Chapter 410: I'll be your wife, okay?

Summer in the Xuefeng Mountains is very cool.

With the night breeze blowing, Yu Shuheng felt an unprecedented sense of refreshment after bathing and changing into clean clothes.

After hanging up her clothes, she stood on the second-floor balcony, leaning against the railing, and said, "This place of yours is a summer resort."

Li Heng nodded and then shook his head: "This is another 'besieged city'."

He nodded because Shangwan Village has clear waters and lush mountains, beautiful scenery, and a pleasant alpine climate; it is indeed a good place for health and rest.

But these things can't be eaten as meals. Apart from the scenery, everything else is useless.

For example, the economy, medical care, education, and public health are all backward. The old farmers work from sunrise to sunset, busy in the fields 365 days a year, yet they cannot afford to support their families or send their children to school. How could they have the heart to appreciate this so-called beautiful scenery?

Hearing the words "besieged city," Yu Shuheng turned her head to look at him, as if she understood his thoughts.

Next, the two stood side by side on the balcony, looking up at the starry night sky, neither speaking again.

This rare tranquility lasted until Tian Run'e came to the second floor to call them for dinner, breaking the silence.

Yu Shuheng enjoyed this feeling very much. Being suddenly awakened, a sense of regret inevitably welled up in her heart. When she turned around, there was already a hint of a smile on her calm face, and she went downstairs chatting and laughing with Tian Run'e.

Li Heng walked behind, watching her back and listening to her chat with his mother, without interrupting.

Because they had eaten wontons earlier, both were full and didn't touch the rice noodles much. Yu Shuheng took the shaojiu (distilled liquor) he handed her and took a small sip with her head lowered.

Li Heng asked, "How is it? Are you used to drinking it?"

Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e watched her intently, fearing that the rural shaojiu wouldn't meet Yu Laoshi's standards.

Yu Shuheng took two consecutive sips, looked up, smiled, and said, "It tastes quite good, better than beer."

Seeing that her expression didn't seem fake, Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e looked at each other, full of smiles.

After drinking a little, under the influence of the alcohol, the iceberg aura on Yu Shuheng gradually disappeared, replaced by the amiable and approachable demeanor she had in the classroom, blending in very well with Li Jianguo and his wife.

Watching Yu Laoshi chatting incessantly with his mother, Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back to the village earlier, he had worried that Yu Laoshi would be out of place in the rural countryside, worried that she wouldn't find common topics with his family and that there would always be awkward silences. Now that he thought about it, he had been overthinking.

After the meal, Yu Shuheng, in high spirits, asked Li Heng, "Is it safe to go for a walk at night?"

Li Heng understood: "Want to go for a walk on the road?"

Yu Shuheng nodded slightly.

Li Heng didn't hesitate, picked up a flashlight, and then found a wooden stick of appropriate size as a self-defense weapon: "Teacher, let's go."

Yu Shuheng followed him to the village road and asked, "To hit dogs?"

"Right. One-third of the families in our village keep dogs. These dogs are very wild. Without a handy weapon in hand, you might really get bitten walking at night." As a native of the countryside, Li Heng was quite experienced in this regard.

Just as he expected, dog barking was constant along the way. During this time, two dogs lunged at them. Seeing this, Li Heng didn't show any mercy, directly greeting them with the stick. One dog was swept 3 meters away, and another was flicked into the air and then landed heavily in a paddy field. Both dogs suffered physical pain, then let out muffled groans and ran away in a flash, too much in pain to even remember to bare their teeth and bark.

Yu Shuheng stood by his side, taking in this scene, and couldn't help but think of a phrase: "A dog bullies others by relying on its master's power."

Li Heng put away the stick: "I've startled you, Teacher."

Yu Shuheng smiled: "It's okay. With you here, I feel more at ease."

Without any wind to stir the waves, the two looked at each other and suddenly fell silent, then continued walking slowly, side by side, neither taking the initiative to tighten that intangible string between them.

After walking a distance forward, she noticed many flashlights flickering by the river and in the fields, and couldn't help but ask, "Are people still working so late at night?"

Li Heng cleared up her confusion: "Some people might be checking the water in the fields, some are catching frogs, and as for those by the river, they should be catching fish and shrimp."

Yu Shuheng was curious: "Catching frogs, catching fish and shrimp?"

Li Heng nodded, "It's also possible they are trapping swamp eels and loaches."

Yu Shuheng asked, "Are there many of these things?"

