The Little Widower (farming)

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Zhou Yuan had no free time at all after he came back. On the second day after he came back, he took Meng Qi and Meng Shuanzi back to the county town.

Zhou Yuan spent all his savings and bought the Zhenwei Escort Bureau in the county. When he went to pick up Li Xin and the others, he brought back two carts of goods from Yunxi Town. This time, there was no retail sale, and they were all given to Xianke. Come on, the money from this sale will be used as the expenses of the entire escort agency during this period.

The operation of the entire escort agency is very mature. Zhou Yuan is not as good-tempered outside as he is in front of Chen Qing. If there are those in the escort agency who are dissatisfied, he just gives money and lets them go without saying anything.

No one has trouble with money, so Zhenwei Escort Bureau is back on track after the turbulence of the previous period.

This means that Zhou Yuan is going on a long trip again.

When Zhou Yuan discussed with him, Chen Qing had already accepted the reality that he would spend less time with Zhou Yuan and be more away from him in the future.

Under some dim lights, Chen Qing helped Zhou Yuan pack his luggage. After loading the luggage, he climbed into bed again and found his wallet, which was heavy in the box beside the bed.

He poured out the contents of his purse, and a peace charm fell into his palm, as well as some copper plates and small silver particles.

The copper plates were earned by Chen Qing from selling handkerchiefs, and the silver particles were given to him by Zhou Yuan.

"Bring them all with you. They say a poor family is rich, and there is nothing to spend money on at home." Chen Qing simply put all his wallet in his baggage.

Zhou Yuan took out his wallet again: "I don't have to spend any money. Everything I use out will go out of the escort agency's account. Don't worry about me."

Chen Qing had a rare expression on his face: "But I am Worry, you are right to take it."

Zhou Yuan held his face and kissed him on the lips: "Okay, I will listen to you and take it with you."

In fact, Zhou Yuan is the boss of Zhenwei Escort Agency . , he doesn't need to travel far away often, but this time, the amount of silver being escorted was very large, and the head escort asked Zhou Yuan to accompany him.

After packing his luggage, Zhou Yuan took off the knife he hung on the wall. After being reforged by Blacksmith Li, this knife could be said to be as sharp as clay. Zhou Yuan cherished it very much and would take it out from time to time to wipe the dust.

Although he accepted Zhou Yuan's ambition, Chen Qing still couldn't help but worry.

"Don't be afraid. We have experienced escorts together. They have been escorts for so many years, so there will be no problem."

Chen Qing nodded, but his eyes were still worried.

"These days when I'm not here, you can go play with Li Xin, or you can go to live with your mother's house and keep her company. Will you feel better?"

Zhou Yuan reached out and held him in his arms: "Wait until next year In the spring, I will take you out again, let's go further."

Chen Qing nodded in his arms, Zhou Yuan put him down, and then put the packed luggage in the corner of the room. Then he started taking off his clothes.

Chen Qing knew what he wanted to do as soon as he saw his movements, so he subconsciously crawled to the inside of the bed.

But the further you go, the more you fall into a hunter's trap.

The red gauze curtain during the wedding had been replaced, and Chen Qing could not reach his lifeline no matter what.

There was only a brief moment of tranquility after the violent storm. Chen Qing said, "It's just a promise. I'll get up and see you off tomorrow."

"Okay." The man on top of him didn't seem to know what he had promised.

Zhou Yuan seemed to like watching him crawl, and would always pull him back by his ankles when he thought he had escaped. Through his hazy eyes, Chen Qing saw the evil smile on Zhou Yuan's face.

This was an expression Zhou Yuan would never show in normal times, and only Chen Qing could see it.

Soon Chen Qing was hit by another heavy rain and had no time to think about other things.

The next day, Chen Qing couldn't get out of bed. Zhou Yuan kissed him on the bedside for a long time, and then left after seeing that time was running out.

After Zhou Yuan left, Chen Qing was no longer sleepy. He turned sideways, touched the place where Zhou Yuan had slept, and closed his eyes to rest for a while.

