Chapter 12
Zhao Yufen's voice was loud and bright, and Lin Nianyin and Wei Mingchuan paused.
The complicated thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and they both looked at each other, a little embarrassed.
Lin Nianyin quickly lowered her head and rubbed her eyes. Wei Mingchuan pinched her wrist and said, "I'll pour you some hot water and wipe it. Don't rub your eyes with your hands."
Lin Nianyin sniffed and nodded.
Wei Mingchuan stood up and went out.
Zhao Yufen was still at the door when she saw Wei Mingchuan and glanced at his face. Seeing that there was still a little red in his eyes, she couldn't help but feel pain in her heart.
They are both good children, but because they met unreliable parents, the two children ended up like this.
Zhao Yufen sighed in her heart, but she still said: "Mingchuan, aunt knows that you have just come back. You two must have endless things to talk about and grievances, but no matter what, you can't do it now. Nian Yin, confinement is a top priority for a woman. If something goes wrong and she fails to sit properly, she will be sick for the rest of her life, and I don't know how much she will suffer."
Wei Mingchuan nodded, "I understand, aunt."
Zhao Yufen said: "As long as you know, don't worry about the things at home. I think Zhengyin will be pregnant in just a few days, so you can just let her do the confinement in the county town." Go back after sitting down; otherwise, you're home..."
At this point, Zhao Yufen shook her head and said, "Anyway, if you want Nian Yin, don't take her back yet and let her finish her confinement safely."
Wei Mingchuan nodded, "I will, and I won't let things at home affect her."
Zhao Yufen felt relieved now, "With your words, I feel relieved."
She saw Wei Mingchuan holding the washbasin in his hand and asked again, "What are you doing?"
Wei Mingchuan said: "I'll get some hot water."
Zhao Yufen understood and stopped dragging Wei Mingchuan.
Wei Mingchuan fetched hot water and entered the room. Lin Nianyin was leaning against the bedside in a trance, her eyes staring at one place, unfocused.
Wei Mingchuan put down the washbasin, twisted the towel into a semi-dry state, sat down, and wiped Lin Nianyin's face.
The warm touch brought Lin Nianyin back to her senses. Seeing Wei Mingchuan's face so close, Lin Nianyin froze momentarily.
"I'll do it myself." Lin Nianyin stretched out her hand to take the towel from Wei Mingchuan's hand.
"No need." Wei Mingchuan said, holding Lin Nianyin's wrist. After carefully wiping her face and hands, he wrung out the towel and put it on her eyes. "You need to rest for a while."
Lin Nianyin couldn't sleep and was lost in thought under the warm towel.
There was silence in the room.
After a while, Lin Nianyin suddenly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Wei Mingchuan beside the bed.
I don't know if it was telepathy, but Wei Mingchuan also opened his eyes and looked at her simultaneously.
His eyes are calm and gentle, like a vast, clear water surface that has been tempered for many years and can accommodate everything.
Lin Nianyin was in a trance for a moment.
In fact, Wei Mingchuan also had such eyes in his previous life.
Quiet, tolerant, restrained, repressed...
If she was suffering in her previous life, Wei Mingchuan's suffering was even worse than hers.
After all, Wei Lianshan and Dong Cuiping were his biological parents; the others were his blood relatives.
All his love and hate entanglements were tied to these people, and because of these people, his life was ruined, and he ended up alone.
"What's wrong?" Wei Mingchuan's steady voice interrupted Lin Nianyin's thoughts.
Lin Nianyin looked at him and moved her lips, "When you come back this time, the Wei family..."
Wei Mingchuan said: "Don't worry, I won't let you and Huanhuan suffer any further grievances."
Lin Nianyin believed this.
The daughter was hurt twice, ultimately because of her carelessness, and she couldn't blame Wei Mingchuan, who was not present then.
His only original sin was that he was Dong Cuiping's son, and his bones and tendons were broken by the Wei family.
Even in the modern world, many people still care about parents who have everything in the world. She worries that she will keep talking like she did in her previous life.
Lin Nianyin still remembers the incident in her previous life when Dong Cuiping made a big fuss in the army. They both broke off their relationship at that time, but so what? The word' filial piety' was enough to bend their backs.
There will always be people who use this word to self-righteously advise them.
He said that there are no parents in the world who do not love their children. He said that parents in the world have pitiful hearts. He said that parents should repay their kindness for giving their children life...
Lin Nianyin still remembers the feeling of something stuck in her throat.
There is no more harm this time than before, and I'm afraid they will have to face more gossip.
After all, the weak often represent pity in the eyes of the world, which means they should be pitied and can be forgiven.
Being generous to others is always something many people are willing to do.