Li Heng replied, "A lot. As long as you are willing to go out, you can easily get a meal's worth."

Yu Shuheng grew up in a prominent family and had never been exposed to such down-to-earth things. She immediately became interested, staring at him with burning eyes.

Li Heng understood in a second, "Teacher, what do you want to eat? I'll go back and get the tools right now."

Yu Shuheng asked, "Is there dew on the ridges?"

Li Heng replied, "Naturally. You'll basically get wet all over, but you don't have to go into the fields; there are plenty of frogs by the roadside, the river, and the pond."

Yu Shuheng thought for a moment and finally chose to go to the river to catch crabs, fish, and shrimp. She had read about this kind of life in books when she was a child, and now that she could experience it in person, her heart was full of anticipation.

"Okay, that's the simplest. Let's go back and get a bucket." Saying this, the two returned home and set off with an aluminum bucket.

Yu Shuheng asked in confusion, "Why not use a plastic bucket? That's lighter and more convenient to carry, saving effort."

Li Heng explained, "An aluminum bucket is most suitable in the river. It's heavy, so it won't be washed away by the water if placed on the sand."

Yu Shuheng understood and followed him to the riverside.

Seeing Li Heng roll up his trouser legs, she followed suit and rolled hers up to her knees. Immediately, her smooth, straight calves were exposed, making someone unable to resist taking a few extra looks.

Yu Shuheng saw all his little actions, but didn't point them out. Instead, she excitedly picked up the flashlight and searched everywhere, looking for fish and shrimp in the water.

"Li Heng, there's a huge crab over there." Suddenly, she whispered.

"This thing is good; it's super fragrant when deep-fried." Li Heng bent down, caught the river crab in one go, and threw it into the bucket.

Seeing the river crab crawling around in the bucket, Yu Shuheng looked down, finding it very novel. She watched for a long while before saying, "It's too lonely. Let's hurry and find it some companions."

Li Heng: "..."

These words were truly fresh and refined.

In this era, the small river hadn't been ravaged by pesticides or electric fishing machines, so there was no shortage of fish, shrimp, and river crabs at all. The two walked and caught them along the way, both very excited.

"Look, there's a huge fish under the stone." When they had walked about 500 meters upstream along the river, Yu Shuheng, with sharp eyes, quietly pulled Li Heng beside her and whispered.

Li Heng looked in the direction of her gaze and indeed saw a large grass carp, visually estimated to be at least 4 jin (2 kg).

He said, "This must have escaped from some fish pond when the water rose."

Yu Shuheng asked, "Can you catch it?"

Li Heng handed the bucket to her, "I'll try."

Having played in the river for so many years with his great-uncle, he considered himself second to none in catching fish and shrimp nearby. So what if it was a 4-jin grass carp? As long as the method was right, couldn't it be caught easily?

Seeing him lean over and press the grass carp onto a stone, Yu Shuheng hurried over, preparing to hand him the bucket to put the fish in.

But!

But she accidentally stepped on a stone covered with moss, slipped, and instantly lost her balance, falling backward.

"Teacher, be careful!"

Seeing this scene, Li Heng was terrified. Behind her were all sharp little stones. If her head hit them, and she was unlucky, she might be gone just like that.

He couldn't care about anything else!

No sooner said than done, Li Heng couldn't care about the big grass carp anymore, hurriedly lunged over, and caught Yu Laoshi's upper body.

"Ouch!"

An exclamation escaped her lips subconsciously. Yu Shuheng immediately felt pain in her left foot, and then her whole body fell into his arms.

Li Heng asked with concern, "Did you twist your foot?"

Yu Shuheng lifted her left foot; under the strong light of the flashlight, a large lump had already swollen up.

Li Heng helped her sit down on the grass by the river, squatted down, and said, "Try to move your left foot."

Yu Shuheng twisted it as told. Fearing he would be anxious, she took the initiative to comfort him, saying, "It can still move. It shouldn't be a big problem, just a sprain."

It was about the same as what he thought.

Then, Li Heng stretched out his hands, grabbed her calf with his left hand and placed it on his knee, and began to massage it with his right hand.

He explained, "This can activate blood circulation and dissipate stasis, promote local blood circulation, and relieve symptoms. Teacher, bear with it for a moment."

Seeing him massaging her ankle with such dedication and seriousness, Yu Shuheng didn't make a sound, but let her gaze fall on his face, looking at him from a close distance, staring at him intently.

