The Little Widower (farming)

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Chen Qing was sitting on a lounge chair at home. It was only slightly deformed after yesterday's fight, but Chen Qing was young and the chair was not broken.

When he heard Zhou Yuan talking, Chen Qing was frightened. With a little effort, the chair fell apart and Chen Qing sat down on the ground.

Zhou Yuan wanted to help him, but Chen Qing stopped him. His voice was very soft: "Don't come over."

Zhou Yuan stood still.

Chen Qing sat on the ground with his head lowered. Zhou Yuan was very tall, and his shadow blocked all the sunlight in front of Chen Qing: "I don't understand."

Zhou Yuan was very patient: "What don't you understand?"

Chen Qing didn't know. How should I put it? Thousands of words condensed into one sentence: "Why me?"

"Why does everything have to have a why?" Zhou Yuan did not answer him, but asked another question.

Chen Qing lowered his head and mentally drafted what he wanted to say, and then said, "Are you because you pity my mother and me? In fact, our life is not that difficult. In the past five years, We all live like this."

There was no reply from Zhou Yuan for a long time. Chen Qing slowly raised his head. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuan had been looking at him. The moment he saw Chen Qing raising his head, Zhou Yuan And smiled at him.

Chen Qing's ears suddenly turned red, and he quickly lowered his head. He felt that he didn't know where to put his fingers, and he was busy pinching his belt.

Zhou Yuan then said: "I want to help you and I can still help you, but why should I wrong myself so much?"

"Yes, but you obviously like, like Li Xin." Chen Qing's voice was very low. , so small that Zhou Yuan could hardly hear it.

Fortunately, it was quiet all around.

"Where did you come to this conclusion?" Zhou Yuan spoke to him, not like a conversation, but more like he was a prisoner and wanted to listen to him to decide his every word and action.

Chen Qing felt that sitting on the ground made him very unimpressive in front of Zhou Yuan, so he put his hands on the ground and stood up on one foot. Although he was still much shorter than Zhou Yuan, at least he no longer looked like a general or a prisoner. .

Chen Qing felt that he was more confident, so he said, "Just, a lot of times."

He didn't want to count them in detail, as it would look like he was arguing with his good friend, but he had a lot on his mind.

"It's all because of you." Zhou Yuan took a step forward.

Chen Qing, facing a formidable enemy, jumped back with his uninjured leg. Zhou Yuan was afraid that he would fall, so he didn't take that big step forward.

"Stand still, don't come over!" Chen Qing held on to a log pillar in his house, not daring to look at him, and kept tapping the log with his fingers.

Zhou Yuan stood there and said, "Think about me, I think I'm no worse than others."

Chen Qing's face turned red, and he felt that he was really brave and he said shameless things. He still lowered his head and said nothing, but the redness at the base of his ears said it all.

Zhou Yuan felt very satisfied after seeing it. Thinking that he had made great progress today, he decided not to force him anymore. Anyway, he already knew it now and it would still be a long time.

"You should have a good rest. If you stand any longer, be careful your feet won't heal." Zhou Yuan walked to the reclining chair that was about to fall apart just now. He found the tools at home in the yard and quickly repaired the reclining chair with a few clicks and put it down. Tool grabbed the arm of Chen Qing who was standing aside and peeked, and lifted Chen Qing to sit on a chair like a chicken, before he walked out of the courtyard gate.

Before leaving, he said very loudly: "You should think about it carefully."

Chen Qing's face was even redder than before, and he said again: "Don't be so loud!"

It would be great if others heard him.

Zhou Yuan walked forward and waved back to him.

Silence returned to the yard. Chen Qing felt his face was on fire, his heart was scratched by a cat, and even his injured ankle was itching. Suddenly, he felt a lot of expectations for tomorrow, but he didn't know what he was looking forward to.

Aunt Sun came in from the outside with a smile. She glanced at the full water tank and asked, "Has Zhou Yuan been here?" When

Chen Qing heard Zhou Yuan's name now, it was like a mouse seeing a cat, and he just nodded randomly. head.

Aunt Sun didn't pay attention to Chen Qing's state, and just said: "I just went to talk to the flower matchmaker, and she said to help you pay attention to see if there is anything suitable."

