The Little Widower (farming)

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really exploded for a moment. This was a passing examination. It is already very difficult to be a scholar. Qi Shuning actually passed the examination. In the poor understanding of the villagers, winning the examination meant that he could go. It was such an honor to meet Sheng Yan in Beijing.

The government officials who came to announce the good news saw the excitement in the courtyard and asked if there was any other news at home. Only then did Li Tiejiang react and hurriedly gave red envelopes to several government officials: "Today is the child's full moon wine. Let's sit down and have a few sips of wine to feel happy."

The government servants also stayed behind, and Li Tiejiang quickly opened another table and asked Zhou Yuan to accompany him.

Li Tiejiang went to arrange the firecrackers anxiously. Originally, he would only set off two firecrackers today, but with such a happy event, it was a great honor to the ancestors, so he planned to set off five firecrackers.

When Li Tiejiang went to set off firecrackers, Zhou Yuan took his free time and came to Chen Qing's side. When the firecrackers sounded, he covered Chen Qing's ears.

Chen Qing went home before the party was over. It was Qin Xia who sent him back. Zhou Yuan was still helping the Li family. Aunt Sun wanted to help Li Xin take care of the children, so the task of sending Chen Qing fell to Qin Xia. .

Qin Xia likes to be with Chen Qing very much. Although Chen Qing doesn't talk much, she feels very calm when she is with him. While Chen Qing is doing needlework, he helps Chen Qing with her threads.

Chen Qing looked at him several times, and Qin Xia put down the thread in her hand: "What's wrong?"

"How are you lately?"

Qin Xia smiled: "I'm fine, we're getting married soon."

Chen Qing finally relaxed. He said: "Auntie, won't you stop me?"

Qin Xia smiled: "If we really think about it, she won't be able to stop you. I don't want Shuanzi to become an unfilial person, and I think my mother can also see how good I am. "

Congratulations then," Chen Qing said.

"I just want to thank you. If you hadn't come back for this trip, I might really have been sent by my parents to be a shared wife with those two people. If I hadn't seen your other way of living, I don't have the courage to come out." Qin Xia said seriously, "It's really good here."

Chen Qing patted his hand gently: "It will be fine in the future."

"I decided. If I have a child after getting married, I will stay in the village. If not for a while, I will go out with Shuanzi, and I can go with him as an escort. The two of us can take care of each other to some extent."

Qin Xia was full of confidence . : "We will definitely live a good life."

The excitement in the Li family lasted for several days. The people in the village originally thought that Qi Shuning was a son-in-law who stepped in and looked down on him, but they did not expect that he could be so up to date. , passed the exam, now everyone came to the door, either praising the child or praising Qi Shuning.

By the time their house was cleared, it was already half a month later.

Half a month later, the two families finally had time to have a meal together. Li Xin's two uncles left after attending An An Ningning's full moon banquet. Qi Shuning and Li Tiejiang breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Today is already the first day of winter. The weather in Luohe Village has already turned cold. Chen Qing has also put on a jacket. His belly is also a little pregnant. After surviving the morning sickness for a month, Chen Qing finally regained his appetite. It's getting better, at least I won't vomit easily anymore.

After he was able to eat, he gradually gained some weight, but it seemed that all the fat was growing on his belly. His face was still not too fat, but his complexion looked good.

Chen Qing just wanted to stay at Li Xin's house. Now there are two more people in their house, which is very lively. The two children have grown up day by day, and now they don't look wrinkled anymore. They are white and tender. Chen Qing even wanted to bite their cheeks.

When Li Xin's family was renovating their house, they set up a kang. They were afraid of freezing their children, so they started burning the kang in early October. Chen Qing took his sewing work to Li Xin's house to do it, and also helped him look after his children.

Together with Aunt Sun, he sewed a Baijia quilt for each of the two children. Aunt Sun asked for a piece of extra fabric from each family and then sewed it together.

