There was a hint of teasing in her words, and Mo Chuan was both amused and angry.
"Okay, we are willing to go to the old man's house for dinner, but we are afraid it will be too much trouble for the old man." Shen Ning smiled and nodded to the old man, happily agreeing.
"No trouble, no trouble. You two are willing to come to my hut, but we are the most requested guests."
The old man smiled and picked up two empty buckets, stepping on the afterglow of the setting sun, and walked leisurely to his home.
Mo Chuan took Shen Ning's hand and followed him, admiring the farmland scenery in the dusk.
The old man's home was in a small farmyard not far from here. An old woman with white hair was feeding chickens in the yard. She couldn't help but froze when she saw the three people walking into the house.
"Old woman, hurry up and prepare a meal to entertain these two guests. This little brother is so kind-hearted. Seeing that I couldn't carry water, he took the initiative to help me carry water. He also watered all the crops in our field. Since morning I’ve been so busy that I haven’t even bothered to eat.”
When the mother-in-law heard this, she thanked Mo Chuan and Shen Ning profusely, then got into the kitchen and started to light a fire and cook the meal.
The old man led the two people into the room and said with a smile: "Brother and wife, don't be restrained. My home is simple and tight, but the room is still clean. If you two are not in a hurry, you can stay here for a night." "
Hearing this, Mo Chuan couldn't help but look at Shen Ning to see what her intentions were.
Shen Ning smiled and said: "Thank you, old man. Then tonight I will share a room with my mother-in-law, and let me... my brother and old man live in the same room."
She said the three words "my brother" softly and tactfully, and glanced at Mo Chuan, her eyes flowing, making Mo Chuan's heart skip a beat.
The old man smiled and shook his head and said: "Haha, little lady, I don't think you two are brother and sister. Please allow me to ask, are you two the love brother and sister who eloped?"
When Mo Chuan and Shen Ning heard this, their faces turned red.
The old man chuckled and looked at the two people with extremely kind eyes.
"Brother and madam, you don't have to be shy. I think my old lady and I were young when we were young. Her father thought my family was poor and refused to marry her to me, so she followed me and ran away secretly. This time Just a few decades, I have grown old, and her hair has turned gray. She has lived with me for decades of hard times and had a meager diet, but we have been very happy. What are you doing here? Are you going to elope? You don’t seem to be from a poor family, little brother. Why do your parents dislike this little girl like a flower? "
He saw that both Mo Chuan and Shen Ning had outstanding looks, and their words and demeanor were very different from those of the country people who farmed their fields. Although Shen Ning was wearing the clothes of an ordinary girl, her skin was as white and tender as tofu that had just come out of the water. She was definitely very special. Wealth means nobility, and Mo Chuan also has handsome eyebrows. No matter how you look at it, they are a match made in heaven.
So he had a great affection for both of them and wanted to get along with them.
Mo Chuan and Shen Ning smiled again, thinking that there is no way to tell you the story between the two of us, old man.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, the old man just said that they were shy, so he didn't ask more questions and said with a smile: "The old woman and I are both deaf. Unless we speak loudly, we can't hear you. What do you two little lovers think?" Whatever you say, just say it in private, haha.”