That afternoon, Cheng Tianyuan and Xue Ling were collecting radishes in the fields.
Cheng Tianyuan worked quickly, and Xue Ling and he cooperated tacitly. One person dug and the other pretended. They were busy until the evening when they finally put away the radishes.
Xue Ling was panting from her work, and her face was red from the sun.
Cheng Tianyuan felt slightly distressed and whispered: "Go back! You are also tired today. Go to bed early after dinner."
Although Xue Ling was tired, she was very excited.
"This is my first time pulling carrots...it's fun, but also very tiring!"
Cheng Tianyuan picked up baskets at home. Cheng's mother and Cheng's father had already cleaned out the cellar and told them to take a rest. The old couple would take over the rest.
Xue Ling was washing her hands aside and smelled the fragrant smell of braised food and fried food coming from the kitchen.
"Mom, is dinner ready? Do you need me to do anything?"
Cheng Tianyuan had told her before that the main programs during the Mid-Autumn Festival here were in the evening and evening.
Every household will prepare a sumptuous dinner for everyone to eat.
Afterwards, every household will light a lantern in their yard, put some flowers and fruits in the direction of the rising moon, and make offerings to celebrate the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.
Liu Ying responded: "It's all done, just waiting to be served. You and A Yuan should go back to the house to drink water, wash your faces and prepare for dinner."
"Good!" Xue Ling responded happily.
Cheng Tianyuan also washed his hands, looked inside and outside the house, and couldn't help but ask: "Mom, where is A Fang? Where has she gone?"
Liu Ying replied: "After lunch, she ran out again!"
Cheng Tianyuan's face darkened when he heard this, he stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Don't let her go around for a while. Later I will ask for a month's leave for her, and you can leave her at home to embroider the soles of her shoes."
Cheng's father was confused when he heard this and asked: "What do you want to ask for leave for? She has started to work seriously now. She is just an apprentice. She can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days, otherwise people will definitely not want her."
Cheng Tianyuan and Liu Ying secretly looked at each other and explained calmly: "Recently, a cooperative supervisor came to the county and said that the cooperative does not need so many apprentices. If the superior said no, then don't join in the fun yet. A Fang will stay at home for a while and wait.
Then the supervisor has left and then goes back to work."
Cheng's father didn't know why, but after hearing his son speak in an orderly manner, he nodded in agreement.
"Okay! It's only about a month, so you can let her stay at home. Winter is coming, and we need to prepare some firewood at home for the winter. Let her help your mother tidy up a little! That girl is really too lazy!"
Liu Ying nodded quickly.
Seeing that his parents had passed the test, Cheng Tianyuan took Xue Ling back to the house to change clothes and drink water.
Xue Ling put away the quilts in their room and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the sunshine at noon and afternoon could still shine in. Look! Our quilts are still warm in the sun, and they still smell like sunshine!
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Cheng Tianyuan changed out of his outer shirt and answered the conversation smoothly.
"It will definitely be warm when you cover it up at night!"
As soon as he finished speaking, both of them were stunned at the same time!
The last time we lived in this same house, she slept on the bed and he slept on the sofa.
Later, the two of them went to the city, first staying in a small hotel, and then sharing a room each.
Although the two have become increasingly familiar and intimate, they have never slept together in the same bed.
Tonight "return to the old place", the same room, the same bed and quilt, but the two people's mentality and thoughts about each other have already undergone tremendous changes.
Xue Ling couldn't help but blush, burying his head and folding the quilt, slowly rubbing the quilt surface.
Cheng Tianyuan coughed uneasily, opened his mouth, and finally spoke out.
"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the night is already very cold...the sofa is also uncomfortable. Tonight...tonight let's...sleep together...ok?"
It was the first time that a grown man was so embarrassed. His handsome face flushed red, his eyes did not dare to look at Xue Ling, and his head could not be lowered.
Xue Ling bit her lower lip lightly, her heart pounding.
She naturally knows what the concept of "sleeping together" is.
She nodded and said "hmm" in a low voice.
"We are husband and wife... we have to sleep together."
"Yes!" Cheng Tianyuan heard her whisper and suddenly joined in excitement. However, he realized later that he was too excited and embarrassed, and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Xue Ling couldn't help laughing when she saw him looking like this.
"You are going back to the county town early tomorrow morning. You go and pack the things you want to take back. Don't leave anything behind. I've packed them all."
"Hey!" Cheng Tianyuan walked around behind him quickly.
At this time, a voice suddenly rose from outside: "Mom! Dad! I'm back! My good friend Sister Mei is coming to our house for dinner tonight. Please prepare some more dishes!"
Xue Ling raised her eyebrows when she heard this - good friend? Why hasn't she heard Cheng Tianyuan talk about it?
Sister Mei? It sounds like she is still a woman.
Xue Ling saw that the door to the toilet at the back was not open yet and that he had already changed clothes and washed his face, so he simply opened the door and walked out.
Since you have guests coming, prepare more dishes and entertain your friends.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked to the kitchen door, she heard Liu Ying's anxious voice: "What are you doing? Your sister-in-law is in the house!"
"I didn't do anything!" The sister-in-law snorted softly on the tip of her nose and said: "Although Sister Mei can't be my sister-in-law, she still treats me as a good sister! Her brother can't come back in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she doesn't want to spend the festival with her grandma. I
Just invite her to come and eat with us!"
ah?!
Xue Ling's footsteps stopped!
It seems that this so-called "Sister Mei" is far more than just Cheng Tianyuan's "good friend".
Xue Ling has lived in a big city since she was a child, with boys and girls in the same class and school, in the same neighborhood, and surrounded by more or less male and female companions of similar age.
But most of them were open and chatting, so when Xue Ling just heard that he was Cheng Tianyuan's good friend, he really thought they were good friends. But he never expected that... there is such a relationship!
In his previous life, Cheng Tianyuan was still liked by a lot of young girls even when he was in his forties or fifties. Considering that he is still so young now, and although he has not yet become a millionaire, he is tough and good-looking, so naturally there is no shortage of girls to like him.
Xue Ling thought of the Wang Juan she met in the supply and marketing cooperative and smiled secretly.
Her brother Yuan is so popular, and as his legal wife, it seems that she is really making a lot of money!
In the kitchen, Liu Ying scolded her daughter angrily.
"Don't talk nonsense! Your brother and her have nothing to do with each other! It's not just you who is talking nonsense!"
Cheng Tianfang has always been arrogant and cannot listen to what others say, even his old mother.
"I'm not wrong! Sister Mei took the initiative to tell me that as long as I marry her, I will get a lot of dowry and benefits. Brother Xiang is doing very well in the south now, making a lot of money every year! My brother is so unreliable
You're on the road, you missed such a good opportunity, otherwise our family would have been rich and famous long ago!"
Liu Ying said solemnly: "Our family is poor and cannot afford to compete with other people's nouveau riche! What a good sister-in-law you are, well-behaved, considerate and sensible. Besides, our family's debts have all been paid off, and life will get better soon. Every day will be better.