Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 293 Standing upright, but trapped by love

Chen Yang and Chen Hongling stayed on the big camphor tree in the village from [-] to [-].

The play had already finished, but Chen Yang didn't want to leave, and neither did Chen Hongling.

It's just that the weather is too cold, and the enthusiasm of the two can hardly resist the biting cold wind.

The two of them got off the tree.

Chen Yang sent Chen Hongling to the door of the house.

"Brother Yang, promise me that you will ask someone to propose marriage to my father."

"Okay, I'll find someone to test your father's tone first."

Chen Yang thought about it half the night.

The next day, Chen Yang invited Tong Xiaofang to his home.

The matter with Chen Hongling, whether successful or not, must be kept strictly confidential.

Tong Xiaofang has a close relationship with Chen Dongsheng and is the most suitable candidate.

"Brother Xiaofang, including myself, you are the second person who knows about this. I didn't even tell my family."

"Don't worry, I know the importance of confidentiality."

Tong Xiaofang went to Chen Dongsheng's house.

It took several hours to go there, from morning to afternoon, making Chen Yang feel like he was on pins and needles.

Tong Xiaofang, who didn't drink alcohol, returned to Chen Yang's house reeking of alcohol.

Tong Xiaofang must have been drinking at Chen Dongsheng's house.

Chen Yang welcomed Tong Xiaofang up to the second floor and closed the stairs door.

"I'm sorry, Jan, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed."

Chen Yang nodded, "Brother Fang, I'm fully prepared."

Tong Xiaofang said: "Chen Dongsheng told me that he actually admires you very much. He said that if there were no other factors, he would have proposed marriage a long time ago."

"What other factors?"

"A few years ago, when your father was still at home, Chen Dongsheng and your father both talked about your marriage with Chen Hongling in private. Chen Dongsheng said that your grandfather also knew about it. You can ask your grandfather."

Chen Yang hummed.

"Yang, you also know that feudal superstition is very serious in our rural areas. When it comes to marriage, the most important thing is whether two people's horoscopes match. You and Chen Hongling are no exception, and your horoscopes also depend on each other. Do you agree or not?"

"My grandfather knows how to read horoscopes."

"Including your grandfather, there are a total of seven people who have commented on the horoscopes of you and Chen Hongling. But the results are amazingly consistent. Not only are your horoscopes almost completely inconsistent with Chen Hongling's, but they also contradict everywhere."

"So serious?"

"Of course it's serious. I heard from Chen Dongsheng that there is nothing good and everything is bad. So Chen Dongsheng said that you and Chen Hongling have nothing to do with each other, and I advise you to stop thinking about it."

Chen Yang nodded silently.

Tong Xiaofang patted Chen Yang on the shoulder, "Yang, think about it. If you don't believe in superstition, you are nothing. But if you believe in it, even a little bit, it will be supernatural."

Chen Yang asked, "Does Chen Hongling know about this?"

Tong Xiaofang nodded, "I said it. In front of me, Chen Dongsheng told her. Alas, I cried on the spot. I cried so much that I probably still cry now."

Chen Yang lowered his head sadly.

Tong Xiaofang left.

Chen Yang was decadent for several days.

After the opera was sung, Chen Fuming took the troupe to the next performance.

Tranquility returned to Chenjia Village.

The Spring Festival in [-] fell in February of the Gregorian calendar, which was a bit early.

Chen Yang never went out, hiding in the house and drinking.

The whole family knew that Chen Yang had something to do, but they didn't dare to ask.

In the dead of night, Chen Yang would go out quietly, go to Chen Hongling's house, and wander around her house.

Chen Yang did this for several nights in a row, which attracted the attention of the eldest sister who lived across the door.

The eldest sister, Chen Ping, didn't dare to ask, and only whispered to the second brother, Chen Bing.

Chen Ping said, "Third brother, our elder brother has something on his mind."

Chen Bing said, "I can see it too."

Chen Ping asked, "What do you think it will be?"

Chen Bing thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Troubled by love."

Chen Ping also laughed, "Where did you learn the words?"

"Eldest sister, our elder brother stands upright, nothing can trouble him, and what can trouble him is the matter of men and women."

What Chen Bing said is really clear to the bystander.

Chen Ping nodded, "But, the two female classmates live in our house, and I haven't seen my elder brother do anything to them."

Chen Bing suddenly said: "I remember now. Big Brother's appearance began after Tong Xiaofang came that day."

Chen Ping also remembered, "That's right, Tong Xiaofang came twice that day. He came in the morning and in the afternoon. The two of them were talking upstairs, and they were very godlike."

"Eldest sister, we will split into two groups. I'll ask Tong Xiaofang, and you can ask elder brother."

"Okay. But, third child, you remember. No matter what's going on, you can't yell outside."

The two brothers and sisters divided into two groups.

However, Chen Yang just drank and got himself drunk, unable to have a conversation.

Chen Bing is back.

But they didn't find out anything, Tong Xiaofang kept his mouth shut, and only said that he discussed the village affairs with Chen Yang.

In a hurry, Tong Xiaofang said, you should ask your elder brother yourself.

Chen Ping waited all afternoon, and it was almost 04:30 before he went to look for his elder brother again.

Chen Yang was sitting cross-legged on the bed in a daze.

"Brother." Chen Ping called out carefully.

Chen Yang didn't say a word, didn't move, he just raised his eyelids.

"Brother, I'm sitting down." Chen Ping sat down on the stool.

Chen Yang took out his cigarette, lit it, and took a few puffs.

Chen Ping asked in a low voice: "Brother, which beauty is it for this time?"

Chen Yang burst out laughing.

This question, this way of asking, was suggested by Chen Bing.

The effect is very good, and I made my eldest brother laugh.

Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, don't hold it in your heart, just tell me, it will make you happy when you say it."

"Well, who do you think she is?"

Chen Ping thought for a while, "It's definitely not Fang Liping or Han Cailing. If you chase them, we will know for sure. Besides, if you chase one, you will definitely hurt the other. Unless one of them quits, you can chase the other."

Chen Yang nodded and hummed.

"As for Cai Meili, there is no possibility at all. Our family has a feud with her family, and it will never be solved. I advise elder brother not to worry about it. You should give up everything you can't get and what you can't get."

Chen Yang looked at his eldest sister, he didn't expect her to be so talkative.

"Except for them, you haven't gone out for a walk recently, so the rest are the villagers. You haven't met the other female teachers in the village school, and you don't like them. The little girls in the village...Brother, You can't see it either."

Chen Ping thought again.

"Oh... I thought of it, it's Miss Hongling, it must be Miss Hongling."

Chen Ping exclaimed while looking at his elder brother.

It was only then that she remembered that Chen Hongling was the only female companion that her eldest brother could play with when he was a child.

"Brother, am I right, am I right?"

Chen Yang smiled embarrassedly.

Chen Ping also laughed, "Brother, something must have happened to you recently. Brother, let's hear it."

"You have to keep it a secret."

"I promise to keep it secret."

Chen Yang poured beans out of the bamboo tube and told his eldest sister everything.

Love is sweet, Chen Yang said it blissfully, and the eldest sister listened enthralled.

"Alas...then his mother just got bitter."

(End of this chapter)