The Little Widower (farming)

40

Zhou Yuan happened to miss the village chief's wife and others who came to visit him. He just came to see Chen Qing. Aunt Sun told him about the village chief's birthday, and the two discussed it again. What kind of gift should I give?

"This is your first year in the village, and you meet him, who is a half-digit person every five days. The gift cannot be too light. Of course, it is not good if it is too heavy. If you don't want to give money, just choose a flashy gift. "

Zhou Yuan thought about it. The things he brought back from the capital earlier included two inkstones. Since he didn't want to read or write, he just gave them away. After all, they were from the capital and were considered valuable.

Zhou Yuan nodded, and after finishing talking, he looked at Chen Qing silently.

Chen Qing lowered his head and avoided his eyes. Zhou Yuan caught him talking behind his back for the first time, and he was feeling embarrassed right now.

Seeing Zhou Yuan's gaze getting deeper and deeper, Chen Qing quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to make dinner."

Looking at the sun that had not completely set yet, Zhou Yuan asked silently.

Seeing their back-and-forth glances, Aunt Sun decided to hand over the battlefield to them, so she stood up and said, "I'm going to pick some vegetables outside. Let's just have some vegetarian dishes today."

When she left, she gave Chen a warning look . Qing, don't let him talk nonsense.

Watching Aunt Sun go out, Zhou Yuan sat next to Chen Qing: "What were you talking about to aunt just now? Did I hear you wrong?"

Chen Qing quickly shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I said Li Xin."

"Really? ?"

Chen Qing nodded firmly, and Zhou Yuan didn't ask him again. Chen Qing looked at him, sniffed, and felt a little bad: "What does it smell like on you?"

Zhou Yuan stayed away from him and said, "I went out to do something in the morning. Something happened."

"Oh." Chen Qing went out to help Aunt Sun pick vegetables.

On the third day of the lunar new year, Li Xin and Qi Shuning came to pay New Year's greetings. Zhou Yuan also pretended to follow them, but Li Xin looked at what Zhou Yuan was holding and shouted loudly: "Why did you buy this!"

Zhou Yuan He didn't care: "What, do you have any objections to me giving my sweetheart a gift?"

Li Xin's eyes rolled to the sky: "Who gives a sweetheart a piglet as a gift!" "You mind me." The two people were noisy

.

Walking to the door of Chen Qing's house, Li Xin handed the snacks and fruits in her hand to Aunt Sun and said, "Happy New Year, Auntie."

Chen Qing was preparing lunch in the kitchen. Although they were familiar with each other, the due etiquette should not be lacking. There are still a few dishes to be made.

"Come as soon as you come, bring something with you." Aunt Sun accepted and turned to let them in. She saw Zhou Yuan holding something in his hand.

She was startled: "What is this?"

Zhou Yuan laughed: "Yesterday when I went to town, I saw someone selling it. He was anxious to make a move, so I bought it back. Only when I bought it did I realize that I don't know how to raise it, so I can only Sorry, auntie."

Aunt Sun looked at the piglet. She didn't understand anything else, but piglets are not cheap, at least two taels of silver.

Zhou Yuan said: "That man seemed to be in trouble, so he sold one or two halves to me."

Aunt Sun took the piglet from his hand, and she, who had always done things neatly, was actually a little at a loss.

"Here, how are we going to raise them? There's no place."

Zhou Yuan answered: "The chicken and duck area in the back is so spacious. Just clear up a little space and come out. I will do it for you in a moment."

Chen Qing heard this . When the pig squealed and came out with a spatula, he saw Aunt Sun holding a piglet in her hand. He was very curious, so he went up to look at it: "Mom, this is a pig."

Aunt Sun wanted Chen Qing to hug it too. He hugged him, but when he saw the spatula in his hand and remembered that he was still cooking, he didn't give it to him: "Zhou Yuan gave it to him and said he would keep it in our house."

Chen Qing's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhou Yuan , Zhou Yuan's eyes were full of smiles.

