Seeing the young man coughing, Li Gen blushed, and his brows twitched, “Why are you panicking?”

Huang Dan took a breath, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, “Not panicking.”

Li Gen looked at the young man, with unknown meaning.

Huang Dan accepted the man’s scrutiny calmly, as if he had no ghosts in his heart.

Li Gen rubbed the young man’s hair and said in a deep voice, “It’s all thanks to Zhang Ying Xiong who turned himself in this time. Tell me, how did you think that the child was bitten to death by a wild dog? I was kept in the dark.”

He never thought that such an accident would happen to Da Gui’s child, which is different from choking on food. When he was listening outside the door, he didn’t dare to recall what the child looked like.

Li Gen couldn’t understand the family’s concealment.

But now he was the only one left in the family, and he didn’t even have a target to question.

Huang Dan’s eyelids twitched, “The last time I passed by the door of the Da Nao Zi’s house, I saw him fall, so I went in and helped him into the house. He nagged me and talked about many things.”

Li Gen said, “Do you believe what the Nao Zi says?”

Huang Dan said, “It’s a gamble. At that time, I said this by looking at the Ying Xiong’s face. If he showed relaxed expression, I would have changed my words immediately.”

Li Gen pinched the young man’s soft earlobe, “I thought your mother told you that.”

He moved closer, pressed his lips together, and said in a low voice, “After all these years, in the whole village, the person who has spent most time with my mother is your mother, and she visits my house almost every day.”

Huang Dan said, “Yeah.”

With a pain in his ear, Huang Dan hissed, “Ge, don’t bite me.”

Li Gen said vaguely, “If I don’t bite you, then whom?”

Huang Dan’s painful eye sockets were moist, and tears flowed down.

Li Gen sighed, he let go, wiped away that bit of blood, and pressed him against his chest, “Okay, I won’t bite you anymore.”

When Huang Dan cried, the indescribably weird atmosphere was broken.

Neither of them mentioned any related people or events. They didn’t mention it, but others kept mentioning it. Zhang Ying Xiong’s matter caused an uproar in the village.

Big household never imagined that so many people and things would be involved in it.

Zhang Ying Xiong’s parents were in tears. After hearing what their son said at the police station, they went to Huang Dan’s house to make a fuss.

Neighbors all gathered around to watch.

It’s getting colder, and there aren’t many things to do in the fields. These people can’t sit still and run out to watch the excitement.

Chen Jin Hua told Huang Dan to go inside, and told him not to come out no matter what he heard.

“Chen Jin Hua, where is your son?”

Father Zhang had a rough voice. The face full of gullies is full of anger as if he wanted to kill someone, “You let him roll for *laozi and come out. Laozi want to ask, what is wrong with him?” (*T/N: I, your father. used arrogantly or in anger).

Mother Zhang was sitting on the threshold, with snot and tears, patting her thigh and crying heartbreakingly, “My Ying Xiong is not yet 20 years old, and he is going to be sent to a labor camp for reform. How will we old couple live after that?——”

Chen Jin Hua was holding a big broom made of bamboo strips, and if Father Zhang dared to come in, she would strike, “Everyone judges.”

“It’s the Ying Xiong who is confused. He was arrested for doing that kind of thing. What does it have to do with my son? It’s not my son who forced him to kill and break the law! ”

Everyone outside the door start commenting.

“own son wasn’t taught well, committed crime and blamed it on others, how shameless”

“That’s right. That’s killing people. It’s not about killing a chicken or a duck. It must be reformed. Otherwise, it’s too dangerous. Who would dare to live in the same place as him?”

“That being said, I think Dong Tian is too cruel, after all, he is his cousin.”

“This is called righteousness kill relatives!”

The village head and several other brothers from Old Zhang’s family came over to persuade them, but it was of no use, and they were sprayed with saliva all over their faces.

Father Zhang’s eyes turned red, and the words in his mouth became more and more ugly. He said that Chen Jin Hua had no conscience, and he even mentioned what happened to his didi Zhang Ma Zi many years ago.

He pointed at Chen Jin Hua, “I’m telling you, Chen Jin Hua, there is no end to it, my Ying Xiong is in a labor camp, and your son will get his retribution as well!”

“Crazy, you think you are the king of heaven.”

