34. Go back to the beginning
Jiang Wan also looked at Pei You. She didn't expect this incident to alarm Pei You to come over, she thought, he should have heard the movement here and was worried that she would come over, right?
"Obviously, it's the third baby who scolds my sister first!" Jiang Gu exclaimed unconvinced, he looked at Pei You, with a little expectation in his eyes, "Mr. Pei, those rumors are not credible at all, they shouldn't be said nonsense at all, right?" ”
Pei You was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "As the so-called three people become tigers, rumors really shouldn't be believed." He breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as he heard Zhao Chunmiao's words at first glance, he felt unbelievable, but now when he heard Jiang Gu's words, he understood that it must be Sanwa who said Wanwan bad things behind her back, and Jiang Gu fought with Sanwa in order to protect her.
With Pei You's affirmation, Jiang Gu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Sanwa angrily: "Mr. Pei said so, you still don't pay me, do you?" ”
Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao glanced at each other, they didn't seem to have thought that Mr. Pei would say such a thing, according to their past experience, Mr. Pei was also afraid of Jiang Wan, but what happened now, he would actually help her speak?
"I won't pay!" Sanwa shouted, "I'm not wrong, why should I compensate you?" Your sister is Kefu's life, she is harming others, and she should kill herself! ”
Jiang Gu's face changed, he clenched his fists angrily, and shouted that he wanted to rush up and hit someone, but Jiang Wan was desperately holding him back.
"Little Er, don't be impulsive!" Jiang Wan held Jiang Gu tightly and didn't let him do it again.
Jiang Gu's eyes were red, and he was afraid of hurting Jiang Wan, so he finally had to put down his fist and glared at Sanwa, as if he was going to bite him to pieces and eat it.
Sanwa's words made the faces of everyone present not look very good.
Zhao Chunmiao didn't expect her son to say such a thing, her face changed several times, and she pretended to hit Sanwa's arm a few times, and scolded: "You bastard, what are you talking about? Who taught you that kind of thing? Don't say it again, do you hear? ”
Sanwa shouted unconvinced while hiding: "They all said that! ”
"You kid, don't worry what they say, you can't say it in the future!" Zhao Chunmiao reprimanded.
Xu Futian's face was not very good, and he frowned and glared at Sanwa: "If you talk nonsense in the future, be careful that I beat you!" ”
Sanwa is not afraid of his father, he is very favored at home, lawless, listening to his father say this, he sat on the ground like a scoundrel, twisted his hands and feet, as if he was crazy, let go of his throat and cried: "You all murder me!" I'm going to sue Grandma! ”
Jiang Wan looked at this farce coldly, her face was calm, and her lips were pursed. No wonder Xiao Er would be so angry, it turned out that what the third baby said was so ugly, if someone said this about her family, she was afraid that she would have gone desperately with them a long time ago.
On the side, Pei You's fists were clenched, his face was flushed with anger, he looked at Jiang Wan with a gloomy face, and his heart was full of pity. It's just a matter of talking behind her back, someone actually said this in front of her, and said it so ugly, this is what he heard, when he didn't hear it, how much evil thought did Wanwan endure?
"Uncle Xu, the father is good at teaching his son, teaching it to children, and his son teaching him to be righteous, otherwise, he is ignorant and fearless of etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, and he is afraid that it is still a trivial matter, but he is afraid that he will end up in prison if he is bold and reckless." Pei You's face sank like water.
Looking at the faces of Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao, they knew that the two of them couldn't understand what Pei You was talking about at all, and they looked dazed, but nodded again and again: "What Mr. Pei said is, what he said!" ”
"Don't say some things in the future, ...... today" Pei You subconsciously looked at Jiang Wan, he didn't know what she was going to do, and wanted to hear her thoughts.
