The March, June and 9th are the fair days in Jiudao Township, and the 6th is also the market day. It rained heavily for several days, and the villagers were unable to go to the streets for the first few streets. Finally, it cleared up after the rain. The fair day on that day
Especially lively.
Zhou Qiufeng went to the garden early in the morning to pick a batch of fresh melons and vegetables, and set up a stall on the street together with the local eggs at home. By mid-morning, they were sold out. After finishing the goods, she closed the stall, walked around the township street, and went to a villager's house on the edge of the township.
I caught two piglets and put them in woven bags, loaded them into my car, and headed back to Plum Village in a hurry.
After returning home, Zhou Qiufeng first put one of her piglets in the pig pen, then drove the car to the door of Lejia's backyard and parked it. She then went to the front of Lejia's house to get the key to unlock the door of Lejia's backyard.
Early rice is harvested in late July every year. By the beginning of this month, the villagers' chickens and ducks are also caged to prevent them from going to other people's fields to peck at rice. Le's father has to go to work, so the chickens are locked up at home and the backyard is locked.
Le's father told Zhou Qiufeng where the key was hidden, and she could find it. Opening the door to Le's backyard, she went into the pig pen and took a look. Everything was packed away, and the bedding grass was also laid. She turned around and took the piglets in to put them in the pen.
inside.
Seeing the piglets jumping happily in the pig pen and lying down in the whole nest, Zhou Qiufeng felt relieved. She left the pig pen room and opened the door to go out. She was almost frightened when she saw her sister-in-law standing outside.
Sister-in-law Zhou came back from the market, still carrying something in her hand. She saw her sister-in-law coming out with a smile on her face: "I searched half the street and couldn't find it. I didn't even pay attention to my own family. I was so stubborn that I helped Yueqing catch pigs."
You are gone, you are so enthusiastic about the Le family, why don’t you become Le Yun’s stepmother?”
"..." Zhou Qiufeng's heart felt like being hit by a hammer, the pain was severe, and her whole face turned pale. She didn't know what was wrong with her sister-in-law recently. She always stimulated her behind her back. Now, she even said such words...
She didn't want to pay attention to her sister-in-law, but Sister-in-law Zhou didn't let her go. She looked at her sister-in-law strangely and said something even worse: "Oh, I run to Le's house every two days. If you say that I didn't have an affair with Yueqing, even I won't believe it.
An old bachelor, a man without a man, a piece of firewood caught in the fire, tsk tsk..."
Seeing the cannibalistic look in her sister-in-law's eyes, Sister-in-law Zhou felt frightened and did not dare to say any more unpleasant words. She walked home with her bag in hand. After walking a few steps, she looked back. When she saw two lines of tears flowing from her sister-in-law's face, she felt happy.
I couldn't help but go home with a smile on my face.
After her sister-in-law left, Zhou Qiufeng silently wiped away the tears on her face, endured the unspeakable pain, drove to the front of Lejia's house, put the keys back into place, and fetched water from the water press to rinse the car body. After cleaning the car, she
My mood calmed down, I drove the car back to my house under the eaves, parked the car and went back to report to my mother.
During lunch, Sister-in-law Zhou sneered inwardly when she saw her sister-in-law acting like no one was doing anything. She was indeed someone who could hold back her anger.
Zhou Qiufeng didn't tell her mother-in-law about her sister-in-law's troubles. Naturally, Grandma Zhou didn't know that her daughter-in-law had been telling the girl off behind her back.
Le's father was in a good mood. He received a call from Lele in the afternoon to report that he was safe. His long-awaited heart finally fell to the ground. When he got home from work, the first thing he did was to go to the pig pen and saw the piglets humming in the pen.
Baby, happily feed it hot food.
In Shennong Mountain, Yan Xing waited until the sun set and the sky became slightly dark before bringing the little Loli back. The little Loli collected some more medicinal materials, as well as a pack of phoenix mushrooms and three wild eggs.
The things were cleaned and he couldn't help. He watched the little Loli wrap two wild eggs with several medicinal materials, wrap leaves on the outside, bury them in the fire, and bury some yams, and watch her boil and wash them in a bowl.
of yam.
"Uncle Scar, have you contacted any of your relatives and friends?" There was nothing wrong with Shuhuo. Leyun was concerned about whether the eunuch would stay or leave. She was really in a hurry and couldn't stay with him for a long time.
"My friend will pick me up tomorrow and will arrive after noon." Yan Xing showed what he thought was the most friendly smile: "Little sister, the grace of saving my life is unforgettable. Leave me your phone number and address. I will recover from my injuries.
Come and say thank you in person."
call out-
Inexplicably, Le Yun felt an eerie chill. The eunuch asked her for her address and phone number. What if he was a desperado who knew about her family's situation and repaid his kindness first and then silenced her? That would be fine.
"There is no need to come and say thank you. I don't want anyone to disturb my life. You are thinking about the life-saving grace. If you feel that it is unsettled in your conscience not to repay the favor, please leave me your phone number or address. If I need your help, I will ask you to return the favor.
