Back to the Countryside

He left He Zhen's house, put the cloth bag in his own house, took the bucket from the stove and went out.

It was dark outside now, and the villagers rarely wandered outside at this time, and there were no people on the road. He carried the bucket all the way to the well in the village. Fortunately, the moonlight was brighter today. I can still see clearly.

He put down the bucket, reached out to hold the handle of the shaft on the well, and shook the bucket down. The "creaking" sound of the wooden shaft was particularly obvious in the silent environment.

Hearing the sound of water entering, He Ling changed the direction and shook it up. The bucket filled with water was much heavier, and his speed slowed down a bit.

"He Ling?"

Someone behind him called his name, he stopped his hands, and turned his head to look. The man was a little far away, and he couldn't see his face clearly. Brother?"

Lin Sheng walked up to him. He had just gone to Wang Tiesheng's house in the village. After chatting for a while, he quickened his pace and walked home. Unexpectedly, he saw someone fetching water by the well in the village. Carrying water at this time?"

"There is no water in the house, so come out and pick some!" He Ling forced a smile at him, and continued with his hands.

"Okay, you are being bullied again!" When he got close, Lin Sheng saw the red palm marks on his face. He shook his head, and stretched out his hand to take out the bucket that had reached the edge of the well. , pouring water into He Ling's own bucket, "That family is really a group of hard-hearted people!"

"Brother Lin Sheng, I'll do it myself!" Seeing Lin Sheng hanging the bucket back on the rope and reaching out to grab the handle, He Ling quickly refused.

"You just stay here, I'll just do it two or three times, you still have to shake it for a long time!" Lin Sheng pushed him away, not letting him start, "You, don't be so resigned all day long, they Although I have raised you, you should pay back those who have worked as cows and horses all these years, and you don't owe them anything!"

"I'm fine." He Ling lowered his head, and sometimes he would think the same way, but after all, they were daddy's relatives, if he had resentment in his heart, would daddy be sad in heaven?

"Let's go, I'll take you back!" Both buckets of water were filled, and Lin Sheng carried them directly on his shoulders.

"Brother Lin Sheng, you can just fetch water for me, let me do it myself!" It was so late, and he felt sorry for delaying Lin Sheng's return home.

Lin Sheng didn't care about the hand he stretched out, and walked forward directly carrying the water, "Calling me big brother won't make you cry for nothing, don't worry, I will give it to you when I arrive at your door, and your family won't know of!"

He Ling had no choice but to follow behind him.

Fortunately, everyone in the family was in the house, and no one was wandering in the yard. Lin Sheng put water at the door of his house and left.

He Ling brought the water back to the stove, boiled He Zhen's bath water, and waited to clean up the mess for him before he returned to the room, took out the cloth bag He Zhen gave him, and rubbed his dizzy body. Head, began to do embroidery work stitch by stitch.

When the door was slammed, Qi Yue was drinking tea and chatting with Lin Sheng in the main room. He asked Lin Sheng to sit still and went out to open the door.

The person standing outside the door was Wu Yulan, and he said why people came to look for him, and he didn't know anyone in the village well, "Why is my sister-in-law here? Come in quickly, Big Brother Lin is here too!"

"I know, I'm here to look for him!" Wu Yulan smiled at him, and followed him into the door.

When the two arrived at the main room, Lin Sheng was a little surprised to see his wife, "Why are you here?"

Qi Yue asked Wu Yulan to sit down, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of her, she thanked her, took a sip of the tea, and said, "Did you see He Ling yesterday?"

Hearing the familiar name, Qi Yue's hand holding the teacup paused, then calmly put it to his lips and took a sip, then put the cup back on the table.

"Yeah, I came back from Tie Sheng's house yesterday. On the way, I saw him fetching water from the well by himself. He was out of control, so I helped him out!" After finishing speaking, Lin Sheng seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said: " What's the matter? You're not thinking about something, are you?"

"No way, I guessed what was going on!" Wu Yulan took another sip of tea, with a look of anger on her face, "But it's inevitable that others will think about it and chew their tongues!"

Today, Wu Yulan, as usual, gathered with the women in the village to do work with her unfinished clothes, chatting about household chores along the way.

But everyone looked at her with weird eyes, and they kept talking about "No matter how good a man is, he will miss people outside" and "A good-looking person will seduce people."She was in a daze after hearing these words, and after asking a few more words, someone told him falteringly that someone saw his Lin Sheng and He Ling walking together last night, they looked very close!

Wu Yulan's complexion was a little ugly at the moment, it's not that she doubted Lin Sheng, she knew what her man was like, she was angry with those gossips, she just talked nonsense about things without a clue, and she wasn't afraid of dying Tongue!

