The Little Widower (farming)

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Early the next morning, Zhou Yuan went to the village to fetch water and saw Niu Niu playing in the village. He called Niu Niu over.

Niu Niu admired Zhou Yuan very much. When he saw him, he abandoned his friends and ran to Zhou Yuan: "Brother."

Zhou Yuan touched his head and said, "Go home soon and call brother Aning." Go to my house and tell them that I have something to do with them."

Niu Niu nodded and ran away.

After Zhou Yuan returned home from carrying water, Chen Qing had already prepared breakfast.

Cornmeal porridge, a stack of pickles, and a few corn buns. Chen Qing couldn't change his frugal personality. He didn't need to do farm work now, and naturally he didn't need to eat so well.

While eating, Chen Qing said: "I want to make a piece of land in front of the cowshed to grow some vegetables. The land next to the cowshed must be very fertile and the vegetables can be grown well."

"Okay, I will help you dig it this afternoon . "Zhou Yuan ate very quickly. Chen Qing didn't finish a single steamed bun. He had already finished three steamed buns and a bowl of porridge.

Chen Qing: ...

After dinner, Zhou Yuan washed the dishes, and Chen Qing was combing his hair in the house. After getting married, he tied up his hair. He had several hair ties, which he used interchangeably, but Zhou Yuan's favorite was The moon-white one I gave him the first time.

After he finished combing his hair, Li Xin and Qi Shuning also came.

"Niuniu said you were looking for me? Is there anything wrong?" Li Xin sat down on a chair in the yard. Qi Shuning first said hello to Chen Qing and Zhou Yuan.

"Two days ago, my mother said that my godmother's condition was not right." Zhou Yuan told them what Aunt Sun said that day, and Li Xin's eyes were obviously more panicked.

"Then, what should we do?" He stood up, a little anxious, and walked around the yard.

Qi Shuning stood aside and held his shoulders: "Xinxin, don't worry, let's listen to what the elder brother said."

Zhou Yuan asked, "When I went to Fucheng earlier, what did the doctor in Fucheng say?"

Li Xin shook his head: "I didn't say anything . If it was useful, Che Zhuglun would talk back and forth, saying that my mother was weak and needed to eat more ginseng soup and donkey-hide gelatin. My father bought a lot of it. "

Since Li Xin got married, Zhang Yin's health seemed to be getting better, Li Xin thought. It was because she got married that her health got better, and because her father often took her to see the doctor some time ago, and the doctor didn't say anything, they thought her health was really about to get better.

Zhou Yuan thought of the doctor he met in Yunxi Town earlier. He seemed to be knowledgeable and reliable.

"I met a doctor when I passed through Yunxi Town on my way back. I told him about my godmother's condition. The doctor said that he didn't see the patient, so he shouldn't take medicine rashly."

"So. I was wondering if I could have a chance to cure her if I brought my godmother here to see her." Zhou Yuan said.

Li Xin stopped in her tracks and thought about Zhou Yuan's plan in her mind: "But it's a long way to Yunxi Town, and I'm afraid my mother will get seriously ill on the way."

Li Xin sat down again: "Also, mother Is she willing to follow? "

"It depends on you." Zhou Yuan said, "If you can persuade her, then we will go to Xixin Mansion."

Li Xin came in a hurry. Leaving worriedly.

Chen Qing walked to Zhou Yuan and hugged his arm: "You said that if you go to Xixin Mansion, you can cure Aunt Yin?"

Zhou Yuan touched Chen Qing's head: "I'm not sure either, it's just that That Doctor Yu seems to be very reliable."

Chen Qing sighed.

"If Godmother decides to go, you should go with her. Yunxi Town is very interesting."

There are a lot of fresh food there that they have never seen before, and the customs and customs there are different from those in Luohe Village. , he wanted to take Chen Qing out for a walk, and Yunxi Town could be the first stop.

The weather was hot in the afternoon. Chen Qing was lying on the bed, and Zhou Yuan was fanning him with a round fan in his hand.

Chen Qing was drowsy: "When the sun sets in the afternoon, we will dig the ground."

Zhou Yuan answered.

After a while, Chen Qing fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up, it started to rain lightly. The light rain that fell at this time was not very cool, but more depressing. The air now was like the moisture hanging around the steamer when they were steaming dry food. People can't breathe.

However, with some light rain, plowing the ground will be easier.

Zhou Yuan is indeed not very good at farm work, but in just a short while, a blister appeared on his palm from the hoe.

Chen Qing was picking wild vegetables on one side. At this time, purslane was growing very well and stuck to the ground in a large area. Chen Qing picked them all up and piled them on the other side, thinking about making them for dinner at night.

Hearing Zhou Yuan hiss, Chen Qing quickly snatched the hoe from his hand and saw the blisters on his palm. Chen Qing glanced at him, plowed the ground in a few clicks, pulled him back home.

