The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Tian Wenyan, who had returned to the village to rest for a day, found it strange that Liu Xiaoqing hadn't bothered him.

Logically speaking, as long as he knew I had returned to the village, that young man would definitely come looking for me.

I came back yesterday, but no one came looking for me, which is very strange.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoqing was being closely watched by his father to do chores at home, so how could he possibly go to find Tian Wenyan?

Zhang Ke knew that Tian Wenyan would be returning to the village in the next couple of days, and he was afraid that his little brother would secretly go to see him behind his back, so he kept an eye on him at home.

Liu Xiaoqing was picking green beans with Zhang Ke when he suddenly asked, "Dad, didn't you say the weeds in the vegetable garden have grown quite tall? Why don't you go and weed them out?"

How could Zhang Ke not know what the little boy who came out of her belly was up to? Wasn't he just trying to take advantage of her going out to find Tian Wenyan?

Zhang Ke said in a cold tone, "No rush, we can go hoe it in a couple of days."

Seeing that this method wouldn't work, Liu Xiaoqing started making excuses again: "Daddy, I see that Xiao Gu's clothes are all dirty. I'll take them to the river to wash them for him! The sun is shining now, so they'll be dry by tomorrow."

Zhang Ke: "Qing-ge'er, you should give up the idea of ​​meeting Tian Wenyan! I won't let you see him today. I'll pretend I don't know about your private affair. I already went to matchmaker Li the day before yesterday and asked her to look around for you. If your father and I find someone suitable, we'll agree."

Upon hearing her father's words, Liu Xiaoqing's eyes reddened with anger: "Father, didn't you tell me to keep a close eye on Wenyan Brother? Why have you changed your mind now?"

Zhang Ke also felt sorry for her son and comforted him, saying, "That Tian Wenyan is not the right man for you. You can't beat him. Tell me, you've done so much for Tian Wenyan in secret, but has he done anything for you in return?"

She knew perfectly well that her young master secretly made clothes and shoes for that Tian Wenyan, but she had never seen Tian Wenyan give her young master anything in return.

The most generous person in the village has to be Li Zhe, who even helped Yin Baicai build a house and buy land.

He himself hadn't said that Tian Wenyan could do that much, but he really hadn't seen him do anything for his son.

Besides, there's that old hag Chen Jufen around. She was always good at pretending when she was young. If my son really marries her, she'll have him completely under her thumb.

Take last time for example, she was the one who blocked the water inlet first, causing many of her own seedlings to dry out and die.

In the villagers' mouths, it became that he had bullied her and her widow, blocked her family's fields, and said he was going to cut off her family's livelihood.

That's the money for her son's schooling; how difficult it must have been for her, a widow.

Anyway, these past two days, the women in the village have all believed that slut's words and are always talking badly about me behind my back.

Isn't this exactly the kind of trick that old hag likes to use? Before she got married, didn't she also pretend to be a victim?

Liu Xiaoqing was now completely blinded by Tian Wenyan's sweet talk and could no longer listen to his father's words.

He retorted, "Father, I don't care whether Brother Wenyan gave me anything or not, I..."

Hearing Liu Xiaoqing say this, Zhang Ke felt even more upset. It was all his fault for letting him contact Tian Wenyan.

How great is this!

It seems we need to get the head of the household back as soon as possible so we can discuss arranging a marriage for Qing-ge'er together.

I will never marry my son into the Tian family and let Chen Jufen torment him.

Tian Wenyan waited at home all day but Liu Xiaoqing didn't come looking for him. However, he was proud and wouldn't go looking for her.

He thought to himself: Liu Xiaoqing probably has farm work to do, otherwise she would have been clinging to him ever since he came back.

Tian Wenyan carefully put away the money he had just received from his mother, then took out the storybook he had brought back and began to read it carefully.

As he watched, he drew himself into the story by comparing himself to the unknown young lady he had met once before.

A light rain began to fall outside the window at night, and Yin Baicai was awakened by the cool breeze blowing in.

She put on the shoes by the bed in the dark, then got up and went to close the wide-open window.

He muttered to himself, "The weather in Yan is really strange. It was sunny during the day, and then suddenly it started raining heavily for no reason. But at least this rain isn't like the last one."

After closing the window, Yin Baicai quickly snuggled into her doghouse, pulled the blanket from the bedside table over herself, and went back to sleep.

The crowing of roosters, accompanied by the sound of rain, woke people from their sleep.

Yin Baicai yawned and pushed open the door. Looking at the rain that had been falling since last night and still hadn't stopped, she thought that the house repairs wouldn't be completed today.

I don't have to cook, so I can go back to sleep. Anyway, there's nothing I can do in the rain.

Li Zhe also woke up early in the morning. Looking at the rain outside, he thought that Yin Baicai probably wouldn't be coming over today.

With the heavy rain, Ge Tian and the others were unable to repair the house.

Li Zhe first went to the kitchen to start a fire, scooped out the rice, washed it clean, and started cooking the porridge.

When Li Mo woke up, he started looking around for Yin Baicai. After not finding her for a while, he started asking Li Zhe, "Uncle, where's Mom?"

This was the third time Li Mo had asked about Yin Baicai's whereabouts, so Li Zhe patiently replied, "It's raining, he didn't come."

Li Mo said unhappily, "Mo Mo doesn't like rain. When it rains, I can't see my mother."

Li Zhe silently agreed, "I don't like it either."

After a good night's sleep, Yin Baicai felt hungry. She opened her eyes and saw that it was still raining outside.

"Ugh, I thought it would stop in a little while, but it's not going to last all day!"

After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Yin Baicai climbed back into his bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and listened to the sound of rain outside.

He thought to himself: This ancient time is so boring, there's nothing to do even when it rains.

Before long, he was back in bed, fast asleep.

Tian Wenyan looked at the incessant rain and felt extremely annoyed. How was he going to make it back to town in this rain?

That old scoundrel Liu is probably making fun of me to the people at the school again.

Master Liu despised students like Tian Wenyan who lacked a solid foundation in their studies but were arrogant and self-important.

Tian Wenyan was the least diligent of his students.

Tian Wenyan felt annoyed at the thought of being lectured by Master Liu again when he returned to town.

Chen Jufen thought that her son was upset because he couldn't go back to study, so she comforted him: "Yan'er, it's not too late to go back tomorrow after the rain stops. You should go back to your room and review your books now!"

Tian Wenyan frowned and walked back to his room, where he continued reading the storybook he hadn't finished the day before.

He was watching and daydreaming, his face full of smiles.

Watching Tian Wenyan intently studying through the window, Chen Jufen felt extremely proud. "My son is so diligent; he will definitely pass the exam next year."

At that time, who in this village wouldn't look up to me, Chen Jufen!

And I must keep a close eye on Yan'er, so he doesn't get seduced by Zhang Ke's scoundrel.

My son is going to marry the daughter of a wealthy family in town. Liu Xiaoqing, that country bumpkin, is not good enough for him.