Chen Qing then raised his head: "Mom, you just went to find Auntie Hua? Why are you in such a hurry? "

"The time is about the same. I need to find someone suitable so that you can rely on me in the future."

Chen Qing thought of what Zhou Yuan said and shook his head: "Mom, I don't want to... "Don't say stupid things. "

Aunt Sun walked up to him and glanced at his feet: "Fortunately, I went to the village chief earlier and wrote a letter of release for you. You are not my husband now. My little son."

Chen Qing was just blushing at first, but now his eyes were red after hearing Aunt Sun's words. When he came to Luohe Village from his hometown, he also secretly lamented why his life was so bad, and also thought about it. Otherwise, I would have killed myself on the way here, like my little dad did.

But he didn't have the courage. He was still frightened when he saw the rushing water, and returned to the team amidst the ridicule of the steward.

Until he came to Luohe Village and was bought home by Aunt Sun. He had a mother who was very different from his little father, friends like Li Xin who were very different from him, and...

Chen Qing dumped him He shook his head and threw those unwanted thoughts out of his mind. He took Aunt Sun's hand and said, "Thank you, mother."

Aunt Sun touched his hair and said, "Why are you so polite to your mother?"

Chen Qing was moved and said Feeling that his throat was tight, he did not dare to tell Aunt Sun what Zhou Yuan had just said to him, so he murmured: "But my situation..."

Aunt Sun didn't like his way of belittling herself: "What's wrong with you? He's good-looking, good at work, and very well-behaved."

Chen Qing blinked and felt a lot of joy in his heart when he heard Aunt Sun praising him like this.

No one doesn't like to hear compliments. Maybe there is really something about him that makes people like him?

"A Qing?"

Aunt Sun looked at him: "What are you thinking about? Your face is so red."

Chen Qing quickly shook his head and changed the subject: "When are we going to pay taxes?"

"We don't have to pay it ourselves this year, you forgot ?" This news was revealed by the people from the county government yesterday when they were at the county government. The village chief took the government officials to collect the goods from door to door, so there was no need to queue up early in the morning.

Chen Qing didn't remember anything about what happened yesterday. The only thing he remembered was Zhou Yuan's rough fingers on his cheek when he was most helpless.

"That's really great." Chen Qing said. Putting aside the good and bad, Chen Qing thought of what happened yesterday, and he was a little worried that people from the Sun family would come to his door.

"Mom, do you think people from the Sun family will come to the door?" Chen Qing looked at the door.

"They will come as soon as they come. Can we still be afraid of them?" Aunt Sun patted his hand to appease him, and then went into the kitchen to cook.

Chen Qing's heart couldn't calm down that day. He was thinking about what Zhou Yuan said in the morning, and his scalp was numb when he thought about it. He also thought about the Sun family's affairs, and he was frightened when he thought about it.

Aunt Sun thought he was still frightened and told him to rest early.

Chen Qing tossed and turned in bed at night, and fell asleep in a daze at midnight, but the person who disturbed his mind actually came into his dream.

It was still the same conversation in the yard of their house, but the difference was that Zhou was very close to him.

"I know you've been looking at me."

Chen Qing has always been clumsy with his tongue, and he couldn't say anything in his dream, he just faltered.

"You've been looking at me since the first time we met." The person in the dream was unreasonable and said shameful words regardless of Chen Qing's rejection. "You thought I didn't notice."

"I, I didn't... "

Zhou Yuan suddenly came very close to him. Chen Qing couldn't dodge and was caught in his arms. It was difficult for him to struggle in his sleep.

"Don't move."

Chen Qing didn't dare to move anymore. His heart was beating like a drum. He didn't know when the day turned into night. The inexorable night made Zhou Yuan's voice darker.

Chen Qing didn't know why he cried. Zhou Yuan wiped away his tears with his rough hands as before, but this time he spoke to him.

"Why are you crying?"

Chen Qing shook his head.

No one spoke anymore, Chen Qing only felt Zhou Yuan approaching him.

Chen Qing suddenly woke up from his dream. At this time, there was no sound in the surrounding area, except for the sound of Chen Qing's heartbeat, which was louder and louder.

He couldn't fall asleep anymore. After his heartbeat calmed down, Chen Qing moved to the middle of the bed and opened the window a little. He lay by the window with his arms pillowed on his pillow and saw the deck chair in the yard in the dim morning light.

