Chapter 45: A Beautiful Liar
The day passed quickly, and after dinner, I took the initiative to clean up the table and wash the dishes.
Because I'm leaving tomorrow, I don't think it's good for me to do nothing, and even if I leave, I have already planned it, and when the situation improves, I must repay Li Meifeng for saving my life and thank her for saving my life.
Just as I had just finished washing the dishes and was about to sweep the kitchen floor, I saw a man and a woman walking into the yard, followed by Zhao Cripple in the distance.
The man was almost in his fifties, wearing a tunic and looked like a village cadre, and next to the man, there was a middle-aged woman, estimated to be about the same age.
When they saw me, they looked me up and down in surprise, and then said, "Is Li Meifeng there?"
As soon as I heard this, I turned around and looked at Li Meifeng, who was holding firewood to boil water behind the stove.
Li Meifeng heard the movement, she walked out, and then hurriedly smiled: "Village chief, sister-in-law Gui, come in and sit." ”
"Meifeng, it's been a few years since Da Zhuang left, I heard that you have a new friend, so I'll take a look. As the village chief spoke, he walked into the gate, took out a dry cigarette, and sat down on the edge of the table of the eight immortals.
"Did Zhao Cripple say that?" Li Meifeng pouted, and I was a little embarrassed, this is called Sister-in-law Gui kept staring at me, as if thinking about who I am and how I can appear here.
"But it's not, you've been a widow for so many years, there are so many bachelors in the village, and it's normal to remember that you're human, this guy, I think it's really good. The village chief lit the dry cigarette and smoked it.
"What is your name, young man?" asked Sister-in-law Gui hurriedly.
"My name is Chen Nan, from the city. I hurriedly said.
"Oh, it's still from the city. Sister-in-law Gui was surprised, and the village chief was also a little surprised.
"How can people in this city look down on the girl in our ravine, Meifeng and her man died a few years ago when she went out to work, do you know about this?" the village chief smiled and continued.
When she said this, Li Meifeng blushed a little, and she looked at me awkwardly.
"I know, but I used to be from the countryside, and I think Meifeng is very good. I spoke.
"Village chief, Brother Chen will return to the city tomorrow, and he will come back in the future. Li Meifeng hurriedly explained.
"Meifeng, are you going too?" said Sister-in-law Gui gossiping.
"I, I won't leave for the time being, when Brother Chen has everything arranged, he will come back to pick me up. Li Meifeng stammered a little when she spoke, and her voice became softer and softer.
This lie will definitely come back, although Li Meifeng is a widow in the village, she still wants to save face, now that she knows it, she will simply make a mistake.
I can understand this mentality, so I am willing to help her lie.
"Young man, this beautiful phoenix doesn't have to say anything about her appearance, although she is a little older, twenty-nine, but she has never given birth to a child, you must treat her well in the future. "The village chief saw that there was indeed such a thing, and hurriedly reminded me.
"Well, I'll be nice to Meifeng. I nodded in agreement.
"In this way, it will take more than ten miles of mountain roads from us to the township, and tomorrow we will go to the market, and you will be my tractor." The village chief asserted.
"W-Isn't that good?" I was a little embarrassed.
"I know that you all take taxis and do subways in the city, our conditions in Hejia Village are not allowed, don't shirk, it's decided, tomorrow at eight o'clock, go to the village entrance and go to the township together." The village chief continued.
Seeing that the village chief insisted on doing this, I looked at Li Meifeng, and Li Meifeng smiled: "Okay, thank you village chief." ”
"If it's a big deal, I'll go first, old man. The village chief got up, he swaggered out of the house with a dry cigarette in his mouth, and the sister-in-law Gui didn't forget to praise before leaving, saying that I am tall and strong, and Meifeng is blessed now.
As soon as the village chief and sister-in-law Gui left, Li Meifeng and I glanced at each other, and she was a little embarrassed: "Yes, I'm sorry Brother Chen, I didn't know they would come, now the village knows that you are my man, you won't mind, right?"
"Why, I'm not leaving tomorrow. I smiled.
Hearing my words, Li Meifeng's expression was a little unnatural, she seemed to be thinking about something, and then she said.
"It must be the ghost of Zhao Cripple!"
Soon, Li Meifeng closed the door of the house, and then began to pour in the hot water bottle.
It was completely dark, Li Meifeng and I were used to washing up after yesterday and today, and in the evening, Li Meifeng took out the bone-setting wine again to help me deal with the red and swollen bruises.
Not to mention, it's quite effective, my injuries have healed a lot, I believe that after a night, I can basically not see it, because after the swelling has subsided, I have really improved a lot.
It was still Li Meifeng who was laying on the floor, and she insisted on letting me sleep on the bed, because she knew that I was leaving tomorrow, so she talked to me a lot.
It turned out that Li Meifeng was very envious of those women in the city, she said that she hoped to open a clothing store in the city in the future, so that she could not only make money, but also wear beautiful clothes, and said that if she made a lot of money in the future, she planned to renovate the house, and said that she would go back to her parents' house to do her filial piety, but now the days are hard, and she has no face to go back.
I acted as a listener, listening to Li Meifeng talk about her family's strengths and weaknesses, and unconsciously, I also began to give Li Meifeng hope and told her that life would be better.
Early the next morning, Li Meifeng handed me a razor, I hung up my beard cleanly, washed my hair, and changed into Li Meifeng's husband's clothes, because I felt that wearing a takeaway dress was too conspicuous, so I simply wore it like this.
Although the clothes are a little old, they fit well, Li Meifeng helped me smooth out the wrinkles of the clothes with a hot towel, and then said with a smile: "Brother Chen, you look good like this." ”
"Thank you. I nodded, and I couldn't help but have a good impression of Li Meifeng's carefulness and gentleness, which also strengthened my determination to repay her in the future.
Li Meifeng knew that she was going to the township today, so she dressed up a little, dressed like a holiday, she wore a pair of tight low-waisted jeans, with a round-necked shirt, tied up a ponytail, and the whole person became tall, but her red leather shoes were still a little muddy, and she wiped them for a long time.
"Brother Chen, let's go to the entrance of the village, the village chief is estimated to be coming out soon. Li Meifeng took my hand and said sweetly.
Yes, it's sweet, I found that Li Meifeng is very happy today, as if she was going out to travel, maybe she will take me around the village today, so that everyone knows that I am her man and a city person.
Walking to the entrance of the village with Li Meifeng, sure enough, some uncles and aunts in the distant ridge pointed at me, and some greeted Li Meifeng, but I was a little unnatural.
"Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?" Li Meifeng felt that I was silent, and hurriedly looked at me.
Holding a woman's hand like this, I feel a little uncomfortable, I don't know how long I haven't been like this, and when I got close to Li Meifeng, my elbow would inadvertently touch the plump on Li Meifeng's chest, which made me more and more embarrassed, and deliberately opened my arm at a distance.