The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 1 First Encounter
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the wheat in the fields is as yellow as gold. Most of the villagers are busy harvesting the wheat with their whole families, lest the sunny day suddenly turn into a rainstorm. The villagers pointed out jokes.

Lin Xian was also busy in the field at this time, sweating profusely.

Lin Xian, when he was young, liked to climb trees, dig birds and fish in rivers, and was not keen on fame and fortune. However, his parents at home had an inexplicable attachment to fame, so they had to pay for him to study.Lin Xian couldn't hold them back, so he had to work hard, and gradually found that he was indeed a bit talented in reading. Among the dozen or so children studying with him, he was the only one who hadn't been beaten by his teacher.In the fourteenth year, he took the college exam, and when he came out of the exam room after the last exam, he was told that his father had died of exhaustion while helping others build a house.Lin Xian was heartbroken and hurried home, only to be shocked to find that his mother was also overly sad.

Lin Xian was heartbroken.

On the day when the list was released, after all the candidates had read the list, he tore up the red list, knelt down in front of the grave and burned it to his parents.Parents have known his name all their lives, and this time his name is ranked first. The two elders must be very happy to see it, right?
Both his parents died because of supporting him to study, Lin Xian didn't want to take the exam anymore, so he obediently kept his filial piety at home.Three years later, the once fair and thin scholar became strong enough to be able to farm. He saved a small amount of money, and relying on his reputation as a scholar and his handsome appearance, he soon married a gentle and beautiful wife. Be a farmer.

The husband and wife are loving, and they gave birth to two daughters one after another, and a son after a few years, and the family's farm life is gradually stretched.Hearing that the old gentleman who had taught him in the next town is going to go home for the elderly, and the private school wants to invite a new teacher, Lin Xian hurriedly walked around with the gift, and finally stood out among seven or eight down-and-out talents and successfully took the job. an errand.Add up more than [-] students, they can earn at least [-] taels of repairs a year, and students will send local products to their families during the holidays to add to their vegetables.

Lin Xian handed over all the money to his wife, Liu Shi, who was very good at taking care of it, and the life of the family was getting better and better, which was pretty good in the village.

In fact, the cost of the Lin family is really not that big.

There are six acres of land in the family, and two acres are reserved for planting wheat, sticks, peanuts, and vegetable gardens in the front and back yards, so the whole family basically has enough food for a year.Lin Xian's bundle repairs are mainly used on the three children, buying calico jewelry and snacks for the two daughters, and buying pens, ink, paper and inkstones for the youngest son.Lin Xian himself didn't pay much attention to his clothes. Seeing that his wife was reluctant to spend money for her, he deliberately left a few taels when paying, and then went back to buy things for his wife himself.

Today, Mrs. Liu deliberately put on the silver clove earrings newly given by her husband.

Ah Ju was helping her mother prepare lunch in the kitchen, and couldn't help but look at her mother several times, always thinking that her mother looked very good-looking today.

"What are you looking at?" Liu asked her eldest daughter with a smile after cutting the shredded pork.

Aju pointed to her ear: "Mother, are these earrings newly bought? I don't think I've seen you wear them before."

Mrs. Liu smiled, put the shredded meat on the plate with a kitchen knife, and continued to cut the eggplant: "Yes, do you like it, Ah Ju? If you like it, I will give it to you. My mother is very old. Wearing these is a waste of things." , you wear the most suitable one, just in time Zhongjing will come to our house for dinner, let him see how good-looking his fiancée is."

"Mom! If you talk nonsense like that again, I won't help you anymore!" Ah Ju blushed immediately, lowered her head and said angrily.

The eldest daughter was thin-skinned and couldn't help teasing, Liu quickly changed the subject: "Okay, okay, let's not mention him, really, do you like this earring? If you like it, I will give it to you."

Ah Ju shook her head, and looked at the rapeseed in the water basin seriously: "I just asked casually, but I didn't want it. Mother has already bought a lot for me, so keep it for yourself, mother looks good in it." Mother is only in her early thirties , not old at all, the three of them went out together, and others said they looked like three sisters.

"The mother who said this really likes to listen, okay, I will buy you a new one next time when the mother goes to town." Liu said happily.The eldest daughter is well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she is happy to buy things for her. If she doesn’t give them to her, she won’t be jealous and others will pester her for it. Unlike the second daughter, if it was the second daughter just now, she would have pestered her for this pair. Earrings are studded.