As an indescribable strange feeling spread from her left leg throughout her whole body, making one's heart palpitate, she didn't know how much time had passed when she suddenly blurted out: "Li Heng, Teacher will resign and be your wife, okay?"

After these words, the air fell silent.

Insects chirped, the river flowed, and the wilderness by the river, which was originally bustling, was now exceptionally quiet, quiet to the point of being terrifying.

Half a day passed before Li Heng came back to his senses, slowly raised his head, and looked at her.

Their gazes met. She, who had always had the upper hand in the past, retreated this time. It was her first retreat. Her noble elegance remained, but her eyes dodged, and she turned her head to look elsewhere.

After looking at her beautiful side profile for a while, Li Heng lowered his head and continued to massage her ankle.

Yu Shuheng said nothing, gave no explanation for what she had just said, didn't say she was serious, didn't say she was joking, and didn't press him for an answer.

At this moment, the two had a tacit understanding, as if nothing had happened.

Another while passed, about half an hour or so. Having digested that explosive sentence, he chose to break the deadlock and took the initiative to speak: "Teacher, how is this pressure? Does it hurt?"

Yu Shuheng came back to her senses from her thoughts and said from her heart: "It's very comfortable. Did you study this professionally?"

Li Heng said to himself: "We are rural kids, after all. We liked to run around crazily when we were young, so bumps and bruises were inevitable. Whenever our ankles were sprained, the elders in the family would patiently massage and knead them like this. After doing it a lot, we naturally learned it."

"Mm."

After the long silence just now, Yu Shuheng, with a calmed state of mind, cast her gaze on his face again and said after pondering for a moment: "Teacher's decision to come to your home to experience rural life was made a long time ago, not on a whim."

With these words, she was being honest with him, and it was also another kind of explanation.

The reason was that Yu Laoshi had insight into his inner activities and was afraid he would misunderstand, afraid he would mistakenly think she was here to stir up trouble.

Stir up what trouble?

Of course, it was stirring up the trouble of him going to see Xiao Han, Chen Zijin, and Song Yu.

However, she wasn't, and she didn't harbor such thoughts.

Otherwise, she would have pressed him step by step back in Bailu Village; how could so many groundless things have happened?

Li Heng was stunned, and later sighed silently: "It seems there really is a misunderstanding between us."

It is said that small-minded people are always worried, while gentlemen are open and honest.

He chose not to lie about these things, but to admit them straightforwardly. This instead made the relationship between the two purer, with less suspicion and more openness.

Having said that, even if he didn't admit it, even if he lied, it would have no meaning, because Yu Laoshi being able to say that proved that she had already noticed it long ago. In this situation, covering it up would only make him seem insincere.

His honesty surprised Yu Shuheng.

Afterward, she gave a refined smile and said softly: "It's a pity that with my slip, several jin of fish, shrimp, and crabs ran away, and the grass carp is gone too."

They had worked hard to catch them all the way, and the two had been shouting and happy all the way, with a rich harvest—at least 3.5 jin of fish and shrimp, plus a big grass carp. As a result...

As a result, with her slip, the family fortune they had painstakingly accumulated was all gone, all washed away.

Yu Shuheng felt a bit apologetic.

Li Heng raised his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter. Letting them live is to have a bigger harvest next year. Besides, let's look for them again in a while. This grass carp can't run far; it must still be in the nearby waters."

For some reason, this massage lasted for nearly 40 minutes. Having sobered up, he realized his legs were numb from squatting, and his wrists were aching faintly.

Of course, the effect was also huge; the swelling on Yu Laoshi's ankle had successfully dissipated by more than half.

Previously, the two were immersed in an indescribable atmosphere and didn't care about the passage of time at all. Yu Shuheng reacted at this time and said:

"Thank you for your hard work. I'm almost better. You should rest for a while."

"Okay."

Indeed tired, Li Heng didn't pretend to be modest, carefully placed her left leg flat on the grass, then stood up to stretch his body, and immediately instructed her:

"Teacher, wait for me here. I'll go into the river and look to see if I can find that fish."

"Mm, go ahead." Yu Shuheng didn't stop him.

She also hoped to catch that fish; otherwise, if they had been out for so long and had no catch at all, it would be quite embarrassing when they got home later.

If it were in the past, she wouldn't have cared at all about the opinions of Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e.

But now, looking at someone bending over and searching in the river, many of her thoughts had changed because of this.

