends have a very unique dream, which is to form a percussion band of their own and dominate funeral activities in the surrounding area.

After buying the musical instruments, Li Heng also bought some gifts for the Song family tomorrow.

He now understood that given his current status, the gift should not be too expensive, just a token of appreciation would be enough.

Otherwise, if Jiang Yue and Song Shi feel psychologically burdened, it would easily backfire.

After shopping, it was already completely dark, so the two decided not to go shopping anymore and went back to the hotel.

In the evening, Li Heng read for several hours.

The English teacher stayed by his side reading a book until Quxinyan and Li Ran came back making a fuss, then he went back to his room.

The next day.

The sky was still dark and the light was not very bright, making the surrounding objects dim.

Li Heng and his three companions got up early and started today's itinerary, touring Dongting Lake and going to Junshan Island in the center of the lake.

When talking about the boundless Dongting Lake, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the famous line from "Yueyang Tower Inscription": "Worry about the world before you worry about yourself, and be happy about the world after you are happy about yourself."

Fan Zhongyan is indeed a great writer in the literary world and an excellent writer. He uses a rhythm similar to the waves of Dongting Lake to make his descriptive writings powerful and surging.

However, for such a large Dongting Lake, can we only allow Fan Zhongyan to express his sorrow with loud voice, but not Lu Dongbin's immortal spirit?
Chinese culture is not originally a kind of musical note.

Lü Dongbin's green snake, alcohol, and laughter made Dongting Lake mysterious. At least, thinking of him, future generations will jump out of Fan Zhongyan to try to understand this strange lake. A tourist wrote a famous couplet, which is now engraved in the building:
What is so special about the first floor? Du Shaoling's five-character masterpiece, Fan Xiwen's two-character sentimental poem, Teng Zijing's revival of all wastes, and Lu Chunyang's drunkenness after three visits. Is it poetry? Confucianism? History? Immortality? I have never seen the ancients before, and they can make people cry.

After seeing the vast Dongting Lake, Li Heng and his four companions finally abandoned the boat and landed on the island.

The island is Junshan Island.

It is said that the steam rises from Yunmeng Lake and the waves shake Yueyang Tower. But the Dongting Lake in late August is not as hot as expected. Maybe it is because of good luck. The lake breeze is gentle and the scorching sun does not burn people.

Even a crude man like Zhang Zhiyong was conquered by the beauty of Dongting Lake today. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Uncle Heng, is Song Yu's hometown on Junshan Island?"

Li Heng said: "Of course not on Junshan Island, but Song Yu's grandparents are old tea farmers on Junshan Island. They have been running the business for some years. Now is the time when summer tea production is at its highest, so it is definitely a good idea to come here."

The English teacher looked at him and asked, "Have you been here before?"

Of course he had been here in his previous life, many times. The two of them had even reached the stage of discussing marriage. If Chen Zijin hadn't intervened, he would have been a real son-in-law of Dongting Lake.

The past events were still vivid in his mind. Looking at the familiar ancient trees and temples in the distance, Li Heng was very emotional. "No, I heard it from Song Yu. She said that every summer, her family of three would come to the island to cool off for a while and help her grandparents pick tea leaves."

The four people walked along the winding gravel road lined with green trees. At the end, they finally saw farmhouses and reached their destination.

The English teacher stood on a big rock, overlooking the entire valley and said, "This place is really beautiful. It's a good place to cultivate one's character. Which house is Song Yu's?"

Li Heng pointed to the independent farmhouse on the far left, about 150 meters away, and said, "That's it."

Li Ran suddenly said excitedly: "There are people in the yard. It seems that they just came back from fishing. There are so many fish. Let's go and take a look."

As a woman who has lived in the northwest for more than 20 years, Li Ran has been faced with either loess or sandstorms all day long. She has never seen such beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. She loves eating fish and has no resistance to fishing. She kept urging the three to move forward.

The English teacher thought for a moment and asked, "We didn't inform Song Yu in advance. Would it be too abrupt for so many of us to go there?"

Hearing this, Li Ran and Zhang Zhiyong, who had just run a few steps, stopped and turned to look at Li Heng.

Li Heng smiled and said to Zhang Zhiyong, "Lao Yong, stand on the stone and shout "Song Yu" over there."

Song Yu was a famous beauty. Zhang Zhiyong always felt a little restrained when facing her. He immediately became upset when he heard this and complained:
"Why me? It was you who was in such a hurry to see Song Yu, I won't lose face like that."

The English teacher shook her long hair and said with a smile: "Why else? Of course someone feels guilty."

Li Ran was confused. He looked at Li Heng, then at Quxinyan and Wang Runwen. After a long while, he finally said:
"Who is Song Yu? Is Li Heng even more fickle than me? Is he related to Song Yu?"