Pei You's defense of herself touched Jiang Wan's heart, and she said softly: "Mr. Pei, as long as I make compensation to Xiao Er, I will compensate for the medical expenses." ”
She didn't want to hear the insincere apology of the third baby's father, she didn't care what method the third baby's father used, only if the third baby compensated Xiao Er, she would be soft, otherwise she would not talk. Her Jiang family's temper is not bad, but this is not a reason for them to bully her family arbitrarily, no matter who dares to bully her family, she always has to let the other party know that their family is not easy to mess with!
Pei You breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and he felt a little more relieved in his heart, he knew that Wanwan had always been reasonable, and he appreciated her way of dealing with it, if it was wrong, it was wrong, and it should have been compensated.
"Miss Jiang is right." Pei You nodded and looked at Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao, "Uncle Xu, aunt, Miss Jiang's request is not too much, this matter was caused by Sanwa's nonsense, and he should pay for it." Miss Jiang also said that she would compensate him for his medical expenses, I think let the three babies pay for it, the big guy smiled and hated, how about it? ”
Pei You didn't like to be in the disputes between the villagers in the past, and he rarely mediated with others, it was all Lizheng's work, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the villagers of Shanxia Village still gave him a lot of face, who called him a man now, just one step away from the first? At this moment, Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao wanted to end the matter as much as possible, but their son was disobedient.
"Sanwa, have you heard, why don't you make a compensatory deal with Xiao Er?" Zhao Chunmiao picked up the three babies who were still jumping around on the ground like loaches and scolded loudly.
"I don't pay, I just don't!" Sanwa shouted.
"You bastard, you don't even listen to your father?" Xu Futian kept a calm face and slapped the buttocks of the three babies with the most meat several times.
He didn't hit him hard, but Sanwa cried and screamed even louder, like killing a pig: "If I don't listen, I just don't listen!" ”
Jiang Wan was so annoyed that she couldn't do it, and said coldly: "Uncle, aunt, I'm not a place for you to discipline your child, when will he learn to make amends, when will you come again." Please. ”
Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao both frowned, Jiang Wan is driving people away! But they haven't gotten justice for their son, so how can they go? This time, she said that she wanted to pay for the medical expenses, but she refused to pay for it, what should she do?
"Jiang Wan, let's do it, you will compensate our three babies for some medicine first, and I will take the three babies to see the doctor first, and then I will compensate Xiao Er." Zhao Chunmiao said.
"Nope." Jiang Wan refused. When she lost the money, how could she still expect an apology from them?
Zhao Chunmiao's complexion changed, this Jiang Wan really didn't give herself any face!
"Jiang Wan, you can't be so unreasonable! Your brother injured my son, you can't afford to pay for this medicine! Xu Futian frowned.
"Don't you understand people?" Jiang Wan frowned and said coldly, "I said it earlier, if the third baby is not compensated, I will pay for the medicine, otherwise there is no need to talk about it!" Don't talk back and forth, you guys aren't annoying, I'm tired of hearing it! When I say what I say, I do what I say, don't think that you are going back on your word, and that I am just like you. Sanwa lost it, I will give the money immediately, and there is no other word. But looking at today's situation, the third baby doesn't listen to the two at all, in this case, when will he be willing to listen to the reason, you can come to my house again! Please, I don't send it! ”
Jiang Wan said this very politely, Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao's faces changed several times, and then they looked at Pei You on the side together: "Mr. Pei, you give a comment......
Pei You was embarrassed, he was naturally on Jiang Wan's side, although Xiao Er shouldn't beat anyone, but in the end she was willing to lose money, and the rest was on Sanwa's side, but now Sanwa refused to compensate, so naturally Jiang Wan couldn't be blamed for this matter.
It's just that if the neighbors make trouble unpleasantly because of this, it's not worth it.
"This ...... It stands to reason that it is true that the three babies should pay first. Pei You finally chose to completely stand on Jiang Wan's side. What Sanwa said was so ugly that he couldn't bear it as an outsider, and he couldn't imagine how uncomfortable Jiang Wan's heart should be. At this time, if even he can't turn to her, how disappointed should she be in him?
Seeing that Pei You refused to say a word for them, Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao were not good-looking.