."
"...That's fine." Yan Xing paused slightly and obeyed the little Lolita's wishes. She was probably afraid that he was a villain. If he didn't give her his phone number or address, could he not find out?
Classmate Le is a practical person. He quickly found the notebook where he recorded her medicinal habits and asked the eunuch to leave her contact information. Yan Xing did not leave an address, only a phone number and told her that she could find him by calling that number. His pseudonym was Zhang Jin.
, is the name of the original person with the scarred face.
That person Zhang Jin really does exist, but he is currently missing and he is just pretending to be someone else.
Hearing the name of the nunnery, Le Yun sneered secretly. She had seen the ID card he wore close to his body. The photo of his current face was on the ID card, but his face was fake, which only proved that he used someone else's identity.
To prove it, make your face look like someone else’s.
It feels like I'm in trouble.
Classmate Le was confused. She wanted to use people as guinea pigs to test her skills. Unexpectedly, she seemed to have picked up a very dangerous experimental object.
What a headache!
After struggling for a while, I simply put it aside. There will be a road for the car to reach the mountain, and it will be straight for the boat to the bridge. We will talk about the next thing later.
It gets dark early in the mountains and soon becomes completely dark.
The light of the fire attracted mosquitoes to come one after another. They did not fly to the flames, but were attracted by the smell of the cordyceps. They ran to stare at the cordyceps and then sacrificed their lives to become the prey of the cordyceps.
Classmate Le cooked the yam and poured it into the nest made of folded leaves, then blanched the mushrooms and wild herbs, and finally cooked the porridge.
Cooking porridge takes time, so eat yam first to fill your stomach.
Turn the wild eggs half way through the fire and scoop them out when the porridge is almost cooked. The herbs wrapped in the shells have evaporated the water and will break when touched.
Each of them had an egg, cracked open the shell, and the protein penetrated the egg, which looked like a layer of butter. It looked very good and tasted very delicious.
Gui Yanxing ate all the cooked porridge, then boiled some medicine, drank it, and then boiled it again. After the concoction was cooled down, he put it into a mineral water bottle and boiled three medicines in a row until the evening.
At half past ten, get ready for bed.
The eunuch was an injured person, and it was easy for him to touch his wounds while climbing in the tent. Classmate Le asked him to sleep next to the fire and moved the cordyceps nearby. Since she could not enter the space, she spread some clothes in the tent and lay down on the floor to sleep.
Yan Xing secretly observed the little Loli, and she quickly fell asleep. He couldn't help but feel depressed. The little Loli was so casual with a strange man, so she wasn't afraid that the man would turn into a wolf and rape her?
He didn't have much to worry about. He had a good night's sleep. He got up before dawn, opened the door, cooked instant noodles, and when it got light, fed hot pig food to the piglets and chickens.
After feeding the poultry, he took the keys and prepared to go to work. When he saw Zhou Qiufeng trotting into the main room, Le's father was startled. Qiufeng was carrying a bag and packed it neatly, but the expression on her face was not right.
"Xiaofeng, are you feeling unwell? You don't look well." Le's father asked cautiously. He was afraid that if he spoke loudly, others would hear him and think he was instigating the relationship, saying that the Zhou brothers and sister-in-law were not good to Zhou Qiufeng.
"No," Zhou Qiufeng felt uncomfortable because she was humiliated by her sister-in-law yesterday, and there was no smile on her face. When she heard Yueqing's concern, she shook her head slightly, hesitated and asked: "Brother Le, do you have your household registration? Can you let me see it?"
look?"
"Oh, the household registration book, I'll get it." Dad Le didn't even ask what he wanted to see in the household registration book. He dragged his lame leg back to the bedroom with one foot and one heavy foot. He found the household registration book from the closet and returned to the main room.
, handed the notebook to Zhou Qiufeng.
He didn't ask anything. Zhou Qiufeng was very confused. She took the Le family's household registration book, her lips trembled slightly, and she mustered up the courage to ask: "Brother Le, little Lele said she wants a new mother, what do you think?
"
"Ah?" Zhou Qiufeng's cold words frightened Dad Le. He opened his mouth and was speechless.
Yueqing's look made Zhou Qiufeng feel anxious, and her shoulders shook sadly: "Brother Lele doesn't like the new mother Lele wants, right?"
"...No, no, no...it's not," Le's father suddenly trembled and hurriedly denied, feeling nervous and stammering: "I...don't like it, it's just that I'm afraid of being wronged...if I wrong her, my legs
It’s not good, it will only drag others down…”
Zhou Qiufeng's eyes welled up and she grabbed Yue Qing's arm: "Brother Le, let's go to the county to register for marriage."
"Ah?" Dad Le's mind was confused.
Zhou Qiufeng was afraid that Yueqing would regret it, and that she would not back down. She thought about it all night before making the decision, and it took all her courage to take this step.
Still relying on his courage, no matter what happened, he dragged Le's dad, locked the door of Le's house, and pushed Le's dad, who was still standing dumbfounded, into the back of Le's old electric tricycle.
