Chapter 57 Chapter 57

There were five tables for the evening feast. The eldest and second Shens were resentful that their grandson was sent to the police station for stealing bricks, so they would not attend any of the festivities, whether the seventh Shen's family was building a new house or marrying off their daughter. However, Shen Chunfen came to the third Shen's family.

Shen Chunfang and Shen Chunfen are sisters. Shen Chunfang is older, 25 years old, and married to Shangxu Brigade, which is dozens of miles away from Yangliu Brigade. Shen Chunfen is one year younger than Shen Moli and still has no partner.

Cao Mei had fallen out with Tian Fang after the last grain robbery, but she was not fooled by Tian Fang anymore. She was now close to Guo Zhu's wife, who lived in the same village as her mother's family. Shen Guo Zhu was a relative of the same clan as the Shen family, and was also the captain of the seventh team. The couple was very methodical in their work, like this time it was Guo Zhu's wife who brought Shen Chunfen here.

Guozhu's wife had advised Cao Mei that Shen Laoqi's family was about to rise up, and Shen Laoqi had a kind personality, and Shen Moli was also a kind person. Such relatives were the ones that should be interacted with.

Cao Mei didn't hear anything else, but she did hear that Shen Laoqi's family had risen up. She couldn't bring herself to do that, so she simply asked Guozhu's wife to bring Shen Chunfen over.

Although Shen Moer disliked Cao Mei, after all, she had robbed the original owner's food, which directly led to the tragic death of the original owner's father and daughter. She was not the original owner, but since she had replaced the original owner's identity, she would definitely not forgive Cao Mei, but she had no opinion on Shen Chunfen.

Because she knew that Shen Chunfen was as timid as a mouse and never dared to harm anyone. Moreover, once when she met the original owner in the field and she was so hungry that her stomach ached, she secretly gave the original owner a corn.

So when Shen Chunfen came with Guozhu's wife to attend the wedding banquet, Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan didn't say anything, they just thought it was just another relative coming.

Someone also came to Shen Xianghong's house, it was her youngest daughter Lu Xiaoqin. Her family was the same as Shen Laosan's family, with three brothers and sisters, an older brother and two younger sisters.

Lu Xiaoqin is one year younger than Shen Chunfen, but her grandparents are workers in a textile factory, and her father is also a temporary worker in the factory. Her family conditions are much better than those in the countryside. Maybe because of her better nutrition, she looks older than the skinny Shen Chunfen.

The others are relatives of the Shen family and people in the village who have a good relationship with Shen Shaoyuan and his daughter.

Oh, and there were also some guests in the commune, including colleagues from Shen Shaoyuan’s kiln factory, people from other units that Shen Shaoyuan knew at work, teacher He Mingda from the commune primary school who had been to the provincial capital with Shen Moer, as well as Bao Ge and Qiao Jie.

At first, some people thought that five tables of wine would be a bit too much for their family, after all, none of the closest families came. But in the end, it was still a bit crowded because more people from the commune came than Shen Shaoyuan expected.

Shen Shaoyuan called some people out of politeness, such as the leader in charge of the factory's publicity department. He was originally thought not to come, but he came.

But it doesn't exceed by much, just squeeze it a little.

It was the members of Yangliu Brigade who were enlightened. When had they ever eaten with the leaders of the state-owned factories and the secretaries of the commune?

I heard that Shen Laoqi is doing well in the kiln factory, but there is still a difference between hearing about it and seeing it with your own eyes. Didn’t you see that the deputy director of the kiln factory and the chief of the publicity department have been praising Shen Laoqi non-stop? It shows that they really value Shen Laoqi, this capable man!

Zhou Mancang, Zhou Peijun and others were also praised, which made them so excited that they drank a few more glasses of wine.

In short, some people in the village who were jealous of Shen Laoqi's family were whispering behind his back that there would definitely not be many people at Shen Laoqi's wedding banquet and that the scene would definitely not be good, but this situation never happened. It was very lively and both the host and the guests were having a great time.

