Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 222 Meeting Lin Xiuli again

Facts have proved that being sincere does not necessarily mean you can get things done.

Li Muyang, Li Muyun, and the eldest brother and second sister-in-law went to Qian Xiaoyu's parents' house with their things. However, they saw no one and were rejected.

Others said Qian Xiaoyu was not at home and was visiting relatives, so they didn't see her.

Not only were no people or children seen, they were not even allowed to enter.

Although Li Muyun was very depressed, he still left the 60 yuan he earned in a month to his mother-in-law and asked him to bring it to his wife.

No matter what the other party thinks now, he still has to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband and father.

He asked his mother-in-law to tell Qian Xiaoyu that he did not do well in the past and knew that he was wrong. Now he is working hard to live and work well.If Qian Xiaoyu can come back in the future, he will definitely live a good life with her and be a good husband and a good father.

The mother-in-law was reluctant at first, but finally reluctantly accepted it. Maybe she felt Li Muyun's sincerity and chose to believe him again.

People only know who is good when they are down. Except for the mother-in-law, although her face is cold, no one else from the wife's family is too lazy to go out to see him.

Can--

Who can he blame? Who told him that he didn't live up to his expectations?

On the way back, Li Muyun was particularly depressed.

Silent and sullen.

Li Muyang told him that there was still hope. If there was really no hope, he would not have to hide at all, he would tell him directly in person, and he would never accept the money.

Only then did Li Muyun have some hope, and his vision for business became a little brighter.

But everyone still patiently advised him not to get discouraged and give up just because he didn't see anyone today. He should live a good life.

Maybe Qian Xiaoyu also entrusted others to observe him?
If you don't work hard now and give up easily, others will know that you just worked hard for a while, and the inspection will naturally fail.

After returning home, Yuan Rufeng was very disappointed when she saw that Qian Xiaoyu had not been brought back. She asked what was going on and asked Li Muyun if he did not talk to others properly after he went there and made others unhappy.

Li Muyun was already aggrieved, complaining that the door was not opened, no one was at home, and no one was seen at all, so how could he speak.

He was also very unjust and innocent.

Yuan Rufeng just didn't believe it. In the end, Li Muyang explained to her mother for a long time, and then she woke up.

Li Muyun was so angry that he had no choice. In the eyes of his mother, his son had no integrity at all.

But who can blame this?
Who said that he had gone too far before? He could only hope to slowly change his impression on his mother in the future.

It's early August.The day of my mother-in-law's birthday has arrived.

This is Li Muyang's top priority recently, even more important than selling peaches and building a house.

It can be said that this is the first thoughtful thing he has done for Lin Xiuli in his life.

It is also a way to repay his mother-in-law for taking care of him in his previous life.

A few days ago, Li Muyang started to prepare various things for his birthday, such as pork, clothes, noodles, lining, tea and a series of other things. As long as he thought his mother-in-law could use them, he prepared a portion of them all.

On August 8th, Li Muyang got up early in the morning, filled a basin of water in the yard, and scrubbed his bicycle.

He wants to wipe the car clean and oil the key parts so that the bike not only looks bright but also makes no sound when running.

When Qinqin passed by, she couldn't help but laugh when she saw his serious look.

"Brother, why do I think you're a little nervous? This isn't the first time you've been to your sister-in-law's house. Besides, it's just a birthday celebration, and it's not like you're going to get married. I'm not going to make you excited."

Birthday celebrations for rural people are not as cumbersome as in cities, and certainly not very grand.

Many people even have no idea of ​​celebrating their birthdays at home.

"You don't understand, right? To leave a good impression, you haven't married someone yet. If you don't have a good impression, doesn't your sister-in-law have no face at home? If she loses face, she won't She is happy, but if she is not happy, can I be happy?"

"Then I don't know. How do I know about you two? But I'm curious. You and your sister-in-law have only met a few times. Why do you know so much about their family?

Where did you learn about it?
Also, every time you talk, it's like you and your sister-in-law have known each other for many years.In fact, you probably don’t have any feelings at all right now. "

"Can you tell if we have feelings? Besides, it doesn't say whether people's feelings are deep or shallow. They must be equal to time.

