TFFFS – Chapter 16

Wang Chunhua only dared to play tough in front of weak and easy people, for example the former Brother Ming and even in front of Grandma Zhao, he played on their hearts instead of relying on arrogance. If he really met someone more arrogant than him, he could do nothing but shrink back. Wang Ying from Zhenshan Village also made him afraid to speak out, let alone Yu Mu, a soldier who had really killed people and had seen blood. 

Seeing him frightened, Tang Chunming said generously, “Forget it, you don’t have to worry about this kind of person, you will lose your reputation. I can deal with this kind of person myself. Wang Chunhua, let me tell you and your son, if you dare to bully us, mother and son again, I will see to it that you are beaten!”

Since the victim said so, Yu Mu, of course, would not consider this share and returned to Li Feng with a silly expression on his face. He secretly sneaked a look at him as if saying, “Boss, I did what you wanted me to do, and that shrew won’t have the courage to bully that ger anymore.”

No one sympathized with Wang Chunhua and as soon as he was released, he and his son ran as if there was a dog chasing him. Tang Chunming glanced at him and saw very suspicious water stains on the back of his pants, and his eyebrows trembled. This time he must be so afraid that he will shrink at home for some time and dare not come out. 

“Big man, thank you very much.” Although he couldn’t get him to swing his prepared shot, Tang Chunming still knew good and bad. The big man stood in front of him to protect him and help frighten Wang Chunhua. He almost ruined his reputation, but he didn’t care, unlike the people of this time. 

“Haha,” Yu Mu laughed and scratched his head, completely different from the fierce appearance before, “No need, no need,  also my name is Yu Mu, not big man.”

“Uncle big man, you are so amazing. Can’t teach us?” Big Mao and Er Mao’s said with admiration. Of course, they also worship Brother Ming, but the big uncle’s looks scared people away, and was obviously even more powerful. If they learned [from him], who would dare bully Lin’er in the future. 

Zhang Xiu’s mouth twitched and he stepped forward. He grabbed each son’s ear with one hand and said, “You two bastards, called him Uncle Yu. Thank you, Uncle Yu, if it wasn’t for Uncle Feng and Uncle Yu, you two bastards together wouldn’t be able to protect Ah-Lin.”

Da Mao was older and found it embarrassing to be cuffed in front of adults, especially in front of people he admired, with a red face and red ears. Er Mao directly yelled, “Mom, it hurts, hurts, I don’t dare anymore. Uncle Yu, thank Uncle Yu, Mom, please let go.” 

Da Mao grunted and said, “Thank you Uncle Yu.”

Yu Mu dares to be fierce to Wang Chunhua, but to Tang Chunming and Zhang Xiu, these refreshing gers, he couldn’t help but be polite. He quickly shook his hands and blushed, “No need, if the two boys like it, you can let them come and learn a few tricks with me when I move in together with my eldest brother.”

Li Feng gave Zhang Xiu a blank look and said with a serious face, “Sister, you are welcome. Dashan and I are brothers, Da Mao and Er Mao are my nephews, take the children back quickly.” The little [Lin’er] must be very distressed and needs to go back and change into clean clothes to warm up the body. He is so small, and long with the fetus [in Tang Chunming’s belly], [Li Feng] doesn’t know if they will freeze.

Zhang Xiu was a bit cautious with Li Feng. After all, he hasn’t seen him for so many years. He doesn’t know what his temper has become. He felt relieved when he heard him say that. After all, Dashan and him are brothers of the same family, so he was not polite and pulled Tang Chunming and left. Tang Chunming was very depressed, he finally saw the legendary god-man today. He didn’t have the opportunity to say a few words, but he envied the hard work of the big man. But fortunately, the words Wang Chunhua said before about him seducing a wild man reminded him that he was a ger that just lost his husband. He can’t confess to an unmarried man so bluntly.  

Zhang Xiu dragged him back slowly and he carried the murder weapon in his hands. Zhao Lin’er was guarded by Da Mao and Er Mao. Tang Chunming’s eyes glanced around, why doesn’t he take Da Mao and Er Mao back to probe a little further. Tang Chunming was immediately inspired by this thought. 

“Hey, Brother Xiu, where are we going?” Tang Chunming, who was thinking about his plan, took a closer look, this was not the way home.

“I’m going to let Hu Langzhong take your pulse again. It was really scary just now.” Zhang Xiu stared at his stomach for a few moments, fortunately, his face was not bad.