After the banquet was over, a few young people stayed to make some noise in the bridal chamber and then left.

After all, they are all relatives and friends of the bride, so they will naturally be more considerate of the bride and will not make an outrageous noise in the bridal chamber like some other groups do.

Shen Shaoyuan drank a lot tonight. As soon as the guests left, he washed up quickly and went back to his room to sleep with the clacking of his heels.

Fu Mingze also drank a lot, but Aunt Chen, an old sparrow from Dongting Lake, mixed a lot of water into his wine. Plus, everyone was cautious and afraid that the groom would get drunk, so overall he was actually fine.

Shen Moer also drank a little, less than Fu Mingze, almost negligible.

The young couple now lives in the newly built room. Originally, this room had two rooms, front and back. Shen Shaoyuan thought it was inconvenient to live with two young people in the front and back rooms, so he stayed in the original room. Living separately is quieter for everyone, and it is convenient to go into the treasure house to take something or hide something in the house.

It's not that Fu Mingze is treated as an outsider, but the experiences of this father and daughter are too bizarre, especially in this world where feudal superstitions are not allowed and the "Four Olds" must be destroyed. They are definitely both feudal and superstitious and the "Four Olds", so it is better not to expose it if possible.

Shen Moer was sitting in front of the desk combing her hair in front of the mirror. She was wearing a set of pajamas made of cotton cloth from the treasure house. The white cotton cloth was dyed with mottled green with mugwort, making it look like blue ink splashed on the cloth.

Fu Mingze walked in carrying a thermos and placed it in the corner. When he looked up, he saw Shen Moli with her long black hair loose and her pajamas like an ink painting. He suddenly had an illusion that his wife was like a lady from an ancient novel. Sitting there, she had a quiet and gentle temperament.

This feeling came out of nowhere, and Fu Mingze was stunned for a moment.

Shen Moer looked back at him and asked curiously, "What are you doing standing there?"

Fu Mingze came back to his senses: "Nothing."

He turned around and closed the door, then walked over and took the comb from Shen Moer: “I’ll comb it for you.”

Shen Moer's hair was very smooth, black and shiny. In fact, when she first came to this world, her body changed a little. She was skinny, her cheeks were sunken, her hair was dry and yellow, and she looked like a poor little girl who was about to starve to death. Later, she gradually recovered. To outsiders, it seemed that her family conditions had improved and she had enough food, so she gradually gained weight, but in fact, she was slowly returning to her original body shape.

Her hair was well-maintained to begin with, and now it's pretty much the same as before.

Fu Mingze took the wooden comb and combed his hair carefully a few times. His hair was very smooth and the comb reached the ends of his hair in one go. It had a soft texture like satin and he could faintly smell a faint fragrance.

He couldn't help but lower his head and kissed her on the top of her head. Shen Moer saw his action in the mirror and her face turned red.

Fu Mingze looked at her in the mirror, then gently placed the comb on the desk. With a light click, Shen Moer subconsciously turned her head to look, and suddenly felt a darkness in front of her eyes, and then he leaned over and kissed her.

A patient and lingering kiss, as gentle as the moonlight filtering in through the window.

The man was obviously not satisfied with this, and the kiss gradually became deeper and deeper.

Shen Moer leaned back slightly, her body posture was a little awkward, causing her to unconsciously reach out and grab Fu Mingze's shoulders, and then she was hugged by Fu Mingze around the waist and lifted up.

The man's hot palm pressed against her waist through the thin cloth. Shen Moer trembled slightly, and a light hum escaped from the corner of her lips unconsciously.

Fu Mingze's breathing stagnated, the heat between his lips and teeth became increasingly fierce, and he began to attack the city more wantonly.

The slightly cool air of the autumn night seemed to suddenly become hot. Shen Moer felt weak all over, and her ears were filled with the heavy and intense heartbeat, which was her own, and the increasingly heavy breathing, which was Fu Mingze's.