The wind blew over, and after a long time Chen Qing slowly closed his eyes.

Early that morning, Chen Qing woke up to the sound of conversation between Aunt Sun and Zhou Yuan.

The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Originally, things for the Mid-Autumn Festival should be bought at the big market that day, but because of Chen Qing's accident, they didn't buy anything, so Aunt Sun decided to go to town to buy things.

But Chen Qing's foot was injured, and she didn't dare to leave him alone at home anymore, so she asked Zhou Yuan if he could take them to the town. Zhou Yuan's ox cart could take Chen Qing with him. .

"Okay. I'm going to the town too." Zhou Yuan agreed simply. He glanced into the yard and saw a plush head beside the propped up window.

So he wasn't the only one who tossed and turned and couldn't sleep last night, right?

Chen Qing slowly opened his eyes, and met Zhou Yuan's eyes. He was like a cat with fried fur. He retracted his numb arms, closed the window, and hid behind. Because the movement was too big, he used too much strength. , the whole person lost his balance and fell on the bed, his head made contact with the bed board, making a "dong" sound.

He lay on the bed and covered his face with the quilt.

It's so embarrassing...

Aunt Sun and Zhou Yuan both heard the movement in the room, and Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing.

Aunt Sun quickly entered the room after making an appointment with Zhou Yuan: "Ah Qing, did you fall under the bed?"

Zhou Yuan's laughter became louder. In the room, Chen Qing covered his quilt and heard his laughter, and was angry again. Hammered the bed.

It's really annoying, annoying in the dream, but even more annoying in reality!

Aunt Sun got up early and made preparations to go to town. Chen Qing loved to eat corn tortillas, so she made several.

Chen Qing sat on the bed and combed his hair. He had always worn it loose since he came here. He would only tie it up when doing farm work. Luohe Village did not have any requirements for husbands to tie their hair or let it down. Li Xin, on the other hand, wore it tied up all day long. The hair is very clean and tidy.

Chen Qing had a sudden idea today and tied up his hair. Aunt Sun called him outside the door and said it was getting late and asked Chen Qing to go out quickly.

When Chen Qing said that he was fine, Aunt Sun opened the door and saw a different Chen Qing at first sight. She smiled and helped Chen Qing tidy up some of his broken hair: "Why did you suddenly think of tying up your hair today? "

Chen Qing lowered his head: "It's a little hot."

Aunt Sun looked at his hair that was tied up with a hairband. The hairband was made by Chen Qing himself. It was the leftover material from making clothes before, and he embroidered some on it. pattern, made into a hair tie.

"It would be great if there was a hairpin, and a small bell on it that would ring every time I walked."

Chen Qing squinted his eyes and smiled: "I will carve one out of wood in the winter. I can ask Uncle Li to help me make one for the bell. " "

There is no farm work in Luohe Village in winter, so Chen Qing can do some very complicated and time-consuming things, such as embroidering handkerchiefs and carving hairpins.

"I can pick up embroidery needles and carve knives." Aunt Sun supported him, but Chen Qing did not let her support him, but jumped out on his own.

The smile on Chen Qing's face disappeared and he said to Aunt Sun: "But I have been married for so long, how can I still wear such a hairpin."

Aunt Sun disagreed: "You are still a child."

There is only one hairpin in Zhou Yuan's house. It was a small road that could not be passed by an oxcart, so they still had to walk this distance by themselves, but Zhou Yuan was already waiting at their door.

He looked at Chen Qing who was different today, raised his eyebrows, and took Chen Qing from Aunt Sun: "Auntie, let me do it."

Aunt Sun had completely regarded Zhou Yuan as one of her own family members, and did not feel that Zhou Yuan was helping him. Taking care of Chen Qing is a very unexpected thing.

Chen Qing was already giving up on himself. He grabbed the clothes on Zhou Yuan's shoulders and slowed down his breathing.

"Are you so afraid of me?" Zhou Yuan turned his head and asked him, but there was an unmistakable meaning in his voice.

But before Chen Qing could answer, he had already reached the oxcart. Zhou Yuan bent down and put Chen Qing on the oxcart, and then went to help Aunt Sun get the basket.

At this time, it was just time for people in Luohe Village to get up. Zhou Yuan was driving. Chen Qing and Aunt Sun were sitting on one side. Aunt Sun took out the pancakes she baked from the basket on her back: "Ah Qing, give Zhou Yuan two pieces."