Some people go through their whole lives without deep feelings for each other, while some people have only met each other a few times, and their feelings are as deep as the sea.Who can say for sure? "

"Okay, okay, I get it. Anyway, whenever I mention my sister-in-law, you're smiling so hard it's almost to your ears. Then go ahead and wash your car."

Li Muyang smiled, found a dry cloth, and wiped the area just wiped clean with a dry cloth.

After wiping, I stood up and walked around the car a few times, wiping again every place that I felt had some room for improvement.

Make sure that although the bike is just an old bike, it is as good as a new one.

After the car was finished, he put on brand new clothes and combed his hair neatly in the mirror. Then he thought about it and put the mirror into his bag again, preparing to comb his hair again when his hair was about to come. Don't let your hair get messed up on the road, which will affect his image.

Everything was ready and everything was tied to the bicycle. He explained today's events to Wang Tianxiao, Mu Yun and Da Ma.

I picked peaches yesterday, and there are still some defective products that have not been processed. You can pick them all and sell them at the market. You can get whatever you want. Anyway, it is basically half-sold and half-given, so you can recover some of the cost. , and can also subsidize household expenses.

Wait until this batch of peaches is finished.Then came the grafting of the central part and the newly contracted peach orchard, which was their work until October.

Grafting cannot be done in December, and then the branches can be drooped. The remaining 12 acres of trees that will not be grafted will be drooped to neutralize acid and alkali and improve the soil.

With the experience of the previous 15 acres, he had a new understanding of the amount of lime used, and estimated that the new ground treatment should be better than the previous one.

In addition, Wang Tianxiao was given special instructions on training new people. The first batch of 12 people will start training first.

He had been thinking about going to Lin Xiuli's house, and he talked about Taoyuan a little confusingly, talking about whatever came to mind.

Later, everyone saw that he was absent-minded, so they said that he knew how to do these things and let him concentrate on his marriage, and life-long affairs were the most important.
Then he smiled and left the house on his bike.

Xialin Village is more than ten miles away from Lijia Village. It felt quite far, but in fact because he was in a very excited mood, it didn't take him long and he arrived at the entrance of Xialin Village in the blink of an eye.

It’s still that long ramp, and it’s still those familiar poplar trees.When he appeared at the door of his mother-in-law's house, he happened to see Lin Xiuli going out.

Lin Xiuli just came out to hold firewood, and suddenly saw Li Muyang coming with a lot of things. She was a little dazed for a moment, staring at him blankly for a long time, until he stopped the car, and then she realized what she was doing.

"Ah, why are you here?"

"Isn't it my mother's birthday today? I will definitely come over."

"Go, who is your mother? We haven't even decided on our horoscopes yet."

"What's wrong? We still call it "no one". We're almost at the end of two."

Lin Xiuli was actually quite happy when she saw that he was carrying so many things in the back of the car. It was not because of the things, but because Li Muyang could carry these things, which proved that he actually valued his mother's birthday.

That, on the other hand, proves that he cares about himself very much.

We will talk about the future days later, but at this critical time, especially when they have not yet started a family, there still needs to be a sense of ceremony.

Since the news of their engagement spread, people in the village actually have many thoughts and doubts about Li Muyang's family conditions.The customs in the village are like this. Since we live in this environment, it is difficult not to be affected.

After she gets married, she can ignore these things and not be affected by them.

But my parents have been repeatedly questioned and tossed. They are honest people and cannot directly fall out with others.

It's equivalent to a lifetime of embarrassment.

Lin Xiuli knew that Li Muyang's family conditions were very poor, but she didn't care and was ready to endure hardships with him.

She just wanted to make her parents as relaxed as possible before leaving.

In this case, Li Muyang's ability to deliver something not only proved his ability to himself, but also relieved him of a big problem.

"Come on, come in, come in first."

Now that Li Muyang is here, well, Lin Xiuli is not in a hurry to grab firewood.Open the door completely, pull up the threshold, and push the car into the courtyard with Li Muyang.

After entering, Li Muyang realized that he had arrived too early, and the other people celebrating his birthday had not yet arrived.