Chen Jin Hua held the broom and limped towards the door, “You two are shameless but I still feel embarrassed, so don’t come to my place anymore, hurry up and leave.”

Huang Dan in the room listened to the movement and could guess what Zhang Ying Xiong said to his parents.

It was nothing more than pushing him out, pinning everything on him, saying that if it wasn’t for his meddling, he wouldn’t have been arrested.

Huang Dan was about to go out when he heard Chen Jin Hua say, “People are doing it, but gods standing three feet up above the sky watching it!”

His complexion became strange, and the raised foot was put back again. Don’t know what Chen Jin Hua was thinking when she said this sentence herself, maybe she didn’t think about anything.

Not long after, Li Gen came.

The expressions of Father Zhang and Mother Zhang changed again and again. After all Ying Xiong of their family killed Li Gen’s didi.

But after thinking about it, wasn’t it because of Wu Cui Ling that their son was involved in this kind of thing.

Wu Cui Ling was a disaster, she harmed their son and family.

Both Father Zhang and Mother Zhang chose to ignore one point. If Wu Cui Ling had not sacrificed herself, their son would have been beaten to death many years ago.

Li Gen glanced coldly.

The onlookers, the noisy ones, all dispersed.

Li Gen looked at the woman in front of him and asked, “Is Dong Tian okay?”

Chen Jin Hua dropped the broom, “Nothing happened.”

She turned her head and shouted, “Dong Tian!”

Huang Dan’s figure appeared in the main room, and he asked, “Second uncle and aunt are gone?”

“If they didn’t leave, could it be possible to keep them for dinner?” Chen Jin Hua said angrily, “The older you get, the more confused you become. I’ve never seen them to be so unreasonable. Dong Tian, our family will not have any contact with your second uncle’s family in the future!”

As she spoke, she bent her back in pain.

Huang Dan hurriedly helped Chen Jin Hua into the room to lie down, and brought her medicine.

Chen Jin Hua fell asleep shortly after taking the medicine.

Outside, Li Gen witnessed what happened, “Is your mother okay?”

Huang Dan said, “Not very good, she won’t go to the hospital.”

Li Gen moved his lips, “This is just like my mother. She was not in good health and refuses to leave the village to see a doctor. I don’t know what their generation thinks. What is more important than health.”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t understand either.”

Li Gen pulled the young man into his arms, “What happened to Zhang Ying Xiong is his own fault, it’s all karma, it has nothing to do with you, don’t blame yourself too much.”

Huang Dan said, “Um.”

“Ge, my second uncle and aunt didn’t even know about it.”

Li Gen sneered, “Don’t worry, I won’t care about your cousin, it’s boring.”

He rested his chin on the young man’s shoulder, “Ge won’t cook tonight, I’ll eat at your house.”

Huang Dan said, “Good.”

The two went to the vegetable field, one took a hoe to rummage in the field, and got rid of the weeds, while the other stretched out his hand to pick the long beans, only a little bit was left hanging in the vines, which was hard to find.

Li Gen was weeding, and asked casually, “Dong Tian, did your mother pick all these rows of peppers?”

Huang Dan said, “Um, she said she needs to grind chili sauce.”

Li Gen said strangely, “It’s only been a few months, what’s the rush, the other family hasn’t picked it yet.”

Huang Dan suddenly jumped back, “Ge, there are soil silkworms.”

Li Gen looked down, and with a hoe he dug up three or four large white silkworms, “It’s all protein, Ge will bring it back and fry it for you at night?”

Huang Dan said, “I won’t eat.”

Li Gen squinted, “If you don’t eat, then, don’t drool when Ge eats at night.”

Huang Dan said, “Ge, if you eat silkworms, I will not kiss you, and you are not allowed to kiss me.”

Li Gen, “……”

He didn’t say anything, just waved the hoe, and pushed the big white silkworms to the young man’s feet. Huang Dan’s scalp tingled, “I’m leaving.”

Li Gen teased, “Where are you going?, there is no way there.”

Huang Dan turned around and looked for the small gate of the vegetable field. He walked so fast that he tripped over a vine, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.

Li Gen laughed out loud, but he couldn’t hold the hoe steady and hit his foot. The retribution came too fast, and he was stunned.

