There is a small plot of private plot behind the Du family's house. Originally, pumpkins were planted. Now that the season is over, the pumpkin vines are beginning to turn yellow and wither.
From under the layers of leaves, Jiang Rui found the last pumpkin and put it in the bamboo basket. There were three or four in it. They were not big, only a little more than two palms. The skin of the pumpkin was slightly yellow, and it was a bit old. .
She carried the bamboo basket into the house, and Wang Tonghua took it and glanced at it, picking out the one with the best appearance. Just as he was about to say let her send it to the Zhao family, after thinking about it, he swallowed it again.
It has been a long time since the photo was given to Zhang Liyun, and the Zhao family has never been accurate. Although Zhao Nan is far away and the letters come and go, it takes a lot of time, but Wang Tonghua is still a little anxious.
Because this matter has not yet been seen, the two have tacitly agreed without saying anything. Especially the Du family, only Jiang Rui and Wang Tonghua knew about it, and Wang Tonghua couldn't even talk to someone if she wanted to.
She looked at her eldest daughter's calm expression and shook her head in her heart. She was really worried.
It stands to reason that since the Zhao family and the Du family have such a plan in private, the two families should communicate more frequently than before. She also wants her daughter to walk around in front of Zhang Liyun more to leave a good impression. As a family, you can be less embarrassed in the in-law's house, but I am afraid that this will be too rushed, but it will make people look down on it. After all, it is because of his poor family background and lack of confidence that he has so many concerns.
Jiang Rui arranged the pumpkins in a row under the wall outside the house, looked up and said to her, "Mom, the pumpkins are not growing anymore. I want to tidy up the field tomorrow. What do you want to plant in the future?"
"Don't worry about that place. When your dad and your brother get off work, let them two men do it. Girl, try not to work at noon in the future. You are the whitest in our family, so don't get tanned."
Jiang Rui smiled and said, "Tomorrow when Baozhen comes back, do you want to change some eggs and bring them to her?"
Wang Tonghua frowned for a while, looked inside the house again, and sighed, "Let's talk about it, your sister-in-law is about to give birth."
After giving birth to a child, you have to sit in confinement. If the conditions are good, a chicken will be killed every three or five days, and the mother will be nourished with chicken soup. The Du family does not have such conditions, and Wang Tonghua is not a harsh person. She can't do anything to make her daughter-in-law work, so she can only find ways to hoard some eggs, and then ask someone to buy some brown sugar, which is better than nothing.
In the face of such an urgent matter, she could only move her daughter Du Baozhen back a bit, and then consider her after Zhang Xiaohua finished her confinement.
There are four adult rabbits in the family, and they eat a lot. Jiang Rui has to go up the mountain to dig rabbit grass every one or two days. After digging the grass that day and preparing to go down the mountain, two people approached, Zhao Daqiu and his eldest son Zhao Dong.
The Zhao family can keep bees, and several beehives are under a tree on the mountain. After finishing the work on the farm every day, or when the farming is slack, Zhao Daqiu will take his son up the mountain to check the situation of the hives.
This was the first time Jiang Rui met them on the mountain. The mountain road was narrow, so she stepped aside and whispered to Uncle Zhao.
Zhao Daqiu hurriedly responded, and when he was far away, he stopped to look back and asked Zhao Dong, "What was that just now?"
"It's the eldest daughter of the Du family," Zhao Dong looked around, and then said, "Didn't Mom say to see a girl for Anan Xiang? It's her."
When Zhao Daqiu returned home, he said to Zhang Liyun, "That girl from the Du family is not bad."
Zhang Liyun gave him a face wash, and asked strangely, "He has no head and no tail, where does such a sentence come from?"
"I went up the mountain with Adong in the morning and met that girl. She even greeted me, but I didn't even recognize it." Zhao Daqiu wiped his face, threw the towel back into the washbasin, and picked up the water in his hand. Come and wash your hands, "In the early morning, there is no one on the mountain, she has already finished her work and is going down the mountain. She is more diligent than our family."
Zhang Liyun said: "I have inquired a long time ago, that girl is at home, and she does all the housework by herself, and people look shy and have nothing to say. Not good."
It was precisely because he thought Du Baoqin was good that Zhang Liyun made up his mind and insisted that Zhao Nan come back to meet people, otherwise, if it was too late, he was afraid that others would take the lead.
Thinking of this, she frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Anan's reply should be here, why is there no news yet? Does that stinky boy really disagree?"
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Qianqian's voice sounded in the yard, "Mom, second brother has a letter! I met the postman on the road just now, and I brought it back."
That night, taking advantage of the twilight, Zhang Liyun went to Du's house again.
Du Youfu and his son Du Baoqiang just turned over the small piece of land behind the house, and the family didn't clean up the table after they finished eating.
