Chapter 572 - 554: Which Uncle of Yours in Kao Shan Village

"Let’s not talk about her anymore. Are you hungry?"

"I am hungry." This time Han Yi answered swiftly, probably because he really was hungry.

Lin Wan didn’t dawdle and quickly got up to grab the lunchbox from the bedside. "I asked the cafeteria to make some snow fungus porridge. Let me go check if it’s done."

"Okay."

Lin Wan came back with a bowl of snow fungus porridge, a bun, and a side dish.

The bun and side dish were for herself, considering Han Yi was in a coma for a few days and should eat light food.

The thick porridge was well-cooked, with lots of red dates added.

"Open your mouth, have a taste." Lin Wan sat at the edge of the bed, gently blowing on the porridge, carefully feeding it to Han Yi.

This made Han Yi smile, "Silly, my leg is injured, not my hand." He said as he took the bowl, ate a spoonful himself, and then fed Lin Wan a spoonful.

"Hurry and eat, I can do it myself."

"Okay." Lin Wan smiled, took a bite of the bun, looking at Han Yi who seemed revitalized after a nap, she felt happy.

"How long was I asleep?" Han Yi rubbed Lin Wan’s hair, softly asking as he watched her eating with relish.

Recalling the last impression before he fainted and feeling his current physical state, he knew it had been quite a while, otherwise Lin Wan wouldn’t have been crying.

"Asleep for how long, would you really call that sleeping?"

Han Yi touched his nose, "Then how long was I out?"

"Including today, about two or three days." Lin Wan remembered the doctor’s previous suggestion that he might never wake up, feeling the urge to give Han Yi a beating.

"Don’t scare me like this again, Han Yi, I’m really timid..."

Han Yi quickly nodded, "Sure, sure, I’ll try not to scare you in the future, I’ve been very cautious..."

Seeing Lin Wan’s expression, he shifted his tone, "But don’t worry, I’ll do my best to avoid getting such severe injuries again."

Lin Wan nodded, then belatedly asked, "Does your wound hurt?"

Han Yi shook his head, "No."

He touched Lin Wan’s head, "Eat quickly, you probably haven’t eaten much these past days. You’ve lost weight."

Lin Wan glanced at him, "Look who’s talking. Look at yourself now, pale and skinny, the description hardly does you justice."

"I’ll have two months to recuperate once I’m discharged. Let’s go home then."

"Hmm... Little Star will turn one soon, I wonder if we can make it back in time. It might take at least ten days or half a month."

"You’re underestimating your man. I’m in my prime, my body is fine. Right now..." Halfway through speaking, Han Yi suddenly leaned toward Lin Wan’s ear and whispered a couple of words, causing Lin Wan to shyly slap his shoulder, "Shameless."

Han Yi wasn’t upset, instead, he laughed heartily, feeling quite delighted.

Just after finishing their meal, Xiao Wang arrived to check if there was anything needed. He brought a new lunchbox along.

"Saozi, I’m heading back today. If it gets exhausting at night, I’ll take care of Captain Han from now on."

"Alright, thank you for looking after Han Yi these past few days. You’ve been through a lot, hurry back to rest. Tomorrow, let our leader know that Han Yi is much better."

"I will, Saozi, Captain Han, I’ll be off then."

"Okay, be careful on your way." Han Yi nodded at him, advising.

After seeing Xiao Wang off, Han Yi fell asleep again shortly after.

Lin Wan took advantage of the break to go outside and fetch a basin of warm water, then wiped down her body in the ward and changed into a new set of clothes.

These past two days on the train, she hadn’t been able to shower, and it was really uncomfortable.

After washing the dirty clothes, she hung them by the window to dry, took a nap all afternoon, and now didn’t feel sleepy at all.

Sitting beside Han Yi, she found a piece of stiff cardboard to fan herself, careful not to let Han Yi catch the breeze.

Getting sick in summer is a torturous thing. It’s so hot, Lin Wan watched Han Yi sweat all night, and could only keep wiping him down with warm water over and over again.

...

"Sister-in-law Liang, out here cooling off in the heat too?"

"Yes indeed, nothing much at home to do, so I came out to chat with you all," Old Mrs. Liang said, using a fan to cool off under a large tree at the village’s edge.

There’s a cool breeze by the mountain, but it’s not exactly shady. When the villagers finish their afternoon nap around three or four o’clock with nothing to do, they like to come here to talk and chat.

