Don't you say I'm a substitute

40.

Zheng Zaochun was very depressed, and Lu Haoze had been haunting him recently.I heard that he is still staying at the village chief's house, and it seems that he wants to stay here for a long time.What made him uncomfortable was not that he planned to stay in Zhangwan Township, but that he found that he had no way to drive him away.They donated things to the elementary school yesterday, and today they are going to help the old man who lives alone carry a bag of rice, and tomorrow he is planning to go to the fields with the villagers to dig irrigation canals.When Lu Haoze came for the first time, he left without meeting a few villagers, but this time he finally got acquainted in front of the villagers.He seemed to have inexhaustible energy all over his body. After helping this family and that family, everyone was very curious about this big man who didn't have any boss airs.In this way, Zheng Zaochun's words have no ground to say, yes, he came to Zhangwan Township and didn't recruit you, he didn't provoke you, and he just learned from Lei Feng to do good things, how dare you say to drive him away?

Zheng Zaochun vaguely felt that Lu Haoze had changed, but he couldn't tell exactly what changed.This time when Lu Haoze came to Zhangwan Township, he didn't rush to him and continue to talk about love and love. After so many days, except for meeting at the school gate to say hello that day, the two of them hardly had a serious conversation.Even if they met in the village, Lu Haoze nodded his head from a long distance away and went to busy with his affairs.But after all, seeing him go crazy in the hospital, Zheng Zaochun didn't think that Lu Haoze would give up after listening to him, and making such a gesture of not disturbing would only make him feel that he was planning something again.To be honest, he was really afraid that Lu Haoze would yell about the past of the two in front of the villagers. He finally settled down in Zhangwan Township, and he didn't want to have to choose to leave again because of Lu Haoze.

After a week of trembling, when Zheng Zaochun slowly accepted that Lu Haoze's visit to Zhangwan Township was really to help the poor, what he was most worried about happened.

The cause of the incident was that someone in the village held a wedding and invited many guests to set up water mats in their yard.Zheng Zaochun and Lu Haoze both received invitations to a wedding banquet, and they were even arranged at the same table.According to the customs of the village, the bride in the same village was taken from her mother's house to the groom's house according to the time, and there was no major problem after a set of rituals, the bad thing was the toasting of the new couple.

The proud bridegroom walked up to Zheng Zaochun with a glass of wine, and patted him on the back encouragingly, "Brother Zaochun, drink my wedding wine today, and I'll be waiting to drink your wedding wine with sister Caixia!"

"No, no..." Zheng Zaochun touched the groom's officer with a wine glass. "Brother Lin, please don't say that, Caixia is a good girl, I am not worthy or not..."

"There is nothing worthy or not. The big guys think you two are a good match, so you are worthy! Isn't it, everyone?"

"Yes!"

The bridegroom officer's voice was not low. Many people had noticed the conversation here just now, and now they were even booing.

"Brother Lin, please forgive me, today is your big day, why are you always talking about me..." Zheng Zaochun's forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't know how to resolve the current situation.

"No way! Look at what you said! Today you brother Lin has solved a life-long event, so why don't you help my younger brother Zaochun to make trouble? Otherwise, the people sitting here are all villagers, and you know them all. Let me see, let my daughter-in-law call Caixia over, and the two of you make up your mind, and choose a date to settle the matter today, and everyone will be your witness... Do you agree?!"

"it is good!"

Zheng Zaochun got angry when he heard this, and he was in high spirits on happy occasions. Brother Lin was obviously drunk today, and he would never talk about it in normal times.

Soon, Caixia came to this table surrounded by today's bride and sisters-in-law who sent her off.Seeing Zheng Zaochun, Caixia only exchanged glances with him for a brief moment, then she blushed and lowered her head, as if she had something worth studying, she focused on fiddling with the buttons on her chest.As soon as she was in the back room, she heard about what happened outside, and when she learned that maybe today she could settle the marriage with Zheng Zaochun, she was so excited that she held her mother's hand for a long time without saying a word.When the groom sent someone to call her, she was still in front of the mirror, licking the broken hair at the temples, reapplying the lipstick, and checking it up and down before following the bride out of the room.

In this situation and in this situation, Zheng Zaochun really realized what riding a tiger is hard to get off. He was anxious to think of a countermeasure, but before he could speak, he heard a beer bottle fall to the ground and explode.

"Sorry, my hands slipped." Lu Haoze blankly glanced at the frothy beer at his feet, and slowly stood up from his seat.

"Xiao Lin, your younger brother Zaochun cannot marry your younger sister Caixia."

Although these words were addressed to the bridegroom officer, Lu Haoze stared at Zheng Zaochun who was beside the groom officer from the beginning to the end.