It is said that it is a birthday celebration, but after all, this is a rural area, and the family conditions are average. In fact, it is simply cooking a table of dishes, and then everyone gets together to drink some wine, eat some food, and kowtow to the old man. It is probably such a process, no It's as complicated as a city.

"Mom, the shepherd is here."

Lin Xiuli shouted.

"Hey~"

The mother-in-law came out of the back room and came forward with a smile.

She looks very good today, is wearing new clothes, her silver-white hair is meticulously combed, and she is a cheerful old lady.

"Mu Sheep, can you still remember this?"

Mother-in-law was very happy to see Li Muyang coming.

According to Qingcheng's custom, the couple did not get married, but the son-in-law did not need to do such a thing.

Unlike places like Shandong, this kind of etiquette is quite important.

Different places have different customs.

The key is that Li Muyang and Lin Xiuli are not married yet, and there is no need to come.

Without a formal wedding, you are still an outsider.

"Auntie, for your 55th birthday to be such a grand event, I will definitely come to congratulate you."

Li Muyang first took down the things with the help of Lin Xiuli, and specially took out the purchased tea leaves.

"Auntie, look, this is the tea I bought specifically for you...it's not the expensive kind, the price is fair, so it's a lot, enough for you to drink for a while."

It was Li Muyang who could figure out his mother-in-law's preferences. As expected, she took the tea bag and weighed it in her hand, "It's really not light. I estimate it weighs two or three kilograms."

"Well, three pounds, you drink it first. If you think it tastes good, I will buy it for you later."

"You kid, you are so thoughtful. I haven't finished the drink you bought for me last time.

Let me tell you, my aunt has a hard life, but she can’t get used to drinking those good tea leaves. Earlier, a nephew of mine brought me a jar of good tea leaves. I don’t know how beautiful the jar was, and the tea leaves in it were all in strands.

But when I drank it, the taste was completely different. It was just like drinking boiled water.Then I thought, if I want to drink boiled water, I can just boil it myself, so why should I spend money to buy it.

dont you agree? "

"That's for sure, aunt, you don't know. He just sells some tea in a package with the same contents. We ordinary people are not used to it at all."

"It's not what~"

Lin Xiuli looked confused when she saw that Li Muyang and her mother were talking in perfect agreement.

This guy always tries to get close to my mother every time he comes.

I really don’t know how he is so familiar.

Logically speaking, when a new son-in-law arrives at his mother-in-law's house at this stage, he shouldn't be honest. He seems to have known his mother for many years, without any sense of restraint.

At this time, sister-in-law Zuo Meiling and eldest brother Lin Guangxi also came out of their rooms.

Lin Guangxi still looked cheerful.

Zuo Meiling quickly glanced at the things temporarily placed on the ground. She was a little surprised, but she quickly returned her eyes and forced a smile.

"The shepherd is here~"

Of course, Li Muyang was very clear about the virtues of his wife, a sister-in-law.

If you don't like it, just say hello according to ordinary etiquette.

Anyway, after the wife passes away, the relationship with her mother's family is only that of a relative.

Except for talking to my mother-in-law every time I come back to visit, I don't have much communication most of the time.

For the sake of his wife, he can accept it.

"Sister-in-law, brother."

He smiled and said hello, neither humble nor overbearing.

"Just go in and sit down when you come. Mother, you are right. When someone is shepherding sheep, you still have people standing outside. Let the villagers see it and think that we are not entertaining the guests well."

guest?

Li Muyang was secretly unhappy.

Even though he was a guest, it wasn't a big problem. After all, there was no formal wedding, and no legal certificate was obtained.

But if others don't know about their relationship, how can the family not understand it.

Who would believe it if it was not intentional?

"Why don't we have guests? Muyang is one of our family members. Come and shepherd the sheep. Come in and sit down. Your uncle will go to the store to buy tofu and will be back in a while."

The store at this time didn’t care so much.

Especially the shops in the village are almost treasure stores. Whatever the people need, they can be found in the shops.

"Where to put this thing, Li...Xiuli, point it out to me and I'll take it."

Lin Xiuli pursed her lips and smiled.

I thought to myself, you just want to call me by my nickname, you are really anxious.

(End of this chapter)