The hot kiss fell along the corner of the lips all the way to the ear, itching so much that the toes curled up unconsciously. Shen Moer heard the man's hoarse and low voice: "Let's go to bed."

Boom, my ears became hot.

Fu Mingze easily picked up the person and put him on the bed covered with dark red bedding. Her black hair was scattered on the red sheets, her fair skin, rosy lips, and misty eyes had a breathtaking beauty.

After taking a deep look, Fu Mingze lowered his head and kissed her again.

Soon, the pajamas that looked like an ink painting were thrown at the end of the bed. The girl's fair and slender arms were weakly pressed on the man's shoulders. She squinted her eyes slightly, looking at the man's handsome eyebrows and eyes, and sweat kept dripping from his beautifully lined jaw.

"Fu Mingze."

She panted and frowned slightly.

"Um."

He reached out and picked her up, touched her with his sweaty forehead, and leaned over to kiss her again amid her whimpering protests.

The night was getting darker, but the lights in the room were still on.

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The next day, when Shen Moer woke up, it was already bright. She blinked and turned her head to look at the other side of the bed. It was empty.

Fu Mingze got up without knowing when.

Her consciousness gradually became clearer, and some fragments of last night flashed through her mind inadvertently. Shen Moer suddenly felt her face getting hot. She grabbed the quilt and covered her head, but soon she poked her head out from under the quilt again.

It's too boring.

Fortunately, she was not face to face with Fu Mingze as soon as she opened her eyes, otherwise she would have been so embarrassed.

Thinking of the strange words he said in her ear to coax her last night, Shen Moer couldn't help but secretly curse him as a scoundrel.

Her body felt a little sore, but Shen Moer got up quickly.

She had just put on her shirt when Fu Mingze came in. Seeing that she was already up, he was stunned and said, "Today is Sunday, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Seeing Shen Moer pick up the comb and prepare to comb her hair, he naturally took the comb to help: “Do you want to braid your hair, or just leave it loose?”

Shen Moer couldn't help but think of last night again, her face burning, she slapped his hand and snatched the comb back, Fu Mingze raised an eyebrow: "What?"

Shen Moer asked, "Can you braid your hair?"

Fu Mingze honestly said "No", and then said: "I can learn."

Shen Moer glanced at him sideways, with a hint of red in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, which made Fu Mingze feel itchy and he couldn't help but move over to steal a kiss.

The couple quarreled for more than ten minutes before they finally left the room.

Shen Shaoyuan got up very early. When Shen Moer got up, he had already had breakfast. He stayed at home for a short time and then strolled out.

As a father-in-law, he couldn't bear to see the newlyweds being so affectionate, so he went out to chat with them and listen to the excitement of Shen Laoer's family.

It is said that his cheap niece came back from the commune late last night on her own bicycle.

The reason was that there was a big commotion at the entrance of the village yesterday. Zhang's relatives went back and told Zhang's mother about it. Zhang's mother didn't get angry at the time, but after the banquet, she didn't even care about the young couple's wedding night and just grabbed them and scolded them for most of the night.

Shen Lingling was not one to take it any longer, so she pushed Zhang Junliang's bicycle back to Yangliu Brigade. Zhang Junliang was not as crazy as his mother, and he was still worried that his newlywed wife might run into danger in the middle of the night, so he borrowed his brother's bicycle and chased after her.

In the dead of night, the couple entered the village one after the other and were almost caught as thieves by the patrolling militia. Then they entered Shen Laoer's house and there was another chaos.

Fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Shen were both eloquent and they managed to persuade the two men by appealing to their emotions and reasoning with them.

Originally, the couple was going to live in Yangliu Brigade, and there were rooms available. Although they had previously planned to spend their wedding night in the commune, they gave up now. It was not tiring enough to rush back and forth in the middle of the night, so they just slept directly in Yangliu Brigade.

