Sweet Wife Arrives: Mr. CEO, Please Pamper Me-Chapter 829 - 674: Love Across Thousands of Mountains and Rivers, Love That Endures a Lifetime of Obsession

Chapter 829: Chapter 674: Love Across Thousands of Mountains and Rivers, Love That Endures a Lifetime of Obsession

He was an old man with half a hand disabled, not walking very steadily, and completely worn out.

Age...

Feng Chengyue couldn’t quite guess, he looked to be in his sixties or seventies, but considering folks from the mountains are generally weathered, with poor skin, he could very well be in his fifties.

The old man’s left hand had several fingers amputated, leaving just the thumb and index finger, making his hand look rather startling.

When his limping foot saw Qiu Mingyan arrive and excitedly went to bring a stool, the hobbling appearance pained Feng Chengyue’s heart.

The old man was weaving bamboo baskets, and in the yard, large and small baskets, each one intricately woven and exquisite.

But perhaps now that societal living standards have collectively risen, fewer and fewer people use these old tools, the old man’s business couldn’t be good, otherwise there wouldn’t be such a large inventory in the yard.

Although there were plenty of bamboo strips and exquisitely crafted baskets, it seemed aside from continuing to make them, the old man was incapable of doing much else.

The old surname was Chen, not certain which generation was the seventh.

Like most people in Chen Family Village who shared the same surname, except for Village Chief Mai, there was also Qiu Mingyan’s Qiu Family, as well as the Zhou Family at the East Village, and the Qiao Family in the West Village, the rest were all Chen Family.

Uncle Chen Qi was overjoyed to see Qiu Mingyan, of course, even more so when he saw Feng Chengyue trailing behind Qiu Mingyan—

Last night, the whole village had followed Qiu Mingyan to look for someone, and Uncle Chen Qi also searched half the night, so he naturally understood. At this moment, he saw Feng Chengyue’s degree of prettiness and her out-of-place aura with their mountain village...

The knowing old eyes glanced at Qiu Mingyan, then smiled, and began chatting with him in authentic Sichuan dialect, "The young girl was found, she wasn’t hurt, was she?"

"No, yesterday she threw a bit of a tantrum, walked up the mountain and got lost, made Uncle Qi worry." Qiu Mingyan’s words were courteous and respectful.

Feng Chengyue glanced at Qiu Mingyan who concealed the real reason, pursed her lips, and said nothing.

Uncle Chen Qi, having noticed the red hue on Feng Chengyue’s face, gave a deeper smile and said, "Ah, it’s all good if nothing happened, youngsters, you know, sometimes have differing opinions, there’s no living together without some quarrels. It’s good to have some mutual understanding in the future, yes, understanding."

Then he tentatively asked Qiu Mingyan a question, "When will you get married? You’re already thirty-three."

Both Qiu Mingyan and Feng Chengyue knew that thirty-three was quite common in a big city, especially in the field of medicine where leaving school happens at twenty-five or six, being unmarried was quite normal.

But in the mountains, it really was an age that couldn’t be any older.

Yet, this wasn’t what surprised Feng Chengyue. What surprised her was, she thought the entire village knew about Qiu Mingyan’s engagement with Village Chief Mai’s daughter Mai Manxiang, they should all assume Qiu Mingyan and Mai Manxiang were a pair, that she shouldn’t exist, and yet...

The old man seemed to have an unspeakable affection for Qiu Mingyan.

Feng Chengyue was taken aback, and Qiu Mingyan just smiled, seemingly understanding this was expected, said, "Let’s wait a while, it’s not appropriate at the moment."

Then proceeded to say, "Let me check your arthritis situation; it might hurt a bit, but please bear with it."

Upon hearing that even such an old man had arthritis, Feng Chengyue felt even more troubled and uneasy.

Uncle Chen Qi just smiled indifferently, extending his arm, saying, "Ah, I told you, you’re quite busy, don’t come if you can avoid it. You just checked my foot five days ago and even paid me, I am already quite troubled by that, and today you’re here again to check my body..."

"I should." Qiu Mingyan finished saying this and then reached out to feel Uncle Chen Qi’s bones and the accumulation in his meridians.

At this moment, they heard a slightly chubby woman eagerly coming out from the main room holding a dustpan upon hearing Qiu Mingyan’s arrival, and upon hearing this, she added with a smile, "Of course it’s only right, Mingyan, you must know, your Uncle Qi’s hand was crushed by the harvester when hurrying to harvest grain for your family back then. And later this foot, this arthritis, were all because of helping your family with farm work, you must be filial to your Uncle Qi in this lifetime."

These words made Feng Chengyue feel a bit horrifying to hear, and she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Uncle Chen Qi scolded, "Eh, why say those things? Mingyan is the only university student in our village, back then his father was in such a state he couldn’t support the family anymore, it was only right for us to help his family, besides, I twisted this foot myself going down the mountain, how is it related to Mingyan? Mingyan is plenty filial to us, supporting the whole village is not easy, and many people helped his family, so don’t lay pressure on him."

The woman puckered her lips in disdain, "Chen Ergouzi’s family, eh? How could they have helped more than us! In the early 1990s, during New Year’s, Qiu Mingyan’s family couldn’t even afford an egg, it was our family that fetched four from the hen’s nest over there so that their little ones had their first taste of eggs during New Year, how could those families’ favours compare with ours? Moreover, if you don’t let Mingyan be filial to you, aren’t you just allowing him to be ungrateful?"

"Eh, you really..." Uncle Chen Qi seemed at a loss with his wife, and could only look apologetically at Qiu Mingyan, "Your Seventh Mother is just like this, don’t feel too pressured, your Uncle Qi is still capable, has children, the life is pretty good nowadays, just seeing you is enough to make him happy, the rest really isn’t necessary. Later, stay for lunch, your Uncle Qi will kill a chicken for you, and then you can head back, the midday sun is quite fierce anyways, wouldn’t want the young girl to get tanned."

Every word and sentence from Uncle Chen Qi reflected his care for Qiu Mingyan, while the woman in the house puckered her lips in disdain.

Qiu Mingyan smiled lightly and said, "No need, after checking you, I still need to go to Uncle Ba’s house for a consultation, save the chicken for your granddaughter to boost her health. I know your daughter just gave you a new granddaughter."

Uncle Chen Qi nodded happily at those words, "Yes indeed, the little girl is absolutely adorable."

Seventh Mother disdainfully sneered, "Can’t have a son, I wonder what’s the use of being adorable, eventually, the in-laws won’t look at her!"

At the side, listening to the whole process, Feng Chengyue remained silent during the couple’s back and forth bickering, "..."

Next to her, as Qiu Mingyan listened to Seventh Mother frequently mention, "Mingyan, you must be filial to your Uncle Qi, our village doesn’t have any doctors, our illnesses are a lifelong mystery on where to treat, you coming back is our greatest blessing, so don’t work elsewhere anymore, no matter how good it is out there, it can’t compare to our own native nest. Our village has gotten much wealthier now. Remember to marry the Village Chief Mai’s daughter soon, have a chubby boy for us to hold, the Village Chief helped you a lot back then, if you don’t marry his daughter, you truly would be ungrateful."

He looked at Feng Chengyue without showing any emotion, gave a bitter smile, and said nothing.

With heartache, Feng Chengyue looked at Qiu Mingyan, feeling utterly drained...