The Little Widower (farming)

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In April, the entire Luohe Village became busy.

Other villagers were busy harvesting wheat. After harvesting wheat, they were busy plowing the ground. After the land was plowed, they had to plant corn seeds immediately. They were very busy.

Zhou Yuan simply invited someone to help harvest his and Chen Qing's wheat, and they concentrated on preparing for the wedding.

This was Zhou Yuan's first time. Although Chen Qing had gotten married once, they were in a hurry and didn't understand anything. The two of them seemed to be busy all day long, but they didn't know what they were busy with. It was more like they were two people. A headless fly is spinning around.

In the end, the mother-in-law of the two families was in charge of each other, so she was able to keep them stable.

With Zhang Yin, Zhou Yuan finally became more organized and regained his original rationality.

His courtyard is quite big and can accommodate a banquet. They don't have to invite the whole village to get married, so this large courtyard can fully accommodate them.

Tables, chairs and benches can be borrowed, and people in the village are willing to lend out their own for weddings.

Meng Qi, the master who made the banquet, helped him contact him. Meng Qi invited him when he got married. Zhou Yuan had eaten there and the cooking was pretty good.

He didn't trust others to do the shopping, so he spent most of his time running to town these days.

During the day, Li Xin and Qi Shuning came to help him decorate his home. Qi Shuning had just finished his college entrance examination, so Zhang Yin asked him to stop reading all day and asked Li Xin to take him around the village to get to know more people in the village.

Although Li Xin doesn't know how to be a female celebrity, he is very good at paper-cutting. He and Qi Shuning are two people. He is cutting out the characters "囍" on one side, and Qi Shuning uses the paste prepared by Aunt Sun to paste the characters "happy" on it. Qi Shuning does things seriously. It's even posted on the bullpen.

The Li family helped Zhou Yuan stay busy in an orderly manner, which made Chen Qing seem more leisurely.

This was the first time that he was not busy at this time of the year. He was not used to it. He woke up when he heard the first rooster crow. After putting on his clothes in a daze, he remembered that he didn't have to get up so early. Zhou Yuan had invited all the workers in the fields. People did it.

He walked to the yard. It was still dark outside and the weather was getting warmer. Chen Qing lay down on the deck chair in the yard.

Everything that happened this year seemed to be his dream, Chen Qing thought as he looked at the dark night.

Maybe when it gets daybreak, he will wake up from his dream. There is still a lot of wheat waiting for him to cut.

There were many sounds in my ears, including the beeping of firewood, the barking of chickens and ducks, and the sound of piglets that had been hungry all night, as if they couldn't wait to get out of the pigsty.

Then a footstep slowly approached, and Chen Qing heard what he said clearly: "Why are you sleeping here?" Chen Qing

slowly opened his eyes and found that Zhou Yuan was walking next to him, squatting and watching. he.

"I guess I'm not used to not having to get up so early to work." Aunt Sun said.

When she got up early, she saw Chen Qing asleep on the recliner. She thought it was okay and didn't call him, but it was cold in the morning and she put a blanket on him.

Chen Qing blinked hard and finally woke up.

Has he not woken up from his dream yet? Because Zhou Yuan is still by his side.

Zhou Yuan touched his face and said softly: "If you're still sleepy, go back to the house and sleep."

Feeling the thick layer of calluses on his palm, it was a bit rough when it fell on his face, but it didn't hurt, but this feeling was also cannot be ignored.

Chen Qing looked at him and realized that this was not a dream.

Zhou Yuan is much busier than Chen Qing. He came today to continue discussing the marriage with Aunt Sun.

Chen Qing no longer has any relatives here. Originally, they were going to have dinner at her husband's place at noon, but Aunt Sun and Chen Qing don't have any relatives except people they know in the village, so there seems to be no need to have a dinner at their place.

"So let's just stop having another party and just forget it at my place in the evening. There's no need to bother anymore."

Aunt Sun nodded: "That's okay."

When talking about the route out, the two families were separated after all. Too close, the custom is not to take the same way when coming and going. Zhou Yuan and Meng Qi have already found another way.

