Chapter 47: Chapter 47: So-Called Schemes

Li Chenggang left the Xiao Family. For some reason, the moment he saw Xiao Chengguang, the unease in his heart was magnified infinitely.

He wiped the sweat off his body, and his hands started to tremble involuntarily.

What should I do?

A group of noisy children ran towards him.

Almost instantly, Li Chenggang’s expression changed, blocking their path with a sunny smile, “Kids, don’t go! I’ve got candies here for you.”

The kids immediately became wary, “Who are you? Our mom said we shouldn’t talk to strangers. Are you a kidnapper?”

“No, no,” Li Chenggang thought the kids in this big village were tougher to handle than those in the county, each one so sharp.

He smiled and took a handful of candies from his pocket, “Don’t be afraid, I mean no harm. I just want to ask you a few questions. If you can answer, I’ll give the candy to whoever gets it right, okay?”

The children remained cautious. After a while, a girl with braids suddenly said, “I know him, he’s Grandma Xiao’s son-in-law.”

“Which Grandma Xiao?”

“The one who loves to laugh the most.”

“Oh~” The kids suddenly understood, but the little girl suddenly said, “He’s a bad guy. My grandma said he bullied Aunt Xiaoyue.”

Li Chenggang was mortified; instead of getting any information from the kids, he ended up being pelted with stones by them in a humiliating retreat.

Just when Li Chenggang thought he would return empty-handed, a man suddenly appeared.

“You’re the Xiao family’s son-in-law, right?”

They exchanged glances, and Li Chenggang smiled.

Sharing this mutual feeling of wrongdoing, he handed over a cigarette, “That’s me, Uncle. Do you have any instructions?”

Tian Tieniu took the cigarette but didn’t light it.

Li Chenggang understood and lit it for him. Tian Tieniu took a puff and then said ambiguously, “Tell me, what do you want to know?”

“Well, since Uncle is so straightforward, I won’t beat around the bush. I want to know when Xiao Chengguang came back.”

“Him?”

Tian Tieniu thought for a moment, “He returned at the beginning of the autumn harvest, it’s been about half a month.”

Li Chenggang felt a thud in his heart, suddenly thrown into disarray.

Tian Tieniu didn’t realize Li Chenggang’s intentions yet, just gave him a sideways glance and said, “Why do you care about him? I thought you wanted to ask about Xiao Chenyue.”

Li Chenggang took a deep breath, reminding himself not to show any flaws at this moment.

Maintaining his composure, he chatted with Tian Tieniu, “Ah, Chenyue is my wife, what else is there to ask about?”

Putting aside other things, up until now, Li Chenggang had not taken Xiao Chenyue’s attitude seriously.

A woman who had been married and had children, being willing to take her in was already her good fortune accumulated over eight lifetimes.

Without him, what kind of person could she find?

Li Chenggang was very confident; he was just a bit puzzled about Xiao Chengguang’s appearance.

Tian Tieniu looked at Li Chenggang, “You tell me, did Xiao Chenye’s parents find a wife for him?”

“Xiao Chenye?” Li Chenggang laughed, “Uncle has taken a liking to that kid Xiao Wu and wants him for a son-in-law, right?”

“Hmm!” Tian Tieniu muttered, “Pretty much.”

“Don’t worry, the kid is still single, but if you want to act, you’d better hurry. As far as I know, their family is getting close to a young intellectual named Wen.”

The two exchanged the information they wanted and nodded to each other before parting ways.

Once in the county, Li Chenggang wandered home like a ghost.

Mrs. Li eagerly asked, “How did it go? Did anyone convince her to come back?”

Thinking about the criticisms he faced recently, Mrs. Li bit her teeth in frustration. That damned bumpkin, a countryside girl actually had such a big temper.

If she had known, she wouldn’t have chosen someone like her as a daughter-in-law. Really no skills at all, yet such a big temper.

Sister Li also nodded in agreement, “Exactly, exactly, brother, when Xiao Chenyue comes back, you must take her down a peg.

If not, it’s embarrassing how she keeps running away.”

“Alright,” Li Chenggang was annoyed, “Both of you say less. She’s living well at her family’s place right now, not even planning to come back.”

“What?”

This really made Mrs. Li anxious, “No way, doesn’t she fear what her family says, living there so long after marrying out?”

When she was young, she had also argued with her man.

One time the quarrel was so big, she got slapped and kicked, feeling utterly wronged, she packed her things and went back to her family’s home.

She didn’t even stay overnight before being bundled back by her family.

They even shared laughs with her husband as if her injuries didn’t matter.

To this day, so many years later.

Her husband had already turned to dust, yet she remembered that look that made her feel ashamed beyond measure.

In the end, she became numb.

As long as one is alive, life goes on.

Women, after all, have to endure more grievances.

This was also why Mrs. Li dared to bully Xiao Chenyue confidently, in her view, once married, when a woman returns to her family home, there is no place for her.

“Alright,” Li Chenggang snapped, “Enough already? Over such a small matter, you keep nagging, I’m already annoyed today, stop bothering me.”

With that, Li Chenggang slammed the door to the bedroom.

Sister Li trembled a bit, frightened, “Mom, did we do something wrong?”

Mrs. Li’s mind was a mess, “What did we do wrong?”

No, she wasn’t wrong. Many people went through life like this, and besides, it was Xiao Chenyue’s fault in the first place for not giving the Li Family a big fat grandson!

“We did nothing wrong!”

Mrs. Li said firmly.

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Xiao Chengguang thought his appearance would alert the enemy, but to his surprise, after observing for a few days, Li Chenggang made no moves, making Xiao Chengguang question himself.

“Sigh! This guy is really patient.”

“What else can we do?” Zhang Jili frowned as he thought of the kids over whom they had control, “To this day, there’s little we can do but wait.”

At that moment, Wen Ran was planning to make a trip to the county.

As for the reason…

Well~

She followed Xiao Chenye up the mountain and luckily caught a foolish roe deer.

Hehehe~

They couldn’t finish it all themselves, and eating meat occasionally really made others envious.

Wen Ran decided to take a trip to the county and wander around to see if she could pick up any bargains, as everyone said.

You never know!

Maybe this luck was meant for Wen Ran.

Since Wen Ran decided to go to the county, Xiao Chenye naturally had to accompany her, of course, with a reason.

“You’re going too? Great, let’s go together, we can look out for each other. I need to buy some stuff for the trip.”

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