Huang Dan heard the sound of the man suffering from pain, mixed with cursing, he turned his head, and saw the man twisting his face and hugging his feet, grinning he unconsciously laugh out loud.

Li Gen was dumbfounded, he reacted, and jumped in front of the young man with one foot, “Just like that just now, smile again and show me.”

Huang Dan couldn’t anymore.

He thought about it a few times, and tried to move the corners of his mouth, but still didn’t know how to do it, “Mr. System, can you give me a similar expression to the expression I smiled just now?”

System, “Please wait a moment.”

A laughing emoticon appeared in Huang Dan’s mind, and he imitated it.

Li Gen’s expression was subtle, the arc of the young man’s mouth was the same as before, but it was different, because there was no smile in his eyes.

He frowned and said angrily, “Zhang Dong Tian, you’re smirking again!”

Huang Dan really tried his best, “Mr. System, if I smile again next time, can you take a screenshot for me and save it in my private fly cabinet?”

He really wanted to know what it looked like when he really smiled, so rare , should be preserved.

System, “I will try my best.”

Huang Dan said, “I’m causing you trouble.”

Those around him, be it housekeepers, co-workers, or classmates, friends, couldn’t do it, this man did it, and for the second time let him show a smile without needing a reference object simulation, even though he is not yet Know exactly what that emotion is and what it takes to have it.

Li Gen met the young man’s straight gaze, “What are you thinking?”

Huang Dan said, “Ge, thank you.”

Li Gen was taken aback, and he smirked, “Why are you thanking me? Did it came for the cornfield last time?”

Huang Dan’s gratitude disappeared immediately.

He looked at the man’s raised foot, “Can you walk?”

Li Gen was reminded by Huang Dan, and the pain in his feet rushed to his head. He leaned on a bamboo frame and said, “Let’s take a break.”

Huang Dan took off his shoes to see if his feet were broken.

Li Gen groaned deliberately.

Huang Dan said, “Does it hurts?”

Li Gen continued to groan, “You kiss Ge once, and the pain will stop.”

Huang Dan got up and left.

Li Gen shouted, “Come back, don’t you care about your Ge. Ah?”

Huang Dan said, “Don’t care.”

Li Gen scolded and muttered, “heartless guy“, he quickly put on his shoes, grabbed his hoe and followed the young man.

The sunlight passed by the vegetable field and shone on the two people standing side by side, warm and clear.

Li Gen’s big toe was bruised by the hoe, but fortunately, the nails were still firmly gripping the flesh, and there was no sign of falling off. After he returned, he poured a little safflower oil and rubbed it. “It’s the first time your Ge, I’ve been hit by a hoe at such a big age. You deserve lot of credit.”

Huang Dan felt dizzy when he smelled it, “Sit down, I’ll cook.”

Li Gen took his hand, rub it and said, “Why isn’t your mother awake yet? Why don’t we take her to the clinic?”

Huang Dan said, “It’s useless, my mother won’t listen.”

He didn’t give the man a chance to continue this topic. Once Chen Jin Hua was involved, the atmosphere would change slightly.

The land in the village is not expensive. Every household has a yard, pigsty, chicken coop, and cow shed, etc., which are almost necessary. The kitchen is not small, and can accommodate a wooden table, kitchen cabinets, earthen pots, and some firewood.

Li Gen sat on the small stool in front of the pot hole to light the fire, stretched out his foot, and trampled to death a scaby, and there were many jumping around, “Dong Tian, there are too many scabies in your kitchen, Ge will clean it up for you later.”

Huang Dan went to wash a few stalks of corn and put them on top of the rice, then covered the pot, “Okay.”

The aroma of the rice gradually filled the air, smoke came out from the gap in the wooden pot lid, and the water in the two water holes in the middle of the pot was boiling.

Huang Dan put water in the bottle, he didn’t know how to cook, and waited for Li Gen to cook.

Li Gen washed his hands, rolled up his sleeves, quickly tore the long beans, broke them into pieces, washed them clean again, took two peppers and cut them into shreds, put the fire in the pot hole, and poured rapeseed oil in pot.

Huang Dan watched from the side.

Li Gen poured the chili shreds into the pot, “What are you doing standing there, waiting to be splashed with oil?”

Huang Dan said, “Ge, you seem to be very good at cooking.”