Thinking of her second daughter, Liu put down the kitchen knife and walked to the kitchen door, and shouted to the west wing: "Azhu, it's time to eat, you go to the field and call your father and the others. Those who love to work, don't call them I don’t even know I’m back! Let’s stop by your big brother Meng’s house, and please come to our house to eat!” Meng’s wheat has been harvested two days ago, and the son-in-law-to-be came early to say hello, saying that when they harvested wheat, they must Call him, and this morning I even called my brother over to help.

After waiting for a while, a sick voice came from over there: "Mom, my stomach hurts, let my sister go!"

Ah Ju paused, then peeked at her mother, if there were no Meng brothers, it would be fine for her to go, but...

Frustrated, Mrs. Liu rushed directly to the two daughters' rooms, cursing as she walked, "Every time I ask you to do something, you pretend to have a stomachache, get up quickly, your sister can't leave after cooking for me! It takes a quarter of an hour at most from our house to the wheat field, why are you so lazy!"

Lin Zhu lay on the bed with his hands on his stomach.She was too lazy to call someone under the scorching sun on a hot day, but this time she didn't lie.As soon as Mrs. Liu came in, she said pitifully: "Mother, I'm menstruating, and my stomach is really uncomfortable. Otherwise, I will definitely go. It's only a few steps away. Am I going to lie to you?"

Lin Zhu was 12 years old, her menstrual period came at the beginning of the year, and she was always uncomfortable when she came. Seeing her pale face, Mrs. Liu immediately felt distressed, leaned over and touched Lin Zhu's forehead, it was cool.Now she was reluctant to control her daughter, but she was not so easy to fool, she poked Lin Zhu's forehead lightly: "Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me, I don't know what kind of temper you are? Even if your stomach doesn't hurt right now, you must I will also find other ways to be lazy!"

Lin Zhu chuckled, obediently admitting that he was really lazy.

Mrs. Liu had nothing to do with her, so she quickly went back to the kitchen, and said to her eldest daughter: "Ah Ju, your sister really has a stomachache, so why don't you go for your mother. Don't think too much about it, silly girl, everyone is busy harvesting wheat right now. There is a family with insufficient staff, and no one says anything about the daughter and son-in-law going to work together. In the countryside, there are not so many people who are particular about it. Back then, your father and I..."

Hearing that her mother was going to mention the love story between her and her father again, Ah Ju couldn't help laughing, got up and said, "Mother, don't talk about it, I'll go right away." She stood on the ground and called someone, and then walked back, Just don't meet him face to face.

"You're so good, let's go!" After speaking, Mrs. Liu was busy chopping the vegetables, and before the men came back, she hadn't cooked the vegetables yet, so she made the son-in-law-to-be laugh for nothing.

Ah Ju wiped her hands, brushed her hair briefly, and went out.

Near noon, the sun is indeed vicious, and the white is dazzling.Two rows of poplar trees were planted on both sides of the dirt road, and Ah Ju walked along the shade of the trees.The road is full of bugs, which are unique to plucking wheat. I am used to it and don’t think it is scary, but it is a bit troublesome to wash the soles of the shoes.

After leaving the village and walking east, there are busy people on both sides. Villagers she knows greet her, and Ah Ju responds one by one.

Before I knew it, I could see my own land.

Ah Ju became nervous.

She and Meng Zhongjing were childhood sweethearts. They played together when they were young, but when they grew up, they knew how to avoid it and changed the way they got along.At first, she didn't think much of it, but only vaguely noticed that Meng Zhongjing looked at her with more and more focused eyes when encountering her unexpectedly, and Ah Ju gradually felt a little sideways in her heart.Later, when Meng Zhongjing came back from the house, he would bring her snacks and asked his younger brother to deliver them to her. Ah Ju understood his intentions thoroughly, and couldn't help but blush and heartbeat when they met again.

I don't know when they all grew up.He grew into a tall and strong man, and she became the prettiest girl around.

Last year, when Meng Zhongjing came to propose marriage, her parents asked her if she would like to, but she was ashamed and said nothing, but their marriage was officially settled, and they will get married in September this year.

"Sister, is our meal ready?"

Interrupted by the familiar voice of a child, Ah Ju looked at Maidi, and saw her seven-year-old brother Lin Chongjiu running towards her, his fair face flushed from the sun.

Ah Ju suddenly felt distressed, and supported the boy who rushed over, took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat: "Yes, mother asked me to call you, is Xiaojiu tired?" Her father would not let her do farm work with her younger sister , but said that my younger brother had to know how to farm as well as study, so he took him to the fields early on. Even if my younger brother couldn't do anything when he was three or four years old, his father let him play in the field and didn't allow him to go home early.

