After dinner that day, he played with his daughter until very late. Yue Zhongyao didn't leave until he coaxed her to sleep.
At night, Qiao Mingjin went to bed, tucked her daughter in with a smile and slept soundly, and lay down. Mingqi lay next to Qiao Mingjin and asked in a low voice: "Sister, aren't we going back to Yunjia Village tomorrow?"
It took a long time before I heard Qiao Mingjin respond: "I won't come back."
Wan'er revealed today that she would go back to Yun's house to pay the bills tomorrow, and Yue Zhongyao said that he would help them drive the car and send them there.
In what capacity did he go?
Aren't you afraid that Qiao's family will embarrass him? Regardless of whether he is afraid or not, Qiao Mingjin is not willing to go back with him.
I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble if Wu knows, and the car may not even be able to leave Xiahe Village.
Qiao Mingjin didn't know how she felt about Yue Zhongyao. Sometimes she felt like an ancient well.
In fact, she had no dispute with Yue Zhongyao, and there was no relationship between her and Yue Zhongyao. There was just an occasional throbbing pain deep in her heart. She knew that was not what she felt.
She only felt that Yue Zhongyao was more familiar than a stranger.
Her unforgettable pain came from another place...
There was a man holding her hand and holding a big red certificate and she was smiling brightly in front of the camera... holding the key, holding her and spinning around in the empty room: "We also have a house..."
The man was holding her in the corridor of the hospital, as sad as she was: "We can't afford him now, but we will have him again in the future. I'll make chicken soup for you when you get home..."
He always said that living in a big city was not easy, so she lived frugally. She didn’t dare to eat any snacks, and she didn’t dare to buy fruits easily. Just to save money to buy a house, she couldn’t go out to a restaurant even once a year...
He always said it was not time to have children yet, so she gave up two children in succession for him...
She ran their small family so hard that she wouldn't even take a break on weekends. In addition to her own job, she also took on part-time financial services for several small companies, just to save more money to buy a house, a car, and prepare to raise children...
Qiao Mingjin's tears rolled down her cheeks. In the dark night, they were crystal clear...
Early the next morning, while Qiao Mingjin was still lying on the bed, she heard cautious voices outside the door.
"...Mom and my aunt said they won't go to grandma's house today..."
"Why don't you go again?"
"...I don't know, mother hasn't gotten up yet..."
Qiao Mingjin lay still and listened quietly for a while, then turned around and squinted with her face covered...
When she got up again, only Mingqi was rubbing her clothes by the well.
"Sister, are you up?"
"Hmm. Where is Wan'er?"
"She and her father took the horse to graze."
Qiao Mingjin looked into the yard and found that the horse was indeed gone.
Qiao Mingjin went to the kitchen to finish breakfast, but the two of them hadn't come back yet. Qiao Mingjin went outside the house to feed the chickens.
Now that the twenty-odd chickens at home are laying eggs, Qiao Mingjin has penned them at home. On the other side of the house, a piece of land has been circled with thorns for the chickens to roam.
The chickens were almost raised in the mountains. Now they are penned and squealing in the cage every day. Qiao Mingjin was upset by their squawking, so she asked Yunjin to circle a piece of land and let them move around.
It's better to let them lay eggs inside. Otherwise, they will be sent into the mountains. I don't know where to pick up the eggs, and they will be raised in vain.
Nowadays, Wan'er's happiest thing, besides going to her fence to tidy up her vegetable plot, is to go to the area where the chickens are penned to pick up eggs.
She and Mingqi were not allowed to do anything. They happily ran several times a day. Sometimes they squatted there with their butt raised and watched the chickens lay eggs. Then they happily picked them up and put them one by one in the basket. They had to count them several times a day.
all over……
Qiao Mingjin and Mingqi finished washing the clothes and finishing all the household chores. When the two sisters were rubbing the straw rope together in the yard, the father and daughter came back holding hands.
"Mom, Mom, Daddy is taking me to ride a horse. Daddy knows how to ride a horse. Mom, come here and let Daddy teach you. Then we can go to grandma's house on horseback. Daddy said it's faster than riding a carriage!"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at Yue Zhongyao in surprise.
Yue Zhongyao scratched his head and said to Qiao Mingjin: "You got it when you were in the army. Although you are an infantryman, you were taught how to ride a horse."
"Then can you drive a carriage?"
"Yes." Yue Zhongyao nodded.
Qiao Mingjin thought for a while and then stood up.
So the family hitched up the carriage and headed out.
One is dedicated to learning, and the other is dedicated to teaching. Soon Qiao Mingjin became proficient. Driving a carriage was no longer a problem.
Although she still didn't dare to run fast while riding a horse, there was no problem if she could trot around a few times.
By the time Yue Zhongyao helped Qiao Mingjin get off the horse, Qiao Mingjin's hands and feet were weak.
Yue Zhongyao circled her waist and carried her to the ground, then stood on the ground with his arms around her until she recovered, then reluctantly let go of her.
How long has it been since he was so close to his wife?
Yue Zhongyao felt that his whole body was burning badly, and he looked at the lady beside him.
