42: Chapter 41: Big Misunderstanding 42: Chapter 41: Big Misunderstanding Eating lon seeds has once again hit ho for Lin Nianhe…
her mood…
very irritable.
She didn’t misunderstand, did she?
Wang Hong’s implication was that Li Xiaoshan liked her?
Who ca up with this fake mandarin duck tale?!
“Mom…
I, I…
I’m not…”
The sobbing voice of Wang Xixi reached Lin Nianhe’s ears; she snapped back to reality, hurriedly pushed the door open, and entered without even knocking.
Aunt Wang and the other three were all crowded in Wang Xixi’s small room.
Seeing Lin Nianhe co in, the expressions on all four faces beca very complex.
Lin Nianhe was sowhat amused and perplexed: “Aunt Wang, Daxi, did I hear you right just now that you’ve misunderstood Comrade Li Xiaoshan and dating?”
Wang Xixi pursed her lips, tears rolling down ceaselessly.
She clenched the corner of her blanket tightly, fearing that she couldn’t help but lash out in anger.
What could she say to Lin Nianhe?
After all, she had saved her when she was about to die!
Wang Xixi gritted her teeth, not daring to make a sound.
Wang Hong sighed and said to Lin Nianhe: “Miss Lin, don’t overthink it.
I know this isn’t your fault…”
“It’s not that, Aunt Wang.
You’ve really got it wrong.”
Lin Nianhe sighed and took out the cloth package Li Xiaoshan had given her yesterday from her shoulder bag: “This is sothing Comrade Li Xiaoshan asked to pass on to Daxi.
He was afraid that if he delivered it himself, it would cause gossip.”
Lin Nianhe was sowhat amused and perplexed.
This had turned into a situation where nobody gossiped about Li Xiaoshan and Wang Xixi, but it turned into rumors about her and Li Xiaoshan instead.
Wang Xixi abruptly looked up, her eyes filled with astonishnt as she looked at Lin Nianhe.
“Are you serious?” Wang Xixi stared at Lin Nianhe, afraid that she was deceiving her.
“Of course, it’s true.” Lin Nianhe placed the cloth package on her lap.
“I haven’t touched what’s inside.
You open it yourself and see.”
Wang Xixi’s hands trembled as she took the package and carefully untied the knot.
A bright red scarf appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Wang Huanhuan exclaid, “It’s so beautiful!”
Lin Nianhe comnted, “Straight guys really do have a uniform taste in aesthetics.”
Wang Hong stared at the red scarf, sowhat dumbfounded, and it took her a while before she asked Lin Nianhe: “Soone saw Li Xiaoshan giving you sothing yesterday; was it this?”
“Yes,” Lin Nianhe nodded, thoroughly exposing Li Xiaoshan, “He even wanted to give two eggs as thanks for saving Daxi, but I refused it.”
Wang Hong finally relaxed, “I knew it, you’re not the type who would fancy Li Xiaoshan.”
Wang Xixi had not spoken all along, her fingers gently caressing the scarf, tears still streaming, whether out of happiness or grievance.
Lin Nianhe glanced at her, tugged at Aunt Wang’s fingers, and asked: “Aunt Wang, have the villagers misunderstood sothing?”
“Well…” Wang Hong felt a bit embarrassed, “A few days ago, soone saw Li Xiaoshan buying a red scarf at the Cooperative Society, and yesterday soone said they saw him giving you sothing…
and aren’t you also wearing a red scarf at work today…”
Lin Nianhe’s eyes widened: “Has nobody noticed that I wore a red scarf to work a few days ago?”
Wang Hong: “Well, I didn’t see it.”
Lin Nianhe’s breath stuck in her throat.
Indeed, Wang Hong was in a eting at that ti; of course, she hadn’t seen it.
She covered her eyes, not wanting to face this miserable reality.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Nianhe wearily explained: “The scarf is from my brother, who ca to see the other day.
He saw that I had cut my face and asked the courier to bring it to .”