"Huh? Brother Lu, what are you talking about?" Drunken, the groom's feet were already a little floating, half of his body had to lean on Zheng Zaochun to stand still.

"I said, Zheng Zaochun cannot marry Zhang Caixia." Lu Haoze repeated it again, and now all the guests here heard it.Suddenly, like a ladle of cold water being poured on hot oil, the villagers exploded because of Lu Haoze's words.

I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore, if it continues like this, will Zheng Zaochun really agree to everyone and agree to marry Caixia?Lu Haoze felt that his chest was constricted and he couldn't breathe.During this period of time, he has been struggling with depression, and he finally recovered his legs and came to Zhangwan Township again. Before he came, he made up his mind that he would not disturb Zheng Zaochun's life anymore.Since he said he likes it here, he will stay here with him.As long as he stays in a place with Zheng Zaochun, and he can catch a glimpse of him from time to time, he will be satisfied.It's a pity that God couldn't even grant him such a wish. As soon as Lu Haoze stepped into Zhangwan Township, he heard a rumor about Zheng Zaochun and a girl from the same village.God knows how much he wanted to rush over to catch Zheng Zaochun when he saw Zheng Zaochun at school, but at the last moment of rushing out, he stopped his feet, thinking silently in his heart not to get angry at him and not to scare him anymore, While pretending to be relaxed, he greeted him calmly.Lu Haoze had no choice but to comfort himself secretly, since it was a rumor and the family surnamed Zhang hadn't come out to confirm it, maybe something special happened in two days, and everyone might forget about it.He decided to wait and see what happened, but after waiting and waiting, Zheng Zaochun wanted to make a public settlement with that girl!At this moment, the last string of reason in Lu Haoze's mind broke.

"Why, why?" the groom asked with a belch.There was silence all around, everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks one after another, and listened to Lu Haoze's next words.

"Because, because... Zheng Zaochun already has three children in his hometown!" Lu Haoze fixed his eyes on Zheng Zaochun, like a cheetah locking its prey, and when Zheng Zaochun heard his words, chills crawled all the way from the bottom of his feet Come up and wrap the whole body.

Oh, it turned out that he was waiting here.That's right, this is the Lu Haoze he knew, and he threw a heavy bomb in front of everyone calmly, was it just to let him understand that Zheng Zaochun has nowhere to go when Lu Haoze is there? escape?

"Xiao Zheng, what's going on?!" Uncle Zhang stood up from his seat and looked at Zheng Zaochun in disbelief.

"Yeah, three kids? What's going on here... Didn't you say you're only 25 or [-]..." Aunt Zhang also hurriedly answered, if it's like what Lu Haoze said, Zheng Zaochun has a child? Really, then she will have to think about whether to marry her daughter to him.

Caixia standing beside Zheng Zaochun was shocked by the news like a bolt from the blue, her mind went blank.Mr. Zheng has a child?How can it be?he has married?Where are the children?Where is the child's mother?Caixia looked at Zheng Zaochun absent-mindedly, she was eager to hear Zheng Zaochun's explanation.

"Caixia, Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang," Zheng Zaochun looked at the family in front of him, took a deep breath and said, "Sorry, I really can't marry Caixia. As for the reason, as he said, I have three children in my hometown , the oldest one is more than four years old. Sorry, I didn’t say it directly at the beginning, I was wrong..."

Someone below reacted first and made a rough calculation, and couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air.According to what Zheng Zaochun said, there was a four-year-old child, 20, Zheng Zaochun slept with a girl when he was [-] years old...

"Then you are divorced?" Caixia couldn't wait to grab the conversation, she kept praying in her heart, please, please, please say divorced, divorced, divorced...

"No, I've never been married, but I do have three children. Sorry..." Zheng Zaochun shook his head with a wry smile.The whispers of the surrounding villagers in twos and threes have now turned into whispered discussions, and the out-of-wedlock children are even abandoned!Such a person deserves to be a teacher? !

"Slap!" Just before everyone recovered, a heavy slap hit Zheng Zaochun's face.

"Dad! What are you doing!" Caixia stood between her trembling father and Zheng Zaochun, and Uncle Zhang's unexpected move shocked everyone.

"What are you doing!" Zheng Zaochun's left side of his face quickly swelled up, and Lu Haoze felt his heart twitch when he saw it.

"Scum! Beast! Just because you still want to marry my daughter, I am! You are dreaming!"

Uncle Zhang spat at Zheng Zaochun's feet, couldn't help but take Caixia's hand and left the table angrily.