Zhao Chunmiao said: "Jiang Wan, you have to think clearly about this matter, when your father and mother come back, they will definitely say that you are wrong......
Before Zhao Chunmiao finished speaking, Jiang Wan, who was already impatient to pull them down, turned her head and said to Jiang Gu: "Xiao Er, bring a broom and drive people away!" ”
Jiang Gu had already seen that they were impatient, but now when he heard Jiang Wan's words, he immediately showed joy on his face, turned his head and went to get a big broom in the corner of the yard, rushed over with a shout, and swept people hard with the broom.
Seeing this, Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao's faces changed, and they hurriedly grabbed Sanwa and ran out with him. Approaching the gate of the courtyard, Zhao Chunmiao suddenly turned around and said to Pei You: "Mr. Pei, I advise you to stay away from this family!" You don't want to think about yourself, you also have to think about your mother, she is so old, do you still want her to be affected by other people's lives, hurt her arms and legs? ”
"Get out!" Jiang Gu chased after him angrily and pulled a broom over.
Zhao Chunmiao hurriedly ran away.
"If you do it again in the future, I'll fight it again!" Jiang Gu shouted out in high spirits.
When he returned to the courtyard refreshed, he found that the atmosphere in the courtyard was not right, and he immediately closed his mouth and did not dare to make a sound.
Jiang Wan and Pei You looked at each other, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while. Pei You suddenly turned his gaze away and said in a low voice, "I'...... I'll go back first. ”
“…… Walking. Jiang Wan didn't keep it.
Pei You suddenly felt as if his feet weighed a thousand pounds, and he exhausted all his strength when he walked out of the courtyard of Jiang Wan's house.
"Sister, what's wrong with Mr. Pei?" Jiang Gu asked strangely. Although he had heard Zhao Chunmiao's words just now, he had heard Pei You say that he didn't believe the rumors before, so he didn't feel anything when he heard her mention it at the moment.
But Jiang Wan clearly saw fear and hesitation in Pei You's eyes. But a moment ago, she was still happy and moved by his maintenance of her, but she didn't expect that in an instant, those things became meaningless.
"I don't know, maybe I'm just scared by this battle, right? After all, he's just a reader. Jiang Wan said.
Jiang Gu nodded ignorantly: "Oh......"
Jiang Wan rubbed Jiang Gu's head: "Xiao Er, if they say those words again in the future, you shouldn't have heard them." Where can you fight with people? These people, ignorant and shameless, will not do anything great in the future, and they still have to be farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky all their lives, but we will be rich people in the future, what are we angry with them? For us in the future, they are just ants, and in the future, our servants in the family will live more comfortably than them! ”
Jiang Gu was a little annoyed at first, but the more Jiang Wan spoke, the more he yearned, and finally with a bright smile on his face: "Yes! In the future, we want to make a lot of money and live in a big house in the county, so let them eat the soil for the rest of their lives! ”
Jiang Wan rubbed Jiang Gu's head with satisfaction.
As for Pei You...... Jiang Wan couldn't help but sigh. A lot of times, it's really the ignorant who are fearless. She really didn't think about it that much before, she thought that she could overcome a qiē difficulty, and the boat would naturally go straight to the bridge. But today she found out that it was not, and there were times when the boat couldn't go straight to the bridge. Pei You maintained her like that before, but when Zhao Chunmiao's words made it clear what he was worried about, his expression and eyes were different. Just now, he didn't even stay to say a few words to her, and left in a hurry.
Perhaps, now he regrets it very much, thinking about when to return the purse she gave him, sever the relationship between the two from now on, and never let her "Kefu life" affect his family.
Thinking that Pei You might return to her former appearance, as soon as she saw her avoid her like a snake and scorpion, her heart felt uncomfortable. At first, she didn't know him, and she was in the mood to tease him deliberately, but in the future, if he really avoided her like that, she would probably be so sad that she wanted to cry.
She didn't want that to happen, but there was nothing she could do about it. It's not that she said that it's all nonsense, if you don't believe it, he won't believe it.
