"Dad, are you really willing to do this?"

"You see, I came back this time just to tell you where I hid those good wines that I took from the restaurant before." He Changliu hurriedly picked up the shovel and walked into the yard.

"Didn't you give it to your grandfather?" He's father followed him suspiciously.

"Yes, but the ones given to my grandfather were buried in recent years. These were buried when I was a child. Isn't it said that the older the wine is, the better it tastes?"

He Changliu lifted up a bluestone brick, revealing several jars underneath. The more He's father looked, the darker his face became.

"Is this wine?"

"What else?" He Changliu picked up a jar and could smell a strong sour smell with a hint of wine before he opened it.

"Is it bad?" Seeing his father's bad face, He Changliu couldn't help feeling guilty. After all, he had hidden the good wine for more than ten years. If he couldn't drink it, his father would be very sad.

"This is shitty wine. As soon as I smelled it, I knew it was spoiled old vinegar." He's father glared at He Changliu fiercely and said to He's mother unhappily, "We have finally found the little thief who stole the vinegar in front of us."

At that time, the two of them had suspected this brat, but when they asked him where the vinegar had gone, he looked ignorant and not guilty at all. It turned out that from the very beginning, this brat had mistaken the jar for a wine jar.

"Vinegar?" He Changliu looked down at the jar in his hand, blushing with embarrassment. "Oh, whatever it is, Dad, keep it and drink it slowly. I'm afraid Xiaoxi is still waiting for me at the city gate. I'll leave first."

"What's the point of having a son? He won't be happy unless he piss me off to death." Father He snorted, while Mother He was in a good mood for a rare time. "After all, it's still a bit filial, right? See if this vinegar is still edible. If it is, I'll make you some vinegar shredded potatoes tonight."

……

The spring morning was cool and pleasant. Everyone in the Yan family was busy with their own things. The useless scholar He Changliu had nothing to do so he could only help take care of the children.

The little guy shouted that he wanted to pick wild vegetables, so He Changliu carried the kid out in a basket.

But the big and the small looked at each other in confusion, and neither of them could tell which of the green leaves was the wild vegetable.

Just as the two were arguing about whether a piece of fresh grass was edible or not, a woman's voice suddenly interrupted.

"Brother He, that's shepherd's purse."

When He Changliu looked up, he saw a woman walking towards him with her waist twisted. She didn't seem to be very old, but she looked like a woman from a seedy place.

"Brother He doesn't have many wild vegetables here. If you walk further ahead, you will find shepherd's purse and four-leaf vegetable. They are all very fresh in this season." As the woman spoke, she leaned towards He Changliu again. As soon as she finished speaking, she deliberately blew into the person's ear.

He Changliu was shocked and quickly stepped back with Xiaoyuer in his arms. He stared at the person in front of him with suspicion and asked Xiaoyuer quietly, "Have you ever heard from your grandparents that there are ghosts on your mountain?"

"Is there a ghost?" Xiao Yu'er, who had been scared by the ghost stories of the old men playing chess in the village and couldn't sleep for several nights, hugged He Changliu's neck and yelled at the woman in front of him: "Ghost girl, go away! My father has a big knife. If you dare to bully me and my uncle, he will chop you."

"Ah, where is the ghost?" The woman also exclaimed, and was about to pounce on He Changliu with a frightened look.

"The female ghost is coming, uncle, run quickly." Xiao Yuer hugged He Changliu's neck even tighter and urged him loudly.

"Okay." Seeing the woman rushing towards him, He Changliu took a step to the side, turned around and ran down the mountain, but his speed was not very fast. After all, he was holding a child in his arms, and he couldn't let Xiaoyuer fall.

"Brother He, please wait for me. I'm scared to be alone." The woman behind him was chasing him closely and kept shouting.

He Changliu's mouth curled up when he heard this, and he teased Xiaoyuer again: "Oh, the female ghost is still chasing us, Xiaoyuer, your uncle is so scared."

Xiao Yuer quickly patted He Changliu on the back and said, "Don't be afraid, uncle. Just run faster and you'll be fine once you find daddy."

"Why are you running?" Yan Sanmei, who also wanted to eat some wild vegetables but knew that she couldn't rely on He Changliu, had just come up the mountain to look for the two of them, and saw them jogging towards this side.

"Aunt, run quickly, there is a female ghost behind us." Xiao Yuer saw Yan Sanmei waving her hands repeatedly, and was afraid that his aunt would be eaten by the female ghost without knowing it.

"Female ghost?" Upon hearing this, Yan Sanmei looked behind them and saw Zhang Erni, who was dressed in white and had heavy makeup and red lips, looking at her panting. When her eyes met hers, she gave her a disdainful look.

"Brother He, why don't you wait for me? I..."

He Changliu shuddered when he heard her strangled voice and quickly hid behind Yan Sanmei: "Xiaoxi, what kind of monster is this? It's so horrible that it hurts my eyes. Let me look at you a few more times to purify myself."

Being slandered like this, Zhang Erni was furious, but she still gritted her teeth and pretended to be weak: "Oh, Brother He, I ran too fast just now, and I think I twisted my foot. Can you please take me home?"

The look she gave He Changliu was truly pitiful. As a woman, if Yan Sanmei didn't know what kind of person he was, she would have been very kind.

"Ah, alas, auntie, I am in my twenties, but I can't bear you calling me brother."

As he spoke, he looked frightened and asked Yan Sanmei: "Xiaoxi, which aunt is this who goes out in just her underwear and calls everyone brother? Is she mentally ill? We must inform her family to keep a close eye on her, otherwise people who don't know the truth will think she is too promiscuous, which will bring shame to his family, right?"

He Changliu had no intention of giving Zhang Erni any face. She dared to seduce him in broad daylight with a child in tow.

I really think he is a vegetarian who can swallow this loss in silence.

Zhang Erni's face turned red and blue, and she stamped her feet in anger. But she rolled her eyes and put on an aggrieved look, "How can you, a scholar, be like this... go back on your words? Just now on the mountain, you were the one who praised my good looks and said that I was much better than this girl in that aspect."

"What sweet dreams are you having in broad daylight?" He Changliu pouted and shook the little fish in his arms: "Luckily we have a witness, otherwise if we met a shameless person, I would have to kill my little brook to prove my innocence."

"I……"

Zhang Erni wanted to say something when she met Yan Sanmei's beautiful eyes. There was coldness and mockery in her eyes, as if one look could relegate her to the dust.

"Zhang Erni, if you feel that Anning Village is too small to keep a golden phoenix like you, I will definitely go out more for you and send you away early."

Zhang Erni was shocked. What did Yan Sanmei mean by that? Was she going to drive her out of the village?

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