Abruptly, a figure appeared in her mind: Zhou Shihe.

If Zhou Shihe were here, would he be very lucky tonight? Would he fill the bucket?

It was no wonder she thought this way; the scene of playing cards in Jingcheng was vivid in her mind. She had played for several nights and had rarely seen Zhou Shihe lose.

"Splash! Splash! Swish!"

Just as her thoughts were drifting, a huge sound suddenly came from the river. Yu Shuheng looked in the direction of the sound and found Li Heng biting the flashlight with his mouth, his hands pressed into the water, with countless splashes emerging.

She tried asking: "Did you find the fish?"

Li Heng's mouth wasn't free, and his hands weren't free either, so he excitedly twisted his waist and buttocks to tell her: The grass carp was right under his hands.

Seeing his happy appearance, Yu Shuheng laughed in the dark for a long time.

Every angler knows how hard it is to deal with a 4-jin grass carp. Li Heng struggled for a long time and finally used all his strength to drag the grass carp ashore.

Yu Shuheng leaned over and said after a while: "The fish's scales have fallen off a lot."

Li Heng reached out and patted the fish gills: "Yeah, there's no help for it. It was too disobedient; I just wanted to feed it some oil and salt. Sigh, this fish hasn't seen much of the world and doesn't understand that Yu Laoshi is a guest from afar."

Hearing his nonsense, Yu Shuheng couldn't help but laugh.

She asked: "Use a bucket to carry it? Will it run away?"

"No need for a bucket, use a straw rope."

Saying this, Li Heng set off to pull some thatch, casually twisted it into a straw rope, and strung the fish gills together so the fish couldn't run away.

After finishing all this, Li Heng weighed things up and said: "Teacher, your ankle hasn't fully recovered yet. Let me carry you on my back; you help carry the fish and the bucket."

Yu Shuheng moved her left foot, didn't pretend to be polite, and generously said okay.

Reaching an agreement, Li Heng squatted down in front of her.

Yu Shuheng stared at the back of his head for a while, then leaned forward and lay on his back.

So firm, such ample assets. The information coming from behind made Li Heng think this way instinctively, and at the same time, a scene appeared in his mind: the scene of her changing clothes in the bedroom back then.

Seeming to guess his thoughts, Yu Shuheng whispered in his ear with interest: "Little boy, your mind is wandering."

"What wandering?" Li Heng played dumb and denied it flatly.

Yu Shuheng turned her head to look at his side profile, smiled, and gradually fell silent, not pursuing whether he had been wandering just now.

"Is Teacher heavy?"

"It's okay."

"Compared to Runwen, who is heavier?"

"Huh?"

"You haven't held her?"

"No." Li Heng replied, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

The place where the two went ashore wasn't particularly far from the crossroads, and they soon reached the road along the small path. It was already very late. In this era with few entertainment activities, most men and women in Shangwan Village had long since closed their doors to make babies. The mountain village was completely silent, with only a few lamp lights hanging in the netherworld like fireflies.

Along the way, they almost didn't run into anyone. Yu Shuheng looked around for a while and asked: "Is it always like this usually, everyone sleeps so early?"

Li Heng said: "About the same. After 11 o'clock at night, except for a few playing cards, basically everyone is asleep. However, everyone generally gets up quite early. They will go out to work when the sky is just getting light, such as pulling pig grass, grazing cattle, and going up the mountain to cut firewood."

Returning home, Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e hadn't slept yet and were still waiting for the two.

When they saw their son carrying Yu Laoshi back, the couple's first reaction was confusion, and their second reaction was to ask anxiously what happened.

Li Heng said: "Teacher twisted her foot."

Tian Run'e was the most worried, hurriedly letting her son put the person on a chair, checking for a while herself, and finally letting her hanging heart go: "Rest for a night, it should be fine by tomorrow morning."

Yu Shuheng smiled and said mm.

Teacher's foot was fine, so Li Jianguo had time to ask about the grass carp.

When they learned that several jin of fish and shrimp were lost because of this fish, the couple just laughed, while constantly comforting Yu Laoshi, saying that there were many dried small fish and shrimp at home and they would make them for her tomorrow morning.

Actually, the couple hadn't been idle tonight either; they had caught many toads in the vegetable field and asked the two: "Do you like them steamed with rice noodles? Or stir-fried?"

Yu Shuheng didn't understand much and looked at Li Heng.

Li Heng said: "Toads have a fishy smell; stir-frying is better."