Zhou Yuan looked at the blisters on his palms with some curiosity. He had always thought that he was a rough guy who could do any job with ease, but he didn't expect that blisters would appear on his palms just by turning over the ground.

It reminded him of last year, when he helped Aunt Sun plow the fields, even the cows looked back at him.

It was getting dark now. Chen Qing lit the lamp and found his sewing kit. After roasting the needle tip on the fire, he pricked all the blisters on Zhou Yuan's hands. He applied some medicinal powder and carefully applied it to him with a cloth. Wrap it up.

Looking at his tightly wrapped hands, Zhou Yuan smiled: "I can't do any work now..."

Chen Qing glanced at him: "There is nothing for you to do at home. Put the house together." It's right to rent out the land. If you don't know how to farm, I will be exhausted."

"How did you learn to farm?"

Zhou Yuan knew that his hometown was not good at farming.

Chen Qing said, "I was just like you at the beginning. I got blisters as soon as I worked, so my mother gave me medicine."

But at that time, Chen Qing was very scared. He was afraid that if he couldn't do the work, Aunt Sun would drive him away. She left, so she didn't say anything about the blisters and kept on doing it. Later, her hands became suppurated, and Aunt Sun noticed it.

The work in the fields will not disappear just because people are injured. Chen Qing's hand healed from the injury, then healed from the injury, and the cycle continued like this. After two months, there would be no more blisters on his hands, and he also learned how to do it. Like plowing the land for farming.

"Then if I keep learning, I can always learn it." Zhou Yuan smiled and rubbed his hair, messing up his well-combed hair, and pulled off his hair tie. He used the previous one today. Headband, dark.

"Why don't you buy it from me?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"You have to work at home, don't get it dirty." Chen Qing took the hair tie back from his hand and tied up his hair again, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Zhou Yuan thought for a while: "Let's cook some noodles. "

The weather was too hot and I didn't have much appetite, so Chen Qing soaked the cooked noodles in boiling water that had cooled down. He also blanched the purslane he picked while plowing the ground in the afternoon, and mixed it with some seasoning. Together.

The noodles were chewy and the purslane had a sour taste in the mouth, which was also very appetizing. Zhou Yuan ate a big bowl without realizing it.

Everyone who cooks is willing to see the rice he cooks eaten until every bite is left. Zhou Yuan eats cleanly every time he eats. Chen Qing doesn't say anything, but he is still very happy in his heart.

After eating, the two of them led the cows to the fields to graze as usual. When they met villagers who were out for a walk, Chen Qing still slightly hid away from Zhou Yuan.

"Hey, Zhou Yuan's hand is injured?" The uncle glanced at Zhou Yuan's hand and found that it was wrapped, so he asked.

There was a smile that couldn't be hidden on Zhou Yuan's face: "It's just a small injury. My husband is worried about it. He has to wrap it up to feel at ease."

The uncle chuckled: "The relationship is quite good."

Zhou Yuan hugged him Chen Qing's waist: "That's right."

The villagers couldn't see such a crooked husband, so they quickly found an excuse to run away. Chen Qing couldn't bear it anymore, and put his hand on Zhou Yuan's waist: "Why didn't you tell uncle about your hand?" Is it because you don't know how to work?"

Zhou Yuan just smiled and took Chen Qing's hand and walked forward: "How can that be done?"

Chen Qing snorted and handed the cow rope to his hand. , and walked forward by himself.

They waited for news about Li Xin at home for two days, but Li Xin did not come to the door. On this morning, gongs and drums began to be played at the entrance of the village, and Chen Qing came out of the house and asked Zhou Yuan what was going on.

Only then did Zhou Yuan remember that someone should have come to announce the good news. Qi Shuning's college entrance examination results quickly spread in the village.

When the people from the yamen came to announce the good news, the Li family had already prepared everything and gave the yamen servants a lot of money. The yamen servants were all beaming with joy and said many auspicious words. He also said that with the reputation of being a scholar, he could be exempted from taxes. He also said that Qi Shuning was promising at a young age and would definitely be the top scholar in high school in the future.

Naturally, Village Chief Jiang was also here at the moment. He said that it was a great joy to have a scholar in the village, and they wanted to celebrate with a drink. Li Tiejiang originally had this intention, and it happened that Li Xin's new house also needed to be built with beams and tiles. We plan to do it together.

So it was decided that the wine would be served on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, and everyone in the village would be entertained, except the original village chief's house.

On the tenth day of May, Zhang Yin was in particularly good spirits. Although Li Tiejiang refused, she kept chatting with the villagers at the banquet. Li Xin and Chen Qing stayed by her side. They were not busy today. Li Tiejiang invited Specializing in making banh mi noodles.