Hearing the fierce word "fickle", the English teacher couldn't help but laughed.

Zhang Zhiyong muttered, "You'll know when you see her later. She's a real beauty. In my 19 years of life, she's the most beautiful."

Li Ran didn't believe it: "Prettier than Xiao Han?"

Zhang Zhiyong was afraid of being beaten, so he took a few steps away from Li Heng, gesticulating and saying, "Xiao Han is pretty, but I think Song Yu is just okay."

Li Ran turned to the English teacher.

The English teacher thought carefully and said, "Both are beautiful, but if I were a man, I would probably choose Song Yu, because she embodies the classical charm of a Jiangnan woman."

Li Ran rolled up his sleeves and said, "Really? Then I'll have to take a good look at it later. Could it be more beautiful than the one I saw at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an?"

Li Heng thought to himself, what a bunch of idiots, they are both the two women I love the most, what's the difference between them? Under his coercion and inducement, Zhang Zhiyong finally stood on the big rock reluctantly.

He put his hands in front of his mouth in a trumpet shape and shouted, "Song Yu! Look here, look here!"

The sound of the stupid mind is very loud and sharp. If it is played in the middle of the night, it will definitely sound like the howling of ghosts.

Just then, upon hearing this sudden sound, a group of people in the yard turned around and looked over.

Including Song Yu and her sister-in-law who had just come out of the main house, they all looked up at the same time.

Aunt Song Jin asked, "Yubao, do you know that person?"

"Aunt, that's my high school classmate Zhang Zhiyong."

After saying Zhang Zhiyong's name, Song Yu's eyes fell on Li Heng. After a few seconds, she continued, "My English teacher is here too."

Song Jin asked based on how they were dressed: "The one in red?"

"Hmm." Song Yu hummed softly, then put the bamboo basket in her hand on the ground and walked towards Li Heng and the other three.

Song Jin said to an old woman in the room, "Mom, Yubao's classmates and teachers are here, hurry up and cook."

The old woman poked her head out and asked, "How many are here?"

Song Jin said: "Four."

"Then you have to use a big pot to cook the rice." The old woman went to the backyard and quickly washed the rice and cooked it.

Song Jinze walked to the center of the yard with two bamboo baskets and asked Jiang Yue who was eagerly waiting, "Sister-in-law, do you know them?"

Jiang Yue replied: "I am familiar with Teacher Wang Runwen."

Song Jin is good at reading people's expressions. "Why do I feel like you don't look very happy? Is your relationship not going well?"

After asking, Song Jin felt that he had asked in vain. If the relationship was not good, how could the other party come here?

Jiang Yue shook his head, then put the silver fish in his hand into the bamboo basket and walked towards Li Heng and the other three.

Seeing this, Song Jin didn't bother to help and followed behind.

150 meters is not far, but not close. Under the gaze of the four people, Song Yu, with her long black hair and elegant temperament, came from far away in a plain white dress. Li Ran stared at Song Yu without blinking, and spoke after a long while: "At fifteen, she is as graceful as a fairy. In the daytime, Chang'e is like a lotus in the dry land. Where can I teach the parrot to speak? Under the green gauze window and in front of the embroidered window.

Oh, she is indeed very beautiful, like a person in a painting. I agree with you, teacher. If I were a man, I would also choose her first. Let’s not talk about love. Seeing her every day can make me feel refreshed. ”

Seeing Song Yu approaching, the originally lively and thoughtful guy suddenly changed his attitude and stopped talking. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, he would have asked: Who is prettier, Song Yu or the girl at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an?
Song Yu walked up to the four people, looked at Li Heng silently for two seconds with a faint smile in her eyes, and then took the lead to greet the English teacher: "Teacher, you are here."

"Well, we came from the Three Gorges and passed by Dongting Lake. I thought of you being here, so I suggested that we come and see you."

Seeing Jiang Yue following behind, the English teacher not only explained for someone, but also took all the responsibility on himself.

Wang Runwen thought that Li Heng was so out of touch, and he was holding three outstanding girls back at the same time, so sooner or later something would happen. So he should help him if he could, but at least he shouldn't make a fool of himself under his nose.

Sure enough, upon hearing that Li Heng and his four companions came from the Three Gorges, Jiang Yue felt relieved a lot. She was afraid that Li Heng had come all the way here just for Yu Bao.

She couldn't tell what she felt towards Li Heng now.

Logically speaking, with Li Heng's status as a great writer and his overflowing talent, Jiang Yue would not object so quickly to him pursuing her daughter.

But when he thought about the unclear relationship between him and Chen Zijin, Jiang Yue felt inexplicably uncomfortable and tense, fearing that his precious daughter had been deceived.

After greeting Zhang Zhiyong and exchanging a few pleasantries with Li Ran after a careless introduction, Song Yu slowly looked at Li Heng and said softly, "Li Heng, I haven't seen you for a summer vacation. You look better."