"I'm not tired, it's just too hot. Eldest sister, let's go back!" Lin Chongjiu broke away from elder sister's hands and wanted to run away.

Ah Ju hurriedly grabbed him, and from the corner of her vision, she saw that tall figure in the distance finally turned around and continued to pluck the wheat, so she whispered: "You call Dad and the others to come over first, and then we leave after calling." In front of Meng Zhongjing, she Sorry for shouting at people.

Lin Chongjiu didn't have as many worries as she did, and yelled to the ground crisply: "Father, Big Brother Meng, Second Brother Meng, go home for dinner!"

"Understood, let's go!" Lin Xian replied loudly.

In fact, he had seen his daughter coming a long time ago, so he couldn't help but want to do more, but the son-in-law and brother-in-law were still nearby, so he couldn't delay her rest.Patting the dust on his body, Lin Xian walked over to Meng Zhongjing who was the closest to him: "Zhongjing Zhongda, let's go, let's go back to eat first, and then work in the afternoon."

"Well, Uncle Lin, wait a minute, I'll be ready soon." Meng Zhongjing finished tying the bundle of wheat in his hands, and then stood up. When he got up, he couldn't help but look at the ground, but saw that his sweetheart had already led his brother away first.He was a little disappointed, but soon relieved, she was so shy, and he should be content to see her from a distance today.

Lin Xian led the two teenagers back together, and Aju and his brother had already walked a hundred steps away.

Although the distance was far, Ah Ju could still feel the scorching gaze falling on her body. She couldn't explain the reason, but she just felt that Meng Zhongjing was looking at her.

She involuntarily quickened her pace.

Lin Chongjiu grabbed her hand coquettishly: "Sister, walk slowly, I can't walk..."

"Why don't I carry Xiaojiu on my back?" Aju turned her head and said to her younger brother with a smile. When she carried her on her back, that person could only look at her younger brother.

But Lin Chongjiu immediately let go of her hand, and said with a sullen face, "I've grown up, I can't let Eldest Sister carry me on my back!"

The boy was serious, Ah Ju couldn't help pinching his face, and was about to praise him for being sensible, when suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes in front of him.The siblings looked up at the same time and saw two fast horses approaching at high speed in the distance.This dirt road runs from east to west, and the road surface is quite wide enough for two carriages to run side by side, but the speed of the other side is too fast, and it is scary for no reason.Ah Ju hastily pulled his younger brother to his side, led him forward with his left hand, and lowered his head slightly.

"Look, big sister, his horse is so big!" There were only cattle and little donkeys in the village. Lin Chongjiu seldom saw horses, so he couldn't help but keep staring at the horse running in front.

Ah Ju didn't look up, she was no longer a child.

Lin Chongjiu didn't bother with her, and suddenly said: "Eldest sister, look at him, there is something flashing and flashing, what is that?"

Now Aju was finally curious, and looked at his younger brother's finger.

Immediately the man was wearing a black robe, and when Ah Ju looked up, the distance between the two was only a few dozen steps.He rode his horse back and forth in the shade, and when he passed a place where there was no shade between two trees, his waist would flash.Ah Ju didn't look at the man's face, just stared at his waist, and quickly lowered his head to explain to his younger brother: "He wears a jade pendant around his waist, and it will flash when it is illuminated."

The gentle and pleasant voice was addressed to Lin Chongjiu, but it was also sent to the ears of the man in black by the wind blown by the passing horse.

Liangju travels thousands of miles a day, and has already run a long distance in a short period of time. For some reason, he slowed down for some reason, and finally stopped.

The man in black straightened his back, paused, and then turned his horse's head.

The dirt road was straight, and his gaze passed over several villagers, before falling on the slim figure in front of him.

The leaves above the head are emerald green, the left and right sides are gray and wheat yellow, and the girl's pink shirt and white skirt are the brightest and most moving colors in this picture of the farmhouse harvesting wheat.

He stared at her back, and in his mind was her soft face with downcast eyes and a smile.At that time, the boy was staring at him eagerly, and he glanced away casually, just in time to see the moment when she lowered her head, her face was as delicate as peach blossoms, and her eyes were more tender than water.And her voice, although it was so soft, he miraculously heard it clearly.

His hands couldn't help but fell on the jade pendant around his waist. He was riding so fast, but her eyes were sharp.

"Master?" There was the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him, and he asked him suspiciously.

The man seemed to have never heard of it. After a moment of silence, he withdrew his gaze and continued on his horse.

He was fine, but he didn't expect the village to be so stunning, and he was amazed for a while.

(End of this chapter)