Chen Qingmu With a face on his face, he took the cake from Aunt Sun and handed it to Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan held the reins of the ox cart with one hand and took the cake with the other.

Because he let Chen Qing know what he was thinking, he seemed to particularly like teasing Chen Qing. Looking at Chen Qing's stretched out hand, when he was taking the cake, his fingertips traced a line across Chen Qing's palm. Chen Qing immediately retracted his hand and felt that he He was very unimpressed and glared at him fiercely.

Zhou Yuan knew Chen Qing's character. If he was teased a little longer, his head that had just been extended would retract again. It would already be a great improvement for him to be able to glare at him.

Zhou Yuan finished eating the cake, straightened his expression, and then drove away without any distractions.

After arriving in town, Zhou Yuan did not separate from them. Aunt Sun supported Chen Qing, while Zhou Yuan walked on the other side, helping Chen Qing when Aunt Sun could no longer hold her.

Originally, I came to town today just to buy some things for the Mid-Autumn Festival. After all, it is a festival, so I have to eat some meat.

Aunt Sun bought a pound of plum meat and several pounds of bare bones from the butcher.

Zhou Yuan helped her carry the basket on her back and looked at the bare bones they bought. He was a little puzzled: "Auntie, why did you buy these meatless bones?" He also wondered if it was because his family was not well off and could not afford even a pound of fat meat.

Chen Qing didn't say anything, so Aunt Sun answered him: "Ah Qing didn't hurt his foot. He used some bones to make soup to repair the injury."

Zhou Yuan asked: "Shouldn't I buy pig trotters?" Chen Qingyi was met by Chen Qing. Remember the eye knife.

Zhou Yuan also bought a few kilograms of plum blossom meat. Chen Qing looked up at him and said, "I was talking about troublesome auntie. Two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to invite a few brothers from the village to have a meal with the brothers who came back with me." "I don't know how to cook, so I have to ask my aunt to help me."

"What's the matter?" Aunt Sun agreed simply, just helping to cook the meal.

"Is there anyone at home?" Aunt Sun asked him.

"There is no one anymore. There used to be a grandmother. Before I came back, I was all alone." Zhou Yuan calmly pulled Chen Qing to prevent him from being hit, and then talked to Aunt Sun again.

"Hey, they are all poor children." Aunt Sun suddenly thought, "Zhou Yuan, why don't you accept me as your godmother? In this way, we can become a family."

Zhou Yuan paused for a moment, then said: "I I really want to be a family with you, there will always be a chance in the future, don't worry now."

Chen Qing's heart was in his throat, for fear that he would say something to his mother.

Aunt Sun just smiled after hearing what he said. In fact, that was all she mentioned. If Zhou Yuan really recognized her as his godmother, the people in the village would not know how to poke his spine. In fact, it is quite good now.

After buying the meat, Aunt Sun also wanted to buy some cloth to make two winter coats for Chen Qing. Zhou Yuan said that he also wanted to buy some. In fact, he only brought a few summer clothes, and he didn't know what Luohe Village was like in winter. So I haven't prepared any winter clothes yet.

Arriving at the cloth store, Chen Qing sat down in the store, while Aunt Sun went to pick out cloths, while Chen Qing looked at the handkerchiefs on sale.

"Aqing, do you like this?" Aunt Sun asked Chen Qing to choose a piece of cloth. It was a dark green one. Chen Qing thought about it and nodded.

"Is the color a little too dark?" Zhou Yuan said at the side.

Aunt Sun took a look at Chen Qing's current clothes. They were indigo. It seemed that ever since he came home, he had only dark clothes like indigo and dark green. Chen Qing obviously looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he always A mature look.

Chen Qing frowned: "Mom, this is the one, it's stain-resistant."

Aunt Sun looked at the bright pieces of cloth in the store and saw the moon-white one at a glance. She thought that such a color would suit Chen Qing. It should look good on you.

Chen Qing also saw it, and he quickly shook his head: "Mom, this color is too bright and not suitable."

Zhou Yuan said again: "Do you still have to wear new clothes to go to the ground? Aren't new clothes meant to be worn in free time?"

Chen Qing said. Qing glared at Zhou Yuan again.

