Chapter 30

He howled in the forest for the entire afternoon, but no one could hear him. He was so suffocated that he ended up wetting his pants on the spot. When the villagers smelled the urine on him, they almost died laughing.

On the third day, due to the rush to catch up on progress, the work was delayed by almost half an hour.

By the time everyone was heading home, it was already dark, but everyone was safe.

Only Chen Dashan fell behind, not returning home all night. He didn’t show up until the next morning, bruised and swollen, running back to the village.

When others asked what had happened, he said he had gotten lost on the mountain and was chased by wild animals, falling all over the place.

Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, so they believed him.

But only Chen Dashan knew that all of this was Qin Feng’s doing!

It was Qin Feng who hung him from a tree, and it was Qin Feng who dragged him deep into the mountain while it was dark!!

He almost lost his courage being alone on the mountain in the middle of the night.

He was scared of Qin Feng now. He would never dare to chase after Tao Hua again, and he wouldn’t dare to hit his wife anymore…

As for Chen Dashan’s recent misfortunes, Tao Hua heard the village women talk about it while washing clothes by the river.

Before this, Tao Hua had no idea.

Sun Xiaolan and Tao Danniang didn’t believe it.

Tao Danniang was puzzled: “How come you didn’t know, Tao Hua? Every man in the village saw it, and we only heard it from our own men. Didn’t your husband tell you when he came home at night?”

Tao Hua shook her head, looking innocent: “He didn’t say anything. I only heard it from you just now.”

“Ah???” Sun Xiaolan immediately leaned in and mischievously asked, “Could it be that you two were busy making babies at night and didn’t talk about anything else? How else would your husband not tell you such an important thing? Doesn’t he know you have a grudge against Chen Dashan? Hehe.”

“No!” Tao Hua, in front of Tao Danniang, wished she could seal Sun Xiaolan’s mouth with a needle. “What are you saying?!”

“What’s the problem? We’ve all been there,” Sun Xiaolan said, poking Tao Hua’s arm. “Have you had good luck these past few days?”

“Not really!” Tao Hua said while scrubbing the clothes, “He’s been working outside these past two days, and I’ve been busy tidying up the house. I’m so tired that I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.”

“Well, that’s true,” Sun Xiaolan muttered, “My man is the same. As soon as he gets into bed, he starts snoring. No matter how I call him, he doesn’t respond.”

“I say, Sun girl,” Tao Danniang, overhearing them, couldn’t help but laugh and give advice, “You’re still young, you need to take it easy, or you won’t find any fun when you’re older.”

“Hahaha, Grandma is truly experienced! Is there anything else we should be careful about? Don’t hold anything back, tell both of us!”

“Do you want to hear?”

“Yes, I just want to learn more.”

“Alright, if you’re willing, you could give your man raw eggs to eat…”

While Tao Danniang and Sun Xiaolan were chatting happily, Tao Hua wasn’t really paying attention.

She felt something was off.

Later that evening, when Qin Feng came back,

Tao Hua couldn’t hold back and asked, “Qin Bro, I heard that Chen Dashan encountered something strange these past few days. Is that true?”

“Mm, so you’ve already heard about it. Did you go out today?”

Tao Hua nodded. “I went to the river to wash clothes. If I hadn’t gone out, I wouldn’t have known about it. I wanted to ask you… was this something you did?”

Qin Feng didnniang.’t admit to it: “I don’t have the time for that. It must be Chen Dashan’s own retribution.”

“Really?” Tao Hua stared at Qin Feng’s eyes, “I don’t really believe that. I asked Xiao Lan and Tao Dan

They said that on the night Chen Dashan got lost in the mountain, their men came home before it got fully dark, but you came back when it was already pitch black.

Why did you come back so late? Didn’t everyone finish around the same time? Or did you go do something?”

Qin Feng looked at Tao Hua thoughtfully, realizing that his little wife wasn’t so easy to fool.

But he also knew that his little wife was quite a sharp person.

For example, when he went to the Chen family to propose, he brought fifteen taels of silver and planned to take the girl away. He had asked Chen Dashan to write a receipt for the silver, but Chen Dashan had refused, saying they didn’t have ink and paper. Who would’ve thought that Tao Hua had already anticipated this and had sent her friend to fetch the writing materials in advance?

With such a meticulous mind, it wasn’t surprising that she could guess that he had something to do with Chen Dashan’s situation.

At that thought, Qin Feng couldn’t help but be curious: “Tao Hua, did you study when you were little? You must know how to read, right?”

“I learned a little with my father and know a few characters, but after my father passed away, I never touched books again. I don’t remember many of the characters I learned before. But Qin Bro…” Tao Hua furrowed her brows,

“You still haven’t answered my question. Why are you asking me about my past when you haven’t answered me yet?”

Seeing his little wife pouting and clearly displeased, Qin Feng sighed softly.

“So, if I did it, what’s the difference? If I didn’t do it, what’s the difference?”