He felt that Jinniang seemed to have become stronger than before. Although when they first got married, Jinniang was indifferent to him, not as affectionate and clingy as an ordinary young couple. Although before, he felt that his wife was a little distant from her.
But at that time, his wife didn't know him well and had just gotten married. She might have disliked him because he didn't know a few big characters, so she took on the loftiness of a scholar.
But now Jinniang seems to be more distant from him. Although he lets him sit on the horse and teaches her how to ride, he just feels like his wife is facing a stranger.
Yue Zhongyao felt pain all over his body. His wife was right beside him, not even half an arm's length away, but he just felt that she was so far away from him.
Maybe if he dies then, he will still have some place in his wife's heart...
"Daddy, daddy, can mommy know how to ride a horse?"
Xiao Wan'er pulled the hem of Yue Zhongyao's clothes, and Yue Zhongyao woke up.
No, how could he be dead?
After he died, Jin Niang would definitely not marry again based on her character. When Wan'er grew up and got married, what would she do on her own? Yue Zhongyao's heart began to ache again.
He wants to live and live well. His wife and daughter are by his side, and there is still time for everything.
Yue Zhongyao picked up his daughter, scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "Your mother is so smart, she can already ride a horse."
He turned to look at Qiao Mingjin and said: "This horse has no saddle. It will slip when you sit on it and your body will be too tight. So it's good to learn this. When I come back next time, I will give you a saddle."
, if you sit on it and it can be fixed, you can control the horse better and ride better."
Qiao Mingjin was also a little excited after hearing Yue Zhongyao's words.
She just wanted to learn how to drive a carriage and ride a horse just by relying on her enthusiasm. This is the means of transportation in this era. If others learn it, it belongs to others, and only if she learns it, it is her own. In this way, she can not help but feel trapped in the world.
a place.
"Mom, let's go to school in the afternoon. In this way, we can ride back to grandma's house on horseback. We'll be there in a little chirp, and back again in a little chirp. It's so fast."
Qiao Mingjin looked at her daughter and laughed.
Mingqi tugged on Qiao Mingjin's clothes and whispered: "Sister, I want to learn too."
Qiao Mingjin was stunned for a moment. Then she said: "You are still too young. Let's learn when you are older."
Ming Qi pouted: "I'm not young anymore. I'm already ten years old. If my sister can't leave in the future, I can still help her deliver letters and things, and I can also go back to Yunjia Village."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at her and said, "Do you miss your grandma and parents?"
Ming Qi lowered his head and said nothing.
Yue Zhongyao glanced at her and said to Qiao Mingjin: "She is not young anymore. I heard at the border that many children of generals and generals learned to ride horses when they were only a few years old. There are many children of wealthy families in Beijing.
She also learned how to ride and shoot at a young age, and the ladies were riding horses on the streets. Besides, this horse is not too tall and docile, so she can ride it too."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at Mingqi and found that her eyes became bright after hearing Yue Zhongyao's words. She glanced at Yuanbao again and found that Yuanbao was really not that tall and tall horse. Maybe she could really ride it.
He glanced at Yue Zhongyao and said, "Then you can teach her when you are free in the afternoon and take her to run a few laps."
"good."
"Really? Thank you sister!"
"Mom, Wan'er wants to ride too!"
"No. Let's wait until you are as old as my aunt."
Seeing the little thing pouting, Yue Zhongyao picked her up on the horse and said, "Daddy is taking our Wan'er home."
The little thing became happy now.
"Jin Niang, are you not going back to Yunjia Village? Today is Zhongqiu..."
Today is Zhongqiu, which is originally a day for family reunion, but regardless of his mother’s side, even Jin’s mother herself is definitely not willing to go to her in-law’s family to celebrate the festival. And she will not go back to Yunjia Village...
"My parents came here just a few days ago, and they won't go back this time." Qiao Mingjin said lightly.
In fact, Qiao Mingjin is also afraid of such festive days. On happy and happy days, she will always think of her family members in her previous life and the people or things that she has suppressed deep in her heart...
"Mom, will you dance the fire dragon this year?"
"Yes. Daddy will also be holding the fire dragon tonight."
"Really? Then Wan'er wants to go see it! Mom, take Wan'er to see it!"
"good."
On this day in previous years, Xiahe Village would join forces with Shanghe Village to dance the fire dragon.
The fire dragon was made of sticks of firewood and straw. It looked like a fire dragon. It was a long one and was held by more than ten or twenty young people. A person in the front was beating gongs and drums, and the people holding the fire dragon in the back were swinging and making various movements.
People were running back and forth in and outside the village, in front of and behind the houses, and in the fields, and the elderly, children, men, women, and children all followed and watched. It was very lively.
There is usually one in each of the two villages, Xiahe and Shanghe. Each village selects about twenty strong young men to come out and dance around holding the fire dragon, and the commotion continues all night long.
Sometimes children also learn to swing behind them in groups of twos and threes, holding up a very stubborn fire dragon. Under the full moon, it is very funny.
Before Yue Zhongyao didn't come back, Qiao Mingjin also went to see the fire dragon dance with a few young ladies from the village who were in love.
Yue Zhongyao just came back this year, so he was actually chosen to play the role of the fire dragon? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my biggest motivation.)
