Hearing Shen Yixiang say that a knife had co out and soone had been killed, everyone was shocked, and even Shen Erniu and Chen Guizhi ca out from inside, telling Shen Yiguang to go check it out.
Then soone ran in from outside shouting for help, Li Family’s 17-year-old youngest daughter cried out, "Brother Zhuzi, help! They’re going to chop my brother to death!"
Shen Yixiang exclaid in shock, "Wasn’t it your older brother who had the knife? How co he’s the one getting beaten to death?"
"Now it’s changed, Huang Tao’s second brother took it away, and he’s chasing after my second brother with it..." Li San said urgently.
Yang Peimin frowned, there was already a noise coming from outside the courtyard gate, clearly, the neighbors had also co running when they heard the commotion. Now that the Li family’s younger sister had specifically co to call Shen Yiguang, the matter seed rather intriguing. It wasn’t that Yang Peimin was overthinking, originally Huang Tao was matchmade with Shen Yiguang, and that in itself was awkward. Li Er suddenly dragging Huang Tao out of the room and beating her, the reason was still unknown. If it was their own family’s business that would be one thing, but if it involved other external factors, rumors could spread that it was about another man, and since Shen Yiguang was once the subject of gossip, naturally he couldn’t go.
Other neighbors had also co over, and it wasn’t that they necessarily needed Shen Yiguang to go, so Yang Peimin quietly pulled on Shen Yiguang and whispered softly, "Don’t go, I’m scared."
Considering she had a nightmare the previous night and couldn’t calm her troubled mind nor bear to be apart from him, Shen Yiguang quietly squeezed her hand reassuringly, "It’s okay, I won’t go."
Shen Yiguang then supported Yang Peimin and seeing this, Chen Guizhi grew anxious, "She must have been frightened, let’s quickly help her inside."
"You see now, my sister-in-law can’t handle this kind of scene, I’ll go with you to take a look, surely others have arrived by now, perhaps the situation is under control already, don’t worry," Shen Yixiang said, hastily pulling Li San out without further explanation.
"No, Brother Zhuzi, you should still.."
"He’ll co by later, let’s go take a look now..."
After they left, Shen Erniu said, "I’ll go outside to see, I don’t know if the team leader has co yet?"
"No need, Dad, I’ll go have a look," Shen Yiyue said.
Before Shen Yiyue had gone out, Shen Yixiang ca back in saying that the team leader had already arrived, and the situation was under control. They were just gathering everyone together to figure out the cause and determine what had happened. The Huang family demanded an explanation for their sister, while the Li Family claid the Huang family had been the ones hitting people, causing an unending argunt and creating quite the scene.
After Shen Yixiang briefly explained the situation, she went back to the Li family’s gate to watch the excitent.
Hearing that everything was okay, the people standing in Shen family’s courtyard returned inside their house.
Yang Peimin and Shen Yiguang had made arrangents for this trip back ho. They intended to check on the health of their elders, plan for their dical care and maintenance, stock up on household items, and also visit her family and friends back at her maiden ho.
Considering Yang Peimin’s health, she couldn’t visit relatives frequently, so Shen Yiguang made plans to invite the married sisters and so close relatives and friends over to their house in batches for get-togethers.
Shen Yiguang’s vacation wasn’t long, just a few days, so he hoped to take care of all the arranged activities during these days. Yang Peimin said to him, "Actually, I’m not busy with anything right now. There’s still my mother and sister at ho, so if you want to do anything later, just go ahead."
Then she shared her earlier concerns with him. Shen Yiguang’s eyes paused for a mont before he rubbed her hair and explained gently, "In the past few years, every ti I had leave for a family visit, there was the expectation at ho to quickly settle my personal affairs. Back then I wasn’t opposed, seeing our parents aging, getting married early was a responsibility I owed them. Indeed I had a few matchmaking sessions, it’s just that ti was short and I didn’t get to know them well, nor was there any spark. I don’t rember Li Family’s second daughter-in-law very well. Her aunt is relatives with my old auntie, and two years ago, during my leave, it coincided with my cousin’s wedding day. Despite not eting in a long ti, we shared a deep childhood bond. When I first stepped into the courtyard, my mother dragged to say they had already started the banquet. I dropped my baggage and without even changing clothes, I went directly to my cousin’s house."
"It was during that wedding banquet that I t Li Family’s second daughter-in-law. The elders brought us together, taking advantage of the crowd to make it less awkward. I hadn’t gotten over the jet lag, and really wasn’t in the mood. My mother had already made promises, so I excused myself to my aunt and didn’t really take a look... Later, the woman’s family said she had a favorable impression of and sent a diator to arrange a formal eting. I had already declined from the start and wasn’t considering it anymore. A few days later I went back to the military, and it wasn’t really a matchmaking session, and I don’t know how it started the rumors..."
Yang Peimin wrapped her arm around his, "I know, I don’t mind your past matchmaking sessions, but I’m still happy you explained them to ."
Shen Yiguang’s gaze was intense with emotion, and he held her hand.
But in the next second, his wife asked, "Speaking of which, did you have a standard for matchmaking? As long as soone t the criteria, regardless of whether you liked her or not, being able to have children was enough?"
Shen Yiguang laughed, "After eting you, you beca my standard."
How was he so good with words? It didn’t quite fit with this reserved era.
Yang Peimin pressed her lips together and smiled.
The couple chatted and laughed as they prepared breakfast, making scallion oil pancakes with lean at congee. Shen Yiguang had never done this before, but he was clever enough to pull it off convincingly as if he’d never heard of pork but had seen pigs run.
Watching him, Yang Peimin laughed, "Then I’ve got a treat in store, and the baby will too."
Shen Yiguang chuckled, "Then I need to practice more?"
"Definitely. When you’re ho, the kitchen is yours to practice in."
Breakfast was late due to the disturbance at the neighbors’, and during the al, Shen Yixiang was called back and everyone learned more about the situation next door.
"Over there, they were asking why you didn’t co, so I said it was inconvenient for my sister-in-law... The Li Family is funny, do you know why Li Er beat Huang Tao?"
Shen Yixiang teased.
"Could be anything, if it’s not mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issues then it’s kids, right? Could there be sothing else?" Shen Yiyue suggested.
"No, it turns out Huang Tao was thinking of another man. They’ve taken it to the team to sort it out. I didn’t follow, but you know, walls have ears. I only overheard a bit, they said Huang Tao dreamt and called out another man’s na, and just so happened Li Er overheard..." Shen Yixiang said mysteriously, her eyes sparkling with the thrill of gossip.
"What did she say? Can we take other people’s word for it?" Chen Guizhi rebuked.
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