Li Xin's two uncles gave the children a lot of soft and comfortable fabrics, but Li Xin didn't know how to be a female celebrity, and Zhang Yin had no time to help him take care of the children, so Chen Qing volunteered to do it. He was surrounded by Zhou all day long. It would be nice to have something to do when you are cooped up in the house.

"My dad said we should have dinner at home tonight." Li Xin teased the child with a rattle in her hand, "It was such a mess the past few days that our family didn't even close the door to celebrate."

Chen Qing nodded: "Just right. Mom and the others are finished."

Chen Qing originally wanted to help when the rice that had been dried earlier was about to be pounded, but Aunt Sun refused and asked him to just watch from the side.

The first portion of new rice was pounded out, and Aunt Sun cooked a bowl of porridge for Chen Qing. Chen Qing thought it was the best porridge he had ever tasted. Aunt Sun's eyes also felt hot. From today on, they can also eat rice. .

Village Chief Jiang went from house to house and asked about the harvest, and found that although it was their first time to plant rice, the harvest was almost as expected by the boss. Moreover, they did not have to pay taxes in the past two years. The harvest in these two years was more than they could actually get. If you put it in your own warehouse, your life in the future will definitely be much easier.

At this time, everyone was thanking Village Chief Jiang for his decisive decision. If he hadn't taken this step, their entire village would still be in the same desperate state as before.

"Fortunately, the village chief has changed." Li Xin said, "If it were still the same old man Meng, we would still have to give him a confession now."

After a while, Zhou Yuan and Qi Shuning came back, and after Chen Qing's condition stabilized, he would sometimes When going to the county town, he still needs to make the final decision on the affairs of the escort bureau. There were several escorts who needed him to go, but Zhou Yuan put Chen Qing first and arranged for others. He also planned not to go out in the future. Now there are many escorts in the escort bureau. It's enough, even if he's missing, it won't be a big deal.

He came more to deal with some interpersonal matters, and he also brought Qi Shuning to handle the accounts for him. Qi Shuning was unwilling. He just wanted to accompany Li Xin and his children now, but Zhou Yuan said that as a man, he actually He couldn't support his family, so he had no choice but to follow Zhou Yuan.

At this moment, Qi Shuning regretted that he had learned to ride a horse.

The first thing Qi Shuning did when he came back was to hug Li Xin, and then go to see the two children. At this sight, all the fatigue was gone.

Zhou Yuan looked at Chen Qing and touched his hand: "Are you okay?"

Chen Qing nodded: "Everything is fine now, and the child won't make trouble anymore."

At this moment, Zhang Yin and Aunt Sun were in the kitchen While cooking in the room, Niu Niu took the sheep out for a walk. Blacksmith Li went to the shop because he had unfinished orders and couldn't delay the guests' business.

Zhou Yuan also went to play with the children for a while, but after all, this was Li Xin and Qi Shuning's bedroom, and it was inappropriate for him to stay for a long time, so Chen Qing accompanied him out.

Zhou Yuan thought of something and took out an armband from his arms and put it on Chen Qing: "Put it on to keep warm."

There was a circle of rabbit fur on the armband, which was very white and swayed in the wind, which was very beautiful.

"Is the escort agency busy?" Chen Qing asked.

Zhou Yuan told Aunt Sun to take Chen Qing out for a walk. On the way, he told Chen Qing what he thought: "I plan not to go out again."

Chen Qing looked sideways at him: "The operation of the escort agency He is very mature, and I am no less an escort. I wanted to do this at the time because I brought Shuanzi and Meng Qi with me, and I couldn't let them follow me around doing nothing. Now they are already capable escorts, and they are also in the escort agency. Once they have a firm foothold, they no longer need me to be their backing."

At that time, both Meng Qi and Meng Shuanzi took Zhou Yuan as their priority. They would do whatever Zhou Yuan said, so he had to be responsible for them and would take over when he heard that an escort agency was about to take action.

"Shuanzi can now take the Xiaxi route. Qin Xia is very familiar with it. I will give the Xiaxi route to Shuanzi and let him run."

