Chapter 39: Xiaozhen Was Harassed

After he finished speaking, he sat there in a daze for a while, and suddenly felt relaxed.

When Ye Xiaozhen came out, she saw Xie Lin’an was in the kitchen making a fire and cooking.

He was chewing on a stalk of wheat, humming a popular Cantonese old song.

The heavy iron tongs that were so heavy for Ye Xiaozhen were incredibly light and easy to use in his hands.

He grabbed a handful of firewood with the tongs and threw it into the stove.

Ye Xiaozhen sat on a small stool next to him, looking up at him, “Brother.”

“Hmm?” Xie Lin’an looked up and saw that Grandpa wasn’t home.

He spat out the wheat stalk, lowered his head and whispered in her ear, “You bad girl, you’re trying to seduce me again?”

He looked both ruffianly and handsome, his hormones were overflowing.

Ye Xiaozhen steadied herself, reached out and brushed his face, “Brother, you have soot on your face.”

Xie Lin’an: “…”

“Okay, I won’t let you cook at noon, go out and play.”

Ye Xiaozhen got up and went out, she planned to go to the reserved land to pick some vegetables, but she saw Grandpa limping back from the main road.

He must have gone to see off his third uncle and third aunt?

The saying, “Kind people are bullied, good horses are ridden,” couldn’t be more appropriate for Grandpa.

No matter what, they were his own sons.

Xie Lin’an couldn’t say some things, let alone Ye Xiaozhen.

Ye Xiaozhen didn’t plan to interfere in their affairs, unless they came to trouble her.

“Kid, picking vegetables?”

Lin Xinghua called out to her from the field ridge.

Ye Xiaozhen raised the tomatoes in her hand, “Grandpa, they’re red again.”

Lin Xinghua was frowning, but when he saw Ye Xiaozhen smiling foolishly, he smiled too.

“Okay, pick all the red ones, we’ll eat them at noon.”

Xie Linli and Xie Linqi only needed half a day to get their notification letters, they would come back for lunch.

The whole family would be here, so they needed to make more dishes.

“Grandpa, brother, we’re back.”

Not long after, Xie Linli and Xie Linqi came back, besides their grades, they also brought their homework back.

Lin Xinghua said, “You guys sit down for a while, the food will be ready in a while.”

“Okay.”

The two of them agreed and went to find something to eat at home.

They were at the age when they were growing, and they were also the easiest to get hungry.

What could they eat at home? Xie Lin’an bought a bunch of candy, and Ye Xiaozhen had just picked some tomatoes.

The tomatoes were for cooking, they each grabbed a handful of candy to eat.

Xie Lin’an handed the tongs to Lin Xinghua, “Grandpa, you make the fire, I’ll go see how they did on their exams.”

“Okay.”

He went out and saw them eating candy.

The two of them knew that this was the candy their brother bought for their sister-in-law, they covered their mouths awkwardly.

“Cough, cough, you guys can eat the candy if you want, your sister-in-law doesn’t like it.”

He observed and found that Ye Xiaozhen didn’t really like it.

He shouldn’t have bought so much.

“Give me the test papers.”

The two of them looked at each other, pushing and shoving, they went back to the house and brought out the test papers.

They seemed a little afraid to show him.

“Give them here.” Xie Lin’an glared at them coldly.

Xie Lin’an glared at them, and they cowered, carefully handing him the test papers.

Xie Lin’an looked at Xie Linli’s first, and after finishing, he threw it away directly, “With this score, you still want to go to high school? Heh, try to get your graduation certificate.”

“Big brother, I… I’m sorry.” Xie Linli lowered his head.

Xie Lin’an ignored him, he looked at Xie Linqi’s, “It’s slightly better than your brother’s, but it’s still not good enough for high school.”

He threw the test paper back to him, and then said to the two of them, “You have one week to finish all your homework, then come work with me at the dam.”

“Ah?” The two of them’s faces changed.

Xie Lin’an said, “I’m your big brother, I’m not your father, I have no obligation to support you in your studies.”

The two of them: “…” Didn’t you say before that as long as we can get in, you’ll support us forever?

“If you want to study, then earn your own tuition, just try it out, which is easier, studying or working?”

Xie Lin’an said this in front of the family, the two of them felt uncomfortable, but they didn’t dare to refute.

After lunch, Xie Lin’an went to the dam, while his two younger brothers stayed at home to do their homework.

Grandpa was always working outside, even if there was no work to do, he would wander around outside, picking up firewood and such.

Usually, only Ye Xiaozhen was at home.

Now that the two of them were at home, Ye Xiaozhen felt uncomfortable, so she decided to go out too.

As soon as she went out, she was stopped by Grandma Liu under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village.

“Hey, Xiaozhen, where are you going?”

Where is she going?

She’s going for a walk.

“Come here, come here.” Grandma Liu beckoned her.

Ye Xiaozhen went over when she heard this.

“Grandma Liu.”

“Okay.” Grandma Liu smiled and agreed, she pulled her over and smiled at the others, “See, I told you Xiaozhen isn’t as stupid as before, right?”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” So she brought her here to show off?

Someone said, “How can you tell just by looking?”

“How can you not tell? What was her reaction when you called her before?”

The other person recalled, “Once, I was washing clothes, and the stick I was using to beat the clothes fell. I asked her to hand me the bamboo pole by the roadside, and she turned around and ran away.”

Another person said, “Once I called her, she didn’t even acknowledge me, she turned around and ran away.”

Grandma Liu laughed, “Right? She didn’t even acknowledge anyone before, now I call her, and she even calls me Grandma Liu, she’s really not as stupid as before.”

Some people believed, and some people didn’t.

Those who didn’t believe thought that she called her, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t stupid.

In short, neither side convinced the other, but it did attract many people who heard their discussion to come and watch Ye Xiaozhen, which made Ye Xiaozhen speechless.

She was about to leave when Wang Laowu suddenly asked Ye Xiaozhen with a smile, “Xiaozhen, why do you listen to Xie Lin’an so much? He told you not to recognize your parents, and you really don’t recognize them.”

This Wang Laowu was just looking for trouble.

Before Ye Xiaozhen could answer, she heard Grandma Liu say, “Don’t talk nonsense, Xie Lin’an is Xiaozhen’s man, Xiaozhen doesn’t listen to him, are you saying she should listen to you?”

“Oh, I’m saying, Grandma Liu, you’re saying this. Xiaozhen is a fool, how can a fool understand what a man is?”

“Why not, she’s stupid, but she wouldn’t be so stupid that she doesn’t understand what her own man is, right?”

“That’s hard to say.” Wang Laowu looked lecherous, and he moved closer to Ye Xiaozhen, “Xiaozhen, how do you know Xie Lin’an is your man? Have you two slept together?”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” Crap, a forty-year-old lecherous widower asking her this kind of question, it disgusted her.

Grandma Liu pulled Ye Xiaozhen behind her to block her, “Wang Laowu, what are you doing? How can you ask that?”

Wang Laowu said nonchalantly, “What’s wrong with that? She’s a fool anyway, she won’t understand.”

Grandma Liu: “…”

“Right, Xiaozhen?”

Grandma Liu thought to herself that she brought her here, she couldn’t let Wang Laowu, this old rascal, harass her.

She pulled Ye Xiaozhen and left, “Xiaozhen, let’s go, Grandma Liu will send you back.”