In the morning, Tian Fang tried to cover up the matter, saying that they had agreed to stay overnight in Yangliu Brigade, as there were not enough places to stay in the commune. Unfortunately, the kid at home was not very careful, and the truth was revealed by a few candies, so the news quickly spread in the village.

"They just can't figure it out. They have to hold the wedding on the same day as Mo'er. They are secretly trying to show off. If they hadn't chosen this day, how could the two sides bump into each other at the entrance of the village?"

"No, what happened between Shen Lingling and Zhang Zhiqing? Zhang Zhiqing usually looks quite stable, but how could he be so wild when he was drunk? Oh my god, you said we were at Lao Qi's house at the time, not far away, why didn't we go and take a look?"

"There are many of us here, and we were all working and chatting, so no one paid attention to the outside world. I heard that the Zhang family's bride-picking party was chased by Zhang Zhiqing alone, running around like rabbits. Well, it's a pity that I didn't see it."

"Zhang Zhiqing likes Shen Lingling. I heard that after chasing the Zhang family yesterday, Zhang Zhiqing was kidnapped and taken back to the educated youth camp and started crying. She cried so miserably that anyone who heard about it would cry and anyone who saw it would be heartbroken. Hehe, this is not what I said, it was said by Zheng Zhiqing."

"What do you think is wrong with Shen Lingling? Does she have to pick on people with the last name Zhang? Zhang Zhiqiang, Zhang Junliang, don't mention it, they sound a bit like him."

"Oh my god, you're right, it's true. Speaking of which, our Yangliu Brigade is really going to be famous. The groom was chased and beaten on the way to pick up the bride. There's nothing like this in this area. Tsk, we were so close and we didn't see anything."

All in all, the biggest pity is that I didn’t see the excitement with my own eyes.

Shen Shaoyuan was among a group of uncles and aunts, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with listening to them gossiping about his niece.

There is no good person in Shen Laoer's family. They have done something wrong and they must bear the consequences.

Take the case of Zhang Zhiqiang for example. If Shen Lingling hadn't kept him hanging and given him hope, how could he have gone so crazy after drinking a little alcohol?

Shen Shaoyuan has seen too many women using their beauty to seduce men to achieve certain goals.

It was not uncommon to see wealthy and powerful families inside and outside the imperial palace.

But they were in a "feudal dynasty" after all, and women mostly depended on men for their lives, and sometimes they had no choice. In this world today, there are still many people who value boys over girls, but at least Shen Lingling has a job and her family conditions are not bad, but she still has to do these things, which Shen Shaoyuan can't understand.

It was actually all my own fault that things turned out like this.

Even if we take a step back and say that if Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang had not deliberately provoked and wanted to suppress Shen Moli yesterday, then the subsequent events might not have happened.

"Hey, the captain is back so soon?" someone said suddenly.

The place where this group of people chatted was under the big banyan tree in the village. The weather was cool, and it was quite comfortable to bask in the sun outside during the day.

They had been sitting here for the entire morning, watching Zhou Mancang ride out on his bicycle, and yet he came back not long after.

"Seventh Brother, where is your Mo'er?" Zhou Mancang shouted from a distance.

Shen Shaoyuan: "At home."

Where else could it be? The young couple got up, had breakfast, and then read in the yard in the sun. You patted me and I pinched you, which was really annoying.

Zhou Mancang: "Okay, let's go to your house."

Shen Shaoyuan stood up lazily: "If you want to find Mo'er, why don't you just go to her house? Why did you rush into the village?"

Zhou Mancang said awkwardly: "I saw you here before, and I was afraid of disturbing the newlyweds."

Shen Shaoyuan clicked his tongue.

Someone couldn't help but ask curiously: "Captain, you look so happy, is there any good news?"

Zhou Mancang is usually a bit serious, but today he is so happy that he can't help smiling. However, he just keeps a straight face and refuses to say: "I have to tell Mo'er first, and then notify everyone."