Zhou Yuan followed Qi Shuning to Li Tiejiang's side, and the whole banquet was very lively.

Aunt Sun, who was on the side, looked at the energetic Zhang Yin, and her heart sank even more.

The excitement in the Li family continued until night. Zhang Yin washed herself, put on her pajamas, and sat by the bed.

After Li Tiejiang also washed up, he hugged Zhang Yin gently: "Go to rest early, you are very tired today."

Zhang Yin didn't want to sleep, so she smiled and said, "Old Li."

Li Tiejiang was already a little confused. He had drunk so much today . Too many, but no matter how tired I still have to respond to her: "Huh?"

"Now everyone calls you Li Tiejiang, who still remembers your name?" Zhang Yin asked.

Li Tiejiang opened his eyelids and asked, "What is my name?" He even forgot it.

"Li Feng, the water is abundant." Zhang Yin said with a smile, "I still remember the first time I saw you, your eyes were straight when you looked at me."

Li Tiejiang hugged her, still seeming a little shy: "Now "My son said this, we are an old couple."

She leaned on Li Tiejiang's shoulder and said, "It's great now. Xinxin and the others are living well, Niu Niu can learn from Shu Ning, and A Yuan can stand up. , Aqing has become like a sister-in-law."

Li Tiejiang's eyes became clearer: "Why are you talking about this?"

Zhang Yin shook her head: "I just feel happy today."

"I will be so happy every day in the future." , "Yin Yin, go to bed quickly."

He remembered the doctor's instructions that Zhang Yin should not stay up late.

"Okay, let's go to sleep." Zhang Yin rested on his arm. "Ah Feng, I want to take a good rest too. Thank you for letting me always remember that my name is Zhang Yin, not Mrs. Li Zhang."

Li Tiejiang drank too much and instinctively He felt that something was wrong when she said these words. He had sobered up and got up: "What are you talking about?"

Li Tiejiang broke out in a cold sweat, thinking of the saying that the light comes back. Zhang Yin is so energetic today, isn't it just... ...Is it a return to the light?

He gently touched Zhang Yin's face: "Why don't you go with Zhou Yuan and the others and go to Yunxi Town to see the doctor."

Zhang Yin shook his head: "I don't want to, it's too far. What if, what if I die?" On the way..."

Li Tiejiang hugged her: "Just do it for me, okay? Apart from you, who else in this world knows that my name is Li Feng?"

"What should I do if something happens to you? What to do?"

Zhang Yin felt that her pajamas were soaked. Would a man as strong as Li Tiejiang cry like this?

If she really dies and her child is hurt, what should her husband do?

Previously, she always thought that she would hold on until Li Xin got married. After Li Xin got married, she thought again that Zhou Yuan hadn't gotten married yet, so she might as well wait a little longer until Zhou Yuan got married and Xinxin's house was repaired. , Shu Ning also passed the examination as a scholar, and she could finally take a break.

But looking at Li Tiejiang crying in tears, she had thought about so many people and considered so many people. How could she not think about her husband again?

As a father, he must stand upright, but who will feel sorry for him? Nowadays, everyone in the world knows that he is Li Tiejiang, but after he is gone, who can still remember that his name is Li Feng?

She took a deep breath and hugged Li Tiejiang's head: "Then you promise me, no matter what the result is, you must be good and take good care of Xinxin and Niu Niu, especially Niu Niu."

Zhang Yin knew , Li Tiejiang didn't like Niu Niu a little in his heart. After all, it was because she gave birth to Niu Niu that her body was so weak.

"Okay." Li Tiejiang nodded, "It's all up to you."

"Also, don't go. Let Xinxin and Shuning accompany me. Ayuan and Aqing should also accompany me. Just stay at home and wait. I'll take good care of Niu Niu."

"How can I not go?" Li Tiejiang said a little anxiously, "You..."

"How many orders are there in your shop? You are too lazy these days." Looking at him, "Besides, there's no charge for medical treatment? We're going to stay in Yunxi Town for a while, and you're going too. Who's going to make the money?"

Li Tiejiang then reluctantly agreed: "Well, that's okay."

Then Only then did the two of them rest.

Li Tiejiang slept very lightly, and many scenes flashed before his eyes in a daze. Maybe it was because Zhang Yin talked about the past before going to bed. He dreamed about the time when he first learned to blacksmith. At that time, Zhang Yin was still a boudoir lady. She smiled. He looked at Li Tiejiang and said, "Hello."

Li Tiejiang scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Yin didn't wait for him to speak, so she said, "Don't talk to me? Then I'll leave?"

Li Tiejiang immediately said no, but Zhang Yin walked too fast and he couldn't catch up.

Li Tiejiang opened his eyes in the darkness. He reached out to hug Zhang Yin and touched her warm cheek. When he heard her shallow breathing, Li Tiejiang breathed a sigh of relief.