husband, he picked it up [farming]

Fang Mu arrived at the town and joined Qiao Song who was waiting at the mountain pass.

Qiao Song's bullock cart was also lit with a lantern, and in Xiwei, which was about to break dawn, the light yellow spot was very dazzling.

Fang Mu walked over, and as soon as he saw Qiao Song, he handed him the still warm steamed stuffed bun.

Coincidentally, Qiao Song was also going to give it to him.

The two moved in unison, looked at each other, did not take it back, and simply exchanged buns.

Fang Mu said, "Taste your brother-in-law's craftsmanship."

Qiao Song put away the buns and laughed at him: "It seems that I don't need to prepare another one for you in the future."

This time it was still Qiaobo who sent them out, and he also smiled when he heard this.

Fang Mu and Chao Yan have been married for many days, and they have not been laughed at once or twice, and they are more or less used to it: "Yan Yan insists on doing it, I can't stop it."

What he said was showing off inside and out, which made Qiao Song's teeth ache.

Qiaobo didn't go when they got married, but I heard from my parents that although Fang Mu's other half is a brother, he is beautiful and intelligent, and he is a good match. After listening to Fang Mu's words, he knows that he really loves others.

The three of them thought that Qiao Song was not married yet, and when they thought of Li Huiyuan, they felt depressed. That fool was obviously very timid, but he was more stubborn than anyone else. method.

Qiao Song sat down on the bullock cart and called his brother, "Let's go."

Fang Mu put away the lantern and sat on it, and Qiaobo started to drive after he sat down.

Waking up early in the morning, although the ox cart was bumpy, it still couldn't stop Fang Mu's sudden drowsiness. He simply followed Qiao Song's example and lay down together, and fell asleep briefly.

When they arrived at the county seat, Qiaobo woke them up, gave Qiao Song a few words, and drove back in the ox cart.

Fang Mu and Qiao Song went in to report. According to the usual practice, they first sorted out their own things, and then assembled the goods, loaded the car and set off.

This time they were going to another prefecture, and they had to pass through several counties and villages on the way, and had to walk a long mountain road.

Fang Mu still remembered that the last time he walked that mountain road was in winter, because there were few people and the road was blocked by heavy snow, so he took a detour. This time it was summer, so it should not be so unlucky.

But it's useless to think too much, everyone still has to drive the bullock cart to set off.

...........

Fang Mu is running around for a living, and Chao Yan is also doing her best to guard the family.

After he left, when Chao Yan closed the door, he saw Ang Ang lying on the door, he was too lazy to drive it out, so he let him sleep in the room, and because he was still tired, he lay back to sleep

Although Fang Mu asked him to rest at home today and not go to work in the field, Chaoyan is not a person who can be idle.

After waking up, Chaoyan ate two steamed buns to fill her belly, and went to wash her clothes.

When he was drying clothes, Li Huiyuan came to the door.

It was the end of the hour at that time, and logically speaking, Li Huiyuan should not be free at this point, and went to the fields with his family or did other things.

Li Huiyuan came from the village, walked a long way to climb up the mountain pass, saw Chaoyan drying clothes on the wasteland, and shouted after a few steps: "Brother Chao."

Chaoyan was drying the last piece of clothes, heard that Li Huiyuan was standing a few steps away, and asked, "You don't have to go to work today?"

Li Huiyuan explained: "I don't have anything to do today, so I told my mother to come and play with you." His father and elder brother went out to do part-time jobs, so he just stayed at home and came to Chaoyan after finishing his family work.

Chao Yan put the clothes aside to dry, then said: "Then go inside and have a meeting."

Li Huiyuan hummed.

Chaoyan carried the barrel and led him into the house.

When he got to the house, Chao Yan let him go and pour water for him.

"Brother Mu is going out today, and I plan to go to the village to talk to you about something." Chao Yan gave him the water.

Li Huiyuan took the water glass, took a sip first, and said, "I know, Qiao Song came to see me yesterday."

This Zhaoyan is also clear, after all he watched people go to the village with his own eyes: "Your matter is settled?"

Li Huiyuan shook his head and nodded again.

Chaoyan didn't understand, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Huiyuan said: "The two parents want us to settle down, but he doesn't like me."

Chao Yan sat down on the bench next to him and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Li Huiyuan put down the glass, but did not leave with his finger on it: "He is very fierce. He knows that I am afraid of him, but he always talks to me so loudly."

"..." From Zhao Yan's point of view, Qiao Song is not a fierce person, even a bit naive, but it may also be that Li Huiyuan is too timid: "Then did he ever say that he would not be engaged to you?"

This is not true, Li Huiyuan shook his head.

He knew it, and Chaoyan explained as someone who had experienced it: "As far as I know, if Brother Qiao really disliked you, he would have rejected this marriage a long time ago, so I think he just doesn't know how to express it." If you like you, you have to believe in yourself, if you don’t like him treating you like this, you can tell him frankly and let him change it.”

Li Huiyuan asked: "Will he change?"

Chaoyan smiled: "How will you know if you don't try? If you really marry him, you still have decades to live. Do you want to swallow your anger for the rest of your life?"

"Yes."

