There wasn’t any other reason; Principal Chen still didn’t want to let the other villagers know that Ye Jian already had a boyfriend. Although the era was different, Shuikou Village was, after all, still a mountain village with conservative ideas. If you’re not studying when you’re 17-18, then you can get married, but if you’re still in school, then being in a relationship is definitely wrong!
To prevent bad rumors from appearing, that’s why our Major Xia’s identity still had to remain in the dark.
Xia Jinyuan didn’t have any problem with it, nor does he want Ye Jian to be troubled by rumors.
After entering the village, Ye Jian then saw the familiar villages busy working the fields, and she wore a smile as she greeted, “Uncle Hai, the sun’s getting hot now.”
With knees bent while weeding the field after the villager heard a commotion, he immediately straightened his back and looked over, and he said with a shocked and disbelieving tone: “Little lass Ye, Old Chen, ei ei ei, why did you guys come back so quick?”
Old Uncle only passed away yesterday,… so why did they come back so quickly?
“Mhm, we came back, Uncle Hai; I’ll let you work first.” Ye Jian knew why they were surprised. Normally funerals in the village go on for days, and Grandpa Gen from him passing to him being buried only took one day’s time; that’s why it was normal for Uncle Hai to be surprised.
Uncle Hai was coincidentally the first villager Ye Jian had seen after she reincarnated, and he helped Ye Jian to scold Sun Dongqing, with muddy hands, he took a detailed look at Ye Jian’s complexion, then said: “I’ll come by at noon to enjoy the cool air, your house is pleasantly cool.”
With a mountain behind and a peach forest in front, with both sides flanked by seas of bamboo, that was the most cooling place during the summer.
After chatting for a bit with Uncle Hai, they then bumped into a few villagers who were about to return home after finishing their work; they talked as they walked; after knowing Old Uncle Gen passed away peacefully, the topic became much more gentle.
“Old Uncle really is lucky. Even though he had it tough when he was younger, his later years were quite enjoyable. When he was alive, the army took care of him, with you and the army folk accompanying by his bedside before he passed away, that’s great, that’s great.”
“That’s right, little lass Ye, you’re also very outstanding now. When the Old Uncle passed away, he was even smiling. Clearly, he had no regrets and left this world peacefully.” Another villager continued and said in a proud tone: “You’re the only Military Academy student in our entire town; all the people from nearby villages visited our town on purpose to check us out. Our whole village now feels very proud because of you.”
Principal Chen laughed, “Little lass Ye is quite shy, and she doesn’t like to boast about things; if you guys keep this up, little lass Ye is going to be embarrassed.”
“What’s there to be embarrassed about? That’s just a fact. Our village…” Before the villager managed to finish his sentence, a piercing voice came from ahead and interrupted his words.
“Incredible, the talk of the town, the first Military Academy student is finally willing to return to the village.” Standing at her own front gate, Sun Dongqing made sure she wasn’t seeing things, and when she opened her mouth, nothing good came out of it, “A military academy student is quite incredible, even harder to find that my Mister Ye. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems like she’s already treating herself like a bigshot before she started school.”
When several villagers heard what she said, their faces turned cold.
They glanced at each other, and then together gestured Ye Jian to not heed the woman; there’s nothing to talk about with people like that.
Who didn’t know Sun Dongqing disliked little lass Ye the most? All the villagers knew that in their hearts, but now she’s already the wife of a Provincial official, and she’s seated real high on her high horse and looked like a very difficult person; feelings of disgust welled in their hearts as they looked at her.
They never come back to the village for years, and for some reason, they came back this year; their excuse was great, saying they were here to get away from the summer heat, and also saying things like they didn’t want to take care of the paralyzed Old Mrs. Ye, heh, do they think all the villagers are both blind and deaf, not knowing that Ye Ying had stirred up some trouble outside.
“Don’t pay her any heed; we can’t mess with her, but we can hide from her. Little lass Ye, walk between the uncles.”