Seeing people coming, Jiang Rui hurriedly called Aunt Zhang, moved a chair for her, and went to the kitchen to pour a bowl of tea, and then cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks to wash.
Zhang Liyun watched her go out with a smile, turned to look at Wang Tonghua, and said sincerely, "Sister, you have raised a good daughter."
Seeing her expression, Wang Tonghua knew that she had brought good news, and more than half of her heart settled down, she said humbly, "Bao Qin speaks less, he knows how to work, but he is stupid."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Liyun waved her hand, "It's a down-to-earth and well-behaved girl like Baoqin that makes people hurt. I'm here for this time, I'm sure you've guessed it, our family Anan sent a letter today, saying that this year's New Year's Eve When I came back to visit relatives, I was thinking, should I let the two young people meet?"
The two of them were talking in the main room, and the rest of the Du family avoided them intentionally or unintentionally.
In the room, Zhang Xiaohua was sitting by the bed and washing his feet. He lowered his voice and said to Du Baoqiang, "Did you see it? I really guessed it right."
Du Baoqiang sat aside, and after a long time he said, "The Zhao family is also fine."
Zhang Xiaohua glared at him, "What do you know?"
In the eyes of others, the Zhao family is certainly not bad. Zhao Daqiu and his son Zhao Dong know how to keep bees. Others can't even see white sugar all year round. Their family uses honey water as boiled water. The second son, Zhao Nan, has been in the army for more than ten years. He is also an army officer. He does not know how much allowance he gets every month. He is in charge of food and housing in the army. How much money the state sends, how much money can be saved, after so many years, how big is the sum? Zhao's daughter, Zhao Qianqian, and their youngest son, Zhao Bei, are both employees and do not rely on land for food.
It can be said that there are no idlers in the Zhao family.
From Zhang Xiaohua's point of view, if Du Baoqin married Zhao Dong or Zhao Bei, then it would be very good, but she was married to Zhao Nan.
Who is Zhao Nan? It's a soldier, it has a military rank, how good it sounds!
Actually? To a woman, he is nothing more than a man who never goes home once a year.
What is the difference between being married to such a person and living in an empty house year after year and being a widow? He had to bring another family to serve him.
If Zhang Xiaohua were to choose, even though the Du family was poor and Du Baoqiang was stupid, she would still prefer to choose the person next to her now, compared to the beautiful Zhao family. At least every night, when she was thirsty and hot, someone got up to pour tea, fan her, and when her feet cramped, someone could rub her in the middle of the night.
This man is incompetent, but he loves her and knows how to be hot.
After Zhang Liyun left, Wang Tonghua entered the kitchen, her face unable to hide her joy, "Girl, Zhao Nan is coming back for the Chinese New Year. See you two then."
"Okay." Jiang Rui responded, holding the washed bowl upside down and dripping water.
Wang Tonghua took over, put the bowl in the cupboard, and said happily, "Aunt Zhang didn't shy away from it just now, you told me all about it, she has given Anan a lot of girls in the past, and he has never seen him. This is the first time. Once you let go, it means he definitely likes you!"
Jiang Rui lowered her head and cleaned up the stove, "Mom, it's too early to say that now."
Wang Tonghua smiled, "It's not too early, it's not too early, that is, you are a shy child. When the two of you meet, we should discuss the wedding date. By the way, girl, from now until the New Year, this period will be You save all the rabbit hair you cut over time, and then you change the money and buy a piece of cloth to make a new padded jacket. I think the red padded jacket that Lingling wore last year looked very good. Let’s make the same suit and wear it. It's definitely better than her!"
"Isn't the family spending money recently? My old clothes can still be worn, can't I make new ones?" Jiang Rui said as she turned out the purslane dug up on the backyard ridge in the evening, and prepared to boil a pot of water. Hot and hot.
"Let me come." Wang Tonghua took the basket in her hand, "Mom will think of a way to do things at home, no matter how difficult it is, there will always be new clothes for you, I haven't done it for two years, I'll see you this time. Anan, you can't wear old clothes. Get some hot water and go back to your room to wash, go to bed early, and leave it to Mom."
Jiang Rui lay on the bed after washing up, looking at the clear night sky through the window.
Zhao Nan agreed to come back to meet her, which was not surprising to her.
She did promise Du Baoqin, the original owner, to play her well, but she couldn't let go of her task. Although it is said that she has a lot of time to take her time to complete the task, but as Du Baoqin, a young girl, she cannot stand the drag of time.
Therefore, she must attract Zhao Nan's attention in a short period of time.
The photo that was sent was manipulated, and she left a trace of spiritual energy on it. When Zhao Nan came into contact with the photo, that little spiritual energy penetrated into his body, making him feel calm and peaceful. This difference should give him some good impressions of the person in the photo.
And if other people touch the photos, they won't feel anything, that trace of aura only affects Zhao Nan.
Because she is his medicine.