As if he guessed what Lin Nianyin was thinking, Wei Mingchuan held her hand, looked into her eyes, and affirmed: "Don't be afraid. I guarantee that the Wei family will not dare to do anything else this time."
"Why?" Lin Nianyin couldn't figure it out.
With Dong Cuiping's temperament, if Wei Mingchuan did something, she would make a big fuss. Otherwise, she would not have directly made trouble with the army in her previous life.
How could Wei Mingchuan control her?
Wei Mingchuan shook his head, "Don't think about it so much; wait until you are out of confinement."
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Ten days later, Lin Nianyin was out of confinement.
Now is May, which is the busiest time.
The production team was busy harvesting wheat, planting rice, and ordering peanuts and beans. They had no time to relax inside and outside and didn't meet anyone.
After returning home, Wei Mingchuan asked Lin Nianyin to rest while cleaning the house.
During this time, both of them were away from home. The house had not been cleaned for a long time and was already covered with dust.
Wei Mingchuan carried the water first.
The Xiaoqingshan production team is divided into several teams, each with two wells.
Wei Mingchuan went to the one closest to their door, right next to their team's threshing floor.
It stands to reason that it is the busiest time, and there should be no one here on the threshing floor. However, when Wei Mingchuan went there, he encountered a few strong laborers returning carrying burdens to unload wheat bundles on the threshing floor.
When you return, you will thresh the grain, dry it in the sun, and hand it to the public.
When they met Wei Mingchuan, several grown men greeted him one after another: "Mingchuan, are you back?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded, "Yeah."
Someone else asked: "When did you come back?"
Wei Mingchuan said: "I just got home."
"That's not right. Your mother is making trouble for Aunt Yufen. She said you have been home for several days and have not returned to see them. Instead, you have gone to the county town to take care of your wife during her confinement period. She is as angry as anything. If you curse someone publicly, the whole production team will know about it."
Wei Mingchuan said "hmm" and didn't want to say more about the old Wei family, especially Dong Cuiping. Just thinking of what Dong Cuiping had done made Wei Mingchuan feel sick.
The evil of human nature is vividly reflected in Dong Cuiping.
Wei Mingchuan didn't want to say it but couldn't stop others' curiosity.
They continued: "So, do you really go to the county seat to care for your wife during confinement?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded; there was nothing wrong with admitting this.
"Oh my God!" the man exclaimed, "you can really do it. No wonder your mother is almost furious. You finally got home; why should you go back and see your parents? What are you doing?" It's too inappropriate."
Wei Mingchuan suddenly glanced over with a cold look, "Then what does it mean to be a should?"
"Hey, why are you so angry when you talk so well? It's really..."
Wei Mingchuan didn't want to talk nonsense anymore and left with his burden.
When he got home, Wei Mingchuan swept the floor first and cleaned the pots, pans, tables, chairs, and benches.
Years of training have long since engraved the words "clean and neat" into his body, and it didn't take long for his family to change drastically.
It was just noon, and he started preparing to cook.
Still have to carry water.
The water tank at home is so big that Wei Mingchuan has to pick it up four times in a row to fill it up.
On the last trip, Wei Mingchuan bumped into those people again.
They greeted, "Mingchuan, why are you still carrying water?"
Wei Mingchuan: "I've run out of what I picked before."
"What are you doing at home to use so much water?"
Wei Mingchuan: "Cleaning."
"Are you cleaning?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded, surprised the man momentarily, and roared: "You are a grown man cleaning the house; why are you so shameless? Where is your wife? Why don't you let her do it? It's so embarrassing for a grown man to do the work of these women. !"
Wei Mingchuan came back after a lifetime. In fact, many people couldn't tell who he was, and they didn't feel at ease when he spoke before.
But this person found trouble twice, and now it involves Lin Nianyin.
Wei Mingchuan immediately sneered: "Who dictates a woman's life?"
He looks like a white-faced scholar but is tall and has long legs. The tempering of a lifetime of military career has engraved an evil spirit in his bones.
The man was startled and couldn't speak.
After a while, he finally came to his senses and wanted to say something, but Wei Mingchuan had already left.
He was angry in his heart and spat at Wei Mingchuan's back, "It's nothing to show off in front of me. If you can, show off infront of your mother!"
He didn't believe that Wei Mingchuan was as capable as Dong Cuiping. Dong Cuiping already knew about his return, so he just waited for a while to watch the joke.
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Translator's note:
Hello everyone, I apologize for the dead links in the other chapters. I'm currently undergoing mass editing for the novel "Rebirth in 1970s with my ex-husband." I will be posting the edited chapters every 3 days, allowing you to come back and check them out. Thank you, guys, for your support for this translation blog.
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