Wang Hong believed it.
She frowned and said, “These old ladies have nothing better to do than yamr on about nothing.
And Li Xiaoshan is such a muddled fool, how could he let you carry stuff for him!”
She slapped her thigh, stood up, and said to them, “You all stay at ho.
I’m going to have a talk with Sister-in-law Li about this!”
“Alrighty, take care, Aunt Wang, and go get ’em!”
Lin Nianhe instinctively gave Wang Hong a boost, watching her march out the door with strong determination to clear things up.
She thought, judging by Wang Hong’s fighting spirit, she really didn’t need to worry about this little interlude at all.
But what she never anticipated was that the enthusiasm and confusion of the villagers consuming gossip far exceeded her imagination.
The next day, discussions about “Wang Xixi madly in love with Li Xiaoshan, forcefully trying to split up Lin Nianhe and Li Xiaoshan” topped the Ten Miles Team’s hot debate list.
“Goodness, can’t you tell how stubborn that girl Daxi is?
She’s the kind that would bash her head against a wall, which ordinary girl has the guts for that?”
“Daxi is so silly; a lon forced off its vine is not sweet.
Why insist on this, only to suffer later?”
“If you ask , the Li family is not seeing things clearly.
Do you think Educated Youths are so easy to marry?
Educated Youth Lin’s family is in Beijing, if she could really go back to the city, who would stay in this countryside…”
“No kidding.
Didn’t Old Sun from Birch Team marry an Educated Youth?
A couple years later, she went back to the city, leaving her child and husband behind…”
Being the center of the hot topic, Wang Xixi was at ho nursing her injuries, Li Xiaoshan got beaten by Aunt Li with a willow branch and didn’t go to work yesterday, and unfortunately, Lin Nianhe beca the only person involved who was present.
Facing the probing and disdainful looks of the aunts, Lin Nianhe popped a piece of chocolate into her mouth.
This completely unexpected disaster hit her so suddenly, she had to properly pamper herself.
Wang Shui discreetly approached Lin Nianhe and whispered, “Nianhe, why don’t you take so leave and rest up?”
“Don’t even think about it!” Lin Nianhe quickly shook her head, “If I dare walk away now, they’d say I was so heartbroken that I’ve taken to my bed with a serious illness.”
Wang Shui thought for a mont and nodded in agreent: “Actually, that could very well happen.”
Lin Nianhe sighed, feeling her head buzzing.
Wang Shui leaned in closer to her, speaking in a volu only they could hear, “Nianhe, did you notice sothing— who saw Li Xiaoshan delivering things to you?”
“Huh?” Lin Nianhe was taken aback and looked up at her.
Wang Shui frowned slightly, keeping her gaze locked on her: “I rember you telling yesterday that Li Xiaoshan gave you the stuff at the gate of the Educated Youth Corps, right after he got off work, correct?”
Reminded by Wang Shui, Lin Nianhe also recalled.
She had a headache from the villagers’ noise, and had actually overlooked such an important matter.
Furrowing her brow, Lin Nianhe said, “Yeah, at that ti, he was all dazed and only started to run off when he heard the gong signalling the end of the work shift.”
“That ans there were no people at the Educated Youth Corps at that ti,” said Wang Shui, “I just asked Sun Guanghui, no one left work early yesterday.”
Lin Nianhe massaged her temples with the back of her hand, feeling a headache: “So who could have seen it?”
This day and age didn’t have surveillance to check with even if one wanted to.
This is just great…
Lin Nianhe and Wang Shui stared at each other, both unable to figure out where the problem lay.
Just as they were racking their brains over this, the team leader on the ridges shouted, “Educated Youth Lin, Educated Youth Wang!
What are you two up to together?”
Lin Nianhe: “…”
Wang Shui: “…”
In the distance, Wen Lan straightened up to glance over there, then shook her head and squatted back down.
“Two silly girls, slackers bunching up together, wanting to make sure they’re seen or what!”
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