Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 419 Ding Family

"I only planted a few rows, not much. I also planted a little beans. Your family is still the same as last year."

"Yes, I want to grow more beans this year and pickle some sour beans. My daughter Wanqing likes to eat them very much. I will make some and send them to her when the time comes."

"Don't be so stingy if you have some money. Buy whatever your children want to eat. Don't make yourself and your children suffer. Everything at home is the same as before."

Li Chunhong replied: "On rainy days, he gets up by himself, sits on a stool and looks at the rain outside, not saying anything. He doesn't talk to me, and I'm too lazy to talk to him, and I won't waste myself. As long as he is well and doesn't cause me trouble, he will have two meals a day."

Lan Qiuhua asked in a low voice: "If your man changes his last name, and suddenly treats you well, and continues to treat you well in the future, don't be foolish enough to believe him, what if he has other ideas?"

"Don't worry. Even if he changes his personality and treats me well, I won't pay attention to him. Just like Wen He said, we should live in respect with each other. If you don't cause trouble for me, I won't cause trouble for you."

"Now, my thoughts are on these two little ones. I don't ask for anything else. It's good enough now."

Lan Qiuhua turned around and was about to tell her when she saw Shen Ping coming over: "You just came back. Sanniang said that if you didn't come back, she would come over tomorrow and plant the fields herself."

"My boss wouldn't let me go. I hurriedly finished my work and then took the donkey cart back. She is alone at home taking care of the children, so how can she spare time? I will go to town after I finish my housework. You guys are busy, I'm going home first."

"Hey."

The two nodded.

Li Chunhong smiled and said, "Shen Ping has really changed a lot. If he had changed earlier, his son would have found a wife."

"Who made him so stubborn when he was young? Fortunately, he changed later, otherwise he would still be single now."

Here, Shen Rongshan and Shen Yuanshan finished their work in the vegetable garden, took their rakes home, and went to the wasteland to help plant beans and peanuts.

"Sister-in-law, Uncle Ping is back."

Ji Wenhe raised his head and looked at Shen Yuanshan: "When did you come back?"

"Just now."

"It's good that you're back. Otherwise, Aunt Zhao would be busy all by herself for who knows how long, and there would be no one to help her take care of the child."

After taking a look at their house, Shen Ping came out of the yard with a hoe and a rake, and went to the vegetable garden in the east. Zhao Sanniang followed with the child in her arms.

After all the vegetables at home were planted, there was nothing to do after finishing the farm work, so I took some time to relax and wait for Shen Wenshan's marriage.

They have no relatives in their family, so it is enough to invite villagers to host two tables.

We built three large tables at home and don’t have to borrow them from people in other villages.

While talking to Miao Zhaodi by the pigpen, Zhao Xiaoxi came over and asked, "Wen He, you still have to cook on the wedding day."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong."

"Don't offer tea to you when you come in, girl, you are the eldest sister-in-law."

"I've already told Wenshan that there's no need to offer tea or kowtow when Hongye is brought back home. Kowtow is for parents, so there's no need to offer tea."

The main reason is that the meat we bought doesn't taste good after they cook it, which is a waste of ingredients.

"That's fine. We farmers don't have so many requirements. But if your parents-in-law were here, you can't avoid these."

"Of course we can't exempt them since they are here. Brother Shen and I are only a few years older than them. It would feel weird if we kowtowed. So let's exempt ourselves if we can."

Looking at her bulging belly: "How is your appetite after getting pregnant?"

Miao Zhaodi took over the conversation: "She has a good appetite and can eat three bowls of rice in one meal. Shen Liang took her to see a doctor, and the doctor said she couldn't eat too much."

"Her belly was so bloated that I was scared and didn't dare let her eat too much. I kept talking to her these past two days and asked her to eat less."

Ji Wenhe advised: "Eat more nutritious meals and control your intake."

Since she became pregnant, probably because she ate too much, she gained a lot of weight and her face became visibly rosy. Her belly was not visible in the first five months. The last time I saw her, she said her belly had suddenly grown bigger and she said it was because she ate too much.

"I'm controlling myself. I've only eaten one and a half bowls of rice these past two days. I don't dare eat too much. He also said that my stomach has suddenly become much bigger." Zhao Xiaoxi asked, "Wen He, do you hold the banquet in the front or in the back?"

"I thought about going to the back and welcoming the bride to the front. They have new dishes and chopsticks over there, so we can do it in the back. Otherwise, we have to move the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar over there and then move them back later."

"That's fine too. Invite the bride to the front where it will be quiet."

Shen Liang was shoveling pig manure in the pig pen. He came out with a bucket of pig manure and said to them, "Don't stand here. It stinks."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Aunt Miao, Xiaoxi, come to my house and have a seat."

"No need to sit down. We are going home too. You can go back to your work."

"Well, I'm going back then."

On the other side, Ding Hongye’s house.

Father Ding was sitting at the door. When he saw the mother and daughter coming back, he said, "You're back. What did you buy?"

Ding's mother replied: "What else can I buy? I bought her two sets of fabric and two pairs of cloth shoes. I wanted to ask someone to pack two boxes for her, but Wenshan's family has several boxes, so we won't pack them. There are too many boxes and they can't use them all."

And Shen Wenshan can pack the boxes himself.

"Dad, Mom also bought me two sets of fabric and asked me to take them over to make two sets of clothes for Wenshan."

Father Ding nodded: "Okay, their family gave so much betrothal gifts, we can't just give nothing for the dowry."

Following the mother and daughter into the house, he sat on a stool at the door of the bedroom and said in a deep voice, "Hongye, I won't let you take the betrothal gift they gave you back."

"Your brother will also be looking for a marriage partner in two years. Your mother was seriously ill a few years ago, and the money she saved has been almost used up. Now I will keep this betrothal gift to help your brother find a marriage partner. If your mother and I have money, we will definitely bring some back to you."

Ding Hongye replied: "Dad, I know it's not easy for you and mom, and I haven't thought about bringing the betrothal gifts back."

Mother Ding sat by the bed and took out the cloth: "I'm just afraid that if you don't take a penny back, his elder brother and his wife will say something unpleasant."

"Mom, it's not like we haven't been to their house before. His elder brother and sister-in-law are not that kind of people. Didn't you say that his sister-in-law is a good person? Why are you still worried about this matter?"

"Even if his elder brother and sister-in-law have nothing to say, I'm afraid people in his village will say that since we gave such a large betrothal gift, we should at least give the child two taels of silver."

Ding Hongye comforted her, "Mom, don't worry about what other people say. Just live your own life well. Besides, they won't say it in front of me."

"And when my brother gets married in the future, our family will also give him 6.6 taels of silver as a betrothal gift. The girl won't bring back a penny. What do you think?"