, she drove and ran away beeping.
When they arrived at Xiang Street, Zhou Qiufeng parked the electric three-wheeler in a corner in front of a shop that she was familiar with before, pulled Le's dad onto the county shuttle bus, and used Le's dad's mobile phone to call Boss Wu to ask for leave.
Boss Wu heard that Yueqing had something to do and went to the county town. He didn't say anything and smiled.
Dad Le's brain was in a state of confusion. He was giggling at times and dazed at other times. He was completely in a fog. He was at the mercy of Zhou Qiufeng. The bus wandered into the county, but he still hadn't come back to his senses.
Le's father was confused, but Zhou Qiufeng was sober. She took full decision and took an electric tricycle carrying passengers from the bus station and went straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
On Thursday of that day, someone was going through the marriage procedures in the Civil Affairs Bureau. The staff saw a middle-aged man and woman who thought they were getting a divorce, but it turned out that they were getting married, which made them stunned.
Getting married only costs nine yuan. You take wedding photos, register, and then, within half an hour, two red certificates are issued.
After getting the marriage certificate, Zhou Qiufeng helped Le's father downstairs and walked out of the door of the Civil Affairs Bureau. Le's father was still smiling stupidly, and it was still a very, very silly smile that made passers-by look at him.
Zhou Qiufeng took Le's dad to visit the county town again, buying a lot of things in large and small bags, then went to have a fast food, and went shopping again. It was almost time to return to the station and take the 1:30 bus back to Jiudao Township.
It was only around four o'clock when we arrived in the countryside, the sky was clear and the sunshine was light.
Zhou Qiufeng asked Le's father to wait on the tricycle, then went to buy fish, meat, slaughtered chickens and ducks, milk, tobacco and alcohol, filled the car full, and returned home fully loaded.
When he got home, Le's father still seemed to be in a dream. It felt so special and unreal. He had never thought that he and Xiaofeng would get married in such a simple way.
Zhou Qiufeng moved things into the house. Le's father was confused and giggled: "Xiaofeng, are we married?"
"Well, we're getting married." Zhou Qiufeng, who was holding a new quilt and mat, felt her face heat up, lowered her head, walked past Yueqing, and sent the quilt into the bedroom where he used to live.
Dad Le chased to the door of the room with a smile on his face: "Xiao Feng, are we really married?"
"Well, we are really married." Zhou Qiufeng's old face burned even hotter, and she lowered her head to unpack the new mat and make the bed. This marriage was half forced and half deceived by her, and she felt so ashamed.
"We're really married." Le's dad was dumbfounded and pinched himself, it hurt!
She shivered in pain, and her brain finally woke up after a chaotic day. She hurriedly ran to the closet, found the key to open the small drawer, took out a bankbook from the bottom, and ran to Zhou Qiufeng with a clanking sound, and grabbed her
He put his bankbook into her hand and said, "Xiaofeng, this is all my savings, eleven thousand six hundred and thirty-one yuan. You can keep it."
As soon as she spread the mat, Zhou Qiufeng raised her head in surprise when her hand was grabbed: "Le...brother, there is no need for a betrothal gift. When I marry you, there is no dowry. We... can live a happy life."
"It's not a betrothal gift. From now on, you can do whatever you say with this family. The money is also yours to take care of. You don't have to worry about Lele's tuition. Lele got a bonus of 60,000 yuan, a scholarship and a placement fee of 10,000 yuan to Qingdao University. Lele
She has already saved enough for her college expenses."
Zhou Qiufeng was held by a pair of hands, and she felt his big hands were very tight. Her heart felt sour, her eyes almost shed tears, and she swallowed hard: "Brother Le, from now on... I will have to wrong Lele to support him in old age.
"
"No... no, we have wronged you. From now on, you will have to take care of yourself at home and outside the house..." Le's father was very nervous and spoke incoherently.
"I'm not wronged, I married you, I have a place to stay... Lele doesn't mind me, I...what else should I be wronged..." Zhou Qiufeng felt sour and uncomfortable, turned around and threw herself into Le's father's arms, whimpering
Crying.
Years of watching her sister-in-law look at her eyes made her suppress too many emotions. When she cried, her tears couldn't be stopped, like a flood from a gate, pouring out.
Dad Le was helpless and wanted to pat her shoulder, but he didn't dare. Finally, he gently put his arm around her waist and let her cry as much as she wanted. He also knew how Sister-in-law Zhou was, and Qiu Feng felt miserable. She needed a place to vent her frustration.
.
Holding the woman he would spend half of his life with, and listening to her sobs, Le's father felt at peace. Years ago, when Qiufeng was still a child, he would play with him and Brother Zhou behind their butts. He never thought that one day
He and she would start a family, but they didn't expect that the world would be unpredictable, and after a lot of twists and turns, they would eventually become husband and wife when they reached middle age.
What happened with Lele's mother made him realize that a passionate relationship may break up before it ends; marriages can only last long if they last slowly.