The time when Zhou Yuan left was actually not that difficult, and Chen Qing also had a lot of things he needed to do.

He gets up early to cook for himself and clean the yard, and takes the cows out to graze. When he comes back, he runs to Aunt Sun and helps her with the housework. Sometimes he will eat with Aunt Sun, and sometimes he will go to Li Xin .

After returning from Yunxi Town, Zhang Yin's illness really improved. Sometimes Chen Qing would see her hoeing in the field in front of the door.

Chen Qing went to help, and Zhang Yincai said: "Doctor Yu said that I am no different from ordinary people now. It would be bad if I am always lazy."

They trusted Dr. Yu extremely. Li Tiejiang did not agree with Zhang Yin's behavior at first. Tired, but after hearing what Li Xin said, he reluctantly agreed. Zhang Yin wanted to farm, but their land had long been rented out, so they could only flatten a vegetable plot for her to grow some vegetables.

Half a month after Zhou Yuan left, Li Xin began to learn blacksmithing from Blacksmith Li.

When Chen Qinggang heard this, he stayed where he was. Later he remembered to go to Blacksmith Li's shop to look for him.

The shop is located some distance from the village because the sound of blacksmithing is too noisy, but it is still on the main road. There is a flag waving on the roadside that says Li's Blacksmith Shop.

As they got closer, they could hear the clanging sound of iron.

Before he even entered the shop, Chen Qing felt a wave of heat hitting his face. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and saw Li Xin holding a hammer in his hand, repeatedly hammering the things in front of him without even having time to wipe off the sweat.

When Li Xin saw him coming, she stopped what she was doing and was a little surprised: "Aqing, why are you here?"

Chen Qing looked at his flushed face: "Let's see you."

Li Xin walked away from the stove He opened the door and took Chen Qing to talk outside: "It's hot inside, let's talk here."

Chen Qing looked at him and asked, "Where is Uncle Li?"

Li Xin pursed her lips: "He went back to accompany my mother, and now he is just acting I handed him over."

Chen Qing held the handkerchief and wiped his sweat: "Are you tired?"

Li Xin nodded: "I was still a little tired at first. I couldn't lift my hands a few days ago. My father said I just need to carry them. Just go over there."

He lifted up his clothes and exposed his arms: "Look, it's not a problem to hit Zhou Yuan with my hand."

"Why did you suddenly start learning to blacksmith?" Chen Qing asked.

Li Xin smiled: "When I saw Shopkeeper Tian in Yunxi Town before, I felt that I had always been confused and didn't know what I was going to do. I have been in contact with him more, and he taught me not to limit myself to myself. What is it, brother, a man, a woman, but in the final analysis, I am just myself, I can do whatever I want."

After saying that, the smile on his face faded a little: "My father has actually been in poor health these years. It's not good, especially when we went for treatment, he was working day and night. I didn't want my mother to be sick again when my father was sick."

Chen Qing took his hand, and it turned out that Li Xin's hand didn't have calluses. Yes, in the past few days, his palms have become calloused, and his originally fair and tender hands have become scarred.

Chen Qing's heart was filled with panic, and he felt a little sorry for him, but this was Li Xin's own choice, and he would be happy as long as he was happy.

"Don't worry about me, I also like blacksmiths, I think it's amazing." Li Xin put on her heartless smile again, "If you have nothing to do recently, come and keep me company. Anyway, my cheap brother doesn't At home."

Chen Qing nodded: "Okay, I will bring you food in the future."

The days passed like this, and it seemed that there were no cool and suitable autumn days in Luohe Village. By the time people realized it, the weather had already turned cold. stand up.

When it was not too cold, Chen Qing cut a lot of grass for the cows, dried it, and piled it in the woodshed. On a rare day when Li Xin didn't have to forge, he went up the mountain to pick up a lot of firewood and went home. Although Zhou Yuan was there It was said before that they could buy charcoal in winter, but Chen Qing was used to being thrifty and still felt that firewood was suitable for them.