Later, Jiang Funian and his group came back, Jiang Wan beat Jiang Gu to the third baby, and the third baby's father and mother came to seek justice, and finally she beat it out, carefully said, only the rumor part, she vaguely carried it, and didn't want to say those words to make her father and mother angry.
Jiang Funian was silent, and Xu Fenggu's face was full of annoyance: "Wanwan, you did a good job!" If they dare to come again, my mother will beat them all out! ”
Jiang Wan smiled and grabbed Xu Fenggu's arm: "Mother, I'll do this kind of rough work in the future." ”
"And me!" Jiang Gu hurriedly said.
Seeing that those things did not affect Jiang Wan's affection, Xu Fenggu was relieved, patted Jiang Wan's arm with a smile, and went to rub Jiang Gu's head again.
A few days later is the Chung Yeung Festival, on this day, dogwoods are inserted on the doors of every house to ward off evil spirits. Early in the morning, the Jiang family packed up their things and went to climb Grandma Mountain together to drive away disasters.
There are naturally many people going up the mountain today, but there are not many people on Jiang Wan's side. A family of four went up the mountain like an autumn outing, chatting about something while walking, and laughter and laughter were heard from time to time.
Xu Fenggu said: "There is a chrysanthemum appreciation meeting in the county these days, do you want to go?" ”
Jiang Wan was afraid of the county seat, so she said: "It doesn't seem to be anything fun, right, Xiao Er?" ”
Jiang Gu really wanted to go to the county seat to play, but after all, he caused trouble, and he still had to put safety first, so he nodded and said: "Yes, I've been to the county so many times, and it's not interesting." ”
Seeing that a pair of children were not interested in going to the chrysanthemum appreciation party, Xu Fenggu naturally stopped mentioning it.
The four of them climbed halfway up the mountain, Jiang Wan couldn't climb anymore, she sat there panting, and said to her father: "Dad, mother, you go up first, I'll rest for a while." ”
Xu Fenggu's eyes swept upward, and there was still most of the mountain that she hadn't climbed, but she saw that Jiang Wan's face was flushed with exhaustion, and she didn't want to be tired of her in the end, so she had to say: "Then you rest first, and your father and mother will come down in a while." Little two, stay with your sister. ”
"No need, you all go!" Jiang Wan said with a smile. Jiang Gu is full of energy, just climbing such a little mountain road is a piece of cake for him, seeing that he is still full of interest, Jiang Wan naturally will not spoil his interest.
"How's that going to work? What if something happens? Xu Fenggu didn't worry about her.
Jiang Wan said: "There are always some people who come and go on this mountain road, how can there be any accidents?" Mother, don't worry about it, I always ask Xiao Er to accompany me to do something, I will be a drag on him. ”
"It's not a drag, I'm happy to accompany my sister." Jiang Gu hurriedly expressed his loyalty.
Jiang Wan glanced at him obliquely: "I'm not happy if you're happy." Walk quickly, don't get in the way of my view. ”
The four of them were entangled like this for a while, and Xu Fenggu finally agreed to let Jiang Wan stay there alone, and after telling her not to run around, the three of them went up.
Today's sky is just right, the sun is still a little spicy when it comes out, Jiang Wan hurriedly found a shade to sit down, closed her eyes slightly, and felt the comfort of the breeze halfway up the mountainside.
I don't know how long it took, she heard small footsteps approaching, and she couldn't help but open her eyes, but saw Pei You standing less than three steps away from her, as if she had something to say.
Jiang Wan didn't move, didn't speak, just looked at him.
Since that day, although she can see Pei You, she doesn't see it many times, and when she does, he often avoids her eyes. She naturally understood that he was avoiding her, and she was full of sadness. But what can she do? He avoided her, she could only treat it as if nothing had happened in the past, and slowly, when her throbbing emotions could also fade with the passage of time, and a qiē could really be as if nothing had happened.