Aunt Sun thought that Chen Qing had never had any brightly colored clothes since he had been at home for so long. She didn't dare to buy one. She just asked for enough cloth to make clothes. Chen Qing felt a little distressed when he saw Aunt Sun giving him money. He obviously bought other clothes. It only costs 400 to 500 gold to make clothes of different colors. This cloth costs 800 gold, which is twice as expensive.

Chen Qing looked at Aunt Sun: "But Mom, I can't wear bright-colored clothes yet."

He is still observing filial piety for Meng Tao and cannot wear bright-colored clothes.

But Aunt Sun said: "You can't wear red and green. The white of the moon is bright but plain, it doesn't matter."

Chen Qing still wanted to argue, but Aunt Sun stopped listening.

Seeing Chen Qingneng sitting here, she said she was going to buy some seasonings and some fine flour to make mooncakes, so she left Chen Qing in the cloth shop.

After Aunt Sun left, Zhou Yuan went to buy two pieces of cloth, one black and one indigo, while Chen Qing was sitting there looking at his cloth.

Chen Qing came to his senses and realized that Zhou Yuan had already given the money, and the two pieces of cloth had been placed beside Chen Qing. Chen Qing was startled: "Why are you buying cloth?"

"Making clothes."

"Why don't you buy it ? Ready-made clothes?" Chen Qing looked at the two pieces of cloth, "You don't know how to make clothes."

Chen Qing thought about how Zhou Yuan was holding the embroidery needle and felt a little funny.

"I have my own method." Zhou Yuan looked mysterious.

What else Chen Qing wanted to say, Aunt Sun was back.

"Zhou Yuan, why don't you buy ready-made clothes?" She was a little surprised when she saw the cloth Zhou Yuan bought.

"Auntie, don't you know how to make clothes?" Although Zhou Yuan was talking to Aunt Sun, his eyes were looking at Chen Qing.

"I'm old and can't see clearly. The best person to make clothes is Ah Qing." Aunt Sun said.

Only now did Zhou Yuan look at Chen Qing openly: "Can you help me make clothes?"

Chen Qing immediately shook his head: "It's inconvenient." He cursed in his heart. Is this his method?

Zhou Yuan didn't say much. On the way back, he discussed with Aunt Sun about autumn planting. Winter wheat is planted here in Luohe Village, which will mature in May next year. Aunt Sun's family originally had six acres of land. Meng Tao After being drafted into the army, Aunt Sun sold two acres in total, and now only has three acres of fertile land and one acre of patchwork leftovers left.

Normally, it would take Aunt Sun and Chen Qing five or six days to do this. This year, Chen Qing injured his foot and we don't know what the situation is.

"I also have five acres of land, but I don't know how to plant it yet." Zhou Yuan scratched his head, "Should we hire people from the village?"

"Where can we hire people from the village at this time?" Aunt Sun shook her head, "Every family is busy with their own business. "It's work."

Zhou Yuan thought for a while: "Auntie, after I finish the work for you, can you teach me how to farm? The two of us can work faster than one,

right?" Aunt Sun thought for a while. This principle.

Chen Qing tugged on Aunt Sun's sleeve: "Mom, I can work, and my feet have healed a lot."

"The doctor said you can't go to the ground for at least a month, so don't bother." Aunt Sun still remembered the doctor He said, "Let Zhou Yuan help me with the work."

Chen Qing was a little panicked. It was a busy farming season, but he could only sit at home and couldn't do anything.

Aunt Sun was sitting leaning against her basket and saw the two pieces of cloth bought by Zhou Yuan: "Ah Qing, don't you think you can't sit still at home? Then why don't you help Zhou Yuan make clothes?"

Chen Qing raised his eyes and looked at Sun Auntie, she noticed that Zhou Yuan was also looking at him.

"But wouldn't this be inappropriate..."

"If it's inappropriate, I'll pay you." Knowing that Chen Qing took this matter very seriously, he would have to pay for riding in his ox cart, although he felt that Qing is an ignorant person, but he still has to follow his wishes.

It's just that he said this harshly, and Chen Qing's face turned red. He has never been good at talking. Zhou Yuan's tone just now was a bit harsh, and Chen Qing was a little at a loss.