"Okay." Aunt Sun said, "I'll put up the red paper later."

Zhou Yuan quickly said, "No, Li Xin and Shu Ning will go." Aunt Sun is old after all.

They were talking, and Chen Qing was wandering around. Today is the eighth day of April, and there are only seven days left until the fifteenth day.

Their busyness seemed to have nothing to do with Chen Qing. The two wedding dresses had been embroidered a long time ago. Chen Qing's skills were good and there were no flaws at all. Aunt Liu and the others came to see them and said they were even better than the wedding dresses they bought. .

Chen Qing actually didn't go out much during this period. What Aunt Sun was worried about before still had some impact on Chen Qing. Although he was mentally prepared, he still chose not to listen to it if he could.

He told Aunt Sun this idea, but Aunt Sun didn't say anything about him. She just smiled and didn't say anything about him.

By April 11, everything was fully prepared. He had become accustomed to coming to the house every night to talk about the progress of the preparations. Today, when he came to the house again, Aunt Sun stopped him outside.

Zhou Yuan was stunned, and Aunt Sun said: "We can't meet each other again three days before the wedding."

So Zhou Yuan returned to his home step by step. The home was already brand new. Li Xin and Qi Shuning took this small The yard is well maintained, and now the tables, chairs and benches are piled on one side of the yard, and the kitchen is also full, just waiting for April 15th.

A red gauze curtain was hung in the room, and a big red wedding quilt was piled on the bed. Zhou Yuan took a look at himself and realized that he had not slept in the bedroom for the remaining few days, and had made do with another room.

On the night of April 14, Li Xin also came to sleep with Chen Qing.

Aunt Sun, like Zhang Yin before, also mysteriously brought a pamphlet over and did not avoid Li Xin. After all, Li Xin was already a married man, so naturally he understood everything he should know.

Chen Qing was still shy, and Li Xin on the other side was already looking at it with gusto. While looking at it, he said, "Auntie, you are so unclear about this. Fortunately, I brought you with me."

Li Xin jumped out of bed and took a look from his clothes. He touched the one that Zhang Yin had given him and looked at it with Chen Qing. Chen Qing was still embarrassed.

"Oh, we're about to get married soon, look what's going on." He raised the book and glared at Chen Qing.

Chen Qing had no choice but to take it, flip through it a few times and then put it down.

Aunt Sun looked at him and gently held his hand: "Zhou Yuan is a good man. We, Qing, have suffered for so long, and it's time to finally be happy."

Li Xin nodded at the side: "Yes, yes, my cheap brother He is indeed a nice person, aunt, you don't know, before..."

He kept talking about the previous things: "They have always used me as a cover, you know, I can't tell the story of my suffering, and I have to help them protect it. Secret."

Aunt Sun also laughed: "Eat and drink more tomorrow, don't save it for them."

Li Xin also smiled: "Zhou Yuan said before that I want to sit at the head table."

Aunt Sun coaxed him: "Yes. "You can only sit at the main table."

After talking for a while, Aunt Sun returned to the room, leaving Li Xin and Chen Qing alone. Li Xin talked a lot, but his chatter was diluted. Chen Qing was very nervous.

When he woke up the next day, Li Xin's legs were pressing on him again.

Chen Qing had no choice but to wake him up. On the other side, Aunt Sun had already cooked a bowl of poached eggs in sugar water for each of them.

Li Xin was not polite and ate it without any hesitation.

Zhou Yuan's house next door was already bustling with activity. There were many Aunt Sun's friends in their yard. There were also several tables set up in the yard. There were some dried fruit snacks on the tables, which were all prepared by Aunt Sun. Zhou Yuan originally wanted him to buy it, but Aunt Sun said that she also wanted to do something for Chen Qing.

Chen Qing was not wearing wedding clothes at the moment. He went out to greet all the aunts. Those who came were all related to Aunt Sun. Even if they had something in their hearts, they didn't say anything.

They all knew Chen Qing's character. After smiling and saying a few words of congratulations, Chen Qing returned to the room.

