webnovelfull Chapter 103: Throwing down the weak uncle?
Chapter 103: Throwing down the weak uncle?
Yu Ruyue sat up in surprise, hugging her small blanket tightly, and backed away repeatedly with her hands and feet. When her back touched the wall and she had nowhere to retreat, she said in a daze, "Uncle... why are you here?"
At this time, Liang Shulan heard the commotion and left. She came in just in time to hear these words and lit the candle on the table in silence. "Are you still asking?"
"After you fainted, you clung to Xiao Chou tightly. We finally managed to separate our bodies, but you still held onto Xiao Chou's hand, and no matter how hard you pulled, it wouldn't budge!"
"In order to prevent the villagers from gossiping, your father went back and drove an ox cart, put you two in the cart, covered you with a big blanket, and then returned home."
Yu Ruyue pointed at herself in disbelief, "Mom! Are you sure it was me who held my uncle's hand tightly?"
Liang Shulan glared at her and said, "Who else could it be if not you? Xiao Chou is sick and can't carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands. How could he possibly hold you up?!"
Yu Ruyue looked at Shen Chou, whose face was pale and extremely weak under the candlelight, and she really felt that she deserved to die.
"That! Uncle! Listen to me, everything that just happened was just an accident. I really don't have any feelings for you. No! I only respect and love you as a younger sister for her husband."
"Don't worry! That kind of thing would never happen before."
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."
Yu Ruyue bowed to Shen Chou repeatedly and almost knelt down on the spot and cut off her two restless hands with a knife.
She didn't know if it was Yu Ruyue's illusion, but she always felt that the more she bowed, the darker Shen Chou's face became. Even his eyes were a bit like the murderous look he had when they first met.
Finished!
She wailed in her heart, the image she had worked so hard to build was ruined just like that.
Damn electric mosquito swatter.
She was clearly electrocuted, so why would she just hug Shen Chou without caring about anything?!
Ahhh! Damn hand! Where does all that strength come from?!
She didn't remember that she had the courage to die under the peony flowers and be a romantic ghost!
Shen Chou's face darkened. He lifted the quilt, straightened his clothes, and put his clenched right hand behind his back, as if to retain the remaining warmth.
"Aunt Yu! What's the situation outside?"
When Liang Shulan mentioned the situation outside, she sighed and shook her head, "Although everyone has been working hard, I heard there will be another wave tonight."
"Everyone prepare to live in the fields tonight and defend them to the death!"
Shen Chou nodded, "I'll go out and take a look!"
After everyone left, Yu Ruyue still didn't give up and asked again. Liang Shulan tapped Yu Ruyue's head vigorously with her finger and said, "Ruyue! You are not a child anymore. In ancient times, there were children of your age running around everywhere. So you better pay attention to me. Even if Xiaochou is beautiful, you can't be so ignorant!"
"He's your eldest uncle, your nominal husband's biological brother! And most importantly, he's sick!!!"
Yu Ruyue nodded vigorously, even extending her finger and swearing, "Mom! I swear, I really didn't mean it just now. I really don't have any thoughts like that towards my uncle."
"If only..."
"Yu Ruyue! Come out!"
Shen Chou's cold and gentle voice interrupted her next words!
Yu Ruyue thought to herself, "Oh no! He's even calling me by my real name. It seems he's really angry!" She quickly put on her clothes and ran out happily, keeping a safe distance of one meter from Shen Chou. Blinking her beautiful big eyes, she asked in a flattering manner, "Uncle! What's the matter?"
Shen Chou didn't know what was wrong with him?
He seems crazy!
When he saw her suddenly twitching and falling on him in the field, he instinctively hugged her tightly, and even when those people wanted to separate them, he instinctively held her hand.
Moreover, he woke up earlier than Yu Ruyue, but still did not let go of their clasped hands.
He looked at the person lying next to him, so close to him, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably again, as if it was going to jump to the person opposite him.
It's obviously the same face, but why is the soul different? I can't get enough of it.
It was not until Yu Ruyue suddenly retreated in fear, holding the quilt, that his pounding heart slowly calmed down as if it had been splashed with a basin of ice water.
Listening to Yu Ruyue's apology and assurance, he thought he should be happy, but for some reason, his heart ached.
She really wanted to stay away from me!? Did she hate me?
He was afraid that he would lose control of his expression if he stayed any longer, so he hurried out, but in the end he still couldn't control his emotions and interrupted Yu Ruyue.
Shen Chou looked at Yu Ruyue who was deliberately keeping a distance from him, and felt a deep sense of bitterness in his heart.
Yu Ruyue didn't know what Shen Chou was thinking at the moment. She just felt that Shen Chou's eyes were too cold, as if he would kill her if she dared to get close. She was so scared that she quickly took two steps back.
"Brother~ Why did you call me out? Or should I kneel down for you?"
Shen Chou was so angry at her appearance of wanting to avoid him that he laughed, "Ha!"
"Why are you so far away from me? Do you think I can eat you? I just want to ask you to come out and ask if you want to go into the ground with me."
Yu Ruyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go to the fields! Great! I want to go and take a look too."
When the two arrived at the field, they were stunned by the tragic scene in front of them. The paddy fields that were originally lush and green were now eaten up by locusts.
Many villagers sat blankly on the edge of the field, staring at the fields in front of them with empty eyes, as if their souls had been taken away.
Some women fell to the ground and cried as if they couldn't believe the scene before them.
Yu Ruyue and Shen Chou walked towards their own land and saw the village chief sitting on a piece of earth next to them. He held a pipe in his hand, took a puff, and then slowly exhaled. The tobacco in the pipe was bright and dim in this sad night, looking particularly desolate.
Qin Haowen saw the person coming and quickly came forward to greet him. He glanced at Shen Chou beside him and called out, "Miss Ruyue!"
Shen Jiaojiao hurried over, her face covered with wet tears. She took a broom and carefully examined Yu Ruyue. "I heard you suddenly fainted? Are you okay?"
Yu Ruyue smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry! I'm fine!"
Then she suddenly threw herself into Yu Ruyue's arms and burst into tears again, "Ruyue! It's gone! Everything is gone, all the hard work and efforts of this year are gone."
"what to do!?"
"Those fields are our lives."
"Why is this happening?! Why can't we get rid of those harmful things?!"
Yu Ruyue patted Shen Jiaojiao's trembling body and felt very uncomfortable.
Village Chief Shen saw the two of them and waved, "Shen Chou, weren't you studying in the academy? Why are you back?"
Shen Chou bowed respectfully as a junior, "I happened to hear that there was a locust plague here, so I asked for leave to come back and help."
Village Chief Shen sighed and said, "Good boy! Good boy!"
While Yu Ruyue was coaxing Shen Jiaojiao in her arms, she was wondering what the locusts' weaknesses were.
She remembered seeing some videos before that said locusts are attracted to light!
She looked at the big pit and said quickly, "I have a solution."