No one found out what kind of sorrow she had experienced in her heart, and what her father and brother saw were always her faces, as if they had always been carefree. Even if Xu Futian and Zhao Chunmiao came to trouble again and said some ugly things, she didn't take it to heart at all. Those people are not the people she cares about, they can't really hurt her, what hurts her is Pei You's attitude.
It's not that it's not sad, it's just that being sad doesn't do you any good except worry your family. She is waiting, waiting for her feelings to fade away, waiting for one day when she thinks of Pei You, she will not be sad anymore.
"Wanwan......" Pei You finally opened his mouth, but as if he didn't know how to speak, he stopped talking.
Jiang Wan looked at him, slowly stood up with the body of the tree, stretched out her hand in front of him, and said calmly, "You don't have to be embarrassed. Give me back my purse, and you and I will go back to where we started. ”
Pei You was stunned for a moment, suddenly took a step back, shook his head gently, and showed a trace of panic on his face.
Jiang Wan said: "You came to me to make it clear, but you didn't even bring my purse back to me?" Or have you lost it? ”
"No, it's not!" Pei You's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly denied it.
Jiang Wan was silent, her eyes looked diagonally downward, waiting for Pei You to speak, or waiting for him to leave without saying anything.
"Wanwan, I'm ......" Pei You spoke again.
Jiang Wan said: "Don't call me Wanwan, call me Miss Jiang." ”
Pei You glanced at her, but found that she didn't look at him at all, only turned her face to him, and the corners of her drooping mouth trembled slightly.
He suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and his chest was full of swelling.
"Wanwan......" Pei You called Jiang Wan's name a little stubbornly.
Since that day, after Zhao Chunmiao inadvertently punctured what he had been worried about, he had subconsciously avoided Jiang Wan. He also knew that a woman as intelligent as she would definitely be able to feel it. And he also found out that Xu just felt that he was hiding from her, and she also knew the reason why he was hiding from her, and she never took the initiative to come to him. Sometimes when he saw him on the road, he deliberately avoided her gaze, and she avoided it, as if the two had been together like this from the beginning, as if the days after his illness were just his hallucinations.
He hasn't slept well in the past few days, and his body seems to be sick again, but he doesn't dare to get sick this time, this time she will be sick again, she will definitely not come again, right? He avoided her like that, how could she be willing to take care of him? She has always been a woman who loves and hates, and he knows it. Sometimes, however, he wondered, what if she was still willing to take care of him? He thought maybe he should get sick again.
There are some things that can't be avoided.
He kept wondering what bad luck had happened to Wanwan since he came to him and asked him to teach her how to read. It didn't seem to be, except that he was sick, and his mother fell and injured himself because of his illness. But these two things are the most deadly. Kefu's order is always to teach people to be afraid, he is afraid, really afraid. Hearing that the first two families who were married to Wanwan had all died, and Xu Daniu, who was a little closer to her, went up the mountain and broke his leg again, who would not be afraid? He is still so young, he has not yet been admitted to the imperial examination, he has not returned to his hometown to be filial to his mother and take care of his sister, how can he die just like this? He tossed and turned, couldn't sleep at night, and sometimes even felt like he was about to die because he couldn't sleep.
Then, he thought about what kind of mood Wanwan should be in at this moment. He thought, she probably admired him, otherwise why would she be so good to him? How painful should it be to be avoided by an admiring person like a calamity? He thought he knew, because when she had misunderstood him before, he felt unbearable just looking at him with her disdain.
And at this moment, he made her suffer the pain he had at the beginning.
He thought about it for a long time, one moment it was his family that was destroyed because of Na Kefu's order, one moment Jiang Wan looked at him with painful eyes, one moment her delicate smile and cunning appearance, and one moment her cold disdain...... What should he do? He was afraid of the name of Kefu, but he was also afraid that she would be uncomfortable, and when he thought of her pain, he felt it and could not calm down.
After thinking about it, today he finally had a vague idea, he saw Jiang Wan's family go up the mountain, so he followed from a distance, and the idea became clearer and clearer as he ascended, until she suddenly stopped, staying alone in the middle of the mountain, and he finally found a chance to tell.