However, Chen Qing didn't wait too long and went back to the kitchen to cook. The remaining people were in the chicken shed at the back, excitedly building a shed for the piglets.

By the time Chen Qing finished cooking, their pigsty had just been set up. Although it was done in a hurry, it looked like that.

Today is also a sunny day, so the table is placed in the yard, several people gather around, and the atmosphere is quite lively.

What Zhou Yuan brought today was Lihuabai, which was slightly stronger than Osmanthus wine. He bought it from the town yesterday. Chen Qing didn't remember anything after drinking it once, so he didn't drink it today.

But he didn't expect that Qi Shuning's drinking capacity was not good either. He would be dizzy after just two drinks and would talk too much. Li Xin felt ashamed and took him home.

As soon as Chen Qing finished eating, he ran to the back to see the piglet. Zhou Yuan followed him. Now he wanted to talk more in front of Zhou Yuan, so he said: "I originally thought about finding it for my mother." What kind of cat or puppy did you bring? "

"What does it eat? There is no grass now."

"Do you think it can eat what we eat?"

"It's so cold. " , will it be frozen?"

Zhou Yuan found it funny. He would only say a few words if he teased him more, but now he talked more.

He was even worried that Chen Qing would be reluctant to kill the pigs when they were raised in the future.

The New Year is a leisurely time. When not visiting relatives, the villagers gather together to talk. I don't know where the news came from, saying that Zhou Yuan's sweetheart is Chen Qing, who lives next door to him.

When they first heard this rumor, no one took it seriously. After all, Chen Qing was a widower. His presence in the village was so low on weekdays, and Zhou Yuan had such good conditions, how could he possibly like him?

It's just that the source of these words is hard to find. What he said at the beginning was very ugly, saying that Chen Qing was shameless and that Chen Qing had seduced Zhou Yuan, and that a widower was still uneasy.

The people who just heard this subconsciously disagreed with this view. They all saw what kind of person Chen Qing was. He had been honest and responsible for the past five years. He would not have stayed in the Meng family for five years in silence. What's more, he also paid filial piety for Meng Tao.

But some careful people thought about it. In the past, they all thought that when Zhou Yuan and Li Xin wanted to be together, Li Xin would go over there. Now, it seems more like he was covering for them?

Everyone fell into this kind of speculation, and it gradually became more convincing. Especially, someone saw Zhou Yuan buying Piggy yesterday, but when someone passed by Chen Qing's house, he heard Piggy at his house. scream.

So is it true? The sweetheart Zhou Yuan mentioned was actually Chen Qing?

Speaking of Chen Qing, the biggest impression the villagers have on him is that they have no impression of him. His sense of existence is too weak. Sometimes, if you don't think about it carefully, the villagers don't even know that he exists. How did he attract such a person? From Zhou Yuan?

This word spread in the village and naturally reached the village chief's home.

Tomorrow is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the village chief is celebrating his fifty-fifth birthday. He is looking at the prepared dishes outside.

"Do you think Zhou Yuan is deliberately going against you this time?" Aunt Wang approached the village chief, "Forget it about Li Xin before, what's going on with Chen Qing showing up now?"

Village Chief He clicked his tongue impatiently: "We don't have any brothers or sisters in our family, so why are you so worried?"

"We don't have any brothers or sisters in our family, but my natal nephew has just reached the age of marriage." Aunt Wang planned well and let the two of them get to know each other at the village chief's birthday banquet. Zhou Yuan is a He has the ability. Although he didn't give face to the village chief before, he didn't have anything to do with him afterwards. If they can really become relatives, then their family can reach a higher level in the village.

"Then what's so good about Chen Qing? He can't beat him with three sticks. Why does Zhou Yuan like him?" Aunt Wang was still chattering.

"If you really want to marry your nephew to him, just find a way yourself." The village chief was very impatient and left her alone.

Aunt Wang was making calculations in her mind. Her natal sister-in-law asked her to find a good marriage for her nephew. After all calculations, Zhou Yuan was the best candidate. If she could really succeed, she would be considered Zhou Yuan's elder. If there is any good thing, you can get a share of it.