Chatting for more than 20 minutes about tomorrow morning's dishes and some trivial matters, the four of them washed up and rested separately.

Watching his son carry Yu Laoshi, who had finished bathing, to the second floor, Li Jianguo pulled his wife's sleeve, "Stop looking, we should go back to our room too."

Tian Run'e folded her hands together, her brows furrowed, "What do you say about Manzai and Yu Laoshi?"

Li Jianguo waved his hand: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Didn't we agree not to care about them?"

"I don't want to care. But this Yu Laoshi's family isn't simple. The Chen family and the Xiao family haven't given an explanation yet, and now he's brought back another thunderbolt. Plus there's Song Yu. As a mother, how can I not worry?" Tian Run'e was truly worried sick.

In the end, it was because she was kind-hearted and always felt that her son wasn't acting properly and was letting these girls down.

Li Jianguo thought for a while and finally said: "Regarding Yu Laoshi, nothing is settled yet. We shouldn't speculate too much now, so as not to ruin her reputation. It's the daughter of Xiao Shuji that's hard to deal with."

"Xiao Shuji's daughter? What's going on?" Tian Run'e asked urgently.

Li Jianguo said: "Today I went to town to buy pesticides and happened to run into Xiao Han. This girl actually took the initiative to call me and even asked about our son. In the past, when we ran into each other, she wouldn't call me. Now that there's such a big change, I reckon..."

Tian Run'e urged: "Reckon what?"

Li Jianguo hesitated to speak.

Having been together for so many years, Tian Run'e saw her husband's appearance and immediately understood, lowering her voice to ask: "Are you saying Manzai has already ruined the Xiao family girl?"

Li Jianguo nodded: "Nine times out of ten."

"Clap."

Tian Run'e clapped her hands heavily together, then sighed and lost her voice.

This night, the couple tossed and turned in bed, not closing their eyes all night.

Coincidentally, the couple downstairs didn't sleep well, and Yu Laoshi upstairs was also suffering from insomnia.

Although the little boy didn't give her the answer she wanted directly today, her coming to Shangwan Village was a signal in itself, a kind of answer in itself.

In the past, hindered by the status of being his teacher, she would rather deceive herself than admit some things.

But today, after that sentence was spoken, many things could no longer be hidden.

Even though it was midsummer, it wasn't hot. Yu Shuheng tossed and turned on the bed many times, but still had no sleepiness at all.

What is he doing?

Is he asleep?

When a figure suddenly appeared in her mind, it was as if it had taken root and sprouted, never to be driven away again.

She couldn't go on like this. At one moment, Yu Shuheng forced herself not to think about anything related to him, but the next second, that black coffin across the door jumped into her mind inexplicably. Now she had even less sleepiness.

Having drunk too much water last night, Li Heng, who got up to urinate in the middle of the night, heard the creaking sound of the bed boards coming from next door as soon as he opened the door.

The sound wasn't loud, but because it was too quiet, it still drilled into his ears very clearly.

Li Heng stood at the door for a while, then went to the first floor to use the toilet. When he came back, he heard the faint sound of the bed turning again.

Fearing he was having hallucinations, he walked on tiptoe to the door of Yu Laoshi's room and listened intently.

That's right, he heard it correctly this time; Yu Laoshi wasn't asleep yet.

Li Heng looked at his watch subconsciously: 2:49.

The night was very deep.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Heng finally raised his right hand and knocked on the door lightly.

The moment the knocking sound rang out, there was suddenly no movement inside the room.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Who is it?"

As soon as the second knock fell, Yu Laoshi's voice came from inside.

"Teacher, it's me." Li Heng shouted from outside in a voice that wasn't too loud.

Hearing this, the electric light in the room turned on.

After about half a minute, the door opened, revealing Yu Laoshi's figure. At this moment, she was wearing white pajamas, her graceful, tall figure faintly visible, appearing very seductive under the dim yellow electric light, making people restless.

He could even imagine the precious vessel hidden inside the white pajamas.

Facing each other across the door, Li Heng struggled to withdraw his gaze that had flashed across her body and asked with concern: "Teacher, can't you sleep?"

"Mm."

"Not used to the bed?"

"No."

Li Heng thought for a while and asked again: "Because of the coffin?"

Yu Shuheng didn't deny it: "A little."

At this point, Li Heng was in a dilemma. He couldn't go and carry the coffin away now; it was the middle of the night, not to mention whether it was creepy, the key was that he couldn't carry it either.

