Chapter 1248: Seeing the End at a Glance

"Um."

Lu Miao responded softly and gave Fu Jingyou a faint smile.

Fu Jingyou felt at ease when he saw her smile.

It is warmer this year, with the lowest temperature at night being around four or five degrees.

When the sun is strong during the day, the temperature outside can be around 18 to 21 or 22 degrees Celsius.

When the temperature is high, the meat at home cannot be kept.

In the afternoon, Lu Miao sat in a corner of the backyard basking in the sun.

He Hongjin, Chen Guifen, Tian Guihua and others rushed to pick up the pork sent from the city and county.

Most of the pork was cut into long thin strips.

After applying heavy salt, set up bamboo poles in the yard to hang them to dry in good weather to make a later batch of bacon.

Only a few pounds are strung together with thin hemp ropes and hung in a cool and ventilated place at home.

It is convenient for Lu Miao to have a bite of fresh food in the next few days.

Another thing is that when they were busy at home, Lu Miao mentioned that Fu Jingyou liked to eat sausages.

Anyway, we have pork ready at home, so if we can cook it, we can make some and hang it up to dry.

Chen Guifen asked her how to do it.

After she roughly explained the method, Chen Guifen immediately asked He Erge to ride his bike to the front and back villages to take a look.

Let’s see if anyone has leftover pig intestines from slaughtering the New Year pig, and if we can, we’ll buy two sets.

He Erge responded and went to do it.

During this period, Fu Jingyou was also busy.

The old couple has a vegetable garden, and Tian Guihua usually goes there to pick vegetables to eat.

As time went by, the small vegetable patch in the backyard became idle.

Now there are only a few cloves of garlic and a few onions planted here and there.

While Lu Miao was basking in the sun, Fu Jingyou put on a rough overcoat.

The firewood piled in the backyard, which could easily harbor snakes, insects, rats and ants, was moved to the steps under the eaves in front.

When he turned around and came back, he took a hoe and a shovel and shoveled away all the debris on the ground.

Taking advantage of the good weather, he cleaned up the vegetable garden and replanted the seeds.

Seeing that he was busy and sweating profusely, Lu Miao closed the book and casually placed it on his knees and waved to him.

When someone approached with a hoe, she wiped his sweat distressedly and said:

"Every household grows vegetables. Even if aunt and uncle don't grow any here, you can still find them in the village. Just spend some money to buy them when you want to eat them. Look at you, you're sweating all over..."

Fu Jingyou bent down to cooperate, making it less difficult for her to wipe the sweat off her face.

He smiled warmly and said:

"We have nothing to do anyway, so we can grow some for ourselves and eat it nearby. We won't have to ask for help from others in the future."

Lu Miao said with a small smile:

"It's just a small matter between fellow villagers. Why would anyone ask for help?"

Fu Jingyou also smiled, his deep peach blossom eyes softened, looking at her cheeks that looked better from the sun, and asked:

"Are you hot? Do you want to come inside and sit for a while?"

Lu Miao shook his head. "Let it bask in the sun for a while... I don't usually get much sun, so it feels good to bask in the sun."

"good."

…

A few days before the New Year, every household in the village is busy preparing for the New Year, so not many people come to visit each other or sit for a long time.

But after the third day of the Lunar New Year, the situation is different.

Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao suddenly returned home, cars frequently entered and left the village, Hu Zhiyuan came several times in just a few days, Lu Miao's illness, and so on.

It seems that everything has its appeal.

After the villagers paid New Year's greetings and saw off their guests, they would go to the Fu family in groups every day to chat before getting busy in the spring.

Everyone wanted to know what was going on.

But Lu Miao needs to rest.

Since they were fellow villagers, Fu Jingyou couldn't stop them outside the door, so he cleaned up the backyard.

When people come to visit, they are asked to sit at the front door or in the main hall.

Tian Guihua or Chen Guifen will accompany you to drink tea and chat.

The door from the main room to the kitchen at the back was always closed.

Lu Miao was reading in the backyard or taking a nap in the sun, and Fu Jingyou didn't let the noise in front disturb him at all.

Only occasionally, when she was in high spirits and felt bored with this or that, would she be allowed to sit down and chat with a few familiar sisters-in-law and sisters.

Generally, people who are close to each other have a sense of propriety.

When you come in and meet someone, at most you'll say a few caring words and chat about some family matters.

Topics that are not easy to ask about are simply not asked by others.

So after a period of time, the atmosphere at home and outside was good, and there were no conflicts or disharmony.

It’s Minmin.

In addition to Lu Miao and Fu Jingyou, Minmin is also a focus figure in Dahe Village.

The people who came to visit the house didn't see Lu Miao, and couldn't find out anything from Fu Jingyou, so they all focused their attention on Minmin.

Brother He and Zhao Lanxiang are not human beings. It has been several years since Minmin was taken away.

When she came back this time, the villagers saw that Minmin had grown up into a mature lady and they couldn't help but sigh:

If this happened a few years earlier, some people would probably have believed that Minmin was an educated youth from the city.

As Minmin gradually grew into a big girl, many people in the village became interested.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, when several old sisters-in-law came to visit and chat, they asked about Minmin's marriage arrangements.

As they talked, one of them started praising his nephew, and the other started talking about his nephew.

What a handsome young man! He is capable and has a good family background.

While talking, his hands were also restless. He pulled Minmin and touched her arms and buttocks, looking at her:

"Xiao Min, what Grandma Wu said is all true! If you have any ideas, just tell Grandma Wu, and she will arrange for you to meet first..."

Minmin is a shy person, especially in front of acquaintances and elders.

At this time, Minmin forced a smile and kept pulling her hand back:

"No, Wu Po, I don't..."

But the old woman wouldn't let go and kept holding Minmin, wanting to say something.

Fu Jingyou came over and raised his hand, directly stopped Minmin behind him, and said with a smile:

"Aunt Wu, she's still young. It's too early for her to get married. Let's wait and see for a few years."

People often say that you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you.

Fu Jingyou tried to let the matter go with a friendly expression, but the fifth aunt from the same village seemed to have made up her mind. She looked serious and insisted:

"What do you mean young? You can tell the age of a girl in the countryside at a glance. Which girl doesn't get engaged at eight or nine and get married at sixteen or seventeen? It's too late to get engaged at her age, but getting married is still appropriate..."

As she spoke, Aunt Wu pointed her finger at Fu Jingyou and said:

"Xiao Liu, I won't be shy about telling you that her parents are worthless and can't take care of things. So, you uncles and aunts have to help make decisions about her major life events! You should also take my words to heart. If she gets older, it will be really difficult to find a husband! If you have plans in this regard right now and don't have a suitable choice for the time being, it doesn't matter. My eldest nephew..."