After Zhou Yuan left, Chen Qing's life was very regular. He followed Aunt Sun to do some work in the morning, and then went down to the shop to find Li Xin. He brought his sewing basket with him, while Li Xin worked on iron, while he embroidered handkerchiefs. These days, he has embroidered several handkerchiefs.

Li Xin came over to take a look while he was drinking water and said that the handkerchiefs he embroidered were getting better and better. Chen Qing didn't feel it himself. The handkerchiefs he embroidered were just flowers and birds.

Li Xin actually didn't know how to appreciate it, but he said: "With this handkerchief, I know you are thinking about my cheap brother!"

Chen Qing blushed, but he did not deny that these handkerchiefs were indeed embroidered by him thinking of Zhou Yuan of.

Li Xin reached out and rubbed his hair: "Let's go to town tomorrow. I'm going to buy some things. You bring the handkerchief. Have you not sold handkerchiefs for a long time?"

Chen Qing nodded. The shopkeeper said that the patterns of his handkerchiefs were not novel, so he never went there again. Come to think of it, it has been more than a year...

"Then let's go tomorrow. If the shopkeeper dares to lower your price, I will use my sandbag-sized one." Punch him." Li Xin raised his somewhat strong arm and punched him twice.

Of course Chen Qing said yes, he happened to be going to the town. Aunt Sun had been coughing for the past two days, so he happened to be going to the town to get some medicine.

The day they went to town was the first day of winter. If you think about it carefully, Zhou Yuan had been away for over a month and almost two months, and he didn't know if he would be able to come back during the New Year.

The two of them were driving cattle to the town. There were hitchhikers on the road. Li Xin accepted a ride payment of one or two cents from them. In the past, Chen Qing would not have dared to say a word. He would take advantage of others. .

But now that Li Xin is by his side and thinking of Zhou Yuan, he can also say that he wants to collect money.

When they arrived in the town, they went to sell handkerchiefs first. The shopkeeper first saw what Chen Qing was doing and was a little surprised.

He looked at Chen Qing: "This husband is..." He wanted to say it was his second love, but he didn't dare to say it because of the guy next to him.

"Shopkeeper, just tell me the price." Li Xin was a little impatient.

"Twenty cents a piece," the shopkeeper said.

Li Xin thought about it in her mind and thought it was okay, but she still bargained with the shopkeeper and finally said it was twenty-eight cents a piece. Chen Qing brought five handkerchiefs, a total of one hundred and forty cents.

Chen Qing looked at Li Xin with bright eyes. Usually, the shopkeeper would only give him fifteen cents for the handkerchiefs he embroidered.

"It's you who embroiders well." Li Xin said.

Chen Qing held his purse and saw someone selling candied haws on the roadside. He bought one for him despite Li Xin's objection.

While Li Xin was licking the candied haws, she scolded Chen Qing: "It's so tiring to make a handkerchief, but it only sells for more than 20 cents, and you bought me this candied haws, and I burned it with more money."

She also said that they were too busy this year. Instead of going up the mountain to pick mushrooms and wild fruits, there are a lot of them on the Red Mountain. They can make them themselves, which is always cheaper and more cost-effective than buying them.

Chen Qing was not unhappy after being scolded by him. The two of them went to the drug store arm in arm. Chen Qing wanted to buy some cough-relieving herbs such as licorice and loquat leaves. These medicines were common and not expensive. They were waiting in front of the counter to pack them. Medicine, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind.

"It's just an ordinary stab wound. It's not a problem. Just change the medicine every two days."

"Thank you, doctor."

Chen Qing's eyes opened wide, and Zhou Yuan's voice was clearly heard in the room.

He didn't care about anything else, and didn't think about whether anyone was watching him. He opened the curtain behind the medical center and met the eyes of Zhou Yuan who was sitting aside.

Chen Qing's eyes moved down and he saw the white cloth bandaged on Zhou Yuan's arm, with a faint hint of red on it.

Zhou Yuan: ...

Li Xin ran over with the medicine in hand and saw Zhou Yuan, as well as Qi Shuning, who was standing next to Zhou Yuan like a quail.