After looking at each other for a while, Yu Shuheng suddenly moved her body to the side, leaving a path for him.

What does this mean?

What does this represent?

Even a fool would know.

Not to mention he wasn't a fool.

Just because of this one move, Li Heng's little heart beat violently several times, and then he said: "Teacher..."

At this very moment, Yu Shuheng seemed not to want to hear him speak. As soon as the two words "Teacher" came out, she reached out and pulled the electric light cord located next to the door. With a "click," the light went out in response.

Then she returned to the bed in the dark and lay down, her movements clean and neat, without any hesitation throughout.

As if everything just now hadn't happened, as if he hadn't come.

However, the door was open, leaving traces to follow.

As the light went out, the two people inside and outside the room fell into silence.

For a long time, Li Heng spoke in the dark, "Teacher, I'll go move a bed mat."

"Mm." Yu Shuheng finally responded this time.

It also proved that Li Heng had guessed her thoughts, letting him enter the room to sleep. She was afraid and needed him to accompany her.

If there hadn't been the precedent of sleeping in the same room with Zhou Shihe in Jingcheng, Yu Shuheng wouldn't have done this, and Li Heng wouldn't have dared to agree.

But God seemed to have destined it long ago in the dark; what kind of cause you plant, you reap what kind of fruit.

Cause and effect, cause and effect. Since he could accept Zhou Shihe, he couldn't refuse Yu Laoshi.

Returning to the room where he had slept just now, Li Heng rolled up the mat on the bed, took a thin blanket by the way, and then entered the bedroom where Yu Laoshi was.

The door closed, and the light was still not turned on.

However, this didn't stump him.

This was originally his bedroom; he wouldn't say he knew the layout inside like the back of his hand, but it was close enough.

After spreading the mat on the floor, Li Heng kicked his sandals to the side and lay down as well.

"At this hour, why aren't you asleep yet?" Just after lying down, a voice sounded in his ear, soft, unhurried, and very pleasant.

"I already slept once, just went to the first floor." Li Heng said so.

What did he go to the first floor for?

Either to drink water or to use the toilet.

Yu Shuheng understood and asked again after a while: "Li Heng, do you believe there are ghosts and gods in the world?"

How should he answer this question?

In principle, he was born under the red flag and grew up under the red flag, so he should believe in science.

But the problem was, he was reborn; he was now living his second life.

Since such an outrageous thing had happened, he couldn't deny it easily.

Li Heng pondered: "Some believe, some say they have seen it with their own eyes, and some firmly do not believe. Each holds their own opinion. I don't know which to believe either? However..."

Pausing for a moment, he continued: "However, my second sister has never believed in this stuff since she was a child. The most eerie place in our village is called Zengjia'ao. She once went there in the middle of the night to look for cattle."

"In the middle of the night?"

"Yes."

"By herself?"

"Yes."

"Is it far from the road?"

"About 2 li (1 km), need to make three big turns, no human habitation in front, behind, left, or right, only new and old grave mounds."

Yu Shuheng was convinced. For a moment, it was hard for her to imagine that Li Lan, whom she saw in Jingcheng, would be so bold.

After a short while, she asked: "Has your second sister not been afraid since she was a child?"

"About that." Li Heng said.

Yu Shuheng turned over to face under the bed, "Then do you know any ghost stories?"

Li Heng was speechless: "Teacher, do you want to hear one?"

"Listen."

"I don't know any."

"Then, then you just tell me about this Zengjia'ao."

"Don't, if I tell you about Zengjia'ao, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

Yu Shuheng said: "I live in Shanghai and haven't heard any ghost stories yet."

"Then I'll tell you tomorrow during the day."

"There's no atmosphere during the day."

"Want atmosphere? How about we go sit next to the coffin and tell it?"

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly, concentrating and waiting. Intuition told him that the little boy wouldn't refuse her.

Sure enough, ten seconds later, a story spread in the room.

The story was roughly like this: Zengjia'ao was once the place where a big landlord lived, with countless properties and many wives and concubines. Just the servants and long-term workers numbered dozens, a scene of prosperity. As the saying goes, things turn into their opposites when they reach the extreme, and prosperity leads to decline. On a dark and windy night, a gang of robbers targeted this place and then started a massacre. That night, the fire in Zengjia'ao soared into the sky, and the crying, shouting, and wailing could be heard for miles, but no one dared to go to the rescue. After one night, Zengjia'ao was littered with corpses and rubble. From then on, this place became a ghost street for everyone to talk about after meals. Many people were scared by ghosts when passing by in the middle of the night, saying that female ghosts stood in rows on the treetops, with their backs to the moon, in fluttering red clothes...