Aunt Sun reconciled the situation at the right time: "No need to pay, you help me with the farm work, and Ah Qing will help you make clothes. It's just right, Ah Qing, right?"

Chen Qing nodded quickly, and his voice became softer: "It doesn't matter if I don't need any wages. "

Back home, Aunt Sun washed the bones she bought and planned to make bone soup today. She would use this soup to make hand-made noodles in the evening, and then put two green leafy vegetables on it. It would be a rare delicacy. .

Zhou Yuan sent them to his home, left his two pieces of cloth, and left. Chen Qing frowned and looked at it. As the saying goes, tailor-made clothes must be made according to Zhou Yuan's size. He can only wait until tomorrow for his mother to make clothes. Let's measure him. It's impossible for him to measure Zhou Yuan anyway.

Nothing is possible!

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Qing was arranged by Aunt Sun to make moon cakes in the yard. They bought some sugar cubes and glutinous rice flour yesterday. After roasting the peanuts, they crushed them into crushed peanuts. They cut some crushed sugar cubes and kneaded them into moon cakes with the crushed peanuts and glutinous rice flour. stuffing.

Then add flour, water and a little lard to make the dough, and let it rise for three quarters of an hour. After three quarters of an hour, take out the dough, break it into small pieces, roll it out flat, and wrap it with the kneaded stuffing. The wrapped ones are mooncakes, but the mooncakes without patterns are like steamed buns. Aunt Sun found the mold at home from the kitchen, which is very simple and shaped like a flower.

Chen Qing was making moon cakes and pressing molds, and Aunt Sun found the small stove that used to make moon cakes at home. Moon cakes need to be baked. When Chen Qing came to the house for the first time, he helped Aunt Sun make moon cakes and steamed them. So the two of them ate steamed sugar cakes once. Later, Chen Qing found out that the mooncakes were baked. That was also his first time making mooncakes.

Aunt Sun found the oven and burned the charcoal. Chen Qing sat beside it and watched the heat while calculating how many cakes to make this year.

In previous years, there were five in their family, five in Li Xin's family, five in the village chief's family, and two in Aunt Liu's family.

I should make a few for Zhou Yuan this year. After all, he has helped so much. I don't even remember when Zhou Yuan picked up all the water in their house.

When Chen Qing was making the last pot of mooncakes, he added some more fillings.

In one afternoon, Chen Qing made all the mooncakes. He separated the ones he wanted to give to others and waited for Aunt Sun to finish her work before delivering them.

While Aunt Sun went to deliver moon cakes, Chen Qing jumped to the kitchen to cook.

Blanch the good plum blossom meat with the skin on a red-hot pot, burn off the remaining hair, wash it with water, put it in the pot and cook it. Cut the cooked meat into thumb-sized pieces and stir-fry it over high heat. Put the excess oil in a jar. After sautéing, add seasonings and various spices, add the bone broth stewed last night, simmer over low heat, and finally reduce the juice over high heat.

The air was filled with the thick aroma of meat, and every piece of meat in the pot was covered with sauce. Chen Qing's stomach rumbled twice.

Tonight's dinner is a large bowl of braised pork, eggplant and potatoes stewed softly in lard, a plate of pickles, and rice mixed with brown rice that is not usually steamed.

As the sun sets in the west, the moon can't wait to show its head.

When Aunt Sun came back from delivering the mooncakes, she saw that Chen Qing had already prepared meals on the stove. She was a little annoyed: "My feet are still hurt, and I can't stop."

They moved the table to the yard, and set out three dishes and one soup. On the table, there are several months of cakes next to it. Although it is simple, it still feels like home.

Aunt Sun was about to close the yard door when she saw Zhou Yuan next door, holding a mooncake she had just given in his mouth and leading the cow to the cowshed.

On such a day of reunion, she and Chen Qing were halfway together as mother and son, but Zhou Yuan was even more pitiful and could only look at him like a cow.

"Aqing, I'll ask Zhou Yuan to come and have dinner with us." Aunt Sun couldn't bear it.

Chen Qing lowered his head and naturally had no objection.

After Aunt Sun went out, Zhou Yuan came quickly, holding a wine jar in his hand. Chen Qing took a look at the food on the table. He had cooked more today than usual, so it should be enough to eat.

They were sitting in the courtyard. There was no need to light a lamp today. The moon illuminated the ground as bright as day.