"Let him go on business?" Chen Qing asked.

"Yes, the things we brought back from Xiaxi last time were very popular. They were almost sold out."

"Is it slowly transforming from a bodyguard bureau to a chamber of commerce?" Chen Qing understood Zhou Yuan's intention.

"Slowly become independent." Zhou Yuan said, "Those who want to be escorts can go with escorts, and those who want to be businessmen can be safe."

"What about you?" Chen Qing looked at him.

"I want to accompany you well." Zhou Yuan said, "The escort agency can also change its operation method. Instead of one person being the only one, he can have as much say as he gives as much money as the shares. What do you think?"

This topic is very important to Chen Qinglai. It was still too complicated: "I don't understand."

Zhou Yuan took him into his arms and said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, I can take good care of you and the child."

After they finished speaking, they returned to Li Xin's house, where everything was already set up in the main room. The table was also set with a table of dishes.

It was rare that there were no outsiders today, so Li Tiejiang closed the courtyard door.

Li Xin had been eating soup and water for a month, and now he could finally eat something else. As soon as it was served, he fell in love with the bowl of pork ribs on the table.

Chen Qing sat next to him. Next to them were Zhou Yuan and Qi Shuning. The two children had just eaten and drank and were sleeping soundly.

It was Li Tiejiang who raised the glass first: "So many things happened this year. A Yin was cured of her illness, Xinxin and Shu Ning had An An and Ning Ning, Shu Ning was admitted to the Juren Examination, and Chen Qing also had a child. Niu Niu has also found a way out." Li Tiejiang became happy as he said that, and drank the wine in his glass. "The life of our family will definitely get better and better in the future!"

Everyone laughed together, not a lot of people. Listen to what Li Tiejiang said.

Only Li Xin had questions: "Niu Niu's way out?"

Li Tiejiang then remembered that he had not told him about this: "You know that your grandfather's house is rich in porcelain. There is a Honghui Porcelain Kiln over there, and he is willing to let Niu Niu go. I will send him off as an apprentice after the Chinese New Year."

Li Xin was stunned: "Didn't you say that Niu Niu can study with Shu Ning?"

Niu Niu quickly said, "Brother, I prefer to be an apprentice than studying."

"Really or not?"

Niu Niu nodded: "Really, studying is too difficult. I think kneading the soil is much more interesting."

Zhou Yuan also said: "I know Honghui Porcelain Kiln. They also have their store in Beijing. The porcelain there is all The sales are very good. It's a good thing to learn a craft."

"Don't worry, Xinxin. Niu Niu is going to his grandfather's house. Your grandparents and several uncles will take care of him."

Li Xin is still a little reluctant to let go. He was also a father, and he was so soft-hearted: "But Niu Niu is still young..." After all, Niu Niu was brought up by him.

"Sure enough, now that I'm a father, my heart has softened." Zhang Yin laughed at him, "But when the children grow up, they have to leave home."

Li Xin said oh and started to eat the ribs.

This meal was the most comfortable meal they had had in a long time. There was no deliberate flattery, no intrusion or probing, but just a happy family.

After eating, it was already dark and walking at night was difficult, so Zhou Yuan simply picked him up. Chen Qing put his arms around his neck, feeling that every step he took was steady.

"Zhou Yuan."

Zhou Yuan looked down at him. He drank some wine, but not too much, and his eyes were still clear.

When winter comes to Luohe Village, it becomes gray at night. Even if there is a moon, it cannot light up the road ahead.

Chen Qing remembered that when he first arrived here, he was afraid that Aunt Sun would kick him out and that the villagers would not accept him. He also looked at such a gray sky and didn't know where his tomorrow would be.

But now, with Zhou Yuan by his side, he even had the leisure to see a little bit of the scenery in the thick night.

This kind of leisurely and comfortable life was brought to him by Zhou Yuan.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuan asked him.

"It's great to meet you."