Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 297 Engagement

Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, he just let her go.

After moving a stool and sitting at the kitchen door, Zhu Danian asked, "Wen He, Rongshan said that your family wants to raise pigs. Do you have enough money?"

"Enough, more than enough."

It's more than fifty taels. After deducting the betrothal gifts for the twins, there is still a lot left. I don't have to worry about money right now.

"If it's not enough, tell Uncle Da Nian. I have more than ten taels of silver in my hand. They're just sitting there anyway. If you don't need them, take them all."

Ji Wenhe added a few more pieces of firewood to the bottom of the stove: "It's enough. Don't be reluctant to spend the money you have. Use it when necessary."

"How can I use so much money? I can't drink wine now, I don't have to worry about meat, I don't smoke dry tobacco, I have clothes to wear, so I don't need much money."

Zhu Danian looked at the two big black dogs fighting and continued.

"It's better to lend it to you, so that people don't come to me to borrow money. If I don't lend it, they will nag behind my back, which is very annoying."

"Borrow money?" She looked at him suspiciously, "Who asked you to borrow money? If someone asked you to borrow money, you just said you lent it to us and you don't have any money."

"It's easy to lend money, but it's hard to get it back. Some people see that you're alone and often go to town to sell your game. They think you have saved a lot of money, so they're targeting you."

Ji Wenhe warned: "If anyone comes to you in the future, you should just say that you lent us the money. If you don't have a penny, don't lend it to anyone."

"Yeah, I know."

He had lived for most of his life and had seen all kinds of people. He knew exactly what those who came to him to borrow money were planning.

Helped prepare the meal and fed the two big black dogs.

Before leaving, I told him that I would bring the dinner over in the evening.

He only eats two meals a day and skips lunch. He has gotten used to it over the years and asks them not to send him lunch.

When Ji Wenhe returned to the village, he saw the donkey cart tied in the shed.

He was not building the house with Shen Wenshan and others, so he should have gone home.

"Wen He."

She turned around and saw Wang Erfeng coming over with a basket. She said with a smile, "I'm sending some cucumbers from my family to yours."

"Aunt Wang, we also planted some this year. We may not be able to eat all of it, so I plan to send some to your family."

"Don't give it to our family. We grew a lot this year and can't eat it all. We plan to sell it in town. Here."

Ji Wenhe shook his head and took a step back: "Aunt Wang, please don't do that. We have grown a lot at home. If we can't finish eating them, they will go bad."

"You can keep it and sell it in town. Aunt Yang from Zhaojia Village said that she will take the villagers to town to sell things these days. It's a good opportunity for you to go with them."

"Then I have to go ask." Wang Erfeng handed her the basket, and she stepped back, saying helplessly, "These are all. Take it back."

"I really don't want Aunt Wang. You can take it back and sell it. I'm leaving first."

After that, he turned around and ran away.

"Wen He..." She shook her head and carried the basket home.

When I ran to the stairs, Shen Rongshan came towards me.

"Wen He, slow down, don't run."

"Brother Shen, how much dividend did you get this month?"

"Eight hundred and twenty-eight coins, I put them in the pottery jar."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Aunt Wang wanted to give me some cucumbers just now, but I refused. Our family planted a lot this year, and we may not be able to eat them all."

"By the way, have you bought the vinegar, soy sauce, and the small clay pot?"

"I bought it. It's in the cupboard. I'm going to build the house. You can cook lunch."

"Okay, go ahead."

She followed him down the mountain to pick cucumbers and peppers from the fields to make hot and sour cucumbers.

I came to the cornfield and picked a few cucumbers.

I looked up and saw Li Chunhong coming over with manure water on her shoulder: "Aunt Li, our family planted a lot of cucumbers this year. Come pick them if you want to eat them."

"I also planted enough for our family to eat. If you can't finish it, you can keep it for feeding pigs." He put the dung bucket on the edge of the field and said, "You should plant more vegetables to feed your pigs. Winter melon and pumpkin are easy to store."

Ji Wenhe walked out of the cornfield and said, "We've planted quite a lot. We've planted all the wasteland. There's enough for them to eat."

This year I will plant corn on three acres of land, and next year I will plant half corn and half cabbage.

"Then you should go back quickly. I am pouring manure water, which stinks."

"I'll come to water the manure this afternoon, too. Aunt Li, I'm leaving now."

She smiled and nodded: "Hey."

I went home, boiled a pot of hot water, rinsed the pottery jar, and placed it in the yard to dry.

Then I put the washed cucumbers and peppers aside to dry, and started preparing lunch.

"Sister-in-law." Shen Suya's voice sounded outside the yard.

"I'm in the kitchen."

He strode in and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to tell you something."

Seeing her happy face, Ji Wenhe guessed what it was about: "Go ahead."

"My marriage is settled. I will get married next month, in eleven days."

"It's happening so fast." In the blink of an eye, she will be getting married.

Shen Suya pulled out a stool from under the table, sat by the door, and rested her hands on her cheeks: "Yeah, I think it's too fast, too. I was thinking about going later."

"But mother said that if you choose a couple, you have to agree on a date. It's the same in every family."

She asked, "How many times have you met your fiancé? Have you talked to him? What do you think?"

"I've met him twice and talked to him. He's quite honest and always says what he thinks."

She also met his brother and sister-in-law, who seemed to have good personalities, and her mother had inquired about them in detail.

"As long as you like her, it's fine. Anyway, after you get married, you must speak out if you have anything to say. The two of you should discuss it. Don't keep it in your heart. It will easily cause resentment and conflict between the two of you."

Ji Wenhe glanced at her and continued.

"You should be tough when you need to be tough in your husband's family, and you should also be humble when you need to be humble. You have separated the family and don't live together, so there won't be too many conflicts. Just live your own life well and don't interfere in other things."

"Yeah, I know." Shen Suya sighed, "I just can't bear to leave the village. I grew up here and suddenly one day I have to leave. I want to cry just thinking about it."

"And my parents and my eldest brother, they are happy for me, but the happier they are, the more I want to cry."

"Xiaoya." She put down the kitchen knife in her hand, moved a stool and sat next to her, comforting her, "Cry if you want to. You will feel better after crying."

"Your parents are happy for you, but they are reluctant to let you go. After all, they raised you so big. You should stay at home and talk to them during this time."

"Fortunately, you are not married far away, so it will be convenient for us to visit you in the future."

As long as it is not a separation of life and death, we can see each other no matter how far away we are.

Shen Suya sniffed: "Well, I will."

Turning to look at her: "Sister-in-law, do you miss home?"

Ji Wenhe looked at the courtyard and was silent for a long time before he said, "I miss the place where I was born and raised. How could I not miss it?"

I just can't go back.

"Sister-in-law, if your parents come looking for you, would you be willing to go back with them?"

"I don't want to!"

She would not recognize parents like that, so how could she possibly go back?