"What?! How can this be nonsense?! Isn't it just a bad person's reputation!" Lin Sheng slapped the table angrily after hearing Wu Yulan's words. My brother is different!

Qi Yue's fingers rubbed lightly on the rim of the cup, his eyes drooping and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Isn't it!" Wu Yulan was also annoyed, her man was obviously kind, but he was rumored to be unbearable, really pissed off!

Lin Sheng looked at Qi Yue who had never spoken, and smiled wryly, "Brother Qi made a joke today!"

"Where!" Qi Yue removed his hand from the cup, and smiled at him, "The one who spreads gossip is only a person who has a dirty heart in his heart. Those who clean up clean themselves, and don't need to care too much about others!"

"Hahaha... What brother Qi said is right for me!" Lin Sheng raised his head and smiled heartily, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

Qian slapped He Ling's face, and immediately his cheeks became red and swollen.

"You really look good on me, it's not good to seduce anyone, go and seduce that Lin Sheng!" After beating him, Qian felt a little annoyed, sat down on a stool beside her, and took a sip of the brew Zheng made for her. syrup.

"That's right, if you seduce a landlord or something, you can exchange some money for the family!" He Gui gave him a very disdainful look.

He Ling closed his eyes, resisted the dizziness in his head, and explained in a low voice, "Brother Lin Sheng is just passing by, please do me a favor."

"Passing by? Help?" He Zhen sneered, "I usually meet him while walking in the village carrying something, and I have never seen him so kindly to help!"

Because Lin Sheng didn't like his words very much, He Ling couldn't say it anyway, so he couldn't refute him.

"I think you guys made an appointment in advance!" Qian put the bowl back on the wooden table heavily, causing the whole table to shake.

"Okay, don't smash the bowl, it was bought with money!" He Tian yelled at her angrily, then glared at the silent He Ling, "You are worthless, and you expect him to marry you Can't you be small?! Hurry up and break it!"

"It's not like this!" He Ling's head became more and more dizzy, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and his vision became a little blurred, "Brother Lin Sheng and I are not..."

"How dare you talk back!" Qian slapped the table, pointed at him and cursed again, "Is it okay to stay alone with a man in a black light and a brother? He really has a vixen's face, so it's messed up..."

He Ling couldn't hear a word of Qian's swearing behind him. He only felt his head getting heavier and heavier, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

"Ah!" Zheng Shi was startled by He Ling who fell down suddenly, and subconsciously called out.

He Ling took a step back, afraid that his fallen body would touch him, and even fanned the dust in disgust.

Qian stopped talking, put down the hand pointing at him, walked to his side and kicked his leg, "Don't play dead for me!"

He Ling closed his eyes tightly, lying on the ground pale and motionless.

Qian frowned, knelt down and touched his forehead, feeling a little hot, "It's really useless, it's hot again!"

He Ling was not yet full-term when he was born, and his bones were not good since he was a child. Things like fever and collapse happened from time to time, and they didn't think it was a big deal.

"Ah Gui, go and invite old man Li and prescribe two medicines, don't let him die at home, it's not good!" He Tian didn't even move his butt from the stool, and just waved at He Gui lightly.

"Father, I saw old man Li going to town in the Zhao family's ox cart today. I'm afraid he hasn't come back yet!" Old man Li did go to town, but He Gui also felt that he didn't know what to do. If necessary, ask a doctor to look at it. It's a waste of money. Maybe he can heal himself.

He Tian didn't say a word, there is only one doctor in this village, he is gone and there is no one left, so he can't take it to the town to see, it would cost a lot of money, but let people burn it like this, this is a bad reputation in the village It's ugly, killing people and being harsh are two different things.

Zheng's eyes rolled, as if thinking of something, she said: "Father, mother, I met Carpenter Sun's daughter-in-law a while ago, and she said that Qi Yue had ordered a medicine cabinet at their house, and she said she would Some medical skills, or we invite him to take a look?"

Hearing the name of her sweetheart, He Zhen's attention was drawn to her. Knowing that the man was also good at medicine, she was very proud. She was indeed the man he was looking for, so capable.

After hearing what she said, He Tian waved at He Gui without thinking too much, "Then Agui, go..."

"His father, wait!" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qian Shi, who patted He Zhen's hand and said, "Let Brother Zhen go!"

As soon as she spoke, He Zhen understood what she meant, his cheeks were stained with red clouds, and he lowered his head shyly.

He Tian glanced at him twice, and then he understood, he didn't say anything, and waved at him.