Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Butcher Xu didn't answer but asked: "Huo Shulang, have you asked Ning Niang? What did Ning Niang say?"

Huo Yunchao recounted word for word the conversation he had with Xu Ning about marrying into the family. The time waiting for Xu Buthu's answer became extremely long every minute and every second.

After a while, Butcher Xu said in a rough voice: "My family can afford the twenty-tael betrothal gift proposed by your father. However, after the wedding banquet is over, there will be no money left for you to study."

After waiting for Xu Tutu's answer for a long time, Huo Yunchao had a brainstorm and made up a lot of things.

Hearing Butcher Xu say that he had no money for him to study, Huo Yunchao felt relieved and repeated the old story: "Butcher Xu, I didn't marry into the Xu family to take advantage of the Xu family, I just wanted to stay with Ning Niang for the rest of my life. I am a man of eight feet. , and he’s good with his hands and feet, and I can earn my own money for studying!”

"In that case, there are no other problems. Tomorrow morning, I will go to your house to discuss the betrothal gift with your father."

Butcher Xu didn't go home for three days, and he didn't know why the relationship between Huo Yunchao and Xu Ning developed so quickly.

However, it's not a big problem.

Butcher Xu only needed to confirm that Huo Yunchao sincerely wanted to marry into his wife, and that Huo Tianxiang relented and agreed to Huo Yunchao's marriage.

After agreeing on the marriage, Huo Yunchao sent Butcher Xu to the door of his house under a lantern, and returned home with a relaxed and happy pace.

After Huo Yunchao had walked some distance away, Butcher Xu pulled Xu Ning out, who was hiding behind the door. He pointed at Huo Yunchao, who was shaking his head and humming a tune, and asked: "Mother Ning, are you really planning to recruit Huo Yunchao as your wife? You really don't want to change people. ?”

Xu Ning's eyes were attracted by Huo Yunchao who was leaving with a lantern. It wasn't until her father asked for the third time that she heard clearly and said with a smile:

"Dad, I have made up my mind and decided to choose Huo Yunchao. He is quite interesting."

Before Butcher Xu could speak, he heard Huo Yunchao's suddenly high-pitched voice: "We ordinary people, we are really happy today~~~Today is a good day, anything you want can come true~~~"

"Pfft-"

Xu Ning was amused by Huo Yunchao's tuneless singing. She tried very hard not to burst into laughter. She covered her mouth tightly with her right hand and used her left hand to pull Butcher Xu into the house.

Butcher Xu rarely saw Xu Ning looking so lively and cheerful, so he stopped asking why Xu Ning chose Huo Yunchao.

The only daughter he had held in his hands for seventeen years had found a good home. Xu Tutu was happy, but at the same time he couldn't help but think of his wife who died young. Joy and regret intertwined into sour emotions, filling his chest.

"Ning Niang, my father's ugly words have always been there. No matter how nice Huo Yunchao is now, if he ever feels sorry for you after he gets married, I will not let him off lightly!"

Xu Ning's laughter stopped abruptly, and there was a sense of determination in his cold voice: "Dad, I don't expect Huo Yunchao to get ahead, I just ask him to stay in peace. If Huo Yunchao betrays me, I won't bear it!"

After receiving Xu Ning's promise, Butcher Xu felt a lot more at ease. Thinking of the sky-high betrothal gift that Huo Tianxiang asked for, he felt a little embarrassed: "Mother Ning, the money dad has saved is only enough to celebrate your wedding. In the future, if Huo Yunchao wants to study and catch up with the exam after getting married, he still has to do it." I have to save for another year and a half.”

When Xu Ning heard this, she said what Huo Yunchao had said about earning money to study on her own, and what was in her heart: "Dad, no matter what Huo Yunchao said is true or beautiful, there are still two days until the next scientific examination." Years. So long

It's enough for us to see Huo Yunchao's true nature clearly. If Huo Yunchao's nature is not bad and he sincerely wants to live with me, we will provide him with education. "

Butcher Xu was convinced: "If Huo Yunchao is really as he said, even if he sells iron, my father will also support him in studying!"

Huo Yunchao, the hot topic of the Xu family and his daughter, returned home with a lantern and humming a tune. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Huo Tianxiang.

Huo Yunchao ignored Huo Tianxiang's dark expression and said happily: "Dad! I've been hoping for the stars and the moon and finally I've got Xu Butcher back!"

Just by looking at Huo Yunchao's beaming reaction, Huo Tianxiang guessed that Butcher Xu would agree to his harsh request without asking, and he felt increasingly unhappy: "Chao'er, are you really planning to marry into the Xu family? Your son-in-law is so shameful, and his future is dark. …”

Huo Yunchao smiled and listened to Huo Tianxiang's enumeration of the disadvantages of becoming a son-in-law. He listened patiently before saying, "Dad, Butcher Xu said he could afford a twenty-tael betrothal gift, and he also said he would come home early to discuss the marriage with you."

Huo Tianxiang once again felt the powerlessness of slamming his fist into the cotton: "Chao'er, dad is afraid that you will regret it in the future."

"Dad, I don't regret it!"

Huo Yunchao said it very seriously. He knew that Huo Tianxiang could not accept him marrying into the Xu family, but he did not intend to compromise, "Dad, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. I make my own decisions and I will bear the consequences myself."

Huo Tianxiang couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I can't help my son grow up."

The next day, when the rooster crowed for the first time and it was still dark outside the window, Huo Yunchao, who was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, got up from the bed.

In order to cook a pot of white rice to entertain Butcher Xu who came to propose marriage, Huo Yunchao held up a lantern.

Cong came to the kitchen and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets before digging out the ingredients hidden by his stepmother Chen.

The rice in the rice vat had not yet been shelled. Huo Yunchao searched around but couldn't find the tools for pounding rice. He also searched through the memory of the original owner and couldn't find it.

It was still early and no one in the next door neighbor got up, so Huo Yunchao had to find a stone and use it to crush the rice and remove the husks.

This stupid method was not very efficient. Huo Yunchao crushed the rice until blisters formed on his fingertips before removing the husks. He also found bamboo strips with holes to sift out the rice husks, and it took a lot of effort to clean up the rice.

The rice was hard-earned. Huo Yunchao paid special attention to the heat when steaming the rice and did not dare to leave.

As a city dweller in the 21st century, Huo Yunchao used a rice cooker when he first learned to cook, and is used to the convenience of modern life.

Fortunately, after Huo Yunchao took the college entrance examination, he worked in a farmhouse on the outskirts of the city to earn tuition and learned how to cook in an earthen stove.

When the rice was fragrant, the stepmother Chen came to follow the aroma. When she saw Huo Yunchao squatting in front of the stove, she suspected that she had not woken up and was having a nightmare - her lazy stepson was actually cooking!

This is not a nightmare, what is a nightmare?

Chen stared at it for a while, until Huo Yunchao noticed her appearance and said hello to her. She suddenly realized that she was not having a nightmare, but it was real!

"Chao'er, why are you here? What are you doing here? What's going on with these rice husks? You, how can you waste food?!"

Chen's questions became louder and louder, and in the end she called Huo Tianxiang directly.

Huo Tianxiang followed the sound and took a closer look. Crouching in front of the stove was a thin bamboo pole with ashes from the bottom of the pot on his face. It turned out to be his tall figure.

The eldest son, who was called "The Gentleman is far away from the kitchen", was so shocked that he temporarily lost the ability to speak.

Mrs. Chen pointed at the rice husks in the bamboo strips and loudly complained: "Master, look at what Chao'er has done!"