Chapter 181 - 181 The Past
181 The Past
Although Zhao Chuchu had diagnosed Xie Jun’s body from the beginning, she concluded that he would not live past twenty years old if he could not be cured of the poison.
She had been with Xie Jun for more than two months and knew his nature well, and she also liked this child quite a lot.
Even if this was only Xie Jun’s previous life, Zhao Chuchu still felt slightly upset.
Looking at Xie Heng’s downcast eyes and blaming himself, Zhao Chuchu patted his shoulder. “It’s okay. If Junjun is lucky in this life, he will live a long life, don’t be sad. Everything’s going to be fine.”
Xie Heng raised his eyes to look at Zhao Chuchu and smiled. “I know. With you, Junjun will definitely live past 20.”
“Da Lang, although I don’t know what happened to you afterward, don’t worry. All the regrets that you once had will be made up for.”
“Well, I believe that too.”
“Then you and that Sikou Qin were really just going to be a nominal couple?”
“Although I am not a decent man, I will definitely not do such a thing as forcing a woman.”
“What about concubines?”
“No, there weren’t even any close female friends. Technically speaking, the only women I have been involved with are you and her.”
After hearing those words, an unspeakable pleasure arose in Zhao Chuchu’s heart.
In this way, she was not a mistress.
Otherwise, she would have been guilty of destroying Xie Heng’s marriage in his previous life.
“I pretended to be blind because I didn’t want to take the last Provincial Examination, so I could avoid the Sikou family,” explained Xie Heng. “Chuchu, I have never gotten myself involved with other women. Even with you, we only lived with each other under the same roof and nothing more.”
Zhao Chuchu naturally knew about this.
The original owner of the body was in love with Niu Ziming. The only person she cared about was Niu Ziming. Therefore, there was no place for Xie Heng.
Even if Xie Heng wanted to help her, she did not accept Xie Heng’s good intentions.
There was not much else Xie Heng could do. Xie Heng did all he could.
“So, what if you see Sikou Qin again?”
“Nothing. Si Kou Qin has already married the person to whom she should marry.”
Zhao Chuchu was shocked.
“How did you manage to do that when you were far away in Lengshui Village?”
“Before I went blind, I used to go out to study for a while. Some things need to bury the cause. Someone will always make it bear fruit.”
“How old were you that year?”
“12.”
Zhao Chuchu finally understood why she was not at an advantage when facing Xie Heng.
Xie Heng was like a veteran amongst a group of rookies.
Luckily, she didn’t show off. Otherwise, she really would have been looked down on by Xie Heng quietly.
“When you knew I wasn’t Zhao Chuchu, you weren’t afraid?”
“Evil people are not going to gamble their lives in an attempt to try to save others. Chuchu, in addition to not seeing the Sikou family at first, I could say that I am quite accurate when I look at people.”
Zhao Chuchu pursed her lips. “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier? You must have thought that I was quite a clown.”
“No, you’re cute like that.”
“Seriously?”
“Seriously.”
In Xie Heng’s opinion, the appearance of trying to lie and cover up lies was indeed too cute.
After all, this kind of lie was well-intentioned.
And Zhao Chuchu was not good at lying; she was full of loopholes every time, but she didn’t realize it herself.
The good thing was that this was Lengshui Village. He helped to cover up a couple of the loopholes. If this were in Imperial City, it wouldn’t have been possible.
“I always feel that you are laughing at me.” Zhao Chuchu expressed her doubts.
“No.” Xie Heng’s voice was firm. He always followed the right choice regarding things that might upset Zhao Chuchu. “In the future, you only need to tell me what you want to do. Leave the rest for me. You don’t have to worry about anything.”
Zhao Chuchu sighed.
She thought she was the most capable one, but it turned out that the real genius was Xie Heng.
Zhao Chuchu should have guessed that Xie Heng had been reborn since he knew martial arts.
She blamed her for reading too few books. Otherwise, she should have guessed the plot.
“But Da Lang, I still have to tell you, if you betray our agreement one day, I won’t let you off so easily either! You should know that you are no match for me in terms of fighting abilities.”
“Chuchu, you’re the first girl I’ve ever given a promise to.”
Xie Heng looked at Zhao Chuchu, his gaze burning, his affection revealed.
Zhao Chuchu looked away. She didn’t dare look Xie Heng straight in the eyes. She was scared that she would be lost in them.
“Da Lang, I’ve never encountered things in the past. Can you give me some time?” Zhao Chuchu said softly. “And don’t force me, or I’ll run.”
Zhao Chuchu didn’t know how much her words made Xie Heng happy.
“I won’t force you to make any choices. Even if you still choose to leave in the end, what I said still stands.” Xie Heng promised earnestly.
Zhao Chuchu accepted the fact. She would take Xie Heng sooner or later.
Xie Heng felt that this time he would get what he wanted.
After the two of them finished talking about these matters, it seemed like something had changed, but everything was still the same.
The people of the Kong family went back and did not dare to come over again. They were afraid that Xie Heng really made their scholar titles disappear.
Zhao Chuchu’s life had been very dazzling. Every day Xie Heng cooked delicious food for Zhao Chuchu. There was Xie Jun to please her as well. She felt like she was in heaven.
The time had come to plant soybeans.
Zhao Chuchu began to be busy again.
She also provided the seeds of soybeans.
Many villagers listened to Zhao Chuchu and prepared to plant soybeans on all those mountain lands.
Since Zhao Chuchu bought the potato and soybean sets, she and Xie Heng personally went to keep an eye on the planting of soybeans.
Niu Tongsheng couldn’t help but say to Xie Heng, “Da Lang, you are an intellectual person, so don’t worry about the work in the fields. Just study for next year’s Provincial Examination, alright? Chuchu told us, we know what to do. We are very experienced at planting crops.”
Xie Heng smiled and said, “Intellectual people do not only have to study but also have to know how to farm. Or else, when they really join the government and take office at the local level, knowing nothing about these would cause one to be unable to govern.”
“There is nothing wrong with saying that, but you can ask us about farming again when the time comes, isn’t it the same?”
“Asking others is not as good as learning it yourself firsthand.”
“Chief, let Da Lang do what he wants. Strictly speaking, he knows more than me,” Zhao Chuchu said loudly from a distance away.
“Da Lang has memorized the books I’ve mentioned forward and back.”
Niu Tongsheng was rendered speechless.
The last time the sorghum was planted, it was also Xie Heng who taught him how to grow it, and now looking at those leafy sorghum seedlings, they seemed to be really good.
The villagers believe in Xie Heng and Zhao Chuchu. At the moment, they had first put aside their own land work to help Zhao Chuchu plant soybeans in the mountains and also learn some of the planting techniques that Xie Heng got from the books.
“Da Lang, didn’t you say last time that you would make a water mill by the river? When are we going to start construction?” one of the villagers asked.
“It’s almost time,” said Xie Heng. “When I perfect the blueprints of the water mill mechanism again, we can start construction.”
The villagers asked again, “When the time comes, we can have one person from each family to work on it, right?”