As he said this, he glanced at Aunt Chen who was chatting while mending clothes and said, "If you are curious, let's go to Lao Qi's house and listen."

Looks like there's really good news?

Since they were free anyway, many people packed up their things and caught up.

A group of people walked towards the village entrance. A few idle kids who were squatting on the ground watching ants moving beans immediately followed them, clapping their hands. On the way, they met other people from the village. When they heard that there was something exciting to watch, many people followed them even though they didn't know what it was.

As for watching the fun, both adults and children like it.

Besides, I'm just sitting around doing nothing.

When Fu Mingze opened the door and saw such a large group of people, he was stunned: "Captain, what are you doing?"

Zhou Mancang: "Xiao Fu, is Mo'er here?"

Since she married a villager, she was a member of Yangliu Brigade, so she naturally stopped calling him Fu Zhiqing. Zhou Mancang still admired Fu Mingze very much, and called him Xiao Fu in a very affectionate way.

"Yes, everyone, come in first." Fu Mingze raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Wife, the captain is looking for you."

Shen Shaoyuan, who was walking slowly behind and just arrived at the door of his house, couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he heard Fu Mingze calling his wife so smoothly.

"Captain?" Shen Moer came out of the house and was startled to see so many people in the yard. "What's going on?"

Zhou Mancang, who had been pretending to be calm, suddenly became excited when he saw Shen Moer, and his voice rose eight degrees: "Moer, the results of the provincial competition are out, second prize in the province, and both of our team won second prize in the province!"

"What?!" Before Shen Moer could speak, Aunt Chen, who had come to watch the fun, rushed over and said, "Captain, you said there were two second prizes in the province. Did our Maomao also win the second prize?!"

Zhou Mancang laughed loudly: "Yes, Maomao won the second prize, Zhaodi also won the second prize, our team has two second prizes! The highest in the whole county, no, the whole city is two second prizes! Our Yangliu team is really going to make a big splash this time!!!"

"Ahhh, Maomao, oh my dear grandson, you have made great progress!!!"

Aunt Chen is usually very calm, but today's situation is not ordinary. The highest prize in the city is second prize. Rounding it off, their Maomao is one of the two most outstanding children in the city!

This is truly a honor to the family!!!

Maomao, who was lying on the ground watching the ants a few minutes ago, suddenly stood up straight, with his chest puffed out high, his hands on his hips and he laughed out loud: "I said I played well! I'm really awesome!!"

"Yes, yes, my lovely grandson is really amazing, but the most amazing one is Moer. Oh my, Moer, how come you are so amazing? Oh my God!!!" Aunt Chen is not a person who spoils her children usually, but at this moment she agrees with whatever her grandson says.

"This is too good to be true! My god, the kids from our brigade's primary school can actually win the second prize in the province. Those commune primary schools, the Dongfanghong Primary School in the county, and the primary schools in the city are not as good as us! "

"Oh my god, our Yangliu Brigade has really become famous this time. What is the groom planning to do when he is chased by others? This is a shameful thing. This is a real honor-making thing!"

"You know what? Last time we won an award in the city, many people knew about it. My sister-in-law even asked me if my nephew could go to school in our brigade, saying that our brigade's primary school is better than theirs. Oh, she usually looks down on my family, and it's rare for her to say something good to me!"

Everyone started talking at once.

This is not only an honor for the two children, but also an honor for their team, and it is related to every one of their members!

He won an award at the provincial level. He can brag about it for at least three years!

Everyone was proud of it and was very happy.

Zhou Mancang was also very happy. His dark face flushed with excitement. He said loudly, "The provincial awards and prizes have been sent to the county. I just went to the commune, and Secretary Geng of the commune told me personally that our county has achieved very good results this time. The county will hold a grand commendation meeting, and the county magistrate will personally present awards to Maomao, Zhaodi, Moer and our team!"

Oh my god, we have to hold a commendation meeting!

This is true, their Yangliu Brigade is about to become famous throughout the county!