Zheng Zaochun looked at the father and daughter. In fact, he really wanted to say that he never said that he wanted to marry Caixia. The villagers spread such rumors that he was obviously a victim, and he was quite innocent, wasn't he...

"Zaochun, does it hurt, does it still hurt..." Lu Haoze saw that the obstructive person had already left, so he hurried to Zheng Zaochun's side, raising his hand to touch his face.

Zheng Zaochun opened Lu Haoze's hand without even looking, and bowed neatly to the petrified newlyweds beside him, "I'm sorry, Brother Lin, for interrupting your wedding banquet, I'm leaving now..." After finishing speaking, Bathed in the gazes of everyone piercing his body like awls, Zheng Zaochun walked out of the Lin family's yard step by step.

"Zaochun, wait for me!" Lu Haoze was about to catch up but was held back by Brother Lin.

"Brother Lu, tell us, what happened to Zheng Zaochun? Why did he have three children without getting married? What are you talking about..."

"Yes, yes, you are Zheng Zaochun's cousin, tell everyone, how did he leave his women and children and run away? So irresponsible, what a scum..."

Surrounded by a group of villagers chattering and twittering, Lu Haoze looked coldly at this group of people who were talking about Mr. Zheng yesterday and who were extremely respectful, talking about him in such a disgusting tone. If the timing wasn't right, he would have gone up to talk to him People started fighting.

"No, can I ask later if I have something to do? I'm going to chase Zheng Zaochun right now, let me out, let me out..." Lu Haoze suppressed his anger and squeezed out of the crowd with great difficulty, just like this. , Zheng Zaochun was no longer visible on the road, Lu Haoze recognized the direction, and ran towards Zheng Zaochun's wooden house.

Returning to the cabin alone, Zheng Zaochun took a basin of cold water, twisted a towel and gently applied it to the side of his face, the burning pain was only slightly relieved.Holding onto the towel, he lay down on the bed with a long sigh.

Hey, forget it, Zheng Zaochun thought to himself, although he got slapped, at least he got rid of everyone's desire to be a matchmaker for him, so it was a blessing in disguise.Zheng Zaochun covered his eyes with a towel and did not move for a while.

"Ha, what's the matter? Why do I still feel so sorry for Uncle Zhang and the others... But I didn't do anything wrong..." After a long silence, a soft whisper came from under the towel, "I'm not wrong...Obviously He's the scum..."

Zheng Zaochun's mind recalled Caixia's face at the wedding banquet just now. When she looked at him, the admiration and anticipation in her eyes were so obvious that he was about to be shaken. He was almost thinking of just agreeing to her impulsively. , but at the moment before opening his mouth, a vague figure suddenly appeared in the depths of his memory. While gently wiping his hands and face, the figure kept whispering its deep love for him.

"Love you……"

"Wake up soon, okay..."

"I really like you..."

"I love you……"

"I don't want it anymore... I don't want it anymore... This is a dream, it's not real... Don't think about it, please..." Zheng Zaochun curled himself into a ball, wrapped his arms around his knees tightly, and sank his fingers deep into his flesh inside.Tears fell from his closed eyes, and his suppressed sobs echoed in the small wooden house.

Outside the door, Lu Haoze squatted at the base of the wall, clenched his teeth into his fist, tears flowed down his cheeks into his mouth, salty and bitter.He rushed to the front of the house just now, and was about to knock on the door when he heard a low cry from inside. The sobs gripped his heart tightly, and the hand that was raised in mid-air finally dropped powerlessly.

He did something wrong again, ever since he swore to be good to Zheng Zaochun, it seemed that everything he did was wrong, it seemed that he was always messing up everything, the more he tried to care for him, the more he hurt him deeply.This huge sadness almost crushed Lu Haoze, who can tell him what he should do to make Zheng Zaochun happy?When encountering such a thing today, although he appeared to be cold on the surface, he was actually very scared in his heart. He was afraid of what Zheng Zaochun would say. He wondered if he would choose to marry this woman in order to completely get rid of himself ?Or did he really fall in love with this woman during the months when he didn't show up?The more Lu Haoze thought about it, the more frightened he became. Now Zheng Zaochun was in a hurry to make a clean break with him, and the farce at the wedding banquet undoubtedly put a knife in his hand. As long as he wanted to, he would have no chance of winning.

Early spring, please, please, give me another chance.

Across the door, the people inside and outside the door have different thoughts, but the sad atmosphere in the air is so deep and similar.

The author has something to say:

Sorry for the late update this week.

It seems that it is impossible to write the ending before New Year's Day, and then I artificially pushed the deadline to the Lunar New Year, hahahaha is also the New Year!

Thank you for your support, remember to comment a lot~

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