Zhou Yanqing couldn't help but reach out her hand to wipe the tears rolling down Qiao Mingjin's face.
The crystal clear tears rolled down the corners of Qiao Mingjin's eyes and rolled down her face and cheeks.
It also burned Zhou Yanqing's heart.
He wiped it with the pads of his fingers as gently as possible, then reached for it with the back of his hand, and pulled up his sleeve to apply it.
Zhou Yanqing doesn't have the habit of carrying a handkerchief with her. She always feels effeminate.
The women in his room, his cousins at home, and the women outside often gave him all kinds of handkerchiefs. Silk, brocade, forged chiffon, embroidered with flowers, birds, fish, and insects, benevolent figures, and scenery.
It's just that he didn't have any intention to follow up. Those that he couldn't refuse were given to others by him.
After that, I became even more disgusted with the veil.
Today he felt inconvenienced everywhere.
At this time, I could only use my fingertips to wipe the woman in front of me. But I couldn't stop, and I wiped more and more.
Zhou Yanqing sighed, stood up and sat on the low couch next to Qiao Mingjin, then gently pulled Qiao Mingjin over and held her in his arms.
"From now on, as long as I am here, no one will dare to bully you anymore. From now on, I will protect you."
Zhou Yanqing gently stroked Qiao Mingjin's back and spoke love words that he was not good at expressing.
Qiao Mingjin lay quietly in his arms, her eyes closed gently, her mind was in chaos, and then it gradually became clear as if the clouds were clearing and the sun appeared.
Forget it, let's leave it at that. It's too difficult to be alone.
This is not a place she is familiar with. She cannot just do whatever she wants, change jobs when she is unhappy, buy a plane ticket and fly to another place and start all over again.
That's it. She's a little tired.
The two hugged each other quietly, no one spoke.
Zhou Yanqing wished that this moment could last forever. The questions that had troubled him for a long time seemed to have answers at this moment.
This woman had been pretending to be in his mind for so long, which made him distressed. It turned out that she was really more than just a partner.
Zhou Yanqing hugged the woman's delicate body, pressed her chin against her hair, and secretly raised the corners of her mouth...
The other end.
On the trail from Qingchuan City to Xiahe Village, Yue Zhongyao raised his riding whip high and waved the whip flowers in the air. There was a crisp explosion, and the horse trotted forward happily.
The trail is not too small, and even an ox cart can pass it easily. It is straight and has few side roads.
Yue Zhongyao turned his head and looked around. Behind the thick curtain was his wife's cousin. The two of them arrived in the city early in the morning. It was the cousin who decided what and how much they wanted to buy. He just followed behind and paid.
The two didn't have much communication about money and moving things.
He didn't even say a word during lunch.
My cousin probably still resented him in his heart.
The father-in-law’s family doesn’t know yet. If they knew, what would happen based on their love for Jinniang? They would take Jinniang back to Yunjia Village, right?
Yue Zhongyao's heart was filled with gloom.
He reached out and pinched the purse hanging on his waist. There was only less than ten taels of silver in it.
Over the past year, he has also saved some money, and saved some money due to the filial piety he received from outside. In the past year, he has also saved a lot.
He made several trips to neighboring counties and saved a lot of money. He was also afraid that his mother would come to the county government office again to collect his salary. Later, he told his colleagues in the government office that only he could collect it in person.
Therefore, this year, he also saved nearly one hundred taels of silver.
He originally saved it for Jin Niang and Wan'er, so it is the man's responsibility to support the family.
And since Jinniang moved out with her daughter, he couldn't bear the suffering of his wife and daughter. In the past year, he had gained money, and he was reluctant to even buy cooked meat.
Every time I returned to the village, I had to hand it over to Jin Niang. But Jin Niang refused every time.
He was not disappointed. Since it was only natural for a wife to spend her husband's money, why should a family be divided into two families? If Jinniang made such a clear distinction, wouldn't she treat him as a member of the family?
Qian Jinniang didn't ask for it, and he didn't tell his parents about the money. He just saved it secretly, hoping to leave it to his wife and daughter in the future.