Chaoyan said again: "Everyone is different. As far as you are concerned, you know that you are timid, and Brother Qiao is naturally rougher when he travels around. If you have anything to do, you might as well talk to him directly, but you can't. Keep it a secret."

"I see." Li Huiyuan looked at him sincerely: "If only I were as good as you."

"You can." Chaoyan encouraged: "I have something to tell you. Brother Mu is worried that I will go into the mountains alone to catch hares. Do you want to go with me? We will share the things we catch."

"Okay." Li Huiyuan readily agreed.

"Then let's go now? I have everything, you don't need to prepare anything."

"it is good."

The two did what they said, Chaoyan took out the back basket, packed all the things, locked the door, put Ang Ang at the door to guard the house, and went into the mountain with Li Huiyuan.

.......................

If you say that when you are unlucky, drinking cold water will get stuck between your teeth, and this is the case with Fang Mu now.

Before he set off, he was still talking to Qiao Song about the heavy snow that blocked the road last year, thinking that this summer would not be so unlucky, and the journey should be smooth.

As a result, after a few days of driving, when we reached that section of the mountain road, we encountered a landslide.

It has been raining for a long time in this place, and the rocks on the inner side of the mountain are loose, and they roll down on the road together with the soil and vegetation, blocking the road.

This road is the only way to go to Fucheng, and it can save a lot of time in the past.

In fact, everyone was mentally prepared when entering this area, because the road is too wet and muddy, which is obviously a sign of heavy rain.

Now that there is a rolling stone blocking the way, it is definitely unrealistic to wait for the people from the Yamen to clean it up.

No choice but to choose a detour.

Fortunately, everyone bypassed this route last time. Song Sheng and Lao Suan still knew the way.

Just going around like this will add two or three days to the journey.

But there is no way, I still have to go on.

Just like that, everyone drove the ox cart in a different direction and bypassed the other side of the village.

...........

It was already six days after they arrived in Fucheng, plus the previous five days, it took them eleven days just for the journey.

It was just in the afternoon when he entered Fucheng, Song Sheng found an inn and arranged for a few people to stay, and then went out to discuss business with his old abacus as usual.

Every time they go to business, these two are the busiest.

When they arrived at the inn, the three of them could finally breathe a sigh of relief and have a good rest.

This time there are only five of them, because they sell books and don't need so many people.

The three of them took turns guarding as usual, allowing the other two to rest and recover first.

It was already late when Song Sheng and Lao Suan came back after discussing the business. They made an appointment with the buyer to deliver the goods tomorrow, and when they returned to the inn, they ordered food so that everyone could have a full meal first.

There are still two people on duty at night.

Compared with cloth and medicinal materials, books sound less expensive, but in their eyes, they are both things that make money, and they need to be more careful.

This time Fang Mu and Qiao Song separated.

Qiao Song was keeping watch with another brother. He had to deliver the goods with Lao Suan and Song Sheng tomorrow morning.

In the early morning of the second day, Qiao Song and another brother were resting in the room, while the three of Fang Mu distributed the goods, and then delivered them one by one.

After a busy morning, I finally delivered the carts of books.

Fang Mu never had to worry about settling accounts, he just waited outside the book store, and after Song Sheng and Lao Suan had checked, he came out and led the ox cart back to the inn.

The sale went smoothly this time, and there was no need to wait an extra day for retail sales.

In the afternoon, Song Sheng arranged to leave for Pingnan County.

Everyone understood Song Sheng's plan, because the return date reported to his family this time was about half a month, but because of a detour, it was three or four days later than expected.

The family has to worry.

They had just walked this section of the road, and everyone knew whether it was dangerous or not, and immediately agreed to the plan to set off immediately.

Song Sheng went to buy dry food for the road, and the rest of them packed things at the inn.

When Song Sheng came back, he set off for home after eating.

Everyone went back the way they came.

................

In the afternoon nine days later, everyone arrived in Pingnan County.

The five people were exhausted by rushing back all the way. After putting the ox cart back, everyone was not in a hurry to go home. They slept in the caravan first, and when they woke up, it was already dark.

Song Sheng asked the small kitchen of the caravan to cook food, and the five of them sat around a table and had a simple meal.

After eating, the five of them took a bath separately to get rid of the dust and the smell of sweat on their bodies, and then rested separately.

It was getting dark, Fang Mu could only go back to the village tomorrow, he was lying on the bed, thinking about Chao Yan, hoping he didn't make Yan Yan anxious.

...........

Chaoyan was really in a hurry, and she promised to come back half a month before departure, but it turned out that she was still in her twenties.

He was anxious and planned to go to the caravan in the county town to inquire about the situation.

Early in the morning, Li Huiyuan, who had the same purpose as him, joined him. The two went to the town first, and then took a bullock cart to the county seat.

Li Huiyuan told his family that he was worried about Qiao Song.

The marriage between the two of them is already a certainty, and now they are waiting for Qiao Song to come back to formally propose marriage.

But 20 days have passed, and no one has come back, and the Qiao family is also in a hurry.

Li Huiyuan was willing to take the initiative to ask about Qiao Song's situation, which was exactly what Qiao's father and mother were happy to see.