CH 8

It's been sunny for two to three days. When the planting of the seedlings was almost done, it rained. It rained early in the morning on the fourth day. The rain was strong so the people who were planting had to stay at home.

When people suddenly became idle, it made them feel a little uncomfortable. He Xiaoyun remembered that their bedroom hasn't been cleaned for many days. She carried a bucket of water and planned to wipe the bedside and closet.

In the bedroom, her spot and Wei Jianwei's site are different. The bed and the wardrobe belong to her and the table desk and the suitcase belong to him. As for Wei Yuanhang, there are traces of him everywhere.

After cleaning her own place, He Xiaoyun looked at Wei Jianwei's side, remembering that this man helped her carry the water before, she felt that she shouldn't be so petty, so she twisted the towel again and wiped the other side.

When wiping the table, she found a book lying on the side. He Xiaoyun knew that Wei Jianwei would sometimes read a book at night. Looking at the book in front of her, she thought of her ambition on passing the college entrance examination. she couldn't help but flip through it

This book is one of the volumes of |One Hundred Thousand Why's|. He Xiaoyun originally thought it was funny. Wei Jianwei, an elder that was not too young was still reading this kind of children's book.

But it turns out to be different. The current |One Hundred Thousand Why's| actually teaches people how to use firearms and military tactics!

He Xiaoyun had originally flip through it casually but after reading a few pages, she put the towel aside unknowingly and read the book seriously.

When she noticed that Wei Jianwei had walked in, it was too late to put the book down.

"Um..." She was found using the other party's things, she felt a little guilty and then explained in a low voice, "I intend to clean the table for you."

Wei Jianwei glanced at the book in her hand and didn't say anything. H walked forward and opened a drawer of the desk before digging out a comic strip inside and handing it to Wei Yuanhang who came in behind him.

He Xiaoyun's eyes became dazzled. She hasn't moved the desk much. Before Wei Jianwei came back, every time she cleaned the bedroom, she only wiped the surface. She never knew that the three drawers of the desk were stuffed full. of. books!

"Mom! Dad gave me a comic book!" Wei Yuanhang happily said, showing off the comic strip in his hand.

He Xiayun nodded absent-mindedly, her heart was already taken away by Wei Jianwei...'s books.

This era advocates that reading is useless. Many people don't like reading and students didn't have any tutoring materials other than textbooks. Some schools don't even teach textbook knowledge. The students basically read for half a day and they're free whatever they want at the other half of their time.

During the time He Xiaoyun appeared here, she hadn't seen a book, only when Wei Jianhua was at home on the weekend two days ago.

As a result, Wei Jianwei, a soldier who can't even be regarded as an educated youth, has so many books. Why wasn't she too surprised?

After finishing the sanitation of the bedroom and walking to the main room, the neighbor Aunt Zhang and her granddaughter Yanyan came to visit. Wei Yuanhang and Yanyan were leaning together to look through the comic strip. 

Wang Chunhua and Feng Qiuyue were knitting sweaters while chatting with Aunt Zhang

He Xiaoyun took a small stool and sat under the eaves to watch the rain. In the dense rain curtain, the mountains in the distance and the fields nearby seemed to be covered with a thin veil. 

Aunt Zhang suddenly mentioned the fool at the head of the village. Someone led him to the commune next door where a fool was also living. "If they can birth a normal child, even if my sister-in-law is gone, she can peacefully close her eyes,"

The old sister-in-law in Aunt Zhang's mouth was the mother of the fool. When she was young, her husband died early and she guarded her silly son. Now that she's getting older, she's afraid that her son will be left unattended, so she wants her son to marry someone and have a baby.

While she still can work for a few more years, she will the grandchild, and when she finally goes, the grandchild can continue raising her son

He Xiayun listened with rapt attention and couldn't help asking, "What if the child is born abnormally?"

Both the parents are fools, what is the probability of conceiving a smart child? And even if it did happen, when the child grows up, the elderly grandmother and the fool parents will be weights on their shoulders. How heavy is that burden?

Aunt Zhang said: "The parents are already born stupid, a good one will always be born next.

He Xiaoyun became speechless.

Feng Qiuyue subconsciously touched her bulging stomach, she frowned and said regretfully, "The child born is going to be pitiful."

"It's pitiful. Who said it wasn't?" 

"My old sister-in-law has worked hard for her stupid son all her life. We can only wish that his next life will be good."

While the women were emotional, the two children, who already finished the comic strip who-knows-when ran to the bedroom and took out the wooden box containing the eggs. 

Wei Yuanhang exclaimed excitedly, "Mom! Come and see, the eggs really became bugs!"

Seeing him stumbling, He Xiaoyun opened her arms nervously and caught him with the box.