"Auntie, thank you very much, otherwise I would really be alone tonight." Zhou Yuan glanced at Chen Qing, then poured himself a glass of wine.

Chen Qing lowered his eyes, feeling a little blocked. He pushed the braised pork in front of him towards Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan picked up the wine glass and covered the smile on his lips with his hand.

Chen Qing didn't talk much. Zhou Yuan and Aunt Sun were talking most of the time. But what surprised Chen Qing was that Zhou Yuan didn't tell Aunt Sun about Meng Tao's affairs in the military camp, and Aunt Sun didn't ask. They were all short-sighted parents in the village, but I didn't expect that Zhou Yuan would be able to pick up on whatever Aunt Sun said.

"Zhou Yuan, I went to the matchmaker last time and she said you also have plans to start a family?" Aunt Sun drank some with Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan glanced at Chen Qing, and then nodded to Aunt Sun: "I have this plan, but I don't know if she is willing."

Aunt Sun clasped her hands together: "Your conditions are so good, who can refuse to agree to you? "If I don't agree with you, I just have no vision."

Zhou Yuan laughed and asked Chen Qing, "Are you right?"

Chen Qing lowered his head and said nothing, scolding him in his heart for being shameless.

The meal lasted till the zenith of the moon. Aunt Sun drank just in time. She looked at the full moon and missed Meng Tao and her late husband. She could cry in front of Chen Qing, but Zhou Yuan was separated by one layer. He made a face and told Chen Qing that he had drunk too much and wanted to go back to the room to rest. Chen Qing temporarily forgot that his feet were still injured and wanted to get up to help him. The moment he landed, his ankles hurt. Zhou Yuan was quick to support his waist with big hands. , fortunately I didn't fall to the ground and ruin a table of uneaten dishes.

Aunt Sun saw that Chen Qing was okay, and then returned to the room.

Zhou Yuan and Chen Qing looked at each other in the yard. Chen Qing cleared his throat to make himself look more powerful: "It's getting late."

Zhou Yuan stood up: "Then I'll go back."

Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief . , but this breath was not too complete. Zhou Yuan sat down again and looked at the leftovers on the table: "I'll help you clean it up."

Chen Qing quickly shook his head: "I can clean it up myself, you go away quickly !"

Zhou Yuan didn't listen to him, and took advantage of Chen Qing's difficulty in moving. He cleared the table quickly, even when washing the dishes, he used half a bucket of water, which made Chen Qing grit his teeth.

Noticing Chen Qing's gaze, Zhou Yuan looked at the water in the water tank and felt that he was not doing something right. But after thinking about it, he asked Chen Qing: "How about I go help now?" Can you bring back two buckets of water?"

Chen Qing turned around and didn't look at him.

The moonlight was pouring from above his head, and Chen Qing was a little sleepy, but Zhou Yuan was still in his yard, and he was afraid that he would say something shameless, so Chen Qing had to cheer up.

"Okay." Zhou Yuan stood up, "I really have to leave now."

Chen Qing still didn't dare to let go too quickly. When he saw Zhou Yuan walking out of the yard, he let out a long sigh. Zhou Yuan stood outside the courtyard wall, waiting for Chen Qing to pop out and lock the door, and said, "By the way, the mooncakes you made are delicious. It's my first time to eat such delicious mooncakes."

Chen Qing held his hand There were some burrs on the door panel of Chen Qing's hand. It didn't hurt, but it was a little itchy. He was thinking about Zhou Yuan's past. From the information he heard, he grew up with his grandmother and went there when he was twelve or thirteen years old. The military camp, during the most intense years of the war, his life should have been filled with wars and killings. There should be no mooncakes in a place like the military camp.

"There are some leftovers at home. Neither my mother nor I like to eat them very much. Let me give them to you." Chen Qing wanted to jump back and get the mooncakes for him.

Zhou Yuan walked up to him again and said something else: "Have you thought about it? If you have thought about it, I will invite Aunt Hua to come to propose marriage."

Chen Qing:! ! !

"Stop talking!" Chen Qing was furious. Sure enough, he shouldn't have been soft-hearted just now. He lowered his voice, "What will my mother do if she hears this?"

Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows: "But my aunt must know, she will have to sit in the high hall in the future. "

Chen Qing: Ahhhh! Go crazy.