Chapter 174: He’s Just a Good Man

While Hu Yao was making breakfast in the kitchen, Jiang Xiaochao, who had woken up with a lot of energy, ran to Jiang Fuheng with two dogs, showing them to him one by one.

“And there’s Niu Niu!” Jiang Xiaochao lay on the edge of the sofa, chattering to Jiang Fuheng.

“Jiang Fuchao, do you want Niu to eat your brother?”

Jiang Han came out of the kitchen to get something for Hu Yao, and seeing that Jiang Fuchao was about to bring Niu into the house to show his brother, he clicked his tongue.

He brought the dogs to show Jiang Fuheng, but now he even wanted to bring his cow in.

“Take your cow and get out!” he said impatiently.

“Brother hasn’t seen Niu Niu yet!” Jiang Xiaochao pouted.

“See what, I think you’re a cow, what’s so special about your cow? Why don’t you let it lie on the chair and watch TV?”

“Niu Niu doesn’t like watching TV.” Jiang Xiaochao didn’t understand his sarcasm, and softly patted his little cow, seriously saying, “It likes to play with me.”

This rascal actually brought the cow in to watch TV! Jiang Han kicked him away, telling him to take the cow outside now.

“I haven’t had breakfast yet! Mom said she’ll make me delicious dumplings, brother can’t eat them yet, I’ll help brother eat.”

“You don’t have a share, get out!”

The two of them started arguing again, Hu Yao smiled helplessly and kneaded the dough.

Jiang Xiaochao loved to eat mushroom-filled dumplings, and every time he ate them, he would say he wanted to become a mushroom, which was very funny.

He just loved to eat mushrooms, so he went out to pick them himself.

When he was very young and would pick up things to eat randomly, Jiang Han told him that he couldn’t eat things he didn’t know, he had to let him see and know first.

So Jiang Xiaochao developed a little habit, anything he wasn’t sure if he could eat, he would bring it to Jiang Han first to taste.

He also liked to share his favorite things with Hu Yao, which was also a habit he developed since he was little.

Hu Yao made a lot of dumplings this morning, today Jiang Han was going to the coal mine in the neighboring town and wouldn’t be back until afternoon, so the mother and son only had the leftover dumplings for lunch.

Staying at home for a short time during her confinement, Hu Yao couldn’t say she was bored, Du Ximei would often come to see her, and there were also many people in the village who came to chat with Hu Yao, some wanted to build a good relationship, and some wanted Hu Yao to blow pillows to Jiang Han, to find a good job for someone in their family.

It was inevitable to interact with people, and you don’t hit a smiling face with your fist, Hu Yao lived in Taowan Village, and the people she interacted with were all villagers, there were some minor frictions in the past, but not everyone was bad-hearted, it was still possible to get along normally.

Now no one was stupid enough to want to offend Hu Yao, everyone could see that Jiang Han doted on her, a big man even washed her clothes and helped her walk, needless to say how much he cared for her.

Everyone said that Hu Yao was lucky, they were envious and jealous, but then again, thinking about Jiang Han’s reputation and temperament, no one thought they could be as capable as Hu Yao.

Now, everyone was privately talking about whether Hu Yao had some kind of ability to win over men, which made Jiang Han so infatuated with her.

She was beautiful, but Jiang Han was now rich and influential, and in the past, he had many women around him, but he only fell for Hu Yao, which was a bit hard to explain.

So many young wives went to Hu Yao, shyly and boldly asking her if she had any good skills to win over men, asking her to teach them, whether it was in the bedroom or something else.

Hu Yao was embarrassed, before they said that Jiang Han even chewed the food and fed it to her, which was ridiculous, now they were talking about something else, she didn’t know what they were talking about.

“No, he… he’s just a good man.”

“…He didn’t have many women before, other people are talking nonsense.”

“He won’t go around looking for women.”

Hu Yao choked out an explanation for Jiang Han, if she didn’t say anything, she didn’t know what kind of rumors would spread, if he knew, he would probably say that she followed other people to spread rumors about him.

“Oh, Xiaoyao, you’re still too young, men are all the same, they all like something new.” An aunt sighed, listening to Hu Yao defending Jiang Han.

“Men have a lot of tricks, look at your man, what kind of conditions does he have now, even if he doesn’t look for them himself, there are many women who will come to him.” She looked like she was genuinely concerned about Hu Yao and gave advice.

“Look at you, you’re still in confinement, men are most likely to cheat at this time, no matter how beautiful the wife is at home, any wild woman outside is fragrant, what man can really sit still.”

“But Xiaoyao, don’t be too nervous, you’re still being doted on now, just keep a close eye on him, don’t let anyone take advantage of you.”

“Besides, you’re still giving birth to two sons…”

Hu Yao: “…”

“Well, it’s not like that.” Another slightly sarcastic voice came, it was Mrs. Lin, who was close to Mrs. Li next door.

“Having sons doesn’t mean it’s really secure, other people can also give birth to sons, in my opinion, you should be more open-minded, even if Ahan really finds another woman, just turn a blind eye, you’ll still have a good life.”

“It’s not uncommon for a man with money to support two families, if you want to be a good person, you have to be generous.”

Mrs. Lin spoke as if Jiang Han was really going to find another woman to form a second family.

Hu Yao pursed her lips.

“Oh, what am I talking about, well, it’s not early, I’ll go back first.” Mrs. Lin seemed to realize that she had said something unpleasant and made Hu Yao unhappy, she stopped talking and left before Hu Yao could say anything.

“That old woman, she hasn’t given up on that idea!” The aunt who had spoken to Hu Yao before rolled her eyes and said that Mrs. Lin had been very enthusiastic in telling Jiang Guihua before that she wanted to introduce her distant niece to Jiang Han, even if it was without a name or a title, she was willing, after Jiang Guihua was driven away by Jiang Han, she didn’t dare to go to Jiang Han and say it, not long after, her niece got engaged to someone else.

But for some reason, she broke off the engagement, Jiang Han’s ability was getting bigger and bigger, his conditions were the best in the ten miles and eight villages, the Jiang family’s life was so luxurious, which family wouldn’t be envious, Mrs. Lin’s son mind was naturally active.

“That old woman Lin, just a few days ago, was telling us that Jiang Han had his eye on her relative’s daughter. She said he shielded her from some water at the market. Look at her, so pleased with herself, I don’t know if it’s true or not, but she’s been boasting about it! She said her relative’s daughter is well-behaved and filial, and will definitely take care of her in the future. What a matchmaker, I wonder how much she got paid for this.”

Hu Yao’s expression softened. He had gone to town a couple of days ago and came back drenched.

…

“Did Jiang Fuchao bother you?”

Jiang Han came back in the afternoon. Seeing her gloomy expression, he glanced at Jiang Fuchao, who was playing with mud in the yard with the dog, and frowned.

Hu Yao looked at him, still bothered by those words, about to say something, but then she saw a figure following behind him, standing timidly by the door.