He had originally made up his mind to quit his job and return to his hometown, buy a few acres of fertile land, farm and weave with his wife, raise children, and live a happy life with his wife.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back and before he could find fertile land, because of his mother's visit, he only had ten taels of silver left in his purse that he had saved for a year.
If his father hadn't forced open his mother's cabinet this morning and robbed him of twenty taels, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have enough money to pay today.
His mother still didn't realize anything and didn't feel that she had done something wrong.
Last night, his mother refused to give him any money and scolded him in the courtyard all night. When he went out in the morning, his mother still refused to give him any money. She just said that the family had no money and wouldn't even let him in.
Howling loudly. He also said that if he took the money and left, the whole family would pick up a stick and go out to be beggars.
His father still couldn't stand it, so he forced open the box where his mother kept the money and took out the money and gave it to him. His mother was acting up and crying so much that his father finally only robbed him of twenty taels of silver.
His mother would rush to grab her, crying and howling, as if he had cut out his mother's heart and cut off her lifeblood.
He had no choice but to look up to the sky and let out a long sigh, holding the twenty taels of silver given by his father and hurried out the door.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with Jin Niang buying expensive things when they were good. His wife should have the best things.
It was because he was useless that he wronged his wife.
But, what can you do with the remaining ten taels of silver?
You can't buy an acre of good farmland anymore. There may be a chance after the autumn harvest, but now the fields are green and heading, who will sell good farmland with a good harvest in sight?
I'm afraid I can't even buy an acre of medium-sized farmland with ten taels of silver. What about daily food and drink?
He didn't want to wrong his wife and well-behaved and sensible daughter.
Yue Zhongyao frowned, a feeling of sadness welling up in his heart.
Jinniang also said that Heli Shu was waiting for him?
Isn't this cutting out his heart? Letting her mother go is like picking his bones and cutting his flesh. Even in his dream, he felt bloody and uneasy.
No, absolutely not! Even if Jinniang wants to complain and hate, he can't let her go.
In Qiao's courtyard, Qiao Mingjin and Zhou Yanqing didn't go out either.
The lunch meal was brought back from the workshop by Shitou and Mingqi.
If Zhou Yanqing wants to go to the workshop for dinner, the masters will be very cautious.
Usually when he came over, he would eat at Qiao Mingjin's house. But today, although there was no party at Qiao Mingjin's house, he didn't want to go out and just wanted to eat quietly with her.
Shitou placed the food on the table, then lowered his head and pulled Mingqi out.
"Sit down."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at the table. It was very rich. It seemed that because Zhou Yanqing was here, the workshop had added more dishes.
Zhou Yanqing glanced at her and pulled her to sit on a chair. He also pulled up a chair and sat next to her.
He put two chopsticks into Qiao Mingjin's bowl and asked, "It seems I haven't asked you yet, what is your favorite dish? It seems that every time I bring meat or vegetables, you don't see them even if you don't eat much."
Reject those who don’t want to eat.”
Qiao Mingjin looked into the bowl and replied with a smile: "I like green leafy vegetables and all vegetarian dishes. I eat more chicken and pork. I don't like internal organs."
Zhou Yanqing silently kept it in mind while listening.
"Don't you like other meats? Beef and mutton? Rabbit meat? Don't like any internal organs? What about fish?"
Qiao Mingjin tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "I eat very little beef and mutton, which is usually expensive and hard to buy. I also eat rabbit meat once in a while. I don't like the internal organs. I also like fish, but it's spiny and annoying to eat."
Zhou Yanqing laughed softly after hearing this.
Qiao Mingjin glared at him, then thought of something. She looked at him with a smile: "Have you ever eaten sea fish? Sea fish has fewer bones, I like it very much. I like shrimp, crab and seafood very much."
Zhou Yanqing was stunned.
Qingchuan City is really quite far away from the sea.
Shrimps and crabs are all caught in the river. He has only eaten sea fish a few times. He only eats dry seafood. Where did the man in front of him eat?
"Weren't you born in Yunjia Village?"
Qiao Mingjin buried her head in the bowl: "Can't I eat it in my dream?"