“No, no,” Tang Chunming shook his hand quickly, “I’m in good health, really, if you don’t believe it, I’ll jump for you to see.” 

When he said that he was going to jump for Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu hurriedly held him down. He laughed angrily, “Why are you so indifferent, your stomach is going to be broken. Okay, okay, I believe you, but you have to listen to me when we go home. Lie on the kang and in case there is any discomfort, I will call Hu Langzhong immediately.”

“Okay, I promise.” Tang Chunming raised his hands, as long as he was able to escape this disaster. It’s really hard to live, and he had to be reminded over and over again that he was in fact pregnant. Gods, when the child comes out one day, he will definitely give him a good beating on his ass. This one is not as good as Ah-Lin.

Li Feng and Yu Mu came back today to see the condition of the house renovation, and then send the agreed wages to the village leader and let him oversee the payment. After the two gers, Tang Chunming and Zhang Xiu walked a certain distance away, the two people walked slowly behind. Yu Mu was still giggling. Li Feng slapped his head angrily, “What are you thinking about? Want to start a family?”

“No, no,” Yu Mu hurriedly put away the smirk on his face, making a serious gesture, “I just think that this kind of temperamental guy is very good, much more refreshing than the squeamish ones in the city. No wonder big brother is coming back to live in the countryside.”

Li Feng raised his foot and kicked him even more unhappily. He didn’t have any good thoughts after seeing the two gers in front of him head towards Hu Langzhong’s house. Halfway back, Li Feng lowered his eyes, the little ger from his eldest cousin’s family screamed at him that day, but today, the little ger was not afraid of him. He even called him softly, “Uncle Feng” before he left. This made Li Feng feel warm inside. 

Not only did Li Feng feel warm, but even when he returned home and talked about the things at the time, it was strange that Ah-Lin was actually willing to give Li Feng a hug. One must know that Ah-Lin was nurtured to be timid, and was afraid of meeting strangers and even being caught by others. 

Zhang Xiu brought three bowls of sheep (1) milk in from the kitchen. It was different from Tang Chunming’s thoughts. One of the bowls was for the pregnant Tang Chunming, one was for Ah-Lin, while Da Mao and Er Mao shared one bowl together. Zhang Xiu stated that just let the two monkeys taste it and sheep’s milk could replenish people. It was better for the pregnant person to use it instead. 

The three children were sitting together drinking sheep’s milk. Zhang Xiu also specially asked Da Mao to go home and bring over the white sugar left over from the Chinese New Year. The fragrant and sweet sheep’s milk made the three children so happy that they couldn’t bear to drink it all at once. Drinking slowly, especially Da Mao and Er Mao, you sip once and I sip once.

“Don’t pay attention to them either. Drink this bowl, I’m watching you, don’t fool around.” Zhang Xiu felt that Brother Ming’s temper was getting more and more… careless. Yes that’s the word, sometimes this pregnant person would even forget that they had a child in their belly. Just like before, would a normal pregnant person rush into a fight with others so aggressively? However the heart was wider than before and they didn’t keep everything to themselves. Whatever happens, is solveded on the spot and they don’t entangle with it anymore afterwards. They didn’t go searching for revenge and did not keep thinking about the Zhao family. 

Although Zhang Xiu didn’t understand the sudden change in Brother Ming’s temperament, undoubtedly, his current temperament is more suitable for his current situation. If he really put everything in his heart like before, he would not have been able to keep the one in his stomach. This had also caused Hu Langzhong to worry before. 

Brother Lin was well taken care of by him, to be honest, was much better than before. “It was so strange, Ah-Lin was actually willing to be hugged by that child Li Feng. Although, I don’t think Li Feng’s face was scary, but he seems different from the other men in the village. I don’t think he is a good talker but I can see that he is kind to Ah-Lin.”

Tang Chunming had listened to Da Mao tell him carefully about the situation at the time. After Li Feng and Yu Mo arrived, it was Li Feng who was coaxing the bullied and crying Ah-Lin. Yu Mu stepped forward and took away the children who had come together to fight, one by one. This shows that the man who could coax the crying Ah-Lin had a good heart and was not as cold and hard as he looked on the surface. “It’s not that children’s minds are simple, and not as complicated as adults.. Who is really good to him and who is bad to him, he can distinguish. Your husband, Dashan is very patient with Ah-Lin and Ah-Lin can distinguish between good and bad.”