The day passed very quickly. When it was almost dusk, Aunt Sun finished her work and came to Chen Qing's house. A dressing table had been set up in the room. Aunt Sun looked at Chen Qing's appearance in the bronze mirror with sore eyes. .

Chen Qing has been here for more than five years. Aunt Sun still remembers how thin and weak he looked when he first came here. In the blink of an eye, he was going to get married.

She originally wanted to comb Chen Qing's hair, but thinking of what she had experienced over the years, she put the comb on Chen Qing's dressing table: "I'll ask Aunt Liu to comb your hair later."

Chen Qing grabbed Aunt Sun's arm : "Mom, I don't believe that, why don't you help me comb my hair?"

Aunt Sun still wanted to refuse, but Li Xin was already holding her shoulders: "Aunt, just help him comb it, otherwise it will be late. "

I can only pick up the comb again and comb Chen Qing's hair smoothly: "I hope we, Qing, will be safe and smooth in the future."

Chen Qing was in a daze all day long. I don't know when Zhou Yuan came.

Chen Qing didn't have that many friends, so Li Xin didn't want to block the door or anything. He felt that Chen Qing and Zhou Yuan should get together without any obstacles.

The moment Zhou Yuan walked in, Chen Qing's eyes fell on him. The bright red wedding dress made him look even more handsome.

In Zhou Yuan's eyes, he could only see Chen Qing.

This was the first time he saw Chen Qing wearing red. His small face made him look small. Usually he was always old-fashioned, but today someone discovered that Chen Qing looked like this. No wonder Zhou Yuan fell in love with him.

Aunt Sun stood aside, Li Xin held her arm and kept wiping her tears.

After bidding farewell to Aunt Sun, Zhou Yuan directly hugged Chen Qing.

Chen Qing had no brothers and no one would carry him out, so Zhou Yuan simply did it by himself. He was his husband anyway, and he didn't want irrelevant people to carry him.

Chen Qing is very small, and he is nestled in Zhou Yuan's arms. When his brother gets married, he does not need to cover his head, but only needs to cover his face with a fan. The fan that Aunt Sun prepared for Chen Qing is for use when going out.

When worshiping in the hall, there were three tablets placed in the hall, one for Zhou Yuan's grandmother, and the other two for Chen Qing's two fathers.

Chen Qing was stunned. The names of his two fathers were even written on the two tablets. He looked at Zhou Yuan, who smiled at him.

The names of Chen Qing's two fathers were mentioned by Chen Qing while chattering on New Year's Eve.

His father's name was Chen San, and even Chen Qing himself didn't know the name of his younger father. At that time, people in the village called him Brother Sheng, and Zhou Yuan gave him the Chen family's surname.

Zhou Yuan saw that there were only a few tablets in the high hall, but he still invited Aunt Sun, Li Tiejiang and Zhang Yin to sit in the high hall.

After the ceremony was completed, Chen Qing was sent to his new house.

It was very lively outside. Chen Qing's hands kept fiddling with the tassels he had embroidered on his wedding dress until the sounds outside gradually disappeared.

As soon as Zhou Yuan entered the room, Chen Qing saw the redness on his face. He must have drank a lot of wine.

Chen Qing looked at him for a while, then shyly looked away: "Drink a lot?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head: "They helped me block a lot."

After all, it was the wedding night, how could he drink too much.

"But now I have to drink the last glass." Zhou Yuan walked to the bedside, holding two glasses of wine in his hand, "It's Hexin wine."

Chen Qing took the wine glass from his hand and was about to drink it, but Zhou Yuan held down his wrist. , then intertwined with his wrist: "You want to drink like this."

There was not much wine in the wine glass. After drinking, Zhou Yuan put the wine glass away, and Chen Qing also stood up.

Zhou Yuan pressed his shoulder: "Sit down."

Chen Qing looked up at him, stood up, and saw that it was completely dark outside and everyone outside had dispersed. He breathed out: "I should too Go home."

Zhou Yuan:?

"What did you say? Where to go?"