Chapter 45: Someone Jumped into the River~

“Ugh, this woman!”

Why is she so quick to get angry?

Chen Mingchuan looked at Li Xinyue and said, “I’m not worried about that, but about your safety.”

“As you said, most of these people should be good, but we can’t rule out the possibility of someone with malicious intentions.”

“Also, those people at home are all watching you, waiting to find trouble with you. Are you going to give them a handle?”

Alright.

He really does care!

Li Xinyue pouted, “Fine, you’re right.”

Is it just that he’s right?

It’s so chaotic outside now. A woman running around everywhere, what if she runs into a bad guy?

Chen Mingchuan took a deep breath, “When you’re feeling better, I’ll teach you some self-defense techniques.”

What?

He’s teaching her?

Li Xinyue’s face twitched: Does she not know self-defense? Who’s teaching who is not even certain!

“Don’t you think?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Chen Mingchuan’s face turned serious, “Why not? Learning something will definitely be good for you.”

“Now that your body is still not good, that’s fine. But later, when you get to the army, I’ll make sure you get some good training.”

“Once you’ve recovered, every morning you’ll get up and run, and I’ll teach you some self-defense techniques. You’ll have some protection when you go out.”

Run every morning?

Li Xinyue: “…”

Is he treating her like one of his soldiers?

Is he going to make her do a five-kilometer cross-country run with a weighted backpack too?

Hiss… the future seems scary… She doesn’t want to be a female man, she wants to be a delicate girl…

Li Xinyue felt that it was better not to provoke this person!

“Forget it, you’re so busy, I wouldn’t dare trouble you!”

“If you insist on me learning, then just ask a soldier to teach me a few moves. I don’t want to practice martial arts every day.”

Someone else teaching her?

That’s not going to happen!

Chen Mingchuan refused without hesitation, “No! These self-defense techniques are taught in close proximity, others can’t do it.”

“That’s settled, once we get back to the army, you’ll start training when you’ve recovered!”

What does this guy mean?

Men and women should not touch each other?

Damn, this guy is really old-fashioned!

Once again, Li Xinyue’s face twitched in pain: “…”

Speechless!

Fine, it’s still early, when she recovers, she’ll just fight him!

But Li Xinyue still agreed to a little exercise.

Life is about movement, right?

After collecting the herbs, the group went to Chen’s vegetable garden to pick mint leaves.

Chen’s vegetable garden was behind the house, a piece of land allocated by the public.

The Chen family was large, and the vegetable garden was big. .org

The vegetables in the garden at this time of year weren’t many varieties.

The cucumbers were nearing the end of their season, the vine leaves were yellow, and the bean vines were almost dry.

But the green peppers, eggplants, and beans were still good.

Chen Mingchuan looked at the vegetable garden and said casually, “The soil is all cracked, these vegetables are going to die too.”

Li Xinyue raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, “Didn’t I get sick? If this old cow doesn’t work, who will do it?”

This big vegetable garden, just her alone?

Chen Mingchuan was strong since he was a child, and he was a hard worker. From the age of thirteen, he earned eight work points in the production team.

He knew better than anyone how hard the work in the countryside was.

“Don’t do it anymore.”

Of course, she won’t!

Li Xinyue immediately nodded, “I won’t be able to eat them anymore anyway, why would I do it? I’m not stupid!”

“Just… this matter of following the army, there shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

What could go wrong?

Chen Mingchuan thought, he had called back to the army in the county the day before yesterday, and had asked his friend to write a family member’s application for joining the army.

If nothing unexpected happened, the registered letter should arrive within a week.

“I’m a soldier, my word is my bond.”

That’s good enough!

Humph, humph, humph.

Li Xinyue pouted, “I believe you’re a man of your word too.”

“Really?”

For some reason, Chen Mingchuan felt that the woman in front of him was a bit of a mystery.

The Li Xinyue he knew back then was simple, what she thought, she showed on her face, and she spoke her mind.

But the woman now seemed completely different.

She still spoke, but the words she said always made him feel insincere.

Although Chen Mingchuan had never liked a woman and rarely interacted with them, it didn’t mean he didn’t know what hypocrisy was.

He glanced at Li Xinyue who was picking mint leaves: Did she really want to follow the army?

Did she truly want to follow the army from the bottom of her heart?

Although he had doubts, Chen Mingchuan didn’t ask.

No matter if she was sincere or not, for the sake of the child, she had to go!

Li Xinyue didn’t care what Chen Mingchuan was thinking. All she wanted was to leave this place, as long as she could leave.

She picked a small handful of large-leaf mint and pulled out two ginger seedlings. Young ginger cooked with fish was delicious too.

In her previous life, she thought she had found a good man. She used all her wit, learned a whole range of cooking skills.

She had misjudged the good man, but the good cooking skills remained in her memory.

Love had disappointed her, but being able to satisfy her taste buds was a kind of compensation.

Young ginger cooked with fish, the delicious part wasn’t the fish, but the young ginger pieces filled with fish flavor.

There’s an old saying: Don’t be happy when you encounter fish, ask for more oil, salt, and rice. Cooking fish is expensive and it goes well with rice.

Although people in the countryside craved meat, they didn’t particularly like fish.

But Li Xinyue was different. She wasn’t from this era, she loved to eat fish.

After picking the seasonings, the group left the vegetable garden, washed their hands by the small canal at the edge of the field, and then returned to the Chen family.

After washing his face, Chen Mingchuan picked up a wooden bucket and was about to go to his eldest uncle’s house when suddenly someone rushed in through the door…

“Chen Sangou, I’m going to kill you! You killed my sister!”

Zhang Caiyun’s younger brother, Zhang Sijin, rushed in and punched Chen Mingchuan…

Chen Sangou?

Did Chen Mingchuan have such a grand nickname?

Li Xinyue, who heard the name “Chen Sangou” nearby, burst out laughing: Hahahaha…

The father is called Sangou, the son is called Doger, the names of this father and son really echo each other!

However, at this moment, Chen Mingchuan didn’t have the time to care about his big name or small name.

Of course, he couldn’t possibly be hit by Zhang Sijin.

Seeing the fist coming, he dodged to the side, his face turned black as he shouted angrily: “Sijin, what are you doing!”

Zhang Sijin’s face was contorted with anger, these words made him even angrier!

“What am I doing? Chen Sangou, how dare you ask what I’m doing?”

“I’ll tell you! My sister jumped into the river because of you, and now her life is uncertain!”

What?

Zhang Caiyun jumped into the river?

Hearing this news, Chen Mingchuan’s face turned ashen: “What are you talking about? What does my sister have to do with me?”

“She jumped into the river, it’s her own decision, why are you blaming me?”

“You won’t admit it?”

Zhang Sijin was truly about to go crazy.

He clenched his fist tightly, swinging it continuously: “Chen Sangou, you know my sister likes you!”

“You married and had children with someone else, she didn’t blame you.”

“But now you’re bullying her with this woman, do you have any conscience?”

“Ah! Tell me, do you have any conscience?”

“She waited for you for so many years, and you still won’t divorce, how can she live!”

As soon as Zhang Sijin’s words came out, Chen Mingchuan immediately became anxious.

“Don’t talk nonsense, I’ve never had any romantic feelings for your sister, I’ve always treated her as a sister.”

“I’ve told her before, I’m your step-brother, I’m her elder brother.”

“I’ve never been ambiguous with her!”

“She jumped into the river, it has nothing to do with me, don’t put the blame on me!”