After catching the eggs that day, Wei Yuanhang took the wooden box to the room. During the past two days, he took it from time to time to look at. It was just that the eggs never hatched.

The child lost patience and threw the box behind his mind. But today, he showed Yanyan the box and the eggs were already hatched.

He Xiaoyun looked at the box, five insects have hatched out of six eggs. One egg remained silent and probably would remain that way. 

The newly born insects were light yellow and had some burrs on its body. They crawled on the rotten leaves that were left for several days.

"I'll pick vegetables for the little bugs!" Wei Yuanhang ran to the kitchen as he said that. He tore off a leaf from a cabbage that was picked this morning, Yanyan followed his movement closely and also tore off a piece.

When Aunt Zhang saw this scene, she hurriedly stopped her granddaughter, "Yanyan! Don't pick it up!"

"It doesn't matter." Wang Chunhua waved her hand, "A few leaves of cabbage were not valuable. You didn't know but the second child is the one who likes to indulge the child. Making a wooden box and raising the insects, he doesn't look like an adult at all."

Aunt Zhang Laughed upon hearing this, "Jianwei has a lot of ideas. No one but him can think of raising insects."

"Farts have ideas." Wang Chunhua took a sip of water and smiled.

He Xiaoyun helped the children replace the cabbage leaves on the box. The two children leaned their heads to watch and she also observed for a while. It was boring, remembering the books in the drawer, she ran back to the room.

Wei Jianwei sat at the table and was reading a book. He Xiaoyun walked in casually, made the bed, touched the closet, flicked the non-existent dust on the mosquito net, and coughed a few times, yet the person at the table was calm and motionless.

She couldn't hold back anymore and stomp her feet while approaching the table.

The light was blocked and the other party finally raised his head.

He Xiaoyun squeezed a smile off on her face, "Can you lend me a book?"

He Xiaoyun recalled her attitude towards Wei Jianwei in the past few days. Although it wasn't thoughtful and enthusiastic, it was a proper courtesy. 

Wei Jianwei behaved generously, he opened the drawer and took out a large stack of comics from the inside, |Journey to the West|, |Romance of the Three Kingdom|, |Water Margin|, and the |Dream of Red Mansions|, Four masterpieces.

He Xiaoyun stared at the stack of books. The other party showed Wei Yuanhang the |Journey to the West| just now. What did this man mean? That she looks so uneducated that she can only read children's books?

"Don't be like this, I can also read."

Wei Jianwei then took out a copy of |Selected Essay for Primary School Students|, but seeing that she didn't respond, he took out another copy of |Juvenile Literature and Art|.

He Xiaoyun saw it, this guy was being deliberate!

In that case, she would stop being polite and civilized with him. She simply rolled her sleeves and took a look by herself. Well, she picked the |Youth Travel Manual|, this one is worthy of her level!

The two sat and continued reading their book. In the hall, Aunt Zhang saw that she went back to the room and there was no movement, she couldn't help asking Wang Chunhua: "Did Xiaoyun and Jianwei reconciled?"

In the past, she used to be in her own home next door, and at each end of the day, she would always hear the blatant voice of this second daughter-in-law. To be honest, she privately felt that this second daughter-in-law was shrewd and blatant but was actually stupid.

Anyone with eyes can tell that Jianwei will have a great future. With such a husband, why was she always quarreling with him over nothing? Isn't this losing the watermelon and picking up sesame seeds?

Speaking of this, Wang Chunhua's smile diminished. But she can see that the other party did change a lot these days, She didn't want to display their dirty laundry in front of others and said, "Young people nowadays, it's better for them to still quarrel."

"That's it," said Aunty Zhang. "My stinky boy had a quarrel with his wife the day before and he looked so good waking up this morning. I said he was a dog and has a bad temper."

"Where are the puppies?" Wei Yuanhang was playing next to them. Hearing the second half of the sentence, he asked them immediately.

Aunt Zhang became amused and decided to tease him: "There are no puppies here but only children. Your parents are planning to give birth to little sisters for you in the bedroom."

Wang Chunhua patted her and said with a smile, "Be serious, don't tell children about this kind of thing."

"What are you afraid of? He doesn't understand it." Aunt Zhang's smile widened more

Indeed, the child didn't really understand but he has a good memory. That night, Wei Yuanhang was playing on his dad's bed when he suddenly remembered what Aunt Zhang said, he turned and asked, "Where is my little sister?"

Wei Jianwei looked down at him and then stared at He Xiaoyun.

On the other side of the bedroom, He Xiaoyun was also at a loss, "What little sister?"

Wei Yuanhang said loudly, "Aunt Zhang said that you and father are planning to give me a little sister!"

He Xiaoyun almost choked to death with her saliva. She took the child back to the bed in two steps, stopped her reading, and coaxed the child to sleep.

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