Li Heng showed his cheeky spirit: "Do you think my bookish temperament has become more mature?"

Song Yu smiled beautifully and said nothing, but her hands were not idle as she helped carry the luggage in his hands.

Seeing this scene, Li Ran was certain that such a delicious person must have a close relationship with Li Heng?
Otherwise, since the teacher is here, why don’t you help the teacher carry things first?

Instead, why not help Li Heng carry things first?
Well, Li Heng had a lot of things in his hands, but as a man, he was not smart enough, and he also had a lot of things on his back and in his hands, and Song Yu didn't go over to help.

Li Ran has traveled all over the country for many years and has already developed a pair of sharp eyes. Song Yu's instinctive action reflects something in his heart.

Li Heng politely said to Jiang Yue who was walking up the path, "Auntie, I am sorry to bother you today."

It is not advisable to extend a hand to a smiling person, and the other party was quite polite. Even if Jiang Yue had all kinds of doubts in her heart, she was still very warm on the surface, "We are all acquaintances, so just come, why buy so many things."

Then she greeted the four people warmly: "Runwen, let's go. The sun is a bit strong here. You should go inside and rest for a while."

The Song family has a mountain behind them, so there is no sun in the yard. The four of them first drank a few wooden ladles of cool well water, and then talked to the Song family members one by one to get to know them.

In addition to the two elderly people, the Song family also has one son and two daughters. Song Shi is the second child and the only male in the family. Song Jin is the youngest daughter, who also came back to visit her relatives with her husband and 5-year-old son.

As for the eldest daughter of the Song family, she lives far away in Qinghai with her husband, an officer, and only comes back once every few years.

Song Jin's husband has a flat head and usually listens to his wife. But he is a smoker, he can smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, and he has to smoke good cigarettes, he won't touch bad ones. Of course, he is from Changshi, his family is well-off, so he can afford to be so generous.

Flat-headed Zhao Ping took out two cigarettes and gave them to Li Heng and Zhang Zhiyong: "Do you smoke?"

Seeing that everyone was watching, Zhang Zhiyong glanced at Li Heng and retracted his outstretched hand.

Li Heng knew Zhao Ping's personality and that he cared a lot about face. If he gave you a cigarette and you didn't take it, he would ignore you for a long time, unless you were extraordinary.

This temper is not strange, but it also feels strange.

Li Heng took the cigarette openly, lit it up, took a puff and said, "I've never smoked a cigarette before, let me try what it tastes like."

Zhang Zhiyong took the cigarette and started puffing away.

During the conversation, Song Jin noticed that his sister-in-law was paying close attention to Li Heng, so he quietly asked, "Where are you from? Why are you going to the Three Gorges at such a young age, and you still smoke?"

As for future generations, let alone going to the Three Gorges, even crossing the ocean to go abroad would not be a big deal.

But the roads are so unsafe these days. Haven’t you seen all the missing body notices in the newspapers?

The society is in chaos.

Before Jiang Yue could answer, the English teacher who was chatting with Song Shi had already explained the confusion to Song Jin. Song Shi asked, "Runwen, are you going to the Three Gorges for tourism?"

Wang Runwen smiled and replied, "It's considered a trip, but I was bored and mainly accompanied Li Heng to collect folk songs. He is currently writing a new novel."

The English teacher, who was unaware of the inside story, was helpless. It was useless for this bad guy Li Heng to learn something else but to imitate others and smoke. Wouldn't this ruin his image in front of the Song family? So the teacher had to help him out.

Zhao Ping was curious and looked Li Heng up and down. "Writing novels? Are you a writer?"

Li Heng nodded, "Just to make a living."

Zhao Ping is not stupid. How can he make a living by letting three people accompany him? One of them is such a hot and sexy teacher. He asked, "Oh, what novel are you writing?"

Listening to the tone, if they hadn't had a good relationship in their previous life, Li Heng would have just said something perfunctory: "Cultural journey."

Zhao Ping was confused. Writing about culture at such a young age? Are you sure it's not martial arts? Isn't this just a lie? But he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

At this time, Song Shi smiled and helped his brother-in-law to clear up the confusion: "Li Heng once wrote "To Live"."

Zhao Ping blurted out subconsciously: "Writer December?"

Song Shi nodded: "That's him."

Zhao Ping stared at Li Heng in a daze for a long time, until the cigarette holder burned his hand, then he came to his senses, and immediately stood in awe. He quickly took out another cigarette and handed it to him. This time, instead of handing it over with one hand, he offered it with both hands: "Did you really write "To Live"?"

Li Heng was speechless, took the cigarette and said, "It was a lucky move."