Soon she had a plan in mind.

Zhang Ran, who was sweeping the yard, listened to all their conversations and sneered, what kind of bastard is he trying to get ahead of Zhou Yuan?

It's just that he didn't expect that the news he let out would not lead to Chen Qing being criticized by thousands of people as he hoped. Some people even counted Chen Qing's advantages. Are these people blind? How could Chen Qing be worthy of Zhou Yuan!

On the early morning of the sixth day, people from the village came to the door one after another. Everyone sat together in twos and threes, and the topic of discussion was still Zhou Yuan.

Aunt Wang was a little unhappy after hearing this. She hadn't even mentioned her birth date yet. Besides, how could a widowed man compare to an innocent little brother?

She attributed Zhou Yuan's attraction to Chen Qing to the fact that there was no suitable brother in the village, and another suitable-age Li Xin got married again. He had to settle for the next best thing and could only be forced to accept Chen Qing. If he could see himself nephew, that would be his better choice.

Aunt Wang's nephew is called Wang Shan. He is nineteen years old this year. He has a seventeen-year-old brother. He is waiting for Wang Shan to get married and get a betrothal gift to give him a wife.

Sure enough, Wang Shan arrived soon after. When he saw the village chief and Aunt Wang greeting him politely, Aunt Wang immediately pulled him into the house to talk.

"Shan'er, you also know why your parents called you here today, right?"

Wang Shan blushed and nodded: "I know." He was handsome, and when he blushed, he looked more like Xiaojiabiyu.

Aunt Wang looked him up and down, and compared him with Chen Qing in her mind. She only felt that Chen Qing was not half as good as her nephew. Just looking at Wang Shan's body, he was better than Chen Qing, who couldn't give birth to a child just by looking at it. My health is much better.

Listening to Aunt Wang's description of Zhou Yuan, Wang Shan also had some thoughts.

Wang Shan's face turned even redder. Aunt Wang knew something was wrong when she saw him like this. Wang Shan asked in a low voice, "Auntie, is such a good person not married yet?"

"He is in a special situation." Aunt Wang said, " It's just that people are a bit intimidating, so you listen to your aunt, so..."

She leaned into Wang Shan's ear and told him her thoughts.

Wang Shan quickly shook his head: "Aunt, this, this won't work, I..."

"I'm not asking you to strip naked for him to see, it's just for that reason." Aunt Wang looked at him with some disapproval, "Don't even think about it. Why do you take your time to get along with him? His conditions are so good. If he doesn't do some tricks, do you think it's your turn?"

Hearing what she said, Wang Shan's original shyness disappeared. He thought it would be his turn. This aunt was really good for him, but she didn't expect that she was trying to suppress him both inside and outside her words.

"Wang Shan, you are not young anymore. Think about it, is your brother also old enough to get married?" Aunt Wang saw his hesitation and her tone was a little bad.

Seeing that he still lowered his head, Aunt Wang continued to persuade: "Zhou Yuan lives alone in a brick house and has a big scalper at home. He will definitely be able to get the seven or eight taels of gift money. Think about it, with this With the gift money, will it be easy for your brother to marry a wife? When you make money in the future, you can be more assertive when you return to your parents' home. Your parents' family will be counting on your help, and you will be able to stand up tall. "

If you work harder and give birth to a son, you will be the master of this family."

Wang Shan's hands were tightly grasping his clothes, and he gritted his teeth for a while before he raised his eyes redly. Beginning: "Auntie, I listen to you. I will do whatever you say."

Zhang Ran in the yard outside heard their plan clearly. He let out a sigh and scolded the old woman and Wang Shan for not wanting to do it. Face.

Then, his eyes lit up, he turned around and entered his house, searched in the box and found a medicine bottle.

Any cat or dog can miss Zhou Yuan, so he just wants to sleep with Zhou Yuan, so it's not a big mistake.