Zhou Yanqing was stunned and then laughed.
He put a few more chopsticks into her bowl, then picked up his own bowl and started eating too.
I often ate together with her at the same table, but we were never as happy as today.
The woman who had trapped him for more than half a year was sitting next to him, and her faint body fragrance drifted through his nose from time to time, which made him distracted. He was afraid of startling her, so he tried his best to suppress it.
Talk and laugh with her as if nothing happened.
It's great. It's just him and her. Just the two of them. This will probably happen more often in the future.
She couldn't help but pick up a piece of meat and put it in her bowl.
Qiao Mingjin paused while holding the bowl, then stretched out her chopsticks to help him pick up a piece: "You can eat too."
"well."
Zhou Yanqing had a smile on her lips and felt extremely happy. The food in her mouth was like a jade liquid.
The two of them finished the meal in a happy atmosphere, taking nearly twice as long as before.
After the meal, Qiao Mingjin collected the dishes and took them to the well to wash them.
Zhou Yanqing followed behind with brisk steps.
When he arrived at the well, he volunteered to throw the bucket down to draw water.
It was the first time Mr. Zhou was doing this kind of physical work, and he felt that the wooden bucket in his hand was not obeying anyone's instructions. It shook several times, but the water in the bucket was not yet full.
It was under Qiao Mingjin's guidance that the wooden bucket sank into the water. Fortunately, Mr. Saturday was not a softie, so he easily pulled up the bucket of water.
Watching Qiao Mingjin pour the water he brought into the basin and wash the dishes with the water he brought, she couldn't help but feel complacent.
He couldn't wait to throw the barrel into the well, and pulled several barrels up. There were several empty tubs and barrels placed beside the well platform, and he filled them all.
Saturday Master was still not finished. He looked at the two stone pools built on both sides of the well platform and was about to fill them with water. Qiao Mingjin quickly grabbed him.
"Is it because you're so strong that you can't use it for anything?"
Zhou Yanqing laughed twice and then stopped.
Seeing Qiao Mingjin carefully washing the dishes used by the two of them in front of him, he felt extremely warm.
He watched silently with his hands behind his back. After a while, he couldn't help but run to the wellhead, stretched his head and looked into the well, and said: "Is there no manhole cover in this well? Will Wan'er fall in?"
Qiao Mingjin raised her head and glanced at him.
The man then touched his nose and said sarcastically: "Well, the children are all naughty..."
"Wan'er doesn't know how. She is very obedient. She will never go near the well if she says she won't go near it. This well is used every morning and evening. There are no trees planted around it, and no leaves will fall into it. Sometimes there are trees nearby.
People from the fields would come to fetch water for use when passing by, but it would be troublesome to build manhole covers."
Zhou Yanqing nodded.
"I saw someone installing a wheel at the mouth of the well."
Qiao Mingjin nodded: "There are very few domestic pots. It's not as convenient as this. The bucket needs to be heavier to draw water. It takes a lot of time to put it in and out, and it doesn't save much effort. Besides, the well is potted.
They were all dug deep. My well only dug about ten feet before water came out. Now that the water is stored, the distance from the water surface to the wellhead is only six or seven feet. The bucket came up with just a few pulls on the rope. It was quick and easy.
,What are you doing with that thing?"
In her original hometown, there were very few people who installed wind turbines, but many people built half-meter-high stone piles to install water valves.
It was very convenient to install that thing, and it was not difficult to make it these days. But she was impatient to get it. There were only three people in her family and they didn't need much water, so fetching water was very convenient.
The weather was hot, the kettle for boiling water was gone, and they didn't want to drink hot tea, so the two of them took a few sips of the mung bean soup they brought from the workshop, and then they both leaned on the recliner on the porch that was not completely broken and talked.
This is what Yue Zhongyao saw when he came back.
His wife was lying in a drowsy state on the rattan chair, while Mr. Saturday was lying on the chair next to her.
The two of them were very close to each other, and Mr. Liu turned sideways and looked at his wife so tenderly without blinking.
It fell in his eyes and hurt his heart... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