If Zhao Ping didn't know his brother-in-law's character and wouldn't attack him for no reason, he would have wanted to slap Li Heng to death after hearing this. Can a high-level literary work like "To Live" be successful by chance?
If he could get lucky, he would want to take that chance!
Not only Zhao Ping lost his composure, but everyone in the yard also lost their composure.

Including Song Brocade.

Even Mr. Song, who was lowering his head to cut a fish, raised his head.

Seeing that all the adults in the yard were looking at Li Heng, Song Jin's 5-year-old son asked Jiang Yue beside him: "Aunt, what is life for? Is this fish delicious?"

Jiang Yue smiled, picked up the child and said, "To Live, you can buy a lot of fish like this."

The 5-year-old child tilted his head towards Li Heng and said, "My dad gave you two cigarettes, so you should also treat me to two fishes."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed. This kid is very smart. He knows how to help his father get back the cost and not suffer any loss.

Li Heng said cheerfully, "Okay, I'll go catch two tonight."

Li Heng is a writer, so no one thinks anything of his smoking, especially since he smokes just for the sake of face and doesn't smoke often.

Song Jin walked into the backyard and said to his mother who was cooking, "Madam, we have distinguished guests today, please cook better."

Song's mother pointed at the dishes prepared on the chopping board: "There are fish and meat, take a look."

Song Jin came to the chopping board, looked at them one by one, and finally said, "It's not enough. Bring out some wild goods, such as dried mushrooms, wood frogs, and wild roe deer."

Song's mother poked her head out from behind the stove and asked, "How noble are you? You're even showing off the wild goods that your eldest sister brought back with great difficulty?"

Song Jin smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not showing off. This person today is not ordinary. Treat him well. Later."

Before she could finish her words, Jiang Yue came in from outside holding the child and said to Song's mother, "There are enough dishes on the chopping board, don't bother."

The elderly Song's mother was a little confused. She looked at her youngest daughter and then at her daughter-in-law, not knowing who to listen to: "You two still don't agree?"

Song Jin asked Jiang Yue: "Sister-in-law, Li Heng came here for Yu Bao, right?"

Jiang Yue was surprised, "Did you figure it out?"

Song Jin said, "I guessed. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves a beautiful lady. Yubao is so beautiful. I don't believe that Li Heng came for her.

And the fact that you, sister-in-law, were quite nervous when you saw Li Heng and kept paying attention to him all the time further confirmed this point."

Seeing that his sister-in-law remained silent, Song Jin added, "Li Heng has always been sitting next to Yu Bao, and the two of them would whisper to each other from time to time. This would have been impossible in the past. Their relationship is not simple."

Upon hearing this, Song's mother put down the iron tongs she was using to burn the fire, "Jiang Yue, what's going on? Did Yubao bring his girlfriend back?"

Jiang Yue knew that her sister-in-law who worked at the Public Security Bureau was the best at observation. When she realized that she couldn't hide it anymore, she simply said, "Li Heng should be pursuing Yu Bao."

"This is a good thing. Li Heng is a handsome man and a writer. It's not a big deal. Sister-in-law, why do you still look reluctant?" Song Jin asked doubtfully.

Jiang Yue sighed: "I'm not openly opposed, but I don't know Li Heng's background. I don't know what he is thinking."

Song Jin asked: "Why do you say that? Could it be that Li Heng comes from a large family with complicated family relationships?"

Jiang Yue shook his head: "No, he comes from a rural area under Shao City, so his family background should be clean."

Song Jin was puzzled: "What about you, sister-in-law?"

Looking at her sister-in-law and mother-in-law, Jiang Yue hesitated for several seconds before finally saying tactfully, "Some things are still unresolved, so I can't make an accurate judgment.

Let's focus on these for dinner. Don't be too pretentious or too heavy. Just follow the standard of entertaining guests normally."

The last time Chen Zijin talked to his daughter on the phone, he asked his daughter to act as a messenger. This has always been a thorn in Jiang Yue's heart.

If Li Heng and Chen Zijin broke up and then pursued her daughter again, she would not have such a big objection.

The only thing she was afraid of was that Li Heng was still hanging on to Chen Zijin, while she was pursuing her daughter relentlessly, which would make Jiang Yue very disgusted.

When the college entrance examination results were released, she personally accompanied her daughter to No. 1 Middle School. During the trip, she heard Sun Manning's daughter say that the English teacher and Li Heng had gone to Beijing.

What are you going to Beijing for?
The Chen family and Chen Zijin appeared in Jiang Yue's mind.

Originally, these had nothing to do with her, and she didn't particularly care about them, but when Li Heng showed up today, the strings in her body inexplicably tightened.

Tighter than ever before!
Unfortunately, she had no concrete evidence and couldn't explain it clearly, but it was just a woman's intuition.

Seeing his sister-in-law so persistent, Song Jin was a little surprised, but he didn't know what to say.

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