"How come your son and daughter-in-law came back the other day? Not doing the business in the county anymore?" a villager asked curiously.

"It’s too hot, not many people coming to eat, so Ah Guo said he would rest for two months and help my grandson. He’s busy on the mountain all day, tired like a dog, I’m too old to be of any help," replied Old Mrs. Liang.

Someone who couldn’t stand it sardonically smirked, "Aunt Liang, are you showing off your family made a lot of money, right? Who in our village doesn’t know, your Ah Zhi hired several people to help. Just last year, he made quite a bit, didn’t he?"

"Wei Jun, don’t say sour words like that. Didn’t your daughter take your wife to work as a nanny recently, sending quite a bit of money back each month? I heard she’s eating better in the city than in the village chief’s house. Maybe when Lan Hua comes back for New Year, she’ll be all white and fat, much better than at home," someone said teasingly, and the ten or so people there knew exactly what they meant.

Ye Weijun’s face turned unsightly from the comments. After his son got married, he spent every day guarding people’s doors in town and didn’t come back often, using his wife’s remittance to buy snacks and liquor in town every day, enjoying life thoroughly. The only issue was having no outlet for his body, feeling stifled all the time.

"Hm, my wife can only earn a few bucks, not enough for my drinking. Not like Li Fugui’s family, whose son is capable enough to marry someone important. No need to work every day, his son gets several big stacks of cash each month. Bringing fish and meat from the food factory."

Mentioning Li Fugui changed the faces of many present. Not for anything else but because recently, since returning from the labor camp, Li Fugui hadn’t restrained himself at all.

Ever since his village chief position was revoked, a practical middle-aged man was elected. After his return, Li Fugui daily schemed against the new village chief. If not for the village party secretary helping, this new village chief might have been ousted by Wang Fugui.

In their village, after so many years, they self-elected a good person who could do real work for the village. Li Fugui was opposing the entire village.

He’s just relying on his in-laws who are officials in the county, a few days ago even said his in-laws might arrange a position for Wang Fugui in the county.

"Sister-in-law Liang, you need to be careful. Yesterday I heard Li Fugui coaxed a secretary from the town saying he wants to reclaim the mountain your family leased. Li Fugui isn’t comfortable seeing your family earn money, and with the thing about Hongmei, he harbors resentment against your family. You should be careful, especially Hongmei’s family. Best if they don’t come back this year," a villager friendly with the Liang Family reminded her.

Little Grandmother was taken aback and became cautious. "Is there such a thing?"

This Li Fugui was practically the family’s nemesis. Because of the issue with Hongmei, he was sent to the labor camp. Now that he’s out, he surely would trouble the family, a precaution is needed.

"Exactly, heard Li Xinghua boasting about how Li Fugui is doing well in town now. He’s showing off to people about his son’s father-in-law’s position in the county, many flatterers around him."

"Who says otherwise. Li Xinghua now struts about the village. This year she even stole more than a dozen eggs from Old Yang’s family. Old Yang’s chickens lay eggs right behind their house, who in the village doesn’t know? Li Xinghua goes early every day and steals the eggs, last month got caught red-handed by Old Yang’s wife, yet still wouldn’t admit it," commented someone who couldn’t stand it.

"Sigh, why does our village have such a family of degenerates, why don’t wicked people get their comeuppance, instead their days become better. Heaven, open your eyes and deal with this family," prayed a villager angrily.

Just as the villager finished praying, a young man ran from the village towards Little Grandmother, excitedly saying, "Grandma Liang, a military vehicle just arrived at the village entrance, could it be your granddaughter-in-law’s husband again?"

Old Mrs. Liang quickly stood up with her cane, "Is Han Yi here? Could Xiao Wan be here too?" She said and headed home.

The village was still buzzing with excitement over the arrival of the military vehicle. Hearing this, they hurried to follow, wanting to see Liang Hongmei’s son-in-law.

Last time he visited, many villagers didn’t manage to see him, only heard from those who did that he was handsome and exuded an aura of righteousness, making people want to bring him home as their own son-in-law upon sight.

Halfway there, Liang Zhi came running over, pulling Little Grandmother excitedly and incoherently said.

"Grandma, I just saw someone... I saw when I was little." Lin Guozhi left when Liang Zhi was five or six years old, so he had some memory, but it became blurry over the years. However, he was somewhat impressionable and just saw someone who looked very similar.

"Speak clearly, who did you see when you were little?" Little Grandmother was confused by Liang Zhi.

"It’s my uncle!"