“That’s also true. When Dashan comes back, I will talk to him. In the future, if Li Feng needs help, he can help a little bit. It is a little inconvenient to live life alone.” Zhang Xiu felt that Tang Chunming’s words were right. His husband also said that children’s eyes are the clearest, and they can often see things that adults can’t see. If Li Feng is as scary as others say, wouldn’t he want to avoid him? “I say, when he comes back, let Da Mao and Er Mao take Ah-Lin to walk around together more. This way Ah-Lin’s courage will be a little bigger.”

Tang Chunming thinks this suggestion is very good, and Ah-Lin is well-behaved. It’s good to leave him alone, and see the outside world. He still has to develop sturdily in order to not be bullied. Even if he marries someone in the future, who dares to bully him and beat him.

Tang Chunming also knows that today’s affairs and the previous quarrel with the Zhao family will make many talk about him, and say that he is violent. However, Tang Chunming doesn’t care at all and even takes the initiative to move closer in this direction. Gers, who don’t want to be deceived by others, need to be fierce so that those who want to bully him will be afraid of seeing them. As for brothers like Shen Fulang and Zhang Xiu, they will never cut him off because of these external reputations. 

There is a very clear example, that is, his stepmother, a very famous fierce man in Zhenshan Village, did one not see Wang Chunhua the day he met his stepmother. He dare not go forward. After the original owner’s father died, the stepmother alone made people afraid to look at the family business left by his father. He took care of the land properly and his life was no worse than that of those with a man in charge.

His stepmother is a role model for him to follow.

If a man is too scared to marry because his wife is better than him, then [Tang Chunming] doesn’t want such a man, and he will live alone with Ah-Lin.

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Zhao’s family on the west side of the village.

Wang Chunhua was frightened and became incontinent on the spot. He was ashamed and embarrassed. There was a cold wind on the way home. After he arrived at home he laid down. The eldest Zhao son was horrified that he called Hu Langzhong back and had him look at his precious son at the same time. Zhao Dong has been screaming in pain on the kang ever since returning home, and his whole body hurts.

“Hu Langzhong, what happened to the two of them, mother and son? Why is one frightened and the other beaten?” The eldest Zhao son asked worriedly, one is shivering in the bed and the other tumbling and howling on the kang.

Hu Langzhong touched his beard and said, “I will prescribe two doses of Soothing Soup for your family’s wife. If he drinks it, he will be fine. In the future, please persuade your husband to be more virtuous. The soldiers who survived the battlefield in the north are the most bad-tempered. Even this old man dare not provoke them.”

In the village, there were so many people present, and it didn’t take long for the situation to spread. Hu Langzhong also heard what Wang Chunhua said. In his opinion, he deserved it. After playing rampant in the village, he dares to come to this kind of military man, how big is his face.

The eldest Zhao’s face flushed suddenly, and after a while, he said, “Then a big man can’t deal with a ger like this. He is frightening people.”

“Then what do you want to do?” Hu Langzhong gave him an angry look, “I told you that this kind of person is accustomed to killing. Whatever you do in the future, if you lose your life, don’t bring me into it.” Hu Langzhong packed up the medicine box after leaving the medicine behind and lifted his legs and left. He is also very uncomfortable with the eldest Zhao. If he really has a back bone he will find someone’s door and stand up for his wife. Why waste his breath and complain about it like a ger at home? No wonder he is held in the palm of his wife’s hand. 

“Don’t, don’t,” Zhao Boss saw that Hu Langzhong was about to leave, and hurriedly stopped him. “My Ah-Dong, you haven’t said what to do.”

“What strength can a man have when he is recovering from a serious illness? Lie down, just lie down for a few days, he doesn’t even need medicine.” Hu Langzhong threw down his words and left.

When he walked to the yard, he heard old Grandma Zhao cursing in the front room, she was cursing Tang Chunming, the broom star who was beckoning him to disaster. Hu Langzhong sighed and shook his head. The Zhao family became more and more indecent. Fortunately, the third elder uncle of the Zhao family had spoken to Grandma Zhao. If Grandma Zhao had her way, she would have already ran to Brother Ming’s door to make a fuss again.

Footnotes:

1. The previous chapters said sheep and in this one it said goat. So I changed it to sheep to make it more consistent.

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