Li Gen turned it over with a spatula, so that the spicy and spicy peppers were fried out, “Who doesn’t know how to cook, and it’s not difficult.”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t.”

Li Gen touched the young man’s face with his free hand, “It’s okay, Ge will pamper you.”

Huang Dan, “……”

He grabbed the man’s hand and looked, “Why are you so rough?”

Li Gen’s adam apple moved, and he smiled, “Because Ge is a man, one with thin skin and tender flesh is a little girl.”

Huang counted the calluses in his palm.

While frying the beans, Li Gen said, “If you touch it a few more times, Ge will hold you on the table and fuck you.”

Huang Dan stopped touching immediately.

After frying the beans, Li Gen washed the pot and fried the radish and vegetables, “Lord Stove, I made this pot, how about it, isn’t it good?”

Huang Dan took a look at the New Year pictures pasted on the pot table. Chen Jin Hua wiped them every day, and wiped off any oil stains on them. It was very precious.

Li Gen rubbed his foot against the young man, “It’s your turn, introduce your Ge to Lord Stove.”

Huang Dan said, “Lord Stove, this is my…”

Li Gen lowered his head and blew into his ear, “Husband.”(T/N: 老板 is used in this paragraph which means boss. But I think husband suits better. Both has same pronunciation in Chinese ).

Huang Dan said, “This is my husband.”

Li Gen pinched his nose, amused, “So cute.”

Huang Dan shook his head. In the minds of the people here, the Stove Lord is a very powerful god. The daughter-in-law is going to have a baby, someone in the family is sick, the crops in the field are harvested, the children’s exams, work, and begging for a wife are all in the hands of the Stove Lord. Bow in front of lord .

It seems that as long as you worship, you can get shelter and live smoothly.

Chen Jin Hua didn’t have an appetite, so she didn’t go to the main room, she just lay down in her own room, and Huang Dan brought her rice.

Taking a look at the food in the bowl, Chen Jin Hua asked, “Is it all cooked by Li Gen?”

Huang Dan nodded, “Yeah.”

Chen Jin Hua took the bowls and chopsticks from his hands and put them on the cabinet again, “Dong Tian, Li Gen stood up for you that time. Mom saw it, and now there is no one in his house. Tell him, would he like to come to our house so we can take care of each other.”

Huang Dan looked up, then lowered his eyes, “I’ll talk about it later.”

He went out thoughtfully. He could feel Li Gen’s suspicion, and Chen Jin Hua could too. Not only did she not avoid it, but she even let the other party come over. Does this mean that Chen Jin Hua was acquiescing to the other party’s investigation, and even gave time and opportunity?

After eating, Huang Dan and Li Gen peeled corn in the yard. After peeling, they went back to the house to change their clothes.

Chen Jin Hua didn’t sleep, she was knitting a sweater in the bright spot of the window with a basket in her arms, when she heard a faint sound, she kept moving, the thick blue thread fell from the needle, and then picked it up again, making a flower.

The temperature has dropped a lot, and the heat has long disappeared from the wind.

When Liu Dong Lai came to the village, more than a month had passed since the incident between Zhang Ying Xiong and Wu Cui Ling.

He came to tell the news that Wu Cui Ling has gone crazy.

Huang Dan and Li Gen both were indifferent.

Liu Dong Lai described the scenes when he saw Wu Cui Ling several times hugged a pillow tightly and yelled into the void, “He Wei, don’t touch my child” “Da Gui, if you leave Xiao bao to go out to play again, I will Divorce you” “Mom, I’m not dirty, you are the one who is dirty” “Ying Xiong, you can’t put people by the pond, push them in, push them into the pond quickly, hurry up”.

Whoever she mentions, she will have a different expression. She will be alert, angry, distorted, and terrified.

In addition to these similar words, Wu Cui Ling can also read poems, she reads aloud, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, no one knows what is in her poems.

Liu Dong Lai said when he left the village, “Being crazy may not be a bad thing.”

He also said that he hoped that Li Gen would not visit Wu Cui Ling, as that would be good for her condition.

Li Gen won’t go because he can’t face Wu Cui Ling calmly, so it’s better not to see her.

Must forget everything at once.

After planting rapeseed and wheat, Huang Dan is still in this world.

