Small animals keep bumping into his wife.
At first, there were rabbits, then pheasants and goats. Fearing that they might attract large, unknown animals from the depths, Yan Xiao quickly led Wen Qinghe back the way they came.
Along the way, Yan Xiao led Wen Qinghe ahead, and when they were almost at the forest exit, a large group of small animals followed behind them.
Fortunately, once they left the forest, they didn't follow. It was as if the forest had become a boundary, a self-imposed prison, and they gradually retreated back inside.
When Yan Xiao and Wen Qinghe left the space, Wen Qinghe was still completely confused.
She could sense that the small animals were not hostile, and she didn't understand when she became so popular with them.
Is it really as she said, that this is her space, and therefore she has become its master?
Did you scare your little one?
Wen Qinghe shook her head, "No, it's just that I don't understand why they keep following me?"
Yan Xiao pondered for a moment. He didn't sense any indication that the small animals were going to attack anyone, but he dared not let his guard down. His wife was delicate and frail; if any of those foolish creatures bumped into her, he would have nowhere to turn for help...
"My dear child, please don't go into the space for now, or if you do go into the space, please don't go into that forest."
Wen Qinghe, still shaken, agreed.
...
Before they knew it, it was time for Tang Lingling and Feng Tiezhu to get engaged.
At this time, the engagement is simply a meal where both families sit down together.
Tang Lingling's father was the workshop director of a steel factory. Her mother injured her body after giving birth to her younger sister and later became depressed for unknown reasons, and then left them.
Less than six months later, her father brought home a new mother and a two-year-old boy.
It was only then that she learned that her father had already started a new family outside.
She and her sister are not the only two children she has.
Since ancient times, when a stepmother enters the family and has her own children, the children of the first wife have the most difficult lives.
But every difficulty was overcome. My younger sister had been in poor health since birth and had been bedridden with illness and medication for many years.
For her younger sister's sake, she always did more and said less at home, and protected her as she grew up.
Because Feng Tiezhu was a typical country bumpkin, her father and stepmother were initially unwilling to agree to the engagement.
After all, it's in the countryside; you can imagine that in poor areas, the bride price won't be much...
Unexpectedly, Feng Tiezhu said he was willing to offer a bride price of 120 yuan, and Tang Lingling's stepmother immediately smiled and agreed.
Actually, Feng Tiezhu was prepared to give 188 yuan. His brother Yan gave Xiaoxiannv 199 yuan for her wedding, so his Lingling couldn't be any less.
What Yan Xiao can give, he can give too.
Anyway, he has earned some income over the years by going up the mountain with Yan Xiao to hunt and find medicinal herbs.
Besides contributing to the family's daily expenses, I also saved some money.
This money is more than enough to get me a wife.
But when he suggested giving 188, Tang Lingling stopped him. She knew that once the bride price was given to her stepmother, it was basically gone forever.
She discussed with Feng Tiezhu about having her aunt keep a portion of the remaining money, since her aunt had taken good care of the sisters since they were young.
My younger sister still needs to take medicine, and it's better for my aunt to take care of her constantly than to leave her with those two people who only care about their own sons.
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For this engagement, only Tang Lingling's aunt came to the house.
As for the two nominal parents, they accepted the betrothal gifts and then ignored them completely.
However, since the person who would have ruined the mood didn't come, the engagement went fairly smoothly today.
Feng Tiezhu was genuinely happy today.
The only slight regret is that it would have been even better if it were a wedding.
It's winter, and he hasn't yet experienced the happiness of having a wife and children on a warm bed, which is said to surpass countless other joys in the world.
Take his brother Yan for example, they're newly married, and Feng Tiezhu has secretly envied them countless times.
Yan Xiao has rarely left his home since winter began. He tried to go hunting several times, but Chen Guiru stopped him each time. At first, he didn't understand why.
It wasn't until he passed by the village entrance on his way to town that he overheard the old women gossiping for a while.
Somehow, the conversation drifted to Yan Xiao, a topic that was usually quite mundane.
"I haven't seen that Yan kid for many days."
"Hehe, you don't understand. These big, burly men usually have endless energy in the fields, but now that it's cold and they don't have to work, and they have a wife who's as beautiful as an angel at home, of course they'll take advantage of her as much as they can."
"Oh dear~ I really don't know if Wen Zhiqing's small frame can handle it, she's so weak..."
"Hahaha, come at me if you can't stand it!"
"Speaking of which, this young man from the Yan family is probably the biggest in our village with his physique. Do you think his wife can barely get out of bed every day...?"
"Ha, and you're one to talk! Your husband, in the first few days after your wedding, practically smashed the bed frame, hehe~ You're so happy, aren't you?"
...
Feng Tiezhu's ears were practically burning from listening; these old women really didn't treat him like an outsider...
Feng Tiezhu was too embarrassed to listen any further; the women in the village could go on and on about dirty jokes for a whole day and night.
However, from that day on, he was too embarrassed to bother Yan Xiao anymore.
He just kept hoping that he could share a bed with Lingling soon.
They agreed that the wedding date would be the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Fortunately, the period wasn't long, and he endured it until it passed.
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