Halfway through the story, the voice stopped abruptly. Li Heng found that the atmosphere in the room was a bit wrong, so he shouted: "Teacher."

Yu Shuheng didn't respond at first. It took a full two minutes before she said: "You come up."

"Huh?" Li Heng thought he had heard wrong.

Yu Shuheng said: "I, am a little afraid."

This teacher is both cowardly and loves to play, really. Li Heng didn't move.

He didn't dare to move.

He was afraid that if he moved, the sun wouldn't come out tomorrow, and the world would be turned upside down. Facing such a great beauty, as long as he moved, he would open a gap in his willpower.

Perhaps sensing his thoughts, after a long time, a faint sound came from the head of the bed. Yu Shuheng struggled to sit up slowly from the bed, reached out to pick up a pillow, then got out of bed, spread the pillow next to him, and later she also lay down slowly.

At this moment, Li Heng's heart jumped to his throat, feeling his blood racing at 450 mph.

But this wasn't all. Suddenly, a hand touched around him, and after groping for a while, it reached out and grabbed his hand.

Li Heng swallowed his throat, took two deep breaths, and said in a low voice: "Teacher, don't mess around..."

Yu Shuheng drew a circle in the palm of his left hand with her index finger and said softly: "Sleep, don't think too much, Teacher is sleepy."

After saying this, she, who hadn't slept for half the night, was swept by sleepiness and really closed her eyelashes.

She didn't know why either? When she grabbed his hand, her heart seemed to be fixed by a mysterious force, inexplicably calm. She wasn't afraid of the coffin outside anymore, nor did she let her imagination run wild; she just wanted to have a good sleep.

She called him into the room and finally got her wish, successfully entering dreamland.

But this harmed Li Heng! Guarding such a peerless beauty, he couldn't advance and couldn't retreat. Who the hell could stand this!

Enduring, bearing it, now it was Li Heng's turn to toss and turn!

Time passed second by second. At some point, Li Heng's right hand reached out by some stroke of luck, reaching her waist and abdomen.

Staying for a while, rubbing a few circles in place, pulling up and down, it still went up.

Yu Shuheng's eyelashes moved, and later she woke up from her sleep. Feeling his big hand, she was about to suffocate instantly.

After another while, Yu Shuheng's ten toes curled into fishhooks, and her breathing also showed small fluctuations.

"Teacher, you're awake." Seeing her change, Li Heng asked.

Yu Shuheng didn't make a sound, but pressed his right hand with her left hand, moved her body, turned to his ear, and whispered like an orchid: "Little boy, didn't you know I was awake just now?"

Li Heng: "..."

Yu Shuheng exhaled into his neck, "We're even, sleep, very sleepy."

"Mm." Li Heng said mm.

After waiting for a while, seeing his hand hadn't been taken away, Yu Shuheng said with a smile that wasn't a smile: "In someone's mouth, I'm a lion."

Li Heng withdrew his right hand and lay down obediently.

"Just scared?"

"Scared!"

"How about this, since you've already tasted it, I allow you to keep it for occasional snacks, the rest unopened ones forget it." Yu Shuheng said meaningfully.

"Teacher, sleep." Li Heng said with great willpower.

Yu Shuheng curled her lips, reached out to tidy up her pajamas, sat up again, calmed down, picked up the pillow, and returned to the bed.

"Aren't you afraid of ghosts anymore?" He asked.

"Don't ask, otherwise I'll come down again." She teased.

Actually, she wasn't not afraid, but she knew her charm. If she continued to stay on the mat below, maybe he wouldn't be able to hold back tonight.

Sure enough, once the person left, Li Heng's pressure was greatly reduced. Enduring and enduring, until the rooster crowed before dawn, he finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

With this sleep, he slept until the sky was dark and the earth was dim, not even hearing the firecrackers ringing across the river.

Yu Shuheng was a light sleeper and also slept relatively enough. She was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

First she listened to the firecrackers for a while, then took the watch from the head of the bed to check the time.

7:56.

Not too early, almost 8 o'clock.

Thinking this way, she didn't linger in bed anymore, stretched her hands behind the bed, and sat up.