The days passed so quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost the Chinese New Year. The village head called the radio to inform the household to come out with the family pigs and gather in the open space at the entrance of the village.

It’s time to kill a pig.

Huang Dan looked scared, so he didn’t go, and handed his family’s big pig to Li Gen, “Send it on the road for me.”

Li Gen’s face twitched, and he tugged at the Hua Zhu’s rope, “Come on, say hello to your master.”

Hua Zhu already sensed that his life was in danger, so he grunted non-stop.

A large pot of pig blood, intestines, lard, etc., is also a pot. One pig is a big fortune. If you sell most of the pork, the rest will be marinated into bacon. Next year it will be a good dish, and save some fresh pork for Chinese New Year.

All the pigs in Li Gen’s family were sold, which was suggested by Chen Jin Hua, who said that there were many places to spend money.

Huang Dan saw that the man was counting the money by the bedside, plus the gift money Wang Yue Mei received when she died, it was enough to build two houses, and there was still some left over.

Li Gen raised his eyes, “What are you looking at?”

Huang Dan said, “Ge, shall we leave the village after the year and go to the big city?”

Li Gen half closed his eyes and continued to count the money, “There is no rush.”

Huang Dan, “Oh.”

Compared with summer, Huang Dan doesn’t feel much about winter, which is at the other extreme of the season. He is afraid of heat, not cold.

Chen Jin Hua lengthened the short woollen trousers for Huang Dan, asked him to wear them, and showed him the padded jacket and trousers she made herself, and a pair of thick black padded shoes.

Huang Dan has worn clothes all over his body, which is very warm.

Chen Jin Hua patted his padded jacket, pulled it down for him, took two steps back to look at him, eyes full of kindness, “My son is very handsome, no worse than anyone else.”

Huang Dan touched his face, at most he was upright.

Chen Jin Hua said, “You have great abilities, you are more remarkable than anyone else.”

Huang Dan didn’t understand.

Li Gen lived in Huang Dan’s house, and he brought chickens, ducks, and geese. He occasionally went back to do cleaning, and the home looks lifeless. There were only a few memorial tablets, and he felt bored when he entered the door.

It’s not home without people.

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Jin Hua was busy making rice noodles.

Li Gen was lighting the fire, he picked up a sweet potato from the pot hole with tongs, pushed it outside, “here.”

Huang Dan squatted down and blew on the potato with his mouth. When he could bear to touch it, he tore off the black skin and took a bite of the yellow core inside. His tongue was so hot that it almost fell off.

Li Gen quickly put down the tongs and pinched his chin, “Let Ge look at your tongue.”

At this time, Chen Jin Hua just hung up the rice noodles and turned on the table.

Huang Dan moved away from Li Gen, walked into the yard covering his mouth with tears in his eyes.

Chen Jin Hua asked Li Gen, “What’s wrong with Dong Tian?”

Li Gen said, “Burned his tongue while eating sweet potato.”

He threw two sticks of dry wood into the pot hole, “I’ll go and have a look.”

Chen Jin Hua shouted to Li Gen’s back, “Don’t let Dong Tian drink cold water in the tank, it will cause diarrhea!”

Li Gen hurriedly said, “I know.”

Huang Dan’s tongue was very hot, it was a big price to eat a sweet potato, he didn’t do anything, his tongue was in his mouth, and he felt pain.

People also become listless.

“Ge will do a trick for you.” Li Gen took out a big red persimmon from his arms, “Look, what is this?”

Huang Dan glanced, “Persimmon.”

Li Gen squatted down and coaxed, “Do you want to eat?”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t want to.”

Li Gen immediately smoked with anger, “Zhang Dong Tian, do you have a conscience? Your Ge, I went to the forest to find persimmons for you in hurry, and pick the biggest one for you to hold in your arms. And you? You are still not happy, to open your mouth and take two bites?”

Huang Dan said, “Ge, you are good at nagging.”

Li Gen, “……”

It was very cold at night, and Chen Jin Hua wanted to pack a bottle of salt water for her son to cover his feet with hot water. Someone had already done this in advance. She stood under the eaves for a while, muttered something to herself, and went back to the house.

Li Gen secretly climbed onto Huang Dan’s bed in the middle of the night and hugged him to sleep.

It’s like that every night.