pastoral fragrance

Chapter 272 childhood sweethearts
After the banquet, the guests dispersed wave after wave, and the excitement gradually dissipated, but the cheering energy in everyone's hearts lasted for a long time.

It was already sunset, Qiulin sent Xia Yan to the entrance of the village.Xia Yan came here because he suddenly heard someone talking about the marriage, now that Qiu Song is a magistrate, his reputation is naturally better than before.That's why he came here to congratulate her. His eldest sister's marriage is still in the process of planning, and the wedding will be held in three days!
Seeing Xia Yan who rushed over despite his busy schedule, Qiu Lin was full of gratitude and sweetness. "Brother Xia Yan, thank you for being able to attend my second brother's wedding. Your family is still busy, right? You should hurry back and help share some of the burden. Don't make your father worry too much." This time it was Xia Yan It's a great opportunity for my brother and his father to ease the conflict. Will Uncle Xia be angry if he leaves temporarily like this?
Xia Yan looked at the chattering girl in front of him with gentle eyes, full of pampering.Under the infiltration of the evening sun, Xia Yan's pair of black eyes gave birth to a little bit of starlight, and the knife-sharpened outline seemed much softer. "Don't worry, the arrangement has been settled, but the distant relatives have come over one after another in the past few days, and it is estimated that there will be trouble for a few days."

Qiulin nodded earnestly, seeing that his expression was full of tiredness, and he must have been exhausted for the past few days.Hey, it's not just the bride and groom who are tired of holding a wedding banquet, the two families are also very tired.To entertain guests and set up banquets, there is a lot of chatter everywhere.Now that the guests were leaving one by one, Qiulin suddenly felt as if the guests were leaving and the host was at ease. "Well, don't be too tired yourself. Go quickly, or you will have to walk in the dark later." Qiu Lin watched the sunset, and couldn't help urging Xia Yan to walk at night on this road. It's not safe.

"Yeah, I know. You should go back and rest soon, looking at the haggard little face." Xia Yan's eyes were full of heart and emotion, Qiu Lin was already so tired, and insisted on sending herself to the entrance of the village , It's really hard for her.

During the banquet, all the watermelons in Qiulin's house were eaten up by the guests.Qiulin took some fresh grapes and peaches to make Xia Yan thirsty on the road.Sending Xia Yan to the entrance of the village, he watched the carriage drive away in the setting sun.Qiulin slightly hooked the corners of her lips, her heart was full of sweetness.

Qiulin had had enough trouble today, and she was already exhausted after returning home. She took a hot bath at home, groped into her own room, and became groggy as soon as her head touched the pillow.Soon, she fell into a sweet dreamland.

The next day, amidst the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers and the commotion of cicadas, Qiu Lin woke up faintly.After a long sleep, Qiulin really felt refreshed and energetic.Looking at the bright light outside the window, Qiu Lin didn't stay in bed anymore, and hurriedly dressed and went out of the room.

There are many people in the stove house, the mother is cooking and the eldest sister is helping, and the second aunt Liang is lighting a fire in front of the stove.Walking out of the main room, I saw Mei Xiang holding the chicken food, "clack-clack" greeting the chickens and ducks that came out of the cage.At this moment, all the chickens and ducks swarmed over, chirping and clamoring for food.I saw that the eggs in the cage had not been picked, and the grass had not been changed.Qiulin went over and picked the eggs into the basket, and replaced the grass in the chicken coop with clean ones.

"Second sister-in-law, I'll do these things. You'd better stay in the house. I won't feel sorry for my second brother later." Qiulin said while working.

Mei Xiang said with a springy smile, "It's just feeding a chicken, what's the point?" After Mei Xiang had fed the chicken, she went to the vegetable garden to pull some water spinach, leeks and garlic sprouts. "Mother said that the table was full of meat yesterday, and today I need to eat more vegetable leaves, otherwise I will have a stomachache." After speaking, he went to the well to fetch water and wash vegetables with a wooden basin.

Seeing Mei Xiang's swift and agile appearance, Qiu Lin was taken aback for a while.Why did she suddenly have a feeling that Mei Xiang is the master of the house, and she has become a guest instead?But there is a saying that a married daughter pours water. After she gets married, she really becomes a guest, right?
After finishing tidying up the chicken coop, Qiu Lin also came over to help Mei Xiang pick vegetables.The water spinach should be chopped off one by one, and then fried and eaten, with only a little oil, salt and garlic, it will be fragrant.Clean the water spinach and take it to the stove. The food at this moment is so hot that it is left over from last night, so it will be ready soon, and I am waiting for the leaves of the water spinach to be fried.

Qiulin fetched water and went outside to wash up in the courtyard. When he came back, the food was ready. The eldest sister and the second sister-in-law were shuttling between the stove room and the main room, busy serving dishes and bowls.Seeing Qiulin, he naturally joined the ranks now.After the meal is ready, serve two cups of tea first. Now it's the newlyweds who want to offer tea to their parents!

After toasting the tea, Qiu Song helped his daughter-in-law up distressedly.Everyone sat down one after another, and the family had breakfast happily.We are all from the same village and we have known each other since childhood.There are many situations where Mei Xiang and everyone eat together like this, so she may be a little cautious at first and dare not pick up the food, but as everyone starts talking, Mei Xiang becomes more chatty. Let go, laughing and giggling along with everyone, how can a new wife feel awkward and nervous when she enters the door!
Qiu Lin secretly envied, this is the benefit of knowing each other since childhood, a few words melted the tense and formal atmosphere.In fact, Qiu Lin has always been envious of the friendship that this childhood sweetheart has had since childhood, especially in this ancient time, when the transportation is inconvenient and the information is not smooth, the world where everyone can move is basically the village where they live.When I was young, I almost only knew these people in the village.If you marry someone from the same village, you can have a certain understanding of the other person's character and conduct; if you marry far away, you can only hear some news about the other person from others.

After breakfast, everyone was busy with their own work. Qiuhe went to school with her schoolbag on her back to study, Qiuyue and Meixiang picked up and washed dishes together, Xu Nanshan went to roast pig food, and Han took Liang to choose from on the slope. Grapes and peaches, grandma Yang and the others are going home today, so Mrs. Han picked some grapes and peaches to quench their thirst on the way.Qiulin led Xiaoqing and Xiaohong to the slope to repair the branches and leaves of honeysuckle and water them.Qiu Song assigned Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong's two elder brothers, Mao Zi and Yang Zi, to take the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks and return them to the neighbors.Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li, Xiaohong's mother, were passing Can'er in the backyard, and the men had already gone to the crop field with hoes and dung buckets.

On this lively morning, the whole family was already busy.

(End of this chapter)