This night, she sat up for the third time.

When she wanted to change clothes, she stopped her hands that were untying the belt and turned her head to look at the man sleeping soundly on the floor.

For a long time, her heart moved, she got out of bed lightly, sat on her knees beside him, rested her head on her knees, and looked at him quietly.

One minute...

Two minutes...

Five minutes...

Listening to his even breathing, Yu Shuheng tentatively reached out her left hand to touch his cheek. After waiting, seeing he didn't react, her left hand dared to cover it completely, covering his cheek.

At this very moment, her black eyes surged, gentle as water.

After another moment, Yu Shuheng's long eyelashes drooped, she withdrew her left hand, immediately gathered her drifting thoughts, stood up, found the clothes she wanted to wear today from the suitcase, and then left the room quietly.

She didn't go anywhere else, but went to the bedroom next door, which was the bedroom before Li Heng came over.

Closing the door, she began to take off her white pajamas and change into the clothes and pants she wanted to wear today.

There weren't many summer clothes, so she changed quickly.

However, she didn't rush to leave, but picked up the white pajamas and looked down at them in a daze.

"Moo moo...!"

Suddenly, there was a cow calling on the road outside, the sound loud and urgent, as if it were in heat.

Yu Shuheng came back to her senses, folded the white pajamas, held them in her palm, and walked outside.

It wasn't early, and she had been delayed for a long time just now. She didn't delay any longer and quickly went downstairs. She hoped to leave a good impression on the old couple downstairs.

"Yu Laoshi is up."

Seeing Yu Shuheng come downstairs, Tian Run'e, who was picking fresh mushrooms at the door, raised her head and greeted her enthusiastically.

Li Jianguo beside her also raised his head and nodded with a smile.

In the old Li family, Yu Shuheng changed her past iceberg image, with a smile always on her lips. She walked over and asked curiously: "Are these wild mushrooms from the mountain?"

"Right, this one is called Termitomyces, this one is called September Fragrance. They are produced in large quantities on the mountain from July to September. Jian Guo and I just picked them this morning." Seeing Yu Laoshi was in high spirits, Tian Run'e introduced the various mountain mushrooms in the bamboo basket with great patience.

After listening, Yu Shuheng asked: "Picked from the back mountain?"

"Right, the back mountain. They are everywhere on the mountains here. As long as you are willing to move, you will have a harvest. If you are lucky, like this September Fragrance, one nest is a whole pig grass basket..." Tian Run'e had good eloquence and vividly told the experience of picking mushrooms.

Her thoughts were very simple now: no matter what relationship this noble Yu Laoshi had with Manzai? Whether she would become her daughter-in-law in the future?

But one thing was always right: making friends with the other party was beneficial to Manzai's future.

Yu Shuheng was moved and asked: "Are there more on the back mountain?"

"Yes, but the nearby ones were picked by us this morning. You have to walk a little further."

Tian Run'e saw that the other party wanted to experience it personally, so she said: "Yu Laoshi, after breakfast, I'll take you up the mountain to look for some."

Yu Shuheng agreed: "Okay."

There were two reasons for agreeing:

One was that she herself wanted to go into the mountains to look around. Having lived so long, she hadn't seen this kind of high mountain that maintained its original appearance at close range.

Of course, excluding those small low hills around Jingcheng and Shanghai, they couldn't be compared with the Xuefeng Mountains with their continuous high mountains at all.

The second was that subconsciously, she wanted to maintain a good relationship with Li Jianguo and his wife, preferably establishing a certain friendship.

Perhaps.

Perhaps she would come back to this place in the future.

As for whether there would be a chance to come in the future? Honestly, she didn't have a bottom line in her heart either.

After chatting with the couple for a while, Yu Shuheng went to wash up, and by the way, washed the white pajamas clean and hung them up to dry.

Shangwan Village is used to eating rice for breakfast. The dishes are very rich, with small fish and shrimp, stir-fried frogs, fresh mushroom stir-fried meat, and yellow-fried tofu.

Finally, there was a vegetable, water spinach.

The 5 dishes in front were already served on the table, but the son still hadn't come downstairs, and Tian Run'e couldn't help but mutter.

What's wrong with Manzai?

There are guests at home!

Lying in bed and not getting up?

Looking at Yu Laoshi, who was chatting with her eldest daughter Li Yan and the simple-minded one outside the door, Tian Run'e took off her apron and walked toward the stairs.

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